TINSEL TIME NEVER TOO OLD LAYOUT | with Guest Designer Mary-Ann Maldonado

Good morning! I am excited to be here, sharing a Christmas layout with the new Tinsel Time Collection. I am here to prove to you that there are house rules regarding Santa! Our house, our rules! We have a great kid willing to abide by our traditions. We are hoping that he will carry these traditions along to his family in the future.

I have to admit, I am a Doodle Pop collector. It is hard for me to use them and I really just want to collect them! So, Santa had to go front and center. I used two 3 x 4 blocks to create frames for my photos. A little foam tape helps with matching the dimension of the Doodle Pop.

My photos had a lot of browns and yellows, so when picking my background paper, I had to go with the adorable Dashing Deer paper. I created a scene with the deer and the house. To add character and detail, I added Mini Jewels and Puffy Sticker Icons to the deer, house, and ornaments.

I used a T-ruler and a grey pen to draw lines to my ornaments. I used the red and white striped paper as the 'ceiling' and then drew lines to each ornament. Adding a jewel to each ornament brings in a little bling!

I want to thank you all for checking out my page today. I am grateful to be here! Merry Christmas!

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Tinsel Time Collection

HEY PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN WHIMSY CARDS | with Guest Designer Jenn Shurkus

Hey Everyone I’m back! Jenn Shurkus here from Creative Chick Co.  and a self-proclaimed Doodlebug Addict. I love everything they release and was so excited to be invited to guest design. I have another two cards to share with you where I had a lot of fun mixing a bunch of products from the new Hey Pumpkin release! 

I started by stamping out the cat in a pumpkin tote image and the ghost from the Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps and coloring them in with Copic markers which are alcohol-based markers (sharing below the specific markers I used). I die-cut it out with the coordinating Doodle Cuts.

For the first card, I started by water coloring a purple background using Distress Watercolor Pencils, and Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I dried this background, and then trimmed this it down to 4” x 5.25”.  I matted it onto a piece of patterned paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6x6 paper pad. 

For the sentiments, I chose a few speech bubble die-cuts from the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack. I also white embossed “Happy” from the Hey Pumpkin stamp set onto black cardstock. Whenever I do ANY embossing, I prep the surface using the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool. I also like to use a white pigment ink when I am embossing with white embossing powder. 

Next, I die-cut the “Halloween” word included in the Hey Pumpkin coordinating Doodle Cuts several times out of black cardstock, and once out of black sparkle cardstock. I adhered them stacked together with wet glue. 

I added some Prisma Glitter to the highlights of the pumpkin with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. I also added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the eyes of the cat, and the eyes and mouth to the pumpkin. 

I added the sentiments, pumpkin and speech bubbles to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars I cut out with the Hey Pumpkin Doodle Cuts out of black sparkle cardstock. Lastly, I added a puffy bat from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet.

 

For the second card I trimmed down the Homespun 12x12 Acetate sheet to 4.25” x 5.5”. I also die-cut a stitched frame out of black sparkle cardstock. I used wet adhesive to adhere the frame to the front of the acetate panel. 

I then ink blended a background onto a piece of Distress White Heavystock with the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Festive Berries, Wilted Violet. Next, I splattered some “stars” with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors palette. 

I flipped the framed acetate panel over, and added 2 layers of foam strips around all four sides. I then sprinkled some Hey Pumpkin Halloween Night Shakers into the space. I also added some iridescent sequins. I then peeled the backer paper off the foam strips and adhered the ink blended background to them creating a shaker front. 

I added some Prisma Glitter to the highlights on the ghost, and “BOO” banner with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. I added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the heart and star in the speech bubbles. 

I chose a sentiment banner and some speech bubbles out of the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack. 

I added the sentiment banner to the card front with wet glue. I added the ghost and speech bubbles with black foam squares. 

I sprinkled some candy stickers from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet, and some stars from the October Sky Shape Sprinkles. Lastly I added some glossy accents to the glasses on the ghost. 

I am sharing the swatches of the Copic colors I used to color the images above so you can easily recreate them with the coloring medium you choose.  If you would like to learn more about coloring with Copic markers or alcohol-based markers, be sure to check out my Copic 101 online class, which includes a workbook! 

If these cards have inspired you to create with your Doodlebug Halloween stash I would love to see what you create! Be sure to tag me on social media!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hey Pumpkin Collection

Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps & Doodle Cuts

Homespun 12x12 Acetate sheet

 OTHER

Copic Markers

Black Ink Pad (alcohol marker friendly)

Distress White Heavystock

Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Distress Inks ( mustard seed, festive berries, wilted violet)

Distress Watercolor Pencils

Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Palette

Glossy Accents

Black Sparkle Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Stitched Rectangle Frame dies

Prisma Glitter

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Sakura Black Glaze Pen

Black foam squares

Blender Brushes

Trimmer

Dot Runner

Glue Tube

Misti

Small Acrylic Block

Paint brush

HEY PUMPKIN SPOOKTACULAR GREETINGS | with Guest Designer Jenn Shurkus

Hey Everyone! Jenn Shurkus here from Creative Chick Co. and a self-proclaimed Doodlebug Addict. I love everything they release and was so excited to be invited to guest design. I have two cards to share with you where I had a lot of fun mixing a bunch of products from the new Hey Pumpkin release!

