Doodlebugs – Monstrous Birthday Wishes

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog with some seriously monstrous birthday wishes! These new Mama Elephant monsters are adorable and are going to be so fun to color in all the different colorways over time. I’m absolutely smitten!

After stamping and coloring these cuties, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I switched to my background because it was going to need time to dry.

For that I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Candles stencil set. I inked them up at a gradient angle for the base candle shape, then added the flames, then for the detail layer, I inked up the same colors again but after that I wiped the stencil off and added a layer of glossy gel over the top for some dimension that kept the color underneath. Once the glossy gel was dry, I added a little copic marker to the flames for some extra dimension there too.

For my sentiment, I cut the Pretty Pink Posh Wish Big dies from white cardstock 3 times and used liquid glue to adhere the layers together. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Monster Hugs set my images came from and cut it out with a Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip die.

Next I just adhered all my layers together. The stenciled panel went on a card base with liquid glue, then my wish big sentiment the same way. Then I added the images and embossed sentiment strip with foam squares and strips.

For finishing touches I just added black glaze pen to the monster eyes and a little white gel pen highlight to the balloon.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Monster Hugs stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Candles stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Wish Big dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – sunflower, mermaid, fish tank, juice box
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Anti-static bag
Embossing ink
Embossing powder – white

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Doodlebugs – Make it Green Edition

Hey friends! It’s Mix it Up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and today we’re making everything green to get in the spirit for St. Patrick’s Day coming up! According to Ancestry.com I don’t have an ounce of Irish in me, but my heart says otherwise because I love doing all the fun things for St. Patrick’s Day and I always have!

For today’s card, I pulled out the amazing Waffle Flower postage collage series – dies and Lucky layered stencil set – and got to inking everything up. Once I had the set stenciled, I used my scissors and cut the stamps apart. I absolutely loved these 3 for the extra green vibe I was going for so I set the others aside for another day.

Next, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Lucky stamps and dies and got to work on all the images from that set. After coloring and die cutting them all, I played around with layout and landed on what you see here. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers together and set them aside to dry while I got messy on my background.

For the background I used a combo of Distress Spritz sprays and Distress Oxide sprays. The spritz have a serious shimmer to them and the oxides are a great, dense color. They play very well together.

After I heat set the sprays on my cardstock, I pulled out the Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencil set and inked it up with a combination of Lawn Fawn Yeti ink and Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness. These are pigment inks so they sit on top of what they are inked on. This works great for the cardstock I’ve already inked up with the sprays. Dye inks would have gotten lost.

Finally, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Waffle Flower Lucky stamp set that coordinates with the postage stencils. I cut it out with a banner die and now I can assemble all my layers.

The background was glued to a card base directly. Then, the images and sentiment strip are all popped up with foam squares. With my finished touches being a little glossy accents on the horseshoe and hat, and stardust Stickles on the rainbow’s clouds.

What a festive and fun birthday card?!? I love it!

Products used:
Waffle Flower Lucky stencils and stamps
Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies
Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Lucky stamps and dies
Distress Oxide ink and spray – rustic wilderness
Distress Spritz – twisted citron
Lawn Fawn inks – yeti, cilantro, jalapeno, no. 2 pencil, sunflower, jet black
Blending brushes
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips

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Doodlebugs – Mixing Four-Legged Cuteness

Hi friends! I have a fairly simple card to share with you today that I’m just smitten with! I love my critters, you all know that! So to be able to mix and match things along that theme together makes me extra happy! Today we’ve got a fun background and some adorable puppies to celebrate with!

I was digging around in my stash and came across this fabulous layered stencil set from Waffle Flower called Paw Print Duo. It’s a two layer stencil and gives these awesome paw prints for your background. Today I inked them up with peacock and mermaid inks from Lawn Fawn and then splattered the panel with white paint for a little interest and texture.

While that was drying, I stamped the puppy image from the Mama Elephant Little Line Agenda stamp set and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and added foam squares to the back.

From the same stamp set, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on black cardstock. Then I used a banner die to cut it out and also added foam strips to the back of this.

With the background dry, I glued it to a card base and simply removed the release paper on my image and sentiment strip, popping them in the upper center. Then, for finishing touches I added a dab of glossy accents to all the puppy noses and about half of the labels on the boxes. No rhyme or reason, just some glossy bits here and there.

Aren’t they the cutest thing you’ve ever seen!?! I can’t say it enough, I love the Mama Elephant Little Agenda line. They’re the perfect size to play with and too cute for words!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Little Line Agenda stamps and dies
Waffle Flower Paw Print Duo stencil
Lawn Fawn Extra Sentiment Banners dies
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – peacock and mermaid
VersaFine ink
Anti-static bag
Embossing powder – white
Glossy accents
Liquid glue
Waffle Flower Grip Mat (4×6)
Foam strips and squares

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Doodlebugs – Gift Card Holder in Your Scene

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I’m so excited to get a chance to play with the Mama Elephant Cake Gift Card Holder die set. It’s so fun and a fabulous way to make your card interactive!

I started by cutting the various parts of the gift card holder from colored cardstock and then used blending brushes and dye inks to add depth and dimension to them before assembling it all with liquid glue.

I pulled out the Lawn Fawn Heart Pandas to adorn the bottom of the cake, including the butterfly and trail. They are attached with foam squares.

My background panel is embossed with the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder and ink blended for depth to bring out the fun dots. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Way to Go stamp set, using the coordinating die to cut it out.

I popped the embossed panel up with foam tape on a white card base and splattered it with gold watercolor. Next, I glued the gift card holder to that with liquid glue. Then I popped up the sentiment above the candles.

For finishing touches I added stardust Stickles to the inside of the flames and butterfly wings. Then I went over the rest of the flames with glossy accents letting them mix together a bit.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Way to Go stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Cake Gift Card Holder dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Lawn Fawn Heart Pandas stamps and dies
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks – walnut, mermaid, ballet slippers, sunflower
Foam squares

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Doodlebugs – You Got This with a Flower Bouquet

Hi friends! I’m officially out of the holiday crafting for a little bit. But sometimes we didn’t get to play with our holiday goodies enough and it’s fun to find ways to use them all year long. Today I’m showing an idea to use that sweet Pretty Pink Posh fox past Valentine’s Day!

I cut all the pieces for the fox and ink blended them for a little depth and dimension, then used liquid glue to adhere it all together. Next, I pulled out the Spellbinders Little Blooms set and started cutting out flowers and leaves.

I used liquid glue to assemble the flowers and then also to add them into the fox’s paws. Then I set the fox aside and used the Pretty Pink Posh Happy Days Stencil on a piece of pink cardstock. After inking it up, I trimmed 1/2″ off the bottom and popped it up on a white card base with foam tape. Next I added a strip of yellow cardstock to the bottom.

I cut a Spellbinders Make a Wish Arch from vellum and started assembling the rest together with foam squares and tape runner. I like to use dry adhesive whenever possible with vellum because liquid glue makes it warp. It doesn’t like the moisture.

Last I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Mama Elephant Way to Go, the used the coordinating die to cut it out before popping it up with foam strips.

For finishing touches today, I added little eyelashes to my fox’s eyes and glossy accents to her nose and eyes.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Fox Holder dies
Pretty Pink Posh Happy Days stencils
Spellbinders Little Blooms dies
Spellbinders Make a Wish Arches dies
Mama Elephant Way to Go stamps and dies
Embossing and watermark ink
Anti-static brush
Embossing powder – white
Liquid glue
Foam tape and squares
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – sunflower, forget me not, juice box, ballet slippers, guava
Glossy accents

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Doodlebugs – Be Mine Bears

Hey friends! Happy to be here with another Mix-it-Up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog. I’m squeezing in one more bit of Valentine inspiration before the big day is here. I really love Valentine crafting of all sorts so it’s hard for me to be done right up until the day.

Today I played with the Pretty Pink Posh fringe heart dies. I started with white and graduated up to red on my layers. After gluing them today, I fluffed the fringe a bit and splattered the heart with gold watercolor.

Then I stamped and colored some Mama Elephant cuties from the set My Favorite Person. After die cutting them I stamped and heat embossed mini sentiments on each from the set in gold. Next, I ink blended the Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil in red on a pink cardstock panel.

It seemed very stark so I went around the edges with the same blending brush after removing the stencil and also splattered it would a little water. I used liquid glue to adhere this panel and the fringe heart to a card base. Then I added the bears with foam squares.

Last I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Valentine Greetings and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I popped it up on the fringe heart with foam strips. For finishing touches I did add tiny glossy accents dots to the bear noses.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart dies
Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Valentine Greetings stamps and dies
Mama Elephant My Favorite Person stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn lobster ink
Blending brush
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips
Gold watercolor
Glossy accents
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder – gold
Anti-static bag
Distress sprayer

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Doodlebugs – XOXO Two-for-One Valentine Cards

Hi friends! It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and today I’m sharing a fun duo of Valloween cards using Mama Elephant dies and Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. I started by stamping all of the ghosts from Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends just to color and relax with no plan in place. Then as I was crafting, I created the first card and the second just followed.

After coloring all the cute ghosts, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out and just started playing around. Originally I thought I would use most all of them on one card but my first layout came together using just three and I love it!

I cut the Mama Elephant XOXO Grid Cover plate from red cardstock and inlaid white letters in each from leftovers I had saved while creating another card. I started to inlay the red centers to the Os but didn’t like it so I cut the cover plate from teal cardstock, saving all the pieces for another time but inserting the O centers to this cover and I love it!

With the pieces to the cover glued to a card front, I popped my ghosts up with foam squares. Then stamped and heat embossed sentiments from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine and cut them out with sentiment strip dies. I popped them up with foam squares and finished the design off with glossy accents and stardust stickles.

However, now I have a bunch of XOs, extra ghosts and nothing to do with them. Except I wasn’t done playing so I pulled them together and started playing with an arrangement.

Once I decided I liked the ghosts and XOXO the way they were, I used liquid glue to adhere it all together wherever it overlapped. I lined the back with foam squares and strips and set it aside to create a background.

To do that, I cut the second largest die in the Mama Elephant Mod Heart die set from pink cardstock and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils and Starburst stencil.

I added the background panel to a white card base with foam tape and then removed the release paper from my images and popped those up in the center of the card front. Last, I stamped and heat embossed another sentiment from the same set on the previous card, cut it out and popped it up too.

For finishing touches on this card I also came in with glossy accents and stardust stickles on all of the ghosts.

Are these cards not the cutest ever? I’m over the moon with how they turned out! So fun and perfect for Valentine’s Day that’s coming up quick!

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Mama Elephant XOXO Grid cover die
Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Liquid glue
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder
Anti-static bag

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Doodlebugs – Mini Note Cards

Hi friends! It’s Mix it up Monday and today I have a couple of mini note cards to share with you. I love these for lunch boxes, leaving in mailboxes at work or attaching to gifts like a tag. They’re small and pretty quick to create but also really fun to make and give!

I started with the Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies. I cut two card bases and four stitched squares so I had a layer for the front and a clean slate for the inside to write on. On the white panels for the front I inked them up with the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil using Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil and deep sea inks.

For both cards, I used Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies for the sentiments and the Write With Me stamp and die set. I chose the penguin for this card and used the scribble star from the set for the background. In my mind he’s painting the stars.

After adhering the layers together with liquid glue and foam squares, I added glossy accents to bits of the penguin and his brush. Lastly, I added white gel pen highlights all over the image.

For my second card, I chose the adorable piggy image. I love how the pink pig stands out off the yellow and blue scheme of the rest of the design. I stamped these stars with gray ink envisioning him scribbling them all over with his pencil.

Same for with this card, after assembling the layers with liquid glue and foam squares, I added glossy accents to parts of the pencil and white gel pen highlights all over.

To really make these fun, I used my envelope punch board and some patterned paper from my stash to create coordinating envelopes for each one.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Mama Elephant Write With Me stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Lawn Fawn ink – narwhal, no. 2 pencil and deep sea
Blending brushes
Glossy accents

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Doodlebugs – A Year of Joy Birthday Remix

Hi friends! After Christmas brings us a few more birthdays in the family so I usually need to sprinkle those in my Valentine crafting and thought it would be fun to share one with you today. This was for my dad a few weeks ago and I absolutely love how it turned out!

I started things with the Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Candles, die cutting the pieces and gluing them together with liquid glue. This gave me my color palette when coloring my images.

I chose images from Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday Add On and Pawsome Birthday stamp sets. After coloring everything with copic markers, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. For my “ground” I chose a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip to stamp and cut out.

I used the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder on a piece of white cardstock, glued my candles directly to it with liquid glue and used a combo of foam squares and liquid glue to adhere the images and sentiment strip. Then I popped the whole panel up on a white card base with foam tape.

For finishing touches today I added glossy accents to the candle flames and bits of the images like puppy noses, some of the flags, party hat and bone on the cupcake. I like the addition of bits and pieces being shiny to catch your eye and draw interest around the scene.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday Add On stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Pawsome Birthday stamps and dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Birthday stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Candles dies
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

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Doodlebugs – Happy Valentine’s Day Hugs

Happy Mix it Up Monday everyone! Over on the Doodlebugs blog today we’re mixing old and new Valentine goodies together. Have you started Valentine crafting yet?

I started by stamping three of the Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry images, adding sprinkles to two and a sweet face to the third. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.

Next, I inked up a piece of pink cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencil with ballet slippers and apricot inks. Then I cut the panel out with the largest Lawn Fawn Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables in the small set. I glued a piece of red cardstock to a white card base and popped my stenciled panel up with foam tape on it.

I cut the Lawn Fawn Scripty Hugs from black cardstock three times and glued them together. Next I used liquid glue to adhere the hugs and sprinkle strawberries to the stenciled panel. I popped the final strawberry up with a foam square. Next, I stamped and cut a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip and popped it up below the hugs sentiment.

For finishing touches I glued a scattering of Spellbinders flat discs across the design and added white gel pen highlights to all of the strawberry images.

I love giving Valentines to anyone and everyone in my life. Everything from tags on gifts to treat boxes to cards. Almost more than Christmas I think. What about you?

Products used today:
Lawn Fawn Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables | Small dies
Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Scripty Hugs die
Lawn Fawn apricot and ballet slippers ink
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine stamps
Foam tape and squares
Blending brushes
Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
Liquid glue
Spellbinder flat discs – red

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