MADE WITH LOVE KITCHEN COAT RACK | with Miguel

Altering pieces that resemble the beautiful Doodlebug collections is something I really enjoy doing. Today I decorated this coat rack with the Made with Love collection, which is all about cooking.

I made a shaker from the heart shape on my rack using the new shakers balls and acetate,  look how beautiful they look inside it!

To decorate I used odds and shape sprinkles I popped up some items for more dimension.

I say goodbye as always, hoping that my work fills you with a lot of inspiration. See you soon.

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Made with Love Collection
Shakers
Acetate

OTHER

Wire Coat Rack
Ribbon

MY HAPPY PLACE ORGANIZER BOX | with Miguel

I am a big fan of the houses in the My Happy Place Collection, so today I have a second wooden house that I altered using the collection.   The steps are very easy, I started by painting a wooden house with black acrylic paint.  Once painted, I selected the papers that we will use to give color and fun to my piece .

It's such a fun house, I had to decide how I wanted to use it.   In addition to being a nice décor piece, I thought it would also make a great organizer.  A perfect place for those of us who lose our keys, lol.  I even made a fun coordinating keychain using the new Bright Bouquet Just Charming clip & keychain, the ideal companion to my box!

I also thought that it would be a fun place to leave family photos and notes, to start our day off well, or as a welcome home after work... Cute don't you think?

I say goodbye for now, as always hoping you are inspired!  Thanks reading today!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

My Happy Place Collection

DOWN ON THE FARM PORTRAIT CUBE | with Miguel

Do you have unused or undecorated pieces of wood in your craft stash? Well, today I show you a fun and useful way to decorate them . A few days ago, I found this wooden cube among my things, and I decided to paint and decorate it with doodlebug Down on the Farm collection. Since it was a cube shape, I decided to make a photo "frame" on each side of this piece. 

I first cut slightly smaller cardboard frames for each side of the cube. I decorated the open "window: of the frame with some papers from the collection and also added a piece of acetate to protect the photo that will be placed there.

I love the bandana designs.  They look great in the frame when it doesn't hold a photo. 

I added a little farm animal from the mini icons for each side of the cube.  On the upper part I created a farm with my Doodle pop to be the center of my project.

I hope you are inspired to create a cube of your own!  Thank you for stopping by!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Down on the Farm Collection

OTHER

Chipboard

Wood Cube

CUTE & CRAFTY CRAFTROOM DRAWERS | with Miguel

This week we are continuing projects with the beautiful Cute and Crafty Collection.  This week I continue with some altered wood drawers to help brighten up the Doodlebug area of my craft space.

On this set of drawers, I am doing the same technique as on my previous project.  I painted the drawers turquoise, then I placed cardboard pieces lined with patterned papers from the collection.  I love how the pieces look on the drawers,  giving it a different and unique design.

 I used Doodle Pops and decorative borders, to give my project lots of fun and color.

 I will use this chest of drawers to store and organize my doodle pops and my Doodle Twine threads as shown in the photo. What do you think of this great idea?

Do not miss more inspiration in my next posts, I will continue creating very nice things for my scrap room.  See you soon and thanks for reading.

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Doodlebug Products Used
Cute & Crafty Collection
Doodle Pops

CUTE & CRAFTY CRAFTROOM DECOR | with Wanda

Hi Doodlebug crafty friends! Do you ever feel like Doodlebug can read our minds? This new Cute and Crafty Collection feels like everything I would ever dream of in a paper collection! I'm so excited to see all the projects people are going to make with this adorable creativity themed collection. Something for every crafter, from stamping to sewing and scrapbooking. I love it! It was hard to decide what to make first. I decided to make a sign for my craft room! I used a chipboard sign shape that I got at Hobby Lobby, and went to town decorating it with paint, paper, stickers, Sprinkles and much more. It's already sitting on a shelf in my craft room next to my idea books!

I started by painting the sign with a few coats of white craft paint. I set it aside to dry and decided on my paper choices and stickers etc. I ended up using the pencils paper as my background paper. It has all the colors in it, and it's such a nice pattern. Next I used the Alex Alphabet Dies and die cut the letters from black cardstock. I mounted the letters onto a white strip of cardstock and lined it with Doodlebug Textured Cardstock. I knew I wanted to use that big Sticker as my main image!

I used a bunch of the mini icons stickers to add a row of happy crafting items across the top of the sign. I mean smiling ink pads and stamps?? C'mon!!

I used the Doodlebug Nesting Scallops Dies to add a design element on the lower right corner and added the pencils cup sticker. I affixed the patterned paper to the chipboard sign shape using clear glue. I traced the shape with a pencil and cut the corners out by hand.

This is a whole giant pile of happiness!  

 This is what the sign looked like before I got started! It's so fun to decorate with Doodlebug!

 I used a white gel pen to add 'highlights' to the black letters. I put a heart in the middle of the letters and added some pretty floral Sprinkles elements. I added the Live Love Create sticker underneath the words.

I'm so happy to share this project with you! I'm wishing you a very happy, cute and crafty day! I'll be back soon with some more projects. Take care!

