Christmas in July Coffee Cup Treat Holders | with Brigit

I always look forward to Christmas in July since I never seem to have enough time to make all the projects I'd like to at Christmas time. Since treat containers are one of my favorite things to give over the holiday season I made a couple of mini coffee cup treat holders using Doodlebug's Milk and Cookies collection.

The mini cups I bought from Amazon here, they worked perfectly with the freebie cup holder svg I download from here, which I cut out with my Cricut Maker.

I rounded the corners and added patterned layers to each holder before I assembled them. After adding the cup sleeve I added a die cut round circle to each lid a straw and some chunky twine.

Instead of having the gift card in the front, I used a die to cut out a piece and glued it to the back of the holder, I didn't want to cover up the adorable Doodlebug paper in the front.

Doodlebug Products Used

milk & cookies cardstock - dear santa cardstock - holiday cheer cardstock - candy christmas cardstock - milk & cookies icon stickers - milk & cookies mini icon stickers - 6 x 6 milk & cookies paper pad - milk & cookies odds & ends - candy cane sprinkles - holly berries sprinkles - milk & cookies sprinkles - sugarplum sprinkles - cupcake chunky twine - bubblegum chunky twine - ladybug chunky twine - ruby textured cardstock - strawberry textured cardstock - sea glass textured cardstock

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Mix it Up Challenge: Christmas Cards by Courtney Lee

Hello out there! This is Courtney Lee from Court's Crafts here with my final cards on the Doodlebug team. I decided to step down this coming year. With three small children at home I want to be enjoying them more and I think I am getting into quilting! My heart is heavy leaving Doodlebug. They are truly the best company to "work" for as it always feels like play. Cynthea is the most generous person I have ever met in the crafty world and her encouragement along with Lori's keeps me going. I will miss it so. With that said, here are my cards for the mix it up challenge! 

Santa down the Chimney

I had such a great time grabbing my supplies from all over the place! I was really in love with this red, green and black palate and so I went diving into my extensive doodlebug stash to find my supplies. :) 

A Forth of July line, a Halloween line, and some staples? yes please. This santa going down the chimney from the Milk and Cookies odds and ends had me at hello. I added some liquid adhesive and tinsel glitter and gave Mr. Claus some pizzaz! 

kraft in color: beetle black stripe/houndstooth (4178)
booville 6x6 paper pad (5805) (green polka dot paper and black and white stripe paper)
yankee doodle: festive flowers (5619)
milk and cookies: odds and ends (5766)
milk and cookies: this and that (5776)
mini doily in beetle black

Merry Christmas

This card was so much fun to put together. Again I wanted to showcase this stocking odds and ends. I added some tinsel glitter to the top mantle and the tops of the stockings. The Merry Christmas sentiment is a sticker that comes pre-made from doodlebug and the little dog came from the mini icons in the milk and cookies collection. The velvet black cardstock gives it a lovely depth. 

I had my 5 year old encouraging me when I thought of the idea to cut the gingerbread and candy cane sprinkles and "stuff" them down the stockings. I cut the bottoms off at an angle to make it look like they were going down. It was so hard to do. I kept hearing that gingerbread man from Shrek™ say, "not my buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons!!!" brutal. But alas, it looks darling. tee hee.  

kraft in color: ladybug/chevron (4161)
kraft in color: beetle black stripe/houndstooth (4178)
yankee doodle: festive flowers (5619)
milk and cookies: odds and ends (5766)
crushed velvet cardstock: beetle black (1898)
yankee doodle: patriotic paisley (5620)
milk and cookies: mini icons (5768)
shape sprinkles: sugarplums (5754)
doodles: merry christmas - beetle black (3157)
mini clothespins: black and white (4448)
doodle twine: beetle black (2994)

Christmas Cake

Last but not least I felt like I was missing some green in my life so I grabbed this 6x6 paper pad from Booville and this fabulous green on green tone paper stood out to me. Isn't it vivid!?! And of course this Christmas cake doodlepop looked good enough to eat.  

Look at the depth of that doodle pop? I layered it onto two pieces from the This and That sheet and tied a twine bow around the base. I also added the candy cane stripe arrows to the four corners of the green panel and pulled all three cards together using the black on black houndstooth patterned paper from the kraft in color line (the BEST staples).

yankee doodle: festive flowers (5619)
kraft in color: beetle black stripe/houndstooth (4178)
booville 6x6 paper pad (5805)
doodle pops: Christmas cake (5759)
milk and cookies: this and that (5776)
doodle twine: beetle black (2994)
doodles: cardstock stickers: merry Christmas (3155)

And that is all I have for you today! I wish you a VERY merry Christmas and I will miss you all dearly! Luckily you have the BEST design team sticking around to inspire you (and myself). Did you mix and match any doodlebug lines to make Christmas cards this year? We would LOVE to see them! Please share them on any of our social media sites! 

Mix it Up Challenge: 3D Christmas Tree with Kathy

Hi Everyone!  It's Kathy today with my take on the Mix & Match Challenge!  One of my favorite things about Doodlebug collections is that you can always mix and match to fit your project!  I mixed 3 different Christmas Collections to make this fun tree...

To make the tree I used the SVGCuts Heirloom Christmas Tree.  It reminded me of the ceramic tree we used to have growing up!!  The tree itself was made using Tree Festival Double Sided Cardstock from the Milk & Cookies Collection. The base of the tree was made using Holly Days Double Sided Cardstock from the Sugarplums Collection and the plaid paper panels are made from the Holiday Cheer Paper from the 2013 Home for the Holidays Collection.  It doesn't matter that they are 3 different collections spread over 4 years, they all coordinate perfectly!  Here is the tree lit up, (yes, it even lights like the old ceramic tree!) and some close ups of the ornaments I made using some Shaped Sprinkles and Cute Clips!

