Acorny Birthday Card - Lawn Fawnatics #228

 It's time for another Lawn Fawnatics challenge, and this one is all about the critters of the forest. It's Woodland Wonder! So, of course, I had to make a card featuring my most favorite animal, the red squirrel! I created a whole little colony, bringing together images from Simply Celebrate Squirrels, Simply Celebrate Hangouts, and Let's Go Nuts.

I wanted to really bring the Fall vibes on this one, with jewel-toned leaves on the Heart Tree and a vibrant sunset background. And since this is my birthday month, I had to use a greeting from Henry's Build-A-Sentiment: Birthday.

The shades of Distress Oxide I used were Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral, and Seedless Preserves. Definitely a combination I will revisit! I adhered my images with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue, and finished with a little Stardust Stickles.

To see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can also find the tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Be sure to check out the other amazing design team samples and link up your own Woodland Wonder projects to play along!

Pick of the Patch Card - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

 Hey friends, I'm on the Lawn Fawnatics blog today with a sweet pumpkin patch card starring the new Fall Mice! I combined them with a whole bunch of other sets, including Make Lemonade!, Treat Cart Add-on: Coffee, Pick of the Patch, and more! I'll have all the details in my post, so I hope you'll check it out! I'll also have all the supplies linked in the description bar below the video on YouTube. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching!

Dim Sum Birthday Card - Lawn Fawnatics #227

It's time for another Lawn Fawnatics challenge, and this time we're having Fun with Food! If you ever were told as a child not to play with your food, now is your chance to do it, guilt-free! I've been wanting to create a card with the various sushi stamps for a while now, so I knew this was the perfect opportunity! 

 

I pulled together images from Soy Happy, Year Thirteen, and Year Sixteen, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies. Then I created a steamer basket using Build-A-Barrel: Apple. I used Distress Oxide Inks to add some shading.

For the background wallpaper, I used patterned paper from the Falling Leaves Collection Pack and stamped my sentiment in the top right corner. I cut down Light Brown Woodgrain Cardstock for the table and again added Distress Oxide Inks for shading. Then I popped the images up with foam tape and finished with a little Stardust Stickles. 

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! And don't forget to check out the Lawn Fawnatics blog to see the other delicious design team creations and to cook up your own to play along!

Midnight Moths Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

Hey friends, today I'm so honored to be over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a lovely little card featuring the new I Like Cute Moths stamp set. I had so much fun with this one, combining it with images from Oh Gnome!, Gleeful Gardens, and Fairy Friends. For all supplies and details, please see the post over there, or check the description bar below the video HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I had a blast creating this one, so I really hope you enjoy it!

Card Making Marathon - Making As Many Cards As I Can With Pre-colored Images

 Hey friends, today I'm sharing the results of a Mini Cardmaking Marathon I did last week. I challenged myself to create as many cards as I could using only pre-colored images from the dish that I keep on my desk. I'm not a super fast crafter, and it usually takes me all day to make a single card. But since the coloring was already done, I was curious to see how many I could do. I ended up making three cards and I filmed the entire process. So come join me and see how I made three cards in a day! Click the thumbnail below, or you can find the video HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Thanks so much for watching!

Highland Autumn Card - Lawn Fawnatics #226

Hey friends! It's time for a new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, and this one is an Inspiration Board with a Fall/Back to School theme. I chose to go for the cozy Fall vibes with a bit of a feminine flair. Lots of pink mixed in with the more traditional seasonal shades.

The star of the show here is one of the adorable Highland Cows!, but I also pulled in accessory images from several favorite Fall stamp sets, including Happy Harvest, You Crow Girl, and the Pick of the Patch Add-on. To give the cow a little more height, I brought in the hay bale from You Goat This.

For the focal panel, I used the Cloudy Stencil on a Small Stitched Circle Stackable with some Distress Oxide Inks. I popped this up with foam tape over layers of Falling Leaves and Pint-sized Patterns: Summertime patterned paper. I finished with a trio of Iridescent Sequins and a bit of Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, you can click the video thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawnatics blog to check out the other amazing design team creations and to link up your own to play along!

Hap-bee Bee-day Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

 Hey friends! Today I'm honored to be featured over on the Lawn Fawn blog with an all dies card using the new Build-A-Bee die set. I paired it with the Tree Branches Backdrop: Landscape and a sentiment from Henry's Build-A-Sentiment Honey Bee. For rest of the supplies and details, please see my post over there, or you can find them HERE in the description bar below the video on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching!

Have a Wild Birthday Card - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

 Hey friends, today I'm over on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with a rainforest-themed birthday card for our Let's Go Wild Challenge! I used one of my favorite sets, Toucan Do It, combined with a few others and the Tropical Leaves Background Stencils. You can find all the supplies and details in my post over there, or in the description bar below the video on YouTube. To see how this card came together, click the thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I hope you enjoy it!

Critters at the Pond Card - Lawn Fawnatics #225

Hey friends! It's time for a brand-new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, and this is such a fun one! Let's Go Wild! features critters in their natural habitats. I took my card a little to the extreme, wanting to squeeze in as much wildlife as I could. Just look at them all happily coexisting! I pulled in critters from Silly Goose!, Wood You Be Mine?, Little Woodland Library Friends, and Beary Rainy Day and accessory images from Toadally Awesome and Swan Soiree.
 

For the background, I die cut the Riverside Backdrop: Portrait out of Bristol Cardstock and added color with Distress Oxide Inks. I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China for the sky, both of those plus Mermaid Lagoon for the water, and Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness for the ground.

I stamped a sentiment across the bottom, adhered the background to a Peach card base, and glued down all my images. For an extra pop of color, I also added a Stitched Rectangle Frames

in Peach to match the inside. And of course, I finished things off with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, check out the video tutorial by clicking the thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it and that it inspires you to create your own Let's Go Wild card to play along!

Herd It's Your Birthday Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

 Hey friends! Today I'm so pleased to be featured over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a sweet birthday card featuring the brand-new Highland Cows! I've given them a lemon lavender cake to celebrate from the Make Lemonade Add-on, and incorporated some lovely patterned papers! For all of the details, please see my post over there, or you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it. Have a wonderful day!

Six Ways to Color Highland Cows

 Hey friends! I'm back with another video in my Ways to Color Critters Series. This time I'm sharing six ways to color highland cows, using the new Highland Cows! stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I've stamped the images in Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink on Catherine Pooler Favorite White Cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. To see the coloring in real time, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Have a wonderful day!

East Coast Christmas Card - Lawn Fawnatics #224

Hey friends! We've reached the year's midpoint, which means it's time for our Christmas in July Challenge at Lawn Fawnatics! I chose to make an East Coast Christmas card, extending all the way from Maine to Florida. I pulled in images from Christmas Fishes, Beachy Christmas, Smooth Sailing, Life is Good, and the Car Critters Christmas Add-on.

For the background, I started with a piece of Bristol Cardstock, and blended on Distress Oxide Inks. I used Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs for the sand, and Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Uncharted Mariner for the sea. I left a small band of white cardstock between, then pounced on some Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleedproof White acrylic paint to simulate the waves lapping the shore.

I arranged my images in a collage-style L shape and adhered them with a combination of Scotch 3M Foam Tape and liquid glue. Then I finished off the card with an Everyday Sentiment Banner and a little Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty! And don't forget to stop by the Lawn Fawnatics blog to check out the other amazing Christmas in July creations that the design team has made to inspire you, and to link up your own projects to play along!

Wishing You the Zest Card - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

 Hey friends, today I'm on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with another card for our Summer Splash Challenge! This one features the brand-new Make Lemonade! stamp set, which I had so much fun using! Who doesn't love a tart, sweet fresh-squeezed lemonade in the Summer? For all the supplies and details, please check out my post, or you can watch the video tutorial by clicking the thumbnail below, or HERE to go straight to the video on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you like it!

Cows Come Home Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

 Hey friends! Today I'm honored to be on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a cute card featuring the adorable new Highland Cows! stamp set. I mixed them with images from Heart Tree and It's a Bird on the Meadow Backdrop: Portrait. For all the other supplies and details, please see that post, or the description bar below the video on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching!

Fintastic Birthday Card - Lawn Fawnatics #223

Hey friends! Are you ready for a brand-new challenge at Lawn Fawnatics? I know I am! Summer is my favorite season, and I am so ready for Summer cards! For this one I'm diving deep into the ocean to swim amongst blacktip reef sharks -- something I would NEVER be brave enough to do in real life! I used a whole bunch of images on this one, including You Are Sublime, Duh-nuh, Duh-nuh Flip Flop, Mermaid for You, Fintastic Friends, and Party Animal. 

For the background, I blended Distress Oxide Inks onto a panel of Bristol Cardstock. I used Salvaged Patina, Mermaid Lagoon, and Uncharted Mariner for the sea. Then I die cut the Desert Canyon Backdrop: Landscape out of more Bristol, and used Hickory Smoke and Black Soot for the reef, and Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs for the sand.

I stamped my sentiment in the top left corner and adhered my images with liquid glue. To cover up my ink-blended edges and tie into the diver's wetsuit, I added a Stitched Rectangle Frame of Blue Jay Cardstock. As always, I finished off the card with a little Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty! Also, be sure to visit the Lawn Fawnatics blog to see what the other design team members have created to inspire you and to link up your own Summer Splash projects and play along! We can't wait to see what you make!

Hiding Hamsters Card - Paperie Ink Snail Mail Club

Hey friends, today I've got a card to share using the Paperie Ink Snail Mail Club. This is a new subscription service where you can get a fun little envelope of images and other goodies in your mailbox every month. Or you can just sign up for one month at a time if you choose. These images were from the very first kit, which was for the month of May. I'm getting to them a little late, but better late than never!

