Mama Elephant – Little Wolf Agenda XOXO

Hello everyone. I’m back with more inspiration featuring the Mama Elephant Anniversary release. I wanted to highlight some of the non-holiday images in the Little Wolf Agenda set and how fun they are to use outside of Christmas.

I love the two with the pencil and paintbrush especially so I gravitated toward them immediately. I wanted a third to round out the visual triangle so I stuck with a cutie that wasn’t holding anything this time. Once those were stamped and die cut, I switched to playing with the fun Cute Clipboard die set. I created my clipboard and cut a couple pieces of paper.

Then I pulled out the Write With Me stamps to add decorations to my paper. Aren’t they perfect?!? I was quite tickled with myself. I glued all of these elements together and popped the wolves up with foam squares.

For my card base, I went with a light yellow ink direct to the card front so there is a texture to the color in person. Then I cut the Curly Screen Frame layers from white and teal cardstocks. They are glued together and popped up on the card front, with the clipboard being popped up on that as wel.

For finishing touches today I just added glossy accents to the wolf noses, and paint brush and pencil bits.

Products used:
Little Wolf Agenda stamps and dies
Write With Me stamps
Curly Screen Frame dies
Cute Clipboard dies
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

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Coffee Loving Papercrafters – National Coffee Day Hop

Hey friends! I’m so happy to be back as a Coffee Loving Papercrafters Super Sponsor for National Coffee Day! I’ve got a new Twiddler’s Nook product, fun inspiration and then at the bottom a sale and a chance to win if you comment.

Friends, I created Choose Your Own Adventure crafting dice! I’ve had this idea in my head for so long and finally made it a reality when my husband bought a UV printer! It’s simple and silly but I have had a blast using them already.

There are three dice in the set and each has its own theme so you can choose to roll one, two or all three and let your fate be named! We’ve got theme, special effect and coloring type as the main dice categories.

Since I rolled holiday, no coloring and movement. I pulled out some new dies I hadn’t gotten to play with, an action wobbler and started playing around! I stenciled my background and added some awesome Astro Paste for shiny spiders in the background. Then I ink blended all the color on my die cuts so no coloring there! And of course I chose a Halloween card for my holiday!

Remember Twiddler’s Nook has an awesome selection of embellishments for all your crafts and crafty tools to make all that crafting smoother, easier and way more fun!

We’ve got 10% off the whole shop and the new dice are available today! Sale runs today through Saturday, Oct. 3.

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Mama Elephant – Winter Wolf Highlight

Hi everyone! Today is the final day of highlights from the Mama Elephant Anniversary release and we’re sharing inspiration for the Winter Wolf stamp set. This pairs perfectly with the Little Wolf Agenda set but also super fun on its own. Today I have an ornament tag to share with you.

I started by stamping and coloring my couple of images from the Winter Wolf stamp set and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then we switch gears to creating the fun snow globe tag using the Arch Snow Globe die set.

This set has the elements to create a winter scene with the hills and trees or skip those elements and make your own. It also has the frame to turn your snow globe into a shaker and let the snow really fall. I cut the elements from white cardstock today and used blending brushes to add color to my base, trees, sky and snow mounds.

I spritzed the sky with water and blotted it dry before using liquid glue to adhere all the pieces together. My sentiment on the bottom comes from the Winter Wolf stamp set which I stamped in red. (RIP to my beautiful stamp that is now stained for life. Why does red have to do you dirty like that all the time?)

I popped my images up with foam squares and moved on to finishing touches. For this I added clay snowflakes around the sky and framing the sentiment. Then I finished with glossy accents on noses and stardust Stickles on the snowballs.

Products used:
Winter Wolf stamps and dies
Arch Snow Globe dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Happy Feet embellishments

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Mama Elephant – Round Tag Sentiments Highlight

Hi again! Today we’re back highlighting the Round Tag sentiments that go with the Round Tag Buddies we saw yesterday. To focus on the sentiments I went digging for ways to use them without the buddies at all and I found something super fun!

