Spellbinders – Beautifully Imperfect

Hi friends! I’m so happy to be hopping in here today to share a different project I just created for the Spellbinders Beautifully Imperfect line of products. It’s got a mixed media vibe and has everything from stamps and dies to press plates and chipboard add ons. Today I created a journal that I want to share for inspiration.

This project started with stamping and watercoloring the petals and leaves from the Sculpted Scripted Floral stamp and die set. While those were drying I used the Grungy Background press plates for the background panel and sentiment strip.

Next, I pulled the Tangled Threads dies out and cut one of the stitching holes dies from the front of my journal. I used jute twine from my stash to stitch it up and tied it in a knot to finish it off. Then I went around the edge of the journal front with a blending brush and brown ink to deepen the edges. I splattered the cover with some white paint and let that dry.

Next, I used a distresser to roughen up the edges of my pressed panel and inked the edges with the same brown ink. I trimmed the sentiment into a strip and inked those edges too. Next I stamped the squiggle image from the Sculpted Scripted Floral set on the bottom – repeat stamping without reinking for the shadow look.

Finally my watercolor was dry so I could use the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I added a foam square to the back of the center and started randomly adding petals to that. Once the foam square was full I used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to hold everything together while it dried. Last I added the stem and leaves with liquid glue. Now it’s time to assemble the whole picture.

The press panel is glued to the journal cover with liquid glue. Then the flower has another foam square added to the back of the center and is adhered with that. The stem is glued down with liquid glue. Last, I added the sentiment strip with a foam strip.

I absolutely couldn’t wait to create this journal when I saw the collection, now that is tamed and I’m ready to make some fun and grungy cards to share with you all over the new few weeks.

Products used:
Spellbinders Beautifully Imperfect Collection
Grungy Background press plates
Sculpted Scripted Floral stamps and dies
Tangled Threads dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Better Press system
Better Press ink
Platinum 6

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Doodlebugs – Star Treat Boxes

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! Today I’m giving life to the awesome new Lawn Fawn star treat box die. It’s perfectly designed – as theirs always are – and going to be so fun to use year round! Let’s get started with some Halloween treats!

I started by cutting the boxes from black cardstock. Then like in the Lawn Fawn intro video, I used adhesive tape to adhere the box as I built it. Be sure to watch the Lawn Fawn intro videos for all of these interactive-type die sets. They’re a life saver!

Next, I ink smooshed some spooky colors on watercolor paper for a mottled effect. Then I stamped my Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Word Scenes images and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I love the extra color but the pictures needed to pop so I added a little extra coloring here and there throughout.

Next, I added foam squares to the back of the word scenes and removed the release paper. Before adding them to the box fronts, I looped up a bit of embroidery floss for some added interest behind them. Places where the floss covered too much of the foam square I added some liquid glue for good measure.

To finish these off, I stamped and die cut Pretty Pink Posh Halloween sentiment strips and popped them up with foam strips below the word scenes on each box. Last, I added stardust Stickles on parts of the images for some sparkle and fun.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Halloween stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Word Scenes stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Star Treat Box die
Foam squares and strips
Liquid glue
Embroidery floss
Stickles – stardust

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Newton’s Nook – Toner Card Front Release Too!

Hey friends! I think I mentioned it in one of my reveal posts but Newton’s Nook released more toner card fronts but we didn’t get them in time to play for reveal week. Well, I made a point to play this week so I could share something fun with you to show how awesome they are!

I have been vibing the mixed media feels more than usual lately so that’s the route I took. I hope you like it!

This is the holly and berries toner card front from the new Tis the Season pack foiled with Emerald Watercolor Thermoweb deco foil. I use a Minc machine to foil but a regular laminator works just the same. Don’t be fooled!

After foiling, I ink blended distress oxide inks over the top in a gradient of reds – candied apple, to aged mahogany with a little fired brick in the middle. Then I layered my Reindeer stencil over the top an randomly spread texture paste through it on to the toner card front. Once that dried it gave a cool bleed through from the ink and I love it.

Once that was dry I tore the edge off one side and took my blending tool to distress the edge with brown and black inks. I didn’t add ink to the blending tools, just whatever was still on it gave enough ink. Then I distressed a strip of kraft cardstock and glued it to a white card front before popping the toner card panel up with foam tape.

Last, I die cut the new Happiest Holidays sentiment dies from black and rose gold cardstocks, gluing the layers together and popping them up on the card front with foam squares.

