HOMETOWN USA SNOW GLOBE | with Jen

I just love the Doodlebug DIY Snow Globe. I have quite a little stash of them in my craft room because I have so many ideas! One idea was to use the clear Doodlebug Acetate to pop things up inside the snow globe. Hometown USA is the perfect collection for this!

First I cut a 4 1/2" circle out of silver glitter cardstock with my Cricut. Then I cut a 3 3/4" circle with the Cricut from the 6x6 firework paper. I cut three 1/4" wide strips of heavyweight acetate.

I lined the acetate strips up over the firework cardstock. I used the cardstock to determine where to bend them first so they were the right width. I then bent them a second time for the height. I varied the height on each strip.

I attached the strips to the back of the cardstock with Scor Tape. I used my powder tool to get the sticky off the back of the large pieces on the July 4th Doodle Pop and then added a small strip of tape to the back and adhered it to my middle strip. I added the stars around it and finally glued two small acetate fireworks from the Bits and Pieces on the upper and lower acetate strips.

I poured my silver shaker balls and Land That I Love shaker mix into the base of the snow snow globe. I then added the back.

I added a strip of the plaid cardstock from the 6x6 pad to the front of the base and one of the word stickers from the This and That sticker sheet on foam squares. I finished it off with some red polka dot ribbon around the outside.

Have a great day!

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Doodlebug DIY Snow Globe
July 4th Doodle Pop
Hometown USA Collection
Doodlebug Clear Heavy Acetate
Shakers Silver Balls
Shakers Land That I Love

OTHER

Silver Glitter Cardstock

HOMETOWN USA TREAT BOXES | with Karen

This new 4th of July collection has been so much fun to create with! It has me vicariously planning parties through all my friends to the south - and I am happy to say that I am not finished yet. I mean, what good would a party be without a treat bag...or box in this case, right?! So today I wanted to feature one of my favourite little treat containers to make for all your special 4th of July celebrations!

Pillow boxes are one of my all time favourite party favours. They hold the perfect amount of treats, are easy to hand out and can be personalized in so many way! For this little set, I actually used Petite Prints as the base box. I just have a template that I use to cut them out on my Cricut, but if you don't, just do a quick search for "pillow box template" and you will find many you can trace and cutout! That's how I used to make them!

To embellish them, I just added a 2.5" strip of patterned paper from the collection like a little sleeve that just wraps around. And then I grabbed a little sentiment from the Chit Chat pack that coordinates with this collection.

And finally, I topped each one off with a Doodle-pop or Shaker-pop! The amazing dimension on these finishes these pillow boxes off in no time! Fill 'em up with a yummy treat and you are all set to go!

Who wouldn't want to take one of these home from an event or party?! I hope they made you smile! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs 1

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HOMETOWN USA DECOR STARS | with Niella

Hey crafty crew! We're flying through June with Independence Day not too far away friends! Exciting! I'm picturing family gatherings, picnics, parades, food and a big bang celebration - which ties in to my Hometown USA project today 4.5" Decor Stars! So let's get our decorating all prepped and ready to go! AND there's a BONUS at the end of this blog post ;-)

Each star has three layers with the two top stars stitched onto white 2mm thick foam sheet. The foam helps with depth and dimension but also makes machine stitching a breeze. Have you stitched on foam yet? I love to do this.

This collection is so patriotic and fun! There's a coordinating textured cardstock pack so all the colors have been sorted for you, no need to stress on finding that perfect coordinating base! The papers I've used are (clockwise from top): Picnic Plaid, All Stars, Plaid to be an American, Hometown USA, Red, White & Blue.

These Decor Stars can be used on ALL your projects! Papercrafts, hamper baskets, home decorating, put on dowels for wands, added on your front door, your fridge with a magnet behind it or even as a gift bag topper!

I've put as much fun elements as I possibly could on each! Mini Icons, Sprinkles, This & That and even the odd silver balls from the Shakers! The stitching completes this project with that extra dimension. How cute are all the little kids all dressed up! So dang adorbs!

Remember to gather all the Doodlebug Design Team ideas and have fun creating, we promise you'll be happy you did!

