Doodlebugs – Hang in There Mini Scene

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! Sometimes creating even a whole card front can feel overwhelming. Whether it’s too much coloring of images or too much space to fill. Today I have a fun design to share with you that shrinks your scene space but is really fun and has lots of interest too.

I started with a few images from Pretty Pink Posh Batty About You. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I used a dab of liquid glue to adhere my bat to the tree branch.

Next, used some distress oxide inks to create a spooky sky on a piece of white cardstock. I started with crackling campfire, carved pumpkin and wild honey. After those were blended I went over the whole thing lightly with black soot, then went back over it all with the same colors to blend the black a little. I love the smoky look I ended up with. Next, I spritzed the panel with water and flicked black metallic watercolor on it too.

I trimmed a piece of black cardstock down to 4.25×3.5 inches and ran it through my die cut machine with the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder. This part of the design is easy to change up. Use a stencil or patterned paper, or maybe you like it simple and plain cardstock is your jam. Then just cut a 1/4″ strip of contrasting cardstock to adhere to the top. It’s like a bridge over the seam of your ink blending and the bottom panel. It polishes the design a lot.

Next, pop everything up on the ink blended panel with foam tape and squares. Placement of the sentiment can vary on this design too. I like the dab of orange at the bottom so that’s where my sentiment strip ended up this time. But it often ends up just below the seam strip or even up in the scene itself. Play around with it and see what you like.

Products used today:
Pretty Pink Posh Batty About You stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Halloween stamps
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Distress Oxide Ink – crackling campfire, carved pumpkin, wild honey, black soot
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Distress sprayer
LH Color watercolor – black

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Newton’s Nook – Spooky Trick or Treat Newton

Hello again. I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing a fun card I created during my session with the September release goodies! This time I added one of the sweet Trick or Treat Newtons to a stencil and paper pad that was previously released. They go together so well!

First, I had this kitty left from last week’s release card. Isn’t he cute?!? And I loved how the size worked with the Spooky Line stencil so I had to try it out. I inked up the stencil on a piece of white cardstock.

Then I pulled out my Halloween themed paper pads and landed on this fun design from the Halloween Woofs paper pad. I cut strips to fill in the top and bottom gaps around the stenciled portion and popped them up with foam tape. I added a little border to the bottom section that acts like a ground for my Newton.

After gluing my panel to a card base, I added Newton with foam squares and stamped my sentiment in the sky of the scene.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose and the stem on the pumpkin costume. Then I came in with black glaze pen on the face of the pumpkin so it was shiny too.

Products used:
Trick or Treat Newton stamps and dies
Spooky Line stencil
Halloween Woofs paper pad
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Sakura black glaze pen

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Doodlebugs – Using Color Palettes to Extend the Use of Products, Fall Vibes

Welcome to another Mix it up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog! Today I’m playing with a few different die sets that were released during other times of the year but if you just change the color palette you use them with, it’s fun and easy to use them all year long.

I started with this great Love You die from the Concord & 9th Markered Messages die set. I cut some strips from my chosen color palette. I was thinking soft fall vibes. I glued those to a piece of cardstock and cut the “shadow” circle from that stripes. Then I chose a chocolate cardstock from my stash to cut the word portion out. I used foam squares to adhere the two together.

For my background, I wanted to tie the brown in more so I cut the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Leafy Vines background die from it and glued that to a white card base. To separate the sentiment from the background panel, I used shabby shutters distress oxide ink on a piece of cardstock. I spritzed it with water and flicked white paint on the panel before popping it up with foam tape.

Last, I went digging for leaves that fit my vibe to adorn my sentiment panel. I found this one in the Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug die set. I cut it from a few colors in the stripes and glued them in place with liquid glue. To finish off the design I found a few baubles that resembled water drops to glue to my leaves.

Products used:
Concord & 9th Markered Messages dies
Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Leafy Vines die
Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug dies
Distress Oxide Ink – shabby shutters
Liquid glue
Foam squares

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Newton’s Nook – Trick or Treat Puppy

Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by again today. Things have been packed with the Newton’s Nook release and I’m not even done sharing creations from it! I’m back today with another card, this time featuring the Trick or Treat Puppy set that I’m equally as obsessed with!

This time I stamped a few of the images and colored them with copic markers, using the coordinating dies to cut them out. Aren’t they adorable!?!

I inked up the Candy Corn stencil on gray paper with distress oxide inks so they stayed nice and bright. Using the images as a guide on a card base, I used one of the Cloud Border dies to trim the edge off my stenciled panel. Then I popped it up with foam tape.

