Whip It Up Wednesday

Does the aftermath of the holidays have you short on creative time?  If so then you’ll love today’s post. I challenged some of our design team members to whip up up a project in 30 minutes or less.

Design team member Laura Vegas created this holiday layout in no time at all.  Here’s what Laura had to say … “I love that the Pebbles collections have lots of basic patterns worked into their paper designs. So that when Pebbles doesn’t actually have a Christmas collection, I was able to use the Cats & Dogs collection for my Christmas layout. To make a quick and easy 30 minute layout, I started by simply adhering all my photos to my background cardstock. And then I cut some strips and blocks of pattern paper, to fill the rest of the space. The striped pattern paper had the color orange, which didn’t work on my Christmas layout. So I did some small pleats along the paper strip, folding it over to hide the orange parts. Then I simply added my sticker title, a chipboard accent, and a few candy dots to finish off the layout.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Cats & Dogs Prrrfect Stripe (751047)
Cats & Dogs Top Dog (751040)
Cats & Dogs Sassy Cat (751049)
Cats & Dogs Buddy ABC Stickers (732013)
Tree House Trunk (751034)
Spring Green Chips (744108)
Red Glitter Candy Dots (744228)
Chocolate Brown Ribbon (744027)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Staples (Tim Holtz)

Design team member Kryssi Ng created this fun layout using a watercolor effect on her background.  Here’s what Kryssi had to say … “With one of my BFFs recently engaged, I’ve been browsing wedding sites a lot lately. I came across this image, courtesy of oncewed.com, and love the soft watercolor effect swish swashes in the background and decided to emulate that in my layout. I sprayed some color from Smooch onto a silicone mat, watered it down and used a paintbrush to messily paint over my paper canvas.  I so love the rich colors in Tree House that is suitable to use in Christmas projects.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Tree House Neighbors (751031)
Tree House Fun (751035)

Other supplies used:
Thickers (American Crafts)
Stamps (Hero Arts, Technique Tuesday)
Glitter (Ranger)
Spray (Smooch)

Design team member Stephanie Baxter created this bright and colorful “thank you” card.  Here’s what Stephanie had to say … “”With Christmas just behind us, I thought it would be a great time to start making some ‘Thank You’ cards to send to people expressing my appreciation for the lovely gifts they gave me for Christmas, and because it’s still a busy time of year catching up with friends and family, it’s good to be able to make something in not very much time at all! I love the 3×3 Cards that are part of each collection…they make it so easy to make quick cards because they have the sentiments already written on there for you, so all you have to do is just stick them down and you’re good to go! Add a ribbon and an embellishment or two, and you’ve got yourself a fabulous card.”

Pebbles supplies:
New Arrival Girl Welcome Home (751060)
Treehouse 3×3 Cards (751024)
Twitterpated Chipboard Embellishments (74112)
Raspberry Ribbon (44030)

Other supplies:
Cardstock, Adhesive (American Crafts)