Spellbinders – Felt Stitch & Create

Hi friends! I’m popping in with a couple of fun “not a card” projects I created lately for Spellbinders. The new Felt Stitch & Create line from Nichol Spohr is my favorite thing ever right now! I have completed two projects so far but I have two more in process on my craft table now. They’re so fun and easy to create!

First off, I created this fun home decor wall hanging using the new Pumpkin Lane House die set. I cut all the bits from Benzie felt and stitched with DMC embroidery floss. Then I wrapped velvet ribbon around an embroidery hoop and added some fabric and felt to create a background. Then I just used hot glue to assemble my scene to that. I finished it off by wrapping more ribbon around the fastener at the top and it’s ready to hang up.

While I was creating that large hoop I remembered extra stock I had of the mini 3″ hoops from past paper creations and it gave me this idea. I lined the back with patterned paper and used foam squares to pop the holly and berries up in the center. These come from the Candy Cane stitching set. I finished it off with a velvet bow and hanger on the top and a sentiment banner on the bottom.

Products used:
Spellbinders Felt Stitch & Create dies
Benzie felt
Spellbinders Delivering Joy dies
Foam squares

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Doodlebugs – Presents for All Occasions

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! On the Doodlebugs blog today sharing a little reminder that all the stamps and dies you have that are presents, birthday or other work great for Christmas too. That usually goes for the other way around while we’re at it!

I pulled out the new Mama Elephant Surprise Gifts set, which is not holiday at all, at wanted to make a Christmas card with it. So I colored my images accordingly with copic markers, used the coordinating dies to cut them out and some liquid glue to adhere my cute little scene.

Now that we’re on our way to holiday, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Christmas Trees stencil set and inked it up on a piece of light green cardstock. For the final layer I skipped inking and got a little messy with texture paste though. OMG do I love this stuff! It’s the perfect texture add-on if you ask me.

When that was dry, I trimmed it to fit an A2 card base and glued it on the front. I popped up the piggy and gifts and added a Mama Elephant Winter Banner Greeting. The array of options in these sentiment sets is amazing! Highly recommend!

I digress. Back to the card. For finishing touches today I added black glaze pen to the piggy’s eyes and nostrils. Then I added stardust Stickles to the heart he’s holding and white gel pen highlights to all the gifts.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Surprise Gifts stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Winter Banner Greetings dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Christmas Trees stencils
Blending brushes
Texture paste
Liquid glue
Foam tape
White and black gel pen
Stickles – stardust

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Miss Ink Stamps – Tag Duo to Continue the Scene

Happy Thursday everyone! I’m back one more time with a couple of gift tags I created using Miss Ink Stamps images, dies and stencils. I wanted to use the large snow slope image but it’s so long that it seemed like a waste if I only made one tag with it…so I split it in half and made two tags!

I cut two tags from green cardstock and inked up the Perfectly Plaid stencil with green ink over it. I added the ground to the larger tag first and trimmed the excess off the edge, then glued the rest to the smaller tag.

I glued the Santa hat on my penguin and then adhered him with the present to the tag front.

On the second tag I used smaller penguins and also gave each of them something fun to hold. Next, I cut the smallest tag in the die set and stamped my sentiment on both.

I threaded some pretty ribbon through the hole and tied it with black embroidery floss, adding the smaller tag before tying the bow. To keep things in place I added a foam square to the red tag and adhered it in place on the green tag.

For finishing touches I added clay hearts to the small tag and glossy accents to the penguin beaks and feet, bow on the gift and fish. Then I added a little stardust Stickles to the Santa hat and candy cane.

Products used:
Tags dies
Ice Day stamps
Perfectly Plaid stencil
Blending brush
Sweethearts clay embellishments

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Newton’s Nook – Thanks A Latte

Happy Thursday everyone! I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing another card using bits from the new release. Something about the color palette in the new paper pad really spoke to me and I just ran with it. I loved how they went together and the types of colors just made me happy to create. Needless to say, today’s card follows those same colors again. Yay!

