Mix it Up Challenge: Falling in For You Layout by Caroli

Hello there, how are you my dear Doodlebug Design friends? Carol here and today I'm thrilled to share this layout I made for the Mix it Up Challenge.

Had it happened to you that you listen to one song and immediately feel like it was written for you? This happens to me all the time for different reasons, and when I listed to "Still Falling for You" by Ellie Goulding I immediately loved it and decided to make a layout with it featuring me and my love. 

We've had a rough year this 2017, but against all odds, we made it through and I must say I'm still falling for him ♥ so I made a layout with the lyrics of the song to document this happy feeling.

This is how my layout came out:

As you can see, I used very little amount of products in this layout, because the title and the journaling was the main focus here. I went for white cardstock as base, some embellishments from the Odds&Ends package of Spring Things collection, and I mixed and matched different alphas.

I cut my title in silver foil cardstock using Better Together free font and my Silhouette Cameo, love how this came out ♥

Here you can see how I mixed my own handwriting with different alphas. I used new Abigail alphas in Cupcake and Mint colors, and also some Teensy Type alphas in Swimming Pool, Bubblegum and Cupackae colors. 

I used my sewing machine for a special details here and there, and left some lose twine for make it funnier.

I love this layout, alphas by Doodlebug Design are always so cute and I was so wanting to use Abigail ones, specially mint one ♥ Hope you liked this idea and dare to feature one fave song in your projects. 

Biggest hugs!

Mix It Up Challenge: Chocolate Bar Sliders by Karen

Hi everyone! It's Karen, and today and I am sharing a bit more Christmas crafting fun! I know that Christmas is almost here, but I just love this time of year and if I could craft for the season all year, I probably would (but I would never get anything else done). In fact, I have done so much Christmas crafting that I am almost out of the adorable Milk and Cookies collection. But fear not - since Doodlebug collections coordinate so well, it's easy to mix it up and make it look perfect for those little last minute treat - like these chocolate bar sliders!
Milk and Cookies really is as sweet as it comes. And since Cream and Sugar is as well, it seemed fitting to combine them together. The base for the sliders were made from a combination of 12x12 papers from both collections.
And the Odds and Ends die cuts, which are one of my favorite Doodlebug products to work with, also came from both collections... ...including this cute gingerbread man and oven mitt...
...and this darling cake from Cream and Sugar dressed up with a little mint from Milk and Cookies.  
I used Washi tape to tie all of the sliders together and to add my sentiment, and then...a little bit like adding the cherry on top...
...some Ladybug Jewels!
And not that these sliders need to get any sweeter, but hidden inside and revealed with a little pull of the ribbon is a sweet treat for the recipient! I use my Doodlebug products a lot, and I love that even when I am getting low on one collection, I can still pull off amazing projects just by mixing and matching! It's a little bit of Doodlebug Christmas magic! Have a wonderful Christmas and holiday with your families! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Karen  

Mix it Up Challenge: Christmas Village by Mendi

Hello Doodlebugs!  It's Mendi today with one last project for Christmas featuring a mixture of some darling papers from several of my favorite Doodlebug collections.  

I have been wanting to create a Christmas village ever since I received these sweet Sizzix Village dies earlier this year.  I knew if I didn't do something with them now they might become buried under a pile of other things on my rapidly growing "someday" list.  

Knowing these would take some a bit of time to create and wanting them to last year after year, I started by first cutting my houses from some heavy weight chipboard.  I then cut them again from some of my favorite Doodlebug Petite prints and other small prints from various 6x6 paper pads.  Because of the thickness of the chipboard, I needed to cut my patterned papers apart at the corner seams so that the windows and other openings would line up properly on all four sides.  To get around this, I matched the patterns with a corner piece that I created for each corner using a small piece of paper, scored and folded in half.

To add a fun detail to my roofs, I turned to various scalloped border dies in my stash, cutting them from 1/2" wide strips of patterned paper.  To keep the layers from blending together, I inked each edge with a bit of distress ink using a foam applicator.

One of the die sets come with the pieces to cut the snowy rooftops.  I started by cutting them all from white cardstock and then coated them with a Marvy Uchida Snow Marker.  Before heating them with my heat gun to puff them up and make them look real, I sprinkled them with Doodlebug's Lily White Sugar Coating Glitter.  When heated, the glitter becomes permanently adhered and it left them looking so sparkly and pretty! I completed my houses, with simple wreaths created with a couple metallic pipe cleaners wrapped around a pencil and adhered with a little liquid glue. I love how they added a touch of green and added even more sparkle to my scene!

To complete my scene I picked up some miniature trees and an iridescent garland at my local craft store to act as a filler in the background, while hiding my miniature strand of battery powered lights.

I hope I've inspired you to think outside the box and mix papers from different Doodlebug collections on your next project.  ;) To create my village I mixed the following papers:

• Dragon Tails 6x6 pad (stone print)
• Milk & Cookies 6x6 pad (brick print)
• Ladybug Daisy-Stripe Petite Prints
• Beetle Black Dot-Grid Petite Prints
• Bon Bon gingham-linen petite prints
• Stone Gray gingham-linen petite prints

Before I go, I would like to thank everyone at Doodlebug for allowing me the sincere pleasure of sharing projects using their adorable products for these past four years.  It has been a dream of mine since I first discovered Doodlebug back in 2003 and I while I must step away for now, I hope to be back again someday soon.  They are truly the best of the best and I feel so fortunate to have been given this opportunity!  

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! ♥

Mix it Up Challenge: Happy New Year Mini Album by Traci Penrod

Hi everyone ... it's Traci and I'm back to share my project for the Mix-It up challenge.  The design team was asked to mix up a few collections for this week's challenge.  I used some papers from three different collections -- Hats Off, Gingham/Linen Prints and .... ??? Can you find the paper that doesn't go with the first two?  Do you remember which collection it's from??

I'll tell you the mystery paper in a minute ... but first you'll notice that I used Hats Off, a graduation line for a Happy New Year theme.  It worked perfectly since black, white, and silver are great colors for ringing in 2018!

Many of the embellishments in Hats Off also worked for my mini album ... especially the PARTY acetate, stars, and the adorable little cameras!  I even added in a firework embellishment from the Yankee Doodle collection!

Have you discovered the mystery paper yet?

You will find it in the photo above and in the one pictured below!

If you guessed the animal print from the At The Zoo collection, you are correct!!  This was such a fun way to mix prints and embellishments.  We'd love to hear how you've mixed Doodlebug collections together in your projects!

Thanks for stopping by today!