Pink & Main – Hello Friend Envelope Pop Up Card

Hi there everyone! I’m really excited to share my card from the Pink & Main blog today. It features new products from the April release and is SO MUCH FUN! These new envelope pop up card dies are super easy to use and so fun to create with!!! The possibilities are endless, seriously!

To create my card, I die cut all the elements from the Envelope Pop Up Card die set using Pink & Main cardstocks – salon, river walk and pebble colors. Then I cut a couple of the sweet notebook paper shapes from white cardstock and stamped them with the Sweet Posies stamp set using Pink & Main inks, heat embossing the flower centers with ray of sunshine embossing powder.

I used EZ squeeze liquid glue to attach the details to my envelope, then 1/4″ EZ tear tape to adhere the pieces of my pop up box together. I added “hello friend” to one of the paper die cut pieces and then glued them together before attaching them to the inside of the envelope.

I stamped a sentiment from sweet posies but die cut it with the banner in the envelope pop up set and added it to the front of the envelope with a sweet pink bow.

When you’re all finished creating your card, it just folds over to one side and fits perfectly in an envelope for mailing. I just adore this new set and can’t wait to have different fun things spilling out of the envelope. Such a genius take on a box card. Don’t you think?

Products used:
Envelope Pop Up Card dies
Sweet Posies stamps
Ink – dress shop, night sky, construction, the park and embossing
Cardstock – salon, lakeside and pebble
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing powder – ray of sunshine
EZ Tear Tape – 1/4″
EZ Squeeze liquid glue

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Pixi Dust Designs – Dream Big

Welcome friends. I have another card featuring the April release from Pixi Dust Designs. Today I used the Hot Air Balloon dies without making it a shaker but still included sweet images from Up, Up and Away stamp set.. I love decorating this balloon. There are so many options that one idea just leads to another.

After die cutting all of my hot air balloon parts, I ink blended them with distress oxide inks and splattered them with water. I used liquid glue to adhere the pieces. Then I stamped and colored the bear and bird from Up, Up and Away, colored it with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I adhered him to the balloon with liquid glue as well.

For my background, I used a textured glitter cardstock from my stash, die cut some clouds and added them to the background. Using my balloon as a guide I stamped a sentiment in the lower left corner before popping the balloon up with foam tape.

For finishing touches, I added Touch of Gloss to the bear’s eyes and nose and the bird’s beak. Then I added a little pink clay heart above the bear and some gold baubles on the ribbon on the balloon.

Be sure to check out the sweet April release from Pixi Dust Designs if you haven’t yet. It’s very fun!

Products used today:
Up, Up and Away stamps and dies
Hot Air Balloon dies
Foam tape
Touch of Gloss
Bearly Arts liquid glue
Distress Oxide Ink – gathered twigs, peacock feathers, scattered straw
Sweethearts embellishment mix
Gold Baubles embellishments

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Build Your Stash Christmas Holiday Cardmakers – Spring Into Christmas Hop

I’m very happy to be a sponsor for another BYSHC hop. These are so fun and such a great inspiration to get a jump on your holiday cardmaking. It gives you an extra excuse to use what you have before the new holiday goodies are there to tempt you, plus you have holiday cards ready to go!

For those of you who are new here, I’ll give a little run down of the products we offer at the Twiddler’s Nook Etsy Shop.

My initial drive for the shop was to create some simple tools to help me while making cards. Thus the embellishment tray. I hated dumping embellishments on my desk and having to pick them up one at a time to get them back in the bag. These grew very quickly to lots of shapes from customer requests and lots of fun colors because we all have different styles.

The next thing was the magnetic die holder. I wanted a safe place to stick my dies while I was in the middle of something and didn’t want to keep putting it away or risk losing it. I also have a second one that lives on my desk with the basics I’m always reaching for.

After a bit I wanted to expand so I started carrying fun embellishments to use in cardmaking and various other crafts too. I have had people order these for making slime with kiddos, decorating tumblers and snow globes, so many ideas!

