LUCKY ME DOODLE POP CARDS | with Karen

I love bright and bold colour so it should come as no surprise that I adore Doodlebug's Lucky Me collection. The colours reminds me of my childhood - candy, toys and joy! So today I wanted to focus on creating some cards that had that same feel.

While I am usually all over the patterned paper as a background for my cards, I also find it a lot of fun to keep the backgrounds simple to draw attention to the fun characters that you can find in Doodlebug collections. So for this set, I grabbed some of the white bases from the Rainbow Cards & Envelopes to build upon.

And considering the intention of these cards was to feature cute characters, I couldn't help but use some of the adorable Doodle-pops that coordinate with this collection, like this one called Lucky Charm.

To create more dimension, I layered the Doodle-pops on top of some tags I cut from the St. Paddy's Plaid - 12x12 patterned paper. I love it when Doodlebug includes tags like this on their 12x12 patterned paper because they are always the perfect size for cards! I also added some fun die cuts from the Lucky Me- All the Things pack for a little bit of interest and piled it all on top of a cute mini doily.

Finally, I topped off some of the tags with a few Mini Paperclips and some Sprinkles from the Lucky Me assortment park.

I feel like these cards turned out exactly as I had hoped - straight out of a childhood dream. Playful, fun, bright - Doodlebug for the win once again! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

9043 st. paddy's plaid - 12x12 patterned paper

9018 love you - doodle-pop

9019 - lucky charm - doodle-pop

9021- good luck - doodle-pop

9014 sprinkles - lucky me assortment

9035 rainbow cards and envelopes

4599 tangerine - mini paper doilies

4601 limeade - mini paper doilies

4616 mint - mini paper doilies

4504 lily white - mini paperclips

OTHER

White paper

Adhesive

LUCKY ME POP UP CARDS | with Kathy

Sitting here waiting for the latest blizzard to hit, I can't stop thinking about spring!  The Lucky Me collection is perfect for the season, with it's bright, happy colors and pretty patterns! It's helping me deal with the forecasted 24" of snow! I decided to make some 3D pop up cards for my first project, Take a peek... 

For my first card, I chose to feature the Bunch of Luck Doodle Cuts.  I love the look of the bouquet of flowers on the packaging, and tried to recreate it in a 3D Card.  The base of my card was made with some Lily White Textured Cardstock and some Pop Up Platform dies from my stash.  I cut the flowers from a variety of papers including some from the 6x8 pad and some from the coordinating Petite Prints pack.

To make the flowers look free-standing, I adhered them to pieces of acetate in a staggard manner so they looked like a bouquet.  The sentiment was done using the tag die from this set and the hello die from the You Are My Sunshine Doodle Cuts.

My second card features the dies from the You are My Sunshine Doodle Cuts.  I love a rainbow!  I pieced it together with some coordinating petite prints and papers from the collection. 

I love the SUNSHINE letters in the set!  With the outline cut, they're so fun!  The little heart is from the Bubblegum Heart Puffy Shapes.

How cute is that little sun peeking up from behind the rainbow?  The Lucky Me collection is in stores now!  Don't forget to tag Doodlebug Design on Socials if you create with the collection.  We love to see your projects.  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

9032 you are my sunshine doodle cuts
9033 bunch of luck doodle cuts

9048 lucky me - textured cardstock assortment pack
9047 lucky me - petite prints assortment pack
9036 lucky me - 6” x 8” cardstock paper pad
9044 rainbow skies - double-sided cardstock

7708 bubblegum - heart puffy shapes
8093 bubblegum - plaid-polka dot petite prints cardstock

8078 citrus - candy stripe-sprinkles petite prints cardstock

6122 swimming pool - dot-stripe petite prints cardstock
5434 limeade - gingham-linen petite prints cardstock
5437 swimming pool gingham-linen petite prints cardstock
8378 clear heavyweight acetate

OTHER

Platform pop up card dies
Sizzix Big Shot

Pop Dots

Adhesie

SUMMER FUN DOODLE CUTS CARDS | with Kathy

I cannot get enough of the Summer Fun Collection, especially all of the cute Doodle Cuts Sets!  I decided to put them to use again for some level-up box cards.  Take a peek...

