Doodlebugs – Hop Hop Hooray, A Froggy Scene Card

Hello again everyone! This is our first Mix it up Monday of the new year on the Doodlebugs blog. I hope your holidays were wonderful and you’re ready to take on new adventures in 2025! Today I’ve got a little scene card to share featuring a combo of Waffle Flower and Mama Elephant goodies.

I started by die cutting various elements from the Waffle Flower die sets – Inquisitive Frogs and Pond with Lily Pads. I used liquid glue to adhere the elements together and a little ink blending on the frog tummy and cattail stems.

Next, I ink blended teal and blue on a white piece of cardstock and splattered it with water. Once that was dry I cut the panel out using the second largest die in the Mama Elephant Mod Heart die set. I love the uneven, imperfect look it has. Using the froggie as a guide, I stamped the water ring image from Waffle Flower’s Pond of You stamp set. Then I started assembling my images with liquid glue. The frog and front lily pad are popped up with foam tape.

I love the sentiments in the Pond of You stamp set but I ran out of room because they are quite large so I went digging for my favorite Mama Elephant frog stamp set – Hello Froggy. I stamped the sentiment with teal ink to blend in a bit with the sky. I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape but something just wasn’t quite right yet.

So I pulled the Waffle Flower Pond of You stamps back out and stamped the awesome dragonflies in gray ink across the blank sky. Much better! I love how this turned out!

Products used:
Waffle Flower Inquisitive Frogs dies
Waffle Flower Pond with Lily Pads dies
Waffle Flower Pond of You stamps
Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies
Mama Elephant Hello Froggy stamps
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks – mermaid, forget me not, jalapeno, artichoke

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Doodlebugs – You Make My Heart Smile

Happy New Year’s Eve Eve everyone! It’s the last Mix it up Monday of 2024 and I wanted it to be sweet and filled with love. So we’re playing with textured backgrounds and cute little mice.

I started with the Mama Elephant Lacey Love die and the Lawn Fawn All Heart stamps and dies. I used the mouse image as a guide so I could stamp my sentiment on the inner heart. After that was stamped, I added some extra hearts and a little pink ink blending with a blending brush and ballet slippers ink from Lawn Fawn. Then I stamped, colored and cut out my mouse too.

For the background, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the new Concord & 9th Wood Slat embossing folder. I adhered that to a white card base, then trimmed a piece of teal cardstock from my stash that already had the dots embossed in it and glued it on top. I covered the seam with gold washi tape for a little shine and to keep the transition smooth.

Next I popped my Lacey Heart up with foam squares in the center of the card front, along with my floating mouse on top of that. Then for finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the mouse’s eyes and glossy accents to his nose. Then I covered the balloon with stardust Stickles for more sparkles.

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of 2024 and I look forward to creating with you in the new year.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Lacey Love dies
Lawn Fawn All My Heart stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Concord & 9th Wood Slat embossing folder
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Sakura Gelly Roll black glaze pen
Stickles – stardust
Liquid glue

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Doodlebugs – Paper Hugs

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! Today I’m switching gears away from holiday crafting to play with the most recent Mama Elephant release. This new Build a Bouquet set is adorable, pretty and everything in between! I had so much fun creating this card today.

I stamped my images from Mama Elephant Build a Bouquet first and colored them with copic markers. After cutting them out with the coordinating dies, I built my bouquet, realizing I needed a few more stems to fill things the way I wanted. So I stamped, colored and cut. This time it was perfect. After arranging everything in the slit of the paper image, I used washi tape to hold it all in place, then added dots of liquid glue to ensure it all stayed.

Next, I cut the second-to-largest Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Circle from white cardstock and a slightly smaller circle from teal. Using this with my images as a guide, I figured out that “paper hugs” from the new Mama Elephant Paper Hugs die set fit perfectly off to the side. Using liquid glue, I adhered those layers all together and set them aside to work on my card front.

Keeping things bright and simple I used sunflower ink with a blending brush and the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil. After adding ink through the stencil, I removed it and added another light layer of yellow working my way from the center out. Next, I added my decorated circle with foam tape to the center of the burst.

For finishing touches I kept things simple with a little black glaze pen on the kitty’s eyes and glossy accents on the kitty nose and flower centers.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Paper Hugs dies
Mama Elephant Build a Bouquet stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Circles dies
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – sunflower
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll glaze pen – black

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

Doodlebugs – Deck the Halls Scene Card

Hello everyone. I’m on the Doodlebugs blog today for Mix it Up Monday, the last Christmas one of the year. I’m sure most everyone is wrapping up holiday crafting and ready to move on with other things but I really wanted to share this card with you all. It’s so sweet and was therapeutic to color the images and pull it all together.

I started off with a bundle of images from the Mama Elephant Little Agenda Sweets set. I stamped and watercolored them, then after they dried I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I saved the window the die cuts out and glued it to my gingerbread guy for continuity in my scene. Otherwise it’s pretty straight forward.

Next I cut the Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Circle from teal cardstock and a scrap of white for some snowy ground. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and a combo of liquid glue and foam tape to adhere my images to that.

