I'm a wife, mom, craft blogger and designer for Newton's Nook, Pink & Main, Miss Ink Stamps and Pixi Dust Designs. I also create as an affiliate for Spellbinders and guest design for other companies. Welcome to my crafty place. I hope you enjoy looking around.
Welcome ghosts and ghouls! It’s the first day of Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween! Where we reveal a spooky fun creation each day to inspire your creepiest crafting! I hope you love it as much as I did creating them all!
Today we have this absolutely spectacular little Dracula to build. He was so much fun and crazy simple to assemble. These dies are brilliantly designed!
You’ll notice the sentiment stamps and embellishments that I use through all 13 days of this project are from the kit. Today I added the Underwater Tunnel dies to add interest and whimsy to the design.
Grab your 13 Days of Craftoween HERE and join in the fun!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I’m creating for the Doodlebugs shop as usual, but the shop blog is no longer being used so I thought it would be important to keep things going here in case anyone has questions on the creation process.
Today I’m playing with Mama Elephant spooky goodness and adding some Pretty Pink Posh and Waffle Flower dies to round things out.
I started by choosing images from Mama Elephant Bewitched to stamp, color and die cut out. The Mummified set came out in the same release and would be a lot of fun to mix with this or substitute if you have that one but like this layout.
Next, I cut the Waffle Flower Nested Piercing Ticket Frame from black and white cardstock. I kept the white insert and ink blended it for my scene with teal and brown inks, adhering the insert to the black frame with washi tape on the back side. I glued the house and moon directly to the panel and quickly thought it would be cool to color the edges of the images to match, so I did. Then I placed the scene in my MISTI and stamped the sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Fall on the bottom.
Next, I popped the witches and kitty up with foam squares on my scene panel. To add more interest to the background, I cut a piece of white cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallops cover plate and ink blended it with purple ink to coordinate the reoccurring color in my images.
I glued the scallop panel to a card base and popped the scene panel up with foam tape. Then I finished the design off with glossy accents and stardust Stickles on bits of the images – windows, moon, stars, etc.
Hi friends. I’m honored to be sharing my card with you today. Spellbinders released this sweet die set called Sharon’s Scissors in honor of Sharon Kilma, a longtime craft shop owner who suddenly passed from heart disease earlier this year. A portion of the proceeds for this die set are being donated to the American Heart Association.
It’s a wonderful small die set, including a sentiment and everything. Today I cut the scissors from pink and light green cardstocks, with the blades from silver foil cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere the pieces together. Then I cut my sentiment strips from black and a backer in white to help the sentiment show better.
Next, I die cut a Notched Rectangle from teal cardstock and embossed it with the Loops embossing folder. I ink blended it with darker teal ink and splattered it with white. I chose gray as a soft neutral for my card front and then popped the loops panel up with foam tape.
Next, I glued the hearts directly to the panel and popped the scissors and sentiment strips up with foam squares and strips.
Hello everyone! I think this is the busiest my blog has been in years! There is so much going on and it’s not going to rest until next month at least. It’s so much fun. I hope you’re enjoying it as well!
Today I’m popping in with two cards featuring just the Halloween add on die set that is part of the Cuckoo Cottage Collection that released a few days ago with Spellbinders.
First up, I cut a bunch of the amazing shapes from the set and just started building them all to play with. Once I had those kitties put together I had this sort of mandala idea in my head. As it all came together, this is what I ended up with and I love it!
Once the arrangement was complete, I added foam squares to the back of everything and found this awesome sentiment from last year’s Hoppy Halloween mini die set that was a Deluxe Caboodle freebie but is now for sale.
I did some distress oxide spray playing on the background panel to create the purple textured look. Then added my images to Mirrored Arch labels – green and vellum before popping that up on the purple panel.
So while creating all the cute critters and things for my first card, I ended up with extras! What does this mean?!? Well, of course you have to make another fun spooky card! Since I had the cute Hoppy Halloween frog out for the sentiment banner I couldn’t resist creating one to go with the smaller Cuckoo Cottage images. Don’t they play so well together?!?
At it again with the distress oxide sprays for my background plus some Solar Sprays from Simon Hurley for subtle sparkle and color too. I used the Tiny Dots embossing folder on dark teal cardstock for the bottom portion and everything is adhered with liquid glue or foam squares and tape.
