Coffee Loving Cardmakers – National Coffee Day Hop

Happy National Coffee Day friends! I’m so happy to be sponsoring the Coffee Loving Cardmakers hop once again. I have lots of fun products in my shop to fuel your love for coffee, along with others too! I invite you to take a minute to check it out. We’re even having a sale for the duration of the hop!

Today I also have a fun card to share with you for inspiration using some of our embellishments, and of course I used our handy tools while creating my card too!

I started by inking up a panel with the Newton’s Nook Mugs stencil. I used green, pink and brown for my color palette today. I trimmed it down a smidge and inserted it into a Tonic Studios full card shaker pocket, leaving one end open to fill up. I chose Pixie Dust Micro Beads and Princess Rings for my shaker bits today. Then sealed the last opening up.

I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Newton’s Nook’s Time for Coffee stamp set. I cut it out with a circle from the Frames Squared dies and then chose the larger circle from Circle Frames to cut as a mat. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and popped them up with foam squares on my card front.

Next, I stamped and colored a mug and steam from the same stamp set and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I adhered them with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

I used tear tape to adhere the shaker to a card base so the adhesive was nice and strong. Then I finished things off with Touch of Gloss to the dots on my coffee mug and two clay hearts to my sentiment.

Products used today:
Twiddler’s Nook Pixie Dust Micro Beads – Rosetta color
Twiddler’s Nook Princess Rings – Tiana color
Twiddler’s Nook Sweetheart Clay embellishment mix
Twiddler’s Nook Pressure Pal
Twiddler’s Nook Blending brushes
Twiddler’s Nook Blending brush caps
Twiddler’s Nook Double wide platform base
Twiddler’s Nook Paw Print Embellishment Tray
Liquid glue
Touch of gloss
Foam squares
Shaker card window
Newton’s Nook Time for Coffee stamps and dies
Newton’s Nook Frames Squared and Circle Frames dies
Newton’s Nook Mugs stencil

PRIZE

I almost forgot about my prize for the hop! Silly me! I’m giving away a $20 gift certificate to the Twiddler’s Nook shop to one lucky commenter. Commenting closes October 3 at noon PDT.

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Pink & Main – Happy Fall Die Cut Card

Hello everyone! I’m on the Pink & Main blog today sharing a card featuring just two die sets. The new Fancy Frame dies are gorgeous and come with some little dies in the center that are perfect for adorning those frames. Add that with a sentiment – stamped or die cut – and you have a gorgeous and easy to create card!

Today, along with those Pink & Main dies, I’m using all their cardstock colors too. They’re so rich and vibrant; perfect for this type of card. I did a little ink blending around the edges of my die cuts for some depth but that’s definitely not a must if you don’t like the look or don’t have the time.

After cutting all the pieces, I used EZ Squeeze liquid glue to adhere everything together and then to the blue frame. Once that had dried for a minute I added foam tape to the back of everything and popped it all up on a white card base. I really love the white breaking up the blue and yellow portions.

To finish things off and add a little sparkle, I pulled out my Ballroom gems and added a few where the vines meet on both spots. I love this little bit of sparkle and the bright, happy colors of the whole design together.

Products used:
Fancy Frame dies
Autumn Greetings dies
Ballroom Gems embellishments
Foam tape roll
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Cardstock – school bus, on the green, wildflowers, river walk, coffee shop and the park

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Newton’s Nook | Simon Says Stamp – Stamptember Collab Release

I’m popping in really quick tonight with a fun card featuring the Newton’s Nook | Simon Says Stamp Stamptember Collaboration set. As always, it’s totally adorable and has a million and one ways to use it.

Straight away, I want to make gift tags with them, paper piece patterns on the stockings and customize the critters to all of our pets!

Today I went a little extra because that sweet reindeer was just calling out to have his nose light up. Isn’t he just the cutest!?! I started by stamping and coloring him with copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut him out and switched gears to my messy background so it could dry while I did the light up part.

I love this layered stencil. It makes it so easy to customize your lights in different ways. Today I inked green light strings and spread Thermoweb Glitz Glitter Gel through the lightbulb layer.

While that was drying, I cut a tag shape with the Fancy Edges Tag dies from a piece of patterned paper from the Christmas Time paper pad. Then I cut a hole in the center of that for the light to shine through. I added my Pear Blossom Press One Light to the back of the tag with glue dots and then glued my reindeer in place so the light was under his nose.

I added foam to the back of the tag and tied some ribbon through the hole. ***Note that you always need double layer foam for the light mechanisms to sit flat.***

With the glitz gel dry, I die cut the panel with the largest Frames & Flags die. There was too much bright white for me so I used the green left in my blending brush and inked the edges. Then I took the green ink pad I used originally and went direct to paper to ink up the edges of my card front. It’s a darker, more saturated version of the same green so they go together plus I don’t have to try and color match my cardstock.

I chose my sentiment from the set and heat embossed it on a circle from the Frames Squared dies before adhering all my pieces together.

You all know I like dimension but I try to keep it no more than two levels high, since my tag is that high from the light mechanism, I glued the light string panel directly to my card base with liquid glue, then removed the release paper and added the tag and finally added the sentiment circle with foam and liquid glue as well.

Be sure to pop over to Simon Says Stamp and snag this adorable stamp set before they’re sold out. These things have barely been lasting the night so don’t miss it!

Products used:
Stamptember Collab stamps
Frames & Flags dies
Frames Squared dies
Christmas Lights stencils
Thermoweb Glitz Gel
Stencil Pal
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Blending brushes

Pear Blossom Press One Light

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Waffle Flower – Sneak Peek Kit #09

Hey friends! I am super excited to be sharing with you a look at the Waffle Flower Sneak Peek Kit #09! These kits give subscribers a peek at the next upcoming release before it’s available for purchase! They have all been amazing so far and this one is no different!

I couldn’t help myself and created three cards straight away, in one crafting session. It was so fun, I just couldn’t stop!

For my first card, I had to try inking on kraft cardstock. Nothing says fall to me more than those muted natural colors and I was excited to play. So I cut the panel from kraft using the die from the kit and lined up my stencil to ink blend. The kit also comes with one of the detail blender brushes which is so cool!

The sentiment die used on all my cards is also part of the kit. For this card I cut the shadow from vellum and the words from the same dark brown as my card front. I used liquid glue and adhered everything together.

Sticking with the same colors but a brighter background, I mimicked the same idea on a white panel to see the difference it would give. Oh my wow is it huge!

This time I cut the sentiment from gold foil cardstock, also lined my card front with is so that’s what shows through the lifted leaves. The sentiment shadow is cut from black cardstock this time for a bold statement on this card.

Next, I just had to try making a shaker window from the shadow die in the sentiment. I don’t think to create shakers all that often but this one was a must do for me.

This is also a great was to show that you don’t have to use the cover plate die with the stencil. This is a pretty stencil on it’s own as well.

I took some of the shaker bits and glued them across the design to give it a little extra without the die cut details. I also had fun trying non-traditional colors on this card too.

Do you have a favorite today?

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GIVEAWAY

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Doodlebugs – Thank You Box Card

Hey friends! Mix it up Monday brings us thinking outside the box a bit…a box card that is. I love making box cards and don’t do them near often enough. I recently picked up the Pretty Pink Posh Box Card die set and it’s total perfection. Probably the easiest and most complete I’ve used yet. No need for extra “insert” dies and I love the scallop pieces to decorate every part of your box card.

I started by choosing a few of the adorable Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hamsters to stamp out. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Sticking with my love of teal, I found some cardstock in my stash and started die cutting the pieces to my box card next. I chose white for all the decorative pieces so I could ink blend on them. Today I chose peacock feathers and cracked pistachio distress oxide ink for those.

