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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Doodlebug Products Used

Fairy Garden Collection

Other Products

Felt

Sizzix Big Shot

Flower Die
Button Maker

MADE WITH LOVE RECIPE BOOK | with Wanda

Hello! Today I'm excited to share a fun recipe book I made with the awesome Made With Love Collection! This recipe book would make the perfect gift for the favorite baker in your life. I used the Doodlebug Recipe Cards and lots of other goodies from the new Made With Love Collection. I spiral bound it once it was all done. The finished size is 6.5" x 4/5".  You Bake Me Happy! 

I added lots of small touches to the front cover - using the Odds n Ends and Chit Chat pieces. I embellished with tiny paperclips, a doily, some stickers and Sprinkles!

I added a small strip of white cardstock to the left side of the cute Recipe Cards to allow for the holes for the binding. The Recipe Cards are adorable! 

I used chipboard to make the cover and then layered my patterned papers on top of the chipboard. Gives it a solid feel!

Here's the finished front cover!

The next few photos will show you some of the inside pages. I ended up doing ten recipe cards and then four other creative pages to add flair!

 

The inside of the back cover...

And the back cover...

I made my own charms to add on to the book by die cutting some small scalloped circles and then using the adorable Sprinkles. I tied them on with chunky twine. The finishing touch!

That's it for my first Doodlebug Blog post! I'm very happy to be joining this awesome team and I look forward to sharing a lot of fun projects with you in the next year! Have a wonderful day until we meet again Doodlebug Friends! 

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 DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED:

Made With Love Collection
Chunky Twine

Other Products Used:

Cinch Machine
Scallop Circles Dies
Rounded Rectangles Dies

Milk & Cookies: Christmas Gift Trio by Wendy Sue

Hi there Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing a set of cute Christmas packages I whipped up with the fabulous new "Milk & Cookies" collection!  I'm always needing cute little boxes and bags for small gifts and gift cards and treats, so I was excited to get a jump start on my stash this year!  Here's a look at the set:

I'd love to share the details with you! Let's start with the Chimney/Santa gift box:

I think these two papers might be my favorite in the whole collection - I mean, come on, a Chimney with Santa on top?!? cuuuute! 

I added foam adhesive behind the sticker, then embellished with chunky twine, a big Santa from the ephemera pack, and three sparkly glitter sprinkles!

Next up is the Tree print gift bag:

I used a Silhouette cut file for this sweet little gift bag.  Again, I tied with chunky twine and added a sticker to the front with foam adhesive for dimension.

Isn't that little tree so sweet?  It looks like it took a lot of work, but guess what?!? It's a doodle-pop and ALL the work was done for me!  Those cute little ornaments, the layering, all of it!  All I had to do was peel and stick! ;)

Finally, here's the cutest little milk carton gift box ever!

Again, I cut the box with my Silhouette, tied it with chunky twine, and added a sticker to the front with foam adhesive squares.

As far as embellishment, I had to add the milk and cookies from the ephemera pack, of course!

Oh, and did you happen to notice that little banner in the background?  It's simply triangles cut from the 6x6 paper pad with holes punched in the corners and connected with doodle twine!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today - I hope you're inspired to create some cute gift packaging with the "Milk & Cookies" collection!

Yankee Doodle Collection: Treat Buckets by Wendy Sue Anderson

Hi Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing my latest Doodlebug project: Yankee Doodle treat buckets for the 4th of July!  We always have some extra time while we're waiting for the big fireworks show, so I thought these little treat buckets, stuffed with themed goodies, would be fun to make for everyone.  They would also be great for little neighbor or friend gifts too!  No need to wait for dark on the 4th, enjoy them anytime between now and the fun night!

I started by cutting the buckets with my Silhouette.  You can search for your favorite 3-D bucket shape in their store.  When you cut it out, be sure to choose papers that have great patterns on the front AND back because you'll be able to see both!

After I cut out and assembled each paper bucket, I added a strip of coordinating washi tape across the top of each bucket.  Then I cut three of the 4x4 cards from one of the patterned papers.  After that, I just started adding odds & ends, stickers, sprinkles, doodle-pops, and more!

