6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - HELLO 2025 RECAP | with Kathy

I have had so much fun working on my Hello 2025 Mini Album!  Documenting my favorite moments from each month has been so enjoyable!  Today I have a couple more pages, and a run-through of all of my pages to date.  My hope is to keep adding to my book each month!

After my last post, I took a few more pics that I wanted to document.  That is the beauty of these mini albums, it's so easy to just "add in" pictures!  For these photos, I used one of the cards from the Rainbow Card Collection.  I punched holes using the inserts as a guide.  It was the perfect way to fit in more photos! Take a peek...

On the front of the card, I added some Odds & Ends & Chit Chat pieces from the Lots of Love Collection.

Inside the card I added a strip of Cupcake Floral/Graph Petite Prints as a matt and added my photo.  I embellished with stickers from the This & That, a tab from the Bits & Pieces and the date using some Ladybug Alphabet Soup Stickers.

On the back of the card I added another favorite photo of my buddy giving me some snuggles. 

In addition to these photos, I also prepped my calendar inserts for March & April.

I've added these pages to the ones you've already seen... here are a few of my favorites!  Also, I created a short video flip through of my album at the end!

Here's a video flip through of my pages to date.

I already have my next pages planned, and I can't wait to share them with you!  If you've been working on one of our 6x8 Mini Albums, be sure to tag Doodlebug on Socials.  We love to see what you create.  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek.

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

6x8 Mini Album - Gray
Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints - Mint, Gray
Special Delivery Cuddly Cubs Patterned Paper
Pretty Kitty Dear to My Heart Patterned Paper

Bundle of Joy Baby Blooms Patterned Paper
Cute & Crafty Bright Ideas Patterned Paper

Fall Assortment Sprinkles
Easter Assortment Sprinkles
Rainbow Hearts Shaped Sprinkles
Hello - Just My Type Doodle Pop
Chunky Twine - Mint, Gray
Cute Camera Little Charmer
Plaid-Polka Dot Petite Prints 
Candy Stripe-Sprinkles Petite Prints 
Swiss Dot Petite Prints
Snow Much Fun Collection
Lots of Love Collection
Over the Rainbow Collection
Bunny Hop Collection
Hello Again Collection
Farmhouse Collection
Hometown USA Collection
Seaside Summer Collection
Farmers Market Collection
Hey Pumpkin Collection
Tinsel Time Collection

Party Time Icon Stickers
Alphabet Soup Stickers
French Kiss Mini Icon Stickers
Teensy Type
Day to Day Months Stickers
Special Delivery Mini Icons
Special Delivery Doodle Stamps
Hometown USA Bits & Pieces
All Occasion Everyday Doodle Stamps
All Occasion Holiday Doodle Stamps
Calendar - Handwritten Doodle Stamps
Love You Doodle Cuts
Hello Fall Doodle Cuts

Puffy Hearts
Happy Mail Stamps (Simon Says Stamp)

OTHER

Sewing Machine/Thread
Silhouette Cameo
Impact Font

Printable 5x7 Calendar
City Skyline Die

stitched Heart Die
Frame Die

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - HELLO 2025 PART 4 | with Kathy

Hi Everyone!  I'm back with some February pages from my 6x8 Hello 2025 Mini Album!  If you missed my previous posts, you can find my cover post here, my quarterly dividers here, and my January pages here.  I've really been trying to take more photos!  I got some fun ones for the month so far!  I documented them using the Lots of Love collection, take a peek...

I love the 3x4 pocket pages that come with the 6x8 mini albums!  They are the perfect size for the cut-apart sheets that come with Doodlebug collections.  I used some from the Lots of Love collection, and "dressed" them up a little.

I added the Hello Love Doodle-pop to the first card. I also added some shaped sprinkles (clouds and hearts) to the balloon card.  The February Memories piece was cut from the lists side of the Forever Flowers paper. I stamped February using the Calendar - Handwritten Doodle Stamps and finished with some Mint Alphabet Soup and Puffy Heart Stickers.

I created a heart-shaped sticker collage (think shadowbox inserts...) for the last insert.  The Xoxo was cut using the Love You Doodle Cuts.

We made a quick trip to NYC to visit my daughter... and took her and her roommate to dinner.  Such a fun night!  My city skyline was cut from petite prints using a die from my stash.  The little balloon is from the mini icons. I used the fun word stickers and tab from the This & That sheet and a pennant from the Chit Chats to embellish my pics.

My next spread includes photos from Valentine's Day and a February calendar, similar to what I created in January.

