6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - XOXO ALBUM | with Tarrah

Have you seen the new gorgeous 6" x 8" albums? They are sooo beautiful and come in 14 different colors. I was lucky enough to pick the color I wanted to work with and if you know me, I absolutely love PINK, so I chose the Bubblegum album and today I am sharing how I decorated the front cover.

I decided on a love theme for my album, to celebrate and document photos of myself with my amazing and fairly new partner for life! First up I raided my ribbon and trim stash and pulled out the perfect white heart ribbon which I adhered to the left side overlapping the pink spine. I then added puffy hearts in the open spaces of the ribbon. I used red and 2 different pink puffy hearts.

I trimmed a strip from the Lots of Love Hugs and Kisses paper and adhered that flush to the spine of the album. I then took the Ladybug Chunky Twine and tied it around the album, I added a Little Charmer from the Happy Healing collection and also a Bits and Pieces die-cut from the Lots of Love collection. I also added a cardstock sticker from the This and That sticker sheet.

For the metal plate, I added a tag piece from the 6' x 6' paper pad and also added a puffy heart to the left to cover the circle of the tag. I wanted to keep the cover in the colors of pink, red and white as I feel it really pops!

Back to the top of the album, I took the XOXO title from the Chit Chat die-cut pack and adhered it to the centre of the front cover using foam tape. I then took the bear holding the balloons die-cut from the Odds and Ends pack and adhered it covering the first blue 'O' of the XOXO. I added some more little Chit Chat pieces and I took some of the larger hearts from the Bits and Pieces pack and adhered those to the front cover too.

Stay tuned for future posts where I will be sharing how I have added some memories and decorated the inside of the album! I love how my cover turned out, make sure you get your hands on some of these gorgeous albums, remember there are 14 colors!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy creating!

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6" x 8" Album - Bubblegum

Lots of Love collection

Happy Healing Heart Little Charmer

Puffy Hearts

Ladybug Chunky Twine

OTHER

White Heart ribbon

TINSEL TIME CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LAYOUT | with Tarrah

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating! Have you got the new Tinsel Time collection yet? It is SO beautiful and perfect to document all of your Christmas memories. Each year our family loves to go and see all the Christmas lights displays in our area and the Tinsel Time collection captures some of the photos I took brilliantly.

I first chose 3 background patterned papers from the Tinsel Time collection, they were the 'B' side of 'Berry Merry', the 'B' side of 'Snow Bright' and the 'B' side of 'Tree Trimmings'. I kept the Berry Merry paper at 12' x 12' and trimmed down the Snow Bright paper to 11' x 11' and the Tree Trimmings paper to 10' x 10' and adhered them all together so there were bordered of each paper.

I chose a Christmas Lights cut file to go with the theme of my page and backed it with the 6' x 6' paper pad version of the Berry Merry paper. I then adhered the cut file to the centre of the papers using foam tape. I added 2 photos, 1 in the top left of the cut file and 1 in the bottom right of the cut file also using foam tape.

Next was my favorite part, embellishing!!! I placed the beautiful pink Christmas Cottage Doodle Pop to the bottom left corner of the cut file, Doodle Pops are my favorite! How about you?! I placed the stocking die-cut from the Bits and Pieces pack at the bottom of the cut file and also added the strings of lights also from the Bits and Pieces pack. I placed the Twinkle Lights Shape Sprinkles over the top of the light die-cuts.

The house and foliage die-cut is from the Bits and Pieces pack and the lamp post die-cut is from the Odds and Ends pack. I also added the lamp post from the Snow Wonderful Doodle Pop too. At the very top of my page, I took the individual lights and added them using foam tape and then added some silver twine to mimic the lights being hung as one strand.

I love how my layout turned out and I hope you enjoy reading how I created it as much as I enjoyed creating it. Happy creating!

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Tinsel Time collection

OTHER

Silhouette Cameo machine

Christmas Lights cut file

Silver twine

Date stamp

Black ink

TINSEL TIME CHRISTMAS MERRY & BRIGHT LAYOUT | with Tarrah

May your days be Merry and Bright with the gorgeous Tinsel Time collection! This collection is absolutely beautiful and I had such fun creating with it! Isn't my photo the cutest?! It's of my youngest son about 8 years ago now when the cutest elf outfit fit him! I just had to snap some photos of him in it!

I love all the various Christmas trees in the Odds and Ends pack so I arranged lots of them at the bottom of a trimmed down piece of plain white cardstock and placed my photo amongst them as well. I adhered the white piece cardstock to the 'B' side of the 12' x 12' Festive Floral patterned paper.

I popped up some of the trees using foam tape and also adhered some with regular tape, I love how this adds various levels of dimension. I took some of the pretty sprinkles and puffy stickers and added them to the Christmas trees, again for more dimension and color.

