HOMETOWN USA CIRCULAR POP UP MINI ALBUM | with Kathy

Happy 4th of July Week!  We are busy around here getting ready to celebrate the holiday... by the water of course!  I had a chance to get one more Hometown USA project in... a fun Circular mini with lots of fun spaces for my upcoming photos!  Take a peek...

The album starts out folded into a neat square, which I tied closed with some Red, White & Blue Doodle Twine.  Once you untie, it opens up to form a fun, circular star shape, which I clipped open with a mini clothespin!

To create this album, I started with a this cut file from Lori Whitlock.  I used some Lily White cardstock for the base, and patterned papers from the Hometown USA 6x6 pad to cover my panels.  I love the smaller prints!    Once it was all covered, I got to work decorating my pages!

On most of the pages I added a square photo mat made from the coordinating textured cardstock pack.  I decorated the pages with some Icon Stickers, Mini Icons, Puffy Icons,  This & That Stickers, Chit Chat pieces and shaped sprinkles. Here are some close-ups...

I can't wait to pick out my favorite photos from the week, and add them to the book!  This book looks so cute on display as well and would make a great gift.  That's it for me today, I wish everyone who is celebrating a very happy Independence Day!  Thanks for stopping by to peek.

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hometown USA Collection
Hometown USA Coordinating Textured Cardstock
Red, White & Blue Doodle Twine
Mini Clothespin

OTHER

Circular Pop Up Card SVG

Silhouette Cameo

HOMETOWN USA TAG MINI ALBUM | with Kathy

I love tag projects, and Doodlebug makes it so easy to create a fun little tag mini!  I used the Hometown USA collection to create this fun album, the perfect place to document your fun 4th of July memories. Take a peek...

To create the book, I used a combination of items from the collection.  I started with a tag cut from the Tag You're It paper for my cover.  It's embellished with a the silver 4th and Let's Celebrate tag from the Chit Chat pieces, some silver Alphabet Soup letters and some Star Spangled Shaped Sprinkles.

I covered the back of the tag with some Petite Prints, and added a journaling spot from the the 6x6 pad and some Patriotic Assortment jewels.  I made a fun tassel using the Red, White & Blue Doodle Twine and added the Stars & Stripes Little Charmer charm.

One of the things I love about a tag mini album is that you can add all sorts of embellishments as "tags."  For my mini I added some acetate fireworks from the Bits & Pieces, some Odds & Ends as well as some big words from the Chit Chats.

I also cut a couple of tags from the Festive Fireworks Heavy Weight Acetate and added a journaling circle on each side.  They add such a fun look!

Here are the remaining pages.  They include tags and elements from the Odds & Ends, Chit Chat and Bits & Pieces packs.  I also added photo spots using papers from the 6x6 pad and lots of shaped sprinkles!

My mini is all ready for my 4th of July Photos!  Have you made any projects using the Hometown USA Collection?  Be sure to tag Doodlebug Design on Facebook & Instagram, 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

Hometown USA Collection
Festive Fireworks Heavy Weight Acetate
Petite Prints
Silver Alphabet Soup Letters
Stars & Stripes Little Charmer
Red, White & Blue Doodle Twine

OTHER

White Book Ring
Tag Dies
Stitched Rectangle & Square Dies
Circle Dies
Sizzix Big Shot
Crop-A-Dile

HOMETOWN USA POP UP CARDS | with Kathy

I love making 3D Cards.  They are so fun, and look great on display!!  As soon as I saw the Hometown USA collection and coordinating Festive Floral Doodle Cuts, I knew what I would make!  Take a peek...

For my first card, I started with the new Festive Florals Doodle Cuts.  I created a clear jar shaker using the dies, heavyweight acetate and the new Land that I Love Shakers.  The jar pieces and flowers were cut from the coordinating Textured Cardstock pack. I also added some sprinkles and America the Beautiful shaped sprinkles to the centers.  I used the Plaid to be American paper for my base and finished it off using a Chit Chat sentiment, a heart from the Land that I Love Shaped Sprinkles and that sweet little birdie from the Bluebirds Doodle Pops!

I love the acetate fireworks in the Bits & Pieces pack and decided to use them as the focus for my next card.

