Archives for November 2010

How To Tuesday

Nov

Today’s “How To Tuesday” post is brought to you today by design team member Guiseppa Gubler. Here’s what Guiseppa had to say … “Just like many of you, I love flowers and the more varieties I can learn how to make the more fun my layouts become. I made these simple pleated flowers using
cardstock and patterned paper. I love these flowers because they go so perfect with this baby layout, but will look good with any layout you do. Just personalize them.” And here are Guiseppa’s step by step instructions …

First choose how many flowers you want to make and the paper you are going to use. Cut your paper into 1″x12″ inch strips.

Start folding the pleats at the end of the paper. Make sure you are angling your pleats as you go so they will make a circle.

Adhere the two ends and if you have any excess paper, cut if off.

Add a cute button, brad or some chipboard and brads like I did.

This is how I used my cute pleated flowers!

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Girl Sweet Moments (751056)
New Arrival Girl Heaven Sent (751054)
New Arrival Girl Bundle of Joy (751062)
New Arrival Girl Little One (751057)
New Arrival Girl Perfect (751058)
New Arrival Girl Rub Ons (735005)
New Arrival Girl Chips (744115)
New Arrival Girl Epoxy Brads (747006)
New Arrival Girl Icon Dimensional Stickers Girl (732030)
Twitterpated Metal Brads (744218)
Twitterpated Paper Flowers (741000)
Treehouse Paper Flowers (741002)
Charming Glitter ABC Stickers (732000)
Charming Cardstock ABC Stickers (732001)
Baby Pink Glitter Candy Dots (744213)
Chocolate Brown Glitter Candy Dots (744227)
Chocolate Brown Ribbon (44027)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts; Bazzill Basics)
Dimensional Adhesive (American Crafts)
Ink (SEI)

Mix & Match Monday

Nov

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Happy Monday everyone! First things first, for those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving this past Thursday I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. I have a winner to announce from last week’s “Grateful” giveaway. Thank you to everyone who left comments – I had so much fun reading them! The lucky winner is …

Congratulations April! Please email your full name and mailing information to pebblesincdt(at)gmail(dot)com and put “Grateful Winner” in the subject line. Be sure to include the name of the collection you’d like to receive. Now on to some Mix & Match projects from our talented design team!

Design team member Stephanie Baxter created this beautiful layout in hues of green, yellow, and pink by combining papers and embellishments from 3 different Pebbles collections. Here’s what Stephanie had to say … “One thing that I love the most about Pebbles products is the amazing colours, and the best thing of all is that you can totally mix and match colours between the different collections because even though they might not always be the exact same shade, there’s always a sense of unity between the different colour palettes. I wanted this layout to have a bit of a girly feel without going completely overboard with pink, so I took papers from the Cats & Dogs, Twitterpated and New Arrival lines to blend a pink with some greens and yellows. I just love the fact that even the themed lines are so versatile and can be combined with other bits and pieces to make something completely different from the original theme.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Cats & Dogs Bow Wow (751043)
Twitterpated Sweetheart (751010)
Twitterpated Crush (751003)
Twitterpated Chips (744112)
New Arrival Girl Welcome Home (751060)
New Arrival Girl Felt Embellishments (747000)
Sun Yellow Chips (44107)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Thickers (American Crafts)
Adhesive (American Crafts)
Mist (Maya Road)

Design team member LG Belarmino chose to focus on yellows, oranges, and browns based on the sweet photo of her baby girl in her amazing layout. Here’s what LG had to say … “This photo was taken on my birthday last August. I have had this photo printed since then, but had no opportunity using it because I was waiting for the right paper collection. When we were challenged to mix and match different collections from Pebbles, it gave me the freedom to select the color combination that will work best with this photo of my baby – I chose yellow, orange and brown. With a color combo in mind, I was able to decide which patterned papers, embellishments, and alphabet to use.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Tree House Club (751026)
Tree House Sunset (751029)
Tree House View (751027)
Twitterpated Admire (751006)
Cats & Dogs Felt Embellishments – Cat (732019)
Ransom ABC Stickers (732012)

Other supplies used:
Punch (Martha Stewart)
Adhesive (American Crafts)

More Grateful projects with Jennifer, Kristen, and Ria plus a GIVEAWAY!

Nov

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Design team member Jennifer Yates created this layout for a friend. Here’s what Jennifer had to say … “When I saw this photo of my friend Natalie and her family I immediately thought of “gratitude” and how grateful she is to have such a wonderful family. This photo was taken on their vacation in Cabo San Lucas. I loved combining the Cats & Dogs collection and a little bit of New Arrival Boy collection and giving it a “tropical feel”… showing that they are both quite versatile!”

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Boy Little Angel (751069)
New Arrival Boy Metal Brads (747009)
New Arrival Girl Paper Flowers (741003)
Cats & Dogs Catnip (751051)
Cats & Dogs Felt Embellishments – Dog (732018)
Cats & Dogs Felt Embellishments – Cat (732019)
Chocolate Brown Glitter Candy Dots (744227)
White Classic Candy Dots (744202)

Other supplies used:
Thickers (American Crafts)
Punches (EK Success)
Twine (Hobby Lobby)

Design team member Kristen Swain shows her gratitude for her daughter’s teacher with this personalized card and canvas. Here’s what Kristen had to say … “With our theme of gratitude, I just had to make something for my daughter’s teacher. The holidays are, of course, a time I want to share my gratitude for the extra steps that her teacher takes and often it’s quite difficult to come up with a gift idea. I love the school house color theme of the Tree House collection, and thought that the big bold flowers would be the perfect touch to this quote canvas I was inspired to create. I made the matching card, with the perfect quote already printed on the 3×3 block. Bonus – one gift done before the holidays!”

Pebbles supplies used:
Cats & Dogs Fetch (751045)
Tree House Merriment (751028)
Tree House Bliss (751033)
Tree House Laughter (751025)
Tree House 3×3 cards (751024)
Tree House Melody (751030)
Tree House Chips (744114)
Red Ribbon (744029)
Chocolate Brown Ribbon ( 744027)

Other supplies used:
Punch (Martha Stewart)
Pearls (Martha Stewart)
Decorative Scissors (Provo Craft)
ITop Tool (Imaginisce)

Canvas
Ink
Twine

Design team member Ria Mojica created this lovely layout to remind herself of all of the things she has to be thankful for. Here’s what Ria had to say … “I have so much to be thankful for, but sometimes, I need a little reminder. I saw this quote in a friend’s Facebook status and it rang so true. I enjoyed playing with the different materials from the Tree House collection and using this grid design. In a pinch, a grid design is one of my go-to styles. It never gets old and there’s so many other things to do with it — here I did some stitching for added texture and raised the patterned paper squares on foam adhesive for dimension. Love, love, love how this layout turned out.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Tree House 3×3 Cards (751024)
Tree House Laughter (751025)
Tree House Merriment (751028)
Tree House Melody (751030)
Tree House Adventure (751032)
Tree House Bliss (751033)
Tree House Fun (751035)
Tree House Word Stickers (732010)
Tree House Paper Flowers (741002)
Tree House Chips (744114)
Chirpy Glitter ABC Stickers (732008)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts, Wassau)
Ink (Clearsnap)
Pen (American Crafts)
Floss (DMC)

This week we’ve celebrated all the things we’re grateful for. For us at Pebbles, we’re grateful for you—our supporters and fans. What are some of the things you’re grateful for? I’ll choose one winner at random to win a complete set of the Pebbles collection of their choice. Submit your comment by Sunday at midnight (EST). I’ll announce the winner Monday morning. Good luck!