The tag to the left of my photo is from the Bits and Pieces pack and my titles are from the Chit Chat pack. I placed that adorable deer Doodle-pop on top the tag, I mean how can you go past that cute deer on page!

I took some of the word and phrase stickers from the This and That Sticker sheet and placed these above my photo and I also adhered the Christmas lights die-cuts to each top corner, again adding the corresponding Sprinkles over the top of them. The Christmas lights die-cuts are from the Bits and Pieces pack. A few more smaller embellishments placed around my page and the date stamp finished my page and I love how it turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to get your Christmas craft on with the beautiful Tinsel Time collection!! Happy creating!

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Tinsel Time collection

Doodle Twine

OTHER

Date stamp

Black ink

FARMHOUSE FALL NAPKIN RINGS | with Tarrah

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Do you like to decorate your table for Thanksgiving? I created 5x napkin holders using the Farmhouse collection and I love how they turned out!

I chose 5 different papers from the 6' x 6' paper pad and trimmed them to 3.5 inches x 6 inches and curled them around to create circles to be able to place napkin into.

I then cut some more strips of different and smaller papers to adhere over the top of the first papers. Next was the fun part of embellishing each one! I knew I wanted to add the Little Charmers to them so I tied all 3 available in the Farmhouse collection to my napkin holders using various colours of Doodle Twine.

I chose die-cuts and puffy stickers for the centres of them, adhering them using foam tape to add dimension to each of them. I also added word stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and also one of the scalloped border stickers to one of the napkin holders too.

Isn't the turkey just so adorable in the Farmhouse collection?! He is so super cute and just had to be featured on one of my napkin holders! These napkin holders make a perfect decoration for your table placements for Thanksgiving! I hope you will give these a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy creating!

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Farmhouse collection

Little Charmers

Doodle Twine

OTHER

Black fabric napkins

FARMHOUSE OUR FAMILY LAYOUT | with Tarrah

Autumn is such a wonderful time of year with the beautiful colours and the drop in temperature, the beautiful Farmhouse collection is perfect for documenting your Fall memories. I created a layout today documenting a photo of myself and my parents and siblings from a few years ago.

I decided to use lots of the gorgeous 12' x 12' papers on this layout. I did trim them down and layered them on top of each other, layering 3 papers on top of each other and then placing some vertically and some horizontally to a plain white cardstock background. I took one of the scalloped border stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and placed it under the horizontal papers.

I adhered one of the papers from the 6' x 6' paper pad under my photo and then placed the photo in the centre where the vertical and horizontal papers overlap. I absolutely LOVE the Doodle Pops so of course I added one to this layout! I placed it to the right of my photo.

I took some of the titles from the Chit Chat pack and decided on Our Family, I placed it to the right of my photo also adding some pumpkins and other word banners. I took some of the Sprinkles and layered them over the top of the die-cuts for extra dimension and texture. Some of the die-cuts I added using foam tape and some I used regular tape.

I love how my layout turned out! I absolutely LOVE Doodlebug products! I hope you are inspired to use the Farmhouse collection for your Fall/Autumn memories.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy creating!

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Farmhouse collection

OTHER

Black ink

Date stamp

HEY PUMPKIN SPOOKY LAYOUT | with Tarrah

Happy Halloween!! Halloween is one of my favorite memories to document! Who doesn't love getting all dressed up and getting free candy right?! The Hey Pumpkin collection is perfect for documenting all those recent photos you took this Halloween! I chose to document a photo from a few years ago as it went well with this collection.

I chose a paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad to layer under my photo and I chose the 'B' side of the Boo-Tiful Bouquet paper from my background. I also ripped a piece of the Peek-A-Boo paper and glued it showing the 'B' side to the left of the layout, ruffling the edges to create some more texture.

I adhered my photo using foam tape and took one of the stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and placed it to the right of my photo. I chose the Spooky title from the Chit Chat pack as my title, placing this below my photo and also using foam tape to give the page some dimension.

Over the top of the sticker next to the photo, I took one of the super cute Doodle Pops and placed it over the top, I love how the Doodle Pops add layers, texture and dimension! I use them as much as I can! I also took 2 of the cupcake Doodle Pops and added those to my layout as well.

At the top and bottom of my photo, I tucked in the spider web die-cuts and added a Doodle Pop and a Puffy spider to each, again to add some more interest and dimension on the page. How can you go past those spiders? I mean they are soooo cute!! On the left of my photo, I added the tree die-cut with the colored balls on it and a ghost with a bat puffy sticker layered on top. I just love the cute creatures in t his collection!

