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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Celebrate!

I don't know about you but the summer is flying by for me.  I needed a high school graduation card and this is how I was inspired:

The high school colors are purple and gold.  The gold glitter cardstock is from my stash.  Originally I wasn't thinking of a shaker card but it makes things much more festive.

These are the supplies I'm featuring today:

• Pretty Pink Posh - Graduation Mug Additions | dies
• Pretty Pink Posh - Fancy Cake | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Circles | dies
• Mama Elephant - Wishes Enclosed | stamp
• Mama Elephant - Frilly Window Frame | creative cuts

The Frilly Window Frame panel will be adhered inside the card.

I'm tucking in a Target gift card inside.  Every new college kid needs to be able to decorate their room.

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Hi friends, this is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook! Mix-it-up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog is a fun design that is completely interchangeable for sentiments to make it whatever you need. I never had get well cards on hand so I thought this was the perfect time to make an extra. This combo of Waffle Flower and Mama Elephant products is really fun and sure to bring a smile.

I started by using my Waffle Flower Grip Mat and Daisy background stencil to ink up a subtle background. I used a mix of pink and purple for the flowers with apricot ink in the centers. I didn't spend a lot of time on that because it doesn't show much but definitely adds a little something.

Next, I cut the new Mama Elephant Note Page die with the embossed lines insert still attached. I took some Tombow markers to draw notebook lines on the paper for fun and then stamped some of the scribble images from Mama Elephant Write With Me stamp set on it. I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color them in quickly.

I cut the Waffle Flower Oversized Get Well from black cardstock and glued it in place, adding fun white gel pen accents for interest. Then I chose the cut fox image from the Mama Elephant Write With Me to stamp and color with copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut him out and added the note page and fox to the stenciled panel with foam tape and squares.

I decided to match the white gel pen from the sentiment to the fox image and also glossy accents on his nose and pen nib. *Pro tip: Let glossy accents dry and add white gel pen on top of it. It looks really cool and goes on smooth and easy.

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

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I Scream, You Scream

 Nothing screams summer like ice cream!

I did a bit of mix-n-mash of products for today's project:

• Lawn Fawn - Treat Cart | stamp & lawn cuts die bundle
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Inside - Outside Scalloped Elongated Oval | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Simple Sentiments | stamp
• Lawn Fawn - Pint-Sized Patterns Summertime | 6x6

All the images have been stamped with Lawn Fawn - Crunchy Leaf.

What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?  Mine is COFFEE and I didn't realize that was listed on the Lawn Fawn stamp set.  Call me a happy crafter!

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Hooray Floral Congrats Card

Hello again. This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. I have a fun mix-it-up Monday card to share with you that started with a very simple idea and definitely evolved into its own. I think it turned out so pretty and I had fun playing with some of my favorite dies while I was at it.

I needed a congratulations card so I went digging in my large sentiment dies to see what struck me with inspiration. I landed on the Lawn Fawn big hooray die, cutting it from white cardstock three times and gluing the layers together before I even formed a solid plan. Then I went digging for a good mini sentiment to go across the center and landed on the Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips collection, and the coordinating dies.

Next, I wasn't sure what to add around or in the large letters. My initial go-to was cute critters but nothing was vibing for me. So I pulled out my favorite Spellbinders birdie and while I was digging for that, I came across the Spellbinders Kaleidoscope Arch stamp and die set. The florals in this set are so pretty and very low stress to cut and assemble. Some of the more detailed sets stress me out with all the layers and my lack of floral knowledge.

So, I cut all the pieces for the florals and the sweet birdie, using liquid glue to adhere the pieces together. After playing around for a bit I also used liquid glue to adhere the florals popping out of the hooray letters all over. To keep the background interesting but subtle, I embossed a 4x5.25 inch piece of white cardstock with the Spellbinders columns embossing folder.

I popped the background panel up on a white card base with foam tape and then used liquid glue to adhere the floral hooray to that. Last, I added the birdie with a combo of a foam square and liquid glue, and the sentiment strip with a foam strip.

I liked the shine that the foil cardstock gave the flower centers so my finishing touches for this card were just glossy accent on the birdie's beak and eye. Isn't she the cutest?!? I love that you can't go wrong with any variation of color combos on this bird. It's always fun.

 

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

 

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Wishing you a Gull-Tastic Birthday

 I don't know about you, but I think any umbrella drink makes everything a party.

Today's project features:

• Waffle Flower Crafts - Inquisitive Seagulls | die + stamp
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Seafoam | stencil
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Wave Texture Panel | die
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Outside Scalloped Circle | die
• Lawn Fawn - Build-a-Drink | lawn cuts
• Pretty Pink Posh - St. Patrick's Day | clay confetti  

That seagull is so much fun.  There are two different sizes, this is the larger one.

The stencil work was done with Concord & 9th - Harbor | ink.  The drink has been ink blended with Salvaged Patina | distress oxide.  I lightly distressed the seagull with Pumice Stone | distress oxide.

The sentiment has been heat embossed in white.

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Mass Producing Gift Tags

Hello everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. For this week's Mix-it-up Monday I'm sharing a gift tag project I created for work. We just had our annual Conference last week and I made gift bags for some of the Board as an end of year thank you to them. You know I can't have gift bags without cute tags to go with them. So I spent a little bit and assembly lined a batch of froggy cuteness.

This whole project started with me playing around with the Mama Elephant Combo Circle creative cuts. They're so fun and I thought they would be great for a different tag. Once I chose my scallop colors I started die cutting all the pieces - 2 white centers (front and back), a blue scallop and a green scallop.

I couldn't decide which little agenda critters to use so I solicited my daughter's help and she chose my favorite frogs. I can't get enough of them. So I stamped out nine different ones, colored them all and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

After assembling the layers of the combo circles, I blended a little green and teal inks in the center and splattered them with cracked pistachio distress oxide ink.

While the splatter was drying, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Fall and cut them out with a Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip die. This die set and the coordinating collection of sentiments will not collect dust on your shelf. I promise. I am constantly reaching for them to add that perfect something.

Last, I popped the sentiment strips and frogs up with foam squares and strips. I used a Fiskars hole punch and threaded some twine through the holes. Now these are ready to be tied to the bags and handed out. 

 

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

 

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Birthday Cheer

 Any root beer float fans?

I've been a long time fan of root beer floats.  I had so much fun mixing and matching products for this card:

• Lawn Fawn - Build-a-Drink | Root Beer Add -On | lawn cuts
• Pretty Pink Posh - Fruit Mug Additions | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Valentine Mug Additions | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Friend Shadow | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Sentiment Strips | Birthday | stamp
• Lawn Fawn - Brick | stencil

The brick was stenciled with Distress Oxide - Pumice Stone.  The root beer panel was ink blended with Distress Oxide - Walnut Stain.  The float was inked up with Distress Oxide - Antique Linen.

The sentiment was heat embossed in white on a black cardstock strip.

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Treat Yourself on your Berry Special Day

Hello everyone! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. It's time for another mix-it-up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog. Today we're mixing all the strawberry things together again in a different way. I love how bright today's card turned out! It's so sweet you can almost taste it.

I started with the Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries stamp set. I stamped out a few berries and leaves, coloring everything with copic markers before using the coordinating dies to cut it all out.

Next, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes stamp set and cut it out with the coordinating die. I also cut a Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice panel for my background. 

With all the pieces ready to go, it's time to assemble some. Using the sentiment as a guide on the background panel, I used liquid glue to adhere the strawberries and foliage in place. Then I added the sentiment with foam squares so there is some dimension.

Not wanting white on white for my background, I took the Lawn Fawn guava ink pad direct to my card base for some textured color. Then I used liquid glue to adhere the lattice in place.

For finishing touches I added a few Spellbinders pearls and white gel pen highlights to the images.

 

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

 

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