This time I cut my sentiment shadow from dark blue cardstock and the letters from white. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and lined the back with foam tape. Using that as a guide, I ink blended teal behind where I wanted the words to go on a piece of white cardstock. Then I splattered that with more teal ink for extra texture.

I chose a couple patterns from the new Coffee Shop paper pad and trimmed them down. The bigger portion measures 5.5×1.5 inches and the strip is 5.5x.25 inches. These are popped up in the ink blended panel with foam tape.

After adding the sentiment over the ink blending, I used liquid glue to adhere the panel to a white card base. Then, for a little extra, I wrapped the top with jute twine and tied it in a bow.

The vibe of this card wasn’t asking for sparkle and shine so I resisted. It’s pretty great without it. Also, noting that this new paper pad and set of products are going to be fabulous for masculine feeling cards!

Products used:
Thanks a Latte dies
Coffee Shop paper pad
Liquid glue
Foam tape
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn mermaid ink

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

Doodlebugs – Christmas Mug Cuteness

Welcome to this week’s Mix it up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog! Today I’m pulling out some cuteness from last year that did not get enough love! Spellbinders mugs and Mama Elephant critters, could it get any cuter? I think not!

These adorable Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers were just asking to hang out of something fun and when I came across my Spellbinders Merry Mugs I knew it was a match made in heaven! I really tried to make all 3 huggers fit in one mug but it wasn’t happening so I gave in and have that sweet bunny saved for another occasion. *Spoiler alert, gift tag to match!*

So I stamped and colored my images, die cut all the things and then assembled it all with a combination of liquid glue, reverse tweezers and foam tape. I added a double snowflake to the front of the mug with an enamel dot in the center which I really can’t get over is so pretty!

Then I cut a Mama Elephant Shimmer Lights cover from pink cardstock and glued it to a white card base. I added my filled mug to that with liquid glue and found the sweetest sentiment in the Mama Elephant Deliver Lots of Cheer stamp set to add to a banner. I stamped that with Lawn Fawn mermaid ink so it matched the mug and popped it up with foam tape.

For finishing touches I added white gel pen highlights, black glaze pen to the critter eyes and glossy accents to their noses. To finish it all off I added stardust Stickles to the Santa hats.

Oh my goodness, I really can’t get over the cuteness of this card. I love how it turned out so much!!!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Shimmer Lights cover die
Mama Elephant Deliver Lots of Cheer stamps
Lawn Fawn mermaid ink
Lawn Fawn Banner die
Spellbinders Merry Mugs dies
Sakura Glaze pen – black and white
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

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Newton’s Nook Release Day

YIPPEE!!! It’s release day for Newton’s Nook! We’re hopping on Instagram for added inspiration and another chance to win too!

I pulled out the Coffee Delights stamps again for my card today and of course used more of that amazing paper pad too!

I cut one-inch strips and glued them to a card base. Then cut three circles from another pattern. I stamped three coffee mugs and colored them in coordinating colors and used the coordinating die to cut them all out.

I popped the circles and mugs up with foam squares and added glossy accents to the hearts on the mugs.

Then I stamped my sentiment in the bottom right corner. It fits just perfect!

Remember to head to Instagram and comment on the hop for a chance to win!

Products used:
Coffee Shop paper pad
Coffee Delights stamps and dies
Frames Squared dies (circle)
Glossy accents
Foam squares

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Newton’s Nook – November Release Day 3

Alright friends, it’s the final day of release reveals before you get to add all of these amazing goodies to your stash! This time we have a couple of new, fun word dies with shadows to share with you!

Hug in a Mug and Thanks a Latte dies

Today I have a card to share featuring the Hug in a Mug word dies. These two sentiments are my very favorite caffeinated sayings and I’m so happy to have them in such a perfect die! I also love that they are both one piece with the shadow so you don’t have to try and piece letters together.

