DOWN ON THE FARM CARDS | with Karen

So here's the thing - one of the things that I love about Doodlebug product are all the details you can find in the product designs. From the awesome printed papers to all the little shapes you can find in the Sprinkles and stickers, Doodlebug knows how to bring out the best in every product. But that does mean that sometimes I go a little overboard in my designs. MUST USE ALL THE CUTE PRODUCT!

So today, I decided to give myself a challenge - keep it clean and simple! I wanted to really features some of the cute detailed products, but with just one or two on each card. So here's the result:

Featuring the adorable Down on the Farm collection, I used the coordinating Cards & Envelopes together with some Doodlepops and some Shape Sprinkles and a few sentiments from the Chit Chat pack. That was really it!

This card, featuring the pig Doodlepop actually ended up being my favourite! I did add a few heats die cuts as well just for a bit more texture.

This card was actually inspired by the new shadowbox collection! I decided to fill the cute little peephole on the card with some shape sprinkles that tied to the sentiment. I love the fact that this one turned out gender neutral!

And finally, I did decide to use a few more elements on this card just to balance out the space a little more. A combination of a Doodlepop, a Shape Sprinkle and a few dies cuts, it's a few of each, but still a really simple design.

I honestly don't remember the last time I created a project that did not have a stitch of patterned paper on it, but I really love how these turned out (even if they took me forever to figure out and fiddle with - sometimes clean and simple just isn't so simple at all)! I hope you love them as much as I do!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Doodlebug Design Product:

Down on the Farm Collection
Cards & Envelopes

Other Products:
Adhesive

DOWN ON THE FARM BOX CARD | with Wanda

Howdy everyone! Wanda here, with another fun project made with the Down on the Farm Collection! Have you enjoyed all the farm projects? It's really great to work with an older collection and bring it back with some fresh and new ideas. All the elements and images in this collection are so happy and fun. Today I decided to make a Pop-Up Birthday card with that adorable barn and a cute cow and some chickens! Happy Birthday to MOOOOOO! This card came together easily with a Pop-Up card die, and the Chit Chat and Odds & Ends packs. I custom made an envelope, and this card fits flat for mailing or giving. 

Here's a top down view of the card so you can see all the different papers and elements. I used green gingham for the 'ground' pieces and that pretty buffalo check for the outer shell of the card. I placed the barn in the back first, then the fence in front. Then I mixed and matched pieces until I got just the right look! 

 One tip - use a white gel pen on your design pieces to add a bit of a highlight!

 This is the back of the card - with that sweet sentiment!

The whole card folds flat! You can put it right into an envelope. In this case, the barn and sun extend over the back of the card base. Because of that, I needed a bigger envelope. If you keep the elements inside the outer area of the card die then it would fit into an A2 envelope. It's fine with me, because I love to make custom, matching envelopes with the same papers from my cards. 

Here is my fun envelope! It's a 6" x 6" square envelope. There's extra room so it doesn't get squished! I used the same cow and chickens on the envelope so it is totally custom.

 I made a little envelope seal too!

As always, it's lovely to spend a little time with you here on the Doodlebug Blog! I'll be back soon! Until then, keep on crafting! 

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DOODLEBUG SUPPLIES:

Down on the Farm Collection
12x12 Gingham Collection
12x12 Buffalo Check Collection

OTHER SUPPLIES:

Envelope Punch Board
Pop Up Card Dies
White Gel Pen
Adhesives and glue

DOWN ON THE FARM CARDS | with Lisa

Do you have some farm photos or cute farm animal photos you want to scrap? Well here's the perfect collection for you. This week we got to work with Doodlebug Design's collection Down on the Farm and I love it!

I don't think I made cards since I've been on the Doodlebug design team, so this time, I decided to make some small cards. There's this adorable patterned paper included in the collection where you have nine bandanas in different colors and I absolutely fell in love with it! So it was clear to me, that I needed to use this paper. I cut all the squares apart, distressed the edges and then created white card bases for them .

Then I went through all of the embellishments and created clusters, adhering the different pieces with liquid glue, foam tape and foam squares to have different dimensions.

I used Odds & Ends, Icon Stickers, Doodle Pops, Jewels, sprinkles and shaped sprinkles and colored thread.

I love going through everything and choosing stuff that goes together, creating little scenes and topping them off with Jewels and enamel dots. I also always add some highlights with a white pen to have even more dimension. 

I really enjoy using cut apart papers like this one with embellishments. It makes it super easy to create cute cards that you can keep in a drawer and use anytime you need them. The Chit Chit die cuts are also always a plus, because you don't need to think about finding a cute quote or sentiment, there's everything you need in the die cut pack. For each card I tried to find a sentiment that would match the animal I used on it. :)

Here are all the cards I created... My favorite one is the blue one with the barn and cow... I just love that color-combo.

That's it, it was as easy as that :)  Thank you for stopping by and see you soon with another Down on the Farm project.

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Doodlebug Products Used

Down on the Farm collection

Jewels

Sprinkles

Other

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