6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - RECAP DOODLE-POP STORAGE | with Karen

Okay, I have a confession to make - I do not typically make scrapbook albums. So when I received the new 6x8 album from Doodlebug and was challenged to come up with something to share with you all, I was excited to try something a bit different. From that, the idea of using the product as a sticker album was born and there was no better product to feature inside a sticker than than my favourite Doodle-pops!

   

Now if we are being real for a minute, this was a project that was actually long overdue! I have Doodle-pops everywhere and this was a really good excuse to get organizing. I did not actually put all of my Doodle-pops in the album - I would need about 20 albums to do that (no, really). So I sorted through them all, picked my favourites and went from there. The idea was that maybe if it wasn't a "favourite" it could go in a box for use on a project while my favourites stay safely in the album. It's a good theory - and while I do have the rest all sorted in a box now, it remains to be seen whether they will get used! :) Here are some of my favourite layouts from the album featuring a few different techniques for putting them in the sleeves:

 

 

 All the Doodle-pops are removeable so I could, technically, still use them if I ever get he urge. Yeah, not likely, but still possible! :) In a strange way, even though there are no pictures in this album, it is still a little bit of a memory album for me too. Most of my favourites remind me of moments or people in my life that I love. It's funny how it didn't seem like a memory book at first but someone how turned into one anyway! I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the pages! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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6X8 Album - Coral with page protectors

Dragon Tails collection Winter Wonderland collection

Seaside Summer collection

Hello collection

Made with Love collection Cream and Sugar collection

Petite Prints in Pistachio Buffalo Print/Wood Grain Doodlebug Swiss Dot washi tape Mini Paper Clips

Puffy Stickers - Alphabet Soup

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - PART 4 DOODLE-POP STORAGE | with Karen

I am not sure if you are like me, but when I was growing up, I used a photo album for my sticker book. There was something so satisfying about peeling the clear cover up off of the page and organizing (and reorganizing) my stickers on those pages. Although I have loved the look of the pages I have done in my Doodle-pop sticker album so far, I wanted to see if I could more closely replicate that feeling of peeling up a page in this album too. I should have known that Doodlebug product would deliver!  If you missed my previous posts, my cover post can be found here, and my page posts are here and here.  

   

Here's an example of one of the pages I created with some of my all time favourite Doodle-pops! I actually took them off of the packaging and placed them in between the plastic page protectors. This works really well because the page protectors are smooth enough that it is easy to take the Doodle-pops off if I want to, but sticky enough that you don't have to worry about them falling off or moving - exactly like my old sticker book!

   

To create the lift up "page" I just took my metal ruler and placed it along one of the edges inside the page protector. I then carefully took my blade and cut through the top layer of the page protector. I then repeated the process along another connected edge. This left it attached on the top, but free to lift up from the bottom. I then placed the Doodle-pops inside, added a little foam adhesive square on the bottom to keep the pocket down, and then covered it on the top with a star shared sticker to hide to foam adhesive.

    

 I love the room that this gave me on the pages and I had a lot of fun placing the Doodle-pop around, embellishing with a few stickers here and there for fun!

   

Here's the fun thing about this technique - because the pages are see through, you can actually create another page behind them with a little scene if you would like. Harry is my favourite Doodlebug character of all time so I knew I wanted to do something special for his feature page. By placing him on a full page clear page protector and building the scene behind him on another page, I preserved the ability to move him if I want, but also created a fun layered look here. I even added the little footprint stickers on top of the page to add even more layers and to hide the foam adhesive square that is keeping the flap down. This was so much fun to create and the page becomes interactive because you could move the Doodle-pops around to your heart's content!

 

So there you have it - another variation on how you can add your Doodle-pops into your album. This has been an absolute joy to create so far! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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6X8 Album - Coral with page protectors

Dragon Tails collection Winter Wonderland collection

Puffy Stickers - Alphabet Soup

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - PART 3 DOODLE-POP STORAGE | with Karen

This weekend, it was time to get back to my new self care project - my Doodle-pop sticker book. So that means that I get to share some new pages and new ideas with you!  If you missed my first two posts you can find my cover post here and my first pages here.

   

For this section of my album, I wanted to focus on some of my favourite animal characters so I started off with the adorable toucan that coordinated with the papers I chose as the main theme for the album from the Seaside Summer collection.

   

Remembering that the goal of my sticker books is to be able to remove the Doodle-pops if I ever decide I can part with them (as if), I thought I would play around with some more ways to make that happen. On this little page, I used a divider from the album as the base and then just used one strip of Doodlebug Swiss Dot washi tape across the front to hold the Doodle-pop on place. The washi tape easily peels off of the Doodle-pop but still holds it firmly in place. And I used some brown polka dot print and strategically placed it so it looked a little bit like a tree branch that the toucan was perched upon! A few die cuts from the Odds and Ends packs also add a little more stability by overlapping on top of the Doodle-pop. I just used some foam adhesive to give them a bit of volume making sure not to put the adhesive on the Doodle-pop. But let's be real - this little layout and Doodle-pop are so darn cute, they are never leaving this album!

   

On to the next page! For this set, I actually wanted to try something completely different. I wanted to see if there was a way I could do away with the packaging completely and still be able to remove the Doodle-pop later if I wanted to. To do this, I decided to grab some release paper!

   

Now here's the thing with release paper though - nothing really sticks to it...so that is both good and bad in this context. If you were to put the Doodle-pop right on the release paper, it would just slide off. So to counteract this a bit, I added a strip of washi tape to the release paper, wrapping it around the back and overlapping it so it stayed in place. Then I placed the Doodle-pops so that they are partially on the washi tape and partially on the release paper. The Doodle-pops come off of the washi tape quite easily as well, but also provide enough "grab" to keep them on the release paper.