For this card I cut the shadow from black and letters from white, gluing them together with liquid glue. Then I pulled out the Coffee Silhouette dies and cut them from a rainbow of cardstocks. I added a few steams, whipped creams and hearts from the set to decorate them as I went along.

I cut a piece of black cardstock and adhered it to a card base, then cut another piece of paper from the new paper pad with the largest Framework die and popped it up with foam tape. I adhered the layers to the various mugs and prepped everything with foam squares.

After popping everything in place, I finished the hearts off with glossy accents and the whipped creams with stardust Stickles.

I hope you loved the release reveals this week! Which was your favorite?

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 store credit 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 November 12th through Thursday November 14th. 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, November 14th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, November 15th.

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

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

Newton’s Nook – November Release Day 2

Continuing with the amazingly fun caffeinated theme, we have a new background die to share today and I’m obsessed! It’s so fun!!!

Coffee Frame die

Do you love it? I totally do and had so much fun playing with it! I didn’t make my card a shaker today but this frame die is just begging for it!

I cut the frame from white cardstock and masked off the mugs to ink blend them. I cut the coffee portion of the mugs and coffee beans from dark brown cardstock and glued them in place next. I added foam to the back of it all and set it aside.

Next I cut the steam from white cardstock and vellum. I ink blended the edge of the white slightly with teal ink and glued the layers together but offset. Then I cut the sentiment from kraft and white cardstock doing the same with those layers.

Finally I chose a piece of paper from the Coffee Shop paper pad we saw yesterday, trimmed it to size and glued it to a card base. I added my frame first, then positioned the steam and sentiment accordingly. The steam is popped up but the sentiment is glued directly to the card front.

For finishing touches I added white gel pen highlights to everything. Isn’t this so much fun!?!

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

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

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

Newton’s Nook – November Release Day 1

Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s release week for Newton’s Nook and we’ve got some really fun new things to share with you. Let’s jump right in to today’s release reveals.

Coffee Delights stamps and dies AND Coffee Shop paper pad

I had a blast with all of the products this week and really found inspiration in the new paper pad. You’re totally going to love it! Today I have a card featuring both new products to share with you.

I stamped and heat embossed images from Coffee Delights on Bristol smooth cardstock and watercolored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I pulled my color palette from the paper pad knowing that I was going to use it in my background.

I chose four patterns from the paper pad, cutting three with the Fancy Edges Tag die and trimming one down to A2 size for my background. I cut white hole reinforcers and used liquid glue to adhere them. Then added some twine to each tag.

I glued the tags together with liquid glue and added foam tape to the back to them all plus my coffee cup stack. I adhered them to the patterned paper background and glued it all on a card base. Then I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on a circle from the Circle Frames set and popped it up as well.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

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

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

Doodlebugs – Snowflakes and Penguins

Happy Monday friends! It’s Mix it up Monday once again on the Doodlebugs blog and today I added a fun mini shaker to the mix as well.

I started by using some shimmer watercolor powders on a piece of watercolor paper, once that was dry I die cut my Pretty Pink Posh Snowflake Shaker from it. I lined the back with acetate and foam strips, a sprinkle of clay embellishments and sealed it up with a piece of white cardstock.

Next, I stamped and colored some sweet penguins from the Sunny Studios Roly Poly Penguins stamp set. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set it all aside. I couldn’t decide how I wanted my background – ink blended or solid and then I came across the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake cover die and all my questions were answered. It’s the perfect backdrop!

I ink blended the snowflake panel with pink ink to help the stitching stand out and then glued it to a white card base. Next I added the snowflake and penguins with foam squares and liquid glue. Finally, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a banner die cut, all from Pretty Pink Posh. I also popped it up and trimmed the excess off.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to penguin eyes, glossy accents to their beaks and feet, and white gel pen highlights to all of the images.

Products used:
Sunny Studios Roly Poly Penguins stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Snowflake Shaker dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Christmas stamps
Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake cover die
Embossing powder – white
VersaMark ink
Anti-static pouch
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Twiddler’s Nook Happy Feet embellishments

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