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

HOMETOWN USA FRAMELESS SHAKER ALBUM | with Jen

I absolutely adore the Doodlebug Shadowbox Insert Kits. I have a bunch framed and hanging in my craft room. Every time a new one comes out I think "I want to put that on a mini album cover" or "I want to use that in a shaker." That time has come!

Today I have a super packed mini album for you! A couple of years ago I designed a frameless shaker method and I used it to enclose the Hometown USA Shadowbox Insert. I filled my large shaker with silver Shaker Balls and the Land That I Love Shaker mix. The album overall is 9" x 9" with a 2" spine. There are four pages with interactive elements.

I used the Festive Fireworks Heavy Acetate throughout the book for pockets and a belly band. It's just the most fun patterned acetate yet!

Each page has a large 7" x 9" insert. I used the acetate fireworks from the Bits and Pieces as pulls on the top of each. There are lots of layout pages and pockets for all sorts of pictures and things.

In the center I did some scene building using all the cute elements from the Odds and Ends and Mini Icons. Lots of the Mini Icons are perfectly sized to accent the larger Odds and Ends pieces.

I used both of the new Doodle Cuts sets to accent the book. I used the Pocket Full o' Pride Doodle Cut set to add little pockets to some inserts. I used the Festive Floral Doodle Cut set to add a little shaker to the first page in the album.

Video walkthrough and full, FREE tutorial can be found here on my YouTube channel.  Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hometown USA Collection
Hometown USA Shadowbox Kit
Festive Fireworks Heavy Acetate
Clear Heavy Acetate
Shakers Silver Balls
Shakers Land That I Love
Festive Floral Doodle Cuts
Pocket Full o' Pride Doodle Cuts
Dot Stripe Petite Prints
Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints
Buffalo Check/Woodgrain Petite Prints

OTHER

Medium Weight Chipboard
Navy Blue Artisan Cardstock
Foam Squares

HAPPY HEALING GIFT CARD HOLDER | with Kathy

In our town we have a few groups that help out families in the area when someone is sick or recovering from an injury.  They help with meals, sometimes with gift cards to favorite restaurants, local cleaning service, grocery delivery and the like.  I thought it would be fun to put together a little get well gift card holder for all the items gathered.  This would also be a great get well gift to a friend after surgery or illness.  Happy Healing is the perfect collection to use for this, take a peek...

The front of my gift card holder is a shaker, made to look like the little pill bottle in the collection.  I filled it with the Pill Better, Limeade, Ladybug, Bumblebee and Swimming Pool Shakers.  I added some pills from the Odds & Ends as well as a sentiment from the Chit Chat pieces.

Inside, it holds 6 little gift card sized envelopes.  The envelopes are from a cut file, but you could create your own, they measure 3.625" x 2.5".  

For the holder wrap, I cut a strip of cardstock 2.75"x12".  I scored it at 1.25", 3.25", 7.25" and 9.25".  I folded all the scores in the same direction to form the outside of the holder.  I added patterned papers to the inside and outside sections, for color and a little extra strength. My Shaker is glued to the front, bottom section (larger of the two).  The top folds in behind the shaker and I added a little piece of Velcro to keep it closed.

The gift cards envelopes are attached using a hidden binding.  To create it I started with a 2.5" x 4.75" piece of cardstock.  I scored it every .25".  The diagram below shows how I put it together.  I folded the areas under the blue sections into a peak,  and glue them together so they stick up.  The end result is you would have 6 sections that stick up with two "flaps" on the outside edges.  I glued this to the bottom section of my wrap, and then glued each envelope to one of the sections that stick up.

This photo shows how the envelopes are attached to the hidden binding.

Now for the fun part, decorating!  I used a little bit of everything to decorate the individual gift card holders including Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends, Chit Chat pieces, Puffy Icons, Icon stickers, shaped sprinkles and the dies Happy Healing Doodle Cuts (the ones that coordinate with the Stamp Set) for the Get Well Sentiment.

My first envelope holds a tag from the Bits & Pieces with a little sentiment.  I tied it with some Limeade Doodle Twine.

The rest of the envelopes are ready for gift cards!  

I completed the inside of my wrap using the cutest sticker of the bunch... the little get well bear!  I love how this turned out, and I think it would also be a fun idea for a birthday or Christmas gift!  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Happy Healing Collection
Doodle Twine
Happy Healing Doodle Cuts
Clear Heavyweight Acetate
Doodlebug Shakers
Pill Better Shakers
Textured Cardstock

OTHER

Gift Card Holder SVG
Velcro Dots
Foam Tape
Silhouette
Scoreboard
Adhesive

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

BUNNY HOP SNOWGLOBE WITH SHAKERS | with Guest Designer Lisa Fonseca

Hey lovely scrappy peeps, today I'm sharing my last post for Doodlebug... for now... we'll see what the future brings :) I want to thank Doodlebug again and all the people in the team for these amazing three years, I have loved it :) For this project I created a snow globe using the new amazingly cute DIY Snow Globes. They are ready to fill and decorate, wooden Snow Globes ...just a such a cool idea.

I wanted to build a few layers with the Bunny Hop papers inside the globe. I ripped the papers and used foam tape to attach them together and create a dimensional scene. Then I added Doodle Pops and stickers.  I love the Doodle Pops since they are also dimensional a gave the whole scene a very cool look. I also added some shaped sprinkles and jewels.

For the filling and shaker part, I used the new super amazing Shakers. They come in all the Doodlebug colors and there are also shapes for different Doodlebug Themes. I used a few colors and put them into the globe, then closed it up from behind.

To add even more dimension, I added a few stickers on top of the glass and a few shaped sprinkle flowers on top of the globe, on the wooden frame. I think it's just so cute. The cool part is that you can always switch out the inside and create a new scene for any chosen theme.

I really recommend trying out the shakers, they are super fun to use. Thank you for stopping by and reading my posts from time to time. It's farewell for now, I hope you'll follow along my future adventures on my Instagram. See you... ;)

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Hop Collection
Doodlebug DIY Snow Globe
Shakers

BUNNY HOP HELLO EASTER FLIP BOOK | with Jen

Today I have a simple flip book for you. I used the adorable Easter Dots Heavy Acetate for the covers on my book.

On the front I used the Bunny Basket Doodle Cuts stand alone die set to make the little Easter basket and make it into a shaker. I filled it with the new Bunnies and Chicks Shakers. I also used the Colored Eggs Shape Sprinkles in my basket.

The book has a mix of flat pages and pocket pages. I used a mix of the coordinating solid cardstock and coordinating Petite Prints for my page bases. I matted them with white photo mats and a mix of the 12x12 and 6x6 Bunny Hop papers.

The pages in the book are 5" x 7" inches. There are three dividers cut from the Easter Dots Acetate and I added tabs from the Bits and Pieces pack.

On some of the pages I used the tag sheet from the collection to make pockets. I added Chit Chat, Icon stickers, and stickers from the This and That sticker sheet to decorate the pages.

Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Basket Doodle Cuts
Bunnies and Chicks Shakers
Bunny Hop Collection
Bunny Hop Coordinating Cardstock Pack
Bunny Hop Coordinating Petite Prints
Easter Dots Heavy Weight Acetate
Dot Stripe 6x6 Petite Prints

OTHER

Binder rings