Did you hear that Doodlebugs is the sponsor for this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge? Link up a newly createdChristmas/Holiday themed card with Coffee, Tea and/or Cocoa. We no longer have monthly themes. Cards still have to have aChristmas/Holiday theme. Remember to use Coffee, Tea and or Cocoa too! One lucky random card will win a $20 Doodlebugs gift card.
Monthly challenge will start on the 1st of every month at 4 am pacific and close at 11:55 pm pacific on the 25th of each month.
Here's how I was inspired this month:
I wanted to concentrate on a postal friendly design that is easily to mass produce. I combined these products:
Concord & 9th - Stay Cozy | die
Concord & 9th - Sweater Season | stamp
Pretty Pink Posh - Winter Drinks | stamp
You could easily switch out color palettes.
We can't wait to see how you're inspired.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
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Hey friends! It's Mix it up Monday on the Doodlebugs blog today! I'm sharing some really fun stenciling in a bunch of color combos because who doesn't love a good citrus!
I was really in the mood to play with stencils a little bit ago so I went digging through all my layering stencils, finally landing on this fun Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stencil set. I inked it up with the orange combo because it seemed immediately logical but right after that I thought, I want to make lemons and limes and, what about grapefruit too!?! So I did.
The final layer is the juice splatter so I spread glossy gel through it and sprinkled those with super fine glitter for sparkle. While those were drying I cut some Lawn Fawn scripty sentiments from white cardstock - 3 layers for each card - and glued them together with liquid glue. But I didn't like the white sentiment so I cut another layer for each card and inked it with the same inks I used on the stenciling.
Once the panels were dry, I trimmed the edge off and lined the back with foam tape. Then I inked the edge of my card base to match each panel and adhered them together. Last, I glued my sentiments in the center and suddenly have an adorable set of 4 cards done!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Hello friends! Today for Mix it up Monday, I'm playing with some more of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage series. I love all of these and that you can mix and match bunches of them together if you want. It adds life to the product and makes it more fun today play with. Today I had a hard time breaking up my rainbow of envelope stamps though.
After die cutting the postage collage base, I cut that with the postage collage envelope base. Then I stuck it to my grip mat and used the postage collage envelope stencil to ink them up in a rainbow of colors.
I used my scissors to trim them apart and arranged them on an A2 scrap of cardstock before using liquid glue to adhere them all together. While those were drying, I cut a piece of dark blue cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallops cover plate and splattered that with white paint.
Once all of that was dry, I glued the blue panel to a white card base and popped the envelopes up on that with foam squares. After trimming off the excess I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from the Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes set. This set has coordinating dies so I also cut it out before popping it up with foam squares to match the level of the envelopes.
For finishing touches here I added a little sparkle to the envelope hearts with stardust Stickles.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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The flowers in the neighborhoods are so gorgeous. I love to walk around in different Seattle neighborhoods with friends and family.
Today's project features:
Pretty Pink Posh - Spring Floral | Die
PinkFresh Studio - Brackets - Blanket Stitched | Die
Waffle Flower Crafts - Subsentiments - Bloom | die cuts
Altenew - Glitter Cardstock Set | Gilded
I knew that I wanted to do those daffodils in Pink Grapefruit and Nectar. The centers have been cut in gold glitter cardstock.
The twine was in my stash and I thought it would be a fun way to add the subsentiment. That and because I was having a real struggle trying to figure out where to add the sentiment.
I love those PinkFresh Studio Brackets. They add just a touch of texture to the overall design.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Hi friends! It's getting juicy around here! There are lemons for days and I'm here for it. The original idea was for one card but I ended up with so many lemons and lemon slices that I just couldn't let them spoil, so we've got two cards today!
They are the same design but I put the sentiment in different places so you could see the options; maybe you like one place better than the other. Personally, I couldn't choose.
To get these started I took yellow cardstock and splattered it with white paint. Then I took watercolor paper and did some ink smooshing with different yellow inks. When the papers were dry, I cut bunches of lemons and lemon slices using the Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemon dies.
Next, I cut the center piece from white cardstock. This is the clincher right here. This step ended up giving me twice as many slices as planned because I loved the combo both ways so I made them all!
I cut two notched squares using the new Pretty Pink Posh dies from teal cardstock and used them as a guide for the size of my lemon wreaths. I used liquid glue to adhere the lemons together and an acrylic block to hold them in place while they dried.
While those were drying I got messy with distress oxide spray and spritz on my teal squares. I also added some watered down white paint to these for more texture.
While all that was drying, I cut pink panels for my card fronts and glued them to bases. I inked the edges a little with a blending brush and ballet slippers ink but I think the colors were too close because it didn't show up a lot. Next, I cut Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strips and stamped my sentiments on them. This one came from the Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stamp set.
Then everything was assembled with foam tape and squares so there is a bundle of dimension and visual interest on both cards. For finishing touches I added stardust Stickles to the centers of the flowers on both cards.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Products used:
Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemon dies
Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Notched Squares dies
Distress Oxide Spray and Spritz - salvaged patina and cracked pistachio