I took a few snaps of Valentine's fun!  I found some time to make cards for my loves (and a loaf of sourdough for my daughter!)  We also went to my bestie's house for a Valentine's dinner...complete with lots of festive treats (and my little buddy!!)  The photos are mounted on some Cupcake Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints.  I used stickers from the This & That, Mini Icons and shaped Sprinkles to embellish.

My final page is another calendar print out.  I decorated one of the album's pocket dividers to hold the calendar using Lots of Love papers, a Chit Chat and some Love Hug Bugs Doodle-pops! The Hello cut is from Hello Fall Doodle Cuts.  On the calendar, I used some Icon Stickers, Bits & Pieces and the cute bear stamp from the Doodlebug/Simon Says Stamp Happy Mail Stamp set. 

I'm really enjoying documenting my everyday & special events in the 6x8 format!  I'll be back in a couple of weeks with more from my album and a complete run through to date! Thanks for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

6x8 Mini Album - Gray
Lots of Love Collection
Calendar - Handwritten Doodle Stamps
Love You Doodle Cuts
Hello Fall Doodle Cuts
Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints - Cupcake, Lady Bug
Gingham Linen Petite Prints - Gray
Alphabet Soup Stickers - Mint, Lady Bug
Puffy Hearts - Mint
Happy Mail Stamps (Simon Says Stamp)

OTHER

Printable 5x7 Calendar
City Skyline Die

stitched Heart Die

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - HELLO 2025 PART 3 | with Kathy

Hi Everyone!  I'm back with the first monthly pages of my 6x8 Hello 2025 Mini Album!  If you missed my previous posts, you can find my cover post here, and my quarterly dividers here. As I previously mentioned, one of my goals this year is to get back to documenting both the everyday and special moments.  I created a couple of page spreads for my January moments... take a peek...

I designed my album cover and dividers to coordinate with any Doodlebug Design collection, to give myself lots of flexibility. I love that it's so easy to mix & match collections!   I decided for my January pages that I would use the primarily the Snow Much Fun collection.  After all, I live in New England and it is cold! 

I thought it would be fun to add a calendar element to my book.  I downloaded a 5x7 printable calendar from Etsy (link listed below) .  I used the All Occasions Everyday, All Occasions Holidays and Special Delivery Doodle Stamps to document activities though the month.  I backed my calendar with papers from the Snow Much Fun Collection and embellished with some Mini Icons and Shaped Sprinkles.

My first photos are from New Years of course! These photos made me laugh... quite the difference between what the 20-somethings and the 50-somethings do on NYE!!   I started by layering some papers from the Snow Much Fun Collection.  I added some Acetate fireworks from the Hometown USA collection and some Snow Much Fun Puffy Stickers in their centers.  My title was done using some Silver Alphabet Soup Stickers.

My next pages were created to highlight some of my favorite photos from the month.  

For my first page I started with papers and a border sticker from the  This & That Stickers from Snow Much Fun.  The January sticker is from the Day to Day collection, and "moments" was done using Teensy Type Stickers.  I printed some favorite pics from the month, and added them with some frames created with a die from my stash.  I embellished each photo with some stickers and sprinkles from various collections including French Kiss and Party Time.  Again, I love how easy it is to mix and match collections!

My last page holds some of my favorite photos from the month!  I got to babysit my bestie's grandson.  He is just the happiest, cutest little man!!!  I backed my phots on papers from Snow Much Fun and then added stickers from Special Delivery.

I'm really enjoying documenting all the big and small moments of 2025!  The smaller format makes it easy to keep up with, and the standard color palette of Doodlebug collections makes it so easy to mix things up!  Be sure to keep checking back all this month for more 6x8 Mini Album Inspiration!  Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

6x8 Mini Album - Gray
Snow Much Fun Collection
Party Time Icon Stickers
Alphabet Soup Stickers - Silver
French Kiss Mini Icon Stickers
Teensy Type - Lily White
Day to Day Months Stickers
Special Delivery Mini Icons
Special Delivery Doodle Stamps
Hometown USA Bits & Pieces
All Occasion Everyday Doodle Stamps
All Occasion Holiday Doodle Stamps

OTHER

Printable 5x7 Calendar
Frame Die

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - HELLO 2025 PART 2 | with Kathy

Hi Everyone, it's Kathy today with the second installment of my Doodlebug 2025 6x8 Mini Album.  As I mentioned in my cover post (here) one of my goals for 2025 was to get back to documenting the everyday life and special events.  I created the clean and colorful cover to my album and I wanted to bring the same feel throughout the rest of the book, so I created quarterly dividers using the same font (Impact) and papers cut using my Silhouette.  Take a peek...

