Tuesday With Toni

Happy  Tuesday everyone!  Cathy here for a quick announcement!  Thanks for all the lovely comments welcoming Toni!  We randomly selected a name from the comments on Sunday.  Our winner is Cynthia Cole.  Cynthia, please email your shipping address to hello@doodlebugswa.com. We will send a package of goodies out to you.  Thanks again for all the support and kind words!

Hello, everyone!  I have two very cute cards for you today!  The card on the left was my original and the other my simplified version.

You:  Simplified? But, Toni, the second looks just as complicated.
Me:  Nah. The background paper does away with the stenciling, sponging, glitter and most of the diecuts!

Let's talk about the original card, shall we?  I sponged a panel with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet using a Picket Fence Studio Blender Brush and the MFT Mini Cloud Edges stencil. I then die cut this using the Lawn Fawn Rainy Backdrop Portrait Die. Insert happy dance.

Next I covered the card base with Scor-Tape then lay the Lawn Fawn Rainy Backdrop Portrait panel on top. I sprinkled Doodlebug Design glitter over that and burnished it with my fingers into the raindrops. So sparkly!

Piggy time!  I stamped the MFT Scene Builder hills on Strathmore Bristol Smooth using Versafine Onyx Black. I fussy cut it out then watercolored it with Zig Real Brush Pens. I adhered the hills onto the card using Scor-Tape. 

The MFT Piggy Pebbles umbrella piggy is also stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and colored with Zigs.

Final touches included adding Whimsy Stamps Up in the Clouds diecuts and paper-piecing the umbrella using a snippet from the Doodlebug Design Lots o' Luck 6x6 Paper.

Now reading how I made the original card, you can tell it takes quite some effort and time.  With the second card, I eliminated a chunk of the base layer stuff by using American Crafts 12x12 patterned paper for a similar effect.

Other changes here include adding the grass from the MFT Scene Builder set using Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn. Very simple to do and lots of visual impact.

So I was able to simplify this enough that I brought this along as a Make n Take to a crafty gathering last month. Yay!

Feel free to stop by my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, to see my other creations, or you can follow me on Instagram.  See you soon!

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Big News Stamp Set from Mama Elephant

I know, it's not Tuesday, but Toni's back with a bonus card this week.  Happy Thursday friends!

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Hi, Friends!  Remember the mermaid card from earlier this week which had the fab bright orange Hello? Well, I couldn't let the leftover pieces go to waste, now could I?

I had blended Distress Oxide Candied Apple and Carved Pumpkin using Picket Fence Studio Blender Brushes on a piece of cardstock and spattered with water. Once dry, I die cut the Mama Elephant Big Scripty Hello from it. 

For this card, I adhered a piece of MFT retired 6x6 paper onto the card base using Scor-Tape. I then adhered the leftover Hello banner using Gina K Connect glue.

Then I stamped out the bear from the Mama Elephant Big News set with Memento Tuxedo Black. He's popped up with Scotch Foam Tape. I used Copics to color him  up.
 

So dreamy!  I love this color combo and had originally intended to make this as a neutral baby card but for now, it's rather any occasion.

I'll see you next week! In the meantime, you can check out my other creations on my blog, Frankie Helps Crafts, or by following me on Instagram.

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Little Mermaiden Agenda from Mama Elephant

Hello crafty friends!!  We've decided to make Toni's appearance here on Tuesdays permanent and a bit more official.  Nothing says official like a title.  So, please welcome Toni, she'll be contributing weekly for our "Tuesday with Toni" post.

To celebrate...we'll be sponsoring a giveaway.  Leave a welcome message for Toni in the comments at the end of the post.  Next Sunday, we'll randomly select a winner from the comments and send them some goodies (#BugMail).  Sorry, US mailing addresses only.  We are not able to ship internationally at this time.

PLEASE NOTE:  Winner announcement will be posted next week in our Tuesday with Toni post.  Please check the May 21st post on Tuesday for the announcement. 

Hello, Doodlebugs fans! I couldn't wait to get my little hands on the latest Mama Elephant goodies. I love mermaids and mini sentiments and apparently giant sentiments!

I started the card by blending Distress Oxide Salty Ocean on the card base using Picket Fence Studios Blender Brushes and spattering it with water and the Distress Oxide Ink.

While that dried I blended Distress Oxide Candied Apple and Carved Pumpkin on another piece of cardstock and again spattered it with water. Swoon on the blue/orange color combo!

Once dry, I die cut the Mama Elephant Big Scripty Hello.  As you can see, the Hello is popped up on Scotch foam tape and positioned lightly on the card. Lightly? So I could slide other design elements beneath.

Now the really really really fun part! I stamped out the Mama Elephant Little Mermaiden Agenda cuties using Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them up with Copics.

NOTE: Notice how the name of the set is mermaiden.  I wonder if a mermad set is in the works. Eeeee!

I adhered them using Gina K Connect Glue.  The glue is really easy to apply and I would use it for absolutely everything if it dried matte. (hint, hint, Gina!)

I added a few green elements using Taylored Expressions Build a Scene Underwater dies. Ack, so cute!!!

Now be sure to come back later this week when I'll be sharing a card made using the leftovers from this one. Perhaps certain orange leftovers? :)

You can check out my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, or follow me on Instagram to see my other creations.  See you soon!

Links to products used can be found below:

Avery Elle Peek a Boo Pets

Hello crafty friends! It's Tuesday and we have Toni back again this week. She's sharing another adorable card. We hope you love it!

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Hi, friends!  Toni with you today sharing a cute farm-inspired birthday card and coordinating envelope.

I rarely bother with decorating the envelope--heck, I'm lucky to get the card in the mail at all--but couldn't resist adding a few of the Avery Elle Peekaboo Pets.  They're on the card itself too (look at those feet!) along with the MFT Green Pastures girl whose shirt I paper-pieced with some MFT Tiny Checks 6x6 paper.

I colored everything up with Copics and used the MFT Mini Cloud Edges Stencil along with my Copic Airbrush to add subtle clouds.

I mounted the lot on an embossed panel and added a few of the Mama Elephant Stackable Cuties speech bubble sentiments stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.  I love the small size of these bubbles which makes them easy to place anywhere!



See below for a full list of ingredients and to see my other creations, stop by my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.  See you soon!

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