I know mixed media and messy things aren’t for everyone. I have grown to love them over the years and embrace joy when creating them too. I hope you found something in today’s project that you like or want to try.

Products used:
Tis the Season toner card fronts
Reindeer stencil
Happiest Holidays dies
Thermoweb deco foil – emerald watercolor
Minc machine
Texture paste
Foam tape and squares
Distress Oxide Inks – gathered twigs, black soot, aged mahogany, fired brick, candied apple
Liquid glue

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Newton’s Nook – October Release Instagram Hop

Yay!!! We made it all week long and the Newton’s Nook release is finally available in the shop. I’m here with a quick and easy but beautiful card to round out inspiration for the week and remind you we have an Instagram Hop going on today to celebrate!

This is an all die cut card which would be perfect for mass producing but it’s so pretty with those patterned papers that I think it’s one of my favorites from the release!

I used two papers from the new Christmas Party paper pad and paired them with the Essential Tags dies and Happiest Holidays sentiment dies. Everything is adhered with liquid glue and foam tape. I finished the top off with a brown bow that I added with a foam square.

Remember to head to Instagram and hop with us for another chance to win plus tons of extra inspiration!

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Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers | Falling for the Holidays Hop

Hello friends! I’m proud to be a sponsor for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers linky party once again. Today I’m popping in with some Christmas inspiration using some of our awesome Twiddler’s Nook products.

I started by using my pressure pal to help stamp my snowman and sentiment; coloring with copic markers and using the coordinating dies to cut him out. I trimmed the sentiment with a paper cutter.

Next I sprayed a white panel with distress oxide and distress spritz sprays for textured color. After the panel dried I splattered it with water and blotted that. Finally I used my blending brush with the Simon Hurley Sparkling Stars stencil set. The first layer I used mustard seed distress oxide ink and the second layer is phoenix feather Astro Paste.

Once that panel dried, I used the snowflake stamp in the Simon Hurley Christmas Borders stamp set with white pigment ink on the background. Trimming the panel to 4×5.5 inches I popped it up on a white card base and tucked a black strip along the right edge.

I added silver thread behind my snowman before adhering him and my sentiment strip with foam squares. To finish the design I glued a scattering of Snow Day clay embellishments across the panel and added glossy scents to the holly berries and carrot nose.

To check out the fun Twiddler’s Nook products used today head to www.twiddlersnook.com.

Leave a comment below for each place you follow me on social media (blog, Instagram and Facebook are all separate comments/entries) for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Twiddler’s Nook shop plus an extra Christmas themed prize in your order!

If you get lost along the hop or started here and want to start at the beginning – click HERE for the BYSHC main post.

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Newton’s Nook – October Release Day 3

We’re already to the last day of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook October release! The week has flown by and we saved the best for last! Bring on the puppies and kitties!!!

Today we reveal the Christmas Time Cats and Christmas Time Dogs stamp and die sets, along with new toner card fronts. Today I have cards to share using the new stamps but my toner card fronts didn’t get here in time so I’ll have fun inspiration using those coming very soon!

You know I love the new size of the Newton critters and these are no exception! I had a blast creating two cards to share with you today. Let’s visit the puppies first!

For this card I cut the Card Layout 2 die with green and black cardstocks. I heat embossed my sentiment on the larger rectangle and popped it all up on a piece of paper from the Christmas Party paper pad. Then I popped my puppies up with foam squares and finished the design off with some glossy accent noses and stardust Stickles on accents on each image.

The kitty design actually uses the inserts from my card on day 2 which were white! I used Distress Micah Spray to add a fabulous green sparkle to them before popping them up with foam squares on another piece of paper from the Christmas Party paper pad.

I cut a circle using a Circle Frame die, heat embossed my sentiment on the bottom and ink blended a little white pigment ink on the top. Then I splattered a little white paint and popped my kitties up with foam squares. I added that to the card front with foam tape and finished the design off with some glossy accents on parts of each image.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize to spend at Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Tuesday October 14 through Thursday October 16th. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, October 16th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, October 17th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an Instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, October 17th for details!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – October Release Day 2

Hello again. I’m back with day 2 of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook October release. Today we have a couple of die sets to share and I made a card with each one for inspiration.

These new sets are called Merriest Christmas and Happiest Holidays. They’ll be a great addition to your holiday crafting stash. They have a beautiful script and a perfect shadow die included.

I used a couple of goodies we revealed yesterday to go with these awesome new word dies and created a Christmas and New Years card to share.