I die cut a banner using one of the Banner Trio dies, stamped and heat embossed my sentiment and then lined it back up in the banner die to cut the edge off to make it just the right size. After that I popped the puppies and sentiment banner up with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the eyes and glossy accents to puppy noses.

Products used:
Trick or Treat Puppy stamps and dies
Cloud Border dies
Candy Corn stencil
Distress Oxide inks
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Sakura black glaze pen

Remember to check out the whole new release at Newton’s Nook for your infusion of fun fall and Halloween goodies!

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Newton’s Nook – September Release Day and Instagram Hop

Happy Friday friends! We’re having an Instagram hop to celebrate the September Newton’s Nook Release today! I have a really fun, but sort of involved project to share with you for the release.

It looks simple on the front but this is a really fun mini book/album using the new Autumn Meows paper pad, along with some other fun products. It can stand up and be a decoration or tuck away to pull out when you want to look at it too.

When you flip open the first page, you have a pocket on the left that I made a little pull out for. I plan to write something on the back and add a small photo to the front. Then in the center (on the right here) you have another pull out slot that I’m going to add small photos to both sides of.

Here is a look at the back section. On the left you see the back of the leaf paper from the previous picture, along with another pocket on the right with a tag to pull out. I’ll probably do the same idea here with a photo on one side and write on the other.

And last, here’s the back of it. It’s such a sweet little book and was really a fun immersive crafting session to create it. I started with the basic shell and once I started cutting and adding little bits here and there, then I was totally invested in completing the whole thing. Next thing I knew, it was bedtime!

Remember to head to Instagram for the Newton’s Nook Release Hop for a chance to win a gift card to the shop!

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Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 4

We’re on the final day of release reveals and today is almost as packed as Monday was! Let’s take one more dive and tomorrow you can hop on and snag all of these new goodies for yourself!

Leaf Splendor stamps and dies

Autumn Woofs paper pad

Autumn Meows paper pad

Today I have 2 cards to share with you. First up, a sweet little card using the new Autumn Woofs paper pad and a sentiment from Leaf Splendor. They go so well together!

For this card, I found a sketch on Pinterest and thought it would be fun to try with the new paper pads. I chose my paper and started cutting. The strip is 1.5×5.25 inches and the rectangles are 1.25×2.25 inches.

Then I cut a piece of kraft cardstock and inked the edges up with gathering twigs distress oxide ink. I splattered it with ground espresso ink and stamped my sentiment in the lower right corner before gluing it to a white card base.

I popped the papers up with foam squares and finished the design off with some jute twine wrapped around the inside fold.

Next, I have a simple card using the Leaf Splendor stamp set which started one direction and took a hard left to something completely different. The end result was very inviting for me to mass produce as a fall card to share with extended family.

I started with a piece of watercolor cardstock and my distress oxide inks. These were wild honey, aged mahogany and peeled paint. I was going to add lots of water to blend the colors together, stamp the leaves and die cut them out but I ended up stamping the leaves first, loving the look and turning this into an A7 size card instead.

So at this point, I cut the large scalloped rectangle in the A7 Frames die set from a muted green cardstock in my stash and trimming the leaf panel just smaller than the stitching edge. I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment, using the coordinating die to cut it out.

I plain card front wasn’t working for me so I ink blended gathered twigs distress oxide on the edges and spritzed it with the sprayer too. After popping all the layers up with foam tape I finished the design off with jute twine again.

If you can’t tell that’s a favorite for my fall themed cards. I love the rustic touch it gives to any design.

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Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 3

Alright friends, let’s switch gears to some beautiful fall images. We’re sticking with the bookmark theme though so all the bases are covered!

Autumn Reads

I love the mix of tall and small images in this set. It’s going to be great for bookmarks like I have to share today but also pairing with your other bookish and coffee images for fall on regular size card fronts.

I stamped my images from Autumn Reads in brown copic-friendly ink and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

This time I pulled out the Bookmark dies and cut my main one from kraft cardstock. I inked up the edges with distress oxide ink for a little depth and stamped my sentiment in the center.

I glued the images directly to the bookmark and threaded my ribbons through the top.

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Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 2

Today we’re continuing with the spooky Halloween theme but we have just one stamp and die set to share. It’s really fun and going to be versatile for both bookmarks, tags and little scenes.