I love how bright and fun this collection is!  For the base of my cards I used some Outside the Box Level Up Dies from my stash.  I then pulled out all 3 doodle cuts sets...  Aloha!, Adora-Bowl and Best Fishes,  and got to work!

How cute are these little sea critters?!  I decorated the base of my card with the water side of the water babies patterned paper.  I cut the critters from the Summer Fun coordinating textured cardstock pack.  I love how the colors in these packs are just perfect!  I also cut a couple of sea plants and a pile of sand using the plants from the Adora-Bowl doodle cuts and added a starfish from the sweet shells shaped sprinkles and water bubbles from the summer splash sprinkles.  My sentiment is from the chit chat pack.

For my second card I used the cute little chameleon from the Adora-Bowl doodle cuts and lots of flowers from the Aloha! set.  I envisioned the cute critter hiding among the tropical flowers with his sweet little smile.

He's just too cute!  Again, I cut the pieces from the coordinating cardstock pack.  I covered my card base with the let's luau patterned paper.  My sentiment is from the Chit chat pack.

If you've used the Summer Fun Collection for a project, be sure to tag @doodlebugdesign on socials, we always love to see your creations.  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8339 an eye for an eye shape sprinkles
8893 sweet shells shape sprinkles
8895 summer splash shape sprinkles
8918 aloha! doodle cuts
8920 best fishes doodle cuts
8919 so adora-bowl doodle cuts
8922 summer fun chit chat
8925 summer fun 6x8 paper pad
8934 let's luau double-sided cardstock
8932 water babies double-sided cardstock
8943 summer fun textured cardstock assortment pack

OTHER

Outside the Box Level Up Dies
Outside the Box Waves Dies

HEY PUMPKIN SPOOKTACULAR GREETINGS | with Guest Designer Jenn Shurkus

Hey Everyone! Jenn Shurkus here from Creative Chick Co. and a self-proclaimed Doodlebug Addict. I love everything they release and was so excited to be invited to guest design. I have two cards to share with you where I had a lot of fun mixing a bunch of products from the new Hey Pumpkin release!

I started by stamping out the pumpkin balloon image and the car from the Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps and coloring them in with Copic markers which are alcohol-based markers (sharing below the specific markers I used). I die-cut it out with the coordinating Doodle Cuts. 

For the first card I ink blended a background onto a piece of Distress White Heavystock with the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Festive Berries, Wilted Violet. I trimmed this background down to 4” x 5.25” and stamped some of the stars, sprinkle stamps in the Hey Pumpkin stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Next I trimmed a piece of patterned paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6x6 paper pad to 2.5” x 4” and adhered it to the bottom of the ink blended background. I matted this onto some black cardstock sized at 4.25” x 5.5”. 

Next I chose a couple sentiments to use out of the Chit Chat Ephemera Pack. I dusted the edges of the “eek” speech bubble with a little bit of Wilted Violet Distress Ink. I added some Prisma Glitter with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen to the highlights on the pumpkin balloon, ghost, and scalloped trim on the basket. I also added a bit of sparkle to the Halloween banner, and some of the stamped images on the background.

 I used a Sakura Black Glaze Pen to trace the face on the pumpkin.

I added the pumpkin balloon, speech bubble, and sentiment banner to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars, dots etc. from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet.

For the second card, I started by water coloring a spooky night scene using Distress Watercolor Pencils, and Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I dried this background, and then splattered some “stars” with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors palette. I then trimmed this background down to 4” x 5.25”.  The "b"side of the Plaid it's Halloween paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6x6 paper pad has a variety of decorative strips, from this I trimmed out the one that looks like a fence. I added this to my background. 

I matted this background onto some patterned paper from the same paper pad. 

Next, I took the large die-cut “halloween night” moon from the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack, and added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the wings of the bats, and traced over the “halloween” letters. I also used a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen to add some Prisma Glitter to the details on the moon.

I also added some sparkle to the colored in car. I added it on the highlights of the pumpkin, balloons, bumper, headlights and ghost. I used a Sakura Black Glaze pen to dot the eyes of the cat, pumpkin, and ghost. I also filled in the steering wheel. 

