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

SUMMER FUN ADORA-BOWL BOX CARDS | with Kathy

Doodle Cuts are some of my most favorite Doodlebug products, and the Adora-bowl Doodle Cuts from the Summer Fun Collection are just the cutest!  I combined them with my love of everything 3D to come up with these fun cards... take a peek...

For my first card I created a fish bowl, complete with castle and floating fishies!  To build my fish bowl, I cut the shaker bowl outlines from some thin chipboard, then covered them with Swimming Pool cardstock from the Summer Fun Coordinating textured cardstock pack.  I used some heavyweight acetate for the "glass" part. On one bowl I added a piece of water paper (water babies b-side) from the 6x8 pad to look like water in the bowl.

I created a top and bottom to my bowls by cutting a piece of paper (1 1/2" x 1 5/8') and score it on the long ends 1/8" on each side.  I glued these to the top and bottom of the fish bowls.  On the bottom of the bowl I cut a piece of kraft candy stripe sprinkles paper to look like sand.  I propped it up using a folded strip of paper, then added the die cut castle and shells from the sweet shells shaped sprinkles.

To make my fish look like they are swimming, I cut thin strips of heavyweight acetate.  I glued the fish to one end, created a folded tab on the other end which I glued to the top of the fish bowl.  To complete my card I added the happy birthday from the puffy word stickers.

I featured the cute little chameleon for my next card.  Again I created the bowl, without the water backdrop.  The tops and bottoms were done in the same manner as the fishbowl.  I cut the rocks, plants and chameleon from the doodle cuts and propped them up with a paper tab on the bottom.  I finished my card with the scripty hello from the Chit Chat pieces.

Isn't he the cutest??? The nice part of these cards is they do fold flat so that I can mail them to friends!  Have you made any projects featuring the Summer Fun Collection?  Be sure to tag @doodlebugdesign so we can see what you made!  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
8908 summer fun puffy words stickers
8919 so adora-bowl doodle cuts
8922 summer fun chit chat
8925 summer fun 6x8 paper pad
8943 summer fun textured cardstock assortment pack
8079 limeade candy stripe sprinkles petite prints
8087 kraft candy stripe sprinkles petite prints
5442 kraft gingham linen petite prints

8378 clear heavyweight acetate

OTHER

Sizzix Big Shot
Silhouette chipboard
Stitched hillside dies

Stitched wavy dies
white jelly pen

SUMMER FUN SNEAK PEEKS DAY 4 | with Cynthea

We have one last sneak peek of our brand new Summer Fun Collection today.  Check out this adorable card by Cynthea.

Cynthea used the new So Adora-bowl Doodle Cuts and the Summer Fun Coordinating cardstock to create her shaker card.  This does indeed make us smile!  We just love that little lizard! The Doodle Cuts set comes with the dies needed to create a fun shaker.

Summer Fun is shipping to stores now, so be sure to order yours soon!  Our design team will begin showing their projects next week so be sure to come back to see!  Have a great day.

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8919 so adora-bowl doodle cuts
8931 pink paradise double-sided cardstock
8943 summer fun textured cardstock assortment pack
8922 summer fun chit chat
8405 bubblegum balls shakers
8408 tangerine balls shakers
8409 bumblebee balls shakers
8410 limeade balls shakers
8412 swimming pool balls shakers
8378 clear heavyweight acetate

SUMMER FUN SNEAK PEEKS DAY 3 | with Cynthea

Summer Fun has so many fun icons, it really is the perfect collection for all of your summer crafting needs!  The collection has three brand new sets of Doodle Cuts Dies including the Aloha! Doodle Cuts.  Cynthea used these dies along with other goodies from the collection to create this gorgeous card!

Just look at all of those layered flowers and tropical leaves!  Just beautiful!  The Summer Fun Coordinating Cardstock pack is perfect for die cutting, no guessing on what colors to use to match!

We will be back again tomorrow with another fun project peek.  Summer Fun is shipping to stores now!

Have a great day!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8918 aloha! doodle cuts
8934 let's luau double-sided cardstock
8931 pink paradise double-sided cardstock
8943 summer fun textured cardstock assortment pack
8891 summer assortment sprinkles

BERRY SWEET EMBELLISHMENTS | with Miguel

I love working with Doodlebug's beautiful products! And this time, I let my imagination run wild, die-cutting and embellishing these embellishments with materials from the Berry Sweet collection.

To create these embellishments, I used Doodle Cuts among other dies, and I started by layering cardstock and foam to add dimension. I really like doing this to give the pieces more strength. This mouse is truly beautiful!

