Thankful For Challenge: Thankful Layout by Anita Bownds

Hi there,

Anita here sharing a autumn themed layout with you using the Booville patterned paper 

I always get excited when all the leaves turn at autumn it’s always a great opportunity to take photos.

With this layout I wanted to use lots of cut file leaves.

I designed and included some beautiful blue butterflies And some gold 

I started by trimming down my cardstock and matting my cardstock on the spiderweb patterned paper and then machine stitched a border around the edge of the cardstock, then I matted my photo on the spiderweb and blue dot  patterned paper and added it in the center of my layout 

Then next I backed the leaves on green and orange patterned paper and the butterfly’s on blue and clustering them at the top left hand corner of the photo tucking a mini white doily underneath 

Then I made a bigger cluster at the bottom right corner of the photo layering the leaves and popping the butterfly in the center and tucking more mini white doilies underneath 

I added a few sequins at the top and bottom and some rhinestones in the center of the butterfly’s 

And to finish off the layout I add a gold title using the gold letter alpha stickers 

Supplies used 

5822: gold foil abigail CS stickers

5778: bug eyes double-sided cardstock

5779: spunky spiders double-sided 

5783: spooky sprinkles double-sided 

5787: hocus pocus double-sided cardstock 

4268: sequins assortment pack

4605: lily white mini doilies

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today 

Happy crafting xx

Thankful for Home Decor

Hey doodlebug lovers! Courtney from Court's Crafts here with a couple little home decor projects for you!

Family Key Holder

Our assignment was to create something that represented "thankfulness". Well, I am SUPER thankful for my tiny family. I am not so thankful when my husband steals my car keys because he cannot find his own and then hides them somewhere like in his jacket pocket. Inevitably I need to run out the door and my keys are no where to be found. SO this was a reminder to be thankful and not to get angry.. even if I am staring at an empty key holder because mine were abducted. When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter. At. All - There are quite a few people out there wishing they had a husband to steal their keys and are still waiting for "the one". I am so thankful I have him. 

Okay okay, enough of the sappy. Onto the post!  

I have been meaning to use these mini flowers for a while now. They have stared at me forlornly from my craft room wall just begging to be used. Then - suddenly - home decor! I could stare at this sweet flower all day! :) I added some twine to the middle of the "button" and lots of pop dots. Presto. 

I cut the shadows out of doodlebug colored cardstock. love it. The individual patterns came from 6x6 paper pads of both Friendly Forest and Happy Camper. They are totally interchangeable - like one huge happy collection! 

Check out the "L". I HAD to get that fox paper somewhere in my house. Cutest. Little. Foxes. Ever. If you have boys find a way to make this into wall paper for their rooms or something. So cute.

Aww... Look at that little raccoon rascal. Isn't he so cute holding that acorn? My dad used to feed feral raccoons out of his hand. (I know; not smart. But hear me out.) He would wake me up out of bed as a kid and keep me inside behind the sliding glass door while he fed them an apple. I thought my daddy could do ANYthing. He tamed while beasts! haha. 

Thankful Banner

I needed something to dress up my candelabra tree that I put in the middle of my dining room table for this season - Halloween through Thanksgiving. I wanted to give it a splash of color. I won't lie - I made doily toilet paper owls first... they were cute.. but something about toilet paper rolls on my dining room table just didn't suit. Doodlebug to the rescue! 

So I literally stood in my craft room saying to my 8 month old (because talking to your 8 month old is WAY cooler than talking to yourself... which is what I was really doing... out loud...), "Man, Charlotte, wouldn't it be great if I didn't have to cut out banner pieces for this? I should tell doodlebug to make them." Then I flipped through my fancy frills... and there they were... just waiting for me. So I again talked to my 8 month old, "Charlotte. Remind me to thank doodlebug later." Thanks doodlebug!!!! So smart.  

 This project was so easy! I simply used the banner pieces that already came on the fancy frills in the Friendly Forest collection and added teensy type letters in lily white. The faux stitching is already part of the banner! 

I punched some holes because I wanted to flash a little twine - That's basically like the old-fashioned way of flashing a little leg in a black and white movie... but for crafters... (insert cat-call) Check.Out.That.Cute.Twine!

Decor for Thanksgiving table? Done. :) 

bugs used for family key holder:
doodlebug: happy camper: 6x6 paper pad (4387)
doodlebug: friendly forest: 6x6 paper pad (4384)
doodlebug: happy harvest mini flowers (3944)
doodlebug: doodle-pops: forest friends (4426)
doodlebug: doodle twine: bon bon (2993)
doodlebug: cardstock: dolphin (3393)
doodlebug: cardstock: maple (3406)
doodlebug: cardstock: mandarin (3380)
doodlebug: cardstock: sweet pea (3389)

bugs used for thankful banner:
doodlebug: friendly forest: fancy frills (4371)
doodlebug: doodle twine: bumblebee (3208)
doodlebug: teensy type in lily white (3435)