Hello from Toni: Avery Elle Santa Jaws

Hello, lovelies! Today is all about the sharks--specifically, the Avery Elle Santa Jaws kind. This set is too too cute!

I used up a couple of leftovers with the first card: a background where I had practiced using Distress Broken China Embossing Glaze (see those amazing shiny dots?!) and a Neat & Tangled diecut panel.

I added a couple of the Santa Jaws images and colored them with Copics. The sentiment is stamped on an MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Circle Die.

My second card involved a touch of Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers blending on the card base. I then stamped a couple of the Santa Jaws strings of lights as seaweed. I continued the vertical visual using the bubbles around the sentiment.

I added just a touch of Marvy Snow Marker to the hat and lots of Clear Wink of Stella.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.   

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Hello from Amy | Cookies for Santa - Doodlebug Design

 

Hello and Happy Friday!  It's Amy here and I can't believe we're moving into December.  I do want to share some news with you....hang in there with me.  Let's first chat about my card duo that features Doodlebug Design:

Night Before Christmas 6x6

Chit Chat

Goody Goody Gumdrops doodle-pops

Cookies for Santa doodle-pops  

I've been super smitten with the Doodlebug Design collections lately:

The beauty of these products is that it doesn't take long to complete a card.  I really love the Doodle-Pops 3D Cardstock Stickers.  Those guys make the cards!

I always love Doodlebug Design's paper pads, always so fun + happy.

I made plates for the cards but diecutting a circle and running through a smaller circle die [upside down] to score the interior circle.

Check out those marshmallows in the Santa mug!  So much detail, love it.

Cookies for Santa!

Those guys are so cute!  Make sure you check out the Gingerbread cookie...his buttons and bow tie!

Thanks so much for making it down this far...This is sadly my last post on the Doodlebugswa.com blog.  My Design Team plate has been quite full lately and my 'real life' has gotten has become very busy, so I need to scale back on my design teams. I've been part of this awesome team since July 2019.  It has truly been one of my favorites, what's not to love about Doodlebugs?  A big thank you to Cathy, Toni and Mayra.

Thank you for stopping by the blog!

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Hello from Toni: MFT Gnomie Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving for those of you celebrating that today!

My card today is super simple and just a little thanks to Cathy, the owner of Doodlebugs, for having me on the design team, and to all of you for reading about my crafty hijinks.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.   

Hot Cocoa with Avery Elle...

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone, Mayra here with you today. I have a fun and simple card to share with you. I used the adorable Cocoa Stand stamp set by Avery Elle. I adore the images from this set. I love the little mug full of hot chocolate. 

I began by coloring my images using Copic markers. For the red areas, I used R22, R05, and R17. For the soft pink areas, I used R21, R01, and R00. For the bear, I used E40 and E41. For the green areas, I used YG17, YG01, and YG03. 

Next, I used the smaller rectangle die from the Postage Stamps Elle-ments die set to die cut the area for the hot cocoa stand. I also used a piece of pattern paper from the Avery Elle Spring Collection 6 x 6 paper pad. After adhering all of the images to the card base, I stamped the sentiment from the set using black ink. 

I hope you enjoy and feel inspired by the card I created to share with you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

Please feel welcome to visit me at my blog, Instagram, or Pinterest. 

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Hello from Toni - Mama Elephant Penguin Tree 2

Hey, everyone!  Today's card is a different take on the penguin card I posted back in September (Gah! That feels like yesterday!)

This time around I'm using MFT Christmas Cheer 6x6 paper for the background and leaving most of the penguins in black and white. 

I cut out a heart from printer paper and used it as a mask for coloring just the central part of the Mama Elephant Oh Penguin Tree image. 

Notice how I used a pale pale blue to help further define the edges of the heart. I don't think this would have been necessary for images that don't naturally have so much white, like Oh Puppy Tree or Oh Kitty Tree.

I also cut the heart out of the colored panel and popped it up on foam tape. Super easy to do!

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.   

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Hello from Toni: Tim Holtz Snarky Cats for Christmas

Hello, everyone!  As some of you know, I am a cat lover. Animal lover: yes. Cats: Heck, yes! 

I've had the Tim Holtz Snarky Cats for a while without using them and thought my holiday cardmaking fever was the perfect time to Christmas them up!

With the first card I used MFT Christmas Cheer 6x6 paper, adding Star Dust Stickles to each snowflake and cutting out the circle using an MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Die. 

I added a Christmas hat to Mr. Cat who dares Santa to pass judgement!

I sponged the card base of my next card using Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover. I used the Waffle Flower Holiday Lights dies, Copic G29, and glitter cardstock to create the idea of a lit tree. 

I placed Mr. Cat on an MFT spin disc so it appears he's barely hanging on to the lights. Check out the trio picture below--he's in a different location.

