Off The Page Challenge: Fairy Tales Gift Bags by Wendy Sue

Happy Saturday Doodlebug friends! It's Wendy Sue here with you today, sharing the project I created for our team-wide "Off the Page" Challenge!  I love having cards, gift bags, and tags on hand so I can wrap a gift in a fun, unique way at a moment's notice.  I recently took note that my stash of gift bags for girls was getting really low - so I took this opportunity to stock up my stash!  Here's what I created using the darling "Fairy Tales" collection:

Let me show you some of the details!  I used patterned papers, including the 4x4 cards on each bag.  On this one, I really wanted to use those sparkly rainbow sprinkles, they are just too cute!

Don't you agree?

Here's the next bag - I used some cute heart sprinkles in place of the raindrops below the clouds. 

Speaking of clouds, I layered several different types and I love how they just pop right off the bag:

And finally, the cutest dang cupcake doodle-pop ever is the star of this bag:

I hope you've been inspired by our team over the last few weeks to take these adorable Doodlebug products to a new level, off the page, and create some fun projects for yourself!  Thanks for popping in - have a great weekend!

Calendar Challenge: Birthday Card Organizer with Wendy Sue

Hi Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing my take on the Calendar Challenge you've been following for a while here on the blog!  I have to admit, this one really stumped me - trying to come up with something unique with the same products my fellow design team members were using.  But this is what I settled on: a Birthday Card Organizer!    I'm always looking for ways to stay organized, and this is an area where I truly fall short.  No matter how many cards I make, it seems I'm always scrambling to find just the right birthday cards for friends and family members...hopefully that will be a thing of the past after this project is complete!
 

The idea is that each month has it's own file/pocket/envelope thingy.  Yes, that's what you call it when you can't land on ONE name. ;)  And I'll be able to slip the birthday cards into the pocket way before the birthday...a special card made with a certain somebody in mind!  Then, when it's time for the celebration, the perfect card will be ready!

I love the feel of the calendar pages for this project!  In addition, I gathered a few additional cute doodlebug products and I modified a silhouette cut file to come up with this design.

Here's how it all goes together:

First, I cut the file/pocket/envelope thingy from one of the cute calendar papers and assembled it:

Next, I used a scrap from the paper to cut this tag shape. I wanted to add a month sticker to each tag. Since some of the months are too long to fit on the tag, I opted to abbreviate.  I punched a hole and tied chunky twine through the top

I added it to the front of the bag.  At the top of each file/pocket/envelope thingy, I added a circle of patterned paper and punched a hole through the center.

 The next step was to embellish the tag a bit - either on top or behind.

Next, I used a word document to create a text box and added names of birthday people for each month.  I printed it out on regular paper, but then used washi tape to secure a subtley patterned paper on top and printed again.

After trimming out the box, I added small number stickers for the date and attached the list to the front of the file/pocket/envelope thingy with a cute shaped clip.

Repeat the process for each month (I have finished four so far):

After creating one organizer for each month, I will add them all together with a binder ring!

Now as I create cards for each person, I can slip it into the organizer and I'll be ready well before their big celebration - at least that's the plan!  Now I just need to get busy making special cards for all of the special people in my life!

How will YOU use the calendar collection?!?

October Happy Mail Color Challenge

Welcome to the first Happy Mail challenge!!! We are thrilled to be sponsoring Stacy's personal Happy Mail all year long. You are invited to play along with us by following the challenge and uploading your card to the Big Picture Classes blog post here. 

Created by Kandis Smith

CHALLENGE: Make HAPPY MAIL with these three colors, teal, black, and red.

The card can be any season and you can  use any products, just use the colors below.

GIVEAWAY: Closes 10/17/2012 midnight PST. Everyone that uploads their Happy Mail card is entered into the giveaway for the prizes below.

• Doodlebug goody box
• $20 BPC gift certificate 
• Copy of 31 Thank You Cards eBook by Kimber McGray, Heather Nichols, Kristina Werner

Elizabeth Scraplifts a Layout

by Elizabeth Carney

I chose to scrap lift Sasha Farina. I chose to lift her for her clean, bright style, that pops off of the page using Doodlebugs cute products!

My take on the layout.....

March Doodle Sketches + Challenge

We thought it would be fun to share our new Doodle Sketches for March early and then CHALLENGE you our readers to playing along with us. Next week our design team has taken the challenge to create great layouts and cards using these Doodle Sketches. But for now, we're going to challenge you to participate too. 

created by Jessy

by Monique

CHALLENGE DETAILS: 

Create a layout or card based on the Doodle Sketches above with 75% or more of Doodlebug Products. Once you've done that, post your project online and link back to this blog post using the linking tool below. 

We'll select a winner at the end of the month (announce in April). The winner will receive their choice of new collections from Doodlebug (over an $85 value).