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Coastal Charm with Lawn Fawn

Hello! One of the things I love most about crafting cards is the ability to construct scenes that invite me to step right in. Embrace the coastal vibes on this Lawn Fawn beach-themed card.

- To create the background, cut Chamomile cardstock with the largest die in the 5 x 7 Matting Basics set. Add cloud texture with the Stitched Cloud Backdrop – Landscape die. Note: given the size of the card, only a landscape-sized backdrop would work.
- Cut Lawn Fawn Kraft cardstock with dies in the Stitched Hillside Borders. Cut ocean wave with die in the Ocean Wave Borders set from Teal Topaz cardstock, and again with the largest die in the 5 x 7 Matting Basics set. Assemble sand dunes and cut with the largest die in the 5 x 7 Matting Basics set. Add wave and sand dunes to the cloud background; add assembly to a 5 x 7 card base.
- Cut house from a variety of cardstock colors with the Build-A-House Beach Add-On and Build-A-House die sets. Assemble.
- Cut palms with dies in the Tropical Backdrop set. Assemble.
- Cut seagull with die in the Scalloped Treat Box Beach House Add-On set. Lawn Fawn adds a lot of wonderful dies to their scene building sets; I have reached for this seagull on a number of occasions.
- Cut crab with die in the Palm Trees set.
- Cut clouds with the Simple Puffy Cloud Frames.
- Cut sentiment with dies in the Speech Bubbles set. Glue to cloud.
- Add clouds, house, palm trees, seagull, and crab to the scene using dot adhesive and foam adhesive for dimension.

Looking for more inspiration? I used similar products on an A2-size card HERE.

In the realm of crafting, sometimes less is more. Today, I’m excited to share a CAS birthday card that embodies the beauty of simplicity while packing a punch of joy and color. Following Christmas cards, birthday cards are the type I send most frequently.

- Using the Lawn Fawn Balloons stencil, add balloons and strings on to white cardstock. (Inks used: Distress Wilted Violet, Memento Love Letter, Memento Tangelo, Memento Dandelion, Distress Salty Ocean).
- Cut panel with A2-size stitched rectangle die. Add to card base.
- Cut white glitter foam with Cole’s ABCs to create the sentiment. Add letters to the panel. Embellish with stars cut from white glitter foam. (I used star dies in the Build-A-Barn and Forest Backdrop sets.)

In this post, I shared a collection of birthday cards that I’ve crafted over the years.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown | Winter Countryside

Looking for the Spellbinders Blog Hop post? Head HERE.

Hello! A few weeks ago, I won the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Theme Challenge. As the winner, I was invited to be a guest for the November Theme Challenge Winter Countryside.

The sight of a winter countryside evokes feelings of nostalgia with childhood memories of playing in the snow, building snowmen, and/or sledding. It offers a serene and idyllic backdrop creating a magical atmosphere that many people find irresistible!

To create the challenge card, I eagerly dug through my supplies. One of my favorite aspects of participating in card challenges – they provide an excuse to pull out favorite supplies and those that have never been used or used infrequently.

To begin, I stenciled and A2-size panel of Taylored Expressions Blue Corn cardstock with white paste through the Lawn Fawn Snow Flurries stencil. You can read more about stenciled backgrounds in my post HERE.
While the stenciled background dried, I cut the Memory Box Country Landscape (now retired) from Snowdrift cardstock. I used the Spellbinders Silent Night Make a Scene set to cut the red house and Santa and his reindeer. (The set is retired, however, I see that it is in stock at Frantic Stamper HERE. As I have mentioned before, Fran offers terrific customer service and has a large inventory.) I backed the houses with Blue Corn cardstock as I was depicting a nighttime scene.
With Hero Arts white powder, I heat-embossed the Essentials by Ellen Santa’s Flight set sentiment (released in 2015 and now-retired) on Pomegranate cardstock and cut it with a banner die.
I cut the frame from Snowdrift cardstock with the largest die in the MFT Stamps A2 Rectangle Frames set.
Once dry, I added the stenciled panel to the card base. I added the countryside landscape to the background, and then added the frame. Finally, Santa, the red house, and the sentiment were added.

I hope you are inspired to craft your own Winter Countryside card for the challenge!

Lawn Fawn | Spooky Cute

Hello! Today I am sharing a Halloween card created with a combination of Lawn Fawn dies. The scene of pink houses, whimsical ghosts, a silvery moon, bats, and a cat is captured in a Polaroid-like frame. Adding a pop of hot pink, the sentiment “BOO” stands out on the white frame. This card is for those who prefer a cute twist on the spooky season.

I discussed the use of frames in cardmaking HERE. In this post, I took a deep dive into the use of embossing folders for card backgrounds.

Dry-emboss A2-size Persimmon cardstock with Taylored Expressions Weathered folder.
Use Build-A-House Halloween Add-On and Scalloped Treat Box Haunted House Add-On die sets to cut cat, bats, and ghosts. Back ghosts with Onyx cardstock and cat with Teal Topaz cardstock.
Cut the Little Town Border from Pink Sand cardstock and back with Peony Pinks foam, glitter side down.
Use Cole’s ABCs set to cut letters from Peony Pinks foam, glitter side down.
Cut the Say Cheese, Again frame from Snowdrift cardstock. Adhere the Little Town Border to the back of the frame. Back assembly with Teal Topaz cardstock. Add sentiment letters to the front of the frame.
With a 1″ circle die, cut the moon from Brushed Silver cardstock.
Add ghosts, moon, bats, and cat to scene with foam and dot adhesive.

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 154 | Into the Woods

Hello! I’m delighted to share a card that embodies the “Into the Woods” theme for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 154. Step into a world where whimsical critters drive, evergreen trees stretch towards the sky, and the call of adventure echoes through the air.

For the challenge, I’ve crafted a scene that features a car adorned with fishing gear, accompanied by two critters ready for an outdoor escapade. The forest border, mountain peaks, and the backdrop of evergreen trees complete the scene.

I used the Car Critters and the Road Trip Add-On stamps and coordinating dies to create the focal point. I stamped the images on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper and used markers to color them. Once dry, I cut the images with their coordinating dies. To create the road, I used the On the Road die set. To create the forest in the background, I used the Forest Border die. I added trees cut with dies in the Forest Backdrop in the foreground.

Previously, I shared a card featuring the Car Critters set HERE.

Category: Lawn Fawn

Coastal Charm with Lawn Fawn

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Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 154 | Into the Woods