Doodlebugs – XOXO Two-for-One Valentine Cards

Hi friends! It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and today I’m sharing a fun duo of Valloween cards using Mama Elephant dies and Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. I started by stamping all of the ghosts from Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends just to color and relax with no plan in place. Then as I was crafting, I created the first card and the second just followed.

After coloring all the cute ghosts, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out and just started playing around. Originally I thought I would use most all of them on one card but my first layout came together using just three and I love it!

I cut the Mama Elephant XOXO Grid Cover plate from red cardstock and inlaid white letters in each from leftovers I had saved while creating another card. I started to inlay the red centers to the Os but didn’t like it so I cut the cover plate from teal cardstock, saving all the pieces for another time but inserting the O centers to this cover and I love it!

With the pieces to the cover glued to a card front, I popped my ghosts up with foam squares. Then stamped and heat embossed sentiments from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine and cut them out with sentiment strip dies. I popped them up with foam squares and finished the design off with glossy accents and stardust stickles.

However, now I have a bunch of XOs, extra ghosts and nothing to do with them. Except I wasn’t done playing so I pulled them together and started playing with an arrangement.

Once I decided I liked the ghosts and XOXO the way they were, I used liquid glue to adhere it all together wherever it overlapped. I lined the back with foam squares and strips and set it aside to create a background.

To do that, I cut the second largest die in the Mama Elephant Mod Heart die set from pink cardstock and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils and Starburst stencil.

I added the background panel to a white card base with foam tape and then removed the release paper from my images and popped those up in the center of the card front. Last, I stamped and heat embossed another sentiment from the same set on the previous card, cut it out and popped it up too.

For finishing touches on this card I also came in with glossy accents and stardust stickles on all of the ghosts.

Are these cards not the cutest ever? I’m over the moon with how they turned out! So fun and perfect for Valentine’s Day that’s coming up quick!

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Mama Elephant XOXO Grid cover die
Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Liquid glue
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder
Anti-static bag

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Doodlebugs – Mini Note Cards

Hi friends! It’s Mix it up Monday and today I have a couple of mini note cards to share with you. I love these for lunch boxes, leaving in mailboxes at work or attaching to gifts like a tag. They’re small and pretty quick to create but also really fun to make and give!

I started with the Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies. I cut two card bases and four stitched squares so I had a layer for the front and a clean slate for the inside to write on. On the white panels for the front I inked them up with the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil using Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil and deep sea inks.

For both cards, I used Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies for the sentiments and the Write With Me stamp and die set. I chose the penguin for this card and used the scribble star from the set for the background. In my mind he’s painting the stars.

After adhering the layers together with liquid glue and foam squares, I added glossy accents to bits of the penguin and his brush. Lastly, I added white gel pen highlights all over the image.

For my second card, I chose the adorable piggy image. I love how the pink pig stands out off the yellow and blue scheme of the rest of the design. I stamped these stars with gray ink envisioning him scribbling them all over with his pencil.

Same for with this card, after assembling the layers with liquid glue and foam squares, I added glossy accents to parts of the pencil and white gel pen highlights all over.

To really make these fun, I used my envelope punch board and some patterned paper from my stash to create coordinating envelopes for each one.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Mama Elephant Write With Me stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Lawn Fawn ink – narwhal, no. 2 pencil and deep sea
Blending brushes
Glossy accents

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Doodlebugs – A Year of Joy Birthday Remix

Hi friends! After Christmas brings us a few more birthdays in the family so I usually need to sprinkle those in my Valentine crafting and thought it would be fun to share one with you today. This was for my dad a few weeks ago and I absolutely love how it turned out!

I started things with the Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Candles, die cutting the pieces and gluing them together with liquid glue. This gave me my color palette when coloring my images.

I chose images from Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday Add On and Pawsome Birthday stamp sets. After coloring everything with copic markers, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. For my “ground” I chose a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip to stamp and cut out.

I used the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder on a piece of white cardstock, glued my candles directly to it with liquid glue and used a combo of foam squares and liquid glue to adhere the images and sentiment strip. Then I popped the whole panel up on a white card base with foam tape.

For finishing touches today I added glossy accents to the candle flames and bits of the images like puppy noses, some of the flags, party hat and bone on the cupcake. I like the addition of bits and pieces being shiny to catch your eye and draw interest around the scene.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday Add On stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Pawsome Birthday stamps and dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Birthday stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Candles dies
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

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Miss Ink Stamps – Valloween Fun

Hi friends! You know how much I love Halloween and Valloween is totally a thing so I couldn’t resist playing with some of my favorite Miss Ink Stamps goodies and pairing them together.

I started with the Kindred Spirits image – stamping in gray ink and coloring it with sheer copic colors. I cut them out by hand and set the image aside.

Next I cut a black frame from the EIEIO Frames die set and a pink panel to back it. I ink blended apricot and pink with the Hand Drawn Hearts stencil on that before popping the frame up with foam strips on it.

Using my image as a guide, I stamped my sentiment in the lower center of the panel and them popped the ghosts up with foam tape. Last, I glued the whole panel to a card base.

Products used:
Kindred Spirits stamps
EIEIO Frames dies
Hand Drawn Hearts stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – apricot and ballet slippers
Liquid glue
Foam tape and strips

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Newton’s Nook – Valentine Postage Sampler Tags

Hey friends! I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a trio of gift tags for Valentine’s Day. I love the images from the Valentines Postage Sampler set but don’t always want to make postage stamps…good think they’re perfect on their own too!

I started with a few of my favorite images from the set – stamping, coloring and die cutting them out. Then I cut a few hearts with the Heart Frames die set in different colors, plus a smaller size in white.

I chose sentiments from the stamp set and stamped one crisp one on the white heart and kept stamping until the ink was gone for a faded effect. Then I used the Petite Hearts stencil on all of the colored hearts for a tone-on-tone look that gives a little interest in the background.

I glued the white hearts to the colored one and popped the images up with foam squares on each one. Then I die cut an addition large white heart for each one so I had clean room to write a message to the recipient. I lined the hearts up and punches holes in them all, tying them together with some jute twine.

For finishing touches I added glitter enamel dots to each one and then something extra to the image. This one has stickles on the balloon shine spot, the roses are glittery and the cherries got a splash of glossy accents.

Are you gearing up for Valentine treats yet? I’m almost done already and it feels great!

Products used today:
Valentine Postage Sampler stamps and dies
Petite Hearts stencil
Heart Frames dies
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Glitter enamel dots
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – chili pepper, ballet slippers and juice box
Stickles – stardust
Glossy accents
Glitter brush pen

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Doodlebugs – Happy Valentine’s Day Hugs

Happy Mix it Up Monday everyone! Over on the Doodlebugs blog today we’re mixing old and new Valentine goodies together. Have you started Valentine crafting yet?

I started by stamping three of the Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry images, adding sprinkles to two and a sweet face to the third. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.

Next, I inked up a piece of pink cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencil with ballet slippers and apricot inks. Then I cut the panel out with the largest Lawn Fawn Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables in the small set. I glued a piece of red cardstock to a white card base and popped my stenciled panel up with foam tape on it.

I cut the Lawn Fawn Scripty Hugs from black cardstock three times and glued them together. Next I used liquid glue to adhere the hugs and sprinkle strawberries to the stenciled panel. I popped the final strawberry up with a foam square. Next, I stamped and cut a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip and popped it up below the hugs sentiment.

For finishing touches I glued a scattering of Spellbinders flat discs across the design and added white gel pen highlights to all of the strawberry images.

I love giving Valentines to anyone and everyone in my life. Everything from tags on gifts to treat boxes to cards. Almost more than Christmas I think. What about you?

Products used today:
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables | Small dies
Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Scripty Hugs die
Lawn Fawn apricot and ballet slippers ink
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine stamps
Foam tape and squares
Blending brushes
Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
Liquid glue
Spellbinder flat discs – red

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Spellbinders – Simon’s Space Adventure Collection Release Day

Happy Friday everyone! I’m so excited to have had a chance to play with the Simon’s Space Adventure Collection from Spellbinders. It’s really fun and has endless possibilities! Embossing, stenciling, die cutting. It’s all there and works together or separately too!

I created three cards to share with you today. So let’s dive in.

My first card features the Starry Night embossing folder and stencils separately. Then I also created the fun rocket and moon from the To the Moon die set. I finished things off with a sentiment built using the Space Greetings dies. I love that they can go from love to birthday to just because with one simple set.

Next I had some fun with the UFO Friend die set, pulling in the moon and sentiments from the other sets as well. My background is created with distress oxide sprays and ink. It was a whole messy process of spraying, drying, spraying, drying, repeat. I loved it!

On my card above, I had originally planned to have aliens standing on the planets but realized quickly that there wasn’t enough room. However, creating these aliens was so much fun that I just kept going. That’s how I ended up with this fun design. I also used the Starry Night embossing folder and stencils together on this card. They line up perfectly which makes it easy and fun to color your stars.

