Archives for November 2011

More With Love Projects with Ashley and Mel

Nov

Design team member Ashley Stephens created this lovely layout about the two loves of her life. Here’s what Ashley had to say … “”With Love is BY FAR my favorite Valentine’s line to date. The cute prints were enough but then they mixed in kraft and I was instantly in LOVE! There are also a lot of new additions to the Pebbles embellishment line up that I think you’ll really like – the heart topped toothpick flags, the shaped paperclips, and even heart shaped candy dots! It’s a good thing that there is a few months until Valentine’s day because I’ve got a lot of ideas churning!”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Be Mine (751201)
With Love Kiss Me (751211)
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love Love Letter (751206)
With Love I Heart You (751203)I think th
With Love ABC 2 (732082)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Candy Dots Hearts (744279)
With Love Ribbon (780014)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Die Cut Machine/Shapes (Silhouette)
Doily (Martha Stewart)

Design team member Mel Blackburn created a pair of amazing cards using the With Love collection. Here’s what Mel had to say about her first card … “I love the new Gift Tags, and they were my inspiration for this card. The cut out portion is a cute element that makes this card extra special. I also love the Toothpick flags, since the wooden stick was too long for my card, I simply cut the end and wrapped in twine, perfect size!”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love You’re Sweet (751208)
With Love Heart Paper Clips (744281)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Mist (Studio Calico)
Twine (Michaels)
Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)
Sewing Machine

Here’s what Mel had to say about her next card … “The new Sticky Notes are fabulous, they were my main focus for this card. The Candy Dots and cut out hearts were the ideal size for these sticky notes. This card is perfect for someone you love or as a thank you card, very versatile.”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love I Heart You (751203)
With Love You & Me (751212)
With Love Sticky Notes (732088)
With Love Button Candy Dots (744279)
With Love ABC Stickers (732082)

Other supplies used:
Stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink (Jenni Bowlin)

More WIth Love Projects from Aphra and Mandie

Nov

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First things first, I have a winner to announce from last week’s “Guest Designer” giveaway. Thank you all so much for your comments. And the lucky winner is …

Congratulations! Please email your full name and mailing information (including your phone number for shipping purposes) to pebblesincdt(at)gmail(dot)com and put “Guest Designer Winner” in the subject line.

Design team member Aphra Bolyer used our With Love collection to document the “love notes” her son Ethan sent to his preschool friends this past Valentine’s Day. Here’s what Aphra had to say … “Although these pictures of my son heading off to school with his classmates’ Valentines in hand are a little dark and grainy, I was so grateful that my husband thought to take them for me while I was at work and I still wanted to document this sweet memory. By printing the pictures in wallet size, I was able to minimize their poor quality a little. The small pictures also left a lot of room on my page for me to embellish, so I filled it with three layered, dangling hearts cut from my die cut machine.”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love I Heart You (751203)
With Love Dear Valentine (751207)
With Love Kiss Me (751211)
With Love Button Candy Dots (744279)
With Love Making Tape Stickers (732086)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love ABC Stickers (732082)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732075)

Other supplies used:
Die Cut Machine (Cricut Epression)
Baker’s Twine

Design team member Mandie Pierce created several fabulous projects using the With Love collection including this heartfelt layout about her husband. Here’s what Mandie had to say … “My husband and I have been together since high school. We met as cashiers at a Kroger store in Georgia. Sometimes I think – would that 17 year old girl have ever thought 15 years later we would be here? I am so very thankful we are.”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love Dear Valentine (751207)
With Love ABC 2 Stickers (732082)
With Love Masking Tape Stickers (732086)
With Love Adhesive Notes (732088)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Candy Dot Buttons (744279)
With Love Mini Clothes Pins (744280)
With Love Paper Clips (744281)

Other supplies used:
Punch (EK Success)
Pen (Uniball Signo)
Staples (Tim Holtz)

And here’s what Mandie had to say about her next project … “When I saw those adorable little envelopes, I knew they would be perfect for some small Valentines! They came together very quickly. I just cut 2 pieces of paper at 3×6 and folded them in half and decorated a bit! I used the With Love stamps to decorate the envelopes.”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love Masking Tape Stickers (732086)
With Love Adhesive Notes (732088)
With Love Scalloped Envelopes (747158)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)
With Love Candy Dot Buttons (744279)
With Love Twist Ties (747161)
With Love Acrylic Stamps (747162)

Other supplies used:
Punch (EK Success)
Ink (StazOn)
Staples (Tim Holtz)

With Love Week

Nov

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All this week on the Pebbles blog we are going to be focusing on our mid-release collection – With Love! With Love incorporates the traditional colors of Valentine’s Day – red, pink, and white – to create an endearing line of products perfect for lovely scrapbooking and card making. As you’ll see from our designers, however, the With Love collection can be used for so much more than Valentine’s Day projects so sit back and enjoy as our designers wow you with their creativity.

First up, design team member Laura Craigie professes her love for the perfect sugar cookie on this adorably sweet layout. Here’s what Laura had to say … “The new With Love line is so incredibly cute, and I thought it would be perfect to record my small love affair with these cookies. Most of all I love the Kraft alphabets. They are the perfect blank canvas to decorate. I covered the word “sugar” in blue glitter, but you could also color, stamp on, or doodle on them to totally change the look. “

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Dear Valentine (751207)
With Love Love Letter (751206)
With Love Kiss Me (751211)
With Love Scalloped Envelopes (747158)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love ABC Stickers (732081)
With Love ABC Stickers 2 (732082)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (America Crafts)
Glitter Glue (Stickles)
Button (Craft Supply)

Design team member Anna Sigga created this sweet set of coordinating cards and gift box with our With Love collection. Here’s what Anna had to say … “This collection is one of the sweetest I have seen in a long time. Beautiful soft colors, great patterns, and this collection is not only perfect for Valentines. I decided to make this little “pizza-box” filled with tiny note cards – these would be perfect as a gift or as a box to store your cards.”

