Mix & Match Day 2

So Lucky by Aphra Bolyer

http://www.aphradeedesigns.blogspot.com

Doodlebug buttons are my absolute favorite!  There are so many lovely shapes and colors.  You can mix and match all your leftover buttons and brads from previous projects to create a St Patrick's Day home decor piece complete with a glittery shamrock.

Supply List:  Bubblegum Boutique Buttons Assortment; Ladybug Boutique Buttons Assortment; Tangerine Boutique Buttons Assortment; Limeade Boutique Buttons Assortment; Swimming Pool Boutique Buttons Assortment; Beetle Black Paper Frills; Lucky Doodle-Pops Sticker; Beetle Black Jack and Jill Cardstock Stickers.

Fun Girl Layout by Ro Philippsen
http://www.scrapbyrophilippsen.blogspot.com


I mixed "Classic Collection", Colorwheel Collection", "Ladybug Garden Collection", "Nifty Notions Collection".

Supply List: Nifty Notions: sew plaid, cross stich, nifty notions, cute cuts, cardstock stickers, doodle-cut; Classic Collection: meadow, classic 4x6 cut-outs; Colorwheel Collection: cardstock stickers, flutter scrapbook safe; Ladybug Garden Collection: cardstock stickers, cute cuts; Others: buttons - limeade and swimming pool; jewels - ladybug and swimming pool; alphabet stickers - limeade

Scalloped Card Trio by Wendy Sue Anderson
http://wendysueanderson.blogspot.com

 Thinking of You Supplies:  Swimming Pool A2 Polka-dot card; Birthday Celebration Doodle-cut paper; Cake & Ice cream cute cuts; Cake & Ice cream fancy frills; Welcome Home Icons; Swimming Pool Doodle Twine; Swimming Pool Mini Jewels; Thinking of You multicolor doodle stickers

Happy Birthday Supplies:  Tangerine A2 Polka-dot card; Monster Mania paper; Color wheel cute-cuts;  Bon appetit cute cuts; color wheel icon stickers; bon appetite fancy frills; Happy birthday –multicolor doodles cardstock stickers; Tangerine mini jewels; beetle black mini jewels; tangerine doodle twine

Thanks Supplies:  Limeade A2 Polka-dot card; Cake & Ice cream doodle-cut paper; Ladybug Garden cute cuts;  Welcome Home cute cuts; bon appetite fancy frills;  limeade doodle twine; thank you multicolor doodles cardstock stickers; it’s a girl multicolor doodles cardstock sticker; limeade mini jewels

2011, Year in Review by Monique Liedtke

http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.com

As last year was an eventful year for us I decided to do a double layout with all the high (and low) lights of it. Doodlebug's lines are perfect for this as there are papers and embellishments for every event you can think of!  

 

Supply List: Patterned Paper: Surprise Party, Colorwheel, Santa's Workshop, Sweet Cakes and Petite Prints; Alpha Stickers: Candy Shoppe; Die Cuts: Bon Appetit; Stickers: Sweet Cakes, Santa's Workshop, Welcome Home; Fancy Frills: Birthday Celebration, Sweet Cakes, Welcome Home; Doodle-Pops: Pinwheel, Grad Cap, Set Sail and Wedding Cake; Doodle Twine: Valentines.

It's a Girl Card by Jing-Jing Nickel

http://thislittleartofmine.blogspot.com

Supply List: Nifty notions: sew plaid; Doodle twine: Valentines assortmentBoutique buttons: cupcake and limeade assortmentdoodles cardstock stickers: it's a girl multicolorsweet love: doodle cutcolorwheel doodle cutsundae stripe cute cuts: notions, sweet lovesweet cakes 6x6 paper pad

Mix & Match Team Challenge

We are so excited to share more amazing inspiration for our Mix & Match week. Be sure to leave a comment on which project is your favorite!! 