Be sure to head over to Spellbinders and check out this collection and all the others today. It’s release day for it all!

Products used:
UFO Friend dies
Space Greetings dies
Starry Night embossing folder and stencils
To the Moon dies
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers
Foam tape
Distress Oxide Sprays
Distress Oxide Ink
Blending brushes

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Doodlebugs – Hop Hop Hooray, A Froggy Scene Card

Hello again everyone! This is our first Mix it up Monday of the new year on the Doodlebugs blog. I hope your holidays were wonderful and you’re ready to take on new adventures in 2025! Today I’ve got a little scene card to share featuring a combo of Waffle Flower and Mama Elephant goodies.

I started by die cutting various elements from the Waffle Flower die sets – Inquisitive Frogs and Pond with Lily Pads. I used liquid glue to adhere the elements together and a little ink blending on the frog tummy and cattail stems.

Next, I ink blended teal and blue on a white piece of cardstock and splattered it with water. Once that was dry I cut the panel out using the second largest die in the Mama Elephant Mod Heart die set. I love the uneven, imperfect look it has. Using the froggie as a guide, I stamped the water ring image from Waffle Flower’s Pond of You stamp set. Then I started assembling my images with liquid glue. The frog and front lily pad are popped up with foam tape.

I love the sentiments in the Pond of You stamp set but I ran out of room because they are quite large so I went digging for my favorite Mama Elephant frog stamp set – Hello Froggy. I stamped the sentiment with teal ink to blend in a bit with the sky. I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape but something just wasn’t quite right yet.

So I pulled the Waffle Flower Pond of You stamps back out and stamped the awesome dragonflies in gray ink across the blank sky. Much better! I love how this turned out!

Products used:
Waffle Flower Inquisitive Frogs dies
Waffle Flower Pond with Lily Pads dies
Waffle Flower Pond of You stamps
Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies
Mama Elephant Hello Froggy stamps
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks – mermaid, forget me not, jalapeno, artichoke

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Happy New Year!

I wanted to pop in today to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year! I hope your holiday season was wonderful and you’re ready to tackle all the new adventures that come with 2025!

I created a card to share with all of you to start us off crafty and inspired. I used the Spellbinders Birthday Balloons dies, using liquid glue to adhere the pieces together. Then I cut the next-to-largest Notched Corner Rectangle from a gold-yellow cardstock and inked the edges with Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil ink for depth.

I popped the yellow panel up on a piece of black cardstock and glued that to a white card base. Then I added foam squares to the balloons and popped them in place one at a time, layering as I went. Once those were placed, I trimmed the strings hanging off the bottom.

Next I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Birthday and cut it out with a senitment strip die. That is popped up with a foam strip and I finished the design off with a scattering of gold baubles from Pretty Pink Posh as well.

I don’t do the resolution thing but I have some simple goals for the year – move my body more, go camping more and try some new things throughout the year. What about you? Any thoughts for the new year?

Products used:
Spellbinders Birthday Balloons dies
Spellbinders Notched Rectangle dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Birthday stamps
Pretty Pink Posh gold pearls
Embossing powder – frosting
Magic anti-static tool
Embossing & Watermark ink
Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil ink
Blending brush
Liquid glue
Foam strips, squares and tape

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Doodlebugs – You Make My Heart Smile

Happy New Year’s Eve Eve everyone! It’s the last Mix it up Monday of 2024 and I wanted it to be sweet and filled with love. So we’re playing with textured backgrounds and cute little mice.

I started with the Mama Elephant Lacey Love die and the Lawn Fawn All Heart stamps and dies. I used the mouse image as a guide so I could stamp my sentiment on the inner heart. After that was stamped, I added some extra hearts and a little pink ink blending with a blending brush and ballet slippers ink from Lawn Fawn. Then I stamped, colored and cut out my mouse too.

For the background, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the new Concord & 9th Wood Slat embossing folder. I adhered that to a white card base, then trimmed a piece of teal cardstock from my stash that already had the dots embossed in it and glued it on top. I covered the seam with gold washi tape for a little shine and to keep the transition smooth.

Next I popped my Lacey Heart up with foam squares in the center of the card front, along with my floating mouse on top of that. Then for finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the mouse’s eyes and glossy accents to his nose. Then I covered the balloon with stardust Stickles for more sparkles.

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of 2024 and I look forward to creating with you in the new year.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Lacey Love dies
Lawn Fawn All My Heart stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Concord & 9th Wood Slat embossing folder
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Sakura Gelly Roll black glaze pen
Stickles – stardust
Liquid glue

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