Daily Doodles: Seasons Layout by Mendi

Hello there!  It's Mendi here today with a layout using the new Daily Doodles collection.  I thought it would be really fun to create a grid style layout reviewing our year using the squares of the calendar page.  This type of layout would make an awesome title page for your album or even created with one page for each month of a year.

For my layout I was inspired by a fun digital layout (seen here).  I was immediately drawn to the rainbow design and how it would well it would translate with the Doodlebug colors.  For my photos I printed 6 images to a 4x6 print and cropped them to just under 1.75" square.  I chose to use a mix of patterned papers from Doodlebug's Petite Prints and Kraft In Color collections.  I then set to work going through all my icon stickers finding images that would match the colors and holidays in my photos.

For the border along the bottom of my page, I pieced together the flower border using paper frill stickers in seven coordinating colors and topped them with the matching jewels.  I love how it ties everything together.

One parting tip that I think makes this rainbow design extra fun is coordinating your photos to match the paper in that row.  I tried to find 3 photos for each color of the rainbow.  That proved to be difficult for a few of the colors, but I made sure to have a couple close-ups that could fill the gaps.  I hope I've inspired to give this fun design a try.

Daily Doodles + Sugarplums Collection: Nutcracker Countdown by Jennifer Beason

Hello Doodlebug fans! Jennifer here and today I have a project to share that features the new Daily Doodles line, as well as the Sugarplums collection.

Christmas countdowns are always a big hit with my kids, so I created this Nutcracker countdown for them. Hope you enjoy it too.

I used the patterned paper side, of a black daily doodle page to add a fun pattern around the nutcracker's hat.  I also used lots of sprinkles, an ornament sticker and a thin paper strip, that was curled to add a little whimsy!

Regular doodle twine was used around his hat, cuffs and shoulders. Then some Chunky Twine was glued around the hem of his coat.

To create the belt, I used the hounds-tooth patterned paper, from the front side of the black Daily Doodle page and a metal ribbon slide.

Vinyl numbers were a placed in the center of the Daily Doodle squares then cut out. The sign was made up of chipboard pieces that were layered together and attached to a wood dowel. A small clothespin was glued onto the scalloped square and used to hold the countdown numbers in place. 

Candy canes, Teensy alpha stickers and more sprinkles were added to the countdown sign, as well.

As you can see I used the red Daily Doodle patterned paper to cover the top of the base. Then gum drops, candy canes, gingerbread houses and men were used as embellishments.

Since the base of the nutcracker is a box, you can store the rest of the countdown numbers inside.

Thanks for joining me today and make sure to come back this week for more Daily Doodle inspiration. Jennifer

Sugarplums Collection: Candy Jar Surprise

Hello, hello!!!!

Silvia here, today I'm coming to show you

my Sugar Plum Collection project, love it!!!

Lori gave me an idea, to buy a jar where I can place all the gorgeous Chunky Twines, and I got this!!!

But was on my table when my mind start imagining how could the icons will look in this beautiful jar

I began with layers of patterned cardstock

 

Here are some details

 

 

A beautiful bow for the cap and thats it,

I've finished!!!

I really liked the result.

Thanks for stopping by,

I hope you liked my project as much as I enjoyed making it!!

And remember, I love to read your comments!!