Doodlebugs – Just Wanted to Say…

Happy Monday everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog today sharing a fun combo with Spellbinders and Pretty Pink Posh, throwing in one of my favorite Mama Elephant sentiment sets too!

Sometimes it’s crazy making and sometimes it’s fun when you have an idea and the creation of said idea does not turn out how it was going in your head. That’s exactly what happened here but I still love it and really had fun creating this card!

Let’s start by die cutting a bunch of the Spellbinders Modern Ovals – I chose the fourth one in from the smallest. I taped three of them to my work surface and ink blended the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil using Lawn Fawn guava ink and a blending brush.

I arranged them on my card front, originally planning to pop them all up, along with die cutting my sentiment. But as I started to play, I liked the idea of the sentiment on one of the ovals – it fits perfectly – and only popping that one up for a little added interest to that specific spot. So I glued everything down and popped that one up. Then I trimmed off the excess with my scissors.

Next, I stamped and colored images from Pretty Pink Posh Crafty Critters with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and added them above the sentiment with foam squares.

Last, I decided to stamp the mini sentiment intro to the blank oval on the top for fun. I was quite smitten with myself when I thought of that. It’s so fun! And finally, for finishing touches I just added black glaze pen to the mouse’s eyes and glossy accents to his nose and parts of the crafty supplies.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Crafty Critters stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Spellbinders Modern Ovals dies
Mama Elephant So Appreciate stamps
Embossing Ink
Embossing Powder – white
Foam squares
Lawn Fawn Ink – guava
Blending brush
Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze Pen – black

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

Doodlebugs – I’ve Got You Covered

Hi there! So happy you stopped by today. I’m on the Doodlebugs blog sharing this super fun encouragement card featuring a combo of Mama Elephant and Spellbinders stamps and dies. I know it’s summer and we’re all roasting to death with the heat everywhere but I couldn’t resist a little rainy day fun.

I started by die cutting the elements for my umbrella which comes from the Spellbinders Umbrella Bloom die set. After using liquid glue to assemble it all, I pulled out the Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamp set to choose a critter to hold my giant umbrella. This little bunny was just the perfect fit!

I stamped and colored him with copic markers, then used the coordinating die to cut him out. I used liquid glue to adhere the umbrella handle to his hand and lined the back of both with foam squares. Then I cut the Mama Elephant Raindrops cover from white cardstock and ink blended a little teal ink over the center portion.

I went back and forth on the color to put behind the raindrops but landed on a textured teal cardstock from my stash. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers, plus add it to a white card base as well. Then I chose my sentiments from the Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamp and die set. I pulled out the Lawn Fawn sentiment banner die for the smaller sentiment. Then I added foam squares to the back of these too.

After adhering all the elements to my card front, I came in with glossy accents on the bunny’s nose and coat buttons. Then I added stardust Stickles to the raindrops that are bouncing off the umbrella.

Wouldn’t this totally lift your spirits if you got it in the mail? I think it would!

Products used today:
Spellbinders Umbrella Bloom dies
Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Raindrops die
Lawn Fawn Flippin Awesome dies (banner)
Lawn Fawn Mermaid Ink
Blending brush
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Stickles – stardust

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

Doodlebugs – Happy Birthday with Hot Foil and Stenciled Background

Welcome to another Monday where I’m over on the Doodlebugs blog sharing how to mix and match your companies! Today I have Mama Elephant stamps and dies with Spellbinders hot foil plates and coordinating stencil set! This card was super fun to create!

I started by hot foiling the Spellbinders Geometric Diamond plate with silver foil on white cardstock. Then I went to town with Lawn Fawn dye inks and blending brushes, using the coordinating stencil set to ink up the whole panel. I chose warm, summery colors today. Aren’t they pretty?!? Then I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches.

Next, I die cut the Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday from white cardstock 3 times and used liquid glue to adhere the layers. Then, I chose 3 different kitties from the Mama Elephant Little Agenda Cat and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

To put it all together, I added the foiled panel with foam tape to a white card base. Then liquid glue to adhere the sentiment die cuts and finally foam squares for those cute kitties!

For finishing touches I simply added stardust Stickles to the pink parts of each kitty – the balloon, shirt and party hat.