Card Set by Kathy Martin

http://www.card-blanc.blogspot.com

Supply List: Create-a-Card; Cherished Card; Welcome Home Icons; Nifty Notions Cute Cuts; Mini Jewels – Swimming Pool; Colorwheel Icons; Simply Sweet – Swimming Pool; Boutique Brads – Birthday Celebration

Supply List: Congrats Card; Welcome Home Icons; Create-a-Card; Welcome Home Doodle Cut; Nifty Notions Icons; Welcome Home Cute Cuts; Mini Jewels – Swimming Pool and Tangerine; Doodles Card Stock Stickers – White Congrats; Colorwheel Icons

You by Jessy Cartwright
http://www.teacherjessy.blogspot.com

Supply List: Ladybug Garden: Cute cuts, Cardstock stickers (icon), Bon Appetit: Die-cut paper, Apron strings paper, Cardstock stickers (fancy frills), Petite Prints: Daisy Stripe Limeade paper,Dot grid bon bon paper, Doodle pops (pink posie, buttercup)

Summer by Melinda Spinks

http://www.thescrapfarm.blogspot.com

 

Doodlebug co-ordinate their products so that they have a base set of colours that are used for each collection along with embellishments etc. So when the task was set to mix and match from one collection to another it felt that anything and everything went together so I decided to simply grab a bit of this and a bit of that and 'go for it'.

 

Supply List: Colorwheel - Fancy Florals, Pocket Full o' Posies; Cut Outs - Classic, Santas Workshop; Cake & Icecream - Fun Fetti; Petite Prints - Bubblegum, Lilac, Limeade, Swimming Pool, Tangerine; Glitter Cardstock - White Rainbow Dot; Headlines - Summer Time; Headlines - Summer Time; Candy Shoppe Mini Rubons - Beetle Black; Chunky Brads - Bright Assortments.

Sketch Book by Nancy Damiano

http://www.thepaperorchard.blogspot.com

I need a place to keep all of the design sketches I jot down while I'm out and about. I cut this file folder with a die cutting machine using Petite Prints patterned paper. I decorate the cover with mini polaroids and some of my favorite patterns. The Boutique Brads added just the right touch and still kept my project simple and easy to carry around.

SUPPLY LIST:  Boutique Brads: Nifty Notions. Paper: Petite Print Swimming Pool, Colorwheel Pocket full o' posies, Hometown, Window Box. Hopscotch Alphabet in Swimming Pool. Jack & Jill Rub-ons in Beetle.

You & You by Sherry Cartwright

http://itsawondramouslife.blogspot.com

One of the signature and timeless design elements of Doodlebug Design is their rainbow of colors.  While some manufacturers tend to change their color palette with trends and from year to year, Doodlebug keeps its color choices consistent.  The same rainbow of colors that were chosen years ago are still the same, with some additions, as when the company started.  THAT makes it super easy to mix and match products easily.   It always matches!  

Patterned papers: Fruit cocktail; Apron strings; Nifty Notions sew plaid; Nifty Notions cross stitch; Ladybug Garden all in a row; Colorwheel pocket full of posies; Colorwheel connect the dots; Monster Mania assorted cut outs; Monster Mania hallow’s eve; Monster Mania monster dots; Cake& Ice Cream hip hip hooray [bright]; Santa’s Workshop holiday tweed; Santa’s Workshop cheery chat; Sweet Cakes lots of love; Sweet Cakes berry sweet; Homespun welcome home; Petite Prints  dots / grid – lilac; Petite Prints daisy / stripe – bumblebee; Bright taffy stripes; Petite Prints dots / grid – limeade; Petite Prints daisy / stripe – limeade; Petite Prints daisy / stripe – swimming pool; Petite Prints dots / grid – tangerine; Petite Prints dots / grid – blue jean; Petite Prints daisy / stripe – bubblegum; Classic collection elegance 

Colorful by Elizabeth Carney
http://www.elizabethmcarney.com

Supply List: Colorwheel Fancy Florals papers, Classic Moonlight papers, Cut-Outs Colorwheel 4x6, Cut-Outs Colorwheel assorted, Colorwheel Connect the dots papers, Monster Mania Pumpkin Patch papers, Monster Mania papers, Doodlebug Jewels Beetle Black, Icons Colorwheel, Icons Classic, Doodle-Pops cardstock stickers, Doodlebug Hopscotch cardstock stickers, computer font Century Gothic, Glimmer Mist, Doodlebug Fancy Frills cardstock stickers cake & ice cream, Doodlebug Sweet Cakes Sweets papers.

