Celebrating the new Lawn Fawn release (with Simon Says Stamp)

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The new Lawn Fawn collection has hit your favorite stores, the wait is over! To celebrate, I made this fun card:

You can read more about it on the Simon Says Stamp blog this morning - CLICK!

I sea it's your birthday! (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's inspiration and release week - their summer collection is being peeked all week long and will be available for purchase as of May 16th.

Today, we're showing off the new Center Picture Window Card dies. It creates a fun pop-up detail that is as easy to put together as a shadow box card. (read: super easy.)



I'll give you this. The outside is pretty boring. I decorated the inside for awhile and then when I got to the outside, I found some extra die-cuts and called it a day. But I think it works! Boring on the outside, but a party inside:



It's all happening in here! I did some ink-blending onto patterned paper and it looks like a spotlight shining right in the middle! I mixed in fish from a newer set, Keep On Swimming, with images from You Are Sublime, Duh-Nuh, and So Jelly.



I really love this die. Everything folds into a flat card, but when you open it the entire scene comes to life. From above you can see the frame and the 2 extra flaps that are part of this new die set. I really can't wait to see what you all make with this one!

Be sure to check out all of the design team's inspiration on the LF blog this morning - click!

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A scuba party! (for Lawn Fawn)

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Every month I show you how Lawn Fawn products can be used for party decor. This month, I decided to go deep... for a scuba party!



I used images from You Are Sublime to inspire this month's party theme. That scuba diver is so cute!

You can't have a scuba party without including a few yellow submarines! I cut a few Scalloped Treat Boxes out of yellow cardstock and used circle dies to mimic portholes.

I attached a wavy banner (from the Shadow Box Card Ocean Add-On die set) stamped with a greeting from You Are Sublime. I love that the wave of the banner gives a nod to ocean waves! And by sponging the edges with a darker blue ink, the navy cardstock looks so much more deep and rich.

To bring in more of the ocean theme, I came up with the simplest decor - but it really packs a punch! I grabbed a few picture frames I had lying around the house, and cut Stitched Wave Borders in shades of blue and layered them inside. I love this idea so much! If I were hosting a full party, I would fill even more frames and have them all layered and stacked around the party table. The frames are from Ikea, by the way!



Since everything else on the table is on the simpler side, I went all out with the cupcake toppers. One special thing on your party table is enough to draw the eye in! I cut yellow cupcake wrappers, and then created little scenes inside of Porthole Frames to stick inside of the cupcakes.

Each scene is just a tiny bit different in how they are laid out, but all of the elements are the same.

I used the Stitched Wave Borders inside the portholes, so add extra depth and interest.

The yellow submarines make another appearance on the drink bottles!



I always try to reinforce the party colors with each element on the table, so I used a lighter blue to wrap the bottle, and then brought in some navy in the straws.



I hope you like it! This is one of my faves - while I was crafting it, it made me wish that my Thomas was still little! I would have loved to have created this for him a few years ago. Now, he's 11 and all into laser tag and PS4 games and "nothing too babyish." ha.

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You are sublime (Lawn Fawn summer release week!)

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Lawn Fawn's summer release week continues with a first look at You Are Sublime, a few underwater, scuba diver-themed set:

I also used a new Porthole frame, so that it looks like you are standing inside the sub, peeking through the window into the ocean scene outside.

I colored the scuba diver in a fun navy, and all of the fish around him in bright colors to stand out against the ocean waves (the stitched waves are a new die set too!)



I added the sentiment onto a banner flag (new as well!) and did some shading around the edges of the grey card base.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

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