I added the moon and car to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars I cut out with the Hey Pumpkin coordinating die set out of black sparkle cardstock. Lastly, I added some glossy accents to the headlights. 

I am sharing the swatches of the Copic colors I used to color the images above so you can easily recreate them with the coloring medium you choose.  If you would like to learn more about coloring with Copic markers or alcohol-based markers, be sure to check out my Copic 101 online class, which includes a workbook! 

 If these cards have inspired you to create with your Doodlebug Halloween stash I would love to see what you create! Be sure to tag me on social media!

 

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hey Pumpkin Collection

Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps & Doodle Cuts

 OTHER

Copic Markers

Black Ink Pad (alcohol marker friendly)

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Distress White Heavystock

Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Distress Inks ( mustard seed, festive berries, wilted violet)

Distress Watercolor Pencils

Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Palette

Prisma Glitter

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Sakura Black Glaze Pen

Glossy Accents

Black Sparkle Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Black foam squares

Blender Brushes

Trimmer

Dot Runner

Glue Tube

Misti

Small Acrylic Block

Paint brush

HAPPY HEALING POP UP CARDS | with Kathy

It's no fun when you have a friend or family member who is under the weather.  I always try to do a little something to brighten their day.  The Happy Healing collection is perfect for this!  It's full of adorable icons and bright colors, certain to make anyone feel better!  I decided to create a couple of pop up cards to showcase the cute images.  Take a peek...

For both cards I started with a set of platform pop up dies and some of the 12 x 12 papers from my stash to create the bases.  My first card features the adorable Pill Better Doodle Cuts.  I created a the little pill bottle, using the open shaker piece and some heavyweight acetate for both sides so it looks like a clear bottle. I used some thin foam strips to create a shaker, and filled it with both the Pill Better Shakers and regular shakers.  around the bottle I added cute little tablets from the Puffy Icons and Odds & Ends.  I love how they look like they're floating on the acetate!

Here's a close up of the bottle shaker.  The sentiment was created using the speech bubble die from the Pill Better Doodle Cuts set and the sentiment stamp from the Pill Better Doodle Stamps.

My next card also has a "floating" effect using some more heavy weight acetate.  For this card I combined the Get Well Sentiment from the All Occasion Doodle Cuts with some die cut letters using the Alex Alphabet Doodle Cuts to spell out Get Well Soon.  I added lots of elements from the Odds & Ends to decorate around it.  I just love those cute little germs!

And a close up...

I'm all ready if someone becomes under the weather!  Make sure to stop by all this week for more Happy Healing inspiration!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Happy Healing Collection

Happy Healing Coordinating Textured Cardstock

Heavy Weight Acetate

Pill Better Doodle Cuts

Pill Better Doodle Stamps

All Occasion Doodle Cuts

Alex Alphabet Doodle Cuts

Pill Better Shakers

Doodlebug Shakers

OTHER

Platform Pop Up Dies
Foam Tape Strips
Gray Ink
Black Ink

LET IT SNOW ARCTIC FRIEND BOX CARDS | with Kathy

Winter is here in the Northeast!  I have a couple of friends celebrating birthdays this month, so I thought I'd use the Let it Snow Collection along with the Arctic Friends Doodle Stamps to make some fun box cards!

I love making dimensional scenes in my box cards.  For my first card, I created the card base using dies from my stash.  I then added adorable little polar bear from the Arctic Friends Doodle Stamps, a few trees from the Winter Wonderland Doodle Stamps and the mountains from the Great Outdoors Set.  The sentiment is from the Arctic Friends set, and is perfect for my friend's birthday!

For my next card, I stamped and colored the cute little sea creatures in the Arctic Friends Set.  They are all so cute, but I do think that little Narwhal is my favorite!  I added them to some snow mounds and waves along with the fishies!

