Today is the start of a new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! Was I ever THRILLED last month when I received an email from them inviting me to be a Guest Designer for this one!

This newest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Happy Holiday Critters! Now, I was really torn on which “critters” to use, because they’re ALL soooo darn cuuuute! But I just kept coming back to the new Peas on Earth; maybe they’re not “technically” critters, but I convinced myself that they are! Here is my card for this Challenge, a DOUBLE Reveal Wheel Slimline Card:

There are 3 scenes on this card. The bottom one has the singing holiday peas and the Reveal Wheel with the different Peas and their reindeer hats. There is also the banner sentiment right above the rotating singing peas.

The center scene is Santa and his Reindeer flying in the sky and into the clouds, with the Earth in the distance. It also has the second Reveal Wheel that has the sentiment in it.

And the top scene is the house with the snowy mountains in the background, and the cute, sparkly Holiday lights at the bottom of the scene. On all of the trees, and the the roof of the house, I wanted “snow”, so I used my Marvy Snow Marker.

Here is an image of the 2 Reveal Wheels in action; the top one says, “from our home to yours PEAS & JOY ON EARTH”. And on the bottom one, you can see the different singing peas and the musical notes as the wheel turns:

I had so much fun creating this card! If you have any questions, please leave a comment on my blog, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible! Thank you very much for stopping by, and thank you to Lawn Fawnatics for having me! Please take care of yourselves, Happy Holidays, and HAPPY CRAFTING! XO

Here is the very extensive Supplies List (lol!) of what I used to create this project; ALL of these supplies are available in the Lawn Fawn on-line store:

• Large Slimline with Sliders die set
• Reveal Wheel die set
• Reveal Wheel Semi-circle Add-on die
• Reveal Wheel Circle Add-on die AND Template
• Fancy Wavy Banners die set
• Stitched Hillside Borders die set
• Mini String of Lights die set
• Puffy Cloud Borders die set
• Reveal Wheel Circle Sentiments stamp set AND die set AND Template (planet Earth, arrow die for sides of card)
• Be Hap-Pea stamp set AND die set 
• Peas on Earth stamp set AND die set (my “holiday critters”)
• Over the Mountain Borders stamp set AND die set 
• Winter Village stamp set AND die set (house, “love” smoke from chimney, street lamp)
• Car Critters Christmas Add-on stamp set AND die set (stack of presents & musical notes))
• Tiny Christmas stamp set AND die set (Santa)
• Here We Go A-Waddling stamp set AND die set (big street lamp)
• Lawn Fawn & Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Season’s Tweetings stamp set AND die set (for the holly that is on the big lamp)
• Mint Sprinkle ‘n Shine 12″x12″ sheet (spotted side)
• Red Sprinkle ‘n Shine 12″x12″ sheet (striped side)
• Spring Sparkle Cardstock (all 5 colors)
• Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock (snow at the bottom of the card)
• Soot Ink Pad (“love” smoke coming out of cottage’s chimney)
• Fish Tank Ink Pad (for HAP-PEA HOLIDAYS banner)
• Lawn Fawn Embossing Ink Pad (HAP-PEA HOLIDAYS banner)
• Lawn Fawn White Embossing Powder (HAP-PEA HOLIDAYS banner)
• Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush
• Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy & Glue Tube
• Picket Fence Blender Brush 4-Brush Pack (to apply Fish Tank ink to banner)

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Maybe you’ve succumbed to the fact that you’ll just be mailing a Congratulations card this year to someone who’s accomplished that big goal, so you need a really special Congratulations card for it. Well, Lawn Fawn has the sweetest sets out to help you put that card together! This card features the Super Star stamp set & die set.

The images are stamped with Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black ink onto X-Press It paper and colored with Copics. I also used images from the Big Thanks stamp set & die set – the bird, butterfly, rock, grass, and flowers.

The night sky paper is the 12×12 Luna Remix cardstock; you can also get it in the Hello Sunshine Remix collection pack. The moon is from the Out of the World stamp set & die set. The stamped & colored trees are from the Yeti or Not stamp set & die set. And I did use one star from the Mermaid for You stamp set & die set.

The outside frame is created using the Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows die set; the paper 12×12 Stella Remix from the Hello Sunshine Remix collection pack. The background hill with trees is the Forest Border die. And last, but not least, is the grass created using the MFT Stamps Grassy Fields die set.

All my links will go to Lawn Fawn, but just like I explained in my past blog post, please support the small guys and call (319-377-9999) my local crafting store, Scrapmania, who carries Lawn Fawn and will ship these to you same day! You can read it in my past post, but THEY ARE MOVING TO A BIGGER LOCATION (yay!), and we are SO excited! They’re an EXCELLENT store, and will take care of you; if they don’t have what you need, they’ll try their darndest to get it. And, she also has a YouTube channel if you like videos

Hugs, wear your mask, Black Lives Matter, and Happy Crafting!

• Super Star stamp set & die set
• Big Thanks stamp set & die set
• Out of the World stamp set & die set
• Yeti or Not stamp set & die set
• Mermaid for You stamp set & die set
• Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows die set
• Forest Border die
• MFT Stamps Grassy Fields die set
• 12×12 Luna Remix and Stella Remix cardstock from the Hello Sunshine Remix collection pack
• Jet Black ink

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Today I have a SET to share with you! This 4-card set has Thank You cards for different essential workers, and it’s using a lot of Lawn Fawn goodies. I’ll start with the 2 main items I’m featuring today, the Village Heroe’s stamp set & die set, and the Slide on Over Maze die. These are used for all 4 cards.

Here is the Fire Station card; I can’t get enough of that adorable little fire truck! All of the products I used are listed at the bottom of this post.

The next card is an important one right now, and that would be the hospital and ambulance card, for all the medical and hospital staff workers.

The third card is for our Police, who are also so deserving of a Thank You for their hard work.

And last, but certainly not least, is one for the school workers, especially with school starting up soon again (sigh).

I’ll list all the supplies I used at the bottom, with Links to the Lawn Fawn shop. But I’d like to mention, you can also support a local craft store I shop (and design for & do classes for) at all the time, called Scrapmania. They don’t have a web site, but they are on Facebook, and they LOVE phone calls: 319-377-9999! They ship the same day, and I should mention, THEY ARE MOVING TO A BIGGER LOCATION, which we are all very excited about! She (Stacy, the store owner) does videos, ALL THE TIME. So if you like that, you’ll love her Facebook page; some videos are “taped”, and some are Live on Facebook. Here is her YouTube Channel.

So I hope you’ll support a small business and give Scrapmania a call to order your next crafting supplies. Thay have an amazing store and probably will have what you need; if not, they’ll order it for you. 319-377-9999.

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day, and if you could, send a positive thought my way – for the first time for me, one of my babies is moving out. He’s moving into his first college pad with 3 roommates. Not really a good time for that right now, is it?! UGH.

Hugs, stay safe, wear your mask, and Happy Crafting! And I’d like to add one more important message: Black Lives Matter!

• Village Heroe’s stamp set & die set
• Happy Village stamp set & die set  (sun & cloud, trees, birds, car, fence)
• Winter Villages stamp set & die set (trees, lamp post)
• Village Shops stamp set & die set  (1 shop, fence, plant, bike, bench, sign, “Cafe”, coffee cup)
• Winter Skies stamp set & die set (trees)
• Hay There stamp set & die set  (speech bubble, heart)
• Slide on Over Maze die
• Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables die set
• Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables die set
• 12×12 Spiffy Speckles cardstock: Pesto, Blueberry Smoothie, Seafoam, Ripe Banana
• 12×12 Really Rainbow cardstock: Pink Tutu, Purple Posies, Yellow Brick Road, Green Clover, Ruby Red

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The newer Lawn Fawn A Bug Deal stamp set & coordinating die set is just so cute and sweet! This was released in the Spring, and I can’t get enough of these precious bugs! So this, along with the must-have older set, Gleeful Gardens (& die set) is what I’m using for today’s Get Well card (could they work together more perfectly?!).

Eeeek! I just LOOOVE these cute little bugs jumping and flying all over the place! I used a sheet of 12×12 Skyler Remix cardstock from the Hello Sunshine Remix Collection Pack for the background sky scene.

The scalloped circle is diecut using a die from the Reverse Stitched Scalloped Circle Windows die set. The yellow paper behind it is a 12×12 sheet of April Remix cardstock (the sun rays) from the Hello Sunshine Remix Collection Pack.

The banner is die cut using a die from the Fancy Wavy Banners die set.

The green hill was die cut using a die from the Stitched Hillside Borders die set, and for the scalloped perimeter I used the Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set. The teal base is from a sheet of Peacock cardstock.

And last but not least, I colored all the images with my Copics. I used X-Press IT paper to stamp my images on. And the stamping ink I use is Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black Ink.

Thank you for checking out my Get Well card today! Unfortunately, we are needing them a little more often these days, and it’s nice to make a few of them to keep on-hand just-in-case, or to give to someone in case they need it. Have a good day, stay safe, wear your mask, and happy crafting!

• A Bug Deal stamp set & die set
• Gleeful Gardens stamp set & die set
• Reverse Stitched Scalloped Circle Windows die set
• Fancy Wavy Banners die set
• Stitched Hillside Borders die set
• Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set
• 12×12 Skyler Remix cardstock (the clouds) from the Hello Sunshine Remix Collection Pack
• 12×12 April Remix cardstock (the sun rays) from the Hello Sunshine Remix Collection Pack
• Peacock cardstock
• Jet Black Ink

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Have you seen this adorably precious Thank You stamp set that Lawn Fawn went in on with Hero Arts for Hero Arts’ 45th Anniversary? It is just so, so cute with 2 adorable rhinoceroses, 3 sweet birds, and a bunch of miscellaneous Thank You phrases!

I used this stamp set and it’s coordinating die set to create, what else, a Thank You card!

The other set that was used is an older one, and I used this one for the tree – the Critters on the Savannah stamp set. There is no die for the tree in the die set, so I hand trimmed the tree.

As usual, I colored all the images with my Copics! I used X-Press IT paper to stamp my images on. And the stamping ink I use is Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black Ink; I have found this to be the best combo with my Copic ink.

The 2 front layers of hilly grass was die cut using 2 dies from the Simple Grassy Hillsides die set; this paper was thick, and these dies had no problem cutting through it! And the back hill layer was die cut with a die from the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders die set.

I stamped the top part of the sentiment on a banner from the Fancy Wavy Banners die set. The paper for the banner is Ripe Banana cardstock from the Spiffy Speckles collection.

The very bottom layer to create the background sky is from a 12×12 sheet of Birthday Candles cardstock from the Watercolor Wishes collection. And finally, the pretty double stitching around the perimeter of the card is from the Just Stitching Double Rectangles die set.

So that’s it! If you have any questions, please leave me a comment below! Thank you for stopping by, stay safe, and have a wonderful week!

• Hero Arts + Lawn Fawn Big Thanks stamp set & die set
• Critters on the Savannah stamp se
• Simple Grassy Hillsides die set
• Simple Stitched Hillside Borders die set
• Fancy Wavy Banners die set
• Just Stitching Double Rectangles die set
• Jet Black Ink
• Ripe Banana cardstock
• Birthday Candles cardstock

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This is another one I posted awhile ago as a card kit, but is now just a post I’m sharing for inspiration! It’s a sweet birthday card featuring the adorable Lawn Fawn critters (and who doesn’t just LOVE LF critters?!) from the Really High Five stamp set & die set! I also used the Party Koala stamp set & die set for the birthday hat for mouse in the center, but you can use any little birthday hats from any of their stamp sets.

Of course, this card is also featuring a very fun element, the huge balloon in the center that can also become a shaker! That is created using the Stitched Balloon Frames die set. The circular sentiment inside is from the Reveal Wheel Circle Sentiments stamp set.

The flowers at the bottom are from the Simply Celebrate stamp set & die set. You could also use the balloons here, and they are from the same set. I thought about the candles, but that sort of freaked me out – the mice hanging over the flames? Hmm, not really a good idea!

For the scalloped edge on the purple patterned cardstock (Be Bold from the 12×12 Dandy Day collection) I used the largest die from the Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set. I’ll list the other paper I used in the Supplies list at the end of the post.

Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe out there!

• Really High Five stamp set & die set
• Simply Celebrate stamp set & die set
• Reveal Wheel Circle Sentiments stamp set
• Stitched Balloon Frames die set
• Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set
• Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables die set
• Be Bold from the 12×12 Dandy Day collection
• Claire from the 12×12 Hello Sunshine Remix collection
• Stella from the 12×12 Hello Sunshine Remix collection
• Skyler from the 12×12 Hello Sunshine Remix collection (Happy Birthday paper)

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The ‘Sending Wishes’ sentiment is stamped on a banner die cut from the Everyday Sentiment Banner die set. The grass is die cut using dies from the My Favorite Things Grassy Fields Die-namics die set.