We have a number of other products available like blending brushes with color coordinating caps and platforms for them to magnetize to so they stand up, but this gives you a little idea where things came from. Do you have a crux in the craft room that needs a remedy? Reach out and I’ll see what we can do.

In case you don’t follow me on social media, I have been doing a destash mystery box sale this week. I happen to have a few left – price points at $50, $75 and $100. Message me if you’re interested. The packages are stuffed full and worth at least 4x the price. Someone was so excited that she just ordered a second box today! No duplicates because this is my stash of stamps, dies and embellishments from over the last couple of years.

GIVEAWAY
I’m going to reserve one $50 package to giveaway to a lucky commenter on here. Comment whatever you’d like and you’re in the running for a fun package of crafty goodies. Commenting closes Wednesday, April 26, at noon.

SALE
Extra bonus for you…we’re having a sale in the Twiddler’s Nook shop. Click HERE to get there.

Miss Ink Stamps – Toucan of my Appreciation

Happy Thursday everyone! We’re one day closer to the weekend and I’m here for it! Today I’m sharing a little card inspiration featuring stamps and stencil from Miss Ink Stamps. I love all of her critters! The art is amazing and I have so much fun coloring the elements.

Today I chose two images from Pretty Bird, stamped and colored them with copic markers before using the scan-n-cut to cut them out. I added foam tape to the bird and popped it on the leaf image. Then switched to my background.

I simply trimmed a piece of green cardstock and pulled out my On the Vine stencil. I sprayed the stencil with Pixie Spray from Thermoweb and let it dry for a minute for adhering it to the cardstock. Then I blended two colors of green ink across the panel. I wanted variety in the background so it wasn’t flat. Using the images as a guide, I placed the panel in my MISTI and stamped my sentiment in the lower center.

The green cardstock measured 3.5×4.75 inches so I found orange cardstock in my stash and trimmed it to 3.75×5 and adhered them together. Next, I added foam tape to the back and popped it up on a white card base. Finally I added the images above the sentiment and finished them off with black glaze pen on the bird’s eye, then white gel pen highlights all over the images. Very last I found some glitter enamel dots in the perfect orange and added them across the design as well.

Isn’t this such a fun and silly thank you card? I love puns so much and this one is top notch!

Products used:
Pretty Bird stamps
On the Vine stencil
Pixie Spray
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ink – cilantro and artichoke
Foam tape
Tape runner
Sakura gel pen – white and black
Glitter enamel dots

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Pink & Main – Sending Sunshine & Smiles Shaker Card

Welcome crafty friends! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with another peek at the upcoming release for April. We had a little flub last week and were rushing the month faster than we meant to. So you get two weeks of sneak peeks instead of one.

Today’s design started one way and definitely didn’t turn out as planned. But when this happens we just improvise or make changes. No big deal. The original plan was to put that sweet mushroom on top of the “h” in hi but it just wasn’t working for me. I went back to the drawing board and found these other sweet images in a different upcoming set and thing the end result is pretty darn cute!

The layered scallops rectangle die set is fabulous and comes with two sizes of scallop layers and two sizes of stitched rectangles to give a finished look on top, PLUS the awesome giant “hi” and even more! Such an amazing set and made it really easy with a little acetate and foam tape to create a shaker.

Today’s shaker filler is sparkling cotton candy flock with glitter. It just seems to float around when you shake it which is so fun and doesn’t add a bunch of extra bulk or weight to the card.

My images come from Sunshine Days and Mush Love. The are from Mommy Lhey is just adorable and so fun to color and create with. You’re going to love these new sets so much!

I chose to stamp and heat emboss my sentiment in grape soda embossing powder on vellum before die cutting it and carefully adhering it with a thin layer of liquid glue. Isn’t it a fun touch?

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the butterfly and sun’s eyes and stardust Stickles to elements of the cloud, sun, mushroom and butterfly. A little extra sparkle never hurt anyone and I love it!

