Doodlebugs – Spring Philosophy

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I had a lull between new, fun orders being delivered so I gave some of my older spring products a little love. It started with a little relaxed coloring and quickly became a card design in my head.

All of these adorable images are from the Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamp set. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

Next, I cut a smaller Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangle from light gray cardstock and stamped my sentiment in the middle. As soon as I read this sentiment, I knew I had to use it today! It’s probably the #1 best philosophy for spring.

I wanted a little texture on my card base without distracting from the colors of my images so I inked up the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil with gray ink before popping my sentiment panel up in the center with foam tape.

Last, I added all the images with a combination of foam squares and liquid glue. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to critter noses (including umbrellas) and all the raindrops too.

What are your thoughts on spring? It’s my least favorite season and I can’t wait for summer to take over. That’s where this sentiment comes in handy and keeps me positive.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangles dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn Narwhal ink
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

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Spellbinders – Golden Afternoon Collection

Hey friends! Spellbinders had a new collection release in March called Golden Afternoon by Rosie’s Studio. It’s full of beautiful scrapbooking style papers and ephemera but there is also a die set in it that is SO FUN! It’s got a film strip and a bunch of smaller decorative dies together.

I decided to take the film strip idea literally and printed out a few photos from our recent Disneyland trip to die cut and insert into the film reel! Isn’t is so fun!?! I love it!

The smile sentiment, and mini banner and star are part of the My Life In Pictures set. I paired them with the Loops embossing folder for some interest and texture on my background.

I love this die set and have a billion ideas to create with it. Keeping in theme with photos, can you imagine a wedding card with photos of the couple…as babies top and bottom, then as a couple in the middle. Or milestone photos of a kiddo for a milestone birthday. So much fun and so personal!

Plus the papercrafting fun of adding critters and decorations around the film strip. The ideas really are endless!

Products used:
My Life in Pictures dies
Loops embossing folder
Liquid glue
Foam tape

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Newton’s Nook – Time to Celebrate

Hey friends! As always, happy to be sharing super fun Newton’s Nook inspiration on their blog and here! Also, still beefing up my birthday card supply so here is another fun one for the stash. This set happens to be part of the Retiring Sale going on now too so snag yours while they’re available!

I started with the cute image from Birthday Mice, stamping and coloring with copic markers. Then used the coordinating die to cut it out. Next, I heat embossed the Birthday Roundabout image on a piece of white cardstock and did a little ink smooshing on top of it. When doing this type of technique remember to dry your panel in between inks so they layer more than mix into mud.

Once that was done and the panel was dry, I tore off one edge and used my teal blending brush (without adding ink) along the torn edge to add some color. Then I took one of the Ocean Borders dies and cut a strip of yellow cardstock to add beneath it. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Birthday Roundabout on a Banner Trio die before putting all of that away.

For assembly today, I added foam squares and tape to the back of the inked panel, mice image and sentiment banner. I removed the release paper and adhered the wavy strip to the inked panel first, then adhered all of that to a white card base. Next I added the image and sentiment banner to that. For finishing touches I added twine around the top and a combo of glossy accents and stardust Stickles to parts of the image.

Products used:
Birthday Mice stamps and dies
Birthday Roundabout stamps
Banner Trio dies
Ocean Borders dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder – frosting
Magic anti-static brush
Lawn Fawn inks – peacock, peach fuzz, lemonade
Blending brush

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Miss Ink Stamps – Tell Your Dog I Said Hi

You all know by now that I’m a critter lover of all kinds, so I couldn’t let this adorable pup set from Miss Ink Stamps sit on my shelf for too long before giving it a go. And I had some messy fun with my background while I was at it.

I simply stamped and heat embossed the images from Snoot Boops and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I pulled out the Lucky Dog stencil to get messy. I used texture paste on that and set it aside to dry while I cleaned up and heat embossed my sentiment on the right side of an A2 size black cardstock panel.

When the texture paste was dry, I splattered it with watered down red ink and pearl watercolor, then I watercolored the tongue on my pup face with the same red ink.

I adhered the stencil panel to the black panel with liquid glue and popped the images up with foam squares. Last, I glued everything to a white card base. I left the inside of this one blank so it’s really versatile for a grab and go card in my stash.

Products used:
Lucky Dog stencil
Snoot Boops stamps and dies
Texture paste
Lawn Fawn guava ink
Stencil Pal
Embossing & Watermark ink
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing powder – frosting and licorice
Liquid glue
Foam squares

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Doodlebugs – Continued Birthday Inspiration

Hey friends! It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and I’m very behind on birthday cards for the year so forgive me if it seems like that’s all that’s on my mind for a while. Today I’m mixing some cute new Pretty Pink Posh critters with the great Lawn Fawn giant sentiments.

I loved how the kitty and puppy go perfectly on either side of the sentiment so I stamped those plus a couple accessories straight away and colored them in some fun colors. Then I used the Pretty Pink Posh Candles layered stencil set and inked them in the same color-way.

Next I did a bunch of die cutting all at once. I cut the images out and used the largest Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangle to cut the stenciled background. Then I cut the sentiment 4 times from cardstock, using liquid glue to adhere all the layers together.

Before assembling everything I did a few extras to various parts of my card. I used a dark yellow copic marker to add detail to the flames on the stenciled candles. Then I used a BG copic marker to add darkness to the bottom of the letters on the die cut sentiment. Finally before assembling everything I to the mermaid ink pad directly to the card front to tie in the teal and give the background some texture at the same time.

To assemble, I glued the sentiment to the stenciled panel and popped that up on the card base with foam tape. Then I added the images with a combination of foam squares and liquid glue depending where they overlapped the sentiment.

