"Love"ly Cards by Shellye and Stephanie

Today we had a couple of "Love"ly cards we wanted to share with you that would work for anyone you LOVE. Don't wait to send some love until a holiday tells you, do it now.

You're Sweet Card
by Shellye McDaniel

 You're Loved Card
by Stephanie Buice

Monique is Rockin with the Beatles

Hello Doodlebug fans! Today it's my turn - Monique's - to show you my Beatles (Love) Song Lyrics Project! I've chosen for their song "From Me, To You":

If there's anything that you want,

If there's anything i can do,

Just call on me and I'll send it along

With love from me to you.

I just love that song and knew straight away that this was the song I was going to use! 

Here's the project I made using Doodlebug's Lovebirds collection: 

If you want to see how I created this bouquet, please visit my blog CREATING {NON}SENSE for a step-by-step tutorial. 

Supplies: Doodlebug Lovebirds: Patterned Paper, This& That Cardstock Stickers, Cupcake Doodle Twine, Mini Love Notes, Washi Tape, Mini Doodle-Pops (roses are red); Boutique Brads (love assortment); Braddies (cinnamon hearts and sugar coated hearts). Other: ribbon.

Thank you so much for visiting Doodlebug's blog today and I hope I've inspired you to do some scrapping today!

{ Monique }

Happy Valentines Day from Doodlebug

Happy Valentine's Day 

from all of us at Doodlebug. 

We sure love our fans and appreciate you stopping 

by to support our creative and colorful endeavors.  

Card created by Kathy Martin

Created by Jodi Wilton

 
 

Lovebirds Mini Album by Shellye

Shellye McDaniel created this darling  

heart-shaped mini album featuring 

the fun Lovebirds Collection. She added a simple 

paper doily to the front of the album and finished it off 

with the perfect little embellishments.

 Check out the lovely stitching around the circles.

 

 Oh my the washi tape bow made my heart go pitter-patter.

 And we cannot overlook the twine details
on both of these pages. Love it!

 Look how she used the twine to cover up the
edges of the chipboard album. Such a wonderful
idea I've never seen before, have you?

 Just when I thought she couldn't be any
more clever, she stitched over both the paper and
the washi tape to create a unique trim!

Mixing It Up with Sherry Cartwright

Let's paint the scenario....

You're in the aisle of your favorite scrapbook store, staring at all the CUTE paper in a rainbow of colors. Though, it is the colors and patterns of Doodlebug Design that catch your eye among all the other papers.

Quickly, you think to yourself as you examine the paper in your hand, "That is cute, but maybe too cutesy. Will it work with my artsy style?"

And you put it back, still contemplating the purchase.

Stop!

Pick up that paper and buy it. Take it home and use that seemingly cute patterned paper as the canvas for your next masterpiece.  You'll find that Doodlebug cardstock is a nice surface to build upon. The core is sturdy, the colors are rich and the patterns are very versatile.

You'll see in the detail image above that I added a few layers to this layout -- painted stencil, paper, stitching, tulle and paper frills.  The tulle might not be visible at first glance, but it adds so much depth without overpowering the layout.

I also used a postage stamp sticker.  I loved the pink heart background, but wanted it a bit more bold, so I scribbled some words on top, then embellished with a sticker and a heart jewel.

Add an artsy flair to your layout doesn't always require a lot of stuff, but just something that is more your style and personality. 

 

Here are a few examples of ways I add to products. They are simple ideas that make them fit more my style, but retain the cuteness of Doodlebug [which I *love*]!

pumpkin }  I painted portions of the background with white paint and white gesso, then smudged some off.  I then added some white paint drops, followed by orange ink droplets.  I also pulled the backing from an old sheet of alphabet stickers to use as a mask and traced the letters. I love the imperfection!

you & you }  This layout was accomplished in much the same manner, except I only used white paint to give the letters a solid background.  I hand cut each letter from a variety of patterned papers, then traced them with a black pen. 

thankful }  I am noticing a trend here -- I seem to add paint to alot of layouts.  Paint is a long lost love that took backseat to pretty papers.  I'm glad to be adding it back into my creative projects.  In this layout, I watered down the  paint, but be sure not to add too much water or the paper will buckle. I wanted the background quarterfoil pattern to show, but didn't want it screaming Halloween.  I used the backing of an alphabet sticker sheet to trace the letters onto the painted background and added the alphabet sticker title.   I cut leaf shapes form a variety of papers, then doodled a leaf pattern onto them. Fold in half and only glue center to add dimension. 

beach treasure hunt }   I embossed circles in clear powder for a subtle effect, but to mimick the bubbles of the ocean and sand dollars.  The dot paper was too stark, so I added a white paint wash over it, wiping with paper towel. The inked words on the label [by the photo] and the scalloped border at the bottom were achieved by stamping with watered down re-inker.   I also used white paper medical tape to make my own washi tape [stamped clouds].  

Enjoying the process of creating your scrapbook layout is so joyous!  

Other ideas to try:

• Add paint or gesso.
• Splatter paint or ink.
• Use stencils.
• Doodle directly onto paper.
• Add layers --- tulle, tissue paper, pom poms, tape.
• Emboss stamped images.
• Mix lots of patterns and colors.
• Stamp with watered down re-inker/ink refill.
• Crinkle paper.
• Distress edges with ink, scissors, paint.

If you alter Doodlebug products in any way to suit your artsy style, please share with us here or on our facebook page. We'd love to see your creations!

Sweet Treats for Valentines

When I think of Valentines I think of yummy sweet treats and chocolate. So we are excited to share these yummy treat ideas with you today.

Cupcake Treat Bag

by Tamara Tripodi

 

 

Be Mine Treat Bucket

by Jodi Wilton

Flower Lollipop 
by Sherry Cartwright

Chocolate Valentine
by Melinda Spinks

 

Lollipop Treat Box

by Tamara Tripodi

We have a "treat" for you today with this yummy Lollipop Gift Box idea. Tamara always knows how to put together the fun, bright Doodlebug Lovebird papers, stickers and embellishments to make us all want to eat them. We hope that today you find her ideas a treat to share.

 

Look how lovely these darling "mini love notes" turned out attached to each of these fun lollipops. Did you know that you get 12 reversible envelopes. They're quick and simple to assemble.   

 

 

 

 

Create a darling paper box with a window to place your suckers inside. 

Tweet, Tweet with Lovebirds

Tweet, tweet some little design team birdies have been spinning nests of creative cards and darling layout to share with you today on the blog. 

B & W Instagram Layout
by Wendy Sue Anderson

When I have a lot of fun embellishments I want to use on a layout, I love to create grid layouts like this one.  By cutting several fun patterned papers into 3" squares, I created six mini canvases to embellish!  I used stickers, washi tape, gems, tags, and more on each square.  I added machine stitching to every square for continuity.  Then I simply filled in the empty squares with a few instagram photos!

Get Well Soon 

by Monique Liedtke 

Happy Valentines

by Shellye McDaniel

You're So Tweetby Tiffany Hood

Love Birds Flag Layout
by Jodi Wilton



You & Me Sweet
by Kathy Martin

My Love
by Shellye McDaniel

Be Mine Chevron
by Monique Liedtke

Design Note: Monique used her Silhouette
to cut this cool chevron hot pink background.

Birdies in a Cage Card
by Stephanie Buice

For You Cards
by Shellye McDaniel