Ranger Ink – Christmas in July Release

Hey friends! Ranger Ink had a fun release with Simon Hurley Create this month with a Christmas in July theme. I’m here to pop in with some sweet inspiration using a couple of those new goodies that I can’t get enough of!

The punny sentiments always get me and the images they tie to are always the first ones I just have to play with. So this sweet kitty was top on my list with that great Season’s Treatings sentiment. They’re too good for each other not to! This all comes from the new Christmas Pets stamp and die set. Don’t sleep on this one – It’s super fun!

The background is from the new Candy Canes layering stencil set. I love how you can add the stripes separately but then it’s a whole new level having that awesome shadow layer too! It’s so cool and gives such great dimension to a flat base layer.

For assembly on this card, I glued the stenciled layer to a card base and simply popped up the image and sentiment with foam squares. In between that I did splatter the stencil layer with distress spray stain in pewter for a silver shimmer in the splatter. Then, finishing touches were just stardust Stickles on the wreath berries and some white gel pen highlights on the bow.

Be sure to check out this whole release. There are other stamp and die sets, plus a background stamp and stencil combo that’s AMAZING!

Products used today:
Christmas Pets stamps and dies
Candy Canes stencils
Blending brushes
Stellar Inks – fore!, bee sting and woof
Distress Spray Stain – brushed pewter
Stickles – stardust
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Distress Embossing Ink
Anti-static pouch
Embossing powder – white

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Doodlebugs – Much Love Flamingo Style

Hey friends! I’m back with another Mix-it-up Monday post for Doodlebugs. It’s been a while and I’m happy to be back. Today I have a fun summer-themed card featuring some new and older Pretty Pink Posh and Concord & 9th goodies today.

This card started because I just had to build that awesome flamingo from Pretty Pink Posh as soon as it hit my mailbox. He hung out on my desk for about a day just being cute and eventually I figured out what I wanted to do with him.

I trimmed down a piece of yellow cardstock and inked up the Pretty Pink Posh seashells stencil using darker yellow ink and a tinge of orange on the edges for depth. Next, I cut the Concord & 9th Circle Sayings die from white and teal cardstocks.

I figured out placement of my sentiment and flamingo, then popped them up with foam tape. Before adding the whole panel to a card base, I wrapped the bottom with jute twine and tied it in a bow. Then I could carefully add foam tape to the back, avoiding the twine which helps it all lay flat.

Once that was all assembled, I added some stardust Stickles to the starfish and flamingo beak for a little sparkle. Last was a dab of glossy accents on the flamingo’s eye to help it pop too. Isn’t this just giving so much summer?!? I love it!

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Flamingo Holder dies
Pretty Pink Posh Seashell Background stencil
Concord & 9th Circle Sayings dies
Foam tape
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – peach fuzz, sunflower, bubblegum
Stickles – stardust
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook 13th Birthday Release Day

Yippee!!! It’s release day for Newton’s Nook’s 13 year mini celebration. We’re over on Instagram having an inspiration hop – head there to comment as you hop along for a chance to win. But for now, details on my card today.

Once again, I stamped and colored Newton and used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also went for the cute balloon in the set this time. I glued that to his hand and set it aside to dry.

For the background, I pulled a piece of patterned paper from the Fireworks pad and trimmed it to A2 size and glued it to a white card base. Then I die cut the Card Layout 5 die from teal cardstock. I glued the frame to the card front and took half of the inserts to splatter with paint and distress spritz sprays.

Once those were dry, I stamped my sentiment on one panel and popped them all up within the frame using foam tape. Last, I added Newton with foam squares, doubled up in some places so he laid flat among the popped up background pieces.

For finishing touches today, I just added another dab of glossy accents to Newton’s nose and then stardust Stickles to the highlight on the balloon.

Please be sure to head to Instagram and hop along with us! You’ll see fun inspiration and have a chance to win while you’re at it!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook 13th Birthday Release

Hey friends! Today we’re celebrating Newton’s Nook’s 13th birthday! We have a little mini release featuring Hula Hoop Newton stamps and dies to share with you!

Isn’t it adorable!?! Today I have a simple card to share featuring this new set and a steadfast favorite, the Bokeh Balloons stencil set!