The images come pre-stamped and die cut, so all I had to do was color them in with my Copic markers and arrange them into a scene. Easy peasy! I added some patterned paper and a sentiment into the mix and viola! A finished card! And the best part? I still have extras of all these images to make more cards. I can't wait to color up these adorable hamsters again. 

If you'd like to see how this card came together and learn more about how the Snail Mail Club works, click the video thumbnail below. Or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching, and for stopping by!

 

Glad We're Friends Card - Lawn Fawnatics #222

Hey friends, it's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, and this is a brand-new one! It's called Thank You for Being a Friend, and the projects you create can be thank you or friendship themed (or both!) Sound fun? For my card, I knew I had to feature the new Mice Flowers stamp set. Those mice are just so darn cute! I also brought in All the Grasses.

I colored the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies. Then I created a simple watercolor wash background on a Small Stitched Oval Stackable. I used Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide for the sky, and Mowed Lawn for the ground. I layered this on a Stitched Scalloped Oval Stackable that I die cut out of Ballet Slippers Cardstock.

I popped up the focal panel over layers of Blissful Blossoms patterned paper on a Bubblegum card base. Then I stamped part of my sentiment and trimmed out the rest using the Scripty Friends die and Cilantro Cardstock. As always, I finished up the card with some Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came togehter, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to also stop by the Lawn Fawnatics blog and check out the other amazing design team samples and to link up your own projects and play along. We can't wait to see what you create!

Berry Sweet Birthday Card - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

 Hey friends! Happy Memorial Day! I'm so happy to be featured over on the Lawn Fawnatics blog today with another card for our All Dies Challenge! I created it using Strawberry Patch and the Build-A-Barrel: Apple on a Checkered Hearts Backdrop. I'll have all the other supplies and info over there, so I hope you check it out! If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Fox & Flowers Card - Lawn Fawnatics #221

Hey friends, it's time for a new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! This time, we're telling the stamps to step aside and focusing all our attention on dies! For my card, I wanted to use the Build-A-Wheelbarrow, and I thought it would be so cute with the Build-A-Fox poking out.

I used so much Lawn Fawn colored cardstock for this one. I'll have all of the colors shown clearly in the video tutorial and also linked in the description bar below the video on YouTube. I nestled my scene inside the Secret Garden Window, which I die cut from patterned paper.

A stamped sentiment is totally okay for this one, as long as the die-cuts are the focus. I built a custom greeting using Henry's Build-A-Sentiment: Birthday, stamped in Bubblegum Ink, and die cut with one of the Everyday Sentiment Banners.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the thumbnail below, or you can also find the video HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to also stop by the Lawn Fawnatics blog and see what the rest of the design team has created and to link up your own projects and play along!

Cozy Bookshelf Bday Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

 Hey friends! Today I'm on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a super fun card, turning the new Workshop Backdrop: Portrait into a bookshelf! And just like my bookshelves at home, I stuffed it full of all kinds of fun little trinkets between the stacks of books. I used so many sets on this one, including Cozy Cats, Purrfectly Wicked, and Little Woodland Library. I'll have all the others in my post over there and also linked below the video on my own channel. If you'd like to watch and see how this one came together, click the video thumbnail below, or find it HERE at Christy Gets Crafty!

Panda-stic Birthday Card - Lawn Fawnatics #220

Hey friends! It's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, and this is a fun one! We're creating cards inspired by another design team member! I can't even count the number of times that I have been so inspired by another designer's card that my fingers immediately started itching to create. If that feeling has ever struck you too, then this challenge is for you!

I honestly had such a hard time settling on which card to choose, because there were just so many, but I finally narrowed it down to this incredible one by Grace. I just love the images she used, the beautiful layout, the gorgeous color palette, and of course, the patterned paper! There was just so much to love. I wanted to pay definite homage to her design, but also give it a few twists to make it my own.

I started with the theme. Grace's card was for Valentine's Day, but I wanted to make a birthday card instead. I combined the I Heart Pandas and I Heart Panda's Add-on with Capybaras! I colored the images with Copics and trimmed them out with the matching dies. I loved the scalloped edge of her focal panel, but decided to use the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames for something slightly different. And since less of my background was going to show, I skipped the stenciled background and just blended on some Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Ink.

Because I brought in the little mandarin orange images from the Capybaras, I knew I had to use some Fruit Salad 6x6 patterned paper. I paired that with Peach Cardstock for the card base and frame, and added a Scripty Birthday sentiment in Ballet Slippers and Guava. I also added an Everyday Sentiment Banner that I white heat embossed on Black Licorice Cardstock. And I finished off with a little Stardust Stickles.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, please click the video thumbnail below, or you can find the tutorial HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty! Thank you so much for showing your support by watching the video! I really hope you enjoy it. And don't forget to come play along with our Inspired By Challenge at Lawn Fawnatics!