Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Just for You

Happy Tuesday! This week is Galentine's Day on February 13th and Valentine's Day on February 14th. I teamed up some fun products today:


Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart and Concord and 9th Mushroom Medly

Today's project combines:

  • Pretty Pink Posh - Fringe Heart | die
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Love Script | die
  • Concord & 9th - Mushroom Medley | bundle
I love that fringe heart and can see it used year round rather than just for Valentine's Day.

Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart and Concord and 9th Mushroom Medly

I recently asked friends over on instagram what some of their go-to color combos were.  I was reminded of kraft + red.  I threw in some different shades of blue for a pop!

Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart and Concord and 9th Mushroom Medly

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Monday, February 10, 2025

Be Mine Bears

Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Happy to be here with another Mix-it-Up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog. I'm squeezing in one more bit of Valentine inspiration before the big day is here. I really love Valentine crafting of all sorts so it's hard for me to be done right up until the day.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

Today I played with the Pretty Pink Posh fringe heart dies. I started with white and graduated up to red on my layers. After gluing them today, I fluffed the fringe a bit and splattered the heart with gold watercolor.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

Then I stamped and colored some Mama Elephant cuties from the set My Favorite Person. After die cutting them I stamped and heat embossed mini sentiments on each from the set in gold. Next, I ink blended the Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil in red on a pink cardstock panel.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

It seemed very stark so I went around the edges with the same blending brush after removing the stencil and also splattered it would a little water. I used liquid glue to adhere this panel and the fringe heart to a card base. Then I added the bears with foam squares.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

Last I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Valentine Greetings and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I popped it up on the fringe heart with foam strips. For finishing touches I did add tiny glossy accents dots to the bear noses. 

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Sending you all the hearts

 I love designing Valentine's Day cards.  I love the combo of these products for today's project:

Mama Elephant Beary Good Day and Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket

Originally I was going to combine the Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket and the Valentine Bucket Additions.  I ended up going a different route with these products:

  • Pretty Pink Posh - Candy Bucket | dies
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Love Word Shaker | dies
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Build a Heart | die
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Heart Lattice | stencil
  • Mama Elephant -  Beary Good Day | stamp + creative cuts bundle
Mama Elephant Beary Good Day and Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket

I really wanted to add the Beary Good Day set so I switched up my idea from the original design. I love the mix of products and think those bears are adorable.

Mama Elephant Beary Good Day and Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket


Thanks for stopping by!

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Monday, February 3, 2025

XOXO: Two-for-One Valentine Cards

 Hi friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. It's Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and today I'm sharing a fun duo of Valloween cards using Mama Elephant dies and Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. I started by stamping all of the ghosts from Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends just to color and relax with no plan in place. Then as I was crafting, I created the first card and the second just followed.

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

After coloring all the cute ghosts, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out and just started playing around. Originally I thought I would use most all of them on one card but my first layout came together using just three and I love it!

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

I cut the Mama Elephant XOXO Grid Cover plate from red cardstock and inlaid white letters in each from leftovers I had saved while creating another card. I started to inlay the red centers to the Os but didn't like it so I cut the cover plate from teal cardstock, saving all the pieces for another time but inserting the O centers to this cover and I love it!

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

With the pieces to the cover glued to a card front, I popped my ghosts up with foam squares. Then stamped and heat embossed sentiments from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine and cut them out with sentiment strip dies. I popped them up with foam squares and finished the design off with glossy accents and stardust stickles.

However, now I have a bunch of XOs, extra ghosts and nothing to do with them. Except I wasn't done playing so I pulled them together and started playing with an arrangement.

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

Once I decided I liked the ghosts and XOXO the way they were, I used liquid glue to adhere it all together wherever it overlapped. I lined the back with foam squares and strips and set it aside to create a background.

To do that, I cut the second largest die in the Mama Elephant Mod Heart die set from pink cardstock and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils and Starburst stencil.

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

I added the background panel to a white card base with foam tape and then removed the release paper from my images and popped those up in the center of the card front. Last, I stamped and heat embossed another sentiment from the same set on the previous card, cut it out and popped it up too.

For finishing touches on this card I also came in with glossy accents and stardust stickles on all of the ghosts.

Are these cards not the cutest ever? I'm over the moon with how they turned out! So fun and perfect for Valentine's Day that's coming up quick!

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

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