Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Just for You

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:


Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart and Concord and 9th Mushroom Medly

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.

Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart and Concord and 9th Mushroom Medly

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!

Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart and Concord and 9th Mushroom Medly

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Monday, February 10, 2025

Be Mine Bears

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.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

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.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

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.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

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.

Mama Elephant My Favorite Person Pretty Pink Posh Fringe Heart

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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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Sending you all the hearts

 I love designing Valentine's Day cards.  I love the combo of these products for today's project:

Mama Elephant Beary Good Day and Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket

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
Mama Elephant Beary Good Day and Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket

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.

Mama Elephant Beary Good Day and Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket


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Monday, February 3, 2025

XOXO: Two-for-One Valentine Cards

 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.

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

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!

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

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!

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

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.

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

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.

Pretty Pink Posh Ghost Friends

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!

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

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Sweetening your day with strawberries

 I could easily be a fruitatarian.  Love consuming them and designing with them.  Here's how I was inspired today:


My project features:
  • Lawn Fawn - Sweet Strawberry Bundle | stamp, coloring stencil + die
  • Lawn Fawn - Little Letter | lawn cut
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Sweet Chocolates Bundle | stamp + die
  • Lawn Fawn - Pint-Sized Patterns Falling Leaves | 6x6

I love using the coloring stencils with the Lawn Fawn stamp sets!



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Monday, January 27, 2025

Mini Note Card Duo


 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
Blending brushes
Glossy accents

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Just saying hello

Valentine's Cards, I love designing them...especially after the holidays. It's a nice change and reminds me that Spring is just around the corner.


Pretty Pink Posh Love Word Shaker

Today's card features:
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Love Word Shaker | die
  • Mama Elephant - December Duo | stamp + die
  • Lawn Fawn - Simple Sentiments | stamp
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Love | shaker beads
Shaker cards, I didn't really start making them until just a couple years ago.  This one was easy to make:
  • Use the Love Word Shaker solid die with red + white cardstock.
  • Line up the letters in the Red Love die cut
  • Take the A2 white panel with the negative Love cut. Flip it upside down and drop the red outline Love die cut into the center of the panel.  I used 1/8 strips of double sided tape to adhere the word securely.
  • Cut down acetate [use upcycled packaging] to just shy of an A2 panel.  Back the White A2 panel with the red love outline with the acetate film.
  • I added strips of foam adhesive to create a rectangle on the back of the Love panel. 
  • Cut pink panel a smidge smaller than an A2 panel.  Position shaker beads in the middle of the panel.
  • Carefully pull away the strips from the double sided tape on the Love white panel.  Secure it to the pink panel with the shaker beads.  I make sure that I firmly press down the top panel to secure all the adhesive strips.
  • Finish off the card with the sentiment strip stamped in Lawn Fawn Crunchy Leaf.
Pretty Pink Posh Love Word Shaker

I'm going to tuck this into some happy mail that is going to my daughter.

Pretty Pink Posh Love Word Shaker


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Monday, January 20, 2025

A Year of Joy Birthday Remix

Hi friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. After Christmas brings us a few more birthdays in the family so I usually need to sprinkle those in my Valentine crafting and thought it would be fun to share one with you today. This was for my dad a few weeks ago and I absolutely love how it turned out!

Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday

I started things with the Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Candles, die cutting the pieces and gluing them together with liquid glue. This gave me my color palette when coloring my images.

Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday

I chose images from Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday Add On and Pawsome Birthday stamp sets. After coloring everything with copic markers, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. For my "ground" I chose a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip to stamp and cut out.

Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday

I used the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder on a piece of white cardstock, glued my candles directly to it with liquid glue and used a combo of foam squares and liquid glue to adhere the images and sentiment strip. Then I popped the whole panel up on a white card base with foam tape.

Lawn Fawn Yappy Birthday

For finishing touches today I added glossy accents to the candle flames and bits of the images like puppy noses, some of the flags, party hat and bone on the cupcake. I like the addition of bits and pieces being shiny to catch your eye and draw interest around the scene. 

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

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Squeeze the Day!

If you've been following me for a bit, you know that I love all things citrus.  Here's how I was inspired today:

Concord and 9th Berries and Jam

Today's project features the following products:
  • Concord & 9th - Berries and Jam bundle | stamps + die
  • Lawn Fawn - Zesty Lemon | lawn cuts
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Circles | die
  • Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6
Concord and 9th Berries and Jam


I love how this turned out!  I added the twine from my stash.

Concord and 9th Berries and Jam


Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

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Monday, January 13, 2025

Happy Valentine's Day, Hugs!

Happy Mix it Up Monday everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook and today we're mixing old and new Valentine goodies together. Have you started Valentine crafting yet?

Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry Stamp and Die

I started by stamping three of the Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry images, adding sprinkles to two and a sweet face to the third. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.

Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry Stamp and Die

Next, I inked up a piece of pink cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencil with ballet slippers and apricot inks. Then I cut the panel out with the largest Lawn Fawn Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stackables in the small set. I glued a piece of red cardstock to a white card base and popped my stenciled panel up with foam tape on it.

Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry Stamp and Die

I cut the Lawn Fawn Scripty Hugs from black cardstock three times and glued them together. Next I used liquid glue to adhere the hugs and sprinkle strawberries to the stenciled panel. I popped the final strawberry up with a foam square. Next, I stamped and cut a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip and popped it up below the hugs sentiment.

Lawn Fawn Sweet Strawberry Stamp and Die

For finishing touches I glued a scattering of Spellbinders flat discs across the design and added white gel pen highlights to all of the strawberry images.

I love giving Valentines to anyone and everyone in my life. Everything from tags on gifts to treat boxes to cards. Almost more than Christmas I think. What about you?

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

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Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Oh Shoot

 New Year, New Resolutions? Personally I've given up on those a long time ago.  I try to work harder on goals that I give myself, like designing birthday cards.  Here's how I was inspired today:


Today's project features:
  • Lawn Fawn - Heart Pandas | stamps, dies and stencil
  • Lawn Fawn - Oh Gnome | stamps and dies
  • Lawn Fawn - Stripes and Sprinkles | 6x6
  • Lawn Fawn - Stitched Ripple | Backdrop
  • Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Circles | dies
Are you team stencils? I am!  I love that Lawn has been releasing them to coordinate with their stamp sets.  Why? This makes it easier for me to color.  I used a blending brush and some ink.  For today's card I used Concord & 9th - Nectar on the Panda and Concord & 9th - Sprout and Parsley for the bamboo.


I combined the Heart Panda's Oh Shoot sentiment with the belated birthday sentiment from the Oh Gnome set.

I love pink and green but also love purple and green too, so that's the color combo I went with.



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