I started with some clouds that I die cut from some Lily White Cardstock.  I added the acetate fireworks around them, as well as some acetate and shaped sprinkle stars which I attached to some acetate strips to make them look like they're floating.  The base of my card was created using the Summer Celebration paper.

I finished the card with some Star Spangled Shaped Sprinkles and a sentiment from the Chit Chat Pack.

Have you created any projects using the Hometown USA collection?  Make sure to tag Doodlebug Design on Socials so we can see your fun projects!  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hometown USA Collection
Hometown USA Coordinating Textured Cardstock
Festive Florals Doodle Cuts
Land that I Love Shakers
Heavyweight Acetate

OTHER

Platform Pop Up Card Dies
Platform Pop Up Cloud Inserts
Platform Pop Up Cloud Wrap Around

Sizzix Big Shot

HAPPY HEALING GIFT CARD HOLDER | with Kathy

In our town we have a few groups that help out families in the area when someone is sick or recovering from an injury.  They help with meals, sometimes with gift cards to favorite restaurants, local cleaning service, grocery delivery and the like.  I thought it would be fun to put together a little get well gift card holder for all the items gathered.  This would also be a great get well gift to a friend after surgery or illness.  Happy Healing is the perfect collection to use for this, take a peek...

The front of my gift card holder is a shaker, made to look like the little pill bottle in the collection.  I filled it with the Pill Better, Limeade, Ladybug, Bumblebee and Swimming Pool Shakers.  I added some pills from the Odds & Ends as well as a sentiment from the Chit Chat pieces.

Inside, it holds 6 little gift card sized envelopes.  The envelopes are from a cut file, but you could create your own, they measure 3.625" x 2.5".  

For the holder wrap, I cut a strip of cardstock 2.75"x12".  I scored it at 1.25", 3.25", 7.25" and 9.25".  I folded all the scores in the same direction to form the outside of the holder.  I added patterned papers to the inside and outside sections, for color and a little extra strength. My Shaker is glued to the front, bottom section (larger of the two).  The top folds in behind the shaker and I added a little piece of Velcro to keep it closed.

The gift cards envelopes are attached using a hidden binding.  To create it I started with a 2.5" x 4.75" piece of cardstock.  I scored it every .25".  The diagram below shows how I put it together.  I folded the areas under the blue sections into a peak,  and glue them together so they stick up.  The end result is you would have 6 sections that stick up with two "flaps" on the outside edges.  I glued this to the bottom section of my wrap, and then glued each envelope to one of the sections that stick up.

This photo shows how the envelopes are attached to the hidden binding.

Now for the fun part, decorating!  I used a little bit of everything to decorate the individual gift card holders including Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends, Chit Chat pieces, Puffy Icons, Icon stickers, shaped sprinkles and the dies Happy Healing Doodle Cuts (the ones that coordinate with the Stamp Set) for the Get Well Sentiment.

My first envelope holds a tag from the Bits & Pieces with a little sentiment.  I tied it with some Limeade Doodle Twine.

The rest of the envelopes are ready for gift cards!  

I completed the inside of my wrap using the cutest sticker of the bunch... the little get well bear!  I love how this turned out, and I think it would also be a fun idea for a birthday or Christmas gift!  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Happy Healing Collection
Doodle Twine
Happy Healing Doodle Cuts
Clear Heavyweight Acetate
Doodlebug Shakers
Pill Better Shakers
Textured Cardstock

OTHER

Gift Card Holder SVG
Velcro Dots
Foam Tape
Silhouette
Scoreboard
Adhesive

HAPPY HEALING POP UP CARDS | with Kathy

It's no fun when you have a friend or family member who is under the weather.  I always try to do a little something to brighten their day.  The Happy Healing collection is perfect for this!  It's full of adorable icons and bright colors, certain to make anyone feel better!  I decided to create a couple of pop up cards to showcase the cute images.  Take a peek...

For both cards I started with a set of platform pop up dies and some of the 12 x 12 papers from my stash to create the bases.  My first card features the adorable Pill Better Doodle Cuts.  I created a the little pill bottle, using the open shaker piece and some heavyweight acetate for both sides so it looks like a clear bottle. I used some thin foam strips to create a shaker, and filled it with both the Pill Better Shakers and regular shakers.  around the bottle I added cute little tablets from the Puffy Icons and Odds & Ends.  I love how they look like they're floating on the acetate!