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DOODLEBUG SUPPLIES

Cute and Crafty Collection
Gingham 6x6 Paper Pad
Textured Cardstock
Nesting Scallops DoodleCuts
Alex Alphabet DoodleCuts

OTHER SUPPLIES

Chipboard Sign
White/Black Cardstock
White Gel Pen
Craft Paint
Clear Glue and Foam Tape

FAIRY GARDEN TIC TAC TOE GAME | with Shellye

A good game of tic-tac-toe is fun for all ages!  Today I'm sharing a quick design using a premade wooden box, but any square shape will do. 

I started with a 5.5"X5.25" box that is actually a frame (found at Oriental Trading).  I covered the sides and insides with patterned papers from the Fairy Garden Collection and then covered with Mod Podge.

Next I used my Cricut to cut nine boxes so that they measured 1.5" square.  You could also use premade boxes or wooden boxes of the same size and cover with squares of paper!  I also chose tabbed boxes so that small treats or prizes could be placed inside of each one.

I also added some pom-pom trim around the inner opening of the wooden box.  This keeps the boxes from shifting around too much inside and also gives a sweet finishing touch.

I hot glued two of the Pixie Sticks in place (or any small stick or even chenille stem would do) vertically to that players will have a guide of where to place their block.

The tops of the boxes were simply decorated with square and circle die-cuts using the Mini Tag Doodle Cuts.  Next I added the X's and O's (I cut one Q's tail off for the 5th O) from the My Type Sticker Letters.  Little bits of stickers and sprinkles were added as accents.

Lastly I added a chenille stem through the two premade holes at the back of the box.  If holes aren't present in your box, just use hot glue to add the stem to the inside or backside of the box.  

I layered on the two rainbow die-cuts (back to back) and then embellished!

I'm personally carrying this game to place in my office at school.  When students are waiting to be picked up, we can have a quick game of tic-tac-toe!

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Doodlebug Products:

Fairy Garden Collection

Mini Tags Doodle Cuts

Sprinkles

Bubblegum Pixies

Chunky Twine

My Type Stickers

FAIRY GARDEN HAIR CLIPS | with Miguel

Looking through my craft stash, I found some felt.  I thought it would be a fun idea to create some cute hair clips for girls using the Fairy Garden Collection.

I made them by cutting flowers in 2 contrasting felt colors with my Sizzix Big Shot and a flower die from my stash.  For my flower centers I added a button I made with stickers and my Button Maker. 

I thought it would be a fun gift to give if I packaged the clips up in a fun way.  I altered a plastic watering can, which I decorated with products from Fairy Garden  Collection.

   

I hope you like this nice idea and put it into  practice  for you girl's. I say goodbye and once again thanks for reading.

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Fairy Garden Collection

Other Products

Felt

Sizzix Big Shot

Flower Die
Button Maker

FAIRY GARDEN BIRDHOUSE | with Wanda

Hey there! I'm so excited today to share my first project made with the brand new Fairy Garden Collection! This collection is so colorful and fun! I knew I had to make a home décor piece with a garden theme - a Fairy Garden Birdhouse. I bought a plain wooden birdhouse from Hobby Lobby and used lots of Doodlebug supplies to decorate it for Spring. This was such a fun project - I hope you'll try it! You can cover just about anything with paper...let your imagination go crazy! 

Here is the front of the birdhouse - covered in Fairy Garden Papers...

And here is the back of the birdhouse... Complete with a letter banner held up by the cutest tiny butterflies...

This is the top down view - I am obsessed with those Garden Flowers - I'll be making more of those for sure.

This is how it started out. I used Mod Podge to affix the papers to the birdhouse, for a nice, even, smooth finish. I did not put Mod Podge over the top of the paper, rather I just used it as the glue to hold it onto the birdhouse.

I used acrylic craft paint to paint the areas of the wood that would show - and not be covered with paper.

Here's a photo of the birdhouse before I decorated it with all the elements.

A few in-process photos! To make the roof shingles, I die cut one inch strips of gingham paper using the Borders and Edges Doodle Cuts. I used ten strips on each half of the roof. I layered them to look like a cozy cottage roof. This took a minute, but I love how it turned out. Once the roof was glued on, I gently used my fingers to lift up the scallops.

 All snails, birdies and butterflies are welcome! The fence is a die that I had in my crafty stash. I added the word sticker that says 'hello sunshine' and lots of little bugs and critters...OH and those adorable mushrooms!

 To make the crinkly shabby chic flowers I used the Garden Flowers pieces. I sprayed them with water and crinkled them in my hands and then set them aside to dry completely. I did this for the leaves too. Once they were all dry, I splattered white paint over them and then glued the layers together. Of course I finished off with some Glitter Sprinkles for flower centers. 

It's always a pleasure to be here sharing a project with you - and my love of all things Doodlebug. Until I see you next time - happy crafting! Do something creative every day! XO

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DOODLEBUG SUPPLIES:

Fairy Garden Odds and Ends

Fairy Garden 6x6 Paper Pad

Fairy Garden 12x12 Paper

Fairy Garden 12x12 Sticker Sheet

Floral Graph Rainbow 6x6 Paper Pad

Doodle Cuts Borders Dies

Garden Flowers

Birds and Bugs Sprinkles

Mushroom Meadow Sprinkles

Valentine Hearts Sprinkles

Bug Babies Doodle Pops

Bumble Bee Twine

 

OTHER SUPPLIES:

Stitched Circles Dies

Scallop Circles Dies

Fence Die Cut

Glue or Mod Podge

Tweezers

Acrylic Craft Paint

Wooden Birdhouse