Happy Mix it up Monday friends! I’m here with a lighter and brighter take on outer space than I typically choose. It’s been hot so I’ve had watercolors out to play with and had the urge to try some lighter galaxy vibes. I had fun and the outcome is really pretty!
To create my card, I played with watercoloring the background one evening and then chose some images from the Pretty Pink Posh Outer Space set to stamp. The next morning, I splattered the watercolor panel with white and black paint and colored my images with copic markers before it heated up.
That evening I die cut the background panel with one of the Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies. Then I used coordinating dies to cut the images out as well. For my sentiment I chose a Banner Greeting from Mama Elephant. I added foam to the back of everything because you know I love my dimension!
Before assembling it all I chose a light periwinkle blue cardstock to adhere to my card base, then I removed the release paper and adhered things one layer at a time. Then for finishing touches I added glossy accents to bits of each image.
Isn’t this a fun card!?! The sentiment is generic enough that it could be used for any number of occasions from new baby boy to just sending love. These kind of cards are my favorite to make and have on hand because that right occasion is just around the corner every single time.
Hello everyone! It’s release day for Spellbinders and there are a bunch of new, amazing collections to snag! Today I have a couple of cards to share using the new Joy Shadow dies from Yana’s City Holiday Collection. It’s a very classy Christmas themed collection of dies.
First up I have a very wintery feeling card featuring that bold Joy shadow sentiment, paired with a banner from last month’s North Pole Sentiments set and the Sparkling Snow 3D embossing folder from the year before.
I added some gold watercolor splatter for a little sparkle in the light and, of course, lots of dimension with foam squares and tape.
Next, I have a more traditional looking Christmas card to share with you featuring the same Joy Shadow dies.
This time I used the Peppermint Stripes embossing folder on pink cardstock. I inked up one side of the embossing folder before adding the pink cardstock and running it through my die cut machine. This transfers the ink to the recessed parts of the embossing and gives you two-tone panels. It’s not difficult, easy to clean up and really expands the use of your embossing folders.
For the texture on the card front, I took my light teal ink pad direct-to-paper for a textured inking, which is also a very quick way to add color to your paper. Then I assembled everything with a combination of foam squares or liquid glue.
Welcome everyone! I wanted to also catch you up on some neglected Hero Arts projects that have made it to social media but not yet on here. I’m fortunate enough to create with the Hero Studio Stencil of the Month and Die of the Month and I’m having a blast with it!
This month the theme is Ichabod’s Study and it’s spooky fabulous! I have had so much fun creating and wanted to share my cards thus far.
My first card is created to resemble an old book and uses the stencil of the month. It’s so detailed and beautiful in any color palette! I added a “spine” to the edge and a sentiment from the recent Sherlock themed release which I thought fit the vibe.
Next, I combined the stencil of the month with the frame dies from the die of the month as well. I thought they made a cool and different background setting for my sentiment. Then I trimmed the edge of the front card flap and stamped my sentiment on what is actually the inside of the card on the right side. Isn’t this stencil amazing in bright colors too?!?
Next I had to pull out the full spooky vibes for the Hero Studio die of the month. It’s amazing and has so much potential for spooky, eerie, holiday, bright and cheery! Depends what you fill your frames with or if you fill them at all! I created what I envisioned as a wall in a spooky library in an old mansion.
Have you thought about a monthly subscription like Hero Studio? There are lots of variations for your style of crafting and the products are so fun to create with each month!
Click HERE to check out Hero Studio and find the right combo for you!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Hi friends! I’ve been horrible about taking the time to write blog posts but I know that some people do enjoy/use the information in them. So today I’m catching up a bit with some social media posts I’ve made for Spellbinders over the last week or so.
This first card is purely products that I couldn’t live without and purchased on my own, not gifted from Spellbinders. I had an absolute blast taking my time to cut and build all of the bits in this sweet Santa mug! I pulled the banner sentiment from a recent Spellbinders Simon Hurley release called North Pole Sentiments.
The embossing folder is called Peppermint Stripes and all I did to get the dual color was ink up the inside of the embossing folder before embossing and it transfers the color while embossing. Super easy clean up with a spray bottle and paper towel too! I dare you to try it!
