Lunch Box Notes Tutorial by Aimee

Hi Doodlebug fans! Aimee here today with a project to share a little love with your little ones! I am all the time writing little notes to my daughter and sticking them in her lunchbox so she'll know I'm thinking about her while she's away at school. Usually I am writing those notes on her napkin but I thought I would step up my game and create some adorable note cards using a lot of the basic Doodlebug supplies. I know they will put a smile on her face the same way Doodlebug puts a smile on my face!

To get started, I pulled out a bunch of coordinating Petite Prints, Sugar Coated cardstock, Doodle Pops, Washi Tape, buttons, and brads.

Step 1: Cut your papers to 3 1/2" x 7"  and fold in half to create the base card.

Step 2: Cut out a few 3" squares of white cardstock and start using all of the delicious washi tapes for borders or corners.

Step 3: Adhere your decorated piece of white cardstock to the base card.

Step 4: Start decorating!!

For this little note card, I applied washi tape pieces to create diagonal stripes.

And used a paper piercer to punch holes so I could cluster up some of the pretty little flower brads.

Here are some close ups of all the sweet little note cards I made....

Even though I created these sweet little note cards to put in my daughter's lunch box, I know they would also be perfect to have on hand to use as little Thank You notes to anyone!

Scallop Circle Tri-Fold Card Tutorial by Tya

Hi Doodlebug friends - today I am so pleased to share with you one of my favorite techniques, paired with some of my favorite Doodlebug products! I have always loved making fun fold cards. I love the extra element of fun that a card with interactive parts to it adds - it gives the card recipient a little extra surprise when they open up the envelope! I love that!  And while I adore all the themed lines that Doodlebug puts out, I love the fact that they have so many basic supplies that I reach for all the time. Some of my favorites are Petite Prints, Doodle Twine, Doodles card sentiments and all the amazing embellishments that are perfect for any project! 

 Here are the supplies you need to complete this card :

SUPPLIES:

4 1/4 x 11 inch piece of cardstock

Scoring tool

2 1/2 inch circle punch

Large Scallop punch (mine is about 2 3/8 inch) 

2 inch circle punch

border punch

1 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch piece of cardstock

1 x 4 1/4 inch Petite Print pattern paper

12 inches Doodle bakers twine

Embellishments such as jewels or brads 

Doodle-Pops

Doodles card sentiments

Lets make the card!

Step 1- Using a scoring tool, take a 4 1/4 x 11 inch piece of cardstock and score at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2 inches on the 11 inch side of the paper.

  Step 2- Take your 2 1/2 inch circle punch and line it up as shown on the score mark you made at the 8 1/2 inch mark. Slide the punch all the way in making sure that the score line is in the middle of the circle. Punch out the circle.

 Step 3- This is what the card will look like with the circle punched out and all the score lines folded.

   If you want to- add a little bit of adhesive to the underside of the the top flap as shown.

Step 4- Now comes the fun part! Punch out a scallop circle from the petite print paper. Punch out a 2 inch circle from white cardstock. Add a Doodlepop to the center of the circle. Punch out edge of cardstock with your choice of border punch. Add the Petite Print and cardstock paper strips. Add Bakers twine to the top of the flap. Add Doodle card sentiment and embellishment. 

Here are just a few different varieties below using all the same basic elements. Just change the colors, sentiment and Doodle-Pops to match your theme and you have a sure formula for making adorable cards like these over and over again! Thanks for stopping by today!

Sunshine Shadow Box Tutorial by Jodi

Hi everyone! Jodi here today to bring a little Sunshine to the Doodlebug Blog today! This month I wanted to showcase an 8 X 8 Shadowbox using some Core Color Products! After creating a Christmas Shadowbox, I knew I wanted to create some decor for our new house. I decided to create this for my daughters room and the inspiration started with the sun from the mini doodle-pops!

I started off with lily white piece of cardstock, bumblebee, swiss dot washi tape and the mini doodlepops to refer to the sun as I create! I  started by adding the washi tape as shown:

The next step was too to add the bumblebee pixies. The pieces don't need to be perfect as the face of the sun will cover the center.

 

 Next up is creating the face of the sun. I used scraps from my petite prints and traced an approximate 3 inch circle for the face, two half inch circles for the rosy cheeks and two hole punched circles for the eye. I also punched a two inch circle (you can use a scrap piece for this circle as it is used to create the mouth)

I then used the two inch circle to trace a mouth:

Using the Bubblegum Twine, add this with some quick drawing glue over the traced semi-circle. Add the remaining pieces by popping up the rosy cheek at the end of the twine smile, and then add the eyes.

I then added  the sun using some foam dots to give it some dimension.

I then decided that I wanted to couple more rays of washi tape (yep, its always okay to go back to make your project work for you!). So I went back added to more rays of washi tape under the pixies at the bottom.  I then added some bubblegum letters in a few different fonts, and placed it back in the shadow box. 

Some more detail shots:

I hope I brought you a little bit of sunshine in the middle of winter!