For finishing touches I added a few white gel pen highlights before coming in with my classis glossy accents for noses, flames and hat pompoms.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Dogs and Cats stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Candles stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangles dies
Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Birthday To You die
Lawn Fawn mermaid, ballet slippers, sunflower and cilantro inks
Blending brushes
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll pen

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Spellbinders – Spring Felt Stitch & Create

Hello again! I’m stopping by today with a sweet Easter garland that I created with one of the new Spellbinders Spring Felt Stitch & Create die sets. There were only 2 and I still need to stitch up the fun chicken because this bunny/carrot combo had my heart immediately!

I did some pre-die cutting a couple weeks ago and took these guys camping with me. I managed to finish both carrots and a bunny while we were gone and then I finished up the last 2 bunnies last week. After the glue dried on the bows I strung them together using embroidery floss and adding some wood beads between each stitched item.

I can’t wait to hang this up and enjoy it!

Products used:
Felt Carrot Companion die set
Benzie Design wool blend felt
DMC embroidery floss
Thermoweb Fabric Fuse glue

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Doodlebugs – Hello Sunshine

Hi friends! For Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog, I’m willing the weather to follow my vibes with more sunshine and less rain as we head into that wishy-washy spring weather. In doing so I got to play with the new Lawn Fawn butterflies and couldn’t recommend them more!

I started by die cutting the Lawn Fawn Butterfly Border pieces from white, yellow and gold glitter cardstocks. I added some copic accents to the yellow layer of the butterflies before using liquid glue to adhere the layers together.

Next, I cut the Lawn Fawn Giant Hello Sunshine from white cardstock and set it aside. I trimmed a piece of yellow cardstock to A2 size and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil using Lawn Fawn sunflower ink and a blending brush. After removing the stencil I went over the center of the panel with the same color, fading out as I moved toward the edge.

I glued the stenciled panel to a white card base and then glued the sentiment to the center of that. I knew I wanted to layer the top row of butterflies so I left the top of the hello letters without glue for now. Next, I glued the butterflies in place, going back to add a little glue on the sentiment as needed. After everything dried, I trimmed the butterflies off the edge and my card is all finished.

Are you ready for some steady sunshine or do you have it already where you live? We’re soaking it up each day that we get where I am.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Butterfly Border dies
Lawn Fawn Giant Hello Sunshine dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn sunflower ink
Liquid glue

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Spellbinders – On Your Special Day Better Press Cards

Welcome everyone! I’m stopping by really quick today with a pair of cards I creating using the new On Your Special Day Better Press plates. The Better Press system is almost flawless when getting perfect results time and time again. I just love it each time I use it!

Remember the Better Press plates work with your Spellbinders Glimmer machine if you choose as well. Today I stuck with Better Press inking to create a couple of pretty wedding cards to have in my stash.

I paired them both with the Norwegian Rosemaling 3D embossing folder for an elegant background. This one was lightly inked with brown and splattered with gold watercolor. Then I played off the gold and used gold foil cardstock for my flower centers too. I like the mix of cream, white and gold together. It feels fancy.

For this card, I added purple flowers and inked the embossed panel lightly with purple ink as well. The florals I used on both cards are from the Little Blooms die set. It’s a great smaller set with a few different florals and greenery to use in any combination you choose.

Products used:
Copperplate On Your Wedding Day Sentiments – Better Press plates
Better Press ink – black
Better Press cotton cardstock – porcelain
Norwegian Rosemaling 3D embossing folder
Little Blooms dies
Blending brushes
Watercolor – gold
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

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Miss Ink Stamps – Moo-chas Gracias

Happy Thursday everyone! I’m here with a little fun inspiration featuring Miss Ink Stamps products. I love these highland cows but they got buried so when I came across them I just had to give them some love.

First, I stamped and colored my images from Highland Cows and then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Next, I cut a piece of cardstock measuring 3×4 inches and used the Wonky Scallop stencil on it. Using a blending brush I inked up a few rows one way, rotated the stencil and inked up a few more rows going the other way. Just a fun way to add texture to the background.

Next I cut a piece of kraft cardstock 3.5×4.5 and drug my brown ink pad across the edges for textured color on that panel too. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and then also added the images to the bottom left corner. After that I place the panel in my Misti and stamped a sentiment in the upper right corner.

I popped that panel up with foam tape on a white card base and tied some jute twine around the top. Then I finished things off with glossy accents on my sweet cow and a little clay heart under the sentiment.

Products used:
Highland Cows stamps and dies
Wonky stencil
Blending brush
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Lawn Fawn peacock and walnut ink
Twiddler’s Nook sweethearts embellishment mix

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Doodlebugs – Monstrous Birthday Wishes

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog with some seriously monstrous birthday wishes! These new Mama Elephant monsters are adorable and are going to be so fun to color in all the different colorways over time. I’m absolutely smitten!

After stamping and coloring these cuties, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I switched to my background because it was going to need time to dry.

For that I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Candles stencil set. I inked them up at a gradient angle for the base candle shape, then added the flames, then for the detail layer, I inked up the same colors again but after that I wiped the stencil off and added a layer of glossy gel over the top for some dimension that kept the color underneath. Once the glossy gel was dry, I added a little copic marker to the flames for some extra dimension there too.

For my sentiment, I cut the Pretty Pink Posh Wish Big dies from white cardstock 3 times and used liquid glue to adhere the layers together. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Monster Hugs set my images came from and cut it out with a Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip die.

Next I just adhered all my layers together. The stenciled panel went on a card base with liquid glue, then my wish big sentiment the same way. Then I added the images and embossed sentiment strip with foam squares and strips.

For finishing touches I just added black glaze pen to the monster eyes and a little white gel pen highlight to the balloon.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Monster Hugs stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Candles stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Wish Big dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – sunflower, mermaid, fish tank, juice box
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Anti-static bag
Embossing ink
Embossing powder – white

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