The beauty of this is that if you're using the cover plate only, you can prepare multiple projects. I used 3 colors from an earlier project and added the Nectar for this project.
The Pretty Pink Posh Happy Birthday Shadow is definitely one of those 'staples' for birthday cards.
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Hi friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. I have a fairly simple card to share with you today that I'm just smitten with! I love my critters, you all know that! So to be able to mix and match things along that theme together makes me extra happy! Today we've got a fun background and some adorable puppies to celebrate with!
I was digging around in my stash and came across this fabulous layered stencil set from Waffle Flower called Paw Print Duo. It's a two layer stencil and gives these awesome paw prints for your background. Today I inked them up with peacock and mermaid inks from Lawn Fawn and then splattered the panel with white paint for a little interest and texture.
While that was drying, I stamped the puppy image from the Mama Elephant Little Line Agenda stamp set and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and added foam squares to the back.
From the same stamp set, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on black cardstock. Then I used a banner die to cut it out and also added foam strips to the back of this.
With the background dry, I glued it to a card base and simply removed the release paper on my image and sentiment strip, popping them in the upper center. Then, for finishing touches I added a dab of glossy accents to all the puppy noses and about half of the labels on the boxes. No rhyme or reason, just some glossy bits here and there.
Aren't they the cutest thing you've ever seen!?! I can't say it enough, I love the Mama Elephant Little Agenda line. They're the perfect size to play with and too cute for words!
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Floral cards aren't my go-to design but that doesn't mean that I don't love them. I love it when I can design an all die cut project.
Today's project combines:
Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers: Dogwood | dies
Lawn Fawn - Stitched Ripple Backdrop | Lawn Cuts
Concord & 9th - Friendly Florals | dies
I love a clean + simple design. With a bit of ink blending, it helps so that the focal point isn't lost. Do you notice all the pops of gold glitter detail?
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Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I'm so excited to get a chance to play with the Mama Elephant Cake Gift Card Holder die set. It's so fun and a fabulous way to make your card interactive!
I started by cutting the various parts of the gift card holder from colored cardstock and then used blending brushes and dye inks to add depth and dimension to them before assembling it all with liquid glue.
I pulled out the Lawn Fawn Heart Pandas to adorn the bottom of the cake, including the butterfly and trail. They are attached with foam squares.
My background panel is embossed with the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder and ink blended for depth to bring out the fun dots. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Way to Go stamp set, using the coordinating die to cut it out.
I popped the embossed panel up with foam tape on a white card base and splattered it with gold watercolor. Next, I glued the gift card holder to that with liquid glue. Then I popped up the sentiment above the candles.
For finishing touches I added stardust Stickles to the inside of the flames and butterfly wings. Then I went over the rest of the flames with glossy accents letting them mix together a bit.
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I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to feature one stamp set, three different ways:
These are the products that I'm featuring today:
Waffle Flower - Sweet Strawberry | Combo stamp + die
Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6
Spellbinders - Essential Stylish Ovals | dies
Lawn Fawn - How You Bean - Strawberries Add On | stamp
Pretty Pink Posh - Friend Shadow | die
Spellbinders - Emerald Cut Labels and Tag | die
Pretty Pink Posh - Sweet Chocolates | stamp + dies
Waffle Flower - Inside/Outside Scalloped Circle | die
Lawn Fawn - Scripty Birthday | lawn cut
Let me break them down for you. I wanted them to be birthday cards because I never seem to have enough of them in my stash.
This is the one that doesn't specifically have a birthday sentiment but I could easily add a panel to the interior with a birthday greeting. This one features:
Waffle Flower - Sweet Strawberry | Combo stamp + die
Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6
Spellbinders - Essential Stylish Ovals | dies
Lawn Fawn - How You Bean - Strawberries Add On | stamp
Pretty Pink Posh - Shadow Friend | die
I wanted to have at least one design that had glitter cardstock on it. I'm a big fan of the Pretty Pink Posh Shadow dies.
I think this is my favorite from the trio. I love the contrast of the red and yellow.
Waffle Flower - Sweet Strawberry | Combo stamp + die
Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6
Pretty Pink Posh - Sweet Chocolates | stamp + dies
Lawn Fawn - How You Bean - Strawberries Add On | stamp
Spellbinders - Emerald Cut Labels and Tag | die
I don't use those Emerald Cut Label and Tag dies enough.
I love the scallops and stitches along with the pops of black.
Waffle Flower - Sweet Strawberry | Combo stamp + die
Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6
Lawn Fawn - How You Bean - Strawberries Add On | stamp
Waffle Flower - Inside/Outside Scalloped Circle | die
Lawn Fawn - Scripty Birthday | lawn cut
I hope to keep this as an ongoing feature. It'll be a great way to build up my birthday stash.
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Hi friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook for the weekly dose of Mix it up Monday. I'm officially out of the holiday crafting for a little bit. But sometimes we didn't get to play with our holiday goodies enough and it's fun to find ways to use them all year long. Today I'm showing an idea to use that sweet Pretty Pink Posh fox past Valentine's Day!
I cut all the pieces for the fox and ink blended them for a little depth and dimension, then used liquid glue to adhere it all together. Next, I pulled out the Spellbinders Little Blooms set and started cutting out flowers and leaves.
I used liquid glue to assemble the flowers and then also to add them into the fox's paws. Then I set the fox aside and used the Pretty Pink Posh Happy Days Stencil on a piece of pink cardstock. After inking it up, I trimmed 1/2" off the bottom and popped it up on a white card base with foam tape. Next I added a strip of yellow cardstock to the bottom.