Tuesday Tutorial: U & Me Wooden Frame

by Monique Liedtke

http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.com

About once a month I visit the local garden centre and what I like most about it, is that they have this corner full of home decor items. I particularly love all the hearts they have. They come in different materials and sizes and when I saw this white wooden one, about 10" x 12", I knew it had endless possibilities. 

Here's what I did with it: 

 

 

1. Gather your supplies: the heart you want to alter, Doodlebug's Sweet Cakes line (patterned paper, twine, diecuts and cardstock stickers), jewels and mini jewels, ribbon and Shin-Dig alpha stickers. Furthermore some ink and your tools: trimmer, scissors, pencil, punches, dies & diecut machine, 2 nails and a hammer:

 

2. Place the heart on the paper you want for the background. Use a pencil to draw around the heart, cut it out and ink the edges.

 

3. Embellish with jewels:

 

4. Hammer 2 nails in the back of the heart and add twine.

 

5. Choose diecuts & stickers and punch out some figures to embellish the heart:

 

6. Adhere the paper to the heart (I used tacky tape), tie a ribbon to the heart so you can hang it on your wall and add the embellishments. I finished by adding a title. The Shin-Dig letters are just the perfect size!

 

7. Hang a photo on the twine, using two mini clothes pins. Make a little banner and hang in front of your photo, tie this twine also to the 2 nails on the back of the heart.

 

8. And you're done! Here's a close-up of the embellishments:

 

Hope you'll like it!

 

Thanks for stopping by Doodlebug's blog today!

Hugs, Monique

Mix & Match Week Begins!!

Welcome to our first Doodlebug Mix & Match Week! We are going to mix up the product and show you how perfectly it matches. Our team text extra care to make sure that product you bought last year still coordinates with products you bought yesterday. We're going to show you how to take a great mix of product throughout this week and inspire you to match our creativity!!

Let's get started by showing off one of my favorite projects from our Design Team that was sent to us from Tiffany Hood...be sure to comment if you love what she created!!

Happy Together by Tiffany Hood

http://www.rhinestonesandribbon.blogspot.com

This layout was a ton of fun to make.  I wanted to do something to showcase Doodlebug's beautiful core colors.  For this layout I used products from the Welcome Home, Santa’s Workshop, Colorwheel, Nifty Notions, Cake and Ice Cream, and Mother Nature collections as well as products from Doodlebug’s core collections of buttons, brads, and word stickers. I love how everything from every collection coordinates!

For this layout I used products from the Welcome Home, Santa’s Workshop, Colorwheel, Nifty Notions, Cake and Ice Cream, and Mother Nature collections as well as products from Doodlebug’s core collections of buttons, brads, and word stickers.  

Supply List: Boutique buttons, boutique brads, brads, chunky brads, sugar coated brads, and crushed velvet brads in ladybug, bubblegum, cupcake, tangerine, bumblebee, limeade, swimming pool, and lilac.  Nifty Notions Collection, Cake and Ice Cream Collection, and Bumblebee assortment mini jewels.  Colorwheel Collection icons cardstock stickers, Mother Nature Collection icons cardstock stickers, Happy Birthday multicolor Doodles cardstock stickers, Together Headlines cardstock stickers, Maple Doodle-Pops cardstock sticker, Welcome Home Collection Doodle Cut cardstock, Santa’s Workshop 4x6 cut-outs cardstock, petite prints swimming pool daisy-stripe cardstock

Birthday Celebration by Kathy + Giveaway

Hi! Doodlebug design team member Kathy Martin here taking over the Doodlebug blog today! Isn't that cool? Since this doesn't happen very often I thought we should celebrate! You know, have some fun, throw a party! What do you think? Are you game?