More Grateful projects with Eva and Lisa

Nov

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Design team member Eva Pizarro created this charming mini album to celebrate her gratitude for her husband. Here’s what Eva had to say … “”My husband is turning 31 next week so I decided to make a mini album to let him know how important he is to me. The Cats & Dogs collection was just perfect! The colors remind me of fall and are great for masculine layout. Doing this mini was so fun, I used lot of the felt embellishments that come with this collection and they added the perfect touch to the pages. I also used some of the other collections’ stickers and papers. I love how Pebbles makes perfectly matching colors throughout their lines.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Cats & Dogs Prrrfect Stripe (751047)
Cats & Dogs Sassy Cat (751049)
Cats & Dogs Fetch (751045)
Cats & Dogs Leash (751042)
Cats & Dogs Bow Wow (751043)
Cats & Dogs Kitty Condo (751050)
Cats & Dogs Catnip (751051)
Cats & Dogs Top Dog (751040)
Cats & Dogs Dimensional Stickers (732016)
Cats & Dogs Felt Embellishments – Cat (732019)
Tree House Neighbors (75031)
Tree House Trunk (751034)
Tree House Word Stickers (732010)
Tree House Paper Flowers (741002)
Tree House Guess Who Duplicate Stickers (761005)
New Arrival Boy Buttons (747005)
New Arrival Boy 4×9 Rub Ons (735004)
Ransom ABC Stickers (732012)
Buddy ABC Stickers (732013)
White Classic Candy Dots (74402)
Orange Spool Ribbon (744032)
Chocolate Brown Spool Ribbon (744027)

Other supplies used:
Stickers (My Little Shoebox)
Paper Accents (My Little Shoebox)
Stamps (American Crafts)

Design team member Lisa Kisch created this sweet layout about her girls. Here’s what Lisa had to say … “I am grateful for the loving relationship between my little girls. Oh, sure, they fight a lot, too, but ultimately they have fun together. I am grateful they have each other, and I look forward to watching them grow together. For this layout I used Tree House Paper Flowers for accents. I customized them with buttons, brads, candy dots, and stitching. The possibilities are endless!”

Pebbles supplies used:
Cats & Dogs Leash (751042)
Cats & Dogs Cat-i-Tude (751046)
Dats & Dogs Cat’s Meow (751048)
New Arrival Girl Icon Dimensional Stickers (732030)
New Arrival Girl Buttons (747004)
New Arrival Boy Epoxy Brads (747008)
Tree House Paper Flowers (741002)
White Pearl Candy Dots (744234)
Journaling Cards Spring Green (770318)

Other supplies used:
Stickers (American Crafts)

More Grateful projects with Christa and Sarah

Nov

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Design team member Christa Paustenbaugh created a photo collage to help illustrate all of the things she is grateful for. Here’s what Christa had to say … “”I am particularly grateful this year and couldn’t pick just one photo to represent it so I put together a collage of photos that make me grateful. The design is simple to keep the focus on everything that makes me grateful. And the Tree House collection is the perfect color combo to go with all the photos!”

Pebbles supplies used:
Tree House Laughter (751025)
Tree House View (751027)
Tree House Merriment (751028)
Tree House Club (751026)
Tree House Adventure (751032)
Tree House Paper Flowers (741002)
Tree House Pebbles Chips (744144)
Tree House Epoxy Brads (744231)
Buddy ABC Stickers (732013)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (The Paper Company)
Rub Ons (American Crafts)
Twine (Studio Calico)

Design team member Sarah Webb created this sweet layout about her son. Here’s what Sarah had to say … “It was fun to create a page that captured a moment in time. The journal tag captures the thoughts I have in this moment, feeling so grateful to have our son!”

Pebbles supplies used:
Cats & Dogs Sassy Cat (751049)
New Arrival Boy Precious (751071)
New Arrival Boy So Sweet (751068)
New Arrival Boy He’s Here (751067)
New Arrival Boy Congrats (751074)
New Arrival Boy Special Delivery (751066)
New Arrival 3×3 Brown Envelopes (759500)
New Arrival Boy Journaling Stickers (732029)
New Arrival Boy Metal brads (747009)
Twitterpated Love You Duplicate Rub Ons (760238)
Baby Blue Ribbon (744037)

Other Supplies:
Thickers (American Crafts)
Stickers (October Afternoon)
Mist (Maya Road)
Pearls (KaiserCraft)
Twine (My Sweet Life)