Welcome back everyone! I’m back today with a card featuring goodies from a couple of Spellbinders Christmas in July releases happening today. This first card features sweet scene dies from the Country Christmas Collection by Annie Willis and an embossing folder from the Merry Moments Collection.
I spent some relaxing time die cutting all the elements for my Country Snowman, using ink blending and a little copic marker coloring for shading and texture in places. Reverse tweezers and liquid glue are always my friend when creating with dies like these.
Once I had my scene elements created, glued and drying, I ink blended a panel with distress oxide inks and ran it through the die cutter with the Christmas Cameos 3D embossing folder. I glued that to a card base and started assembling the rest of my card.
After adding the Country Snowman elements with foam squares I pulled out my favorite sentiment banners from last year to finish things off. The white layer on the sentiment banner helps the sentiment pop and hides the foam behind it but this time I offset it for a little added interest.
Hello everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun, book-themed card that’s all die cuts with one stamped sentiment. I recognize that it’s summer and hot and not everyone has air conditioning. If you color with materials like copic markers that are pressurized, it makes it difficult to accomplish anything when the temperatures rise.
I’m in that boat right now as our air conditioner is out so I pulled out some fun die cuts to play around with and love how it turned out.
The books I used are from the Bookmark II die set and the flowers are from the Daisies die set. I cut from colored cardstock and used copics to add little accents to the book spines, just coloring the inserts a shade or two darker so they stood out.
I cut a piece of white cardstock down to 3.5×4.75 and ink blended a section a couple inches up from the bottom. Then I glued a piece of rose gold foil cardstock to the seam and used the same apricot ink to stamp my sentiment that I ink blended with.
I used liquid glue to adhere all the die cut elements and finished the design off with some glossy accents on the flower centers. Then I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape and my card is all finished.
Hey friends! I interrupt your regularly scheduled summer fun for some spooky wishes featuring the Mama Elephant Halloween awesomeness that recently released! If you’ve been here for just a minute, you know Halloween is my favorite and any excuse to create for it has me ALL IN!
I had a general idea that I wanted to create a big sentiment with the adorable mummies and witches around and in the letters somehow. So I started with my background to set the tone and choose my color palette…perfect summerween colors! I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Stars stencil set on pink cardstock to start off with. I used Lawn Fawn carrot and jet black inks.
Next, I adhered white cardstock to craft foam and covered the back with adhesive sheet. Then I die cut my sentiment using the Lawn Fawn Henry’s ABCs die set. This gave instant dimension with less work than cutting each letter 4 times and gluing them together. After arranging my letters together I chose a Spellbinders Emerald Cut Label die to cut from vellum as a backdrop.
Now that I had a general placement and size of open space, I chose a couple of mummies and a witch from the new Mama Elephant sets – Mummified and Bewitched. I stamped, colored and die cut them, then adhered each mummy with foam squares and the witch with liquid glue.
Hiding adhesive behind the letters and images, I adhered the vellum panel with tape runner to the stenciled background. Next, I used liquid glue to adhere the whole thing to a card base.
For finishing touches I added orange glitter brush pen to the sentiment and white gel pen highlights to the images.
On a scale from 1 to spooky, how much do you love crafting for Halloween?
Products used: Mama Elephant Mummified stamps and dies Mama Elephant Bewitched stamps and dies Pretty Pink Posh Layered Stars stencils Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels dies Blending brushes Lawn Fawn inks – carrot and jet black Liquid glue Adhesive sheets Craft foam Foam squares Tape runner
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Welcome everyone! I’m not over the beach theme and I found a new stencil set to play with on top of it! Mix it up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog brings us beautiful stenciling for quick coloring and some relaxing seashell coloring too. It was a great crafting session!
I started by die cutting and ink blending the new Waffle Flower Seashell Frame die and stencil combo. It’s so easy to use and is going to be so fun to mix and match different color combos on!
Next, I chose a handful of seashells from the new Pretty Pink Posh Seashells stamp set. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I arranged them how I wanted and used liquid glue to adhere them together. Then I chose a sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Summer set and cut it out with the Sentiment Strip dies, along with a scalloped shadow too.
For my background panel, I chose saltwater taffy Distress Spritz spray for shimmer and light color. I think it goes so well with everything else going on but doesn’t distract from the images at all. After it dried, I adhered it to a card base with liquid glue and attached the frame, images and sentiment strip with foam squares.
I’m having so much fun creating with all of these new ocean themed goodies that have just released! Do you enjoy beach and ocean crafting? It makes me want to put my toes in the sand for sure!
Products used: Pretty Pink Posh Seashells stamps and dies Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Summer stamps Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies Waffle Flower Seashell Frame die and stencil combo Foam squares Liquid glue Lawn Fawn mermaid, peacock, manatee and carrot inks Distress Oxide abandoned coral and tattered rose inks Distress Spritz Spray – saltwater taffy
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Hey friends! I’m in full beach mode these days, loving all the new beach themed goodies coming out and having fun pairing them with some favorites I didn’t get enough of from previous years!
For today’s card, I got inky and splattery and loved every moment of it! I started by playing around with the Waffle Flower Beach Tote. I cut all the pieces, stamped my towel stripes and heat embossed my sentiment. Then I used liquid glue to adhere it all together.
To create my beach scene, I cut a couple pieces of kraft cardstock using the Lawn Fawn hillside borders and splattered them with brown ink and white paint for that sandy look. Then I cut a piece of cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallops cover die and splattered it with distress oxide spray and white paint.