I started with the sprinkled dividers that came with the album.  To each of those,  I attached three month names cut from various Petite Prints, and offset with the Cute & Crafty Bright Ideas lined paper.  I randomly zig-zag stitched around the letters to keep the same look as my cover.  I then glued the sprinkled divider to one of the tabbed chipboard dividers to hide the stitching.  I also added some rainbow petite prints to the tabs.  

Next came the fun part... decorating each month with a cute little Doodlebug Icon, and some shaped sprinkles.  I used mostly collections from the past year or two... there were so many to choose from! For January- March I used Icon Stickers and Shaped Sprinkles from Snow Much Fun, Lots of Love and Over the Rainbow.  I just adore the sweet bear with heart balloons!!! He's my favorite!

For April through June, I used Icon Stickers and Sprinkles from Bunny Hop, Hello Again and Farmhouse.

For July though September I used Icons from Hometown USA, Seaside Summer and Farmhouse.

And finally for October through December I used Icons from Hey Pumpkin, Farmers Market and Tinsel Time.  

Now I'm ready to get started scrapping my photos!  I'll be back in a couple of weeks to show my first few pages, and a few more divider ideas using my Doodle Stamps and Doodle Cuts.  In the meantime, keep checking the blog for lots more 6x8 Mini Album inspiration!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

6 x 8 Mini Album-Gray

Plaid-Polka Dot Petite Prints (swimming pool, limeade, cupcake, cherry, lemon)
Candy Stripe-Sprinkles Petite Prints ( bubblegum, bubble blue, coral, lemon)
Swiss Dot Petite Prints (bumblebee)
Snow Much Fun Collection
Lots of Love Collection
Over the Rainbow Collection
Bunny Hop Collection
Hello Again Collection
Farmhouse Collection
Hometown USA Collection
Seaside Summer Collection
Farmers Market Collection
Hey Pumpkin Collection
Tinsel Time Collection

OTHER

Impact Font
Silhouette Cameo
Thread
Sewing Machine

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - HELLO 2025 ALBUM | with Kathy

Happy New Year! This year I decided to set some goals for myself, rather than vague resolutions.  One of those goals is to get back into documenting memories.  Over the last few years I've moved away from traditional scrapbooking, instead creating more cards and papercrafts.  The new 6x8 mini albums are the perfect medium to jump back into scrapbooking!

I chose the gray 6x8 mini album for my 2025 book.  I like the gray it coordinates with so many collections, it makes a great base color.

I wanted a clean cover for my album.  I started with a 6 1/8" x 8 5/8" piece of Mint Candy Stripe Sprinkles Petite Prints.  I layered over that piece a 5 7/8"x 8 3/8" piece of the Cute & Crafty Bright Ideas lined paper.  I stitched the layers together using my sewing machine and some gray thread.

I found a big chunky font (Impact) and cut numbers 2025 using my Silhouette. I sized them to take up most of the space on the lined paper.  I chose some of my favorite patterns from several collections for my numbers including Pretty Kitty Dear to My Heart (pink hearts), Special Delivery Cuddly Cubs (Yellow), Bundle of Joy Baby Blooms (green check) and some more Mint Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints.  I offset each number with some gray Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints to make them stand out a bit. I then added the numbers, overlapping slightly onto the background piece.  I zig-zag stitched randomly around the numbers and added some coordinating sprinkles for shine and dimension.  Here are some close-ups...

I then went searching through my Doodle Pop Collection to find the perfect embellishment.  When I found the Just My Type Doodle Pop from the Hello Collection, I knew I had found it!  I added it to the center of my numbers and then added a little shaped sprinkle heart from the Rainbow Hearts shaped sprinkles.  I love the touch of shine this Doodle Pop adds!

To add some interest to the left side of the cover, I wrapped some Chunky Twine in Mint around the cover.  I held it in place with some double sided tape.  I tied a bow using both mint and gray Chunky twine and glued it to wrapped twine.  To complete it I added the Cute Camera Little Charmer. I love then new clasps on the little charmers, it makes adding them so easy!

I added the 2025 to the bookplate using some Mint Alphabet Soup Stickers along with a couple more rainbow heart sprinkles.

I'm excited to start documenting my year!  I'll be back next time to show how I decorated some of the dividers that come with the album and some pocket pages!  Thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

6x8 Mini Album - Gray
Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints - Mint, Gray
Special Delivery Cuddly Cubs Patterned Paper
Pretty Kitty Dear to My Heart Patterned Paper

Bundle of Joy Baby Blooms Patterned Paper
Cute & Crafty Bright Ideas Patterned Paper

Fall Assortment Sprinkles
Easter Assortment Sprinkles
Rainbow Hearts Shaped Sprinkles
Hello - Just My Type Doodle Pop
Chunky Twine - Mint, Gray
Cute Camera Little Charmer

OTHER

Sewing Machine/Thread
Silhouette Cameo
Impact Font

TINSEL TIME SHAKER GIFT TAGS | with Kathy

We are officially down to the wire!  It's time to get all of those Christmas gifts wrapped and put under the tree!  I decided to add some fun Tinsel Time Shaker Tags to some of my gifts this year... take a peek...

