Happy Mail Challenge 5: Congratulations

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 5: Make a congratulations Happy Mail card and congratulate someone! (click here to read about Happy Mail).

Come play with us and link up your own creations of CONGRATS into your Happy Mail over on BPC website. Here's some ideas on what you could create.

Congrats by Sherry


I have been meaning to make my nephew's wife a card since she opened her own [dog] grooming business a couple of months back. Today's happy mail challenge to make a congratulations card was just enough to kickstart my creativity.

This cute wee pup from the doodlepop assortment was the perfect companion for my card.  I simply tied a doodle twine bow around his neck and added a sentiment sticker.

I can't wait to sent this along to B for being such a Tip-Top groomer.  Proud of her accomplishment!


Congrats by Melinda
Love that this cool card incorporates a really fun technique!

Congrats by Monique
This daring congrats card could work for any occasion.

 

Go take the challenge and send some happy mail!

Happy Mail Challenge 4: Twine

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 4: Tie some twine on your Happy Mail card and send it to someone you love (click here to read about Happy Mail). Come play with us and link up your own creations of incorporating TWINE into your Happy Mail over on BPC website. Here's some ideas on what you could create. 

Now you do not "have to" knit your twine like Melinda did, but WOW this is one way of incorporating twine on your Happy Mail!!

by Melinda Spinks

 Use it to accent around an opening to your card.

by Jing Jing Nickle

Sherry Cartwright created this fun holiday Happy Mail and told us, "I love sending and receiving something fun in the mail.  Bills or advertisements just don't cut it.  So, this year, I started sending some happy mail [a la Stacy Julian, Big Picture Classes and Doodlebug Design].   I used the Happy Mail challenge 4 -- tie it up with twine! as a starting point for this card.  I used white doodle twine and tied it in a simple bow.  Nothing fancy, but still delightful."

by Sherry Cartwright

Here's the card Monique created for this challenge. She made a Christmas card using the twine from the North Pole collection:

Go take the challenge and send some happy mail!

Use Circles on your Happy Mail Challenge 2

There's still one day left to submit your projects...let's all get crafty!! 

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 2. (click here to read about Happy Mail) You are invited to play along with us by following the challenge and uploading your card to this blog post using the inlinkz tool below.

 

CHALLENGE: Use two different sized circles on your HAPPY MAIL.

GIVEAWAY AND PRIZE DETAILS: To participate upload your Happy Mail card (using the inlinkz tool below) by 10/27/2012 midnight PST. Everyone that uploads their Happy Mail card is entered into the giveaway for the prizes below. Winners announced 11/2/2012 on Happy Mail challenge 3.

1. Doodlebug goody box
2. $20 BPC gift certificate 
3. Design Workshop eBook by Lisa Dickinson

POST YOUR CREATIONS HERE

ABOUT HAPPY MAIL

What is the Happy Mail Campaign?
Starting Sept 1 2012, I Stacy Julian , declare that I will make and send 365 handmade cards with handwritten notes. Now I do not want to do this along and I know with your enthusiastic support, we can do this. Join me in a pay-it-forward Happy Mail movement where people rediscover the joy of sending and receiving handwritten communication (with a stamp).

What is Happy Mail?
Happy Mail is a concept that we started with the launch of Big Picture Classes in 2005. We wanted to connect with our members in multiple ways. When you register for an account at Big Picture Classes we ask you some unusual questions, such as what is your favorite candy bar? your favorite color? Using those answers and with the help of our BPC team we randomly mail out happy mail to members. In fact when we celebrated our 5-year anniversary we sent out 500 happy mail packages to 500 Big Picture members all around the world. We continue to package and send happy mail out to our members throughout the world.

October Happy Mail Color Challenge

Welcome to the first Happy Mail challenge!!! We are thrilled to be sponsoring Stacy's personal Happy Mail all year long. You are invited to play along with us by following the challenge and uploading your card to the Big Picture Classes blog post here. 

Created by Kandis Smith

CHALLENGE: Make HAPPY MAIL with these three colors, teal, black, and red.

The card can be any season and you can  use any products, just use the colors below.

GIVEAWAY: Closes 10/17/2012 midnight PST. Everyone that uploads their Happy Mail card is entered into the giveaway for the prizes below.

• Doodlebug goody box
• $20 BPC gift certificate 
• Copy of 31 Thank You Cards eBook by Kimber McGray, Heather Nichols, Kristina Werner

Announcing Happy Mail

What is Happy Mail?

Happy Mail is a concept Stacy Julian presented to Cynthea Sandoval last year at a trade show. Our Create-a-Card program was the perfect fit for this idea and with the help of both companies we are excited to announce it's launch. 

What is the Happy Mail Campaign?

The following statement was posted on the Big Picture blog today, "Starting Sept. 1 2012, I Stacy Julian, declare that I will make and send 365 handmade cards with handwritten notes. Now I do not want to do this alone and I know with your enthusiastic support, we can do this. Join me in a pay-it-forward Happy Mail movement where people rediscover the joy of sending and receiving handwritten communication (with a stamp)."

Why participate?

