Nancy's "SWEET" Giveaway + a HOP!

by Nancy Damiano

http://www.thepaperorchard.blogspot.com

With Valentine's day just around the corner, I've been hard at work making token gifts and cards for those I love. The week I've been working on boxes full of Sweethearts and gift cards for my son's teachers. And what better way to do it than with the Sweet Cakes line!

SUPPLY LIST:  Sweet Cakes Fancy Frills, Sweets Paper, Berry Sweet Paper, Hugs&Kisses Paper, Babycakes Paper, Valentine Doodletwine assortment, Sweetheart Doodlepop, Thank You Doodles Sticker, Bubblegum Create-a-Card.

I started out by making the box with the Silhouette using two different Sweet Cakes patterns - a print for the top box and a more classic dot print for the actual box. I also lined the box with a stripe pattern for some contrast. Next I filled it up with packages of Sweethearts and a gift card from our local movie theater.

I used a piece of acetate for the window of the box and some jewels to decorate the white border. I made a 'garland' of hearts using twine and some punched out hearts. I think it adds a little whimsy and a cute decorative touch. 

And now for the giveaway --- visit my blog at www.thepaperorchard.blogspot.com and leave a comment (there are more photos there too) and then come back to the Doodlebug blog, leave a comment here and  YOU'RE ENTERED to win the Sweet Cakes line! Winners will be announced on 1/31/12 right here.

Doodle Card Sketch Day 4 - Wendy, Stephanie & Elizabeth

Win the new Sweet Cakes Collection: Remember to post your card creations utilizing our Doodle Card sketch to Facebook and we'll pick a winner and announce on Monday!!

Thank You Sweetie by Wendy Sue Anderson
http://wendysueanderson.blogspot.com

Putting together a hand-made card couldn’t be easier when you use a sketch and a fun line of product!  I used the sweet cakes collection for my card, but instead of a “love” theme, I opted to use a “thank you” sticker to make it more generic – love how versatile these lines can be since there are so many coordinating items in all of the sets! J

Supply List: Sweet Cakes Cheery Cherries Paper;  Sweet Cakes Lots of Love paper; Sweet Cakes fancy frills sugar coated cardstock sticker; Sweet Cakes cute cuts; Valentines Doodle Twine;  Cupcake mini jewels; Bubblegum Mini Jewels; Multi-color thank you stickers

You Card by Elizabeth Carney
http://www.elizabethmcarney.com

Supplies: Sweet Cakes Fancy Frill Sugar Coated Cardstock Stickers, Sweet Cakes Sugar Coated Cardstock Stickers, Sweet Cakes Cute Cuts 12X12 Die Cut Sheet, Doodlebug Doodle Twine Valentines Assortment, Doodlebug Design Mini Jewels Lily White Assortment, Doodlebug Jack & Jill cardstock stickers, Baby Cakes 12X12 Sweet Cakes Collection Paper, Doodlebug Slim Sunburst Create-A-Card Assortment.


I Love You Card by Stephanie Buice
http://mybitsofsunshine.blogspot.com

Supply List: Sweet cakes 6x6 paper pad, sugar coated cardstock, lots of love patterned paper (sweet cakes collection), icons cardstock stickers (sweet cakes collection)

Doodle Card Sketch Day 3 - Aphra, Ro & Kathy

Another day of more card ideas you'll LOVE!! Speaking of things we love...

....we love Pinterest and did you know Doodlebug is on Pinterest? Go follow our boards and you'll find it a great way to reference our fun projects and blog posts. You can find us here: http://pinterest.com/doodlebug_inc/

I Love You Card by Kathy Martin
http://www.card-blanc.blogspot.com

Supply List: Hugs & Kisses, Valentine Twine and Side B, Doodle-Pops – Baby Cake, Doodles – I Love You, Boutique Buttons – Ladybug Assortment, Fancy Frills

Sweet Card by Aphra Bolyer
http://www.scrapbyrophilippsen.blogspot.com

Supply List:  Sweet Cakes 6 x 6 Paper Pad; Sweet Cakes Fancy Frills;  Sweet Cakes Cute Cuts; Sweet Cakes Sugar Coated Stickers; Berry Sweet Doodle-Pop.