The star was made from some Sugar Coated Cardstock in Bumblebee.

To make the ornaments, I either wrapped some jewelry wire around the shape or glued the wire to the back.  I used the Sugarplums Shaped Sprinkles, Candy Cane Shaped Sprinkles, Lily White Snowflakes Shaped Sprinkles and some Mini Hearts Cute Clips to decorate the tree.

It looks so pretty all lit up!  Be sure to drop by the blog next week to get more Mix and Match Inspiration!  That's it for me today, I hope you  have a wonderful holiday season!

Mix It Up Challenge: Christmas Cards by Wendy Sue

Hello there, Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing my project for the fun "Mix It Up" challenge!  I mainly used the "Milk & Cookies" collection to create this fun set of holiday cards, but I also added in some "Cream & Sugar," "Yankee Doodle," and "Here Comes Santa Claus" products!  Can you spy the different collections?  Probably not - because they work absolutely seamlessly together!

Here's a closer look at each of the cards.  Let's start with the Santa card:

If you look closely you'll find some "Cream & Sugar" papers and a maybe a sticker from "Here Comes Santa Claus!"

Isn't this printed die with the kitchen scene adorable?

That fun red paper is straight out of the "Yankee Doodle" collection!!

Nothing says "warm and cozy" better than stockings hung by the chimney with care!  And adding some cute cupcakes to the mantle is perfection!

There's the "Yankee Doodle" paper and a little peek of paper from the "Here Comes Santa Claus" collection too!

And, finally, let's enjoy a little treat with our good friend, Santa Claus:

Lots of cute "Cream & Sugar" products in this festive card!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! ♥

Holiday Gift Tags by Wendy Sue

Hello, Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing my latest "milk & cookies" creation!  Can you tell how much I love, love, love this collection?  I couldn't wait to start creating a set of Christmas gift tags for my niece and nephews this year and the cute images in this collection are perfect for kid gift tags!  Here's a peek at the set:

The cute "odds & ends" are the perfect size for little gift tags - and adding their names is super easy with the teensy type stickers!

Of course, I had to add some extra cute patterned paper, so I cut one tag from patterned paper and one from white cardstock and layered them together.

The chunky twine gives just the right amount of extra color and texture to each tag.

And, of course, those little cute clips are the perfect addition to the top of each tag.

You'll notice lots of foam adhesive dots behind the odds & ends, because that's just how I roll.

Okay, now you've seen the tags, look how amazing they are on a plain wrapped gift:

You know what they say: brown paper packages tied up with string (and a doodlebug tag on top) - definitely one of my favorite things!

Happy holidays (and tag making), friends!

Holiday Recipe Book by Traci Penrod of ArtsyAlbums.com

Happy Tuesday Doodlebug fans!  It's Traci, back from Artsy Albums, to share my holiday project with you.  I created a little recipe album for my favorite Christmas cookies, cakes, pies, and other yummy sweet treats.

I used a 4x6 binder album by Simple Stories and designed the cover with my favorite paper from the Milk & Cookies collection.  I added some stickers from the This & That sheet, some Chunky twine,  a button, and some cute sprinkle shapes.  I printed the title on my computer ... the font is by Lori Whitlock called LW Cutie Pie.

I love the inside cover.  The 6x6 sheet of brick paper reminds me of a kitchen wall, and the little Odds & Ends furniture piece and kitty are so cute!!

For the inside, I designed some simple tab pages using my Silhouette machine, and covered them with papers from the Milk & Cookies and Petite Print collections.

For the recipe cards, I created a design in my word processing program and left a little space in the lower right corner for some mini icon stickers. I love these little stickers ... two sheets come in a package! This might be one of my favorite details of the project. I hope you are enjoying the design team's holiday projects this year!  I know I've been inspired to make this a very crafty Christmas.  Have fun!

Holiday Gift Idea: Neighbor Gifts with Courtney Lee

Happy holidays everyone!!!! I am SOOO excited to have just moved into a neighborhood where people are focused on community!!! I cannot wait to give out these neighbor gifts! Courtney Lee from Court's Crafts here to share a little neighbor gift inspiration with you for both adults and kids!

The girls had this cute idea to give gold sparkle nail polish. I loved it. To Pinterest I went and found this pin that used the mistle "toes" pun. I am one for puns so I thought this was really fun!

I had my Cricut do the write and cut feature which made this project very fast and fun. 

I tied them on using bubblegum doodletwine. 

While I was on Pinterest I found this hilarious phrasing about red and white wine and just had to use it. So I grabbed a bunch of bottles of champagne ('tis the season!) and made these cute tags!

I had my Cricut Maker do the writing for me (I am not blessed with that adorable cute writing most of the DT has! lol!) and wrote it on vellum so that the cutest Doodlebug paper would be the focal point. All of this paper is from the Milk and Cookies collection.

I adhered my vellum and while most of it stayed hidden on some of the tags, the adhesive was showing. No one wants that. So I used liquid glue on the edges and added tinsel glitter for some snowy fun. 

Then I decorated my trees with sparkle sprinkles and shape sprinkles and just had so much fun with it! Lastly I tied them to my bottle using some awesome doodlebug chunky twine. 

Now, just write your name and holiday wishes on the back and leave them on someone's doorstep! I am so excited to have something both for adults and for little ladies!

Did you make neighbor gifts with Doodlebug? We would LOVE to see them!