I started with some Tag Dies from my stash.  I cut them from some Tinsel Time Coordinating Textured Cardstock.  I lined the bottom tag piece (without the window)  with some fun papers from the 6x6 pad.  I love the smaller prints, they work perfectly for projects like this.  I covered the open window of the tags with some Heavyweight Acetate.  I added some double sided 1/8"foam tape to outline the window, filled it with some fun shakers then attached the top tag to the bottom!  All that was left was to decorate which was easy with all the fun Puffy Stickers, Shaped Sprinkles, mini Jewels, Icon Stickers, Odds & Ends and Bits & Pieces!  Here are some close-ups...

On the "B" side of the Happy Holly Days 6x6 paper are word strips that are great for cards & tags.  I used them for sentiments on my tags.  I also added some fun Glitter Sprinkles from the Christmas Assortment to some of the ornaments.

In addition to Doodlebug Shaker balls, I also used the Happy Holidays and Jolly Holly Shakers.  I also added some shaped sprinkles from the Christmas Candy Shaped Sprinkles.

To top my tags I stapled some grosgrain ribbon using my tiny attacher stapler.  They are all set to be added to my gifts!

Here's a little video of my tags.... it's always more fun to see things in motion!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful, safe & healthy Holiday season.  I'll be back in the new year with some more Doodlebug projects!  Thanks for stopping by to peek.

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Tinsel Time Collection
Heavyweight Acetate
Shakers (Ladybug, Cupcake, Limeade, Silver, White, Mint & Bumblebee)

Happy Holidays Sprinkles
Jolly Holly Shakers
Ice Crystals Shakers

OTHER

Tag Builder Blueprints 5 Dienamics
Sizzix Big Shot
Grosgrain Ribbon
Tiny Attacher
1/8" foam tape
1/8" double sided tape
Foam Squares

TINSEL TIME ADVENT CALENDAR | with Kathy

 I love an Advent Calendar, and every year I try to make a Doodlebug version!  This year I used the Tinsel Time collection and the Tiny Tinsel Town Doodle Cuts to create a fun, smaller countdown.  Take a peek...

To create my base I used the boxes from the Christmas Advent Calendar SVG by Lori Whitlock.  I sized the boxes from the file down to 75% of their original size and cut/assembled 24 of them.  I stacked them into 3 rows of 8 and covered the outside with the snowflake side of the Tinsel Time paper.  I covered the drawers with the silver side of the Snow Bright Days paper.  I then cut out the countdown numbers from the 6x6 Berry Merry paper and added them to the front of the drawers.  I love the smaller size!

I created a fun town scene on the top of my advent calendar using the Tiny Tinsel Town Doodle Cuts, some petite prints and coordinating Textured Cardstock.  I just adore the sweet little houses.  I wanted them to be lit up (because everything is more fun with lights) so I created a small open sided box to glue to the back of each house.  Inside the box, I added a mini LED light (I will link below).  

The boxes open so that I can drop in the lights and take them out.  I added a tab to make it easier.

I added a scene with Santa and his reindeer using the Mini Icon Stickers.  They were the perfect size!

The fun bottle brush tree icons in the collection inspired me to make one of my own!  I used some wire and some Doodle Twine to create a mini bottle brush tree.  (I followed this tutorial).  I decorated it with some individual Shakers in ladybug, bumblebee and cupcake as well as a star from the Holiday Magic Shaped Sprinkles.  

On each house, I added a bit from the Happy Holiday Shakers to the wreaths... to give them a little decoration!

Now if I can only resist eating all the candy ahead of time!  Have you created any projects using Tinsel Time?  Be sure to tag Doodlebug Design on socials... We love to see your creations!  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Tinsel Time Collection

Tinsel Time Coordinating Texture Cardstock
Tiny Tinsel Town Doodle Cuts
6x6 Dot Stripe Petite Prints 
6x6 Buffalo Check Woodgrain Petite Prints
6x6 Plaid Polka Dot Petite Prints
6x6 Gingham Linen Petite Prints
Doodle Twine
Shakers (ladybug, bumblebee, cupcake)
Happy Holiday Shakers

OTHER

Sizzix Big Shot
Silhouette Cameo
Advent Calendar SVG

18 gauge wire
cork
White Cardstock
LED Lights