Newton’s Nook – Hello Summer

Hello again everyone! I hope your week is going well. I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing a fun, bright taste of summer! I’m so ready for bbqs, sprinklers and soaking up the sunshine! So I channeled all those things into my card for today. I hope you like it!

I started by stamping and coloring the Newton’s Melon image with my copics. Then I cut him out with the coordinating die. Next, I die cut the scalloped square in the Frames Squared die set and stamped the Tropical Fringe image on it. I used my copics to color the image in and then die cut a second scalloped square from vellum.

I chose a sentiment from Tropical Fringe and stamped it on a scrap of white cardstock. Then, using my Newton image as a guide die cut it with a stitched circle in the Framed Squared die set so that I could layer them together.

I took a turquoise panel and inked up the waves stencil with a slightly darker ink. Then I trimmed the panel down to A2 size and blended a little extra ink on the edges for some depth. When I layered everything together for a “test fit” I thought things were a little sparse so I dug in my stash and found this super fun melon colored ribbon and decided to add it. I cut a strip and adhered it to the back of my stenciled panel. Then I cut another piece and tied it around the strip.

To assemble the rest of the card, I worked from the top down. I adhered Newton to the circle. Then, holding the Tropical Fringe image behind the vellum, I figured out where to place Newton and used some tape runner to adhere him. (Pro-tip: I learned that liquid glue can make your vellum buckle from the moisture so I try to use dry adhesive whenever I can now.) Hiding adhesive behind the image I added tape runner to the back of the vellum and adhered it to the colored panel. Then I added foam tape to the back of the square, but only on the sides so it doesn’t get wonky from the ribbon and popped it in place.

For finishign touches, I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose, the watermelon seeds and the letters in SUMMER.

I hope you enjoyed today’s fun, summer themed card! Products I used on today’s card are:
Newton’s Melon stamps and dies
Tropical Fringe stamps
Frames Squared
Waves stencil
Glossy accents

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

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Heffy Doodle – Popping By To Say…

Hey friends! I’m super excited to be over on the Heffy Doodle blog again today for my second card guest designing for them! I had so much fun creating today’s project; I hope you enjoy it too!

I love making interactive cards and today’s is so cute and was easy to pull together. Here’s how I did it.

I started by stamping images from Popping By and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used liquid glue to adhered the mouse, cake, candle and balloons together and set them aside to work on the rest of the card.

Pulling from the color palette in the balloons, I inked up the Lots of Happy stencil on a white panel. Then I used the second largest Stitched Rounded Imperial Rectangle dies to cut it out. Next, I used the largest to cut a teal panel which will be my card front.

I took out the Slimline Pull Tab dies and cut the mechanism pieces from white cardstock. I lined up the notch die and cut it from the top of my stenciled panel, careful to keep the tab because I wanted to use it. I built my mechanism without using the stabilizer piece because there wasn’t enough room. This isn’t really an issue because the pull tab doesn’t go up very far so I’m not worried about it wobbling too much. I added foam tape to the back of the stenciled panel, placing strips right next to the pull tab which almost acts as a stabilizer to help guide it anyway, removed the backing paper and popped it on the teal panel.

Then I added foam squares to the back of my mouse, cake and balloons, careful to avoid where the fox will be moving and added it on the card front. Last, I stamped the sentiment on a white scrap of cardstock and carefully used the smallest Stitched Rounded Imperial Rectangle die to cut half of it, I slid it over and taped it back down and die cut the other half to create a longer sentiment strip. Then with a combo of liquid glue and foam squares on the end I added it across the bottom of the cake.

For finishing touches, I die cut the pull tab from teal cardstock and just glued the arrow to the notch and saved the other piece for another project. Then I added white gel pen accents to the balloons and star dust stickles to the candle and cake frosting. I pulled the tab up and added glossy accents to both critter noses and set my card front aside to dry completely before I pushed the tab back in.

To create my card base, I took a 4.25×11 inch piece of cardstock and folded it in half. Then I placed the largest Stitched Rounded Imperial Rectangle die just over the fold line and die cut it to create a shaped card base. I used liquid glue to adhere my card front to the base.

Instead of leaving the inside blank for a message, I decided to stamp two sentiments from Popping By on the inside for fun. I used the same inks that are blended on the Lots of Happy stenciling so it all ties in together.

Products used on today’s project:
Popping By stamps and dies
Stitched Rounded Imperial Rectangle dies
Slimline Pull Tab dies
Lots of Happy stencil

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and found some inspiration to create something wonderful and share it with someone!