And here's your BONUS! a video showcase :-)

Thank you crafty crew for flying by today! I hope I gave you a crafty hit of inspiration! Don't forget to tag us in on your socials - we're looking forward to seeing your next Doodlebug Design project! Until next time; doodle doo!

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Hometown USA collection

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machine stitching

foam

HOMETOWN USA DECOR FLAGS | with Niella

Happy June, crafty crew! With Independence Day coming up so fast, it's a good time to prep ahead if you aren't already. So happy to have you visit today to see my super fun project: Decor Flags with Hometown USA! Whether you create these for your crafty projects, food platters, baking or as a topper for your gift hamper; these are fun and easy to create! You can even adapt these ideas for other Doodlebug Design collections as well :-)

For each flag, I've cut a 9" x 2.5" inch strip of white textured cardstock and on top of each, a strip of patterned paper .5" inch less all around,  and machined stitched over the cardstock. This technique gives strength to each flag and helps the eye look towards the patterned papers I feel :-)

I wrapped one edge over a wooden dowel and adhered it with liquid glue or hot glue for faster drying time. These dowels came from my stash with beads on the top. Awesome!

The papers in the Hometown USA collection I've used in my introduction photo are: Top, Polka-dot Pride, All American and bottom, Plaid to be American. Such cute and fitting names, right! So super darling!

Decorating each was so fun! I like to start by laying down the base pieces, then build on them by adding foam squares behind the Odds & Ends ephemera pieces. I also love to add elements on the back side of projects as well. This gives more dimension. That fantastic bunting piece is from the Chit Chat ephemera pack! It suits perfectly!

Don't be afraid to use the icon and mini icons too. I simply added foam on the back of each and glued down, I especially like using the icon stickers because they are smaller and you can fit more on! Plus they always look extra cute!

Those firework flourishes are so well suited to these embellishments! They give that extra detail that this project needed. How sweet do they look behind Lady of Liberty!

BONUS: If you've made it to the end of this blog post, you can watch me showcase these!

Thank you crafty crew for flying by today! I hope I gave you a crafty hit of inspiration! Don't forget to tag us in on your socials - we're looking forward to seeing your next Doodlebug Design project! Until next time; doodle dee!

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Hometown USA collection

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wooden dowels

machine stitching

foam dots

HOMETOWN USA FATHER'S DAY GIFT | with Miguel

Here in Mexico in the month of July we celebrate Father's Day so I decided to make a nice gift to inspire you and give more versatility to your Doodlebug collections.

I used the Hometown USA collection to create my project, it is a beautiful box to give away canned drinks, the box is made with Chipboard and Heavyweight Acetate. I love the result.

The transparency that the acetate gives it makes it very original since the cans can be removed without having to open the box, it is decorated with Odds & Ends and Washi Tape.

I also decided that I would make a fun card with the coordinating Cards & Envelopes to wish dad all the best on his day. 

I hope you liked it as much as I did, See you soon.

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Hometown USA Collection
Heavyweight Acetate
4th Of July Cards & Envelopes

OTHER

Chipboard

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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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

HOMETOWN USA SUMMER RECIPE BOOK | with Jen

Summer is coming and I have a fun summer project for you today! Cooking in the summer tends to be a very last minute thing in our house. I often don't want to turn on the stove so I opt for simpler meals that can be grilled or eaten cold. What better way to document and organize some of those recipes than in a Doodlebug recipe book?

I used the adorable Home Sweet Home chipboard album to create a summer recipe book. I made the front cover into a shaker with the Doodlebug heave acetate because I was so excited to used the new Land That I Love Shakers!

On the front I used elements from the Hometown USA Chit Chat and a couple of Icon stickers.

For the doorway I took a scrap of the acetate, scored it with a 1/4" gusset. I attached this at the bottom of the doorway before adding my larger piece of acetate over the windows. I then added two layers or foam tape to build my shaker.

On the pages inside I added an assortment of low effort summer recipes. I used the Hometown USA mini icons to decorate and I ended up using almost all of them!

On the back of the album I added the picnic sticker from the This and That sticker sheet and some ants from the puffy icons.

Want the recipes? Click here.  Have a great day!