Products used:
Spellbinders Geometric Diamond hot foil plate
Spellbinders Geometric Diamond stencil set
Spellbinders Hot Foil – silver
Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday die
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Cat stamps and dies
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Stickles – stardust
Lawn Fawn Ink – ballet slippers, lemonade, peach fuzz and peachy keen
Blending brushes

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

Doodlebugs – Fun Shaped Camping Scene Card with Extras Inside

Hello there! I’m happy to be on the Doodlebugs blog today sharing a sweet camping scene card on a fun shaped card. Plus, I’m horrible at this usually, but I extended my sentiment and, sort of, my scene to the inside too. I think it turned out really fun and am excited to hear what you think.

This card is extra fun with its different shape and that’s easy to do with any large shape dies you may have.

I cut the largest Essential Modern Oval from Spellbinders from white and yellow cardstocks. I placed the white one in my scoring board and scored it about 1/4″ away from the top edge. Then I added tear tape to that flap. This will be the back part of our card and hides the hinge on the back so it doesn’t interrupt your scene on the front.

Then I cut the next smallest oval from blue cardstock and inked the top edge with chipped sapphire distress oxide ink and the bottom part with ground espresso. Then I spritzed it with my distress sprayer and blotted it dry. I also flicked gold watercolor on the top portion for some stars in the sky.

I chose a few sweet images to stamp, color and die cut from Mama Elephant’s Around the Campfire. I love how these images mix and match for different camping scenes. Once these were ready to go, I arranged them on my oval to find the best spot to stamp and heat emboss the first part of my sentiment, which comes from Mama Elephant So Appreciated.

Now we can assemble everything. I popped the scene panel up on the yellow panel with foam tape, then also popped up the moon and bunnies while the campfire is attached with liquid glue. Then, I removed the release paper and attached the back part of my card base. After it was attached I used a bone folder to really burnish the adhesive strip and also reinforce the fold so the card opens nicely.

Next, I placed my open card in my MISTI and stamped the second part of my sentiment on the left side in black ink. After that I chose a couple of images from the front to stamp in light yellow ink. It gives a little something cute but if your writing goes over it, it’s still visible.

There was so much visual texture on the background panel that I just used an iridescent glitter pen on the flames and moon, along with black glaze pen on the bunny’s eye and the other bunny’s open mouth.

Do you stamp on the inside of your cards? Have you ever tried making a shaped card from your large dies? Share in the comments below!

Products used:
Spellbinders Essential Modern Oval dies
Mama Elephant Around the Campfire stamps and dies
Mama Elephant So Appreciated stamps
Distress Oxide Ink – ground espresso, chipped sapphire
Foam tape
Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen – clear
Sakura Glaze Pen – black
Bearly Arts liquid glue
Anti-static Pouch
VersaMark ink
Embossing Powder – white
Lawn Fawn ink – jet black, sunflower
MISTI
Scoring board

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Doodlebugs – Hip Hip Hooray Spellbinders Hot Foiling with Mama Elephant Celebration Hamsters

Welcome, welcome friends! I’m so glad you stopped by today. I’m over on the Doodlebugs blog sharing a fun celebratory card featuring goodies from Spellbinders and Mama Elephant.

Today’s creation could very well be a birthday card but it’s also generic enough to celebrate just about anything you feel like!

I started my card today by stamping and coloring the two images from Mama Elephant Celebration Hamsters with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside.

Next, I heated up my Glimmer Hot Foil System and foiled the Hip Hip Hooray with rose gold hot foil. I thought it went perfectly with the pink in my balloons. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and set it with my images for now.

Next, I embossed a 4×5.25 inch piece of white cardstock with the Spellbinders Balloons 3D embossing folder. Then I used a blending brush to add some teal ink to bring them to life. I added foam tape to the back and popped it up on a white card base.

Then I added my sentiment and images with foam squares and started on finishing touches. For this little cutie, I added black glaze pen to his eyes, glossy accents to his nose and a little stardust Stickles to the sparklers.

Last, for this sweetheart floating in the sky I added black glaze pen to his eyes too and glossy accents to his nose and ALL of those balloons. It might be a little extra, but I’m so okay with it! It’s really fun and shines so pretty in the light.

These kind of cards are invaluable in my stash because sometimes you can’t plan the type of celebration you need a card for and it’s not always a birthday! Am I right!?!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Celebration Hamsters stamps and dies
Spellbinders Hot Foil – rose gold
Spellbinders Hip Hip Hooray hot foil dies
Spellbinders Balloons 3D embossing folder
Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System
Foam tape and squares
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn mermaid ink
Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze pen – black
Stickles – stardust

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

Doodlebugs – Mini Note Card with Pretty Pink Posh, Mama Elephant and Spellbinders

Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a mini note card featuring dies from Pretty Pink Posh, stamps from Mama Elephant and embossing folder and stamps from Spellbinders. This little card was so fun to create and I think they’re going to be a little addictive. They will be so fun to pop in lunch boxes or leave places for my family.

