Using Color Palettes to Extend the Use of Products, Fall Vibes

Welcome to another Mix it up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Today I'm playing with a few different die sets that were released during other times of the year but if you just change the color palette you use them with, it's fun and easy to use them all year long.

I started with this great Love You die from the Concord & 9th Markered Messages die set. I cut some strips from my chosen color palette. I was thinking soft fall vibes. I glued those to a piece of cardstock and cut the "shadow" circle from that stripes. Then I chose a chocolate cardstock from my stash to cut the word portion out. I used foam squares to adhere the two together.

For my background, I wanted to tie the brown in more so I cut the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Leafy Vines background die from it and glued that to a white card base. To separate the sentiment from the background panel, I used shabby shutters distress oxide ink on a piece of cardstock. I spritzed it with water and flicked white paint on the panel before popping it up with foam tape.

Last, I went digging for leaves that fit my vibe to adorn my sentiment panel. I found this one in the Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug die set. I cut it from a few colors in the stripes and glued them in place with liquid glue. To finish off the design I found a few baubles that resembled water drops to glue to my leaves. 

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

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Oh Happy Day...Whoosh Kites Stamp & Die From Lawn Fawn

Flying kites takes me right back to being a kid!  I grew up in the High Desert of Southern California where we had no shortage of wind.  I remember flying kites so high, you could barely see them.  Such fun!

 After coloring and die-cutting these adorable images, I created some simple, ink blended backgrounds.

I then added a sentiment to complete the cards.

Thanks so much for taking a peek!  I hope you were inspired.

-Cathy

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Eat Cake

I should be designing more more birthday cards so when I saw Concord & 9th August Release, I knew they would become a staple.

I'm featuring these products:

• Concord & 9th - Cut the Cake | die & stencil bundle
• Pretty Pink Posh - Birthday Words | stencil
• Lawn Fawn - Gold | metallic cardstock

The gold glitter strip is from my stash but the shop does carry:

• Spellbinders - Gold Assortment | paper

I used the following Concord & 9th inks:

• Ballet Slipper
• Creamsicle
• Sprout
• Lilac

The Cut the Cake stencils really are so clever! So easy to combine the colors.  I decided to only stencil the Birthday Words stencils on the lower portion of the design, to not take away from the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Spooky Wishes, Using Repeat Dies to Create a Fun Background

Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook and I'm back to my usual antics with a fun Halloween card for Mix it up Monday. Today we're playing with repeat die cuts to create a fun background on your card.

I've had the Mama Elephant Circle Combo dies out quite a bit lately so they were my first to reach for with the variety of stitched circle sizes in that set. I chose 3 fabulous colors that seem to be my Halloween palette for 2024 and cut the 3 smallest circles from each one. I arranged them on my 4x5.25 inch piece of white cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere them in place. I trimmed off the excess of the circles hanging over the edge and splattered the panel with orange metallic watercolor.

Next, I pulled out some of the Pretty Pink Posh Halloween release and cut bats from the Ghost Holder die set. I used mini foam squares to pop them up all over my design. Then I used a sentiment from the new Halloween Corners stamp set using Distress Oxide ink in kitsch flamingo and spiced marmalade. I love that this stamp set has dies for the sentiments along with the images.

I popped my sentiment up along with one final bat. Then I popped the panel up one an A2 size piece of black cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere the whole thing to a white card base. Sometimes I use black card bases with another white insert inside but I'm running low on black cardstock we have to ration things until my order comes. haha!

How do you feel about the abundance of non-traditional color palette for holidays lately? I feel like it's getting more popular every year and I'm absolutely here for it!

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

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Creating Simple Layered Cards With Pretty Pink Posh Flower Bouquet

Hello crafty friends.  I know everyone is excited for all the new fall and holiday products, but I'm not ready to abandoned summer yet.  It takes so long to get here in the PNW, I'm going to hang on to every last day of sunshine and enjoy the beautiful flowers in my garden, the inspiration for today's cards.

I stamped and colored the images with Copic markers.  After coloring my images I added them to my card bases with some additional layered die cut frames.  

I mixed up the sentiments and added a die cut "thanks" to one of the cards and a stamped sentiment for the other.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you were inspired!

-Cathy

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Thanks...for all that you do

I needed to design a couple thank you cards so I'm thinking of having all my September posts feature that theme.

I designed this one especially for a friend of mine that always opens her home up to our group.  I'm featuring:

• Concord & 9th - Mushroom Medley | stamp and die bundle
• Concord & 9th - Friendly Florals | dies
• Lawn Fawn - Backdrop Stitched Woodgrain | lawn cuts

The overall color palette is by Concord & 9th:

• Cranberry
• Tidepool
• Pebble

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Florals For All Through the Year - Small Die Sets that Go a Long Way

Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. It's Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and I'm moving outside of my typical and playing with florals. There are some newer die sets from Spellbinders that are a fabulous price point but adorable, fun to create with and really versatile. The one we're playing with today is called Little Blooms. The dies in this collection range from $7 to $15 and you can use them for a billion and one different cards!

For today's card, I cut the different elements from a limited color palette (happens to be a favorite these days) and used liquid glue to assemble all the pieces. I played around with arrangement on my craft mat and landed on a loose circle. To make it easy to add them to a card front, I used a piece of Press-n-Seal to hold them together while I added foam squares to the back of everything. This also made it a piece of cake to figure out what size circle die I could use for my background and actually adhering all the pieces to that circle at once. Definitely a kitchen item to keep in your craft room.

So after the florals were stuck to the Press-n-Seal, I die cut a white circle from the Mama Elephant Circle Combo dies and ink blended distress oxide spun sugar to the center. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. Then I cut two of the scallop layers from a peach-orange cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere all my layers together.

After removing the release paper from the foam squares on my flowers I popped them in place on the scalloped circle card front. To turn this into a card, I cut the same stitched circle a second time, scored it 3/8" from one side and used liquid glue to adhere it to the back.

I went digging for a specific theme of sentiment and landed on it in the Spellbinders I've Got You Covered stamp and die set. I stamped it with celery stick ink and cut it out before popping it up across the center with foam strips.

I'm not a floral crafter but sometimes they're just what you need. This little die set will be a long standing part of my stash for that reason. It's simple and so pretty.

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

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