Oh so Merry in July

 I'm back with another Christmas in July project!

Today's caffeinated design features:

• Spellbinders - Merry Mug Creations | dies
• Concord & 9th - Cup of Kindness | dies
• Pretty Pink Posh - Winter Mug | dies
• Pretty Pink Posh - Holiday Mug Additions | dies
• Mama Elephant - Everything Nice | stamps

I had that Spellbinders Merry Mug floating around on my desktop so I coordinated everything with that.  I always love seeing projects with pops of black so that's what I was my inspiration.

The sentiment has been stamped with Concord & 9th - Sweet Pea ink.

I love how postal friendly this turned out.  No foam dimensional tape on this.

 

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Birthday Fun with Cool Tone Colors

Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. It's Mix it up Monday and today I'm thinking color theory while creating a birthday card for one of my very favorite humans! She loves those cool tones so that's where I pulled my color palette from...keeping to the blues and purples more than anything. Do you do that when creating for someone specific?

I started my design my playing with the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Stars dies. I cut them from lots of different cardstocks and arranged them on a piece of white cardstock. After gluing them down, I cut the panel out with the Mama Elephant Postage Frame die, keeping the inside and frame pieces.

Next I cut the Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday from white cardstock 3 times and glitter white cardstock once. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers together. Then went hunting for cute critters to add to the mix. I landed on a combo of Mama Elephant Summer Floaties and the balloons from Mama Elephant Peekabuddies. After stamping and coloring the images, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and switched to assembling everything.

I drug my Lawn Fawn fish tank ink pad across the edges of my card base for some fun textured color. Then glued the outside frame of my background panel down with liquid glue. I popped the center up with foam tape and then glued the sentiment to that. I popped the images up with foam squared and finished things off with a little stardust Stickles and glossy accents.

 

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

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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.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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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.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

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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.

Thanks for stopping by!

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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!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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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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