Not only do they fit perfectly in the circle from the Simple Bookmark die set, but almost all of the little agenda critters fit in the center of the sentiments! *NEW LEVEL UNLOCKED* To say I was excited by this is a serious understatement.

For these, I cut the bookmark die from patterned paper and another from white cardstock and glued them together for stability. Then I cut the circles from white cardstock and stamped my sentiments on each one. I lightly ink blended the centers before adding my Little Agenda Wolves with foam squares to that.

I finished both off with glossy accents and stardust Stickles because it’s me and everything needs sparkle and shine!

Products used:
Simple Bookmark dies
Little Wolf Agenda stamps and dies
Round Tag Sentiments stamps
Foam squares
Blending brushes
Stickles – stardust
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Mama Elephant – Round Tag Buddies Highlight

Welcome friends! Today the Mama Elephant stamp highlights continue with the Round Tag Buddies set. This is such a fun set to create tags and ornaments for the holidays and other occasions too! The critters don’t have accessories attached so if you leave off the holiday specific they would be great for birthday gift bags and cards!

However, because the holidays are right around the corner (I heard that gasp, you know they’ll be here before we know it.) I stuck to a set of gift tags with a variety of sentiments on them. I also chose a sweet accessory to add to each one.

Because these are tags, I die cut an additional blank shape to glue to the back of each tag. It gives stability and a clean place to write the name or message. This stamp set comes with a to and from stamp which I did stamp on the back of each to make things easy.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all noses and white gel pen highlights galore!

Products used:
Round Tag Buddies stamps and dies
Round Tag Sentiments stamps
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp | Newton’s Nook – Stamptember Release

Hello everyone! I’m super excited to part of the special edition release with Simon Says Stamp and Newton’s Nook for Stamptember! This is such a fun set and is going to be adorable used in so many ways!

My go-to with these sets is always to create gift tags. We all know I love making tags to a ridiculous level and, also, I need lots of tags at Christmas so getting a jump start is always appreciated. However, I resisted the urge and created a super fun card to share with you instead.

I chose two of the images to stamp and color with copic markers. Then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I used the largest Frames & Flags die to cut the scalloped rectangle from dark blue cardstock. I taped off the stitched edges and spread unicorn horn Astro Paste through the Snowfall stencil to create my glittery background.

While that was drying, I die cut a circle using the largest regular circle in the Circle Frames die set from white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment in a dark blue ink and blended the edges with teal ink and a blending brush.

For assembly, I added the circle snow mound to the bottom stitched edge of the stenciled panel with foam tape. Then I adhered the kitty and puppy with foam tape and liquid glue above that. Then, I wrapped my twine around the top of the panel, tying it in a bow before adding foam tape to the back of the panel, avoiding the twine so the foam tape lies flat.

I finished the design off with a little glossy accents on the sweaters and critter noses. Last was stardust Stickles on the pompoms of each hat because, of course we needed more glitter.

Be sure to snag your Stamptember set right away. They always sell out super fast!

Products used:
Stamptember Set – Sweater Weather: Simon Says Stamp only
Frames & Flags dies
Circle Frames dies
Snowfall stencil
Astro Paste – unicorn horn
Paste spreader
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – mermaid and blue jay
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – September Release Day

YIPPEE!!! We made it to release day! The Newton’s Nook release is available in the shop and we’re having an Instagram hop to celebrate today! Below is my card but be sure to head to Instagram and comment along the hop for a chance to win!

I’m pulling us back to reveal day 1 goodies with all things fall and the Autumn Dogs stamp set. I couldn’t resist this sweet pup and his barrel of apples. I just loved it so much I thought he needed his own moment to shine!

I paired him with the Autumn Leaves paper pad and the Card Layout 6 dies that parner with the Corner Flip dies (used here). This is a great way to show off both sides of your patterned paper, especially when you just don’t want to have to choose!

My sentiment is stamped on a banner in the Frames & Flags set and everything is glued down except for the flipped corners and the main image which are popped up with foam squares. Then for finishing touches I added glossy accents to the puppy’s nose and the red apples. I also added white gel pen highlights on a few spots and a red clay heart below the sentiment.

