Happy Capy-Birthday!

Recently I shared a capybara card on my social media.  My cousin caught it and wanted me to design one for her to give to her friend.  Here's how I was inspired:

These are the products I'm featuring today:

• Mama Elephant - A Capybara Party | stamps + creative cuts
• Concord & 9th - Friendly Florals | die
• Pretty Pink Posh - Berry Smoothie | shaker beads

The sweet images have stamped on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx.  They have been colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Don't you love those shaker beads? I can tell you that they sound fabulous!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Die Cutting and Stenciling Cute Scenes

Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Once again for mix-it-up Monday we're combining dies from different companies to create adorable scenes! This one is for a birthday but changing the background and sentiment could easily lend itself to lots of other happy occasions too.

For this card, I created my Mama Elephant Favor Bag Add On Monkey first with the intention he would hold the balloons. I ink blended parts for depth and used liquid glue to assemble him as much as possible ahead of time. Then I cut some balloons from the Pretty Pink Posh Party Balloons die set and assembled them with liquid glue as well.

Next I took a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Wreath stencil set. This set has 3 layers so I used the 3 colors in my balloon bouquet so everything coordinates. I trimmed the panel down and glued it on a card base before adhering the monkey head and body. I glued my strings behind the balloons and brought them down to the monkey's paws before popping both parts up with foam squares.

Last, I cut a sentiment banner using the Mama Elephant Banner Greetings die set. After adhering the layers together I added it to my card with foam squares. Moving on to finishing touches I added glossy accents to the monkey's nose and eyes, let it dry and finished the design off with white gel pen highlights all over.

Isn't this just too cute for words?!? I had fun creating it and think it would be fun to make a set with different favor bag add on critters from Mama Elephant.

 

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

Products used:
Mama Elephant Favor Bag Add On Monkey
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Pretty Pink Posh Party Balloons dies
Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Wreath stencils
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ink - mermaid, guava and ballet slippers
Foam squares
Sakura gelly roll pen

Glossy accents

Live Life In Full Bloom

 Hello Hello! I'm sharing a quick card today that would be perfect for any occasion.

My card features:

• Waffle Flower - Lovely Tulip Duo | stencil
• Waffle  Flower - Small Sentiments Bloom | stamp

Did you know that Doodlebugs carries the Concord & 9th 2024 Color Collection? Be sure to sign up for Restock Notifications so that you're the first to know when it gets restocked in the shop.

Here's how I used the cardstock:

• Base = Watermelon
• Top panel = Creamsicle
• Sentiment strip = Watermelon

I used the Waffle Flower Grip Mat to do my stenciling.  I used Watermelon ink for the blooms and Eucalyptus for the leaves.  I trimmed down the stenciled panel and adhered it to the Watermelon base.

The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on a Watermelon cardstock strip.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 Links to products used or recommended are listed below: 

Combining Dies for a Fun Ocean Scene

Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Is anyone else just searching for all the sunshine they can get? I really feel like I am, which is seeping into the craft room. I'm so excited and happy for all of these summer themed releases starting to come out.

Today we're creating and all die cut card combining fun products from Spellbinders and Mama Elephant. I love the new Seaside Vibes die set from Mama Elephant so I had to create with it as soon as it hit my mailbox. And when I ordered it, I thought the new Spellbinders Coastal Escape View dies would go perfectly so I snagged it at the same time. And I wasn't wrong!

I used all of the dies from the Seaside Vibes set and pulled in the coral, seashells and palm tree island from Coast Escape View. I cut everything from colored cardstock and gave them some ink blending shadows, with a little copic detail on the seashells and palm trees too.

For once, this is a one-layer card, with no foam tape in sight. Trust me, this was difficult but I do love how it turned out. I also held back on sparkly and shiny because it felt complete once I finished gluing everything in place.

To create the card base, I traced the outer arch on white cardstock and cut it out by hand. Then I scored it on the left side 3/8" in and adhered the flap to the back of my scene panel with tear tape. *Remember, you can use this technique on pretty much any shape to create a shaped card.*

 

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

 Links to products used or recommended are listed below: