Off the Page Challenge: Wood Letter Decor by Mendi

Hello Doodlebugs!  It's Mendi here today with a fun idea for kid's room decor using Doodlebug's adorable Fairy Tales collection!   I bought these 12" high wood monogram letters at my local craft store just over five years ago when we moved to a new home, but sadly the project kept getting pushed to the back burner.  I decided it was time to finally decorate them for my daughter before she's too old to enjoy them or leaves home.  ;)

For all of my letters, I started by tracing them face down onto the backside of the papers I wanted to use.  I then fussy cut them out and stitched around the borders of them before adhering them to the wood piece with liquid adhesive.

I wanted to have each letter be embellished in a unique way, but have them come together in one cohesive project.  For the letter "A" I pulled out bits of ribbon from my stash and wrapped the pieces around to the back of my paper cutout before adhering them to the wood.

Three simple, yet completely adorable flower buttons dress up my letter "Y".

For my "L" I die-cut 4 diamonds from my favorite petite prints and stitched around them before adhering them to my piece to form an argyle print.  I then used some of the adorable sprinkles from the collection to embellish them.

For my letter "E" I used a swiss dot print with some of the darling icon sticker balloons and the unicorn from the odds & ends pack.  Before adhering the letter to the wood, I poked holes on either side of the balloons and stitched around them using an embroidery needle to give the appearance the baker twine strings are tied on.

I kept my last letter fairly simple since the print had a lot going on visually.  I added some random glitter sprinkles from the collection to give the polka-dots extra interest.  I love the way they look!

This collection makes this 80's girl with her rainbow heart skip a beat!  I hope I've inspired you to use some of your favorite Doodlebug papers for a home decor project too!  

Off the Page Challenge: Beautiful Tags by Anita Bownds

Hi there, doodlebug peeps 

Today I'm sharing a few tags for my off the page project I decided on tags 

because you can give them as a gift on a birthday present or write on the back to give as a card!

I started with thick white cardstock and cut into tag shapes

Then I went through my 6x6 paper pads from doodlebug and picked colours that would go together 

In a pink and purple colour ..

Here is a process video of how I created them...

Here is a close up of those cute little doodle pops

Products used..

5449 swiss dot rainbow petite prints
5450 gingham linen rainbow petite prints
5689 fairy tales paper pad

983 bright assortment doodle twine
5577 unicorn doodle pop
5580 cute cake doodle pop
5544 birthday girl glitter sprinkles
4604 lilac mini paper doilies
4596 cupcake mini paper doilies

Off the Page Challenge: Pocket Tag Mini Album by Virginia

Greetings! Hope you have been inspired by the off-the-page projects here on the blog.  For this challenge I made a pocket tag mini book.  This is a great way to showcase your memories in a fun and compact format.  By keeping the pocket tags clipped together on a ring, you can keep adding to the mini with more photos at your own pace.

The base pages of my pocket tag mini album are made from 3.5"x11" strips of card stock.  Score and fold each strip at the 5 inch mark, adhere the sides together and you have an instant pocket tags! Embellish the outside with photos/ephemera and tuck a journaling card into the pocket to document those special moments!

The theme of my mini is school graduation and the Hats Off collection is so perfect to cherish this milestone.  Another awesome project could be a collection timeline of those yearly school photos!