A few smaller embellishments finished off the layout and I stamped the date stamp to complete my page. I love how it turned out and I hope you are inspired to document your Halloween photos with the cute Hey Pumpkin collection! Happy creating!

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Hey Pumpkin collection

OTHER

Black ink

Date stamp

HEY PUMPKIN COFFIN TREAT BOXES | with Tarrah

When you think of Halloween, do you think of treats or scary things? I have combined both making some coffin treat boxes using the gorgeous Hey Pumpkin collection!

I used a cut file from Lori Whitlock and some beetle black cardstock to create the coffin shaped boxes. They were super easy to put together!

When you take off the lid of the coffin, you get a surprise pop out character! I used vellum folded up to adhere the characters to pop out of the box. I added a witch and spiders, some ghosts and some bats.

For the tops of the boxes I chose some papers from the 6" x 6" paper pad and who can go past the gorgeous Doodle Pops?! I added 3 to the tops of the boxes but then I also added some stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and Doodle twine around them as well.

I also added Shape Sprinkles, Bits and Pieces die-cuts and puffy stickers to decorate them also.

I absolutely love how these turned out! They would make a great gift or table placement for a Halloween party! I hope you give these a go!

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Hey Pumpkin collection

Doodle Twine

OTHER

Halloween Favor Box Coffin SVG file

HEY PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN WREATH | with Tarrah

It's time to decorate for Halloween! And what better way to start with a wreath to hang on your front door! I love how all the gorgeous colors are showcased in my wreath from the Hey Pumpkin collection!

To create this wreath I chose nearly all of the papers in the Hey Pumpkin collection and trimmed strips from them all to measure roughly 2 inches x 10 inches. Some papers I did repeat to fill up the wreath. I then took my banner punch and punched the very ends of each end of the paper strips. I chose a polystyrene foam circle that I have had in my stash for ages to glue them all to.

Altogether there are 28 paper strips on my wreath, I was sure to not place similar patterns and colors too close together, arranging them to even out the patterns and colors as much as possible. I slightly overlapped each paper strip to ensure the foam circle was covered. Once all of the paper strip banners were glued in place, I added some black ribbon at the top and tied a bow, I also attached the gorgeous Hey Pumpkin Just Charming Clip and Key Chain to hang down.

When the paper strip banner were all dry, I added a piece of the gorgeous Homespun heavyweight acetate to the back of the wreath. I did have to wait a while for this to dry before I started on the really fun part of embellishing! I added the round October 31 die-cut from the Chit Chat pack to the centre of the acetate also.

I added titles from the Chit Chat pack to the top and bottom of the wreath and some small speech bubbles as well. From the Bits and Pieces pack, I added lots of the floral pieces to the title below and at the top as well.

The Puffy Stickers in the Hey Pumpkin collection are super cute, I added some floral ones over the top of the die-cut flowers at the bottom, a pumpkin and a spider near the bottom title, some bats to the sides of the wreath and some pumpkin puffys to the top floral piece.

I absolutely LOVE how my wreath turned out and the best thing was it was SO EASY to make! I hope you inspired to create your very own wreath with the Hey Pumpkin collection! Happy creating!

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Hey Pumpkin collection

OTHER

Polystyrene Foam Circle Wreath
Banner Punch
Black Grosgrain Ribbon

HEY PUMPKIN HALLOWEEN LAYOUT | with Tarrah

I absolutely LOVE Halloween and the dress ups that go with it! Each year my son loves to dress up and go trick or treating! The Hey Pumpkin collection is just the cutest for documenting your Halloween memories!

I think my layout looks Spooktacular! What do you think?

I started out by choosing 3x 12' x 12' patterned papers. I chose 3 patterned papers and the Homespun acetate paper. The 'B' side of the Peek-A-Boo paper is my background, the Homespun acetate is layered over the top, the Jack-O-Lanterns paper was ripped and added to the top left corner and bottom right corner and 2 strips from the Eek paper were added also. I love the texture that ripping the paper creates on my layout.

My photo was added using foam tape and I layered a paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad underneath the photo. On the right side of the photo, I added a tab sticker from the This and That sticker sheet. The October 31st and the Trick or Treat stickers are also from the This and That sticker sheet. The Trick or Treat one I added using foam tape also.

The title is from the Chit Chat pack and this is also popped up using foam tape. I also took out some of the star die-cuts also from the Chit Chat pack and scattered them around the page. I did the same with the bat die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack. I added some enamel dots to all of the stars to add some more texture, dimension and colour.

Lastly I added some pumpkins from the Shape Sprinkles and the Odds and Ends packs. I also layered a Shape Sprinkle spider to the top of the title. Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Happy creating!

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Hey Pumpkin collection

OTHER

Black Ink

Date stamp