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Hometown USA Collection
Shakers Silver Balls
Shakers Land That I Love
Home Sweet Home Chipboard Album
Doodlebug Heavy Weight Acetate
Sunshine Silver Alpha Stickers
Buffalo Check/Woodgrain Petite Prints
Dot Stripe Petite Prints
Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints
Plaid/Polka Dot Petite Prints
Gingham Linen Petite Prints
Swiss Dot Petite Prints

HAPPY HEALING TISSUE BOX COVER | with Tarrah

Aaaacchhhhooo! Do you have a loved one or close friend who is feeling a bit under the weather right now? Why not cheer them up with with a super cute DIY gift of a tissue box? Everyone needs tissues when you are feeling fluey right?

The Happy Healing collection is the perfect collection to make a tissue box cover with, it certainly brightens up a dull box of tissues and is sure to brighten someone's day too.

I started out by measuring my tissue box and then took 2 sheets of matching coloured 12' x 12' cardstock. I followed this tutorial on YouTube to make my tissue box cover, I did have to make a few alterations when I was adhering it all together, this is dependent on the size of your tissue box. I added the back piece of cardstock last, I loved that this gave me an opportunity to add more paper and cute embellishments.

On all sides of the tissue box, I used the Spot of Happiness patterned paper and on the top where the hole is, I added the Cross My Heart paper, using a circle die in the centre to punch out the hole for the tissues to come through. On the back piece, I used a yellow cardstock from the Happy Healing cardstock pack and added a paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad to the cardstock. Once the tissue box cover was constructed and the patterned papers were all added, it was time to embellish!

To add some more interest to the centre where the tissues are pulled out, I removed the centre out of one of the circle dies and placed the ring over the top of the tissues and adhered it down. I also added a scalloped border sticker from the This and That sticker sheet around the edge at the top. You can never go past adding Doodlepops to your projects, I chose the gorgeous teddy bear with balloons and adhered it to a notecard from the Bits and Pieces pack.

Some more of the embellishments I added were more die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack, more stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and some pretty silver sprinkles too. I really encourage to give this project a go! It really was quite simple to make and it looks great!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Doodlebug blog today! Happy creating!

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Happy Healing collection

Happy Healing Coordinating Textured Cardstock

Rainbow textured cardstock pack

OTHER

Tissues

Circle dies

Cuttlebug die-cut machine

Score board

Score tool

HAPPY HEALING TAG CARDS | with Niella

Hi crafty crew, it's magic May-hem time with Happy Healing! This project is super easy + versatile - are they tags or are they cards? Well, why not have both. It's so simple, yet so clever right. Who doesn't like a two-in-one! As we hit into the fifth month of 2024 it's time to do some more memory keeping and giving and what a great way to do that with a new Doodlebug Design collection. Come check out my latest project! Tags vs Cards!

To replicate these Tags vs Cards, all you do is grab the sweet 6x6" paper pad and choose (tough choice) three papers and fold each width wise. You'll then have a folded 3x6" card. Next snip the top corners and punch a hole in the middle top part of card. Easy! Now you have a Tag vs Card :-)

Once you've made the bases of each Tag vs Card, go wild decorating! As you know, this is my favorite part of crafting - it's when all the foundation pieces are created and it's all ready to decorate to your hearts content. Here I've used the adorable patterned papers that are named (l-r) On the Mend, Love Blooms and Happy Healing.

To help "pop" the icon stickers and ephemera, I always mount a solid matching cardstock on the top of the base patterned paper. It looks easy on the eye and helps show the pieces. I love that each collection comes with a matching textured cardstock pack! The co-ordination is perfection.

To add more cuteness, I've used two little charmers on two of the Tags vs Cards! Did you spot them? Here, let me show you in my video showcase below :-) And whilst you're watching; see if you can spot how I used a round band-aid like a balloon in the cutest balloon bouquet!

Thank you crafty crew for visiting today! I hope I gave you a crafty hit of inspiration! Don't forget to tag us in on your socials - we're looking forward to seeing your next Doodlebug Design project! Until next time; doodle dee!

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Happy Healing collection

Doodle Twine

OTHER

machine stitching

foam dots