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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Happy New Year!

I wanted to pop in today to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year! I hope your holiday season was wonderful and you’re ready to tackle all the new adventures that come with 2025!

I created a card to share with all of you to start us off crafty and inspired. I used the Spellbinders Birthday Balloons dies, using liquid glue to adhere the pieces together. Then I cut the next-to-largest Notched Corner Rectangle from a gold-yellow cardstock and inked the edges with Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil ink for depth.

I popped the yellow panel up on a piece of black cardstock and glued that to a white card base. Then I added foam squares to the balloons and popped them in place one at a time, layering as I went. Once those were placed, I trimmed the strings hanging off the bottom.

Next I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Birthday and cut it out with a senitment strip die. That is popped up with a foam strip and I finished the design off with a scattering of gold baubles from Pretty Pink Posh as well.

I don’t do the resolution thing but I have some simple goals for the year – move my body more, go camping more and try some new things throughout the year. What about you? Any thoughts for the new year?

Products used:
Spellbinders Birthday Balloons dies
Spellbinders Notched Rectangle dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Birthday stamps
Pretty Pink Posh gold pearls
Embossing powder – frosting
Magic anti-static tool
Embossing & Watermark ink
Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil ink
Blending brush
Liquid glue
Foam strips, squares and tape

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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!

Twiddler’s Nook Spooktacular Hop

Happy Halloween everyone!!! I’m super excited for our final Spooktacular Hop of the year! I created a fun shaker card to share with you but remember to head to Instagram and comment on the hop posts for entries to win a gift code to the Twiddler’s Nook shop!

My most amazing crafty friend gifted me these sweet Picket Fence Studio ghosts and I just had to include them in our final hop. So I chose a few to stamp and color, then also stamped a sentiment before die cutting it all.

I used the Spellbinders banner punch to create a trio of banners, glued them together and wrapped the top with twine. Then I added my sentiment and images with foam squares and set that aside to create my shaker panel.

For that I ink blended over the Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Words stencil using Lawn Fawn inks – jalapeno, ballet slippers and carrot. I removed the stencil and lightly went over the panel with the same colors. After trimming it down to 4×5.25 inches I added it to a Waffle Flower shaker pouch.

I used a few different embellishments for my shaker bits today to create the perfect color combo mix – hearts from Spring Fling, Luscious Lime stars and orange Seed Beads. The variety of materials really helps them all move around when you shake it and the seed beads make an extra cool sound too.

After everything was adhered together on a white card base I added glossy accents and stardust Stickles to my ghosts for the finishing touches.

Products used:
Picket Fence Studios Be My Boo stamps and dies
Spellbinders Banner Punch
Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Words stencil
Twiddler’s Nook blending brushes
Twiddler’s Nook Luscious Lime Stars embellishments
Twiddler’s Nook Seed Beads – orange
Twiddler’s Nook Spring Fling clay embellishments (pink hearts)
Lawn Fawn inks – ballet slippers, carrot, jalapeno
Waffle Flower 5.25×4″ shaker pouch
Foam tape and squares
EZ Tear Tape
Liquid glue

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Slimline Wedding Card

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope your week is off to a splendid start so far. We went to a wedding a couple weekends ago and I realized that I forgot to share the card that I created for them! I pulled colors from their invitation and went to town having so much fun!

I started with the Trinity Stamps Foliage Frame Slimline die set. I just cut the frame twice – once from white cardstock and another from vellum. I layered the vellum behind and adhered the layers together. Then I ink blended another panel with Distress Oxide Ink in aged mahogany fading it as I went in to the center.

I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry before adhering the foliage frame to it with liquid glue. Once they were adhered together I splattered the whole thing with gold watercolor. Then I went into my stash for an alphabet set that fit inside and ended up loving the Lawn Fawn Henry’s ABCs font so I cut “CONGRATS” from Spellbinders die cutting sparkle foam in rose gold.

After gluing those to the center I went back and ink blended more aged mahogany on a piece of white cardstock and used a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment banner to cut it out. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Occasions stamp set and popped it up below the sparkly letters with a foam strip.

I love how whimsical and pretty this card turned out and was very happy to celebrate the happy couple too!

Products used:
Trinity Stamps Foliage Frame Slimline dies
Lawn Fawn Henry’s ABCs dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Occasions stamps
Liquid glue
Foam strips
Distress Oxide Ink – aged mahogany
Embossing powder – frosting
Anti-static brush
Embossing & Watermark ink
LH Colors gold watercolor

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