Adorable, Lovable by Ro Philippsen
http://www.scrapbyrophilippsen.blogspot.com

Supply list: 
- Sweet cakes 6"x6" paper pad; cheery cherries - double-side cardstock; fancy frills cardstock sticker; sugar coated cardstock sticker; Sweet cakes - sute cuts; baby cake doodle-pops; valentines doodle twine.

Doodle Card Sketch Day 2 - Melinda, Jessy & Tiffany

Here's more great inspiration using our Doodle Card Sketch for the month of 

January, featuring our Sweet Cakes Collection. 

PageMap Sketch

You Are So Sweet by Melinda Spinks

http://www.thescrapfarm.blogspot.com/

 

Can card making get any better when it comes to using a 'Creat-a-Card' from the Doodlebug collection? I always struggled with my card designs but having these little cards already cut, designed and trimmed takes away half the stress and means I only have the fun stuff to do... the decorating! And using the new Sweet Cakes collection with its gorgeous pinks and reds and scrummy borders and doodlepops, it doesn't take long before a card is finished and ready to be posted!

 Supply List: Create-a-card A6 Paisley Bubblegum; Sweet Cakes - Cute Cuts; Sweet Cakes - Fancy Frills Sugar Coated; Doodlepops - Baby Cakes; Mini Jewels - Bubblegum; Jack & Jill Alphabet Rub ons - Ladybug.


Love Birds by Tiffany Hood

http://www.rhinestonesandribbon.blogspot.com

Card Supplies: Sweet Cakes Cute-Cuts, Doodle Twine- Valentines Assortment Doodle-Pops- Love Birds, Sugar coated cardstock-Silver, Chenille cardstock- Lily White

Happy Birthday by Jessy Cartwright
http://www.teacherjessy.blogspot.com

Supply list: Sweet Cakes Collection 6x6 paper pad, Doodle-pops cuppy cake, Doodle twine Valentine assortment, Cardstock stickers (happy birthday: lily white)

Tuesday Tutorial: Puffy Paper Hearts by Monique

Hi everyone,

 

Today it's my turn (Monique) to show you a project of mine made with the gorgeous "Sweet Cakes" line!

 

As soon as I laid my eyes on this happy & romantic line ideas started popping in. Apart from making layouts (what I usually do) there are so many home decor items you can use this line for! Here's one I really love:

 

 

Here in The Netherlands the winter has been very grey and rainy and a bouquet like this always manages to cheer me up!

 

If you want to give it a try too, here's what you do:

 

* Gather your supplies: Doodlebug's Sweet Cakes 6x6 Paper Pad, Doodle twine (Valentines and Valentines assortment), Doodlebug buttons and some tools: paper piecer, push pad, scissors, needle, some batting material, pencil & eraser and something to draw hearts (I used an "empty" chipboard frame).

 

* Place your heart frame on the paper and draw a few hearts:

 

* Cut out the hearts, place them on top of each other and piece holes along the edge. Take care you don't piece too close to the edge otherwise your paper will tear once you pull the twine through it. Then cut a length of twine and sew around the edge of the heart. Start almost a the bottom, leaving a gap to fill the heart later on and sew your way up, like this:

 

 

* Once you reach the top of the heart adhere 2 buttons; one on either side of the heart and make a loop before you start sewing again:

 

 

* When you're 3/4 done fill the heart with some filling material:

 

 

* I used my scissors to make sure the filling reached all the little corners:

 

 

* Continue to sew the heart together and it will look like this:

 

 

* Here's what all the hearts looked like together. As there are so many different designs in the paper pad almost all the hearts look different!

 

 

And here's how the bouquet looks on my table:

 

 

and a close-up:

 

 

This is it! I hope you like it and if you decide to give it a try, please link your photo to Doodlebug's blog so we can see yours!

Thanks for visiting Doodlebug's blog today!