I started by stamping out the pumpkin balloon image and the car from the Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps and coloring them in with Copic markers which are alcohol-based markers (sharing below the specific markers I used). I die-cut it out with the coordinating Doodle Cuts. 

For the first card I ink blended a background onto a piece of Distress White Heavystock with the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Festive Berries, Wilted Violet. I trimmed this background down to 4” x 5.25” and stamped some of the stars, sprinkle stamps in the Hey Pumpkin stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Next I trimmed a piece of patterned paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6x6 paper pad to 2.5” x 4” and adhered it to the bottom of the ink blended background. I matted this onto some black cardstock sized at 4.25” x 5.5”. 

Next I chose a couple sentiments to use out of the Chit Chat Ephemera Pack. I dusted the edges of the “eek” speech bubble with a little bit of Wilted Violet Distress Ink. I added some Prisma Glitter with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen to the highlights on the pumpkin balloon, ghost, and scalloped trim on the basket. I also added a bit of sparkle to the Halloween banner, and some of the stamped images on the background.

 I used a Sakura Black Glaze Pen to trace the face on the pumpkin.

I added the pumpkin balloon, speech bubble, and sentiment banner to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars, dots etc. from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet.

For the second card, I started by water coloring a spooky night scene using Distress Watercolor Pencils, and Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I dried this background, and then splattered some “stars” with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors palette. I then trimmed this background down to 4” x 5.25”.  The "b"side of the Plaid it's Halloween paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6x6 paper pad has a variety of decorative strips, from this I trimmed out the one that looks like a fence. I added this to my background. 

I matted this background onto some patterned paper from the same paper pad. 

Next, I took the large die-cut “halloween night” moon from the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack, and added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the wings of the bats, and traced over the “halloween” letters. I also used a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen to add some Prisma Glitter to the details on the moon.

I also added some sparkle to the colored in car. I added it on the highlights of the pumpkin, balloons, bumper, headlights and ghost. I used a Sakura Black Glaze pen to dot the eyes of the cat, pumpkin, and ghost. I also filled in the steering wheel. 

I added the moon and car to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars I cut out with the Hey Pumpkin coordinating die set out of black sparkle cardstock. Lastly, I added some glossy accents to the headlights. 

I am sharing the swatches of the Copic colors I used to color the images above so you can easily recreate them with the coloring medium you choose.  If you would like to learn more about coloring with Copic markers or alcohol-based markers, be sure to check out my Copic 101 online class, which includes a workbook! 

 If these cards have inspired you to create with your Doodlebug Halloween stash I would love to see what you create! Be sure to tag me on social media!

 

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hey Pumpkin Collection

Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps & Doodle Cuts

 OTHER

Copic Markers

Black Ink Pad (alcohol marker friendly)

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Distress White Heavystock

Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Distress Inks ( mustard seed, festive berries, wilted violet)

Distress Watercolor Pencils

Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Palette

Prisma Glitter

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Sakura Black Glaze Pen

Glossy Accents

Black Sparkle Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Black foam squares

Blender Brushes

Trimmer

Dot Runner

Glue Tube

Misti

Small Acrylic Block

Paint brush

BUNNY HOP EASTER TREAT HOLDERS | with Guest Designer Shara Crane

Hello, its me Shara Crane. I'm back with another fun project using the Bunny Hop Collection.  This time I created some fun little treat boxes!  Take a peek...

Follow these steps to create some too!  I started with some fun cut files, I've linked them below. 

Step 1. I used my electric cutting machine to cut my treat boxes. I used a variety of  Bunny Hop papers for each part so each panel was different.

2. Before you fold and glue all the sides together if you’re going to use your sewing machine now is the time to do so. If you have a window and want to make it a shaker be sure to do that BEFORE you build the box. Just cut a pieces of paper a tad smaller than your cover, add dimension tape around the shaker window on the inside of the box, put your sequins into the window part and now add that cut piece of paper to hold all the sequins in. Now you can assemble your box/es.

