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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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hey Pumpkin collection

OTHER

Polystyrene Foam Circle Wreath
Banner Punch
Black Grosgrain Ribbon

GINGERBREAD KISSES WREATH | with Tya

Hello there friends! Welcome to December! Wow - has this year just flown by! For my post today, I am sharing a fun and festive home decor piece with you! It's just in time to add to your decorations this year! I love making all sorts of wreaths and knew when I saw the Gingerbread Kisses collection, I wanted to make one of these candy cane wreaths! I knew it would be a great way to showcase all the yummy candy in the collection.! I also repurposed the "Shadow Box Insert Kit" to be the decoration in the center of the wreath! You don't always have to put those in Shadow Boxes!

So to make my wreath I used the following products:

-Gingerbread Kisses Shadow Box Insert Kit

-Candy Canes- these are the "Elf" Movie-themed ones that are out in stores now. I loved how the candy cane colors are perfect matches for the Gingerbread Kisses collection!

-an 8 inch foam wreath form - picked this up at the Dollar Store

-(2) 10 inch circle canvases

-Buttons and white twine

-Red Dot Ribbon- 2 spools

-For the decorative tag on the left side of the wreath, I layered a flower, some mesh ribbon, a fun cookie decoration, some greenery, a button, and twine and the cute "Merry Christmas" banner is from the Chit Chat.

-burlap twine

- Hot glue

To start I laid out one of the circle canvases and then arranged my candy canes around the circle. I used hot glue to glue the bottom points onto the canvas and then glued the top corners of the candy canes to the one next to them.

I then added some white twine to some 1-inch buttons and hot glued them to the centers where the two candy canes meet.

Next, I assembled the Shadow Box kit as shown in their instructions, but used the second circle canvas as my background instead of a piece of paper. I centered the vellum sheet onto the center of the circle canvas and glued that to the top of the candy cane layer, which I previously did.  I then covered my foam wreath form with the red dot ribbon and hot glued that on top of my Shadow Box sticker layer.

I wanted to add a little bit more decoration to my wreath so I took a large kraft tag and layered it up with a striped flower, some mesh ribbon, a cute realistic looking cookie ornament, some greenery, a button tied with twine and the "Merry Christmas" banner which is from the Chit Chat die cuts. I had a sparkly red glitter bow in my stash that added to the left edge of the wreath. I glued the tag and all it's fun bits to the top of the glitter bow.

Finally I wrapped some burlap twine to two of the top candy cane bundles. I hot glued that really well and then made a loopy bow and hot glued that to the top of the twine I just wrapped. This serves as my hanger for the wreath.

I hope this wreath has inspired you to create your own fun and festive holiday decor piece! The "Gingerbread Kisses" collection was perfect for this candy-themed project, and I had so much fun making it. I encourage you to get creative and use your favorite holiday collection to put your own spin on this wreath. It's a great way to showcase your favorite holiday treats and add some cheer to your home this season. Happy crafting!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Gingerbread Kisses Shadow Box Insert Kit

Gingerbread Kisses Chit Chat Die Cuts

OTHER

Candy canes

2 Circle Canvases

Foam Wreath Form

Ribbon & Twine

Buttons

Hot Glue

Decorations for the tag

HIPPITY HOPPITY SPRINGY FEELINGS LAYOUT | with Lisa

It's that time of the year again... no, not Christmas... Easter!! :) I love decorating with bunnies and sheep and chicks and using pastel colors everywhere. So to start with my Easter layouts, I went with the Doodlebug Easter collection from last year, called Hippity Hoppity and I mixed in a few little embellishments from other collections and from the basics.

A wreath design is always a good choice when you want to use a ton of embellishments. This layout came together pretty fast, since I only needed to find the embellishments that I wanted to use and basically create a circle with them.   I mainly used stickers and die cuts from the Hippity Hoppity collection. I decided to give the eggs and little characters more dimension and interest to make them stand out more by stitching patterns on them with embroidery thread. For the little characters, I used my Distress Oxides to give them cheeks and a colored border. 

I also distressed the edges of the characters, I just love that effect. To start the wreath, I placed the big eggs and characters on my prepped patterned paper. You always want to start with the bigger embellishments and then go smaller and smaller. I adhered them to the page using foam squares and foam tape.

Then I started placing my middle-sized embellishments... the smaller eggs, flowers and leaves. I tried to fill in the circle being careful to create a perfect shape. Next I added small embellishments like mini eggs, tiny flowers etc. just before adding the final touches, the enamel dots.

When placing the super small objects, I tried to fill in any gaps that remained to keep a perfect circle. 

I also used the enamel dots in the center of the flowers, to decorate some eggs, and I used tiny black ones on the eyes of the characters.  For my title, I went super simple. I used the Abigail and Sunshine alpha stickers.