Here's a closer look at the front of each paper bucket:

And here's a closer look at the patriotic swag I tucked in each of them:

(a drink with a festive paper straw, candy, sparklers, candy, bubbles, candy, and more candy) 

I'm excited to share these fun little treat buckets with my little patriotic crew next week. I hope I've inspired you to whip up some fun little 4th of July treat buckets too!

Hats Off! Collection: Gift Card Album by Wendy Sue

Hello Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, and I'm excited to share a little project I made for my favorite 2017 graduate with the amazing "Hats Off!" collection!  (The little album I used is a cut file in the silhouette store.) Here's a look:

I know...it doesn't look like much - but just wait until you see the inside! I needed to keep the outside kind of flat so the entire piece could be thrown in a purse or backpack.  Because, truly, they are going to want to keep this gift close after they head off to college!  (Oh, and don't miss that fun velcro closure!)

Drum roll please...

Ta-daaaaa!  Can you tell what it is?  It's a mini accordion album...with pockets!  Here's a closer look at the inside of the front cover - then we'll get to the meat of it! ;)

I really really wish I could take better photos of these odds & ends pieces - they are gorgeous metallic silver - SO pretty!

And here's a look at the first pocket page - first empty...then sporting gift #1!  I embellished the top of the pocket page with the cutest graduation shape sprinkles!

Each little pocket is the perfect size for holding a giftcard!  Of course, every grad needs to head to Target to buy supplies for college! 

Oh, and food.  Every college freshman needs to be spoiled every once in a while - when they are tired of ramen or mac & cheese, they can pull out their handy-dandy gift and treat themselves to a delicious meal out! The gorgeous metallic odds & ends have been added to both of these pages.  And don't miss that awesome graduation cap paper clip on the right page - it's the cutest!

Maybe a few more meals out. ;)  I added some fun stickers (tip: use baby powder to remove the stickiness on any portion of the sticker that hangs off of a page - or in this case, a pocket) to both pages.  And that doodle pop grad cap is so perfect over there on the right page.  Can you see the sweet little acetate cloud behind it?

And the perfect gift for any grad - especially your FAVORITE grad? 

Cold. Hard. Cash.  It fits perfectly in the pocket as well. ;)

The last page is perfect for this little grad owl and his special message for your graduate:

Don't forget to embellish the back of the closed album:

It's the perfect sticker (with awesome metallic silver) for the back - the perfect message for a new graduate!

And, if you want to gift a little something extra, pick up one of these awesome collector pins to add to your already amazing gift - because they are just the cutest things ever:

"Hats Off!" to all of this years grads - now go make them something fun to celebrate!!

At The Zoo Collection: Zoo Party

Hello Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing my "At the Zoo" project with you!  As you've already seen so many amazing projects, I'm sure you've seen the super cute little zoo animals and likely fallen in love with them already!  I couldn't decide which animals to use...so I opted to use as many as possible - and I invited them all to the party!  Here's a look at my little party ensemble:

Let's take a closer look.  Here's the birthday card.  I used the brown paper and the awesome plaid paper from the 6x6 pad, along with a few of the "Odds & Ends" up in the corner.  Did you know Doodlebug has plain white doodle twine?  As much fun as the colors are, sometimes white is the perfect choice!

Of course, I had to use some sprinkles too!  And isn't that doodle tape the perfect addition to the middle?

How about that little gift (or treat) box?  I used my Silhouette to cut the small box from the multi-color polka dot paper, then embellished it with doodle tape, doodle twine, odds & ends, and stickers!

Can you see the details of the doodle tape below?  I wrapped it around the middle of the box - it's all of the cute animal faces - like a parade!

And, the grand finale....the doodle pops I used as the "cupcake" toppers!  (Only I used snowballs instead of cupcakes because I couldn't resist the green ones!) 

 I simply stuck the doodle pops onto sucker sticks and poked them right in the top of each treat!

And that's how I used so many of the CUTE products in this collection!  The good news is, there are still TONS of cute animals and patterns to use on future projects - which makes me so happy!  Now I'm off to plan a trip to the zoo so I can use these babies in my scrapbook too!