Hello Friend

 So many cute new products have been dropping into the shop lately.  Here's how I was inspired today:

If you've been following me for a bit, you know that I love all things citrus.  Today's project features:

• Concord & 9th - Citrus Crush | Stamp and Die Bundle
• Concord & 9th - H2Hello | Stamp and Die Bundle
• Pretty Pink Posh - Friend Shadow | Die

I love how the sentiments coordinate with each other and have similar fonts.

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Strawberry Shake-It-Up

Hey friends, it's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook! Let's shake it up for mix it up Monday! I'm on the Doodlebugs blog today with this ADORABLE strawberry shaker card. Isn't it the cutest thing?!?

I had a general design in mind so I pulled out my Mama Elephant Boxed Drinks stamps and dies. I really wanted to make a strawberry milk carton so naturally I reached for the sweet cow and hammy holding strawberries to go with it. I colored everything with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Next, I used the Mama Elephant Grid Window cover die to cut a green front panel. I lined the back with acetate and then each window with foam strips. I wanted to make sure the shaker bits stayed in each window and didn't fall all the way to the bottom. Then I took a piece of white cardstock and ink blended pink fading to nothing for each row of windows. I filled each window well with Pretty Pink Posh Strawberry Shortcake embellishments, removed the release paper and sealed it up with the ink blended panel.

I added my images with foam squares. Then stamped and die cut a sentiment strip with the Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip dies. I ink blended the bottom of that with the same pink for a little interest from the stark white too.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all the strawberries, the straw and noses on both critters. It's fun and adds a little something but doesn't take away from the awesome shaker happening in the background!

 

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

 

 Links to products used or recommended are listed below:  

Mama Elephant Boxed Drinks stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Grid Window cover die
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip dies
Pretty Pink Posh Strawberry Shortcake embellishments
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Foam strips and squares
Glossy accents

Wild Flower Friend

I love it when a company comes out with products that make cardmaking fun and quick.  One of those is the entire Waffle Flower Crafters Postage Collage Collection.  

My project today features the following products:

• Waffle Flower Crafts - Postage Collage Wild Flower | Stencil
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Postage Collage | stamp
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Postage Collage | Die
• Concord & 9th - Friendly Florals | Dies

I love how this one turned out.  If you didn't know, green is my favorite color. I had a ton of help with Distress Oxides, the Waffle Flower Grip Mat and the Shader Brushes:

• Tattered Rose | Kitsch Flamingo | Picked Raspberry
• Squeezed Lemonade | Wild Honey
• Mowed Lawn
• Tumbled Glass | Mermaid Lagoon
• Walnut Stain
• Black Soot

I love how the Concord & 9th Friend die works beautifully with the Forever stamp.

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 Links to products used or recommended are listed below: 

Butterfly Pop Up Inside Surprise

Hello friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. For this week's Mix It Up Monday, I'm combining dies from Pretty Pink Posh and Mama Elephant to create a fairly fun and quick card with an awesome surprise inside! Let's get inky!

I started with a piece of white cardstock and ink blended it with Lawn Fawn inks randomly. My color palette today was forget me not, fish tank and fresh lavender. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry. Then I squished my Lawn Fawn deep sea ink pad on an acrylic block, spritzed it with water and flicked the darker color all over the panel. Once that was dry I went it with white paint splatters too. Once the whole panel was dry, I die cut it with the Pretty Pink Posh Butterfly cover plate.

I removed and saved all of the butterflies. Die cutting the smallest body from the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Butterflies set, I glued it to the solid butterfly and set it side. Keeping with my typical love for splatter, I used black paint to splatter the front of my card and then glued the panel over top of that.

I chose a sentiment from Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies, using liquid glue to adhere the layers together and foam strips to pop it up on the card front. Finally, I added foam squares to the edges of the butterfly wings and liquid glue to the center. Once it was in place I used reverse tweezers to hold the butterfly body down while the glue dries.

For the inside surprise! I took the remaining five butterflies from the plate and folded them in half. I glued the tips of the wings together with liquid glue. Once they were dry I glued the right butterfly inside the card, added glue to the left one and closed the card securing both end in place. I made sure to let this dry with heavy blocks on top for a while before trying to open it.

I had to much fun pulling this card together and love the extra element of the inside fun when the recipient opens it.

FYI - that many layers of butterflies in the inside makes it pretty thick so I think I'll save these cards for hand delivery or those going in a box of other goodies to mail. I don't think the USPS machines will like it very much.

 

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

Links to products used or recommended are listed below: