Patriotic Parade: Picnic Caddy and Patriotic Bunting

Patriotic Picnic Caddy 
by Amanda Coleman 

I am completely smitten by the bold colors and festive patterns in Doodlebug's new Patriotic Parade collection.  Although it is only May, I am already looking forward to festive Fourth of July decor and lots and lots of picnics.

The American flag is is repeated throughout the Patriotic Parade collection.  I gathered coordinating patterned paper and upcycled some regular ol' cans to create a Fourth of July utensil holder.

I started by wrapping three cans with patterned paper.  All you need to do this is a paper cutter and a glue gun.

I tied the three cans together with a piece of striped ribbon.  The ribbon is the only thing that is holding the cans together so the cans could be repurposed again simply by untying the ribbon.

I dug into my supply of Christmas ribbon and found this striped grosgrain ribbon.  I love how the stripey bow compliments the flag patterns on the cans.

Happy creating!

Amanda

Supplies: 
Patriotic Parade collection
Striped ribbon (Offray)
Cans

Patriotic Bunting

by Courtney Lee 

Well hello! This is Courtney from Court's Crafts here! :) 

I made this 4th of July banner for the girls' bedroom door. Emmaline "helped" cut most of the pieces out on my die cutting machine and she loves this banner! She is very proud of it being on her door. 

These star brads are SOOOO cute!! I love love love them. What a perfect accent to the middle of the pinwheel! I am going to try layered pinwheels soon! The doodle-pop pinwheels were the start of my inspiration for this project. 

 Ahhh - doodle-pops... how I love thee. Emmaline loves airplanes right now and points them out every chance she gets. She insisted that this airplane went on the banner. I was thinking about it and wavering and I am so glad she was insistent as it's so darling! I added that gorgeous star jewel for a little bling. :)

Do you ever start to design, hesitate, and question yourself whether or not something is "too much"? I spent WAY too much time staring at this. These are two stickers layered on top of each other. I am SO glad I did it! I think it's kind of fabulous. When in doubt - remember that they are only stickers and they might as well be used! :) I added a little Fancy Frill to the top as well. :)

Oh look! Another DARLING doodle-pop!

All of the letters on my banner came from the icons for Patriotic Parade. They were probably "designed" for a title of a scrapbook page, but I love them on a banner! The oversized letters are perfect for just that. :) 

A little extra bling was needed... enter fabby sequins! 

Did anyone spy the doilies from the valentine's day collection: sweetheart?!? Why yes, they do match. :)

recipe:
doodlebug: patriotic parade all stars (4304)
doodlebug: patriotic parade red, white and blue (4300)
doodlebug: patriotic parade proud plaid (4302)
doodlebug: patriotic parade air mail doodle-pops (3690
doodlebug: patriotic parade fire cracker mini doodle-pops (3692)
doodlebug: patriotic parade icons (4312)
doodlebug: patriotic parade fancy frills (4313)
doodlebug: patriotic parade star jewels red white and blue (3671)
doodlebug: patriotic parade star brads (3676)
doodlebug: ladybug doilies (4066)
doodlebug: sequins in lily white (4265)

Patriotic Parade: Stars & Stripes Layout and Wreath

Hello Doodlebugs!  It's Mendi here.  I can hardly contain my excitement about my projects today!  I am a sucker for red, white and blue and I couldn't wait to dig into Doodlebug's newest Patriotic Parade collection using it for both a layout and a wreath to decorate my home with for the fourth!

To create my wreath, I combined a couple different popular wreath styles that I've seen floating around Pinterest lately (examples of which can be seen here and here).  I started by covering a 9" foam wreath form with strips of paper that were cut 1.5" wide by 12" long and then used my ATG adhesive to wrap them around it, starting with the outer ends and then squeezing them tight around the wreath.  Afterwards you can simply cut the ends into cute little V's (or in my case I created my strips on my Silhouette software with the V's already cut out from each end). After I was done I cut out stars that were both 2.75" tall and 3.5" tall on my Silhouette and scored them towards the center, which allowed me to fold them and make them more dimensional.  Wendy Sue shared a great tutorial on this a couple years ago (found here).  With the explosion of patterns for my other paper strips, I tried to keep this layer more monochromatic using my favorite tone-on-tone Petite Prints.  I was surprised at how quickly this came together and it is something I know my family will enjoy for many years to come!

Up next I have a layout using some favorite photos of mine from several years ago.  I was happy to finally have the perfect collection to use them with!

This collection has so many great little embellishments to mix and match!

I found this collection to be so fun and happy to work with.  I hope you will pick some up and play along too!

Patriotic Parade 12x12 Paper Pack Patriotic Parade Icon Stickers

Ladybug Daisy-Stripe Petite Prints

Ladybug Dot-Grid Petite Prints

Blue Jean Daisy-Stripe Petite Prints

Blue Jean Dot-Grid Petite Prints Stars & Stripes Star Jewels Red White & Blue Star Brads Firecracker Doodlepops Stars & Stripes Mini Pinwheel Craft Kit Stars & Stripes Tag Stickers Ladybug Arrow Sprinkles Ladybug Love Letters CS Stickers Doodle Twine- Red, White & Blue Assortment Red White & Blue Star Sprinkles

Patriotic Parade Collection Launch Party + Giveaway

Wheel out the wagons and raise up the flag..the Patriotic Parade is coming to town! In the proud colors of red, white, and blue this simply spectacular collection is sure to set off fireworks at your next gathering or occasion. With papers, stickers & sparkly embellishments this grand ole assortment is perfect for crafting and remembering our great nation’s holiday. This 4th of July season, let the rockets fly and let freedom ring with Doodlebug’s Patriotic Parade.

So for the next two weeks we'll be featuring this collection and you can win!! Check out these fun products and scroll to the end of the post to see how you can enter to win the new Patriotic Parade Collection products!   

 

 

  

Patriotic Parade Collection Giveaway:

We are giving away some amazing boxes filled with an assortment of our new Patriotic Parade   Collection SIX lucky winners. We are going to be looking throughout the next couple of weeks as we feature this new collection. You can continue to support us each day and complete any or all of the following. The more you enter the more chances you have to win!!

1. Pin the images from each day's posts that you love to Pinterest and leave a comment when you do. The more you pin the more chances you have of being picked.

2. Go to the Doodlebug Facebook page and share each day's posts with your friends. Simply click SHARE under the image and then leave a comment under any blog post that you did this.

3. Follow Doodlebug on Instagram (@Doodlebugdesign) and leave a comment that you are following us!!

You will have until Saturday, May 31st at 12:00 noon MST to enter. We'll post the winner on Monday, 6/2. Good luck!!