Products used:
Mush Love stamps and dies
Sunshine Days stamps and dies
Layered Scallops Rectangles dies
Foam tape
Magic Anti-static Brush
Embossing & Watermark Ink
Embossing powder – grape soda
Flock with Glitter – sparkling cotton candy
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Stickles – stardust
Black glaze pen

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Newton’s Nook – Taco Tuesday

Hi there crafty friends! I’m always happy to be back on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing adorable and fun inspiration. Today we’re pretending it’s Tuesday and living our best taco life!

I had a general layout idea in mind so I started by taking an A2 piece of white cardstock and inking up the edges with spiced marmalade distress oxide ink and spritzing it generously with water. I blotted it dry and set it aside. Then, I took a second piece of white cardstock and used the mini taco image in the Newton Loves Tacos stamp set to create a fun background of little yellow tacos. Then I die cut the panel with the second-to-largest die in the Framework die set.

Then, I stamped and colored my sweet taco cat with copic markers before using the coordinating die to cut him out. Using the image as a guide, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on the taco panel so it was shiny and stood out a little. I added foam squares to the kitty and popped him up on the panel above that.

For assembly, I added the inked panel to a white card base with liquid glue and then popped the scalloped panel up on that with foam tape.

For finishing touches, I added red clay hearts to the design for fun. These come from the Sweethearts clay mix from the Twiddler’s Nook shop. Then I added touch of gloss to the kitty’s nose and parts of the taco.

Products used:
Newton Loves Tacos stamps and dies
Framework dies
Pink & Main embossing ink, powder and anti-static brush
P&M touch of gloss
P&M foam tape
Distress Oxide Ink – spiced marmalade
Twiddler’s Nook Sweethearts embellishments

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Pixi Dust Designs – Peek-a-boo Gift Tags

Hi there! I have a couple of really adorable gift tags to share with you today featuring the new Tag D die set from Pixi Dust Designs. It just released last week and I love it. It’s a great combo of options to make shaker and regular tags.

Today I created one shaker tag and one regular to show how some of the different dies in the set work with the base tag shape. I couldn’t resist adding the sweet critters from Up, Up and Away to them too.

For my shaker tag, I cut a yellow base and melon frame, lined the back of the frame with acetate and foam strips and chose my favorite Wonka’s Candy Jar embellishments to fill the well with. After sealing it up, I added the monkey floating away and chose to cut a blue hole reinforcer to match the balloon. I added a sentiment strip and finished things off with Touch of Glossy to the balloon and monkey’s eyes and nose.

For my other tag, I cut the base from green cardstock and then a topper and bottom edge from blue. After I glued the layers together, I popped the kitty and puppy up with foam squares and stamped a sentiment. For finishing touches I added Touch of Gloss to the eyes and nose plus that kitty’s cute tongue too. The red clay heart came from the Sweethearts embellishment mix in the Twiddler’s Nook shop.

One little note I thought I would add today – when I create tags like this, I almost always cut another base tag shape from white cardstock so that I have a place to write to and from, plus a message too.

Products used today:
Tag D dies
Up, Up and Away stamps
Woodland Friends stamps
Panda-stic stamps
Foam strips
Twiddler’s Nook embellishments – Wonka’s Candy Jar and Sweethearts
Touch of Gloss
Bearly Art liquid glue

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Pixi Dust Designs – Thinking of You Shaker

Happy Friday everyone! Thanks for stopping by today. I’m excited to share a card I created with the new release from Pixi Dust Designs which is available in the shop TODAY!!!! This new hot air balloon die set is so much fun to create with! You can make shakers or just gorgeous hot air balloons. There are so many different options to decorate your balloon it’s hard to choose!

Today I chose the shaker frame to make my balloon a shaker but also added the cool stripes over the top because these were the kind of balloons I always loved as a kid when we would go to the night glows.

