Doodlebugs – Sunshine Thank You Tags

Hello again everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog with a bundle of thank you tags I created for the end of the school year. The design is really versatile, easy to do it batches and cuter than cute!

To create these cards I did them in a few different sessions. First, I ink smooshed some watercolor paper with dark yellow and orange inks. Then I took yellow cardstock and spritzed it with Distress Oxide ink so it had some texture. Then I let all of that dry. Next, I die cut the yellow with a 2″ circle and the ink smooshed panels with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Sun Frame. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and an acrylic block to hold them flat while they dried.

Next session, I stamped and colored the same cute Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hedgehog and used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also die cut a banner from the Mama Elephant Banner Greetings die set and glued the layers together.

In my last session, I added the banners and hedgehogs to the sunshines with foam strips and squares. I finished each one off with some blue twine to tie on the gift bags I have set aside and stardust Stickles on the little flower he is holding.

I don’t want to ruin any surprises but these are going on gift packages with a “don’t grow up, enjoy summer” vibe and I’m really excited about them!

Products used today:
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hedgehogs stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Sun Frame dies
Waffle Flower Nesting Circles dies
Foam squares and strips
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn sunflower and carrot inks (ink smooshing)
Distress Oxide Spray – mustard seed
Stickles – stardust

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Doodlebugs – Faux Notebook Paper and a Congrats Card

Hi friends! Today’s card came about in a funny way. I had a scrap of copic paper left over months ago. Randomly I stamped 2 Mama Elephant critters on it because they fit perfectly. Then that piece of paper has moved all around my craft desk and the clipboard I use to color on since then. Randomly, I came across them again while looking for fresh copic paper to stamp on and today’s idea just hit me! So I switched gears and went to work…

After coloring and die cutting the first two critters, I realized that I needed a third. So I remedied that and set them aside to work on my fun background idea…faux notebook paper with the Lawn Fawn Simple Stripes Portrait die! I cut the backdrop from white cardstock and glued it to a card base. Then I used a ruler to keep my lines straight and BG11 and R20 copic markers to add the notebook lines.

Next, I added foam squares to the back of my critters and set them in place while I stamped some of the fun designs from the Mama Elephant Write With Me stamp set. I used colored ink for some a black ink for the text. After those were stamped I felt good about the critter placement and actually removed the release paper from the foam squares and stuck them down.

Next I pulled sentiments from the Mama Elephant Way To Go stamp set and added them around the critters. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to critter noses, glasses and parts of the pens.

It’s end of school year/graduation time so I thought this card would be perfect to share now! It could go to a kiddo or a teacher celebrating the end of the year.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Simple Striped Portrait die
Mama Elephant Way to Go stamps
Mama Elephant Write With Me stamps and dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Lawn Fawn ink – apricot, no. 2 pencil, juice box, jet black

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Doodlebugs – Thank You Berry Much Slider Card

Happy Mix it up Monday again everyone! I’m excited to be playing with the new interactive dies from Lawn Fawn! I love this style of interactive card. They are honestly easy to create and really fun to decorate with any theme of products!

I highly recommend watching Lawn Fawn intro videos for any and all interactive dies. Kelly Marie does a fantastic job explaining the parts and how to assemble it all. Here is the link to this one specifically – Intro to Pull ‘n Slide Surprise.

To create my card, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries stamps and dies. I stamped a ton of berries, the basket and extra leaves. I colored everything with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut it all out. Next, I followed the video to create my interactive mechanism using patterned papers for fun visual interest.

With the interactive portion done, I adhered my berries and basket with liquid glue to the bottom half of the sliding part so my box of berries pops up instead of folding in half. Remember to be mindful of where you’re gluing things on this style of card.

I carefully used an acrylic block to stamp the smaller portion of my sentiment on the berry basket and then stamped and die cut the other portion to pop up at the bottom of the scene. Finally, I added white gel pen highlights all over the images.

Do you like making interactive cards? It’s been a while but I really do enjoy it and hope this was my intro to getting back into the swing of things.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Pull n’ Slide Surprise dies
Lawn Fawn patterned papers
Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries stamps and dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Tear tape – 1/4 inch
Lawn Fawn raspberry ink
Sakura gelly roll pen – white

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Doodlebugs – Bookmark Tag

Welcome everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog for Mix-it-up Monday. There have been a number of companies coming out with fun, book themed goodies and I’m here for it! Today I created a bookmark tag mixing Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn goodies together.

Using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Bookmark dies as a guide, I placed my adorable Mama Elephant Book Worm stamps in each opening to decide what would fit and which ones to stamp. Then I stamped and colored everything with copic markers, using the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

Then I cut a solid stitched bookmark from teal cardstock and inked the bottom of each window section with peacock ink. I splattered it with water and blotted it dry. Then I cut the stitched bookmark again from Lawn Fawn patterned paper, also cutting the windows from this panel. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and also all of my critters in their spaces.

Finally, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Lawn Fawn Little Woodland Library and cut it out with a banner die. I glued this in place before adding ribbon and twine through the hole in the top. For finishing touches I added white gel pen highlights and glossy accents to critter glasses.

This is an adorable bookmark but I think it would be even more fun as a gift tag that can be a bookmark for the recipient after they open the gift!

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Stitched Bookmark dies
Lawn Fawn Little Woodland Library stamps
banner die
Lawn Fawn Bitty Blooms (substitute for what I used)
Lawn Fawn Peacock ink
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll pen

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Doodlebugs – Ink Blending and Die Cutting

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! Today we are creating a fun card using nothing but ink blending and die cutting techniques. It was really fun to pull this card together and when I was finished I realized that I didn’t stamp or color a single thing. It was a woah moment.

First off, I recently ordered a couple of die and stencil sets from Waffle Flower which is what started this whole journey…just playing with new goodies, having no plan in mind. That’s how I ended up with my sentiment and those beautiful little butterflies – Waffle Flower’s Multiple Butterflies Combo and Overlapping Birthday Combo.

This is kind of funny but in that same order was the Mama Elephant Classic Card Quads. I immediately thought it would be a perfect background for the fun stenciling I had just done. So I chose 1 style and cut it 4 times from white cardstock. Then I layered the Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil over the top of 2 at a time. I inked one blue and one green to go with my sentiment since the butterflies were already pink.

After removing the stencil, I didn’t like how white the panels still were so I added a light layer of the same color over top and thought it flowed much better. Then I added foam tape and squares to the back of everything.

After adding everything to a white card base, I came in with some Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the butterfly wings for just a little sparkle.

Products used today:
Waffle Flower Multiple Butterflied Combo – stencil and dies
Waffle Flower Overlapped Birthday Combo – stencil and die
Mama Elephant Classic Card Quads dies
Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks – ballet slippers, mermaid, jalapeno
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear

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Doodlebugs – Strawberry Shaped Cards for Spring

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! This week I have a couple of sweet little strawberry shaped cards using Lawn Fawn and Mama Elephant goodies together. This is a fun way to use your larger shape dies in a different way so be sure to dig through your stash and see what you’ve got!

The base of my cards are created with the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Strawberry and a couple of accents from the Stitched Strawberry Frame die set too. Although you absolutely could create this without the frame die set. The only thing I borrowed from it was another layer on my topper leaves and the extra leaf attached to the stem.

I cut the layers from yellow, pink and green cardstocks and then did some ink blending on all of them to add deeper color before using liquid glue to adhere them together. Then I cut another full strawberry from pink cardstock, scored it about 3/8″ from the top and glued that flap to the back of my strawberry to create my card.

Next, I went digging for a fun critter to add and a sentiment of some sort. At first I was going the punny route but didn’t find anything that spoke to me, so I landed on sweet Mama Elephant Little Agenda bunnies and Spring Banner Greetings. I also had commitment issues on my sentiment banner color so I did one of each for fun. I still don’t know which I like better.

After the bunny and sentiment banner were added with foam squares and strips, I finished things off with black glaze pen on the bunnies’ eyes and glossy accents on their strawberry and the center of the flower on the big strawberry too.

I have no plans for these at the moment but I think pulling out my envelope punch board to make a custom sized envelope would be super cute or tying them to the handle of a gift bag would be adorable as well. Maybe even lunchbox notes!

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Strawberry dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Strawberry Frame dies
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Bunny stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Spring Banner Greetings dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ink – guava and jalapeno
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll glaze pen – black

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Doodlebugs – Playing with Colors and Stencils

Welcome friends! It’s Mix it up Monday and today I’m playing with the Concord & 9th Sweet Stems stencil set I picked up a while ago. It’s laid out perfectly that you don’t need to mask anything to get the perfect color layering and is really fun to create with in any color palette. To prove that, I sat and created 3 cards with what felt like no effort at all.

With a stencil set like this my first attempt is always just to play with it and see how the layers fit together. Sometimes I’m done after that but with this set I kept coming up with color combos I wanted to try out and see how they looked together.

I used distress oxide inks for this first card – salvaged patina, twisted citron, dried marigold, spiced marmalade. Then I used dried marigold for my sentiment color as well. I splattered the panels with water and then with pearl watercolor for sparkle.

For this card I switched to Lawn Fawn dye inks – no. 2 pencil, jalapeno, ballet slippers and guava. I splattered it the same and used guava for my sentiment.

This final combo is also Lawn Fawn dye inks – jalapeno with artichoke on some darker spots, ballet slippers, fresh lavender and juice box. I used fresh lavender for the sentiment.

After inking all of the panels I trimmed them down to fit just behind the Mama Elephant postage frame and used liquid glue to adhere the layers together. The sentiments all came from the Mama Elephant Way to Go stamp and die set.

I popped the sentiments up with foam strips and then popped the postage frames up on gray card bases with foam tape as well. I oriented them all differently so you could see the variations. Then trimmed any excess off the edges with a paper trimmer.

I hope this gives you some inspiration to take a moment and get inky. It’s fun and well worth the time!

Products used:
Concord & 9th Sweet Stems stencil set
Mama Elephant Way to Go stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Postage Frame dies
Distress Oxide inks
Lawn Fawn inks
Blending brushes
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Distress sprayer
Pearl watercolor

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Doodlebugs – Spring Philosophy

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I had a lull between new, fun orders being delivered so I gave some of my older spring products a little love. It started with a little relaxed coloring and quickly became a card design in my head.

All of these adorable images are from the Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamp set. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

Next, I cut a smaller Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangle from light gray cardstock and stamped my sentiment in the middle. As soon as I read this sentiment, I knew I had to use it today! It’s probably the #1 best philosophy for spring.

I wanted a little texture on my card base without distracting from the colors of my images so I inked up the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil with gray ink before popping my sentiment panel up in the center with foam tape.

Last, I added all the images with a combination of foam squares and liquid glue. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to critter noses (including umbrellas) and all the raindrops too.

What are your thoughts on spring? It’s my least favorite season and I can’t wait for summer to take over. That’s where this sentiment comes in handy and keeps me positive.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangles dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn Narwhal ink
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

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Doodlebugs – Continued Birthday Inspiration

Hey friends! It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and I’m very behind on birthday cards for the year so forgive me if it seems like that’s all that’s on my mind for a while. Today I’m mixing some cute new Pretty Pink Posh critters with the great Lawn Fawn giant sentiments.

I loved how the kitty and puppy go perfectly on either side of the sentiment so I stamped those plus a couple accessories straight away and colored them in some fun colors. Then I used the Pretty Pink Posh Candles layered stencil set and inked them in the same color-way.

Next I did a bunch of die cutting all at once. I cut the images out and used the largest Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangle to cut the stenciled background. Then I cut the sentiment 4 times from cardstock, using liquid glue to adhere all the layers together.

Before assembling everything I did a few extras to various parts of my card. I used a dark yellow copic marker to add detail to the flames on the stenciled candles. Then I used a BG copic marker to add darkness to the bottom of the letters on the die cut sentiment. Finally before assembling everything I to the mermaid ink pad directly to the card front to tie in the teal and give the background some texture at the same time.

To assemble, I glued the sentiment to the stenciled panel and popped that up on the card base with foam tape. Then I added the images with a combination of foam squares and liquid glue depending where they overlapped the sentiment.

For finishing touches I added a few white gel pen highlights before coming in with my classis glossy accents for noses, flames and hat pompoms.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Dogs and Cats stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Candles stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Rectangles dies
Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Birthday To You die
Lawn Fawn mermaid, ballet slippers, sunflower and cilantro inks
Blending brushes
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll pen

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Doodlebugs – Hello Sunshine

Hi friends! For Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog, I’m willing the weather to follow my vibes with more sunshine and less rain as we head into that wishy-washy spring weather. In doing so I got to play with the new Lawn Fawn butterflies and couldn’t recommend them more!

I started by die cutting the Lawn Fawn Butterfly Border pieces from white, yellow and gold glitter cardstocks. I added some copic accents to the yellow layer of the butterflies before using liquid glue to adhere the layers together.

Next, I cut the Lawn Fawn Giant Hello Sunshine from white cardstock and set it aside. I trimmed a piece of yellow cardstock to A2 size and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil using Lawn Fawn sunflower ink and a blending brush. After removing the stencil I went over the center of the panel with the same color, fading out as I moved toward the edge.

I glued the stenciled panel to a white card base and then glued the sentiment to the center of that. I knew I wanted to layer the top row of butterflies so I left the top of the hello letters without glue for now. Next, I glued the butterflies in place, going back to add a little glue on the sentiment as needed. After everything dried, I trimmed the butterflies off the edge and my card is all finished.

Are you ready for some steady sunshine or do you have it already where you live? We’re soaking it up each day that we get where I am.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Butterfly Border dies
Lawn Fawn Giant Hello Sunshine dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn sunflower ink
Liquid glue

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