I stamped the images with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink into X-Press IT paper, and colored them with Copic markers.

The diecut letters at the bottom are from Oliver’s Stitched ABC’s.

The other products I used for this card were the Wild for You stamp set and die set, the Hay There stamp set and die set, and various 12×12 Lawn Fawn papers (Stella from the Hello Sunshine Remix collection, Be Kind from the Dandy Day collection, and Strawberry Frosting from the Spiffy Speckles collection).

Thank you very much for stopping by! I hope you’re enjoying your summer, despite all the craziness going on! Take care, and happy crafting!

• Dandy Day stamp set & die set
• Wild for You stamp set & die set
• Hay There stamp set & die set
• Foursquare Backdrop Portrait die set
• Everyday Sentiment Banner die set
• Oliver’s Stitched ABC’s die set
• My Favorite Things Grassy Fields Die-namics die set
• Stella 12×12 cardstock
• Be Kind 12×12 cardstock
• Strawberry Frosting 12×12 cardstock

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My card today features the new Lawn Fawn Dandy Day stamp set & coordinating die set for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, Spectacular Skies!

Since the focus of this Challenge is Spectacular Skies, I’ll first tell you about my sky in this one! I took out a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock, and 3 Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pads: Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, Worn Lipstick. With my Mini Ink Blending Tools, I applied the Inks on the flatter side of the cardstock until I got the smooth look I wanted.

For the green front panel, I used the same cardstock, but the front. I used Distress Inks: Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint. I splattered water mixed with Peeled Paint ink onto the finished cardstock. Then I die cut the dried paper with the new Lawn Fawn Landscape Meadow Backdrop.

I embossed the sentiment on the bottom with Zing Opaque Apricot Embossing Powder. The sentiment on the top is embossed with Lawn Fawn White Embossing Powder.

The images are stamped with Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black ink onto X-Press It Paper and colored with Copic markers. I used the largest die in the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set for the bottom white polkadot on pink piece (that’s from the older Let’s Polka Mon Amie 6×6 Petite Paper Pack).

Thank you for stopping by! I hope this card gave you a smile I can’t decide if I should give this to the 2 sweet little girls down the street who keep running around looking for dandelions, or to a card drive . Aah, such decisions!

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The 2 Lawn Fawn stamp & coordinating die sets I used for this card are Mice on Ice (die set) and Merry Mice (this was a limited time only release with Chibitronics).

The images are stamped with Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black Ink onto X-Press-IT Ink Blending Paper, and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

The die I used for the scalloped circles are from the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Circle Stackables die set. The background scenic paper and the top patterned paper are both from the Snow Day Remix Petite Paper Pack.

I mounted this skating fellow in the middle on a circle die cut piece of Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum, and then I used a die from the Just Stitching Double Circles on it.

The 3 skating scenes have the skaters skating on “ice” (also Pearlescent Vellum, which is die cut with one of the dies from the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders die set).

The red base is die cut with the largest die from the Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set. The sentiment is stamped on the banners die cut with one of the dies from the Everyday Sentiment Banners die set.

Last week was the start of Lawn Fawn’s April 2020 Inspiration Week! Don’t miss out on all the wonderful inspiration the designers are showing, and the chances to win some prizes!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Try to have a good week, and enjoy your crafting! It’s definitely keeping my chin up!

~ Valerie XO

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My first kit since returning is a 5 card kit featuring Lawn Fawn with all Springtime scenes. I used a lot of their newest products and a bunch of their past products, also.

Here’s a look at the cards a little closer up, and what I did with the insides. The first 2 cards are interactive. I created a shaker card, and a card where you lift the flap to see a second sweet image underneath:

I did stamp a sentiment on the inside of the balloon shaker card:

This next card is perfect for this time of year and what is going on.

And on the inside:

And the last 2 cards are very cheerful with one for a birthday and one for a new baby!

And I couldn’t resist sentiments on the insides!

You can call and order one of these card kits from the store, and they will ship it to you! Their phone number is 319-377-9999. If you like Instagram, here is their page there.

I hope all is well with you and your loved ones during this difficult time. I know crafting sure has helped keep my spirits up! I should remind the Lawn Fawn lovers out there, that the latest Inspiration Week started yesterday! So make sure to head over there to see their great posts & projects on their Spring 2020 products!

Thanks again, and Happy Spring! XOXO

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My Valentine’s Day card I’m sharing today was actually for a fun card swap among crafters I participated in last week, and I was happy to see all the bright colors I used were also fitting for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, Lots of Love!

I created an interactive card using the Lawn Fawn (LF) Flippin’ Awesome die set and the Add-on die set! The fun, bright papers are from the LF Spring Fling petite paper pack and the Let’s Polka in the Meadow petite paper pack.

I used the Bugs and Kisses stamp set & die set, and the Gleeful Gardens stamp set & die set, for the cute bugs and the mushrooms & grasses & flower. The “happy” comes from the Eggstra Special Easter stamp set, and “Valentine’s Day” is from the Happy Happy Happy Add-on stamp set. The black sparkly hearts are the black sparkle carstock from the LF Autumn Sparkle Cardstock collection die cut with the biggest heart die in the Heart Shaker Gift Tag die set

These cute little ants (who ever knew ants could be cute?!) are from the Happy Summer stamp set & die set. The tiny little hearts are the pink sparkle carstock from the LF Spring Sparkle Cardstock collection die cut with the tiniest heart dies in the Heart Shaker Gift Tag die set.

The straight banner is from the Everyday Sentiment Banners die set. The “Sending” and “To You” sentiments are from the Happy Happy Happy stamp set. The yellow heart is the yellow sparkle carstock from the LF Spring Sparkle Cardstock collection die cut with the biggest heart die in the Heart Shaker Gift Tag die set

Hope this bright card gave you a smile in the middle of winter! Happy Valentine’s Day next Friday, and thank you for stopping by!!!

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Now that the Holidays are over, it’s time for Thank You cards! And the new Lawn Fawn products were too perfect for this task! I had a small bunch of cards to make (8, to be exact), so I decided to make interactive ones! Here are 6 of them:

I’m using the new Lawn Fawn You’re Just My Type stamp set & die set, and the Love Poems stamp set & die set. And I couldn’t resist but make them interactive with the Let’s Toast Pull-tab Add-on!

All of the patterned papers are Lawn Fawn 12×12 patterned papers: the bottom pieces are one of the Spring Fling collection pieces, and the top pieces are one of the Spiffy Speckles collection pieces.

All of the circular stitched die cutting is done with the new Just Stitching Double Circles die set.

And finally, on the inside is the final part of the cute message; the mouse is from the Elphie Selfie stamp set & die set.

Thank you very much for stopping by today!

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Today my Valentine’s Day card is for a VERY special person – Major Bill White, a Marine Veteran who served 30 years active duty. He was in WWII (including the battles on Iwo Jima, which is where my Grandfather, Corporal William J. Klein, also a Marine, fought, too). And I’d like to mention that Maj. White is 104 years old! For Valentine’s Day, Maj. White said he would like to receive Valentine’s Day cards from people near & far! So I will be mailing my card to this very special man this week!

I started with the new Lawn Fawn (LF) Stud Puffin stamp set & coordinating die set. I stamped the images with LF Jet Black Ink and colored them with my Copic markers. For the stamped sentiment, I had to use some phrases from the Toadally Awesome stamp set to get the sentiment I wanted.

The bottom layer is a piece of red cardstock and I die cut the two vertical sides with the smallest Stitched Scalloped Borders die. The next layer up is the sheet of “rainbow colored” paper from the Really Rainbow Petite Paper Pack. On top of that I took a piece of Pearlescent Vellum and die cut it with the XOXO Landscape Backdrop die.

The red scalloped heart is medium die from the Lacy Heart Stackables die set. On top of that, I die cut & attached a piece of the pink patterned paper from the Really Rainbow Petite Paper Pack with the medium die from the Outside In Stitched Heart Stackables die set (OISHSds). I put the little scene together and decided to add some “ground” under the puffins’ feet, and to do that I die cut 2 more hearts with the OISHSds out of a light mossy green paper, and I used a couple different Stitched Hillside Borders dies to cut the tops off, creating a ground under the puffins’ feet.

The sentiment banner on the top of the card is from the Happy Heart Day Line Border die; there are 2 layers of red paper, and 2 layers of white paper. I glued them all together with my LF Glue Tube. The top layer of white is painted with my Zig Clear Wink of Stella.

The bottom banner is from the Simple Wavy Banners die set. All of the grasses come from 2 different stamp sets: Gleeful Gardens (& coordinating die set), and Butterfly Kisses (& coordinating die set). And finally, the “oceans” and mountains in the backgrounds are from the Ahoy Matey stamp set & die set.

If YOU would like to send a Valentine to Major White, here is the article I saw, and here is the mailing information:

Operation Valentine
Attn: Hold for Maj Bill White, USMC (Ret)
The Oaks at Inglewood
6725 Inglewood Ave.
Stockton, CA
95207

As all Lawn Fawn-ians can see on this card, it has both new and old products on it, so I will definitely be entering it into the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #68, Something Old, Something New!

I hope you enjoyed this card today, and I’m SURE you’re enjoying Lawn Fawn’s Sneak Week Spring 2020; it is WONDERFUL! If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to head over to their blog to check it out! Have a great weekend!

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Hello there! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and you are now winding up for the New Year which is right around the corner! I am in complete disbelief that we are staring right at a new decade – 2020! My card today will be my last one for the 2010’s; I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!

This is a sweet Valentine’s Day card made with some products from the ADORABLE new Lawn Fawn Valentine 2020 Release that was released on December 11!

I used a couple new stamp & coordinating die sets: You’re Just My Type (die set), and Love Poems (die set). It’s an interactive card with the the Let’s Toast Pull-tab Add-on feature (so fun!):

The scene is set on a piece of pink patterned paper from the 6×6 Spring Fling Petite Paper Pack that was die cut with a die from the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Die Set.

I die cut piece of the white paper from the Woodgrain Cardstock Neutrals paper pack with the new Portrait XOXO Backdrop die, then I die cut a piece of shiny silver cardstock with the same die and filled in the X’s & O’s. For the very bottom piece behind the white woodgrain piece, I combined 3 red & pink Distress Oxide inks for a pretty onbre effectto go behind the open hearts.

The red frame is created using the largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Frames set. And finally, I couldn’t resist finishing the inside of the card, too…

These are such cute sets, and Lawn Fawn already created them to have a multitude of uses, which is fabulous! I have a bunch of ideas in my head for them; now to find the time, right?

Thanks for joining me today! Have a GREAT, safe New Year! XOXO

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Well hello there, crafters! I have been MIA, I know! That’s what happens when you start a new job, I guess; but I’m getting settled in, finally, and I was able to sit down and get my Crafty on again and and make a Christmas card for the latest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, Fun with Dies, with a TON of Lawn Fawn products!

This Challenge is to have fun with dies, and that is what I did here – I used so many dies it’s ridiculous! It’s an interactive Holiday card, so let’s start with the front:

Looks like a nice quiet little scene at the North Pole, right (Critters in the Snow stamp set and die set))? Well they have a little visitor that’s going to surprise them! This is where the first “interactive” comes into play on my card, using the Let’s Toast Pull-tab Add-on die set.

On the front of the card I used quite a few other Lawn Fawn dies; I’ll list them here:

-The mountains in the background are Stitched Mountain Borders

-The red snowflake patterned paper from the new Snow Day Remix 6×6 Petite Paper Pack is die cut with the largest die in the Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set

-The snowy hillsides are done using Stitched Hillside Borders

-And the rectanglular shape is from the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables set

Now on the inside, get ready for not only more interactive, but a lot more scene! This challenge calls for dies, and that’s what you’ll get with this scene, that’s for sure!

The inside of this card has 3, yes THREE, scenes! The top scene is Santa & his sleigh with his Reindeer flying off into the night from the North Pole. For this scene I used the new Ho-Ho Holidays stamp set and die set.

The middle scene is Mrs. Clause and her Elves at the North Pole. This scene consists of the Ho-Ho Holidays stamp set & die set, Christmas Dreams stamp set & die set, Holiday Helpers stamp set & die set, and A Birdie Told Me stamp set & die set!

And the bottom scene is a bunch of animals enjoying themselves outside at the North Pole. For this one I used Cheery Christmas stamp set & die set, the Nutty or Nice stamp set & die set for Simon Says Stamp, and Ho-Ho Holidays stamp set & die set for the sentiment.

This card was so, so fun to make; I just kept going and going! All of these sets just work so beautifully together, as Lawn fawn sets always do.

In case you haven’t seen, tomorrow is the last day for Lawn Fawn’s Cyber Monday Deal! So make sure you head over there to not miss out on that, and to not miss out on the ADORABLE little I Like Naps stamp set and coordinating die set that have for a limited time, too (with $35+ and $60+ purchases)!

Thank you for stopping by today! It is Sunday, December 1st, and I can’t believe it! Have a great day today, and a wonderful week next week!

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I can’t believe Fall is here! It’s my absolute FAVORITE time of year, and I really enjoyed making these fun Fall Shaker Cards with new Lawn Fawn products and older products of theirs, too, that I finally just recently bought! Today I’m featuring the recently released Lawn Fawn (LF) Tree Before ‘n Afters stamp set and coordinating die set, along with the Ready, Set Snow stamp set & die set, the Shaker Add-on, and the Ready, Set, Shake stamp set.  

For the 2 cards, I used the new LF Fall Fling 6×6 Petite Paper Pack for base background patterned papers. I used dies from the LF Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set and the LF Outside In Stitched Scalloped Square Stackables die set for the square card. I also pulled out an oldie-but-a-goodie, the Scalloped Rectangle Stackables set.

Here you can see the “stitching” I added by using the LF Just Stitching Double Rectangles die set. This was also the first shaker I made in this set, and I used Pretty Pink Posh 4mm sequins.

The images are stamped with LF Jet Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card Paper, and colored with Copic markers. The background sky is created by using 3 Distress inks: Wild Honey, Dried Marigold, and Ripe Persimmon onto watercolor cardstock; on some of the skies I just did regular blending, and on some of them I created clouds using the My Favorite Things Mini Cloud Edges Stencil.

I used the LF Grassy Border die for the grass. The bottom front of the shakers is a wood look, and I created that by using a piece of paper from the LF Knock on Wood 6×6 Petite Paper Pack.

At this point, I decided to do something a little different and keep these shakers the way they were, and turn them into magnets!

I’m not happy with how this next photo turned out but you get the point (lol)… I took a magnet sheet, and just cut it down to to a shape that would work, and glued it onto the back of the shaker. And let’s be honest, I could have done a better job cutting the magnets – but sometimes a tired crafter is unfortunately a lazy crafter! :/

After I made my first shaker, I decided I wanted smaller shaker pieces for the insides, so I went shopping! I was on a time crunch, so I went to my local Michael’s and found these beauties – Recollections Glitter Shapes! This is a mixture from 4 different sets (Iridescent Shapes 1, Iridescent Shapes 2, Metallic Microbeads, Diamond Shapped Glitter).

And here (above & below) you can again see the 2 different background skies I have on my designs, the gradual ink blending vs the cloudy skies! My final touch was adding Glossy Accents to the front banners that say Happy Fall. 

I hope you’re enjoying your Fall; I know here in the Midwest we have jumped into almost winter temps overnight – BRRR!!! So stay warm, enjoy the Fall colors and your fall drinks-of-choice!

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Today’s project is an interactive, spooky one for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, a fun Inspiration Board! 

I took those non-traditional Halloween colors in the Challenge and made a fun Halloween card using the new Lawn Fawn (LF) Flippin Awesome die set (& it’s coordinating Add-on set), and the adorably fun LF Spooky Village stamp set & die set! 

I had SO much fun making this card! I created 4 spooky little Halloween scenes, with a final message that you pull out that still has more spooky fun on it! The color scheme for this card is non-traditional because it’s based on the Challenge colors in the Inspiration Board, and I love them!

In the scenes, I really wanted a full moon in the dark sky, so I used the moon from the LF Happy Haunting stamp set set. Then I used LF Premium Dye Ink Pads and 2 types of ink blending tools for the background sky: Ranger Detail Blending Tools for around the perimeter of the moon, and then finger daubers for the rest of the sky; the colors I used were Lemonade, Minty Fresh, Deep Sea, & Blue Jay. After I was done with laying down my colors for the skies, I splattered Copic Opaque White ink onto the sky scenes.

The square scenes are actually die cut from a square die from another set because I wanted a bigger piece! It comes from the LF Outside In Stitched Square Stackables die set; it’s the 2nd smallest die in the set. The other die sets I used were Scalloped Rectangle Stackables, Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables, and Extra Sentiment Banners. The patterned papers I used all came from LF 6×6 collections: Let’s Polka in the Meadow, Knock on Wood, & Really Rainbow Christmas. 

Thanks for joining me today, and make sure to check out the Lawn Fawn blog for their Inspiration Week! Have a great rest-of-your-week! 