I really wanted to color this adorable image from Mama Elephant Storytime stamps, so that’s where I started…with no other plan in place. Sometimes this is the most therapeutic craft sessions. No pressure, just do something you want and if it turns into a completed project, cool. If not, you got to relax and color.

However, after I die cut this adorable image, it struck me that it might fit the Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Note card. And it did, perfectly! So I cut the base from white cardstock and the stitched square from teal. Then I added some texture to the square using the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder. The embossed panel is glued to the card with liquid glue and the image is popped up with foam squares.

Then I found this perfect sentiment in the Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamp set. After I stamped it, I just trimmed it into a strip and added it with a foam strip. For finishing touches I added some white gel pen highlights, black glaze pen to open eyes and stardust Stickles to the clouds and sun. Last, I did put little dots of glossy accents on noses and the frog’s crown.

Do you give little notes to your family members? I can’t be the only one. Lol!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Storytime stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Note dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamps
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Sakura Glaze pen – black

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

Mama Elephant – Feel Better Soon

Welcome crafty friends! Today I have a get well card to share featuring Mama Elephant stamps and dies. These stamps and dies are so fun to create with and make all kinds of “get well” cards really easy to create.

Mine is more of a feel better from being sick card but there are images in the stamp set for injuries and things too. It’s great!

I stamped and colored my images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush pen which made it easier for me to keep the colors soft and light which is what I wanted. It’s also fun to color with different mediums from time to time. Kind of refreshing. Once everything was colored and dried, I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and liquid glue to assemble my mini scene together.

I had some of the diamond stripes left over from another card I shared a couple weeks ago and thought they were perfect for the background here. So I chose my pieces and used liquid glue to adhere them down to a card base. Then I die cut “Feel better soon” from the Wellness Wishes die set 4 times from white cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers and then went over it with orange ink and a blending brush.

I glued that down with liquid glue and popped my images up with foam squares. Then, for finishing touches, I added Touch of Gloss to the rabbit’s glasses and nose.

One tidbit about this Feel Better stamp and die set – it has dies to cut the hands for the bunnies so they can hold anything you want and the bed cuts a slit so that the bunny can get in bed too! It’s perfect and totally fool proof!

Products used today:
Feel Better stamps and dies
Diamond Stripes dies
Wellness Wishes dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn Ink – carrot

I get all of my Zig markers and Mama Elephant supplies from Doodlebugs. If you’d would like 15% off your first purchase, click HERE to shop with my affiliate link.

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

Doodlebugs | Mama Elephant – Page Huggers

Happy Hump Day everyone! I’m thrilled to be on the Doodlebugs blog again today with another sweet card using Mama Elephant stamps and dies. These Page Huggers released quite a while ago but are so adorable and very fun to create with!

Today I chose three out of the four critters in the set to stamp and color with my copic markers. At first I was going to have them each hold something different in their hands but that envelope is just so sweet, I went with happy mail from each of them instead. After coloring everything, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Full transparency, I die cut the Six Window cover plate from white cardstock and then used distress oxide ink to add color. Highly recommend learning from me and inking your paper before die cutting. Lol! It’s doable but it was a pain trying not to bend and fold the skinny parts between the windows.

I went with picked raspberry on the outer edge and kitsch flamingo for the center. Then I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry.

Then, I took a white piece of cardstock and inked up lost shadow distress oxide behind the windows I wanted critters in. I mocked up my critters in the windows to see how things were looking and wanted more texture. So that’s where I flicked lost shadow ink on the white panel before stamping sentiments in the open windows from To My Dearest stamp set.

Another funny for you and a way to salvage what might be lost. I had the tiny heart below “hey you” at the same time I was stamping the sentiments and I also had the grid window in place in my MISTI to make sure things lined up. Between inking the stamps and closing the lid, the heart fell and stamped on my pink panel. I almost lost it. But I took a breath and stared at it for a minute before thinking this could work. And now we have tiny hearts all over the cover panel.

Now we’re finally ready for assembly. Glue the sentiment panel to a card base and add your critters to the open windows with liquid glue where you can. Then flip the window panel over and line it with foam strips and squares. Pop that in place on the card front and you’re ready for finishing touches.

This is one of my favorite parts of creating a card. Things really come to life here. I added black glaze pen to all of their eyes and glossy accents to the critter noses and the hearts on the envelopes. Then at the very end I also added it to the heart under “hey you.” It was the problem child after all so I thought it needed some extra attention.

I hope you enjoyed this creation and find some humor and comradery in my flubs. We all make them. You’re not alone. Message me if you’re ever having a moment. I’m happy to chat!

Products used today:
Page Huggers stamps and dies
Six Window Cover die
To My Dearest stamps
Distress Oxide Ink – lost shadow, picked raspberry, kitsch flamingo
Foam strips and squares
Bearly Art liquid glue
Sakura black glaze pen
Glossy accents

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

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Doodlebugs – Mama Elephant | Froggy Gift Pocket Tag with Stitching

Hello everyone! I’m excited to share but sad at the same time that this is my last week guest designing for Doodlebugs. It’s been really fun creating with Mama Elephant goodies to share with you and I always love shopping at Doodlebugs, so I’d say that’s a win!

Today I’m sharing a fun gift card holder featuring the Little Agenda Froggy, Gift Pocket Tag dies and Easy Sentiments. I love that the gift pocket tag has a panel you can optionally add stitching holes to if that’s your thing. I love stitching on these small areas for a bit of relaxation in front of the TV.

The first thing I did was die cut the card and stitching holes, then chose some embroidery floss and started playing. After having to undo what I stitched because the math wasn’t right, I drew out a grid and started playing to make sure my pattern would work. Once that was decided, I stitched the panel up and glued it to my gift card holder tag.

Then I stamped and colored a few frogs from the Little Agenda Froggy stamp set and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I stamped and heat embossed a set of sentiments from Easy Sentiments and used the coordinating die to cut them out. This set is fun because you stamp and cut three sentiments at once.

I added everything with foam squares and flipped my project over to decorate the other side next!

On this side, I inked the white panel with yellow ink and a blending brush before popping more cute froggies up with foam squares. Then I glued another sentiment down with liquid glue. I did this so the card won’t get caught going in and out of the slot.

Next, I cut a hole reinforcer for both sides and glued them in place. I threaded ribbon through the hole and tied it with twine.

For finishing touches, I added black glaze pen to all the frog’s eyes and glossy accents to parts of the images like the heart, flower center, strawberry and balloon.

In case you like the idea of stitching on this panel but aren’t sure where to start, I created an idea sheet with six different patterns that are sized perfectly for this Gift Pocket Tag die set. Click HERE to download it.

Products used today:
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Froggy stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Gift Pocket Tag dies
Mama Elephant Simple Sentiments stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn butter ink
Blending brush
Foam squares
Double-sided adhesive – 1/4″
Sakura black glaze pen
Glossy accents
Copic markers

I hope you enjoyed these projects and found some inspiration to create something wonderful to share with someone! I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Doodlebugs | Mama Elephant – Sending Lots of Love

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Doodlebugs blog again today with some more fun Mama Elephant inspiration. I adore the striped heart in the Mod Heart die set and wanted to pair it with one of the To My Dearest critters for a while. Well, I finally just got everything out and played! It turned out so sweet too!

I used the dies and stamps to be sure everything was going to fit the way I wanted it to. Then I started ink blending, stamping and coloring. First, I did a little trick to get my ink blending to show up on the heart with the whole rainbow. Super simple but does take a moment of thinking ahead.

I simply took a white cardstock panel, flipped the die over on it and traced the outline. We know the pencil won’t show because it’s outside the cutting area of the die and this way I can plan my rainbow blending a little easier.

Once the blending was done, I ran the panel through my die cutter with the die, flipped it over to keep the pieces in the die and used washi tape to adhere them together before removing them from the die. You can’t see the washi at all because I used a mostly white/transparent one so I could also just add my foam tape strips at the same time.

Next, I chose the cute Hammy from To My Dearest to stamp and color. After I colored, I stamped a sentiment on the paper and then used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also stamped some small hearts and used the dies to cut them out too.

Finally, I cut the ragged edge rectangle from Mod Heart out of kraft cardstock. Then I inked it up with distress oxide ink in gathered twigs and ground espresso for a worn paper look. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry before adding foam tape to the back and popping it up on a white card base.

Next, I added the rainbow heart and finally Hammy and the tiny hearts floating away. For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to his eyes and glossy accents to his nose. Then, I used stardust Stickles for all of the small hearts.

Simple card but so sweet and sure to make someone’s day.

Products used:
Mama Elephant To My Dearest stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Mod Heart dies
Distress Oxide Ink – gathered twigs, ground espresso
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Foam tape
Foam squares
Sakura black glaze pen
Bearly Art liquid glue
Copic markers

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