 

Monique

http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.com

January Doodle Card Sketch + Sweet Cakes + Giveaway

Sweet Cakes Collection Winner: Last week we inspired you with a week's worth of inspiration from our design team. They took our Doodles 12x12 Sketch and the Sweet Cakes Collection and we offered one of you a shot and getting your hands on this fun collection. The winner for last week is: KIM

Now for our Doodle Card Sketch + another chance to win the 

Sweet Cakes Collection....keep reading!!  

PageMap Sketch

Love Card by Aphra Bolyer

http://www.aphradeedesigns.blogspot.com

Supply List:  Sweet Cakes 6 x 6 Paper Pad; Cinnamon Hearts Braddies; Sweethearts Braddies; Sugar Coated Braddies; Sweet Cakes Cute Cuts; Love Boutique Brads.

Flower Card by Sherry Cartwright

http://itsawondramouslife.blogspot.com

I love to use sketches for inspiration.   Usually I toss and turn, flip and flop them, but I created my card very closely to this sketch by Page Maps.  

I adore flowers of all kinds, especially paper.   I knew I wanted the focus from the sketch to be a circle and flower.  With that in mind, I set out to create a flower with layers of loveliness.   The base of the flower is a simple punched scalloped circle in white cardstock.  I topped it with a fancy frill border sticker in polka dots.  I adhered the beginning of the sticker onto the paper base, then in between each scallop in the border, I creased and tucked it to a circular shape to create petals of my flower.   I punched various circles for the flower center, then topped with a boutique button tied with doodle twine.  

Leaves were simply cut from Petite Prints in grasshopper green and added a couple of rhinestones to mimic dew drops.   

Card base is simply white cardstock, with a layer of white cardstock punched with notebook paper trim at the top and pink patterned cardstock at the bottom.  I freeform machine stitched a few circles in the area I planned to place the flower.   It adds detail without being too overwhelming.  All was placed on a white cardstock base with a red paper ribbon.  Here are a couple more flowers I made using the fancy frill stickers.   What a clever and pretty way to use those borders!   

Supplies:  Cheery Cherries double sided cardstock, Heart to Heart double sided cardstock, Petite Prints – bubblegum dot, Petite Prints – green lines,  Sweet Cakes fancy frills, Sweet Cakes sugar coated cardstock stickers, Boutique Buttons – lily white, Doodle Twine – valentines assortment.

 

GIVEAWAY: We're excited to share some great projects from our design team featuring the January Doodle Card Sketch and our Sweet Cakes Collection ALL this week. So to make it even more fun we're going to giveaway to a lucky winner the entire Sweet Cakes Collection. Just make sure you come by and leave a comment today and any additional day this week that you see this Doodle Card Sketch.

BONUS GIVEAWAY: We want to challenge you to create something with this sketch AND any Doodlebug product. Just post your layout to our Facebook page AND email it to us at Doodlebug Blog  doodlebugdesign.blog@gmail.com. 

Doodle Sketch Layout + Sweet Cakes Day 5

Well it's the last day we are sharing our inspiration based on our January Doodle Layout Sketch and the Sweet Cakes Collection. We hope you found something you liked...in fact, let us know which layout was your favorite!!

Love Birds by Stephanie Buice

http://mybitsofsunshine.blogspot.com

Supply list: Lots of love and hugs and kisses, patterend paper (sweet cakes collection), 6x6 paper pad (sweet cakes collection), sweet cakes cute cuts, paper frills, love birds doodle pops, monster dots patterned paper (monster mania collection), Valentines doodle twine, I love you doodles cardstock stickers, and Candy shoppe cardstock stickers.

The Princess Party by Nancy Damiano

http://www.thepaperorchard.blogspot.com/

SUPPLY LIST: Patterned Paper: Sweet Cakes Collection Sweets and 6x6 paper pad. Stickers: Sweet Cakes Icons, Fancy Frills and multicolor i love you Doodles. Die Cuts:  Sweet Cakes Cute Cuts. Twine: Doodle twine Valentine assortment. Alphabet: Jack & Jill in Lily White and Bubblegum. Doodle Pops: Baby Cake.