The online world is an exciting place to work and hang out—with new advances in digital media and communication exploding at every turn. Many of these digital tools have established themselves permanently in our daily lives and routine—think email and Facebook. But the sheer volume of digital communication can be utterly overwhelming, driving attention deficit, dehumanization and diminishing returns on our efforts. It’s crazy to me, that these super-convenient tools, celebrated for their ability to connect people, can actually have the opposite effect. This is why my big idea is very old-fashioned and requires only a pen and a piece of paper.

So we here at Doodlebug are excited to share our support of the program and we've challenged our own design team to pay it forward and send out a card and handwritten message to a friend. Let's start of the week of features with Melinda....

You Are So Tweet Card
by Melinda Spinks

My little card is destined to cross the equator and head all the way up to the United Kingdom. When we were asked if there was someone deserving that we'd like to send a surprise card to, I knew exactly where I wanted mine to go. My recipient is a special lady that I've never met in person, however she is incredibly sweet, passionate about her family, animals, craft and a real battler. My special recipient always puts a smile on my face no matter what she is facing in her own life and she was so thoughtful and generous when she sent our little Teddy a beautiful parcel of goodies including his very first pair of shoes. I hope this makes her smile!

Supply List: Create-A-Card Square Baroque Assortment - Swimming Pool; Crushed Velvet Cardstock - Lily White, Bon Bon; Paper Frills - Limeade; Mini Doodle-pops - Festive Flock; Simply Sweet Mini Rubons - Lily White.

Visit the Big Picture Classes Blog to learn more 

about the Happy Mail Campaign 

and the Big Idea Festival (free class).

Join us again tomorrow to learn more about this fun program and how we're teaming 
up with Big Picture Classes and Stacy Julian!

May 5th - A Day at Doodlebug with Stacy Julian

What's better then National Scrapbook Day with Doodlebug? National Scrapbook Day with Stacy Julian coming to our offices to PARTY with you and the Doodlebug Team!! 

A Day at Doodlebug
A LIVE Crop & Shop Event with Stacy Julian
May 5th, 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah


Stacy Julian will be kicking off this FREE BPC Creative Crop event with a LIVE video chat from the wonderfully colorful Doodlebug headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. But, it gets better ...

We've created two LIVE Crop & Shop events later in the day (as a BONUS!)

Each three-hour event will feature 3 rotations, including a lecture-style class with Stacy, a hands-on, create your own 8x8 album with Wendy Smedley and Doodlebug designers and a final hour to enjoy a delicious box lunch, delightfully fun make & takes and a special National Scrapbook Day store chock full of Doodlebug products at special prices.

The product value alone for this event is $100 per student, plus there is potential prizes and instruction and personal time with Stacy Julian, Wendy Smedley and the Doodlebug Team! Our promotion time is short for these events, but we're excited to share this opportunity with you for only $50.00!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Please note that registration is limited to 70 students per event. Due to the limited nature of the event, cancellations are not allowed. Questions can be directed to allison@stacyjullian.com.

But if you can't join us at Doodlebug, then join us for the FREE Big Picture online Creative Crop event starting at 9:00am PST on May 5th.  

Click here to learn more details and how you can participate!!

Doodlebug Attending Scrapfest 2011

Guess where we'll be on September 16, 17 and 18th? We'll be at Mall of America having fun with thousands of scrapbookers at Scrapfest 2011!! Join us?  

Daily Make & Take Projects 

from your favorite manufacturers (Doodlebug of course....check out our monster card). 

With admission, you get access to dozens and dozens of free Make & Take projects, throughout the Mall of America! You'll get the chance to interact with representatives from your favorite brands and try their latest products while you make a really cool project! For more information about attending, visit their website. 

Doodlebug Create-A-Card Class

...all our classes sold out so quick - thank you!! But we still thought it would be fun to share with everyone the cute classes Cynthea will be teaching at Scrapfest. If you are one of the lucky ones that is attending one of these classes, you can find your supply list on these links too.

Create-A-Card Birthday Cards

Create a bunch of fun birthday cards (both boy and girl) to send to family and friends! You'll start with colorful, shaped cards from the Create-a-Card system and embellish with birthday-themed papers, stickers, and more. You'll even get matching envelopes to take home, too. Come and see how fun and easy card-making can be!

Create-A-Card Mini Album

This mini album is sure to make you smile! Join us to create an adorable album using ten shaped cards from the Create-a-Card system. It's full of fun flaps, pockets, and more! Bind together the cards and then jazz it up with papers and embellishments from the bright Ladybug Garden collection. So fun!

Be sure to stop by our booth and say HI and let us know you read about the projects on our blog!!

Big Picture Classes - Big Idea Festival: Words to Live by

Some of our favorite people and other great, talented crafty gals have invited the Doodlebug fans to participate in a free class called  Big Idea Festival: Words to Live by.

You are invited to a FREE festival packed full of big ideas at Big Picture Classes this August! Join us for 12 fun-filled days featuring 12 of our talented instructors. Each instructor will be giving you a word of the day, which we hope will inspire you, along with a downloadable template (in both printable and digital format) so that you can create a mini layout about that day's word and how you applied it in your life.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to register, remember it is free and you will not see a charge in your account, but you do have to check out.

New to Big Picture Classes, become a member for free 

http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/howitworks.php