These stamps are just perfect for winter cardmaking, and I love that the Let it Snow Collection can be used for more than just the holidays!  Have you made any projects using the Let it Snow Collection, or the new Arctic Friends Stamps?  Be sure to tag Doodlebug Design on Facebook and Instagram, we always love to see what you create!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED
Let it Snow Collection
Arctic Friends Doodle Stamps & Doodle Cuts
Winter Wonderland Doodle Stamps & Doodle Cuts
Great Outdoors Doodle Stamps & Doodle Cuts

OTHER PRODUCTS

Mini Slimline Outside the Box Level Up Die
Copic Markers
Sizzix Big Shot

NSD 2020 WINTER WONDERLAND CARDS | with Maryám

Happy International Scrapbooking Day

I'd like to share two cards I created using the Winter Wonderland collection and lots of fun coloring with pencils. There's nothing more relaxing than coloring.

The icons on both the Winter Wonderland and Forest Friends stamp sets are just adorable and perfect for making cards for any occasion.

I hope I've given you some inspiration for whipping up some fun and sweet cards to give away to friends. With everyone going on in the world it's more important than ever to be in touch with those we care about.

Have a super awesome International Scrapbooking day!

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Doodlebug Products Used: 

Winter Wonderland Collection
Winter Wonderland Stamp Set
Forest Friends Stamp Set

CHRISTMAS MAGIC - LET THE CARD MAKING BEGIN! | with Karen

Every year, I make a bunch of Christmas cards for my card stash. It's partly because I love the Christmas season, but also because I just never know when I need to pull a card out at the last minute. So, it does mean that Christmas crafting starts early in my house - probably earlier than some might like. But when Doodlebug launches amazing new goodies like the adorable "Christmas magic" collection, you don't have to tell me twice! Bring on the Christmas card crafting!
And this year, it's more fun for me than ever because this is the first Christmas that Doodlebug has added their line of stamps. And the cuties that coordinate with this new collection will not disappoint!
Sweet Santa holding a tiny little candy cane and a beautiful textured Christmas tree are two of my favourites. Coloured up with alcohol markers, they are a darling focal point for this A2 sized card.
 And the papers in this collection - oh, the papers!!! Fun, playful colours together with some expected and not so expected patterns will have you smiling the whole time you are crafting! There are a hundred ways to style these cute little stamps - every card will be a unique work of art.

So, I have one card down and about 50 to go to get me through the season. And I can't wait to use Christmas Magic for every single one of them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

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Doodlebug Products Used:
Christmas Magic Christmas Magic Doodle Stamps Christmas Magic Doodlecuts Petite Prints

Other products:
Alcohol Markers Adhesive White cardstock

Ribbon

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY 2019 | Creating Fun Scenes on Cards + GIVEAWAY!

Odds & Ends and Chit Chat Packs
make card making so effortless.
With approximately 100 die cut pieces

in every pack you will never

be short for ideas on how to whip up

a card or ten!

WCMD 2019 - MAKING LITTLE SCENES ON YOUR CARDS with TYA
This card is created using the Tangerine A6 Paisley card base from the Create-a-Cards. I love making little scenes with stickers and die cuts! Good times for sure! That cute polka dot paper along the bottom is called "Ring Toss" - and I think it is the perfect little pop of color to compliment the bright orange top portion of the card base.
The scene on this card is made by adding 2 of the starburst die cuts from the "Odds and Ends" die cuts. They are added right to the card base. I then added the circus tent die cut also from the "Odds and Ends" die cuts to the center of the card base with some foam tape. The little costumed kiddos are from the Icon Sticker Sheet as well as the pumpkins and spider. The "Spook-tacular" title is from the "Chit Chat" die cuts. It is also added to the card with some foam tape. I also added a couple of pink "Halloween Night" Shaped Sprinkles for a little shimmer.

  Doodlebug Products Used:

Tangerine A6 Paisley Create-a-Card

Candy Carnival "Ring Toss" pattern paper

Candy Carnival Icon Sticker Sheet

Candy Carnival Odds and Ends Die Cuts

Candy Carnival Chit Chat Die Cuts

Candy Carnival Halloween Night Shaped Sprinkles

GIVEAWAY:
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Candy Carnival Die Cut Pieces?
Simply leave a comment to enter and you could be
taking home your very own Ephemera Prize Pack!
Winner Will be announced
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