First up I used the frame from the Card Layout 5 die with some of the Christma Party paper pad to create a background for the Merriest Christmas sentiment. Then I added a few gifts using the Gift Builder set to frame the words. My sentiment is cut from white glitter foam so I just finished the design with some ribbon around the top instead my usual gloss and sparkle.

For new Happiest Holidays card, I used a stamp from the Christmas Greetings stamp set to repeat across a cream panel creating my background. Then I got messy with Ranger Astro Pastes and the Fireworks stencil to create a booming background for my sentiment. That panel is cut from the banner die in the Basic Frames set.

I tied some twine around the top and popped it up on the stamped background panel. Then I added my sentiment with liquid glue and added the whole panel to a white card base.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

Want another chance to win? We will be having an Instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, October 17th for details!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – October Release Day 1

Woo hoo!!! I’m so excited to be back with release reveals for another amazing Newton’s Nook release! We’re gearing up for holiday crafting so get ready!!! Let’s see what’s coming…

Four new products to chat about today – Christmas Greetings stamps, Christmas Party paper pad, Gift Builder dies and Essential Gift Tags dies! I’m smitten with it all and I have 2 projects to share with you today.

First off, you know I love making gift tags so that’s obviously where I started. Then I had some more fun with the Christmas Greetings stamps and that fabulous paper pad to create a card to share today too.

Straight away I cut the tag shapes from the paper pad and a couple of pink ones too. Then I started playing with those fun Gift Builder dies and just created a bundle of different color combos. Once that was done I played around putting them together in different arrangements. I added a sentiment to the larger one but left the other with just images.

For my card, I cut the largest Framework die from white cardstock and trimmed the stocking patterned paper to fit inside the stitching. I glued those together and cut another layer the same size from vellum. Then I stamped and heat embossed my Christmas Greetings sentiment in the center and hid some tape runner behind that to adhere it to the panel. I tied the ribbon around the top and thought it was missing something.

That’s when I went digging for my Christmas Postage stamps and added the stockings with foam squares to that. I love that they hang the opposite as the paper pattern. I added the panel to a red card base with foam tape and finished the design off with some stardust Stickles on the stockings.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

Want another chance to win? We will be having an Instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, October 17th for details!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Doodlebugs – Joyful Wishes Mice

Welcome to Mix it up Monday for Doodlebugs everyone! This week really switches gears to holiday inspiration from all directions so bear with me if you’re still in spooky mode.

Today I created a simple card using the Mama Elephant Candy Cane Lane stamps and dies. I started by stamping and coloring three of the mice with copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside to create my background.

Taking an A2 size white panel of cardstock, I used post-it tape to mask off the bottom portion of my card, a few inches from the top. I ink blended that section with Distress Oxide Ink in tattered rose and spun sugar for a soft peachy pink gradient. Then, leaving the mask in place, I stamped the mushroom house from Candy Cane Lane on the right side.

I also stamped my sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Wavy Christmas Greetings stamp set on the bottom before gluing the panel to a white card base. Last, I popped the mice up with foam squares and added stardust Stickles to the poms on each of their hats.

Isn’t this a sweet but simple Christmas card!?! I adore how it turned out!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Candy Cane Lane stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Wavy Christmas Greetings stamps
Foam squares
Distress Oxide Ink – tattered rose and spun sugar
Liquid glue
Stardust Stickles

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Newton’s Nook – Candy Corn Season

Okay, today it’s going to get a little controversial. Are you team candy corn or team no thank you? I live so far in the land of team candy corn, I can’t even hear you if you’re somewhere else. Lol!!! Hence, today’s fun Newton’s Nook card!

I used the candy corn stencil set on black cardstock with distress oxide inks for a toned down but cool background. Then I splattered it with white paint for some texture and interest.

Next I used a combo of Newton’s Candy Corn images, Spooky Sky dies, Land Borders dies and Frames & Flags dies to create a cool scene. My image is colored with copic markers and everything is assembled wit ha combo of liquid glue and some foam squares.

Then I stamped a sentiment from Newton’s Candy Corn on the smallest in the Oval Frames die set and popped it up with foam squares. Finally I popped the whole scene panel up with foam tape and glued the whole thing to a white card base. For finishing touches I just added some white gel pen accents to the Newton image.

Products used:
Newton’s Candy Corn stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Oval Frames dies
Spooky Sky dies
Candy Corn stencils
Distress Oxide Inks – mustard seed, ripe persimmon, spiced marmalade and white
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue

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