Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook with another Mix it up Monday. You can never have too many birthday balloons. Am I right?!? Well, I don't think so. So when I had the chance to ink up the adorable Mama Elephant It's Poppin, I had to pair it with my favorite Spellbinders Floating Balloons 3D embossing folder. It's a match made in heaven.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Birthday Balloons on Balloons
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Quick and Easy Stenciled Card Design [Take Two]
Last week I shared some tips for creating multiple quick and easy cards. Today I'm sharing the second card from that post. If you missed it, be sure to head over for a look. I explain my process for quickly producing a bundle of cards.
Here's the second card.
Here are all three colors.
For this card I used the larger frame from Mama Elephant's Flirty Scallop Frame die set and I changed up the stencil for the background. This time I used the Deco Leaves stencil.
Below are the cards I shared in last week's post. Be sure to head over for all the details.
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you were inspired.
-Cathy
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Aren't you Juice the Cutest!
I've decided to design another card duo based on one background panel. Here's the first card:
- Mama Elephant - Boxed Drinks | stamps + creative cuts
- Pretty Pink Posh - Sentiment Strips: Birthday | stamps
- Scattered Straw
- Dried Marigold
- Abandoned Coral
Monday, April 22, 2024
Reverse Embossed Backgrounds
Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Today I'm playing with reverse embossed backgrounds today and LOVING the outcome! It's simple to do but looks complex which makes it all that much cooler!
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Quick and Easy Stenciled Floral Cards
Today I'm sharing my process for making a BUNCH of floral cards quickly.
To start, I grabbed the Beautiful Blooms stamp set from Pinkfresh Studio. This set has three floral images on one stamp set. I used the bottom [lower set] to stamp several sets of images. This is a huge time saver as each stamp creates three images instead of one. The coordinating die works the same. It's one die that will cut all three images in one pass through my die cut machine. Another big time saver.To color the images I used the coordinating stencil. The stencil is designed to line up with all three images. So again, you save time inking / coloring all three images on each layer. Make sure you don't die cut the images until after you color them. I used the same colors for each set [this was quicker] and changed the color when I moved on to the next set of stamped images. When I was finished I had four images of each flower, all in a different color. Below are three of the colors.
I stenciled a background for each card matching the color of the floral images. The frame is cut from the Flirty Scallop Frame from mama Elephant. When I cut the die, I cut both the small and the larger frame. This saved time and I used the larger frames with the bell shaped flowers. I'll share that card next week.
Thanks so much for stopping by the blog. I hope you'll stop by next week to see the additional cards I created.
-Cathy
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Friend
I've been really enjoying stenciling lately. I've been challenging myself to use different color combos and having fun. Today is part two of two based one one A2 stenciled panel. Here's how I was inspired today:
- Waffle Flower Crafts - Strawberries Background | stencil
- Waffle Flower Crafts - Oversized Friend Print | die
- Pretty Pink Posh - Sentiment Strips | Birthday
- Poppy
- Sunflower
- Avocado
- Peacock
- Oceanside
Monday, April 15, 2024
Cover Plates with Embossing Texture
Welcome to a fresh new week everyone! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook finding new looks for all the fun window cover plates out there. I love using them for added interest and ways to ground images but sometimes that plain background in the windows is boring. Today I played with an idea that you could definitely grow on to add texture and interest to those spaces.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Sweet Floral and Birdie dies from Spellbinders
Today I'm sharing some floral cards with one of my favorite bird dies from Spellbinders. The Little Chickadee [and Sweet Birdie die] are the perfect size for so many cards and they are budget friendly too! They are both definitely favorites of mine.
I paired the cute little bird with some flowers I die cut from the Freshly Picked Anemone die from Spellbinders. I added this to my die collection a while back and haven't had a chance to use it.
For a sentiment I used the sweet, little banners from Mama Elephant's Banner Greetings die. It's another favorite of mine and I find myself reaching for it often.
I love how quickly these cards came together.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope I've inspired you to create something today.
-Cathy
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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Celebrate!
I've been really enjoying stenciling lately. I've been challenging myself to use different color combos and having fun. Today is part one of two based one one A2 stenciled panel. Here's how I was inspired today:
- Waffle Flower Crafts - Strawberries Background | stencil
- Waffle Flower Crafts - Oversized Friend Print | die
- Pretty Pink Posh - Large Celebrate Shadow | die
- Pretty Pink Posh - Sentiment Strips | Birthday
- Poppy
- Sunflower
- Avocado
- Peacock
- Oceanside
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Monday, April 8, 2024
Texturizing Your Backgrounds with Embossing Folders and Inking
Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. For this installment of Mix it up Monday I came up with an idea for adding color and texture to your backgrounds in a different way. We're going to ink, emboss and then ink again for added awesomeness!
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
You are the Coolest
I'm back to designing birthday cards. Here is how I was inspired today:
- Pretty Pink Posh - Big Valentine Cupcake | dies
- Pretty Pink Posh - Party Hats | dies
- Pretty Pink Posh - Pierced Stars Plate | die
- Lawn Fawn - Wavy Sayings | stamp
- Lawn Fawn - Simple Wavy Banners | lawn cuts
- Concord & 9th - Pretty Sweet | stamp + dies
Monday, April 1, 2024
Ink Smooshing and Two-for-One Backgrounds
Happy Monday everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Mix it up Monday is extra inky fun on the Doodlebugs blog today. We're ink smooshing and getting two-for-one backgrounds from our efforts. So fun, easy to do and there is no messing up.