Next I took a piece of white cardstock and embossed it with the Spellbinders Peppermint Stripes embossing folder. To add color, I drug the Lawn Fawn cilantro ink pad lightly across the panel going in the direction with the stripes (at an angle) until it had the coverage I wanted. I used liquid glue to adhere it to a card base and added my circle scene with foam tape to that.

Last, I cut a sentiment banner from the Mama Elephant Winter Banners die set. I inked the top layer with pink, glued the layers together and popped it up with foam strip. For finishing touches I just tied some fun peppermint twine around the left side of the card and tied it in a cute little bow.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Winter Banners dies
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Sweets stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Eyelet Circles dies
Spellbinder Peppermint Stripes embossing folder
Lawn Fawn cilantro ink pad
Liquid glue
Foam tape and squares
Zig clean color real brush markers
VersaFine brown ink

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

Doodlebugs – Holly Jolly Gift Card Holder

It’s Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and we’re getting ready for the holidays with a sweet gift card holder today. I feel like we give and get gift cards more often in recent years than ever before and, honestly, I’m not mad about it. It’s super fun to open and then you relive it all over again when it’s time to go shopping!

To take that a step further, I love giving them when I have a moment to create extra fun holders for them too! This Pretty Pink Posh gift card bag is top on my list to decorate for sure!

Today I created a red gift card bag and then added some fun Lawn Fawn dies to decorate it. Peppy Penguin just couldn’t stay out of the hot cocoa. I tried, I really did. Lol.

My hot cocoa mug is the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Mug with some marshmallows and whipped cream, along with the spoon sticking out. I did some light ink blending a cinnamon dots on the whipped cream. Everything is adhered together with liquid glue.

I added the Pretty Pink Posh Holly Jolly sentiment across the mug with liquid glue and popped the mug and Peppy on the gift card bag with foam tape. For finishing touches I just added some glossy accents to the Christmas lights and tissue paper inside the bag to hide the gift card.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Peppy Penguin dies
Lawn Fawn Outside Ink Stitched Mug dies
Pretty Pink Posh Gift Card Bag dies
Pretty Pink Posh Holly Jolly dies
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers
Foam tape
Glossy accents

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

Doodlebugs – Peppermint Postage

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I had some fun playing with the Lawn Fawn peppermint border dies a while ago. I just made a bunch of them for fun but didn’t have a plan. Then I walked past my craft room the other morning and this design hit me. I ran in and sketched it out on a sticky note and came back to create it later on.

Since my peppermint borders were already created at this point, I glued them to a piece of pink cardstock and used the Mama Elephant Postage Frame dies to cut it out. I discarded the outer frame and kept the inside. Then I cut a white postage frame and used washi tape to adhere the inside to the frame.

I stamped a fun sentiment from the Mama Elephant Everything Nice set and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Then I stamped the bunny in the Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers set and colored it with copic markers. After using the coordinating die to cut it out too I hooked his paws over the sentiment and glued them together.

I didn’t want a plain white card base so I drug my cilantro ink pad across a white card base for color and texture at the same time. Then I assembled everything with foam tape and squares. Gotta love that dimension!

For finishing touches today I added black glaze pen on the bunny’s eyes and glossy accents on his nose and the while parts of the Santa hat.

How is your holiday card stash coming along? I am definitely getting there quickly. Thank goodness because it’s about time to pop these babies in the mail!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Everything Nice stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Postage Frame dies
Lawn Fawn Peppermint Border dies
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll glaze pen – black
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn ink – guava and cilantro

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doodlebugs – Mixing Your Mushrooms and Your Techniques

Happy Monday! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog for another Mix it up Monday. Today I’m sharing a fun mushroom filled gnome card. I had fun with all of my favorite techniques on this card – ink blending, messy with texture paste, coloring and die cutting. It’s all there!

After getting the new Mushroom stencil from Pretty Pink Posh, I immediately went to my stash to gather other mushroomy things to play with! Eventually I landed on the Lawn Fawn Mushroom border and Oh Gnome stamps and dies.

I ink blended the background stencils, finishing the detail layer off with texture paste. I cleaned up my space and got to die cutting my fun mushroom border. I love that this border has a grass layer so you can have fun dimension with little effort. I used liquid glue to add my mushroom caps and then adhere the layers together. With the texture paste dry at this point, I trimmed everything down to A2 size and popped the ground layer up with foam tape on the stenciled panel.

Next, I stamped images from Lawn Fawn Oh Gnome and colored them with copic markers. After cutting them out with the coordinating dies, I added them to the scene with liquid glue and foam squares. I also went it with some white gel pen highlights and glossy accents on the mushroom dots.

The Oh Gnome stamp set has great sentiments and a speech bubble with mini sentiments to use but in the end I landed on a fabulous Mama Elephant Banner Greetings die cut. It was more generic which is what I was looking for and fits so perfect up there.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Oh Gnome stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Mushroom Border dies
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Pretty Pink Posh Mushroom stencils
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ink – doe, lobster
Texture paste
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll white pen
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

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

Also, if you made it this far in my blog post, it’s my birthday! I’m going to give away some happy mail to a few commenters on this post. Comments must be submitted by Friday, Nov. 8, which is my daughter’s 18th birthday!