Christmas in July

 How about a Christmas in July project?

I'm a fan of getting a jump start on my holiday cards.  This is also when I type that I've been doing a really poor job of designing them this year.  When I was deciding what type of project I wanted to share today, I decided on a Tropical Holiday.

This project features:

• Lawn Fawn - Christmas Palm Tree | lawn cuts
• Pretty Pink Posh - Summer Borders | stamp
• Concord & 9th - Sweater Season | stamp
• Spellbinders - Stylish Ovals | dies

I really love how this turned out.  I'm thinking of doing a bit of mass production on this design.  I'm always smitten with pink + green. The vellum is from my stash.

The sentiment has been heat embossed in white.  The Summer Borders has been stamped in Concord & 9th - Parsley.

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Out of this World Combos

Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook today for Mix it up Monday and it's totally out of this world! I mixed some fun Pretty Pink Posh and Mama Elephant goodies together to create an anniversary card for my husband recently and am excited to share it with you.

I started by choosing a few images from Mama Elephant Little Agenda Spaceship, stamping and coloring them with copic markers. Then cut them out with the coordinating dies and glued my pup in his rocket with liquid glue.

Switching gears to the background, I cut the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Stars cover plate from black cardstock and backed it with yellow cardstock from my stash. I inked the edges with Lawn Fawn yeti ink and then went over that with distress oxide mustard seed for a faint glowy look. Then I splattered it with iridescent watercolor for some shimmer.

While the watercolor was drying, I heat embossed the sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Outer Space and fussy cut it out. With the watercolor dry, I added the images with foam squares and carefully added liquid glue to the back of the vellum and adhered it as well.

For finishing touches I added bits of glossy accents to each of the images and a scattering of clay stars across the whole design. We are in outer space after all.

 

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

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Chai like you a Latte

Are you a purse and bag kind of person?  I am! I have more canvas and other reusable shopping bags that any one household needs.  I also have my share of purses and totes. For today's project, I actually googled 'Land's End Canvas Tote'.  Here's how I was inspired:

I would absolutely carry that tote!  It features:

• Waffle Flower - Beach Tote | Combo Stamp & Die
• Concord & 9th - Cup of Kindness | Stamp + Die
• Waffle Flower - Wave Texture Panel | Die
• Waffle Flower - Berry Sweet Gingham | A2 Paper

I had a bit of empty space at the top of the card so I just sliced everything down to fit.  The sunglasses were cut from Rose Gold paper that I have in my stash.  The lenses are black cardstock.

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Let's Spook Up Some Fun Summerween Card

Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. It's Mix-it-up Monday and with the recent spooky release from Mama Elephant, I jumped at the chance to make a Summerween card!

We had a hot spell recently and I try not to use my copic markers when it's too hot because they leak so I stamped and watercolored these images from Mama Elephant Big Boo, then used the coordinating dies to cut it all out.

I used a combo of liquid glue and foam squares to assemble my mini scene. Then I switched gears to the background panel.

For that, I used the Pretty Pink Posh Spider Web stencil set. I inked the web layer with white pigment ink and then heat embossed white over it so it was shiny and stood out more. Then I added black paint to Ranger Texture Paste for my spiders. This made them puffy and matte next to the shiny webs. 

When the spiders were dry, I added the panel to a card base and popped up my scene elements with foam squares. For the sentiment, I grabbed the trusty Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip dies and stamps. After heat embossed one, I popped the strip up under the house for a nice grounding look.

For finishing touches I added some gold watercolor to parts of the images and then splattered a bit across the whole card front too. Last, I added glossy accents to the flame on the candle in front of the haunted house. 

 

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

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