When everything was dry, I glued the back layer of sand to the sky panel and then popped the beach tote up with foam tape. Next, I added the front layer of sand with a combo of liquid glue and foam squares.
Finally, I glued the whole thing to a card base and finished the design off with glossy accents on the sunglass lenses.
Now, who’s ready for a trip to the beach? ME!!!
Products used: Waffle Flower Beach Tote Combo Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallop cover die Lawn Fawn Hillside Border dies Foam tape and squares Liquid glue Glossy accents Lawn Fawn walnut ink White paint Distress Oxide Spray – mermaid lagoon
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Hi friends! It’s time for some Miss Ink Stamps inspiration again. Following suite with my stencil theme these days I pulled out an old favorite to play with and added a custom simple sentiment – all in a fabulous boho theme.
The stencils used for the background is the Artsy Abstracts stencil set. It has 4 stencils in the set to mix and match however you like. I used all dye inks and blending brushes on a piece of cream cardstock. Then I splattered a little water on the panel and blotted it dry.
Next I used double-sided adhesive sheets to adhere brown cardstock to craft foam and die cut that with the Modern Typeset dies to create a thanks sentiment. I used a ruler to keep my letters straight.
And last, I popped the panel up with foam tape on a white card base and glued a small scattering of matte gold sequin discs on the design.
I love that these stencils are so fun to play with in any color combo you’re vibing for the day and there is no wrong way to combine them!
Hey friends! It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog today! I’m sharing some really fun stenciling in a bunch of color combos because who doesn’t love a good citrus!
I was really in the mood to play with stencils a little bit ago so I went digging through all my layering stencils, finally landing on this fun Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stencil set. I inked it up with the orange combo because it seemed immediately logical but right after that I thought, I want to make lemons and limes and, what about grapefruit too!?! So I did.
The final layer is the juice splatter so I spread glossy gel through it and sprinkled those with super fine glitter for sparkle. While those were drying I cut some Lawn Fawn scripty sentiments from white cardstock – 3 layers for each card – and glued them together with liquid glue. But I didn’t like the white sentiment so I cut another layer for each card and inked it with the same inks I used on the stenciling.
Once the panels were dry, I trimmed the edge off and lined the back with foam tape. Then I inked the edge of my card base to match each panel and adhered them together. Last, I glued my sentiments in the center and suddenly have an adorable set of 4 cards done!
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I’m still feeling my stencil era so I pulled out a few oldies but goodies to pair with Newton’s Sand Dollar on today’s card. I used the Retro Sun & Palms, paired with the Waves & Splashes stencils to create my background. Then I cut a curvy sand bank using the Land Borders dies, splattering the kraft cardstock with brown and white paint for the sandy look.
I stamped and colored all of the images from Newton’s Sand Dollar and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. With all the pieces ready, I used liquid glue to adhere them all together. Then I tore the right side of my panel for some awesome texture and added foam tape to the back of the panel.
Before popping it up on my card base, I drug my teal ink pad across the edge for texture and color at the same time.
Then I added my scene panel and popped it up a heat embossed sentiment banner using one of the banners in the A7 Frames die set. I finished things off with glossy accents on all of the images.
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Hey friends! Welcome to release reveals for the Newton’s Nook June Mini Seaside Release! I’m smitten with the new stamp set and in love with the color palette of the new paper pad! I want to use it everywhere! Let’s take a look!
Seaside Paper Pad and Newton’s Sand Dollar stamps and dies
I have 2 cards to share with you today using both of these new products. Then I’ll be back tomorrow with another card and a link to the Instagram hop celebrating release day!
I used a few pieces of the new paper pad with the A2 Card Layout die. I cut 2 white frames first and then cut the patterned paper, keeping the inserts to paper piece. One fun thing about these is that I cut the center from the same piece of paper, just used one side on each card.
For this first card, I stamped and colored Newton’s Sand Dollar and used the coordinating die to cut him out. Then I grabbed a circle from the Circle Frames dies for my sentiment. On the card front, I went direct-to-paper with my light brown ink pad for color and texture with no bulk.
With all of that done, I just grabbed my glue and foam squares and started assembling it all together. I finished things off with a clay heart on the sentiment and some glossy accents and stardust stickles on the image.
For this card, I repeated the process, using light teal ink on the card front because the browns didn’t quite match enough for my liking. Then I went and grabbed the Hello die in the Filigree Oval Frame dies for my sentiment and just adorned it with a seashell from the stamp set.
It’s simple but so pretty and perfect for any beach lover! Goodness knows I have enough of those in my life. Then for finishing touches I just added a little stardust stickles on the seashell for sparkle.
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Hello friends! Today for Mix it up Monday, I’m playing with some more of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage series. I love all of these and that you can mix and match bunches of them together if you want. It adds life to the product and makes it more fun today play with. Today I had a hard time breaking up my rainbow of envelope stamps though.
After die cutting the postage collage base, I cut that with the postage collage envelope base. Then I stuck it to my grip mat and used the postage collage envelope stencil to ink them up in a rainbow of colors.
I used my scissors to trim them apart and arranged them on an A2 scrap of cardstock before using liquid glue to adhere them all together. While those were drying, I cut a piece of dark blue cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallops cover plate and splattered that with white paint.
Once all of that was dry, I glued the blue panel to a white card base and popped the envelopes up on that with foam squares. After trimming off the excess I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from the Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes set. This set has coordinating dies so I also cut it out before popping it up with foam squares to match the level of the envelopes.
For finishing touches here I added a little sparkle to the envelope hearts with stardust Stickles.
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