I have had so much fun guest designing for Heffy Doodle and want to thank them so much for having me!

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

Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Kind Heart

Hey friends! It’s Tuesday Tea with Twiddler’s Nook on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today. I have a fun coffee mug shaped card to share with you featuring a new distress oxide ink blend combo that I LOVE paired with some Reverse Confetti cuties!

Most of the time I ink blend and then die cut but today I cut out my coffee mug first and blended distress oxide inks in abandoned coral, kitsch flamingo and tattered rose. Isn’t this mix just amazing?!? I love it! Then I splattered some black acrylic paint on the whole panel and set it aside to dry.

I stamped and colored images from the Reverse Confetti Coffee and You stamp set. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside. Now that my panel was dry, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from My Tribe in black. I added foam squares to the elephant and mouse on the stool and added them to the front.

And then, for grins, I added the other mouse directly to the back of the card. It makes me giggle.

For finishing touches, I added white gel pen accents to the images, black glaze pen to their eyes and glossy accents to things like the mouse’s nose, elephants feet and the star on the coffee cup.

Products used on today’s project:
Trinity Stamps Coffee Mug die
Reverse Confetti Coffee and You stamps and dies
Reverse Confetti My Tribe stamps
Distress oxide inks – abandoned coral, kitsch flamingo, tattered rose
Foam squares

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

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Heffy Doodle – Color to my World Light Up Card

Hello there everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by! Today I have an adorable light up card to share with you featuring a bunch of great new products from the most recent Heffy Doodle release. Today’s card was inspired by their monthly challenge over in the Heffy Doodlers Facebook group – Bright Ideas.

I had this idea to create a rainbow of pandas as soon as I saw this set and as my thoughts progressed, I decided it would also be really cool if their paint brushes and markers lit up like they were magic! So I combined the ideas and we have today’s card!

To start today’s card, I stamped and colored the images I wanted to use. I used the coordinating dies to cut the images out and then laid them out how I wanted to arrange them. This was I could “assign” the accessories to each panda and glue them in place. Next I moved on to the background panel so I could get started on the light up portion. For that, I die cut the slimline scalloped panel from Heffy Doodle pull tab die set and inked it up with the messy desk stencil. I put my pandas in place and then used a long strip of post-it tape to tape them all together. I carefully marked with a pencil behind each brush or marker I wanted to light up so I could punch out a circle for the light to shine through.

Above you can see the pandas all taped together so nothing moves between punching holes and gluing things in place. On the stenciled panel you can see the larger hole on the left was a random circle die I found in a set I had on hand. (Guaranteed you have something that will work.) The other two holes are really small from a Fiskars hole punch I had in my stash that is the perfect size for the lights to shine. You can also see that I stamped my sentiments already in preparation for adding the lighting mechanism to the back of this panel. Let’s look at that next.

I am using the Pear Blossom Press EZ Lights today. The name says it all. It’s so simple! No copper tape, no guess work. Pretty much plug-n-play. 😉 I added scrappy tape to the back of the battery pack and popped it in place (where I stamped the “press me” sentiment on the front). Then taped each light in place with some more scrappy tape. (Here I just don’t remove the release paper on the back and it holds them perfectly in place! Once this was done, I added double-layer foam tape to the back of the panel excluding the battery pack and popped it on a black slimline card base.

Adding liquid glue to the line of pandas I had on my post-it tape, I put them in place next. Then I moved on to some simple finishing touches of just adding glossy accents to the panda noses, paint and marker tips.

Here’s a look at the card lit up!

I had so much fun creating this scene! I hope you like it and found some inspiration to create something fun and share it with someone! My daughter has chosen to steal this card from me so it won’t be going in the mail. But she’s super excited about it so it’s all worth it.

Products used on today’s card:
Heffy Doodle Pandtastic Painters stamps and dies
Heffy Doodle Slimline Pull Tab dies
Heffy Doodle Messy Desk stencil
Lawn Fawn Push Here stamps
Pear Blossom Press EZ Lights
Lawn Fawn dye inks
Trinity Stamps blending brushes
Tombow Liquid Multi Mono adhesive
Glossy accents
Copic markers
Scrappy tape

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

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MFT Stamps – Friend-A-Saurus

Hi again! I’m back with my second entry into the MFT Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge and it’s SO CUTE! I just had to pull out these sweet dinos that I got for Christmas! I’ve only used them one other time and was so happy to ink them up again!

To create my card, I started by choosing the image I wanted to use out of the set, stamped and colored them with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them all aside. Next, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock, then cut it out with a Pink & Main large sentiment strip.