3. Decorate your box/es. Use all the goodies you wish to make your box/es even cuter!  I used some Doodle Pops, 

4. Now stuff you little box/es with whatever you wish.  What is your favorite candy??

Have a great day! xoxo

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Bunny Hop Collection

Easter Dots Heavy Acetate

OTHER

Die Cutting Machine

Easter Window Box Bunny

Easter Window Box Egg

Umbrella Bag

Dimensional tape (for shaker)

Sequins

Sewing Machine*
(*Not required but I LOVE my sewing machine and use it on every paper project I make. It’s my most used crafty item for sure!!)

BUNNY HOP EMBELLISHMENTS | with Guest Designer Shara Crane

Hello, its me Shara Crane and I am so happy to be sharing this little embellishment project with you using the new Bunny Hop collection. These can be given as gifts or used on cards, layouts, almost any project.  Follow these steps to create your own mini embellishments.

Step 1. 

Cut your scraps into different banner shape sizes. I size them depending on what size my pop stick is. The pop sticks I used for this project are 4in long and the paperclips are 1in. My largest banner piece is 2x3/4in. Each piece you make will be folded in half around the bottom of the paperclip or the stem of the cake pop stick so make sure you keep that in mind. Cut a variety of different lengths and as many as you wish. The paper clips only have one of the 2x3/4 pieces, but the cake pop (page flags) have 3 different sizes.

2. Once you have all your pieces cut fold each on in half on a diagonal. This gives the effect of the banner blowing in the wind. After you make your fold, if you are sewing now is the time to do so. I sew the top of the front part of the banner and the top of the folded “back” of the banner so each part of the paper that is showing has the “top” sewing marks showing.

3. Once you decide where you want to place each piece it’s time to glue them to the cake pop stick (for the paperclip you slide one end through the largest part of the paper clip until the paperclip is touching the fold mark). This is also where you want to add your dimension tape. Make sure you add the tape in a spot that you won’t see it and in between the paper. I usually add it to one side, add my hot glue to the middle of the fold, place the pop stick in the fold where the glue is then close the banner around the stick and onto the dimension tape.

4. As always this is to me the best part. Time to decorate. Use all goodies from the Bunny Hop collection. Decorate as much or as little as you wish. I like lots of layers and different textures so I try to add a little it of everything. One you are done these make PERFECT gifts for your crafty friends or you can use them yourself and add them to any thing you wish to make you smile even more.

I hope you've enjoyed my project today! Xoxoxo, 

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Hop Collection

OTHER

Cake pop sticks

Pom pom

Dimension tape

Paper clips

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Sewing Machine (*Not required but I LOVE my sewing machine and use it on every paper project I make. It’s mymost used crafty item for sure!!)

SNOW MUCH FUN TAG MINI | with Guest Designer Shara Crane

Hello, It's Shara Crane and I'm back with a fun Tag Flip for you!  I used the adorable Snow Much Fun collection to put it all together.  I've outlined my process below!  

Follow these steps to make your very own Snow Much Fun Tag Flip! The supplies I used are listed below the post.

Step 1.Using the Freeze Tag page from the collection cut as many tags out that you with to include in your flip. I used two and hand cut another three tags. The tags I hand cut are all a little bit different in size as I like the way it looks…a little unorganized and messy once the tags are all put together to make the tag flip.

Step 2. Using the stickers, ephemera, sprinkles and Doodle Pops decorate your tags. I added hand stitching to one of the tags and backed it with another tag from the Freeze Tag page to hide the back of the stitching. I usually always back my tags, each tag is at least two pieces of paper thick. You can’t tell in photos but when you’re holding it in your hand there is something magical about the feel of thick paper decorated all cute and happy.

Step 3. Using the Crop-A-Dile punch holes at the top of your tags. The tags from the Freeze Tag page already have a guide spot, for any of the hand cut tags I just eyeballed it but if you would like to make sure it’s even use one of your Freeze Tag tags as a guide. Then set each hole with an eyelet. Once all your tags have been eyeleted (yep I just typed that LOL) open your hinged ring and feed your tags onto it.

Step 4. To make a cute tassel cut your scraps, ribbon, trim and or fabric into 5 in long strips (I didn’t use anything over half a inch thick). Lay them out one at a time in a large pile. Take one of the pieces, guide it under the pile in the middle and tie it really tight around all the trim. Pick up the now tied pile and fold it in half so the part that you tied is at the top. Now take a piece of trim or ribbon and tie that pile together about 1/2in away from the top. Tip the ends to make it even and then feed it onto the hinged ring.

Step 5. Making the beaded charm is a bit tricky and will require a technique called wire wrapping. You can also make paper beads or just string some beads and tie them to the hinged ring. This is just a little extra step in adding texture and detail to your tag flip.

Now the best part….flipping through your tag flip and smiling at what you have made. It’s a beautiful feeling enjoying ones art. Thank you for spending time with me and I hope you enjoyed the process. Until next time,  Xoxo.

