Friday, November 1, 2024

2024 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop

 


Hello coffee lovers! I'm so excited that Doodlebugs is sponsoring the Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop again this year.  I always look forward to all the wonderful coffee, tea and cocoa inspiration. I have a project to share, a discount code and a link to the blog hop where you'll find all the details on how you can participate for a chance to win some awesome prizes!  

Doodlebugs Prize: $25 Gift Code

Here's the link the the BLOG HOP where you'll find all the details!

Doodlebugs is offering a discount code for everyone to celebrate the hop. You'll find th details and the discount code below. Click the image for a link to the store and start shopping now for the best selection.



Here's how I was inspired for the hop:


I couldn't wait to combine these Concord & 9th products for today:
  • Afternoon Tea | die
  • Tea Blossom | embossing folder
  • Dots & Blossoms | stencil pack
I used a white stencil paste that I had in my stash with the stencil.


No stamping on this card and a bit of die cutting.  I love how many details you can add to the project.  Concord & 9th really does a great job with that.


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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Die Cut Flowers for Everyday Cards

When I want to do something creative, but don't have much time or I'm lacking inspiration, I create flowers [or color].  The flowers don't require much thought and often times, the process of creating these pieces inspires me.

Recently, I was visiting with my grandma.  It was the perfect time to create these flowers.  I created the flowers and she glued them to cards to mail to her friends.  Needless to say, I had LOTS of extra flowers and decided to make a few cards of my own.

Pinkfresh Studio Garden Party
The Garden Party stamp and stencil set is great for adding some inky accents and fun layers to my assortment of flowers.  I really enjoyed using this set!  I used white cardstock, my favorite inks, and the stencils to create the flower and leaf images.  Then I used the "all in one" die set to cut them out in one pass on the die cut machine.  It's super easy.  The stencils have registration marks to color in with ink.  You then line the die up with those marks to cut the perfect flowers.  I also cut several sets with glitter cardstock for some added sparkle.  After cutting, you simply layer and glue to create unique flowers.

Pinkfresh Studio Garden Party
I stamped and cut multiple sentiments from the Sweet Lattice Sentiment set from Waffle Flower.  These are great, everyday sentiments.  I love having lots of these on hand for quickly adding sentiments to my cards.

Pinkfresh Garden Party

To finish the cards, I used the Penny Black Background Basics stencil and added an ink blended rectangle to frame in my floral images.  I arranged a few flowers on the card, added a sentiment and finished with a few gems.

Pinkfresh Studios Garden Party

 Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you were inspired to get creative.

-Cathy

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Shaking Things Up with Peace and Love

Who doesn't love a shaker card? I was pretty happy when I finished this project because it wasn't how I originally envisioned the card.


Concord and 9th Tree Topper

This didn't start off as a shaker card.  It had patterned paper and it wasn't hitting me.  First let's start with the supplies I combined:

  • Concord & 9th - Tree Topper | die
  • Mama Elephant - Winter Banners | die
  • Spellbinders - Emerald Cut Labels | die
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Peppermints | confetti clay

Concord and 9th Tree Topper


The Tree Topper die is so fun and original.  I love it! The Emerald Cut Labels make it so easy to put together a shaker card.  The frame is the perfect width to easily add foam adhesive.

Concord and 9th Tree Topper

The Mama Elephant banners make it a snap to add a sentiment.  No stamping on this card!

Thanks for stopping by!
 
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Monday, October 28, 2024

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.)

Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Fall

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.

Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Fall

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.

Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Fall

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.

Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Fall

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.

Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Fall

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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