For my sentiment I stamped the large sentiment from Mama Elephant Thank You (Love You) in Lawn Fawn dye inks – rainforest, peacock and mermaid for the ombre effect and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I also stamped a small sub-sentiment from the same set and used a Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip to cut it out.

I used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to assemble my box card and then tear tape to add my images to the different levels of the card. I also cut a second large scalloped piece from white cardstock to glue on the back so I had a big clean area to write my message on.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hamsters stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Thank You (Love You) stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip dies
Pretty Pink Posh Box Card dies
Distress Oxide Ink – peacock feathers and cracked pistachio
Lawn Fawn Ink – rainforest, peacock, mermaid
Liquid glue
Tear tape

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Pixi Dust Designs – What’s This? Jack Mug Card

Welcome everyone! I’m sharing a card featuring the new Jack Mug dies from Pixi Dust Designs. I am absolutely loving this new die set! Jack is one of my very favorite characters and this die set is just perfect! If you’ve seen the movie you’ll know that I had to use this sentiment too.

I cut all of my elements and used liquid glue to adhere them. Then I used a blank card base to figure out placement of my spoon and mug together and glued them in place as well. I added foam tape to the back and set it aside to work on my ink blending.

I blended distress oxide inks in seedless preserves and pumice stone at and angle from one corner to the other. Then I splattered the panel with water and black metallic watercolor. Next, I trimmed 1/4″ off the right side of the panel and added foam tape to the back.

I added a strip of bat washi tape to the side of my card base and adhered the inked panel over that. Then I cut the letters for my sentiment from black cardstock and arranged them on my glass mat. I used pixie tape to keep them lined up, added glue to the back and adhered them to the inked panel. After those were in place I popped my mug and spoon below them and my card is finished.

Is the song playing in your head yet? It’s definitely in mine.

Products used:
Pixi Dust Designs Jack Mug dies
Newton’s Nook Essential Alphabet dies
Distress Oxide Ink – seedless preserves and pumice stone
Bearly Art liquid glue
Foam tape
LH Colors watercolor – black

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Miss Ink Stamps – Alice Revisited Sneak Peek of Upcoming Release

We’ve got a new release coming from Miss Ink Stamps and I’m super excited about it! It’s an add on to the original Alice collection and it’s amazing!!! Today I’m sneaking a peek at an upcoming Tea Cups stamp set and a new die set that’s coming soon too.

This card actually makes me giggle because I can’t image under any circumstances the White Rabbit giving the Red Queen a heart or saying anything encouraging to her. But all the same, I am having so much fun coloring and creating with these new stamps. If you’re an Alice fan in the least, you’re going to love it all!

For my background on this card, I stamped the Queen’s Castle image on white cardstock and did ink smooshing with Tombow Brush Markers and a spray bottle. I chose a couple of reds and then threw in a brown at the end to tame it all down. Do you spy that new cool woodgrain frame too? That’s coming soon to the Miss Ink Stamps shop as well with more goodies to go with it.

The sentiment I chose was from Wonderland Wisdom which is a fun sentiment set full of quotes and sentiments in the Alice theme with a few small sub-images you can use in different ways too. This is definitely a must in the Alice Collection.

Stay tuned for more sneak peeks from the design team, especially the end of next week when everyone is flooding your feed with all this goodness!

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Trinity Stamps | Simon Says Stamp – Stamptember Release

Hey friends! Popping in late to let you know the collab between Trinity Stamps and Simon Says Stamp for Stamptember is cuter than cute and it’s available for purchase while supplies last!

Trinity Stamps was the trailblazer for all things slimline so I couldn’t resist myself in creating a fun slimline card with this adorable stamp set. The images are sweeter than sweet with lots of sentiment options to choose from too.