I started by stamping and coloring Newton, then cut him out with the coordinating die. Then for a simple background panel, I taped off the top portion and inked up the layers of the Bokeh Balloons stencils with like colors – blue, purple and green. I splattered the panel with pearl watercolor for a little sparkle and shine too.

Next, I took a light green ink pad direct to the card front to instant color and texture. When the watercolor splatter dried, I stamped my sentiment along the break and popped Newton up with foam squares.

Finally, I popped the panel up on my card base and finished the design off with a dab of glossy accents on Newton’s nose.

Be sure to check out the design team blogs for more inspiration today!

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

Come back tomorrow for more inspiration with this cute little set!

Happy SUMMERween!

Hi friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook. I’ve got a fun summerween card to share with all of you spooky lovers out there! Any excuse to pull out my Halloween goodies is a good day and now that we’re past 4th of July, it’s all fair game for me.

Today I started by creating my stenciled background. I inked up pink and orange pumpkins using the Jack-o’-lantern stencil set on peach cardstock. After stenciling, I splattered the panel with pearl watercolor for some texture and sparkles.

Next, I stamped and colored my image from Newton’s Boo-tiful Night with copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out. Then stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the same stamp set on a banner from the A7 Frames & Banners die set. To alter the sentiment I stamped “summer” from Newton’s Happy Hour in orange ink and trimmed it out with scissors, gluing the two together.

Then, I die cut the smallest scalloped oval in the Oval Frames die set from vellum cardstock and started assembling everything together. I glued the stenciled panel to a card base, then popped the Newton image and sentiment strip up on the vellum oval with foam squares. Finally, I hid another layer of foam squares on the back of the oval behind the image/sentiment banner and popped that up on the card front.

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the jack-o-lantern faces, the crow beak and Newton’s nose.

I hope you enjoyed today’s summerween fun! I’d love to know if you celebrate at all. My daughter and I have at least one movie night during the summer watching our favorite Halloween movies with themed treats galore.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Newton’s Blooms Ink Smooshing Card

Hi friends. It’s been a while since I’ve been on here. Today I’m on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing this fun ink smooshed card featuring some sweet floral goodies from Newton’s Nook.

To start, I used the ink smooshing technique to create my background. You accomplish this by taking an acrylic block and inking it up with any ink pad you choose. Spritz that with water and smoosh it all over your paper. The less precise you are the better! Repeat until you have the color density you like. Use a heat tool between smooshes to help the ink layer instead of mixing together. It’s really fun. I highly recommend trying this if you haven’t before.

Next, I stamped images from Newton’s Blooms and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set it all aside. From the Frames & Flags die set I cut a banner to stamp my sentiment on the left side. This leaves room for the image to overlap the banner when the card is assembled.

Last steps before assembly are to stamp the Floral Roundabout image using the same dark pink ink I used on the ink smooshed background and my sentiment. Then I tore the edge of the background panel for a more distressed look. I splattered the panel with unicorn watercolor for some sparkle and then popped the panel up on a white card base. To finish assembly I added the main image to the banner with liquid glue and then popped everything up with foam squares.

For finishing touches today I added a little glossy accents and stardust Stickles on different parts of the images. Things like ladybug dots, wings and kitty noses. These little things really make your card pop at the end. Totally worth the time.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Plant Smiles, Grow Laughter

Hi friends! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you today with a spring-themed card. I created a fabulous stenciled background and used one of the adorable Spring Heights images and sentiments to bring it all together.

First, I stenciled the Trailing Leaves stencil on a piece of white cardstock with two tones of green ink – one darker and one brighter. This gives visual variation in the stenciling. I also faded the inking, darkest in the bottom left corner and lightest in the upper right corner of the panel. After that, I removed the stencil and used the same ink to go over the whole panel in the same fashion. Next, I smooshed ink on an acrylic block, spritzed it with water and flicked it across the panel. Then, I repeated that with white acrylic paint. This is my favorite way to add non-dimensional texture to a panel. It’s beautiflul!