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Snow Much Fun Collection

OTHER

Crop-A-Dile

Eyelets

Fabric strips, ribbon, trim

Hinged ring

Beads

DMC Floss

Sequins

Sewing machine* (Optional. I LOVE my machine and use it on every paper project I make. It’s my most used crafty item for sure.)

SNOW MUCH FUN MINI NOTEBOOKS | with Guest Designer Shara Crane

Hello,  my name is Shara Crane and I am an avid paper crafter that loves all things off the page. Some of my favorite things to make are banners, mini albums and travelers notebooks. I am a mother of two boys (10/14) whom have zero interest in my crafty room, which is just fine with me LOL. I am so happy to be able to share these mini notebooks with you. I used Doodlebug’s new collection Snow Much Fun to create two mini notebooks.  I put together a tutorial for you, so that you can make your own!  The supplies I used are listed below the post.

Everyone can use a fun little notebook!  Follow these steps if you too would like to make one for yourself!

Step 1. I always like to select my papers first. This step takes me quite some time. To me it’s the most important part, the so called foundation, body, heart and soul to your project so take your time and enjoy the process.

Step 2. Cut your pages down to the size you wish to make your notebook. The ones seen here are 4x6. If you have a close look at my “foundation” you will see I used 4 different pieces of paper. One was 4x6 and was the very base. The other three I ripped giving a torn effect on the page. In order to do this take one of your 4x6 papers (using scraps here is super helpful and saves you cutting into a 12x12 piece of paper) and hold the paper with both your left and right hand. Now tear the paper so your right hand goes away from your body and your left hand pulls towards, this step is important because if you do it the other way your paper won’t show the white core and that’s what gives the best torn effect. Now layer your pages in the order you wish.

Step 3. Using ephemera, stickers and sprinkles decorate the cover. Have fun. Put things all over or just a few things here and there. This is your art so make it as you wish. Take your printer/lined paper and cut it down to the size you made your notebook. The Thermal Cinch spin I used was 1/4in and it took about 50 sheets of printer paper to fill the book.

Step 4. Now it’s time to bind the book. Follow the directions on the Thermal Cinch, it’s quick and easy to use. Now sit back, hold your book and smile YOU MADE THAT!

I also sewed my covers before I bound them and added some fun trims! The possibilities are endless

I also sewed my covers before I bound them and added some fun trims! The possibilities are endless.  I will be back later today with another fun project!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED  

Snow Much Fun Collection

OTHER

We R Makers Thermal Cinch

Thermal Cinch Binding Spins

Printer or lined paper

Pompom trim and or fabric strips

We R Makers Tab Punch

Sewing machine* (Optional. I LOVE my machine and use it on every paper project I make. It’s my most used crafty item for sure.)

SWEET & SPOOKY POP UP CARD | with Guest Designer Wanda Guess

Hi friends! It's Wanda Guess here! How have you been? I've missed being here with you on the Doodlebug Blog - and I'm so happy to be back as a guest designer! I love Halloween, and the only thing better than Halloween is....Doodlebug Halloween! I look forward to the new collection every Fall! Today, I'm sharing a project I made with the new Sweet and Spooky Collection. It's fantastic! I love how Doodlebug incorporated some aqua and pink in with all the other traditional Halloween colors. It's fresh and cute with just the right amount of spooky!

My card today is a pop up card! I made a little street scene for Halloween night - with trick or treaters, a haunted house, and some adorable ghosties! I used a die set that makes a pop up card - there are many on the market, or you can make your own too! I love that Doodlebug papers are double sided, so the front is just as cute as the back!! This card folds into an A2 envelope, and I used the awesome Cards and Envelopes Sweet and Spooky pack for the envelope.

I assembled my card from 12x12 Spooky and Sweet paper using the aqua spiderwebs paper as a nice neutral background. I used lots of icon stickers and Odds & Ends die cut pieces to decorate everything! When I first started paper crafting it was a 'thing' to make cards entirely from stickers! And it's so easy with the gorgeous stickers from Doodlebug! I put the haunted house in the background and the cute trick or treaters.... And then I glued the ghosties to the top to make it look like they're flying around.

Those big cardstock stickers from the This & That Stickers are perfect for sentiments! I used the Happy Halloween banner sticker across the bottom of my card and decorated with a few shape sprinkles.

I used the orange envelope from the Cards and Envelopes pack and decorated the front of it with matching stickers. I also splattered on a bit of black paint for good measure.

Here is the back of my card - again, the double sided papers make any project just that much cuter!!

That's it for me for today! My supplies for today are listed below. I hope you have a very Sweet and Spooky Halloween! All treats and NO tricks! It's been my pleasure to hang out with you on the Doodlebug Blog.  Have a great day, and Happy Crafting!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Sweet and Spooky Collection
Sweet and Spooky Cards and Envelopes

OTHER

Pop Up Card Dies Set
Glue and Tape Runner