To have a party we'll need some brightly colored balloons and confetti. What else? Oh yea, we have to have a cake or cupcakes! How about party hats? Pictures will be a lot more fun if we all wear party hats, don't you think?

What's that? What about presents? Now your talking! We should have presents! What's a party without presents? I wonder if the folks at Doodlebug would mind me giving away presents? Do you think they would be okay with that? Maybe if I have just one cool giveaway, they wouldn't mind? So, what should I giveaway? That's a tough one because there are so many great Doodlebug products!

Oh, I know what the giveaway should be! Since this is a party, I'll giveaway a Birthday Celebration pack! Your choice of a boy or girl theme. I think that's pretty awesome, don't you?

Check out more of the Birthday Celebration Collection on the Doodlebug website.

I recently made a scrapbook page with this line. Would you like to see it?

With all these bright colors, balloons, and an assortment of stickers, this collection is perfect for all celebrations, don't you think? You can create cards for graduations, or make invitations, and so much more!

I really enjoyed creating this page of my son's 10th birthday! These balloons begged for some Doodle Twine to make a bouquet with! And I just had to top off some of the confetti with some brightly colored mini jewels!

To create my title, I layered one of the die cuts with a present and party hat. To give them pop, I  attached some adhesive foam tape underneath. As you can see, everything you need for your celebration projects is included in this pack!

GIVEAWAY 
What do you think of this collection? Would you like to win it? Alright! All you have to do is leave a comment here on my blog and tell me what kind of celebration you would use this line for. Also...leave a comment here on the Doodlebug blog letting them know what you like most about this collection.

Comments for this giveaway will be left open through Sunday. Monday I will randomly choose the winner and make that announcement on my blog. Please only one comment per person. Remember, you have to make comments on both my blog and the Doodlebug blog.

Thanks for coming to the party! I hope you had a good time! Good luck with the giveaway!

Kathy :)

Winners, Winner and More Winners

We finally had time to figure out the winners from our past month's worth of giveaways and we're excited to start shipping out these yummy boxes of goodness. The only winners that will have to wait are the winners of our CHA collections...they won't ship until March 5th.

Nancy's post - Nancy's Sweet Giveaway

Jing-Jing post - Sweet Cakes Mailbox Giveaway

Elizabeth's post - Sweet Way to Repurpose Packaging Giveaway

CHA Release - Hello Spring Giveaway

CHA Release - Snips & Snails Giveaway

CHA Release - Sugar & Spice Giveaway

CHA Release - Boys Only Giveaway

Stephanie hosted a blog post Surprise Party - Doodlebug Prize Package Winner

Ro's blog Post Tribute to Valentines - Sweet Cakes Collection Winner

Jessy's Blog Post from Monday, Feb. 13 - Doodlebug Prize Package Winner

Jing-Jing's Post yesterday, Feb. 15th - Sweet Cakes Collection Winner

To Claim Your Prize:
Please email us your shipping information by Friday at 10:00am MST, February 17th to doodlebugdesign.blog@gmail.com.

Sweet Heart Layout by Jing-Jing Nickel

As a mother of girls, I feel that I have an advantage in the Valentines papers department.  There's no shortage of pink, fushcia, red colors in my children's wardrobe, so I can use these fun Valentine papers in non-Valentine layouts.  Here in this layout, I'm simply inspired by the color of her t-shirt and chose the sweet love collection to scrap these photos.  I have to say that I just love the cardstock diecut papers from Doodlebug. The cute cuts are so easy to use and so extremely versatile!  I just pop them out of the sheet and re-arrange the pieces until I find the look that I like.  Do you know they are also double-sided?  Like I said, it's a super duper versatile and adorable product.  

Supplies: Sweet love collection: Icons, fancy frills, cute cuts, doodle-cut, sweethearts; Petite prints: cupcake daisy-stripe; Boutique brads: bubblegum assortment



GIVEAWAY
If you love what you see, please leave a comment here and head over to my blog http://thislittleartofmine.blogspot.comto leave another comment and you will be entered to win the Sweet Love collection!  Good luck!