To decorate, I'll mention the materials I used, which I mixed together: all the things, shaped

sprinkles, and shakers.

In this piece, I used Berry Patch shakers, which are more than perfect for this cute shaker cup.

The important thing is to mix the various Doodlebug materials to create beautiful pieces.

I hope this idea works for you, and I'm more than ready to see where I can place them to make them look even better than they already do. See you soon!

                                    

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Berry Sweet Treat Doodle Cuts
Berry Sweet Collection
Berry Sweet Coordinating Cardstock

Shakers
Heavyweight Acetate

OTHER

Tea Cup Die

BERRY SWEET BIRTHDAY BOX CARD | with Kathy

Have you seen the new Berry Sweet Treats Doodle Cuts?  I fell in love with them as soon as I saw them!  I knew exactly what I wanted to make as soon as I got my hands on them!  Take a peek....

I think that 3D cards are so fun to receive and they look so cute on display.  My box card was created using the dies in the set, along with the 6x8 Pad, some coordinating cardstock and petite prints.  I added a sentiment from the "All the Things" pack as a finishing touch.

I created some dimension by adding strawberries on both the front piece and the insert.  How cute is that mouse??!! 

I just love how he peeks out over the pile of berries!  This card was really easy to make, and it fits into a standard A2 envelope.  If you'd like to make your own, I created a quick tutorial video.

If you make one, please be sure to tag me (@kathy_skou) and @doodlebugdesign!  We 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

Berry Sweet Collection
Berry Sweet Treats Doodle Cuts
Berry Sweet Coordinating Textured Cardstock

Petite Prints

OTHER

Sizzix Big Shot

BUTTERFLY KISSES LOVE YOU LAYOUT | with Brianna

Hey friends! Brianna here today and I'm sharing another layout using the adorable Butterfly Kisses collection. This collection is beautiful and after looking through it, I knew I wanted to create a fun scene design along with a shaker using Hello Sunshine Doodle Cut along with the new Butterfly Kisses Shakers. Here's my page: 

To start, I created my shaker first. I took out the Hello Sunshine Doodle Cut pack and die cut the single cloud to use for my shaker. I also die cut a few of the solid clouds using the other cloud dies as well as a piece of the white cardstock from the Coordinating Cardstock pack. To create my shaker, I first adhered a piece of acetate to the backside of it and then added some narrow foam tape right on top of the acetate. This created a little reservoir for my Shakers to go in. I carefully poured in the cute little butterflies and then sealed the shaker using a piece of vellum. I turned it over and my shaker was done. Easy peasy!

I then went through the 12x12 Patterned Papers and selected the Rainbow Skies paper as my base. To build my little scene, I trimmed out a small trip of Garden Party for my grass and then tore into the Bitty Blossoms paper for the flowers. I also grabbed my fringe scissors and cut into that Garden Party paper so that it resembled grass a bit more. So fun!

I embellished my little scene by pulling in a few Odds & Ends, Puffy Stickers as well as a few flowers from the Bits & Pieces pack. I love how cute it ended up being!

I ended up printing and trimming down my photo into a different shape and adhered it up in the "sky" portion of my layout. I layered my cloud shaker right on top of it and then layered the rest of my die cut clouds around it. I used a couple of phrases from the Puffy Stickers Words set and adhered them right on top of my photo.

I added in a few more smaller bits using more Puffy Stickers as well as the Bitty Bug and Garden Shape Sprinkles stickers. This page is so fun and whimsical. 

Here's one last look:

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way! I'll see you in my next post friends! 

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Butterfly Kisses Collection

12x12 Coordinating Cardstock

Butterfly Kisses Shakers

Hello Sunshine Doodle Cuts

OTHER

White Gel Pen

Acetate

Vellum

BUTTERFLY KISSES PREVIEW WEEK DAY 3 - HELLO CARD | with Tonya

We have another fabulous Butterfly Kisses card from our designer Tonya today!  Tonya combined the new Flutterbies and Flower Garden Doodle Cuts to create this sweet card.

Aren't those butterflies just the cutest?? And the addition of some beetle black sprinkles give them the perfect amount of shine!

We will be back tomorrow with one more peek, so be sure to stop by!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Butterfly Kisses Collection
Butterfly Kisses Coordinating Textured Cardstock
Butterfly Kisses Coordinating Petite Prints
Flutterbies Doodle Cuts
Flower Garden Doodle Cuts
Hello Sunshine Doodle Cuts
Nesting Scallops Doodle Cuts
Beetle Black Sprinkles

BUTTERFLY KISSES PREVIEW WEEK DAY 2 - HELLO SUNSHINE CARD | with Tonya

We are back with another fun preview project using the new Butterfly Kisses collection!  Tonya used the new Hello Sunshine Doodle Cuts collection to create this darling shaker card!