I cut a Spellbinders Make a Wish Arch from vellum and started assembling the rest together with foam squares and tape runner. I like to use dry adhesive whenever possible with vellum because liquid glue makes it warp. It doesn't like the moisture.
Last I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Mama Elephant Way to Go, the used the coordinating die to cut it out before popping it up with foam strips.
For finishing touches today, I added little eyelashes to my fox's eyes and glossy accents to her nose and eyes.
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Happy Tuesday! This week is Galentine's Day on February 13th and Valentine's Day on February 14th. I teamed up some fun products today:
Today's project combines:
Pretty Pink Posh - Fringe Heart | die
Pretty Pink Posh - Love Script | die
Concord & 9th - Mushroom Medley | bundle
I love that fringe heart and can see it used year round rather than just for Valentine's Day.
I recently asked friends over on instagram what some of their go-to color combos were. I was reminded of kraft + red. I threw in some different shades of blue for a pop!
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Hey friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Happy to be here with another Mix-it-Up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog. I'm squeezing in one more bit of Valentine inspiration before the big day is here. I really love Valentine crafting of all sorts so it's hard for me to be done right up until the day.
Today I played with the Pretty Pink Posh fringe heart dies. I started with white and graduated up to red on my layers. After gluing them today, I fluffed the fringe a bit and splattered the heart with gold watercolor.
Then I stamped and colored some Mama Elephant cuties from the set My Favorite Person. After die cutting them I stamped and heat embossed mini sentiments on each from the set in gold. Next, I ink blended the Pretty Pink Posh Deco Leaves stencil in red on a pink cardstock panel.
It seemed very stark so I went around the edges with the same blending brush after removing the stencil and also splattered it would a little water. I used liquid glue to adhere this panel and the fringe heart to a card base. Then I added the bears with foam squares.
Last I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Valentine Greetings and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I popped it up on the fringe heart with foam strips. For finishing touches I did add tiny glossy accents dots to the bear noses.
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I love designing Valentine's Day cards. I love the combo of these products for today's project:
Originally I was going to combine the Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket and the Valentine Bucket Additions. I ended up going a different route with these products:
Pretty Pink Posh - Candy Bucket | dies
Pretty Pink Posh - Love Word Shaker | dies
Pretty Pink Posh - Build a Heart | die
Pretty Pink Posh - Heart Lattice | stencil
Mama Elephant - Beary Good Day | stamp + creative cuts bundle
I really wanted to add the Beary Good Day set so I switched up my idea from the original design. I love the mix of products and think those bears are adorable.
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Hi friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. It's Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog and today I'm sharing a fun duo of Valloween cards using Mama Elephant dies and Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. I started by stamping all of the ghosts from Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends just to color and relax with no plan in place. Then as I was crafting, I created the first card and the second just followed.
After coloring all the cute ghosts, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out and just started playing around. Originally I thought I would use most all of them on one card but my first layout came together using just three and I love it!
I cut the Mama Elephant XOXO Grid Cover plate from red cardstock and inlaid white letters in each from leftovers I had saved while creating another card. I started to inlay the red centers to the Os but didn't like it so I cut the cover plate from teal cardstock, saving all the pieces for another time but inserting the O centers to this cover and I love it!
With the pieces to the cover glued to a card front, I popped my ghosts up with foam squares. Then stamped and heat embossed sentiments from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Valentine and cut them out with sentiment strip dies. I popped them up with foam squares and finished the design off with glossy accents and stardust stickles.
However, now I have a bunch of XOs, extra ghosts and nothing to do with them. Except I wasn't done playing so I pulled them together and started playing with an arrangement.
Once I decided I liked the ghosts and XOXO the way they were, I used liquid glue to adhere it all together wherever it overlapped. I lined the back with foam squares and strips and set it aside to create a background.
To do that, I cut the second largest die in the Mama Elephant Mod Heart die set from pink cardstock and inked it up with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils and Starburst stencil.
I added the background panel to a white card base with foam tape and then removed the release paper from my images and popped those up in the center of the card front. Last, I stamped and heat embossed another sentiment from the same set on the previous card, cut it out and popped it up too.
For finishing touches on this card I also came in with glossy accents and stardust stickles on all of the ghosts.
Are these cards not the cutest ever? I'm over the moon with how they turned out! So fun and perfect for Valentine's Day that's coming up quick!
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Hi friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook with this week's Mix it up Monday. Today I have a couple of mini note cards to share with you. I love these for lunch boxes, leaving in mailboxes at work or attaching to gifts like a tag. They're small and pretty quick to create but also really fun to make and give!
I started with the Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies. I cut two card bases and four stitched squares so I had a layer for the front and a clean slate for the inside to write on. On the white panels for the front I inked them up with the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil using Lawn Fawn no. 2 pencil and deep sea inks.
For both cards, I used Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies for the sentiments and the Write With Me stamp and die set. I chose the penguin for this card and used the scribble star from the set for the background. In my mind he's painting the stars.
After adhering the layers together with liquid glue and foam squares, I added glossy accents to bits of the penguin and his brush. Lastly, I added white gel pen highlights all over the image.
For my second card, I chose the adorable piggy image. I love how the pink pig stands out off the yellow and blue scheme of the rest of the design. I stamped these stars with gray ink envisioning him scribbling them all over with his pencil.
Same for with this card, after assembling the layers with liquid glue and foam squares, I added glossy accents to parts of the pencil and white gel pen highlights all over.
To really make these fun, I used my envelope punch board and some patterned paper from my stash to create coordinating envelopes for each one.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Mama Elephant Write With Me stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Lawn Fawn ink - narwhal, no. 2 pencil and deep sea
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