Happy Monday friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook with your weekly dose of Mix it up Monday. Today I added a fun mini shaker to the mix with all of the wintry cuteness.
I started by using some shimmer watercolor powders on a piece of watercolor paper, once that was dry I die cut my Pretty Pink Posh Snowflake Shaker from it. I lined the back with acetate and foam strips, a sprinkle of clay embellishments and sealed it up with a piece of white cardstock.
Next, I stamped and colored some sweet penguins from the Sunny Studios Roly Poly Penguins stamp set. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set it all aside. I couldn't decide how I wanted my background - ink blended or solid and then I came across the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake cover die and all my questions were answered. It's the perfect backdrop!
I ink blended the snowflake panel with pink ink to help the stitching stand out and then glued it to a white card base. Next I added the snowflake and penguins with foam squares and liquid glue. Finally, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a banner die cut, all from Pretty Pink Posh. I also popped it up and trimmed the excess off.
For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to penguin eyes, glossy accents to their beaks and feet, and white gel pen highlights to all of the images.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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Have you been enjoying the Fall Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop? Doodlebugs is a Super Sponsor of the event. Read all the details over on the main hop post HERE. I wanted to share another caffeinated themed project today:
Today's project features:
Mama Elephant - December Duo | stamps + creative cuts
Do you see the stencil work behind those cute critters? I used Concord & 9th - Parsley ink. The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on the same Falling Leaves base panel. I did the heat embossing in the center of the panel so I could still use the A2 panel for my card design.
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Happy Monday! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook for another Mix it up Monday. Today I'm sharing a fun mushroom filled gnome card. I had fun with all of my favorite techniques on this card - ink blending, messy with texture paste, coloring and die cutting. It's all there!
After getting the new Mushroom stencil from Pretty Pink Posh, I immediately went to my stash to gather other mushroomy things to play with! Eventually I landed on the Lawn Fawn Mushroom border and Oh Gnome stamps and dies.
I ink blended the background stencils, finishing the detail layer off with texture paste. I cleaned up my space and got to die cutting my fun mushroom border. I love that this border has a grass layer so you can have fun dimension with little effort. I used liquid glue to add my mushroom caps and then adhere the layers together. With the texture paste dry at this point, I trimmed everything down to A2 size and popped the ground layer up with foam tape on the stenciled panel.
Next, I stamped images from Lawn Fawn Oh Gnome and colored them with copic markers. After cutting them out with the coordinating dies, I added them to the scene with liquid glue and foam squares. I also went it with some white gel pen highlights and glossy accents on the mushroom dots.
The Oh Gnome stamp set has great sentiments and a speech bubble with mini sentiments to use but in the end I landed on a fabulous Mama Elephant Banner Greetings die cut. It was more generic which is what I was looking for and fits so perfect up there.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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Hello coffee lovers! I'm so excited that Doodlebugs is sponsoring the Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop again this year. I always look forward to all the wonderful coffee, tea and cocoa inspiration. I have a project to share, a discount code and a link to the blog hop where you'll find all the details on how you can participate for a chance to win some awesome prizes!
Doodlebugs Prize: $25 Gift Code
Here's the link the the BLOG HOP where you'll find all the details!
Doodlebugs is offering a discount code for everyone to celebrate the hop. You'll find th details and the discount code below. Click the image for a link to the store and start shopping now for the best selection.
Here's how I was inspired for the hop:
I couldn't wait to combine these Concord & 9th products for today:
Afternoon Tea | die
Tea Blossom | embossing folder
Dots & Blossoms | stencil pack
I used a white stencil paste that I had in my stash with the stencil.
No stamping on this card and a bit of die cutting. I love how many details you can add to the project. Concord & 9th really does a great job with that.
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