Tonya combined papers from the collection along with some coordinating textured cardstock and petite prints to make her card.  She filled her shaker with some Lily White Shakers and topped her shaker off with some clear Heavy Weight Acetate! This sweet card is perfect to send to a friend, "just because!"

Be sure to check back all this week for more sneak peek projects!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Butterfly Kisses Collection
Hello Sunshine Doodle Cuts
Butterfly Kisses Coordinating Textured Cardstock
Butterfly Kisses Coordinating Petite Prints
Lily White Shakers
Heavyweight Acetate

TINSEL TIME GIFT BOX | with Jen

This time of year we always need a simple gift for a neighbor or friend. Today I have for you a fun gift box using the new Tinsel Time collection!

The finished box measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and is 6" tall. Once you learn how to make this it's very easy to resize for almost any gift!

Around the base I used the swag pieces from the Tinsel Time Bits and Pieces. I matted everything with papers from the 6x6 paper pad.

On the top I used the Merry and Bright Doodle Cuts Die to make the little snow globe into a shaker. Rather than cut out the Santa that comes with the die set I used Mini Icons to build my scene. They're the perfect size for the inside of the snow globe!

Want to make your own gift box? A full tutorial is available on my YouTube channel and is also below.

Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Tinsel Time Collection
Merry and Bright Doodle Cuts
Happy Holidays Shakers
Tinsel Time Heavyweight Acetate

OTHER

Lightweight Chipboard
White Cardstock
Foam Tape

HEY PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN WHIMSY CARDS | with Guest Designer Jenn Shurkus

Hey Everyone I’m back! 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 another 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 cat in a pumpkin tote image and the ghost 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 started by water coloring a purple background using Distress Watercolor Pencils, and Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I dried this background, and then trimmed this it down to 4” x 5.25”.  I matted it onto a piece of patterned paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6x6 paper pad. 

For the sentiments, I chose a few speech bubble die-cuts from the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack. I also white embossed “Happy” from the Hey Pumpkin stamp set onto black cardstock. Whenever I do ANY embossing, I prep the surface using the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool. I also like to use a white pigment ink when I am embossing with white embossing powder. 

Next, I die-cut the “Halloween” word included in the Hey Pumpkin coordinating Doodle Cuts several times out of black cardstock, and once out of black sparkle cardstock. I adhered them stacked together with wet glue. 

I added some Prisma Glitter to the highlights of the pumpkin with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. I also added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the eyes of the cat, and the eyes and mouth to the pumpkin. 

I added the sentiments, pumpkin and speech bubbles to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars I cut out with the Hey Pumpkin Doodle Cuts out of black sparkle cardstock. Lastly, I added a puffy bat from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet.

 

For the second card I trimmed down the Homespun 12x12 Acetate sheet to 4.25” x 5.5”. I also die-cut a stitched frame out of black sparkle cardstock. I used wet adhesive to adhere the frame to the front of the acetate panel. 

I then ink blended a background onto a piece of Distress White Heavystock with the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Festive Berries, Wilted Violet. Next, I splattered some “stars” with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors palette. 

I flipped the framed acetate panel over, and added 2 layers of foam strips around all four sides. I then sprinkled some Hey Pumpkin Halloween Night Shakers into the space. I also added some iridescent sequins. I then peeled the backer paper off the foam strips and adhered the ink blended background to them creating a shaker front. 

I added some Prisma Glitter to the highlights on the ghost, and “BOO” banner with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. I added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the heart and star in the speech bubbles. 

I chose a sentiment banner and some speech bubbles out of the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack. 

I added the sentiment banner to the card front with wet glue. I added the ghost and speech bubbles with black foam squares. 

I sprinkled some candy stickers from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet, and some stars from the October Sky Shape Sprinkles. Lastly I added some glossy accents to the glasses on the ghost. 

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

Homespun 12x12 Acetate sheet

 OTHER

Copic Markers

Black Ink Pad (alcohol marker friendly)

Distress White Heavystock

Distress Watercolor Cardstock

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

Distress Watercolor Pencils

Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Palette

Glossy Accents

Black Sparkle Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Stitched Rectangle Frame dies

Prisma Glitter

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Sakura Black Glaze Pen

Black foam squares

Blender Brushes

Trimmer

Dot Runner

Glue Tube

Misti

Small Acrylic Block

Paint brush