Here's a close up of the bottle shaker.  The sentiment was created using the speech bubble die from the Pill Better Doodle Cuts set and the sentiment stamp from the Pill Better Doodle Stamps.

My next card also has a "floating" effect using some more heavy weight acetate.  For this card I combined the Get Well Sentiment from the All Occasion Doodle Cuts with some die cut letters using the Alex Alphabet Doodle Cuts to spell out Get Well Soon.  I added lots of elements from the Odds & Ends to decorate around it.  I just love those cute little germs!

And a close up...

I'm all ready if someone becomes under the weather!  Make sure to stop by all this week for more Happy Healing inspiration!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Happy Healing Collection

Happy Healing Coordinating Textured Cardstock

Heavy Weight Acetate

Pill Better Doodle Cuts

Pill Better Doodle Stamps

All Occasion Doodle Cuts

Alex Alphabet Doodle Cuts

Pill Better Shakers

Doodlebug Shakers

OTHER

Platform Pop Up Dies
Foam Tape Strips
Gray Ink
Black Ink

HAPPY HEALING UNBOXING VIDEO | with Kathy

To kick off our month of Happy Healing inspiration, I have a fun unboxing video.  Take a peek at all the goodies that the design team received and will be using in our upcoming projects.  Happy Healing is shipping to stores now, so be sure to check out your favorite scrapbook retailer!  Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG SHAKERS - GIANT SHAKER POPS | with Kathy

Happy April! I'm excited to be kicking off a couple of weeks of Shakers Inspiration! I just love the new shakers... they are so fun, and come in all of Doodlebug's fabulous colors and some different shapes!  I had so many ideas on how to use them, it was hard to narrow it down!  I finally decided, that I should make some giant Shaker Pops... just like the Shaker-Pops that come with all of the collections, just bigger! Because... well who doesn't love a Shaker Pop???  Take a peek...

I added my giant Shaker Pops to the fronts of some A2 Cards... and I just love them!  They really were easy to make.  I started with some Doodlebug SVG files (linked at the bottom of the post).  I put them together using some Doodlebug papers, Heavy Weight Acetate, Shakers and some chipboard.  I've outlined the general steps below.

First, I looked for files that had a "shape" to fill.  I cut those shapes from a thinner chipboard using my Silhouette Cameo.  For each shaker, I cut 6 pieces of the chipboard.  This gave the shaker enough "height" to fit the shakers.  I also cut a solid of each shape from our Heavy Weight Acetate.

Next I stacked the chipboard pieces and glued them all together.  As an added step (not necessary, but it adds a nice finishing touch) I cut a thin strip of paper (just slightly smaller than 1/8 inch) and covered the edges of my shaker.  You could also paint the edges.

I cut the other pieces of my chosen cut files and glued my chipboard "frame" to the base of the cut file. 

I added my shakers, and then added a top piece of the cut file which was layered on top of the  acetate and glued.  

I like to make the shakers in their entirety before adding to a project, it gives them a bit more stability. Here are my three giant Shaker Pops!

And here are the individual cards...

For my first card I started with the Lots of Love Bubble Tea SVG.  I used the outline of the cup for my "frame"  I pieced the shaker together using some different Petite Prints and filled it with beetle black Shakers.  The card base and sentiment are from the Lots of Love collection.

My second card is based on the Pretty Kitty- Curious Kitty SVG.  I used the fish bowl as my frame for the shaker.  The kitty was pieced together using petite prints and the card with papers from the Pretty Kitty Collection.  The Hello and little fish are from the Seaside Summer Collection.  I filled the fish bowl with some Lily White Shakers.  

For my last card, I have a baby shower coming up soon and thought it would be fun to make a little card.  I started with the Special Delivery Bottle SVG.  I pieced it together using some petite prints and filled it with lily white shakers.  The card base is a combination of petite prints and Special Delivery papers.

 These really were so fun to make!  Be sure to check in often over the next couple of weeks for more Shaker inspiration.  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Doodlebug Shakers
Heavy Weight Acetate

Lots of Love Collection
Pretty Kitty Collection
Special Delivery Collection
Seaside Summer Collection
Petite Prints
Lots of Love Bubble Tea SVG
Pretty Kitty- Curious Kitty SVG
Special Delivery Bottle SVG

OTHER

Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Chipboard
Stitched Rectangle Dies