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love All Mine (751209)
With Love You & Me (751212)
With Love XOXO (751210)
With Love Ribbon (780014)
With Love Mini Clothes Pin (744280)
With Love Button Candy Dots (744279)
New Arrival Layered Embellishments (747120)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Ink (Ranger)
Punch (Martha Stewart)

Guest Designer: Cindy Liebel and a GIVEAWAY!

Nov

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Hi everyone! I am so excited to introduce you to this week’s Guest Designer Cindy Liebel . Let’s get to know Cindy a little better …

Describe yourself in 3 words … happy, creative & thoughtful.

My guilty pleasure is … three layer chocolate cake sprinkled with chopped nuts & topped with vanilla bean ice cream with drizzles of chocolate syrup.

You’ll never find me without … my 60D & lip gloss.

You might be surprised to know that … this year my be the first year that I don’t plan on Black Friday shopping. As much as I enjoy the rush of it all & the good deals, my shopping will be done online this year, in my jammies.

My least favorite chore is … ironing 1st & putting away laundry 2nd.

I started scrapbooking in … 2003, 9 months after my son was born.

My favorite thing about this hobby is … the satisfaction of creating with my hands, being with friends who enjoy the hobby as much as I do & the excitement of new product that some how finds it way into my studio & onto my pages.

If I were a Pebbles product I would be … I can never get enough of the Dimensional Butterflies.

Cindy created so many amazing projects for us today including this fun self-portrait layout. Here’s what Cindy had to say … “I got a little snap happy while trying on clothes. I just loved everything I had picked out to see how they would all fit. This particular shirt was a favorite. I just love the delicate ruffled layered fabric pieces on this shirt & how the shirt looked on me. This was a lucky shot, aim & shoot & hope it’s a good one kind of photo. I love how the photo turned out & thought it would be perfect to use as the background for my page. I printed the large photo onto white cardstock for a canvas look and embellished around it with a variety of stickers, dimensional embellishments, two tiny photos & machine stitching for more added texture. Super simple!”

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Chipboard Buttons (747152)
Fresh Goods Border Stickers (732077)
Fresh Goods Fabric Brads (744277)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732075)
Floral Lane Memory Lane (751119)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Brads (American Crafts)

Here’s what Cindy had to say about her next project … “I really love loading up my layouts with lots of small photos. As soon as I saw the clothes pins embellishments, I knew I had to create a clothes line affect with lots of photos. Once I decided on the background & after tucking one side of each twine behind the layered border, I machine stitched to keep the twin from moving, then hung each photo with a clothes pin & added pop dots for dimension. I like how the colors and textures come together with the illusion of hanging photos giving it a bit of a whimsical look.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Floral Lane A Little Hello (751118)
Floral Lane With Delight (751124)
Floral Lane Dimensional Stickers (732056)
Floral Lane Dimensional Phrase Stickers (732054)
Floral Lane Pink ABC Stickers (732053)
Fresh Goods Mini Clothes Pins (744278)
Fresh Goods Mini ABC Stickers (732079)
Fresh Goods Toothpick Flags (747153)
White Button Candy Dots (744276)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Brads (American Crafts)

Here’s what Cindy had to say about her next project … “Ever since I entered into the 40 something club, I have been trying to set goals for myself. I’m on a journey of trying and completing those goals and wanted to document each of them in a journal. So, I cut out lots & lots of cardstock & pattern papers to 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ & bounded them together, with plenty of room to grow. Each of the pages are left blank so when I am ready to add to it, I can write & embellish as I go along. It will be fun look back at everything I have aspired to do.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Come Again (751191)
Fresh Goods Penny Candy (751192)
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Flower Basket (751183)
Fresh Goods Freshly Picked (751193)
Floral Lane Heartfelt (751127)
Floral Lane You’re Sweet (751121)
Floral Lane ABC Clear Stamps (747106)
Floral Lane Chips (747108)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732075)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)

Cindy also created a project to go along with our “grateful” theme this week. Here’s what Cindy had to say … “Last year during the month of November I documented all things I was grateful for each day. This particular photo was snapped on the 17th by my daughter, who at the time was 3 1/2 years old & the journaling was pulled from my blog. I loved the colors and textures of the paper so much I had to use my Silhouette machine to cut out leaves to go along with the fall theme. Out of all the photos of me that day, this was one of two that was not blurry, but with my eyes looking away from the camera – to balance out the layout, I embellished the page with the die-cut leaves that kinda give a floating affect.”

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Front Desk (751187)
Fresh Goods Signage (751186)
Fresh Goods Fabric Brads (744277)
Fresh Goods Clear Stamps (747150)
Floral Lane My Darling (751126)
Floral Lane Just Because (751116)
Floral Lane Smile Everyday (751123)
Floral Lane With Love (751122)
Floral Lane Brown ABC Stickers (732052)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)

WOW! Talk about inspiring! Thank you so much Cindy for creating so many amazing projects with Pebbles! And now for a GIVEAWAY! To enter simply leave a comment on this blog post telling us which of Cindy’s projects was your favorite. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a prize pack full of Pebbles goodies. Submit your comments by Monday at midnight (EST). I’ll announce the winner Tuesday morning. Good luck!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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