I love creating wreaths, they are super fun to make and as I said, you can use a ton of embellishments, which I really love! I hope you were inspired to start your Easter projects too. I look forward to the new spring collections from Doodlebug, I can't wait. :)

See you soon...

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS

Hippity Hoppity Collection

Abigail Stickers

Sunshine Stickers

Black Sprinkles

Lots of Love Floral Die Cuts

OTHER

Embroidery thread

Gesso

Distress Oxides

Pumpkin Party Wreath | with Tya

Have you finished your Halloween decorations yet? I have got a fun wreath that took no time to whip up to show you today using the adorable Pumpkin Party collection.

I have always loved making these paper strip type of wreaths - especially when the pattern papers I am using are so yummy! To make this wreath I started out with a piece of chipboard that I simply traced around a couple of plates to get an outer and an inner circle. I took some scissors and cut the circles out. To get to the center circle I simply stabbed my scissors through the very center and  then began cutting outwards.Its ok if its not the prettiest, the edges will get covered with paper. :)  I then chose my favorite 12x12 papers and trimmed them into strips that measure 2x12 inches. Notch the ends to make a banner and then begin gluing the strips , overlapping them just a little, along the chipboard circle base. So so easy! 

Here are a few close ups of how I decorated the wreath. I used mostly die cut pieces from the Odds and Ends and a few stickers from the Icon sticker sheet and the This and That sticker sheet. I added  a few Halloween Night Star Sprinkles here and  there as well.

How cute is that little spider hanging down from some Bakers Twine? Love him!

I hope I have inspired you to add a fun wreath like this to your Halloween decor! It was so much fun to put together! Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Halloween!

Products Used:
Doodle Twine Halloween
Halloween Night Matte Sprinkles (stars)
Pumpkin Party Odds and Ends
Pumpkin Party Icon Stickers
Pumpkin Party This and That Stickers
Pumpkin Party paper
Jack and Friends paper
Itsy Bitsy Spider paper
Halloween Ball paper
Fun House paper
Party Plaid paper
Spook Alley paper

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Yankee Doodle Collection: 4th of July Wreath by Brigit Mann

Hello, Doodlebug Fans! Brigit here to share with you a Fourth of July project created with the new Yankee Doodle collection. It's a fabulous red, white & blue patriotic themed collection with some shimmers of silver throughout.

To create this wreath, I cut out a bunch of pinwheels from the 12 x 12 paper pack and some textured cardstock using dies from My Creative Time. I hot glued each pinwheel onto a grapevine wreath and added some die cuts from the odds and ends pack.

Some of the die cuts were added by coiling wire around a pencil and hot gluing them to it, love how that looks.

The pinwheels are held together with some lily white, ladybug and blue jean mini brads.

This was definitely a fun and easy project to create, would make a lovely gift.

Well, I hope you've enjoyed this project, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Frosty Friends Repurposed Wreath

Hi There Doodlebug Friends! It's Tya here to share with you my Frosty Friends project. I just adore this line so much!  So - I just have to say that I am so blessed to be surrounded by such inspirational and creative friends - I was totally inspired to make my project after I saw my amazing friend and Doodlebug Design Team Coordinator Lori Allred demonstrate how to make this adorable and absolutely super creative way to make this cute wreath on one of her upcoming My Craft Channel segments. If you haven't checked out her awesome Inspired by Pinterest shows you should!

Now at first glance this looks like just an ordinary wreath - but let me show you what I used to make it - you will be amazed :)

 This wreath is make using a 12 inch foam wreath form and these microfiber dusters (like a Swiffer) that I picked up from the local Dollar Store!  I LOVE how the dusters resemble a flock of fluffy snow! Perfect for the Frost Friends line!

To make the wreath you just need to peel apart the duster portion. It comes apart very easily and you will get 2 of the strips like the one above, out of each duster.  Then simply hot glue the dusters around the wreath form until it is completely covered.

I then had a lot of fun using all sorts of elements from the Frosty Friends line - I cut out a huge paper snowflake from my Silhouette digital die cut machine and then layered a snowman from the Mix and Match Snowman Craft Kit. I added some stickers from the Frosty Friends This and That Sticker sheet and the Icon Sticker sheet.

 I then added some folded paper rosettes and topped them with some cute winter critters from the Frosty Friends Doodlepops. I also added some Winter Sprinkles and some Sugar Coated Cardstock circles that I punched out with some paper punches and added Snowflake Doodlepops and beautiful white buttons tied with bakers twine.

 Thanks for stopping by today and don't be afraid to think out of the box when it comes to crafting! I had so much fun repurposing the dusters into a fun and fluffy winter wreath! Happy crafting!