Stenciled Winter Wreath

Yesterday I shared a fall inspired card using the Dynamic Duo Leaf Wreath from Altenew.  Today I'm mixing it up a bit and sharing a winter or Christmas version of that card.  If you'd like the basic instructions for creating this card [the fall version] download the FREE Instruction Sheet I shared on yesterday's post.  I've listed the new product supply list below if you'd like to make the winter version instead of the fall version.

After creating the wreath I used gold ink to stamp the veins of the leaves and added some gold metallic paint splatters.

The banner is from the Make It Merry banner die set from Spellbinders and includes three different holiday sentiments.

The final touches are the Gold Glitter Drops from Pinkfresh Studio.  So pretty, and perfect for elegant holiday cards.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're inspired to get creative today.

Cathy

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Ink Blending an Autumn Wreath

The projects for today's FREE Project Sheet were inspired by fall.  It's my favorite season!  Bring on the cool weather, colorful leaves and soup.

Here's a few more images of the cards.

 

You'll find all the details for creating these cards in our Printable PDF Project Sheet.  It's FREE.  The link will take you to the website where you can download the instruction sheet.  Add it to your cart, check out, and start creating.

 

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All A-Bat You

 Fall crafting is the best.  It is my favorite season and crafty products are not lacking when it comes to this time of the year.

Today's project features:

• Lawn Fawn - Batty For You | Stamp + Die
• Lawn Fawn - Cloudy | Stencil
• Mama Elephant - Combo Rectangle | Creative Cuts

The stitched circle is from my stash.

The images have been stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and their blender pen. I love how it coordinates with the blended background.  These are the distress oxides I used:

• Spun Sugar
• Kitsch Flaming
• Worn Lipstick
• Picked Raspberry

Gotta love a pun, right?

Thanks for stopping by!

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Coloring Your Die Cuts with Ink Blending Fall Card

Hi there! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook for Mix-it-up-Monday. Today we've got Spellbinders dies with Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. But the big thing I want to touch on today is a fun and easy way to add gorgeous color to your die cuts...ink blending before you cut!

Today I created a shaped card using the Spellbinders Envelope of Wonder and Autumn Wonder die sets. The envelope base comes in the Envelope of Wonder set, then there are add on sets for autumn, Halloween and Christmas so far. You can snag a bundle of all the sets to save some money at Doodlebugs if you're quick. This is a really fun set and I'm sure once you get the first one, you'll be back for more.

To start today, I cut the envelope base using kraft cardstock and tear tape to adhere all the pieces. I set that aside and took a piece of white cardstock and an array of fall coloring distress oxide inks. I just covered the whole panel with no rhyme or reason and not a lot of blending between colors either. I started light adding blobs here and there, working my way to my darkest. I used colors like mustard seed, crackling campfire, gathered twigs and forest moss. I spritzed the panel with a distress sprayer and blotted it dry. Then I used a heat tool to completely dry the panel before die cutting all of my Autumn Wonder elements. I have a stack of A2 white cardstock panels ready to go at all times and I'll be honest that I went back and blended a second panel of just leaves, plus a white panel for the mushroom stems and such to fill my envelope to my liking.

Once those were all cut out, I stamped a sweet squirrel from Pretty Pink Posh Cozy Fall Critters and colored him with copic markers. Then I used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also die cut Pretty Pink Posh Give Thanks Script from brown glitter paper.

I arranged everything in my envelope and used press 'n seal to pick it all up, added liquid glue and carefully slid it back in the envelope. Last, I used liquid glue to add my sentiment, big acorn and mushroom to the front. Then I popped the squirrel and his small acorn up with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the squirrel's eyes and glossy accents to his nose. I just can't resist those little touches, especially with critters!

My daughter promptly stole this card from me so it won't be going in the mail but I think I'll definitely be trying out some of those other add on sets to the Envelope of Wonder for Halloween and, of course, Christmas too! They're too cute!

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

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Celebrating Summer with Altenew's Zinnia Layering Dies

As the end of summer approaches, my garden, particularly my Zinnias are looking lovely.  They inspired me to create this floral card using the Zinnia layering dies from Altenew.

I started by creating the Zinnias.  I die cut multiple pieces from several different colors of cardstcok.  I then add a touch of color with some ink and my small blending brushes.  I applied the color to the centers of the flowers, adding color to each layer.  A few flowers also got a touch of color on the edge of the petals.  After the color was added, I assembled them using the instructional sheet included with the dies.

The background was created using the Quatrefoil background dies from Honey Bee Stamps.  I love the pierced details the base plate creates and how lovely it looks when you add the top plate.  Each of these background dies can be used on their own, but they are so beautiful when used together.

After I created the background piece, I die cut an oval from the Modern Ovals die set from
Spelllbinders.  I scored the oval about a half inch from the top and folded it over the top of the layered base I created.  I used some strong adhesive to secure the 1/2 inch portion to the back of my background and then covered it with another sheet of white cardstock cut the same size as my A2 base.  Now I have an oval flap that lifts up on the front of the card.  I added another white oval under the flap so I'd have a place to include a message.

I added the flowers and a foiled sentiment along with a die cut sentiment to the oval flap to finish the card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you're inspired to create something today.

Cathy

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Hey Boo!

Fall is definitely my favorite season but in real life and in card making. I've been loading up tons of fun new fall products.  Here's how I was inspired for today's post:

I've been noticing this year's fun trend of pops of pink.  I love that! Today's card features the following products:

• Pretty Pink Posh - Winter Mug | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Halloween Mug Additions | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Large Boo Shadow | die
• Lawn Fawn - Sunray Background | stencil
• Concord & 9th - Playful Pumpkins | die

I love all the fun colors in this card and it's a no stamping project!

I used Concord & 9th's Clementine ink with the Lawn Fawn stencil.

Do you send out Halloween cards?

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

 

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Spooky Scene Creating with Mama Elephant and Pretty Pink Posh

Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook today creating a fun spooky scene with Mama Elephant and Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. I had so much fun coloring and inking. I just love how this turned out. It's so fun! Also, fall crafting is my favorite so that might have something to do with it too.

I started this card by deciding my layout on the Mama Elephant Stardust Trail cover plate and then stamped out all the images. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. The images are from a combo of Mama Elephant Hey Pumpkin and Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Signs.

Then I die cut the Stardust Trail cover plate from white cardstock and used blending brushes with Lawn Fawn dye inks to add my color. Then I used gold watercolor and painted a piece of white cardstock that would show behind the star cutouts. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and then to a card base.

Then I added foam squares to pop all my images up with foam squares. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the kitty's nose and black glaze pen to his eyes. I needed more sparkle so I also added stardust Stickles to the bubbling cauldron.

I think these spooky characters are just the cutest and can't wait for Halloween to come. We're already decorating at our house because we love it so much! That way we get two months of spooky before things switch to just fall and turkeys. Do you decorate for Halloween?

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

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Butterfly Gift Card Bag & Shaker

I'm always looking for a creative way to give a gift card.  They often seem so impersonal.  So, I like to make it a bit more personal with a creative enclosure.  I decided to play around with the fun Gift Card Bag die from Pretty Pink Posh and this is what I came up with.

I used the Butterfly Shaker from Pretty Pink Posh to decorate the bags.  I created a shaker butterfly and a non shaker butterfly.  Which one is your favorite?

First I assembled the gift card bags.  They were quick and easy.  I cut two of the bag dies (one for the front of the bag and one for the back).  Stamp any images or messages before you assemble and then glue the front and back together.

Cut a piece of cardstock measuring 2.75 inches x 4.5 inches.  This will be the insert that will slide your gift card up and out of the bag.  After cutting the insert, create a score line and fold up at .75 inches from the bottom (see the image above).  This flap will pull the gift card out of the bag when the recipient pulls up on the insert.

I decorated the insert pieces for the butterfly wings with small flower dies I had in my stash.  Then I stacked up the outside frame on the butterflies.  I left one as is, adding a colored frame and the butterfly body .  The other I filled with some confetti, covered with acetate, then added the final frame and butterfly body.

I can't wait to make more of these for birthdays, holidays, and just because.  Wouldn't that cute Ghost Shaker from Pretty Pink Posh be perfect for Halloween?

Thanks for stopping by the  blog.  I hope you were inspired.

Cathy

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Hooray!

 I am super tardy with this graduation card but better late than never, right?  This has gone postal to my cousin's son who graduated from high school in June and is already away at college.  

This project features the following products:

• Lawn Fawn - Giant Hooray | lawn cuts
• Pretty Pink Posh - Graduation Mug Additions | dies

Shaker cards are always a challenge for me to photog, so sorry for the reflections!  I originally started to machine sew an acetate panel onto a blue panel.  Sigh, that didn't work as well as I wanted and because the acetate was so lightweight [upcycled stamp packaging], it had shifted and buckled.

I went the usual route for my shaker cards, customizing upcycled stamp packaging to encase a card panel.  I adhered everything up so that everything is pretty snug and then I pour in my shaker bits.  This particular star mix is from my stash. Honestly I was going to originally add some Mama Elephant cute critters but I kept having to remind myself that he would probably rather have it clean and simple.

I cut the Hooray from gold glitter cardstock.  The graduation cap has been cut in grey cardstock and I used the same glitter cardstock for the tassel.

I'll be tucking in an Amazon gift card so that he can easily order things for his new dorm room.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Christmas Mix and Match Fun with Stencils and Die Cutting

Hi there! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook today. Have you gotten any early start on holiday crafting this year? I feel like it really became a thing with companies doing Christmas in July releases which helped my motivation. I also noticed that Christmas crafting now compared to later on, my color choices are brighter and different which is sort of cool and fun!

I recently picked up some new goodies from Doodlebugs with the intent of mixing them together for some holiday cards. This was the first result from that. I started by playing with the Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia die cutting pieces and arranging them different ways. I used liquid glue to adhere everything except I added the poinsettia with foam squares for some dimension.

 

Then I inked up a panel with the Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencil set using mermaid and jalapeno Lawn Fawn inks. After stenciling, I glued the panel to a top folding card base and then glued my foliage down on that.

Next, I heat embossed and die cut a sentiment from Mama Elephant's Everything Nice sentiment set. I love these bold sentiments and have all of the collections. They come in handy and are a fabulous font! I added the sentiment with foam squares and liquid glue.

Since my foliage has some pretty gold shiny pieces, I didn't add any finishing touches. They were kind of built in when I added that shiny-ness everywhere as I went along.

 

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

 

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Plane and Simple

Hello! Have you checked out the fun designs that Concord & 9th comes up with? I couldn't wait to play with their Plane Amazing collection:

If you follow my personal social media accounts, you might know that my husband is a hobby pilot.  It's a hobby I'm lucky to be a part of. We celebrated our anniversary this month and I knew that I wanted to use that big airplane window.

I don't typically work with blue but that is the hubby's favorite color.  I wanted to do something super fun with the design but with the sentiment I pieced together, I decided to fall back on my clean + simple style.

Here are the products I combined:

• Concord & 9th - Plane Amazing | Stamp
• Concord & 9th - Plane Amazing | Die
• Concord & 9th - Cloudy Double Card Front | Die
• Lawn Fawn -Beary Rainy Day | Stamp
• Lawn Fawn - Plane and Simple | Stamp

The sentiment has been heat embossed in white.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

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