Archives for February 2011

Happy Friday everyone! We are wrapping up the week with a few “free for all” projects from some of our design team members.

First up is this adorable layout by design team member Lisa Kisch. Here’s what Lisa had to say … “I love to layer buttons, and use them as a base for circle embellishments. In this layout I used six buttons, layered with stickers, candy dots and paper flowers for different effects. I then added lots of stitching and a patchwork of Twitterpated papers to my photos, printed on cardstock for a “shabby chic’ look.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Twitterpated Admire (751066)
Twitterpated Charm (751008)
Twitterpated Sweetheart (751010)
New Arrival Girl Icon Dimensional Stickers (732030)
New Arrival Girl Paper Flowers (741033)
New Arrival Girl Buttons (747004)
Baby Pink ABC Stickers – Girl (732020)
Baby Pink Pearl Candy Dots (744233)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Gems (Kaisercraft)

Design team member Melinda Spinks always amazes me with her projects and these adorable baby cards are no exception.  Here’s what Melinda had to say … “Over Christmas I created a few ‘MnM’ bauble cards to send out to friends which were a great hit, so much so that one of my friends asked me to make a baby boy and baby girl card using the same concept.  Making the rattle was an obvious choice as it was the perfect shape for the packaging containers I had.  Add some yummy MnM’s and you have a unique gift card for someone celebrating the arrival of their newest bundle of joy! Mind you, they are great fun to make when you have a big bowl of MnM’s beside you as you work!”

[Baby Boy Card]

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Boy So Sweet (751068)
New Arrival Boy Congrats (751074)
New Arrival Boy Dup. Rub Ons (760247)
New Arrival Boy Metal Brads (747009)
New Arrival Boy Rub Ons (735006)
Baby Blue Ribbon (744037)
Basic Brights Classic Chalks (742001)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Recycled Clear Packaging Cup
White Paint Pen
Blue MnM’s

[Baby Girl Card]

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Girl Sweet Moments (751056)
New Arrival Girl Bundle of Joy (751062)
New Arrival Girl 4×9 Rub Ons (735003)
New Arrival Girl 4 x 5 Rub Ons (735005)
New Arrival Girl Dup. Rub Ons (760246)
New Arrival Girl Metal Brads (747007)
Baby Pink Ribbon (744031)
Basic Brights Classic Chalks (744031)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Recycled Clear Packaging Cup
White Paint Pen
Red MnM’s

Design team member Stephanie Baxter created this simply sweet set of notecards using a variety of Pebbles goodies.  Here’s what Stephanie had to say … “I love making little notecards in place of greetings cards as they are very quick and easy to make (no folding!) and super fun! If you make several similar or matching ones, you can tie them together with some ribbon like I’ve done and give them to someone as a lovely handmade gift. Pebbles has some fabulous rub-ons with various sentiments that are just perfect for this project, and you can print your own message on a strip of cardstock to supplement the rub-ons to make it a bit more personal. Adding some chipboard or felt embellishments or a dimensional sticker gives the notecard a bit of depth and texture, and sticking Candy Dots to the ends of the cardstock strip where your message is printed really finishes it off.”

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Boy Felt Embellishments (747001)
New Arrival Girl Dimensional Icon Stickers (732030)
Tree House Chipboard Embellishments (744114)
Baby Blue Pearl Candy Dots (744235)
Baby Pink Glitter Candy Dots (744213)
Baby Pink Pearl Candy Dots (744233)
White Pearl Candy Dots (744234)
Congratulations Brown Rub-Ons (60220)
Happy Birthday Brown Rub-Ons (760223)
I Love You White Rub-Ons (760218)
Thank You Script White Rub-Ons (60203)
Baby Blue Ribbon (44037)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts, Bazzill)
Adhesive (American Crafts)
Stamp (Basic Grey)
Ink (Colorbox)

Good morning everyone!  Today we are featuring cards created by some of our design team members using their favorite Pebbles products.  But before we do that I have some winners to announce from our new release giveaways last week. 

The lucky winner of our Ever After collection is …

The lucky winner of our Happy Go Lucky collection is …

The lucky winner of our Mr. & Mrs. collection is …

The lucky winner of our Felt Embellishments is …

And last but not least the lucky winner of the collection of their choice from our CHA Recap post is …

Congratulations ladies! Please email your full name and mailing information to pebblesincdt(at)gmail(dot)com and put “CHA Winner” in the subject line. 

And now onto our projects for today.  First up is design team member LG Belarmino.  Here’s what LG had to say … “‘Thank you’ sounds simple but these 2 words can have a serious impact and is a great way to start, grow and build relationships. Just think about how nice it felt to hear those words or receive a thank you note after doing a favor for somebody. It felt great, right? Those words encourages us and motivates us to do good to others. We love that we are being recognized even by hearing those simple words.  This is why I love making “Thank you” cards. You can use them anytime and give them to somebody to show appreciation. Here is another Thank You card that I made using leftover scraps from some layouts that I did with the Tree House Collection. The bright and bold colors of this line made everything pop.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Tree House Trunk (751034)
Tree House Bliss (751033)
Tree House 3×3 Cards (751024)
Tree House Chips (744114)
Tree House Paper Flowers (741002)
Tree House Epoxy Brads (744231)

Other supplies used:
Thread

Design team member Deena Wuest.  Here’s what Deena had to say … “I love Pebbles ribbon! Not only are the little spools adorable hanging in my craft room; it’s so cool how there are multiple styles in the exact same color. I especially love this mini ruffle-edged ribbon. It’s the perfect backdrop for one of the many sentiment rub-ons! A few layers topped with a dimensional sticker and you have a quick baby card that’s full of fun texture.”

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Boy So Sweet (751068)
New Arrival Girl Icon Dimensional Stickers (732030)
White Ribbon (44028)
Baby Pink Ribbon (44031)
Congratulations Brown Duplicate Rub-Ons (60220)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)

Hi everyone!  I just got back from CHA late last night.  It was a great show and I’m so happy to report that the new Pebbles collections were VERY well received.  YAY!  I’ll be posting the winners of our giveaways tomorrow.  In the meantime we have a very fun “How To” post today from the adorably sweet and talented Kryssi Ng.  Here’s what Kryssi had to say … “I often go crazy stocking up on holiday gift wrapping and often have nothing but plain kraft paper for other gifts, i.e. birthdays and showers. Which is fine because I simply embellish the kraft paper and the final product seems to delight the recipient more because they know that it’s been personalized just for them … makes it that more special! For today’s project, I whipped up 1 hour before we had to head out the door to a double birthday bash, a brother and sister celebrating their joint birthdays. The New Arrival Boy and Girl collections worked perfectly for my personalizing needs as there’s the pink for the girl and the blue for the boy. I decided to make something fun that the kids can enjoy — pinwheels!”  And here are Kryssi’s step by step instructions …

We start out with our rather bland and boring kraft wrapped gifts and sheets of 12×12 paper.

I cut 3 strips of paper 1″ in width.

Then you wrap the bands around the gifts as such.

From the same patterned paper, cut 6″ squares. Fold corner to corner then using a scissor, cut into the folds and about 1/2″ from the center. Repeat on all sides.

Taking a hole puncher, I used my Crop-a-Dile, punch a hole on the tips.

Taking a paper piercer, pierce a hole to the center.

Finally, select a brad and gather all the punched corners together to form the pinwheel.

Adhere to gifts!

Tip: To make the pinwheel more sturdy, you can adhere punched circles to the front and back of the paper in the center before you pierce the hole. It will make the pinwheel a lot easier to handle when you start gathering the sides together.