For my background, I die cut the largest Trinity Stamps embossed edge rectangle from kraft cardstock. I pulled out a retired MFT Stamps arch stax die set and cut 3 of those from the left side. Next, I stamped the MFT STamps diagonal stripes background stamp on the panel in brown ink. Then I used a blending brush to ink up the edges for a little dimension. While I had the blending brushes out, I added some of the brown ink to the bottom of the arch cutouts and then went back with an olive green ink on the tops.

I added foam tape to the back of the striped panel and adhered it to a white card base. Then I used liquid glue to add the arches back in to their windows. Next, I added foam squares to the back of the dinos and popped them in place. I added foam strips to the back of the sentiment and bird and added them last.

For finishing touches, I just added some fun white gel pen highlights to all the images. I just love the earthy tones of this card! It’s super fun and would be great for a girl or a guy!

Products used on today’s card:
MFT Stamps A-Roar-able Friends stamps and dies
MFT Stamps Arch Stax
MFT Stamps striped background
Trinity Stamps embossed edge rectangle dies
Trinity Stamps blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks
Copic markers
Foam squares and strips

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

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My Favorite Things – Sketch Challenege

Hey friends! I’m stopping by this weekend with a couple of really fun cards I created using the MFT Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge sketch. Here’s a look at the sketch.

For some reason this one really inspired me and I immediately pulled my stamps out and started coloring. Today we have another Super Friend card because I’m so in love with those critters!

I started my card by stamping and coloring the images from Super Friend. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Using the colors of their outfits, I found a few distress oxide colors to blend for my background. Today I tried cracked pistachio, dusty concord and chipped sapphire. Then I spritzed the panel with water and also flicked some pearl and gold watercolor on it.

I used my Trinity Stamps embossed edge circle stack to die cut 3 white circles and glued the foliage images on the back side of them. Then I glued those to my inked panel. I added foam squares to my critters and popped them in place next.

I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the set on black cardstock and used a Pink & Main Sunny Greetings sentiment strip die to cut it out. I added it with foam strips and moved on to finishing touches.

For those I started with glossy accents on the critter noses, chest emblem and glasses. Then I used my Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the stars and decided this card was finished.

It’s SUPER adorable and will be fabulous to send to a great friend for a pick me up!

Products used on today’s card:
MFT Stamps Super Friends stamps and dies
Distress Oxide inks – cracked pistachio, dusty concord, chipped sapphire
Glossy accents
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen
Trinity Stamps embossed edge circle stack dies
Foam squares and strips
Copic markers

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

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Pink & Main – Dearest Friend

Hey friends! The May Pink & Main release is live and it’s gorgeous!!! If you haven’t taken a look, be sure to check it out! Today I’m sharing a card with the new Dearest Friend stamp set. This is an awesome 6×6 set that has a GIANT beautiful butterfly in it plus some great sentiments!

I decided to stamp and heat emboss my butterfly on watercolor paper with gold embossing powder. Then I used my Zig markers and a water brush pen to color the image in. I trimmed the panel with a rectangle stackable, next to the biggest one.

Then I used the largest die to cut a black panel that I adhered to a white card base. I popped the watercolor panel up with foam tape and chose a sentiment. I stamped and heat embossed this in the same gold but on black cardstock to tie in the border. I die cut it with a large sentiment strip die and popped it up with foam strips.

Last, I added a scattering of the new beautiful crystal gems and, voila! This beautiful card is finished!

Here are the products I used on today’s card:
Dearest Friend stamps
Layered Rectangles dies
Large Sentiment Strip dies
Crystal Gems

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

Miss Ink Stamps – Soak Your Troubles Away

Hi there everyone! I’m so glad you’re joining me today. I’m sharing another adorable pup from the Miss Ink Stamps Rub-a-dub Doggies stamp set, along with a couple of new stencils too!

I started today’s card by inking up the Hand Drawn Hearts stencil with a couple of different green inks, then I added a little depth to some areas with a teal shadow here and there. I like how it turned out. Next, I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches and taped it to the Inks & Outs Paw Print stencil. I smeared Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through it, removed the stencil and set the panel aside to dry.

In the mean time, I turned on my laminator and stamped and colored one of the smaller images from Rub-a-dub Doggies with my copics. I fussy cut him out, added foam squares to the back and set him aside.

Once the stars were aligned – aka, my gel was dry and the laminator was heated up – I ran the stenciled panel through with some green envy deco foil flock. Next, I put the panel in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment in Lawn Fawn mermaid ink. I found cardstock the same color, trimmed it to A2 size and adhered it to a white card base. I added foam tape to the back of the stenciled panel and popped it in place. Finally, I added my pup!

