Doodlebug Christmas Cards

I have loved Doodlebug Designs forever...they have adorable graphics on every collection. If you're not into cute stuff, you're not going to be a big fan probably. But I am both those things! So I  made a few cards with my collection of Doodlebug products, most from the Milk and Cookies and Sugar Plums collections.

On these cards, I did no stamping on the front and just stamped a greeting inside, so they came together so quickly. This one uses a gingerbread boy die cut and stickers, along with Doodlebug paper in a 6x6 pad.

The paper on this one is from another paper pack...I think it's just one from Tuesday Morning last year. I cut a lot of them up into card panels and I don't have the pack anymore. Sorry about that. The little house and stickers are from Doodlebug Design, as are the pink and dotted papers. The sentiment is printed from the computer.

Santa is from a sheet of 12x12 Doodlebug paper and cut down to card size, and the candy can, star and speech bubble are stickers from Doodlebug. I added glossy accents to the white parts of his hat for a little fun.

This last card uses an adorable Santa paper (from the 6x6 pad) and a sentiment sticker from Doodlebug. The ribbon is theirs too. I added little flat holographic stickers for shininess.

These cards are on their way to nursing home residents via the Caring Hearts Card Drive that Vera Yates (Ling) runs every year. I love participating and I get the family involved with signing and delivering the cards when we need to. 

This card drive runs each year, so if you have any Christmas cards to pass on to seniors, check out her blog here. This year's collection has ended but October will be here again before we know it and it's such a lovely thing to participate in. She also takes monetary donations for the shipping and I just threw in a $5 bill this year. It's heavy to send large boxes of cards around the world!

Happy Saturday!

Chark

Easy Peasy Cards

One thing you can count on, there's always a birthday to celebrate, so you'll always need a birthday card. And if you're me, you can also count on putting it off until the last minute. So, in order to keep that from happening, I made a couple super quick, super cute cards with Doodlebug Designs. I love their cute line and their So Punny papers, die cuts and stickers are just the best. I have some of their Valentine paper from last year and some newer birthday pun papers.

So I just put together some super fast, easy and simple cards to put in the stash for birthdays I know are coming but procrastinate on making. This one uses a sheet of 12x12 cut-apart paper and uses the candles for the focal point, but the paper is just some I had in my stash that is not from Doodlebug.

This one uses the die cuts and word bubble from the Valentine set. I used washi tape on the bottom and a wood grain vellum for the "countertop" and a scrap of paper to mimic a kitchen wall. I can add a Happy Birthday or Congrats or Hello sentiment inside.

Hope you have a fab weekend! March came in like a lamb here, so I'm guessing it's going out like a lion!

Happy Friday!

Chark

Coffee, Tea or Gingerbread

I'm a big fan of gingerbread, both the edible kind and the decorating kind, and I have a handful of cute gingerbread boys and girls as stamps and dies. This digi came from the Craftin Desert Divas shop, and I cut out a Doodlebug tea cup to give him. He's cute, amma right? 

He comes in color and line art. I printed him in color but my printer started to run out of a vital ink and he came up looking less than tasty. So I took my Prismacolor pencils and made him look more like gingerbread. The bg paper is Doodlebug, as is the sentiment strip. I'm entering him in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and you can join me until Friday evening to try to win one of the gazillion prizes!

Come back tomorrow to see who won my four Thanksgiving giveaways (you have until 11:59pm Eastern tonight to enter, just scroll down to the four posts)!

Happy Thursday! 

Chark

Too Cute to Spook

I've got a cute Doodlebug Designs Halloween card to share and I'm doubting you'll be scared...I love all things Doodlebug because of their adorableness. I bought some paper and this one has the whole little scene on it, I trimmed it, added Happy and the face in the O and the doodles on the moon. The stars have the glow-in-the-dark Nuvo drops, as does the nose. I added some more patterned paper from Doodlebug, cut on an angle and ta-da! Quick card!

Here's the paper, and as an added bonus, it has the cutest pumpkins on the reverse side. Do you ever buy two of a paper so you can have both sides? I often do! I just love the little Frankenstein monster and the strip that says, May I be Frank?

Happy Monday!

Chark

Baby Shower Card with Doodlebug

I love Doodlebug Design products, they are always cute, always great colors and just always want to come and live at my house. And sometimes, I even use them, like this Under the Sea mermaid.

On this baby shower card, I watercolored a background by smooshing and then added a mermaid I just fussy cut (imperfectly on purpose) from a sheet of paper. I added bubble-looking gems and a ribbon. The sentiment is from another collection that isn't Doodlebug and has been in my stash forever. It's past time to start using some old stuff.

The mermaid is covering a part of the paper that ran together and made an unattractive color. But she certainly helps save this panel. I popped her up with foam tape and added rhinestones to her shells. I actually considered glitter, as always, but I thought the bubbles were enough. Crazy, I know!

Here are the bubble gems in close-up view.

Happy Thursday (because I totally thought it was Wednesday today)! See you tomorrow for a normal MWF post.

Chark

Winter Cards of Cuteness with Doodlebug Designs

So I made some cards for kids for a card drive (see here for more info) and I used some cute Doodlebug Santa Express papers and stickers to create some of them. I cannot get enough of the Doodlebug goodies...they are always so stinkin' cute and just right for cardmaking.

The background paper is from the Christmas 6x6 paper pad. What's cuter than Doodlebug 12x12 papers? The designs miniaturized for the 6x6 pads. Look at these little candies! I used Nuvo drops in Caribbean Ocean on the corners. 

This train is a sticker from Doodlebug but I ran out of gingerbread men for the conductor, so I just went through my Christmas paper and found one that I could cut out and fit in the engine.

The background on this one is washi paper from Martha Stewart and the stickers are more Doodlebug. I just cut the snow from white cardstock.

These were fast and easy, just so I could meet the deadline and participate in the card drive. I am sooo last-minute on a lot of things. Speaking of which, I need to go create for the a2z Scrapbooking blog right now...more holiday supplies to play with. Well, if I gotta, I gotta!

Happy Monday!
Chark

Late Night Tea Time

My favorite time to have a cup of tea is in the evening, after supper, while I'm watching some shows, like Orphan Black. I love me some clone tv! It's gotta be warm and decaf black tea, because caffeine after dinner is a mistake for me, with a cookie to make it a perfect little snack. I don't always have the cookie, but it's a rare night for me to go without a cuppa.

These little Doodlebug cups and sugar cubes are so cute, I had to get them and make a card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. The paper is from the 6x6 paper pad from the same Cream and Sugar Collection.

Giveaway: Leave a comment on any or all of my Coffee Hop posts this week here on my blog (you can leave one comment per post for more chances to win) and you'll be entered to win either two Hero Arts stencils (for overseas friends) or this Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle die set (for U.S. buds). Commenting closes July 1 at 11:59 pm EST.

Happy Friday and Happy Hopping!

Chark