Seashells Everywhere

Welcome everyone! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. I'm not over the beach theme and I found a new stencil set to play with on top of it! Mix it up Monday for the Doodlebugs blog brings us beautiful stenciling for quick coloring and some relaxing seashell coloring too. It was a great crafting session!

I started by die cutting and ink blending the new Waffle Flower Seashell Frame die and stencil combo. It's so easy to use and is going to be so fun to mix and match different color combos on!

Next, I chose a handful of seashells from the new Pretty Pink Posh Seashells stamp set. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I arranged them how I wanted and used liquid glue to adhere them together. Then I chose a sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Summer set and cut it out with the Sentiment Strip dies, along with a scalloped shadow too.

For my background panel, I chose saltwater taffy Distress Spritz spray for shimmer and light color. I think it goes so well with everything else going on but doesn't distract from the images at all. After it dried, I adhered it to a card base with liquid glue and attached the frame, images and sentiment strip with foam squares.

I'm having so much fun creating with all of these new ocean themed goodies that have just released! Do you enjoy beach and ocean crafting? It makes me want to put my toes in the sand for sure!

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

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You're so Sweet

 I started designing a floral project but then switched to a fruit theme.  Here's how I was inspired today:

My project features:

• Lawn Fawn - Cheery Cherries | lawn cuts
• Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Circles | dies
• Concord & 9th - Slanted Shortcuts | dies
• Pretty Pink Posh - Sweet Cherries | stamp
• Lawn Fawn - Stripes 'n Sprinkles | 6x6

If you've been following me, you know that I LOVE working with fruit themes.  I added a bit of Cranberry ink to the cherries and finished off my design with some white gel pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Beach Vibes

Hey friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook for Mix it up Monday! I'm in full beach mode these days, loving all the new beach themed goodies coming out and having fun pairing them with some favorites I didn't get enough of from previous years!

For today's card, I got inky and splattery and loved every moment of it! I started by playing around with the Waffle Flower Beach Tote. I cut all the pieces, stamped my towel stripes and heat embossed my sentiment. Then I used liquid glue to adhere it all together.

To create my beach scene, I cut a couple pieces of kraft cardstock using the Lawn Fawn hillside borders and splattered them with brown ink and white paint for that sandy look. Then I cut a piece of cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallops cover die and splattered it with distress oxide spray and white paint.

When everything was dry, I glued the back layer of sand to the sky panel and then popped the beach tote up with foam tape. Next, I added the front layer of sand with a combo of liquid glue and foam squares.

Finally, I glued the whole thing to a card base and finished the design off with glossy accents on the sunglass lenses. 

Now, who's ready for a trip to the beach? ME!!! 

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

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Cozy Caffeinated Christmas Card

Did you hear that Doodlebugs is the sponsor for this month's Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge?  Link up a newly created Christmas/Holiday themed card with Coffee, Tea and/or Cocoa. We no longer have monthly themes. Cards still have to have a Christmas/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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