One Design, Two Ways

 Hello everyone! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Today for Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog, I'm sharing a card design two different ways. Two different color ways for ink blending, two different ideas for a sentiment and two different orientations too! So many twos it should be Tuesday! (Bad dad joke of the week.)

Here's a look at both cards side by side. We're using the Waffle Flower Sunflower Cluster die and stencil combo with the Lawn Fawn Hello Fall sentiment die today.

For starters let's talk about the sunflowers. This card is light and bright. I did my ink blending on a white die cut with Lawn Fawn dye inks. They're happy and beautiful. Definitely giving that sunny vibe.

Believe it or not, this card is using Lawn Fawn dye inks but the die cut was made with kraft cardstock. I went heavier handed on the yellow inks to get the depth and added a darker shade of green for fun, it wasn't necessary.

Next, I cut my sentiment twice from white cardstock and twice from gold die cut foam from Spellbinders. This set is adhered with the white on top and a peek of the gold glitter. I also turned this card landscape instead of portrait.

Then for this card, I chose a portrait orientation and my sentiment has the flashy gold glitter on top. Different vibes for sure but both are gorgeous!

I did splatter the card front with gold watercolor before adhering the sentiments down because, well, sparkle.

Which style do you like better? Can you think of other products we could try this with?

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

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Christmas Cards - Budget Friendly and Easy to Mass Produce

Today I'm sharing a fun and festive Christmas card.  I chose the budget friendly, Snow One Like You, stamp and die set, from Lawn Fawn.  I really enjoy creating with these small sets.  They're fun to use and inexpensive.

When I create several of the same card, I start by creating each of the components for the cards.  In this case I started with stamping and coloring.  I stamped several images, colored them, then die cut them with the coordinating die.  I also cut extra pieces from white cardstock to stack the images for extra dimension. [ I glue the colored image on top of two white die-cut pieces ]  I like the added dimension on my cards.  However, you can make the process quicker and easier by skipping this step.

After creating the critter images, I die cut the Happy Holidays from glitter cardstock.  I stacked and glued them on top of several white cardstock pieces that I cut with the same die.  The final step before assembling the card was adding some ink blending to a white cardstock panel and cutting it down with one of my stitched rectangle dies.

Once all the pieces were finished I assembled the cards.  I made 6 cards, in about 2 hours.  

 

Thanks so much for taking a peek.  I hope you were inspired to create something today.

-Cathy

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Happy Birthday

The newest Mama Elephant release has me smitten with all their cute images.  Here's how I was inspired for today:

My project features:

• Mama Elephant - Shine with Love | bundle
• Mama Elephant - Eyelet Frames | creative cuts
• Lawn Fawn - Elephant Parade | stamp + lawn cuts

Do you see what I did? I used the flag from Elephant Parade with the Shine with Love set.  I love how the simple cardstock strips finish off the card.

Those partying critters are just the cutest.  If you've been following me for a bit you might know that green is my favorite color.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Merry Coloring with Stencils

 Welcome friends! It's Mix it up Monday and I'm slowly transitioning my crafting to a sprinkling of Christmas, as I'm sure some have noticed. We can't let it creep up on us unaware and be scrambling to create and mail out our Christmas cards now can we?!?

So today I inked up one of the Waffle Flower holiday themed postage stamp stencil sets. This one is called Gingerbread. If you haven't tried this line of products from Waffle Flower just go into it knowing a few things...they are addicting and so fun to create with, they are so simple with Waffle Flower etching color or theme ideas in the top right corner of each layer, and there is something for everyone, and the collection keeps growing still!

I prefer to die cut my postage stamp backdrop first, then ink up the stencils and stamp my postage extras, then I use my paper trimmer to cut the stamps apart for today's project. But you could use it whole as a full card design too. It's that good!

I decided which images I was going to use and tucked the others away to create with another time. Then I cut a Spellbinders Emerald Cut Label, plus the insert layer from pink cardstock. I inked the larger one up with pink ink and splattered them both with pink ink and white paint.

At the same time, I inked the edges of my card base with mermaid ink and splattered it in the same fashion. After those were dry, I layered everything with liquid glue and foam tape.

Next, I popped my postage stamps up with foam squares on the pink rectangle and finished the design off with a sentiment banner from Mama Elephant.

To keep the red cohesive, I inked the background layer of the banner the same way I did on the bird postage stamp. It's a mix of brown and red from the gingerbread stenciling.

Here's a little up close of the cuteness we've created today! I'm itching to take the other three stamps this stencil set created and get another card checked of my Christmas list!

How far along are you this year? Be honest...I have a solid 15 Christmas cards ready to go and better get cracking if I'm going to get them all done in time. 

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

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