   

I simply trimmed them down and backed each one with some Petite Prints paper in Buffalo Plaid/Wood Grain and was all set! These give a really clean and simple look to the page. So there you go - a couple of new ways that you can utilize washi tape to help you keep the Doodle Pops in your new sticker album! I hope it will inspire you to get that collection on display! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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6X8 Album - Coral with page protectors

Seaside Summer collection
 Petite Prints in Pistachio Buffalo Print/Wood Grain
Doodlebug Swiss Dot washi tape
Mini Paper Clips

OTHER

Adhesive Release paper

6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - DOODLE POP STORAGE PART 2 | with Karen

Today is the day - the day I finally get to share with you some of the fun I have been having with my Doodle Pops and the new 6x8 album from Doodlebug. You might remember that I decided to use my album for a bit of a different project - as a sticker book for my favourite Doodle Pops. In my last post (here), I shared the cover I designed but today we get to start on the inside and I am so excited to share with you just how well this album works for this purpose!

    

 Before I jump in, I need to share a little secret. I have a lot of Doodle Pops. And by a lot, I mean far more than I could ever store in this cute album. But one of the reasons I created this album is because I do have some Doodle Pops that I love more than others - yup, I have favourites. And I honestly think it is my favourites that keep me from using these in cuties more often. So I thought that if I could separate out my favourites and put them in this album knowing that it was okay to set these ones aside for me, it might make it easier to actually use the other ones that are oh, so cute, but not ones I want to be buried with (if you know what I mean). So before I even started the album, I actually put them all out on my kitchen table and sorted them - favourites for collecting and all the rest that I may use for crafting. It was a job! In the end though, I had a reasonable pile that I was excited to invest time into putting into the album. The rest got sorted by category and colour and were put back in my Doodlebug box for crafting.

   

So back to the album! The pages actually end up being the perfect dimension for the Doodle Pops. I started simple with a full 6x8 page protector. I grabbed 4 Doodle Pops that coordinated theme wise and then cut out a piece of 12x12 paper (this one from the Made With Love collection). I then spaced them out and used a small piece of double sided adhesive on the back. And that was it! One other note on my approach here. It would also totally work for you to pull the Doodle Pop off of the packaging and place them on the paper but I still wanted to be able to remove them and use them elsewhere if I was ever so inclined. So I kept these ones on the packaging. Once they were taped on, I slipped the Doodle Pops into the sleeve and these 4 were all done - just like that!

   

For the next 4, I used the page protector that is divided into 2 - 6x4 sections.

   

I had fun coordinating these ones with some papers from the Hello collection. I also decided that I wanted to see if I could find a different way to attach these Doodle Pops to the page and I ended up using some Mini Paper Clips. This actually ended up being my favourite way to attach the Doodle Pops to the paper backing and you will notice (in future posts) that I used this approach a number of times in the sticker album.

   

 On this last spread that I wanted to share today, I used the page protector that is sectioned into 4 - 3x4 sections. These are about as perfect as they can get for the size of Doodle Pops on their packaging. In fact, if you want a totally easy way to store your Doodle Pops, grab these page protectors and just slip them in! I decided to add a bit of Petite Prints in Pistachio Plaid-Polka dot paper - the cuties on this page look like they were designed to be there.

   

Finally, I also wanted to share a little trick that I discovered as I was creating - the actual page protectors make great release paper for the sticker too. For these donuts, I actually just places the patterned paper inside the sleeve but put the sticker on top. I still did place all of the Doodle Pops inside the sleeves to protect them, but for these flat stickers that I might also like to reuse at some point, putting them on the outside work perfectly! They pull off like a dream but with enough adhesion to all hold them in place. And it becomes a fun way to embellish some of the pages that do not have as many Doodle Pops on them. These stickers were from the Cream and Sugar collection. So that is it today for the easiest and quickest ways to get your Doodlebugs in your sticker album. I'll be back in a couple of weeks to show you a few different ways that you can add them in so that they look great but can still be used elsewhere if you ever decide that you can part with them! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

6X8 Album - Coral

Hello collection

Made with Love collection
 Cream and Sugar collection
 Petite Prints in Pistachio Plaid-Polka dot
Mini Paper Clips

OTHER

Adhesive

MADE WITH LOVE SWEET COOKBOOK | with Miguel

Today I am happy to share my first project with the beautiful 'Made with Love Collection'.  It is an altered wood cupboard turned into a recipe book to store all those sweet recipes. How is that for a fun idea?

I started with the 12"x12" papers in the collection to cover the cabinet pieces and thus begin to give life to my composition in a super special way and to my style.

On the back I made a box with my scoring board to hold all the recipe cards. I kept decorating in a fun way with all the Made with Love icons, and placing a small title with the 'My Type' alphabet stickers.

At the top of my project I decorated with a wooden roller, which is very representative of the artisan work here in México.  All my composition is painted with acrylic paint in pastel.

Inside the drawer, I placed the beautiful pins from the 'Made with Love' collection.  They look beautiful inside, don't you think?  I also used some pop dots to give it dimension and it seems that they are totally real.

I say goodbye hoping that you like the project that I created as much as I do and that it will

inspire you.  Many thanks to Doodlebug Design for giving me the opportunity to show scrapbooking designs made in México.  Greetings and thank you for reading!

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Doodlebug Design Products Used:

Made with Love Collection

Doodle Pops

Sprinkles

Boutique Buttons

My Type Alphabet stickers