Guest Designer: Liz Qualman + Giveaway

My name is Liz Qualman and I am really excited to join the Doodlebug team on the blog today to share some ideas for miniature projects.  I am a big fan of bright, bold colors and thought the Snips and Snails collection was right up my alley.  I don't actually have a baby anymore since my little man is 3 years old now, but I still loved how the collection could be used with little boys.  The colors were just right for my outdoor photos.

I thought it would be fun to take the elements I would have added to a 12 x 12 layout page and spread them across three 6 x 6 miniature layouts.  Doodlebug has some adorable patterns that look fantastic as 6 x 6 patterned papers.  I also thought it would be fun to display the miniature layouts with tiny clothespins, or they could easily be put into a long, narrow frame that could be changed out in the future.  I used the thicker 12 x 12 cardstock paper for the background, but all of the other papers are 6 x 6.

My family visited an aspen grove last fall on our annual autumn jeep trip.  My son loves to explore and have fun outside, so I tried to capture this experience across the three pages.  The colors of the collection looked fantastic with my photos and the more everyday patterned papers made great backgrounds.  I used my typewriter to add the sentiment to the punch out journal card, which I first backed on blue cardstock before I rolled it through so the little notebook paper edges would not be ruined.  Twine makes such a nice border on pages and I used it on each page to tie all three together.

I added pop dots to the fun cardstock sticker banners on the "So Fun" page.  I also added some of the mini pearls, boutique buttons and shaped brads to give the pages a little bit of sparkle and dimension.  They were the perfect size to keep with the miniature theme.

GIVEAWAY: 
We loved the Liz joined us for your "Anything Mini" week and shared her take on it. So we're going to giveaway a pizza size box of Doodlebug goodies to a lucky winner. Do one of the following for an entry to win:

1. Visit Liz Qualman's Blog and follow her blog: http://lizqualman.blogspot.com/. Then come back and leave a comment telling us you did this.

2. Post a project you created with Doodlebug's products to our Facebook Wall, then come back and leave a comment here that you did. 

3. Post a link on Facebook or Twitter to today's post, then leave a comment you did this. 

4. Pin one (or all) of the images to Pinterest, leave a comment that you did. 

You will have until the Sunday evening to enter. The winner will be announced on Tuesday morning.

Thank you to Doodlebug for the wonderful inspiration!

Snips and Snails Products:

3212: baby boy doodle twine

3288: baby boy- mini pearls

3292: baby boy- shaped brads

3216: baby boy boutique buttons

3268: snips & snails- cardstock stickers

3269: snips & snails fancy frills cardstock sticker

3230: cheery o's double-sided cardstock

3276: snips & snails- 6x6 paper pad

3263: snips & snails- double-sided cute cuts

Doodles: 12x12 Layout by Liz Qualman

We had so much fun introducing you to our new Doodles sketch that we couldn't wait to do another one. So we invited one of our favorite designers, Liz Qualman to help us out with our Doodle this week. We challenged her with a 12x12 layout and not only did she accept the challenge, she even offered to create the Doodles sketch. 

Here's her layout she created based on the Doodle sketch above using one of our Essentials kits. We loved how she incorporated the bracket journaling piece along with some fun stickers and sewn on buttons.  

Supplies Used: Summertime Essentials Kit (all contents coordinate perfectly - contains coordinating embellishments, paper, stickers and cardstock).

Giveaway

We loved how darling Liz's Doodle sketch turned out that we wanted to giveaway the same Summertime Essentials Kit to one of our wonderful fans. All you need to do is tell your friends about today's post (post a link on Facebook, Twitter or email your friends this blog post) and leave us a comment. For a bonus entry, be sure to visit Liz's blog and follower her blog and leave us a comment.