Spooky Stories stamps and dies

I created a couple of bookmarks to share today but am really itching to also create some mini scenes using these fun images really soon!

I used the new Bookmark II dies for both of these bookmarks. Starting soft and pastel with the ghosts and going to a dark night sky for the cool bats!

I stamped the sentiment and images with gray ink so it wasn’t harsh and used the book stack dies from the Bookmark II set. I added the ghosts like they’re coming out of the spooky stories, keeping everything flat since it’s a bookmark.

For this second one, I started with a dark blue background, heat embossing the sentiment at the bottom. Then I stamped and die cut the bat image from Spooky Stories. I colored the moon with some yellow markers and used a blending brush to add dark blue to the rest.

I stamped and colored the witchy Newton from Newton’s Boo-tiful Night, cutting it out with the coordinating die. I didn’t like the white edge so I colored it with a dark blue marker so it blended in better.

Not thinking about my bookmark rule, I did pop all of these images up with foam squares. Oops, you know how much I like my dimension. Haha!

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Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 1

Hey friends! It’s a fabulous week on the blog! We’ve got Newton’s Nook September Release reveals all week, with an Instagram Hop happening on Friday when everything goes on sale! Let’s have a look at the reveals for today, shall we?

Trick or Treat Newton stamps and dies

Trick or Treat Puppy stamps and dies

Haunted House and Spooky Skies dies

Halloween Party paper pad

If you’ve been her for a minute you know already that I’m obsessed with every bit of today’s reveals! There is a ton and it’s all AMAZING!!! I scaled it back and am sharing 2 cards with you today.

First up, a fantastically fun card using the new Haunted House and Spooky Skies dies, along with a piece of the Halloween Party paper pad.

Such a simple card but it was so fun to create and build on as I was going. I just trimmed the ghost paper from the pad to cover my card front, then cut a piece of orange cardstock to 3.75 x 5.5 inches and used a circle die to cut the corner out. I popped that up on the ghosts with foam tape.

Then I cut the Haunted House from black cardstock and lined the windows with yellow. I popped it up with foam tape and arched my BOO sentiment around the side. Then I finished the sky off with elements from the Spooky Skies die set. These are the perfect addition!

Seriously, so much fun! Now we’ll switch gears to a card featuring those absolutely adorable Trick or Treat Newton cuties! I’m obsessed with both of these new sets. The size of the images are so fun to color, addicting really because they go so fast!

So, let’s be real…you know I stamped each one of these images, I couldn’t leave just one out. But knowing that one image didn’t fit in my design idea, I chose a spooky one to set aside for it’s very own card.

I cut the largest rectangle in the Frames & Tags die set from white cardstock and popped all my kitties up on that. Then I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on a circle from the Circle Frames set and popped that up too.

For the background panel, I cut a piece of green cardstock and inked it up with the Serene Stripes stencil using green ink. This is a great texture stencil to add interest but not detract from your design.

After everything was assembled, I came in with some glossy accents on parts of different kitties for a little shine here and there.

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Doodlebugs – Spooky Wishes, Using Repeat Dies to Create a Fun Background

Hey friends! I’m back to my usual antics with a fun Halloween card for Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog. Today we’re playing with repeat die cuts to create a fun background on your card.

I’ve had the Mama Elephant Circle Combo dies out quite a bit lately so they were my first to reach for with the variety of stitched circle sizes in that set. I chose 3 fabulous colors that seem to be my Halloween palette for 2024 and cut the 3 smallest circles from each one. I arranged them on my 4×5.25 inch piece of white cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere them in place. I trimmed off the excess of the circles hanging over the edge and splattered the panel with orange metallic watercolor.

Next, I pulled out some of the Pretty Pink Posh Halloween release and cut bats from the Ghost Holder die set. I used mini foam squares to pop them up all over my design. Then I used a sentiment from the new Halloween Corners stamp set using Distress Oxide ink in kitsch flamingo and spiced marmalade. I love that this stamp set has dies for the sentiments along with the images.

I popped my sentiment up along with one final bat. Then I popped the panel up one an A2 size piece of black cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere the whole thing to a white card base. Sometimes I use black card bases with another white insert inside but I’m running low on black cardstock we have to ration things until my order comes. haha!

How do you feel about the abundance of non-traditional color palette for holidays lately? I feel like it’s getting more popular every year and I’m absolutely here for it!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Circle Combo dies
Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Corners stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Holder dies
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Distress Oxide Ink – kitsch flamingo and spiced marmalade

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