Happy Boba Birthday

 I was so happy to see Lawn Fawn's Year Fifteen set.  Here's how I was inspired:

I combined the following products:

• Lawn Fawn - Year Fifteen | stamps + lawn cuts + stencil
• Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Circles | dies
• Waffle Flower  - Sweet Plaid Panel | die
• Mama Elephant - Boba Tea | stamp
• Mama Elephant - Celebration Hamsters | stamp
• Lawn Fawn - Falling Leaves | 6x6

I love the coordinating stencils that Lawn Fawn comes out with.  It makes coloring their images super fast!  I cut the interior out from the Eyelet Circle and backed it with vellum so that you can see a bit of the plaid paper.

The Boba drinks have been colored with the following Distress Oxides:

• Barn Door
• Dried Marigold
• Mustard Seed
• Mowed Lawn
• Broken China
• Ground Espresso

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Sunshine Thank You Tags

 Hello again everyone! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook with a bundle of thank you tags I created for the end of the school year. The design is really versatile, easy to do it batches and cuter than cute!

To create these cards I did them in a few different sessions. First, I ink smooshed some watercolor paper with dark yellow and orange inks. Then I took yellow cardstock and spritzed it with Distress Oxide ink so it had some texture. Then I let all of that dry. Next, I die cut the yellow with a 2" circle and the ink smooshed panels with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Sun Frame. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and an acrylic block to hold them flat while they dried.

Next session, I stamped and colored the same cute Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hedgehog and used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also die cut a banner from the Mama Elephant Banner Greetings die set and glued the layers together.

In my last session, I added the banners and hedgehogs to the sunshines with foam strips and squares. I finished each one off with some blue twine to tie on the gift bags I have set aside and stardust Stickles on the little flower he is holding.

I don't want to ruin any surprises but these are going on gift packages with a "don't grow up, enjoy summer" vibe and I'm really excited about them!

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

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Oh Happy Day

 I have been wanting to ink up this set!  It's so much fun picking the color palette.

I combined the following products:

• Concord & 9th - Triple Step Happy Day | Stamp & Die Bundle
• Lawn Fawn - Backdrop Stitched Ripple | Lawn Cuts

The Concord & 9th inks I used:

• Poppy
• Sprout
• Aqua Sky

I love the added scallop and happy die from the Triple Step Happy Day Die set. I also added those sweet little red hearts.

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Faux Notebook Paper and a Congrats Card

 Hi friends! It's Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. Today's card came about in a funny way. I had a scrap of copic paper left over months ago. Randomly I stamped 2 Mama Elephant critters on it because they fit perfectly. That piece of paper has moved all around my craft desk and the clipboard I use to color on since then. Randomly, I came across them again while looking for fresh copic paper to stamp on and today's idea just hit me! So I switched gears and went to work...

After coloring and die cutting the first two critters, I realized that I needed a third. So I remedied that and set them aside to work on my fun background idea...faux notebook paper with the Lawn Fawn Simple Stripes Portrait die! I cut the backdrop from white cardstock and glued it to a card base. Then I used a ruler to keep my lines straight and BG11 and R20 copic markers to add the notebook lines.

Next, I added foam squares to the back of my critters and set them in place while I stamped some of the fun designs from the Mama Elephant Write With Me stamp set. I used colored ink for some a black ink for the text. After those were stamped I felt good about the critter placement and actually removed the release paper from the foam squares and stuck them down.

Next I pulled sentiments from the Mama Elephant Way To Go stamp set and added them around the critters. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to critter noses, glasses and parts of the pens.

It's end of school year/graduation time so I thought this card would be perfect to share now! It could go to a kiddo or a teacher celebrating the end of the year.

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