For this one, I applied a bit of Distress Oxide Spun Sugar to the card base then stamped the Tim Holtz Snarky Cat twice. The first I colored up with Copics; the second, I used to create a sweater shape which I then fussy cut out of white cardstock.

I added some Avery Elle Santa Jaws strings of light and ribbing with a Copic Multiliner. I colored the sweater with Copics and added Red Stickles to the lights. I love the speech bubble sentiment and added a speech bubble using Hero Arts Offbeat Holiday Messages on one of the Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble Backdrop cut outs.

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I enjoyed making them!  

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.   

Copics Used: YG01, YG03, R05, N0-N6, YR27, YR24

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Hello from Amy | Happy Thanksgiving - Pretty Pink Posh

 

Hello and Happy Friday!  It's Amy here and I can't believe next week is Thanksgiving!  I have a project to share that features Pretty Pink Posh:

Thanksgiving Scene

Fall Signs

Here's how I was inspired:

I started with the Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics.  Rather than using the three openings, I decided to change it up a bit and do two.

The Thanksgiving Scene is so sweet, I made that the focal point of my design.  The Happy Thanksgiving sentiment is from that same set.

I split up images from the Fall Scenes set.  

These are the copics I used:

R00

Y11 | YR21

G03 | G05

B34 | B45

E93 | YR01

E50 | E21

W0 | W1 | W3

T0 | T1 | T2 T3 | T4

That's it for me!  Have an awesome weekend!

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Hello from Toni: MFT Holiday Penguins

Hello, Doodlebugs fans! I played along with a sketch challenge this past weekend and thought I would share with you the result.

I first used the MFT Small Brick Wall stencil with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers to create a light background.

I then cut out a banner that had been stamped with the MFT Christmas Background.

I used an MFT Pierced Circle die, adding a partial diecut from the MFT Party Plaid 6x6 Paper as a rug.

Next I stamped and colored up the MFT Holiday Penguins images with Copics, using my Posca 0.7mm Extra Fine Bullet White Paint Pen and Zig Wink of Stella Clear for the tree and highlights.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board. 

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Wishing You A Magical Holiday Season...

 

Hello everyone, happy Wednesday!!! Mayra here with you today. I have a fun "magical" themed Christmas card to share with you. I was inspired by a precious fall themed card I had shared. I will share the photo and link to that one as well.  I used several Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. They will be listed below if you would like to know which ones I used. 

I began by choosing the images I would be using for my card. I was going for a magical theme. The unicorns from the Unicorn Picnic stamp set were perfect. I also used lovely fairies from the Frosty Fairy Friends stamp set, the dragons from Little Dragon, and Winter Dragon stamp sets. The sentiment is also from the Winter Dragon set. The sweets that the magical creatures are enjoying are from the A Creature Was Stirring stamp set. 

The larger cupcakes are from the Baked with Love stamp set. 

Next, I colored my images using Copic markers. For the pink areas, I used R00, R01, and R21. For the red areas, I used R22, R05, R17, and R46. For the green areas, I used YG01, YG03, YG11, YG25, YG17, and G29. For the mint areas, I used BG10, BG11, and BG13. For the yellow areas, I used Y11, YR23, and YR24. 

I then die cut the layers I would be using to create the scene for my card. I used Bristol Smooth cardstock for the base panel. I used the Large Slimline with Sliders, Small Slimline with Lift The Flaps, Slimline Stitched Hillside Border, and the banner from the Shadow Box Card Ocean Add-On. For the front of the card, I used the beautiful Build A Castle die and the Mama Elephant Scallop Oval Frames die set. To add color to the sky I used Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers. I then assembled my card, it really was a fun card to create. 

Thank you very much for taking the time to stop by. I pray you each have a wonderful and blessed day. Please feel welcome to visit me at my blog, or Instagram, or on Pinterest. 

Here is the card that inspired me: 

If you would like to see all of the details about this card please feel welcome to visit me here. 

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Hello from Toni: Lawn Fawn Peas on Earth

Hello, everyone! It's mid-November and I'm chugging away on my holiday cards, including this one featuring Lawn Fawn Peas on Earth and Lawn Fawn Winter Village.

I diecut the Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics and Slim Card Window Dressing dies to start. I then stamped the Lawn Fawn Peas on Earth and Lawn Fawn Winter Village images using Versafine Onyx Black.

I watercolored the panel using Zigs (see full list below).  I then applied snowflakes using a Posca white pigment pen (my fav!). I stamped the Lawn Fawn Winter Village love smoke with Distress Oxide Weathered Wood at this stage.

Of course, it really can't be winter with  some snowy glitter so I used Gina K Glue and iridescent glitter along the trees and rooftops.  I also added some glitter on the ground using Clear Wink of Stella. Swoon!

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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