Doodlebug Treat Bags

Hey everyone! Today I am sharing a couple cute little cards I made with the awesome Doodlebug treat bags. They are the perfect size to hold a gift card and I know a lot of families having babies right now so I dove head first into the Sugar & Spice and Snips & Snails Collections. 

I love how quick and easy it is to pull cards together with some Doodlebug paper, embellishments and a couple of metal dies! These cards took no time at all. 

I trimmed down the treat bags by cutting a bit off the top then dressed it up using a tag, paper bow (made using a die from My Creative Time) and some Doodlebug cardstock stickers. 

I cut a piece of cardstock that would fit perfectly into the treat bag and used a gift card holder die (Jaded Blossom) to add the perfect spot to place a gift card. 

To add dimension to my cards, I used foam stickers to adhere the stickers and treat bag. 

The treat bags come in a variety of super fun colors and patterns that coordinate with tons of the Doodlebug collections. 

These treat bags are so fun and I can think of so many ways they can be used! My next project with them will be an advent calendar so stay tuned! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have been inspired! 

Many Thanks! Paper Smooches Challenge

Hey Friends!! I hope you all had a great time celebrating Canada Day and the 4th of July! We have had great weather here and have been loving being outside swimming, running through the sprinkler and all the other great perks that come with summer!! 

I have had a little spare time lately so I have been playing a lot with my Paper Smooches stamps! I love their little images so much. They are so cute and super easy to either color or paper piece. 

I colored all my little hampsters using Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut around them. I have been wanting to get myself some of the dies that coordinate with the stamps but have been waiting a Paper Smooches sale. I have a loooooong list of goodies in my shopping cart in their store so I'm chomping at the bit to place an order! :) 

I used a sentiment from the Word Salad stamp set and added a couple Doodlebug enamel hearts and washi tape to accent. I also used one of the great border dies from My Creative time to create a scalloped edge on my patterned paper. 

Here is what I used to create my card... 

- Paper Smooches stamp sets: Word Salad & Party Posse

- My Creative Time: Fun Stitched Edges

- Doodlebug: Sprinkles & Washi Tape

- Echo Park digital paper

- Spectrum Noir markers

I am entering this card into the Anything Goes challenge over on the Paper Smooches blog! 

Thanks for stopping by today!! 

Dude You are Awesome

Hey friends!! It has been a long time since I have posted a project on my blog that was not a design team project!! At this point I am a member of the Doodlebug Design Team and have one more month left on the Pebbles Inc Design Team. In the past few months I have had to cut down on my crafty responsibilities so I could devote more attention to my personal life. While I am really starting to miss the girls on the DTs, I am enjoying a bit of crafty freedom and able to create what and when it's fitting, with whatever supplies I choose. 

For the past few months I haven't been in much of a crafting "mood" but these past few days I am loving being back in my craftroom. I have a few Paper Smooches stamp sets that I love but really haven't had the chance to play with so yesterday I sat down with them and got creative!  

I am loving the little dinos in the Cuteasaurus stamp set!! They are so fun to color. 

I used sentiments from a couple different sets to create one fun sentiment that would work great for a boy. 

I used foam stickers to make the dino and the rocks stand out on the card. 

I am entering this card over at this weeks SPARKS challenge over at Paper Smooches. I have a looooong wishlist over there and would love to snag a gift certificate!! Especially since the sneaks of the new releases look amazing! 

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Paper Smooches Cuteasaurus stamp set

- Paper Smooches Word Salad stamp set

- Jaded Blossom Ticket Dies

- My Creative Time Border Dies

- Doodlebug Day to Day patterned paper and Sprinkles

Fun With Doodlebug Vellum

Hey Doodlebug friends!! Candace from Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses here today. I know you have all seen the totally yummy polka dot sprinkled vellum from Doodlebug and I'm sure a lot of you even own some. I have a couple projects to share today using this super fun product! 

The first project I wanted to share is a little treat box I decorated filled with skittles. I thought these would be great quick little gifts to brighten someone's day with. 

These were super easy to make using some Doodlebug vellum, washi tape and stickers. I cut a long strip of vellum, wrapped it around my clear boxes and adhered the end using a couple small pieces of two sided tape. To add a little more detail, as well as to hold the sides of the vellum in place, I used some of Doodlebug's awesome thin washi tape. 

My second project is a layout using various colors of the vellum cut in scalloped circles using dies. I find using dies with vellum is a super easy, no fail way to add great detail and layers to a project. 

 

Since the vellum comes in all the great Doodlebug colors it's so easy to find a color or shade to match every Doodlebug collection. I have been dying to use these great mix and match ice cream cones that are part of the Sugar Shoppe collection (my fav Doodlebug collection!) and since I wanted them to stand out on my layout, I choose to use plain white cardstock as my base and vellum to add layers. 

Adhering vellum can sometimes be intimidating to some, including myself, so I choose to use regular ATG tape strategically placed on my vellum pieces to hide my tape. Since I was layering a lot of different pieces on my layout, I made sure to place my tape in a spot that would be covered with another element. 

 Isn't this vellum SO much fun? I can see myself adding a little to almost every project in the future (much like my Doodlebug sequins!). 

So So Tweet

Hey everyone! Today I am sharing a layout and a fun way to add sequins to your projects!