For my sky, I inked pink and yellow lightly on a white panel and then stamped the cloud images from the Up, Up and Away stamp set. After adhering my balloon shaker, I added a sweet kitty to the balloon basket, a kite flying away in the sky and the adorable bunny floating along with his kitty friend.

My sentiment comes from the Woodland Friends stamp set. Once that was stamped, I adhered my panel to a card base and added glossy accents to the critter eyes and noses. last, I added stardust Stickles to the kite tail and highlights on the heart balloon.

Be sure to pop over to the Pixi Dust Designs shop to see what other adorable and amazing products are available today.

Products used today:
Up, Up and Away stamps and dies
Hot Air Balloon dies
Woodland Friends stamps
Blending brushes
Foam tape
Touch of Gloss
Stardust Stickles
Bearly Art liquid glue

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Pink & Main – Thank You Fairy Much

Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s sneak peek week for the upcoming April release for Pink & Main. To say this is a big release packed with amazing is really an understatement. I hope you enjoy sneak peeks and can’t wait to see what you all choose to stock up on come release day!

For my card today, I paired some upcoming fairy cuteness with a new embossing folder, scalloped circle dies and the new fabulous foilable sheets! Phew! So many amazing products to create with leads to endless possibilities for crafting.

After foiling my panel, I inked it up with a very light hand using night sky ink. Then I popped the scalloped circle panel up with foam tape and popped the fairies and sentiment up with foam squares too.

I almost forgot but before adding the fairies, I took a brayer roller to add white pigment ink to the clouds on the embossed panel. It helps them stand out and gives a cool look.

Finally I splattered pearl watercolor over the whole panel before adhering it to a card base and tying some glittery twine around the left side. For finishing touches I just added some Touch of Gloss to the flower centers and fairy’s shoes. Then I added Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the fairy wings too.

I hope you’re as excited for release day as I am! Check the Pink & Main store first thing Friday to snag some new crafty goodness.

Products used today:
Pixie Dust stamps and dies
Clouds embossing folder
Layered Scallops Circles dies
Large Sentiment Strips dies
Fairy Wings CheerFoil
Ergonomic blending brush
Night Sky ink
Full Bloom foilable kit
Foam tape
Touch of Gloss
LH Colors pearl watercolor

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Spellbinders – Floral Friendship Paper Suite

Welcome everyone! Yesterday was release day for Spellbinders and with it came a fantastic collection of paper goodies – Floral Friendship Paper Suite! There are ephemera packs, embellishments, chipboard frames and a gorgeous 6×6 paper pad in the collection. I had a blast playing with the whole collection creating a bunch of cards the other night.

I started my creative process by opening both packages of ephemera a sorted them into categories. There are a TON of images and sentiments in these packs so it’s really helpful to get a handle on what your choices are. I chose simple categories like banners, sentiments with images, florals, birds, butterflies, etc.

While doing this, some of the images just jumped out at me to pair together or try with certain paper in the paper pad. I kept some cards simpler than others but with the gold foiling in the images and paper, none of these are plain by any standards.

The color palette through the whole collection is so pretty too! For these first cards I barely made a dent in the products and I also didn’t use anything outside of the collection itself. It would be great to add elements from other die sets to step things up too.

I also appreciate the variety of sentiments included in the ephemera pack. It covers every type of card you would want or need to create. Sympathy cards are one kind that are not fun to make when you need one so it’s always smart to have some on hand.

Oh, and don’t get me started on how fun these amazing gemstones are! They come in a variety of colors to coordinate and three sizes of each color. I used them on a few cards and have a bundle left for more cards to come!

I hope you enjoyed these simple to create beautiful cards today. Be sure to check out the collection over at Spellbinders and pick up some new goodies to create with!

Products used:
Floral Friendship Paper Pad
Floral Friendship Chipboard Frames
Floral Friendship Printed Die Cuts
Floral Friendship Printed Die Cut Sentiments
Floral Friendship Gemstones
Floral Friendship Butterflies

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