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Hello Strangers ~ it’s been awhile! For today, I had fun creating this 3D Fall card, and it’s for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge: Create a Scene!

I pulled out one of my all-time favorite sets, the Lawn Fawn (LF) Happy Harvest stamp set and it’s coordinating die set, and and created a 3D card with the LF Shadow Box Card die set; this project also got a little help from the LF Shadow Box Card Park Add-On die set for the grassy panel I added in the front of the scene. I used paper from the Knit Picky Fall 6×6 Petite Paper Pack to create this 3D card.

The images are stamped with LF Jet Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card Paper, and colored with Copic markers. The background sky is created by blending 3 Distress inks: Wild Honey, Carved Pumpkin, and Ripe Persimmon onto watercolor cardstock.

For the cornstalks, I stamped them with LF Artichoke ink. On the back of the card, the sentiment is a stamped on a die cut banner from the LF Fancy Wavy Banner die set. 

It’s hard to tell, but I have a separate row of corn stalks, in addition to the row that are on the very back of the box card; it adds such great dimension! I tried to capture it with the photo here, but you can’t quite see it – drat!:

I loooove Lawn Fawn’s adhesives! Their 1/8″ Double-sided Tape is a MUST on projects like this; it is so strong and holds everything together perfectly. And I then ALWAYS use their wonderful Glue Tube to put all the other pieces together! My final touch was adding Zig Clear Wink of Stella to the birds, just because they’re so cute and I wanted them to shine a little!

So tomorrow Lawn Fawn is starting another WONDERFUL Inspiration Week featuring their amazing Fall/Winter 2019 Release – YAY!! Make sure to head over to their blog today for their big giveaway post!

Thank you very much for joining me today, and HAPPY CRAFTING! 

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My cousin’s daughter just bought her first home, so of course that means a Congratulations on your New Home card from Valerie! And what better fun than an interactive card with the Lawn Fawn (LF) Magic Picture die set and the Magic Picture Add-on die set?!

For the scene, I used the Happy Village stamp set & die set, and the Simply Celebrate Winter stamp set & die set. The images are stamped with Jet Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card Paper, and colored with Copic markers.

The “Congratulations” is stamped from the Wavy Sayings stamp set with LF Embossing Ink and heat embossed with LF White Embossing Powder, onto a banner die cut from the Simple Wavy Banners die set. The bottom banner is die cut from the Extra Sentiment Banners die set. The sentiment comes from the Happy Village stamp set, and I used the same embossing ink, and heat embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder.

The papers all come from LF 6×6 Petite Paper Packs: Really Rainbow, Really Rainbow Scallops, and Spiffy Speckles.

And of course I couldn’t leave the inside blank!

The card I created for this special occasion actually works perfect for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, too – Little Things!

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The timing for the project for this Altenew class, For the Guys, could not have been more perfect, because I needed to make 2 guy birthday cards for my twin brothers, and we all know guy birthday cards are always kind of tricky!

Here are my 2 similar, yet different, birthday cards I created for my baby brothers (yes, they will always be my baby brothers; see, I was 17 when they were born, so I used to hold them & change their diapers!):

For the first one, I stamped the triangles, from the Sohcahtoa stamp set, in various spots on the panel with Altenew Jet Black ink; then the pattern inside the shapes is stamped with Silver Lake ink from the Gentleman’s Gray ink set.

The fun ink splotches are from the A Splash of Color stamp set. The colors I used are Grass Field (from the Green Valley set), Dusk (from the Cool Summer Night set), and Warm Sunshine (from the Summer Afternoon set).

I stamped the sentiment from the Label Love stamp set in Jet Black ink. My final touch was adding some 4mm & 6mm Metallic Silver Cupped Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

The second card features a geometric lion shape from the Geometric Menagerie stamp set stamped in Jet Black ink, and mounted on the same sentiment as the first card.

I used different inks for the fun background stamped blotches: Persian Blue (from the Glacier Caves set), Autumn Blaze (from Warm & Cozy), and Mango Smoothie (from the Four Scoops set). Then I spritzed Antique Silver Metallic Ink Spray on it.

And the final touch was adding Pretty Pink Posh Sequins: Cupped Marshmallow in 4mm & 6mm, and Cupped Charcoal in 4mm & 6mm.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a wonderful weekend, and Happy Crafting!

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