I love the glimmer that sequins add to a layout and one of my favorite places to add them is onto patterned paper. On this layout, I choose a few colors of sequins that matched my background paper and adhered them to the centers of the flowers with Glossy Accents. 

Of course the collection I choose to work with was Springtime because I am so in love with all the fun bright colors and cute little birds! 

My favorite thing about Doodlebug sequins is that there is a variety of shades/finishes in each color which makes it so easy to pick out the sequins that match each project perfectly. 

The Springtime collection is so sweet and darling on its own but I love the added sparkle and texture the sequins have added! Using sequins on polka dot paper would have another fun effect! 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to get out your sequins! 

Patriotic Parade Cards

Today I am sharing a couple of cards made with the new Patriotic Parade collection from Doodlebug. Since I am Canadian I wanted to show the versatility of this collection and that it can be used for many occasions! 

It's a great collection that can be used year round... 

I was instantly drawn to these super cute balloons, which I added little heart stickers to to make them even more cute! 

This collection has some really great matching sentiment stickers for occasions other than July 4th, which I love! 

I have been so anxious to play with this cute little Doodlepop plane! 

I love adding a few sequins to every project and I thought the pretty white ones were fitting in the clouds. 

One of my favorite elements in the Doodlebug collections are the Fancy Frills stickers. I can ALWAYS find a place to put them, like along the edge of a layer of patterned paper. 

I hope you were inspired with how I choose to use the new Patriotic Parade collection! The color combination is so fabulous and fun to play with! 

Michelle's 40th Birthday Hop!!

Hi Everyone! And Welcome to Michelle's 40th Birthday Blog Hop! If you know Michelle at all, you know what a smart ass she is so of course we picked this theme for her 40th!!

Our blog hop is sponsored by Jaded Blossom and SVG Cutting Files! If your here from Annie then your in the right place. If not then click here to start at the beginning.

Jaded Blossom came out with TWO NEW Stamps Sets JUST for this blog hop!! And of course because its special for Michelle's Birthday we made the inserts in her favorite color, Purple!

SASSY PANTS $15.99

SASSY CANDIES $12.99

And we have a BUNDLE deal for you! Sassy Bundle is $25! 

 And now for my project!



I am so in love with these stamps!! I know SO many smart asses and I am going to love making cards for them all!!!

Isn't this the funniest ass ever?! I love his expression...

Here is what I used to make my card...

- Jaded Blossom Sassy Pants stamp set 

-  Dunce Donkey from SVG Cutting Files

- washi tape

- Queen & Co. Bubbles

 Prizes!! We have 4 prizes for you ON TOP OF the free SVGs!

One winner will win a $25 Jaded Blossom Gift Certificate!

Three winners will win a $5 SVG Cutting FIles Gift Certificate!

 How to qualify for the prizes and earn these Amazing files for FREE, for TODAY ONLY?
(ends PROMPTLY at 11:59 PST)

1- FOLLOW each blog stop along the way --- THERE ARE SOME NEW BLOGS Added in our rotation, so make sure you are Following them as well!! 

2- Leave a COMMENT on each blog post along the way (make sure to wish Michelle a happy birthday)

3- The last stop tells you where to go to REQUEST the files. You MUST follow the guidelines correctly in order to qualify for the files, NO exceptions. THANK YOU!

Next up on the hop is Tanya!! 

 Blog Hop Line Up 

Candace 

Jaymie 

Jamie 

Annie
Candace
Tanya

Crystal
Cindy

Roberta
Barb

Gigi 

Katie & Katie

Trixie
Abby
Stefani
Kim
Kate
Gwen
Mel
MICHELLE THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Thank You From all of Us

Hey crafty friends!! Today is my very last post as a member of the Jaded Blossom Design Team.... I am super sad and have had such a great time as part of this awesome team!! I will continue to stalk the JB girls to see what great things they continue to come out with!! Thanks for being so great for the past year! 

Today I have a really fun, bright Thank You card to share! 

The new Kind Thanks stamp set is my new favorite and I can tell I am going to use it so much. It has the perfect Thank You sentiment for any occasion! 

I used some die cut flowers from Doodlebug to design my own flowers and adhered them together using pop dots to create fun dimension. 

This card is going to be for the teacher of my daughter's Playschool class and I love that this sentiment includes "from all of us". It's so hard to find a sentiment that works for a group of people! 

Check out the Kind Thanks stamp set in the store HERE and the sequins I used HERE! 

I hope you were inspired by my card today! 

Thanks for stopping by!! 

Jaded Blossom May Release - Day 4!!!

Hey everyone!! I'm back again today to reveal today's stamp sets for this month's Jaded Blossom release! It's super fun!! 

We Go Together Like... $15.99

I just HAD to make a cute little nerd...

Isn't she cute?! I just love her glasses... 

I used a PK face stamp and added some glossy accents to make them look realistic. 

I popped her little glasses up with some foam stickers to give my tag some fun dimension. 

Here is what I used to make my tag... 

- Jaded Blossom We Go Together Like... Stamp set

- Jaded Blossom Treat Tag Die

- Peachy Keen In the Garden Face Stamps

- Doodlebug Take Note Collection

- Glossy accents

- 3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon

Now make sure to head on over the the Jaded Blossom blog to see the rest of the awesome projects from the Design Team!!