I stamped and colored my images with copic markers, lots of extra trees to fill my hilly scene. Then I used my scan-n-cut to cut them all out. Next, I cut a Striped Frame Slimline panel from white cardstock. I taped off the edges and inked light teal some hills going down the panel.

I glued the trees to the panel with liquid glue and popped my images up with foam squares. Then I stamped and die cut a sentiment using one of the banners in the Scalloped Card Panels and Banners die set. I inked it up with the same color I stamped my sentiment to help it pop and attached it with foam strips.

Last, I took a slimline card base and inked the edges like my banner and then added my panel to the front with liquid glue. For finishing touches I glued a scattering of Silver Sparkle Rhinestones throughout the design. Then I added glossy accents to my reindeer’s nose and bells, and stardust Stickles to the poms on the gnomes hats.

Remember these sets are limited quantities and this is the first time Trinity Stamps has gotten to participate so don’t wait to snag yours. It’ll be gone and you’ll be sad.

Products used today:
Trinity Stamps Stamptember Collab stamps
Striped Frame Slimline dies
Scalloped Card Panels and Banners dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn mermaid ink
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Silver Sparkle Rhinestones
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

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Pink & Main – Sneak Peek Week: Holiday Fun with Stencils, Dies and Stamps

Welcome everyone! Thank you for stopping by. Today is my turn for sneak peek week with the Pink & Main September release! As always, it’s fun, adorable and super versatile! I pulled out a few new products to play with for today’s card.

I went with a non-traditional color palette for a holiday card and had so much fun with it! The new candy cane stencil is a two-part stencil so I inked the first with pink and spread glossy gel through the second. After removing the second stencil layer I sprinkled the panel with super fine glitter so I had sparkly candy canes in the background.

While that was drying, I die cut my sentiment from the new holiday sentiments die set and inked up my card front too. I wanted to add a little something below my sentiment though so I went back to the new release and snagged the sweet image from Joy to the World to stamp and color.

Once the glitter background panel was dry, I die cut it with a Concave Stitched rectangle and assembled everything with foam tape. For finishing touches I added Touch of Gloss to the bells and stardust Stickles to the holly berries so they matched the candy canes.

I hope you’re excited for Friday! There is so much amazing coming your way!

Products used:
Holiday Sentiments dies
Joy to the World stamps and dies
Candy Cane stencils
Concave Stitched Rectangles dies
Dye Ink – dress shop and the park
Blending brushes
Glossy gel
Super Fine Glitter – icicle
Touch of Gloss
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Stickles – stardust

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Pretty Pink Posh – September Release Instagram Hop

Hey friends! Just popping in today to let you know that I’m participating in the Pretty Pink Posh Instagram Hop today! I have this gorgeous stenciled card to share and you have chances to win one of three $30 gift cards to the PPP shop if you head over, comment and hop along too!

This was a simple card to create but I’m still in awe of how pretty it turned out and how easy the new Layered Woodland stencils are to use! I used all Lawn Fawn dye inks with blending brushes, then die cut my panel with the largest Stitched Torn Rectangle die.

I cut the new Thankful Script word from white cardstock 4 times and glued them together, then cut the shadow once from white cardstock but I inked it with chipped sapphire distress oxide ink before adhering the word to it. I also inked my card base with the same to tie them in together.

I popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape on my card base and use liquid glue to adhere my sentiment. Then I pulled some images from the new Fall Jar stamp set to color and add to the design.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the mouse’s nose, then Touch of Gloss to the center of the bow and parts of the moth (or butterfly, whichever you prefer).

I had so much fun pulling this card together, especially adding that mouse to the top of my sentiment. Just makes me smile every time I look at him.

Products used:
Fall Jar stamps and dies
Layered Woodland stencils
Stitched Torn Rectangles dies
Thankful Script dies
Distress Oxide Ink – chipped sapphire
Lawn Fawn dye inks
Blending brushes
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue

Remember to head to Instagram to comment and hop for a chance to win a $30 gift card to the PPP shop!

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