Products used:
Autumn Leaves paper pad
Autumn Dogs stamps and dies
Corner Flip dies
Card Layout 6 die
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue
Sweethearts embellishment mix

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – September Release Reveals Day 2

Welcome everyone! It’s day 2 of the Newton’s Nook September Release reveals and, like I said yesterday, there’s so much! Today is all Halloween goodies and they are SO GOOD!!!

Seriously! We have spiderwebs and sentiments, plus a new paper pad and to top it all off, accessories for the new cat and dog builders! OMG they’re so fun!!!

Since I didn’t have the new dies when I was orinally designing for this week, I went digging and played with older Halloween goodies to give the new paper pad a try. Isn’t this haunted house so fun with the stripes! It’s giving Addam’s Family for me and I’m not mad about it.

The sky portion of my background was created with distress oxide and spritz sprays. It makes for fun texture and shimmer in the end. My sentiment was borrowed from the Trick or Treat Newton stamp set.

My dies came and I couldn’t resist playing immediately so I had some inspiration to share with you! Here is a fun card featuring the new Halloween Accessories on the Cat Builder! Eeeekkk!

I pulled the paper pad back out and paired it with the Arched Frames and one of the new Halloween sentiments too! Everything is popped up with foam tape and squares like I do and it just makes it so fun!

For finishing touches on this card, I added glossy accents the the kitty nose and bits of the candy pieces.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Mama Elephant – Little Wolf Agenda Highlight

Hi there! Mama Elephant is in the middle of their stamp highlights for the anniversary release and today we get to share Little Wolf Agenda! OMG they are so cute and so fun to color!!! I kept reaching for them for repeat projects while I was creating.

For this card, I stamped my little wolves in gray ink and colored them in soft gray colors. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. You’ll notice lots have holiday items but there are a fair amount with empty arms or generic celebration things like balloons and stars. This is another fabulous little agenda set to add to your collection!

I die cut my background from the Square Grid cover plate and lined it with acetate for a shaker. The bits inside are a super fine glitter so it’s just shimmery behind the spritzed paint. I popped my wolves up with foam tape and switched to my sentiment next.

The sentiment is from Everything Nice which has the chunky big sentiments and the smaller sub sentiments included. So I stamped and cut the larger one and heat embossed the second on a strip. They are both popped up with foam squares and strips.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all wolf noses and bits of the images like candy cane stripes, bows and berries. Last, I added stardust Stickles to the star center on the top for sparkle too.

Products used:
Little Wolf Agenda stamps and dies
Square Grid Cover die
Everything Nice stamps and dies
Foam strips and squares
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Liquid glue

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – September Release Reveals Day 1

Hi friends! I’m excited to be back with another Newton’s Nook release week reveal post! This time we have 2 days of reveals – so much good stuff – and release day is on Thursday! So buckle up, here we go!

Phew! Today we’re revealing two new stamp and die sets – Autumn Cats and Autumn Dogs, plus Autumn Leaves paper pad – swoon, plus Arched Frames dies and Torn Edge Frames dies! Now, distributers were slow so I didn’t have all the dies when creating for this so bear with me – all of us really. We did our best!

First up we have a little taste of the Autumn Leaves paper pad and Autumn Cats having fun in the fall leaves! Aren’t they super cute!?! I added the frame from the Card Layout 5 die for a little texture on the background to break up the patterned paper. It gives a great focus to the center.

I popped my scalloped over up with foam tape and popped the images up off that too. You all know by now that I love dimension. I can’t help myself. Finishing touches on this one are glossy accents for all kitty noses and white gel pen highlights on the images. Then I came back and added glossy accents on random leaves throughout the images. I just couldn’t help myself.

For my Autumn Dogs inspiration, I pulled out the paper pad again because it’s packed full of such different patterns, who can resist!? Not it. The dies I used were the largest Frames & Flags scalloped rectangle with the tags from the Essential Tags die set.

I took a distress oxide dusty concord ink pad direct to my card base for the textured purple edge and then popped everything up layer by layer with foam tape and squares. Finishing touches here were just glossy accents on puppy noses, coffee mug, pumpkin stems and caramel on the apple.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!