CUTE & CRAFTY CRAFTROOM FRAME | with Karen

As a card maker, new Doodlebug collections always mean new projects for other people. In fact, I usually spend a fair amount of time with a new collection trying to figure out which elements and images work for the important people in my life.

But when the new Cute & Crafty collection arrived, I decided that the first person I would make a project for was, well...myself! Given that I absolutely love stamping and colouring Doodlebug images, I thought it would be so fun to create a little home deco piece that really spoke to who I am a crafter...

...because does it get any cuter than these little stamping themed die cuts from the Odds and Ends pack? Nope, I didn't think so!

All I did was take out all the pieces that I was drawn to and lay them out in a way that I loved. Then, simply using some adhesives in different depths, I attached all the papers and elements to the backing board of the frame (I loved the kraft colour so I decided not to cover the whole frame backing).

And if you are an Odds and Ends die cut fan like I am, you are going to love the Bits and Pieces packs! Filled with adorable tags and florals, they perfectly compliment all of the fun other shapes in both the Odds and Ends and Chit Chat packs.

So, this little piece is going to find a home in my crafting space. And if I am being honest, I think that I make make another two to go with it! Because at the end of the day, it's okay to make projects for me! And it beats just hoarding all the cute product in my drawer! ;)  Thanks for stopping by!

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Cute & Crafty Collection

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Mini Paper Clips

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LAND THAT I LOVE GOOD TO BE FREE LAYOUT | with Lisa

It's time to get out all of your blue, red and white stuff and have a fun 4th of July celebration!!! :) At least, if you're living in the United states, haha!  I live in Luxembourg, so of course, we don't celebrate 4th of July. We celebrated our National holiday on June 23rd tough and the colors of the Luxembourg flag are blue, red and white too, so I could pretty much use everything 4th of July themed here too... but, for this project I made a layout about freedom and how important it is to me to just feel free.

When I went through the Land that I love collection, the cute eagle Doodle-pop just really caught my eye and I wanted to paper-piece and hand-stitch it in a much bigger size, to be the star of my layout... :)  So I started by hand-drawing the eagle onto a white sheet of paper, cut out the different parts, traced around them on the cute patterned papers from the collection and then adhered everything together and stitched around, using different colors. Before I adhered the parts together tough, I created shadows with my Distress Oxides. For the eye of the eagle I used a big black Jewel. 

For the background, I chose a white 12x12 sheet of paper and did some mixed media on it. I prepped the page with white gesso, let it dry and then used gelatos to get some color on there. Of course, I used red and different shades of blue and teal. When it was dry, I used the two cloud stamps, included in the stamp set from the collection, to stamp some little clouds on the upper part of the page. I used Distress Oxides to stamp and then used a small brush with water to go over all the stamped lines of the clouds and make them more blurry and faded and color them in a bit.

Then I cut out some clouds out of white paper, put some color around the edges and added them to the background. I also used three die-cut cloud pieces to add.  For my photo, I chose one that matched perfectly with the colors, since that day I was dressed in blue, red and white. Plus, we took that photo when we visited Provence, FRANCE, and I really felt good and... free! Free to do what I wanted, free to go where I wanted, just free and happy... the way I pretty much feel every day... haha :)  I matted the photo on four different patterned paper scraps and then I placed my eagle and photo on the layout to see how I wanted it to be. When I found a good placement, I adhered everything down, using foam tape for the eagle. 

I went through the embellishments and chose some die-cut rosettes and stars, enamel dots, Jewels, cardstock stickers and alpha stickers to add to my page. I love how these last additions always make the page a lot cuter. I splattered silver paint all over and then I was done! 

I hope you like the layout and are inspired to create a fun red, blue and white project. For all my friends, living in the USA, have a great 4th of July celebration!!! :)

See you soon,

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Doodlebug Products Used

Land That I Love Collection
Black Jewels
Alpha stickers

Other Products Used
Embroidery thread

Distress Oxides

Gesso 

 

LAND THAT I LOVE CANADA DAY LAYOUT | with Nathalie

Happy Canada Day to you all!  We are celebrating this week with The Land That I  Love collection, and  I had to create a page that reflect my beloved adopted home, Canada.

I focused on using all the red patterns in the collection to create a patriotic page.  I used the red tone papers to create origami maple leaves for my page (just like in the Canadian flag)

I created leaves of different size papers (4", 3",and2")for the background of the page. I place them so that they fan out on the background of a white 11"x11"cardstock.

Just a few gems and cardstock stickers is all I needed to embellish the page. The folds in the leaves already add interest to the page.

To finish the page, I created a title using Abigail Alpha stickers for my title, and adhere the photo of our baby on his first Canada Day celebration.   Just love how this turned out! 

Thank you so much for visiting!

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Doodlebug Products Used

Land That I Love Collection
Abigail Alpha Stickers in Beetle Black
Mini Jewels
The Land That I  Love DoodleStamps