The next thing I shared that is HUGE and so exciting is that I am participating in the 13 days of Craftoween with Spellbinders! The sneak peek is just of the amazing box it comes in but starting August 19 I will have daily posts revealing the die of the day and a project created with it!
The design of this advent style box is pure genius! You get 13 days of spooky die sets to create with along with a stamp set of sentiments that are perfect throughout the days and a package of mixed sequins to embellish your creations too! Mark your calendars and know that I’m just bursting with excitement to share it all with you!
My last update is my social media post for today which uses the full die set I mentioned earlier called North Pole Sentiments. This set includes the signs and banners plus sentiments to go in them, the striped north pole and a snowman to decorate a couple of different ways. So much cuteness all in one place!
For this card, I added the Sparkling Snow 3D embossing folder from a previous Simon Hurley release last year as my background. Then I cut a snowdrift and added some chunky glitter for fun texture and sparkle.
Tons of products used on these projects, plus the upcoming 13 Days of Craftoween box! Click HERE to head to Spellbinders and snag yours to create with me!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Hi there! It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and today we’re celebrating my favorite way…TACOS!!! I love the new taco cart add on to the Lawn Fawn Treat Cart series. It’s so fun and makes me giggle because mexican food is my favorite!
So today, I chose a few images from the Treat Cart original set and the Taco Cart add on set, stamped and colored them. Then I used coordinating ides to cut it all out and a little liquid glue to assemble the pieces together.
Then I snagged the Mama Elephant Scallop Circles dies and cut the stitched circle from white with the two back layers from orange and green. Such a festive color combo! I used liquid glue to adhere the layers together and ink blended a little yellow in the center of the circle to take off the harsh white background.
Next, I took a piece of white cardstock measuring 4×5.25 inches and spritzed it with Distress Oxide spray and Distress Spritz for color and shimmer. Then I took my Lawn Fawn jalapeno ink pad direct to the edges of my card base for texture and color. While that was drying I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment and cut it up into sentiment strips.
For assembly, I popped the orange panel up with foam tape, then popped the circle up on that. The taco stand is glued directly to the circle and the critters are popped up with foam squares. Last, I added the sentiment strips with foam strips filling in some of the white spaces. For finishing touches today I just added white gel pen highlights to the images.
What’s your favorite type of food? The one that makes you happy dance in your seat…
Products used: Lawn Fawn Treat Cart stamps and dies Lawn Fawn Taco Cart Add On stamps and dies Lawn Fawn Taco Cart Sentiments stamps Mama Elephant Scalloped Circles dies Distress Oxide Spray – spiced marmalade Distress Spritz Spray – squeezed lemonade Lawn Fawn ink – jalapeno Liquid glue Foam tape, squares and strips Sakura jelly roll pen – white Embossing and watermark ink Embossing powder – white Anti-static bag
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Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! On the Doodlebugs blog today I’m mixing some really fun bookish products together. I have a very special librarian in my life who I needed a card for so this was extra fun to pull together.
I started by die cutting and inking up the Waffle Flower Open Book die and stencils. I used blending brushes and Lawn Fawn dye inks to color the layers. It was so much fun! I can’t believe it took me this long to give it a try. I’m for sure hooked and excited to make some with the new Christmas stencils too!
Once that portion was finished I pulled out the Concord and 9th Wood Plank embossing folder for my background panel. I trimmed it down to 4×5.25 inches after it was embossed and inked it lightly with gray to bring out the texture.
Next, I pulled out the Lawn Fawn Little Woodland Library stamps and dies to choose the sweet reading critters to place around my open storybook. After those were stamped, colored and die cut I moved on to assembling the parts together.
Wanting a little contrast I added deep sea ink to my card front before popping the wood plank panel up with foam tape. Then I glued the storybook down with liquid glue and popped up my critters and sentiment strip with foam squares and strips.
For finishing touches I just added a little glossy accents on the worm’s glasses and white gel pen highlights on all the stamped images.
Products used: Waffle Flower Open Book dies Waffle Flower Open Book stencil Waffle Flower Open Book Dragon Castle stencil Concord & 9th Wood Plank embossing folder Lawn Fawn Little Woodland Library stamps and dies Lawn Fawn Sentiment Strip die Embossing & Watermark ink Embossing powder – white Anti static bag Blending brushes Lawn Fawn dye inks Foam tape, squares and strips Liquid glue
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