For finishing touches, I just had to add some star dust Stickles to random bubbles, glossy accents to his nose and black glaze pen to his eyes.

These images just get me every time! I love them! I love how you can mix and match different stencils together too! That brings loads of options into view!

The products I used on today’s card are:
Rub-a-dub Doggies stamps
Hand Drawn Hearts stencil
Ins & Outs: Paw Print stencil
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Stencil Pal
Deco Foil Flock Green Envy
Glossy accents
Stickles – star dust

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

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Trinity Stamps – Over the TOP

Hey friends! It’s Wednesday and I’m super excited to share this adorable Trinity Stamps circus themed birthday card with you as we sail toward the weekend! This week Trinity Stamps designers are highlighting one of our illustrators all week long – blog, Instagram and YouTube – Davina over at Popsicle Sticks! The Le Cirque stamp set I’m using today was illustrated by her!

To start my card, I knew that I wanted to try out the new build a big top die set so I cut everything from white cardstock and colored various pieces with my copic markers. Then I used liquid to to adhere it all together. It was really simple and fun to do! I’ll link to a great blog post HERE if you have questions about assembly…and a video HERE if that’s more your learning style.

Next, I chose images from Le Cirque, stamped and colored them with my copics as well. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside. Next, I took an oversized panel and inked up the Good Morning Sunshine stencil in two-tone yellow inks. Then I used the largest embossed edge rectangle die to cut it out. I used liquid glue to adhered it to a white card base. Next, I decided that I wanted grass for my scene instead of just the great rays from the stencil, so I cut another small panel with the embossed edge rectangle and then trimmed the top with a grass die from the great outdoors slimline die set. I inked it up with a couple of greens for some dimension and glued it in place.

Next, I adhered the fabulous circus tent, added foam squares to the back of my images and popped them in place. I put the whole card in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment from Balancing Acts in the top left corner and moved on to finishing touches.

For those, I added a combo of glossy accents and star dust Stickles to various elements. Then I went in with black glaze pen on all the eyes that are open.

I’ve been having a blast playing with all of the awesome circus themed prodcuts Trinity released and I hope you’re enjoying them too1

The products I used on today’s project are:
Le Cirque stamps and dies
Balancing Acts stamps
Build a Big Top dies
Embossed Edge Rectangle dies
Good Morning Sunshine stencil
glossy accents
star dust Stickles
Lawn Fawn inks
copic markers

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

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Newton’s Nook – Retirement Week

Did you see that Newton’s Nook Designs is having a retiring sale on their website? It’s time to make room for new products so they are retiring select designs! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they’re gone for good!

All week the NND Design Team will be sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list! Check out what I created today and don’t forget to check the NND Blog each day this week for more fun inspiration!

Today I’m showcasing the amazing Winston character in Papa Bear. I love this sweet bear so much! I just think he’s adorable and so fun!

For my card today, I used the plaid stencil on a white panel with teal and guava inks and then did another layer of stripes with Thermoweb brilliant blue glitz gel. Then I took another panel and used Thermoweb copper metallix gel through the cascading stars stencil. While those were drying, I stamped a few of the images from Papa Bear and colored them with my copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and liquid glue to adhere the bow and tie to the bears.

I’m an only child and so is my daughter, so I really love this image having the papa bear holding his little girl. It brings back lots of memories.

Next, I die cut a frame from Framework out of a guava colored cardstock that matches the ink I used on the plaid panel. Then I cut the fancy edges tag from vellum and heat embossed a senitment on it. I also cut the hole reinforcer from blue, glued it on and threaded some teal ribbon through the hole.

Once my panels were dry, I die cut the plaid with he largest Framework die and the stars with the third largest square in Frames Squared. Then it was time to adhere all these awesome layers together.

I cut a blue panel for my card front that matches the hole reinforcer on the tag and also matches the glitz gel in the plaid. I glued this to a white card base and popped the plaid panel up with foam tape. Next, I adhered the guava frame to the stars panel and popped them up with foam on the plaid panel. I added foam squares to my images and adhered them to the tag. This was I can hide the glue behind the images to adhere the tag to the star panel.

Moving on to finishing touches, I added black glaze pen to the bear’s eyes and glossy accents their noses, bow and tie. Once the glaze pen was dry, I went back in with a white gel pen and added the highlights back in.

Don’t forget to visit the Retiring Products Category to see what is going away and grab your favorites before they are gone for good!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and found some inspiration to create something wonderful. I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!