Now, it’s time for coloring! I stamped and colored my Spring Heights puppy image with copic markers. After that, I used the coordinating die to cut it out. I also chose a sentiment from this set to stamp and heat emboss on a die cut banner from the Frames & Flags die set.

Once the background panel was dry, I ripped one edge off for a more raw look. Before adding this panel to my card base, I took the green ink pads direct-to-paper by dragging them across the edge of the card base. This is a quick and awesome way to add textured color to your paper; especially if your ink pads have a felt base vs foam.

For assembly now, I popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape on the inked card base. Then I wrapped twine around the sentiment banner and added that to the upper right with foam squares. Last, I added my image with foam tape and finished the design off with glossy accents on puppy noses and flower centers.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Doodlebugs – Give You a Squeeze Card

Welcome everyone! I’m pining for sunshine and summer vibes lately so I pulled out some older favorites to craft my way into sunshine.

First I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stamp set and stamped a whole bundle of each image in the set. I colored everything with copic markers in combos of oranges of lemons on my mind. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and started playing around with arrangements. I landed on this line of fruit vibe and used liquid glue to adhere them all together.

With this much direction I knew I wanted a vibrant, fun background so I pulled out this Lawn Fawn Stitched Wavy Backdrop. I spritzed distress oxide sprays on a panel. Let it dry and then spritzed it with water and watered down white paint. When that layer dried, I cut it out with the backdrop die.

Finally, I glued the background to a card base, then popped the strip of citrus up with foam squares. Last, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment in the Citrus stamp set on black cardstock and die cut it with a Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip die. This is also popped up with foam strips.

For finishing touches I added stardust Stickles to the flower centers and glued a scattering of yellow baubles I had in my stash.

Products used today:
Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Wavy Backdrop die
Foam squares and strips
Liquid glue
Stickles – stardust
Magic anti-static bag
Embossing powder
Embossing and watermark ink
Distress Oxide Spray – mermaid lagoon

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Retro Party Release Day

Happy Release Day everyone!!! I’m so excited to share that the Newton’s Nook Retro Party release is available in the shop! Head over and snag your favorites now but make sure you join us on Instagram for a hop with prizes up for grabs too!

For the Instagram hop today, I’m sharing another card featuring Puppy’s Mix Tape and a different pattern from the Retro Mix toner card front pack too.

After foiling my card front, I decided to color my image in a bright rainbow of colors too! I used the coordinating die to cut him out along with a few of the music notes included in the Puppy’s Mix Tape stamp set.

I trimmed the foiled panel down and popped it up on a teal panel, then added a black border between the two. I added Puppy with a combo of foam squares and liquid glue to he lays flat against the raised panel. I added the music notes with liquid glue floating up from him as well.

I finished the design off with glossy accents on Puppy’s nose and toe beans, with stardust Stickles on the music notes and wrapped twine around the top of the card design.

Remember – head to Instagram and hop with us for a chance to win, then head to Newton’s Nook to order your favorites and party with us!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Retro Party Release Week Day 4

Now that we’ve shared some fun inspiration with Newton and Puppy, it’s time to highlight this great add on to the release – Party On! which is a great sentiment stamp set to have in your stash for lots of occasions!

Party On! stamps

Today I have a trio of cards I created with the new Card Layout 7 die and the New Retro paper pad. This is a fabulous way to bust out a bunch of cards to have on hand in your stash or if you have an occasion where you need multiple of the same theme of card.

I also want to point out that I assembled these three cards just a little differently to show ways you can change the look. With the background – one has just the frame popped up, another has just the inserts popped up and the other has the frame and inserts glued to the card front.

Here’s the look with the frame popped up and the sentiment banners popped up on the same level as the frame. Also, I added color to the card bases of these cards by taking my felt ink pad direct-to-paper which essentially means I drug it across the surface for a quick, easy, textured look.

This card has the frame glued down and the inserts all popped up with foam tape and then the banners popped up with foam tape on top of that. Lots of dimension and lots of interest. It’s also fun to mix and match ink/embossing powder colors for different looks.

This final card has the frame and inserts all glued directly to the card base and the sentiment banner is popped up with foam tape. I also mixed stamping and heat embossing sentiments on the same banner here for a bit of extra interest.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox