Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Fall | Winter Hop

Hi friends! Proud to be a super sponsor of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall | Winter Hop once again. I’m here to share some great inspiration with you and a little intro to my shop. If you’re new here, welcome! And if you’re an old friend, I’m happy to have you with us!

Today I’m pairing a few Twiddler’s Nook embellishments and crafty tools with Newton’s nook dies and patterned paper to create a holiday shaker card.

I cut the Newton’s Nook Coffee Frame from white cardstock, masked off the border and used Twiddler’s Nook blending brushes to add color to the mugs. I cut the mugs a second time from white cardstock, trimmed the center stripe out and added it with liquid glue over top of the ink blended mugs.

I added acetate and foam strips to the frame for my shaker window. Then sprinkled some Snowy Day and Gingerbread House clay embellishments to an A2 piece of patterned paper and adhered the frame over the top to seal the shaker up.

I glued the steam bits above the mugs on the acetate and then glued my Newton’s Nook Hug in a Mug sentiment over the top of that. Next, I added the whole panel to a card base.

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Spellbinders – November Clubs are Open

Hello again everyone! I’m back to share a card today highlighting a few of the Spellbinders November Clubs. This card uses the Die of the Month, Stencil of the Month and Embossing Folder of the Month; all together. So much cuteness, I couldn’t resist!

First off, I pulled this stencil out of the package and swooned! It’s amazing! Designed perfectly to make creating this amazing background a piece of cake! Everything is inked up with blending brushes and dye inks. On the last layer, there are highlights for the leaves and cherries, which I did ink up and then go back over with unicorn Astro Paste for a glittery finish.

While the background was drying, I cut a couple of these adorable drink (mimosa) glasses and assembled them. I love the vellum look for the glasses and inking the bottom of the drink portion for some depth turned out great too! I also cut the sentiment banner from the Die of the Month set too.

I cut one of the smaller Scallop Labels and embossed it with the Embossing Folder of the Month on kraft cardstock. Then I inked it up with brown ink to make the embossing pop a little more before adhering the drink glasses and sentiment with foam strips and squares. Next I added the stenciled panel to a card base and popped the embossed panel up with foam tape on that.

Products used:
Spellbinders Clubs – Die of the Month; Stencil of the Month; Embossing Folder of the Month
Blending brushes
Dye inks
Astro Paste – unicorn
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips

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Newton’s Nook – Toner Card Front Inspiration

Hi friends! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing more inspiration using the new toner card fronts. They’re such a quick and easy way to pack a punch on your backgrounds! Plus they are a super affordable addition to your craft stash. Don’t sleep on these beauties…they’re fun!

I started by foiling one of the Fabulous Fall toner card fronts with Thermoweb deco foil. This pattern is a gradient of warm tones which is as great for fall is it is summer! After I foiled the panel I ink blended brown to green at an angle across the whole thing. I splattered it with water and gold distress spray for texture.

Then I cut the Lattice cover die from dark brown cardstock. I added that to the foiled panel using foam strips on the whole lattice panel. Then I glued this to a white card base for stability. Toner card fronts are a thinner cardstock so it’s nice to have that backing.

Then I cut the Fall Foliage dies from different colors of cardstock. The details can pop out of these images but this time I wanted them to stay so I added washi tape to the back of each keeping them in place. I adhered them all together using liquid glue.

I stamped a sentiment from Heartfelt Fall on a Banner Trio die cut, using brown ink to keep with the tone of the card. This and the leaf bundle are popped up on the card front using foam squares.

Products used:
Fabulous Fall toner card fronts
Lattice die
Fall Foliage dies
Banner Trio dies
Heartfelt Fall stamps
Thermoweb Deco Foil
Minc machine
Liquid glue
Foam strips and squares
Distress Spray – gold
Lawn Fawn dye ink – walnut and artichoke
Blending brushes

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Hero Arts – November Hero Studio Inspiration

Welcome everyone! Today I’ve got a couple of cards to share for inspiration with the November Hero Arts Hero Studio subscription – specifically the layering stencil and die of the month. My second passion to cardmaking is reading so this month just grabbed me by the heart immediately!

My first try at the layering stencil, I went with a ton of bright, happy colors just to play with it. It was so fun and I love how it turned out! Then I grabbed the die of the month set and couldn’t wait to build the sweet book worm, along with both styles of books included.

After creating my images, I took one of the sentiments in the die set and cut it 3 times to layer together, plus a dark blue layer for the top. These are adhered by liquid glue. Then I wove my book worm through the letters, adhering him with liquid glue here and there as well.

I added the books with foam squares, then the worm and sentiment below it with liquid glue and a foam square where needed. I finished things off here with glossy accents on the worm’s glasses because, who can resist that?!? Not me.

For my second card, I went darker on my color palette and finished things off with some Astro Paste for the beautiful gold glitter. This library belongs in a castle somewhere, I’m sure of it!

I went back and forth on what images to add but in reality, this little worm is too adorable not to add to everything for the foreseeable future. So he won and so did this simple little sentiment from the What’s Cookin’? stamp set. They are both popped up with foam strips and his glasses are also finished off with glossy accents.

If you haven’t thought about the Hero Studio subscriptions from Hero Arts, I highly recommend. The themes are so fun each month and you know it’s so fun to have something new to create with regularly! It’s also a steal of a deal compared to retail prices.

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Doodlebugs – Happy Fall

Welcome to this week’s Mix-it-Up Monday for Doodlebugs! We’re into full fall mode with Halloween behind us now so let’s celebrate that with a sweet fall-themed card today!

This card actually started with the sentiment which I created for another card but it didn’t end up fitting. I always save those items in case they can be used later on. So with that in mind, I inked up the Lawn Fawn Autumn Breeze stencil using a combo of fall colors on a kraft panel. I cut that panel with a Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels and Tag die, then inked the edges with brown for depth.

I chose a few images from the Mama Elephant Hey Pumpkin stamp set to stamp and watercolor. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and arranged everything with my sentiment on the kraft panel. The sentiment has 3 layers of white cardstock behind the blue so it stands up nicely. I added the images with foam squares so they’re on the same level.

Next, I found the green polka dotted cardstock in my stash but you could always stencil or emboss your own to match. That is glued to a card base with liquid glue and the sentiment/scene panel is popped up on that with foam tape.

Watercolor doesn’t say “shiny” or “sparkly” to me so I don’t typically add any finished touches like that to these cards. I like the muted tone and the soft way about them, so I leave them how they are. But if you’re in the mood, add whatever speaks to you!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Hey Pumpkin stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Autumn Breeze stencil
Lawn Fawn Hey Fall die
Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels & Tag dies
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks – pumpkin, jalapeno, walnut, lobster

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Spellbinders – Beautifully Imperfect Card

Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m here with a card featuring products from the Spellbinders Beautifully Imperfect collection. There are such an array of products in this collection that are great together but are also going to be amazing on their own over time too.

For this card, I cut an A2 piece of light gray cardstock and inked up the Tattered Stripes stencil set. I love that this stencil set has layers for both sets of stripes so you have the choice to color the whole panel or not. Then I die cut the panel with the torn edge die in the Deckled Edge Script die set. I splattered it with white paint and left it to dry.

Next I cut accent pieces using dies in the Tangled Threads die set and glued them in place with liquid glue. I added one of the chipboard frames over the center of the design with a thread swirl behind it.

Last, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Sculpted Scripted Floral stamp and die combo before popping it up with foam squares over the frame. I used liquid glue to add the whole panel to a white card base and my card is all finished.

Products used:
Sculpted Scripted Floral stamp and die combo
Tangled Threads dies
Tattered Stripes stencils
Blending brushes
White paint
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn dye ink

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Newton’s Nook – Deck the Halls with Bow-Wows and Foiled Card Fronts

Welcome everyone! I’m back today with more clean and simple inspiration using the new Newton’s Nook toner card fronts from Friday’s release. Saturday I showed a very mixed media-style card and today I’m sharing the other side of things with a bright and clean way to use them too.

I started by foiling the candy cane stripe design with red deco foil. Then I used the largest Frames & Tags die to cut the fun zig-zag panel out. Next, I chose a great image for my card design to stamp and color with copic markers. This one comes from Wreath Pups.

After cutting the image out with the coordinating die, I chose one of the new tags to cut and ink blend with teal before stamping my sentiment on the bottom. After all that was done, I popped the image up with foam tape and threaded ribbon through the hole, tying it up with some jute twine.

Pulling from the teal on the tag, I took a white card base and drug my teal ink pad across it for my favorite way to add textured color. I popped the foiled panel up with foam tape and splattered a little distress oxide spray across it. Foiling is rarely perfect and a little splatter distracts from imperfections.

Last, I added the tag to the card front and finished the design off with some glossy accents to the puppy noses and wreath berries and white gel pen highlights in various places as well.

Have you started holiday cards yet? I’m proud to say my stash is pretty healthy this year. Better than it’s been in a long time with just over a month to go before I even start mailing them out.

Products used:
Wreath Pups stamps and dies
Tis the Season toner card fronts
Essential Tags dies
Frames & Tags dies
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn peacock ink
Blending brush
Distress Oxide Spray – cracked pistachio
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll pen – white 10

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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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