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Peter Rabbit Inspiration with Christy

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Inspired by a Book, Movie, or Song Challenge! I have been loving watching the entries come in and am blown away by your creativity!

For my card today, I wanted to depict another classic children’s tale and one of my personal favorites: Peter Rabbit. I pulled together images from Some Bunny, Happy Harvest, A Bug Deal, Our Friendship Grows, and Critters on the Farm to make it happen.

The first thing I needed to do was to alter my bunny and give him a little jacket just like Peter’s. So I drew it in pencil and then traced over it with a Memento Tuxedo Black Pen. I also altered the watering can to give it a top with a little opening at the front, to resemble the one in the illustrations. Then I colored all my images with Copic markers to match as closely as possible, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For the background, I took the second largest of the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables and die cut some Mermaid Cardstock for the sky. Then I used the Grassy Border on some Cilantro for the grass, and the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders on Ground Coffee for the dirt. I stamped a sentiment from Some Bunny at the top of the sky panel in Peacock Ink.

To give the card a cozy look, I added a piece of patterned paper from the Perfectly Plaid Remix 6×6, die cut with the largest of the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables to my Speckled Eggshell card base. Then I popped my focal panel up with foam tape and adhered my images with liquid glue to create the nostalgic scene in Mr. MacGregor’s garden. I also added a bit of Stardust Stickles for a little sparkle and shine.

I also finished off the inside of the card by stamping another classic scene from the book, but you can check that out in the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty.

If you haven’t had a chance to play along in our challenge yet, there’s still time! The Inspired By challenge will be open until Sunday, April 4th at 11:59PM ET. I can’t wait to see what you create!

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Happy crafting, friends! Have a wonderful weekend!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 71 – Bring it Back!

- Nancy Krueger 13 Comments

It’s that time of year when we all try to tame our craft stash! You probably have lots of crafty goodies that would be fun to use again so let’s Bring it Back for this challenge! Our Design Team brought back older stamp sets, embossing folders, washi tape, buttons, sequins and flowers! Let’s see what you have been hoarding that just might be perfect for this challenge!

We would love for you to share your creativity by linking up your crafty projects at the end of this post! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, March 1st at 11:59PM ET

For each challenge, we will randomly select an entry to receive a $25.00 gift certificate to the Lawn Fawn shop! We will also be highlighting a few of your fabulous projects at the close of each challenge! By linking your projects to our challenges you will give permission for us to post your work to this blog and our social media sites. Check out the How to Play page for a few guidelines to play along. We want this to be FUN so we’ll keep the rules to just a few!

Now let’s see how our amazing designers are bringing all the crafty things back!

This sweet card by Samantha brings back flower embellishments! She also used little pearl gems for the flower centers! Her card features Butterfly Kisses images, a vellum Valentine Border and a sweet Hello Border on a Watercolor Wishes background!

Caly‘s adorable card brings back buttons! She used her buttons as flowers to add a pop of fun color to her sweet Easter Party card!

Joyce brought back color coordinated sequins! They add fun dimension to her adorable Ahoy Matey birthday card! She included a few images from Smooth Sailing as well!

Karin‘s sweet new baby card brings back a doily layered behind the cute critters! She also brought back an older stamp set, Into the Woods! The basket is from Eggstra Amazing Easter, the sentiment is from Rub-A-Dub-Dub and the cute little mouse is from Mice on Ice!

For her adorable Rub-A-Dub-Dub scene, Jessica brought back little pearl gems to use as bubbles!

Christy‘s charming little scene combines the Cheery Christmas squirrels with a palm from Critters from the Past in a terra cotta pot from Our Friendship Grows and a bit of lunch from Bicycle Built for You! She finished this sweet card with her bring it back item, Aquamarine cord!

Samantha brought back a cool embossing folder to add lots of detail in the background of her adorable birthday card! She used elephants from Wild for You, clouds from Starry Backdrops and the balloon and party hats from Party Animal!

For her charming card, Franci used Smooth Sailing to make a little boating scene! She “anchored” her vignette with a strip of washi tape, her bring it back item!

In honor of Hello Sunshine Remix bringing back a favorite paper collection, Jenn brought back the coordinating stamp set Hello Sunshine! This set includes a solid cloud stamp and a dotted cloud! Jenn’s colorful clouds look adorable on the water-colored background!

We will share Design Team inspiration for you over the next 2 weeks and we’ll announce our Featured Fawnatics and random winner for Challenge 70 tomorrow!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 51 Random Winner

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

Your response to our Card Sketch challenge was phenomenal! You all totally inspired us with your creativity and brilliant use of the sketch! We are so happy! Thank you all so much sharing your talent with us! If you are one of our Featured Fawnatics today, we invite you to to grab this badge to share on your blog or other social sites!

There were so many really awesome and creative entries for this challenge that we will share more Featured Fawnatics on Thursday, May 9th!

by Kay
(using Meow You Doin’, Jump for Joy, Be Hap-pea)

by Olya
(using Butterfly Kisses)

by Emily
(using Year Seven)

by Noemi
(using Our Friendship Grows)

by Diane
(using Bugs and Kisses)

by Alberto
(using Manatee-rific)

by Susan
(using Hay There)

by Carla
(using Party Animal)

And now we have our Random Winner from Challenge 51 who wins a $25.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#12

Congratulations to June! Please send an email to fawnies(at)lawnfawn(dot)com with “Lawn Fawnatics random winner” in the subject line. Then grab this winner badge to display on your blog and social media!

We will share Design Team inspiration during the next 2 weeks for Challenge 52 – Pet Love! This new challenge runs until Sunday, May 19th at 11:59PM ET. We can’t wait to see what you share!

Happy Crafting from your friends at Lawn Fawnatics!