Archives for September 2012

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

“This picture was taken this summer during our vacation in south of France.  To make my layout, I started from my picture. I love this “sunny” picture with my son and his beautiful smile!  I then chose to work with “sunny” colors like yellow and some orange and also with white for contrast.  I reproduced the sun’s rays with paper and stitched with vellum.  I also added foliage and flowers to complement the nature theme of my photo!”  – Amelie Mordret, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Blossoms (751275)
Sunnyside Blissful (751280)
Sunnyside Bouncy (751286)
Sunnyside Accents and Phrases Stickers (732115)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)
Sunnyside Clothespins (747185)

“Each spring for the last several years, my husband and I have taken our kids to a local conservatory’s annual butterfly exhibit.  It is an activity that each and every member of our little family enjoys and anticipates.  We can hardly wait to be in a room amongst hundreds of butterflies floating overhead, and hope to be a brief landing spot for one or possibly even two of them!  As you can imagine, this scenario leads to loads of fun photo opportunities and memories captured.  The darling, stitched and dimensional butterflies from Pebbles Sunnyside collection were a must for documenting our annual excursion.”  – Jaclyn Rench, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Tickled Pink (751276)
Sunnyside Happiness (751278)
Sunnyside Blissful (751280)
Sunnyside Dots (751286)
Sunnyside Bouncy (75126)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside Accent & Phrase Stickers (732115)
Sunnyside Mini ABC Stickers (732114)
Sunnyside Dimensional Butterflies (747186)
Coordinating Cardstock Surf (71508)

For today’s edition of “Sketchy Thursday” we asked some of our design team members to create a project based on this *exclusive* sketch by Becky Fleck.

“I really loved the sketch this week, and decided to stick fairly close to it, but adjusted it to work with an 8.5 x 11 page instead.  For the journaling I used the same paper as the background, but from the 6×6 pad, so that I had smaller lines to add my journaling on.  I also have to say how fabulous those thickers are, the glitter is just gorgeous!”  – Laura Craigie, Pebbles Design Team Member

Tricks and Treats Costume Ct (751332)
Tricks and Treats Witchy Ln (751330)
Tricks and Treats Cauldron Ct (751336)
Tricks and Treats Apricot Glitter Foam Thickers (732137)
Tricks and Treats Phrase and Accent Stickers (732144)
Tricks and Treats Mini ABC Stickers (732145)
Tricks and Treats Paper Pad 6×6 (751338)

“As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew immediately which photos I was going to use.  I did want to stick to the sketch as closely as possible, using the photo placement and a doily cut out with a Pebbles doily file from my Silhouette worked as a nice mat behind my photos. I wanted to add lots of different paper from the Sunnyside collection and so I thought I would make the most of my collection by taking advantage of the double sided patterns.”  – Nicole Nowosad, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Happiness (7512780
Sunnyside Tickled Pink (751276)
Sunnyside Zippy (751285)
Sunnyside Bouncy (751286)
Sunnyside Sprout (751281)
Sunnyside Blossoms (751275)
Sunnyside Buds (751279)
Sunnyside Blossoms (751275)
Sunnyside Dots (751283)
Sunnyside Corrugated Aqua Stickers (732113)
Sunnyside Accent & Phrase Stickers (732115)
Sunnyside Mini ABC Stickers (732114)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)
Sunnyside Dimensional Flowers (747184)
Sunnyside Clothespins (747185)
 

“Ever wonder what you can do with the clear plastic clamshell packaging from embellishments and adhesives? Here’s the answer: make quick and easy candy holders! Simply remove the package insert, measure it, and cut patterned paper to the same size. Use the packaging insert as a template to round the corners of the patterned paper with scissors. Slip the patterned paper into the packaging in place of the insert, add a sticker to the front of the packaging, and tie on some ribbon. All that’s left is to make someone very happy by handing it to them filled with candy!”  – Vivian Masket, Pebbles Design Team Member

Tricks and Treats Paper Pad – 6×6 (751338)
Tricks and Treats Phrase and Accent Stickers (732143)
Tricks and Treats Phrase and Accent Stickers (732144)

“I needed to build up my stash of birthday cards and especially ones that I could give to the students in my class so I dug out my Hip Hip Hooray collection.  I am just trying to get back into the routine of working, running a home, and fitting in some crafting time.  Whip it up Wednesday was perfect for me as I only had about half an hour between dropping my daughter off at dance and heading out to pick her up!”  – Laurel Seabrook, Pebbles Design Team Member

Hip Hip Hooray Yippee (751230)
Hip Hip Hooray Confetti (751233)
Hip Hip Hooray You’re Invited (751226)
Hip Hip Hooray Celebration (751231)
Hip Hip Hooray Cheers (751229)
Hip Hip Hooray Woo Hoo (751236)

“When I first got into card making, these were some of the first “fun fold” cards I made, and they’re still my go-to cards for fast and easy gift card giving.  They are tiny, but oh-so-cute, and people love opening them and seeing the fun gift card inside.”  – Tiffany Hood, Pebbles Design Team Member

First, cut a piece of 12” x 4” cardstock.  Score it at 3”, 6” and 9”, and accordion fold it.

Then, place adhesive on three edges of the inside of the cardstock as shown with yellow highlighter.

And then press together so you have an inside folded section, and two outside sections. (The top fold shouldn’t have any adhesive across it, this is where the gift card will go when we cut the opening).

Then on the fold, cut with scissors about ½ inch down from the fold, and ¼ inch in from both sides.

This is where your gift card will go.

Make a notch in the opening using a circle punch.  I’ve used a 1 ¼ inch punch here, but any size, and any shape, will work.  This makes it easier to get the gift card out.

Now the inside is complete!

Decorate the front as desired, and then wrap a piece of ribbon around the gift card and adhere.  Make sure to glue so that the ends of the ribbon meet at the top.

Insert your gift card, and tie a bow at the top to close.  Embellish, and give away!

Shop for Pebbles Hip Hip Hooray products here!

Hip Hip Hooray Embossed Stickers (732091) 
Hip Hip Hooray Party Time (751225)
Hip Hip Hooray Let’s Party (751227)
Hip Hip Hooray Confetti (751233)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers (747184)
Sunnyside Clear Acrylic Stamps (747183)
Sunnyside Accent & Phrase Stickers (732115)
Sunnyside Blissful (751280)
Sunnyside Zippy (751285)

It’s Monday again which means we’ll be mixing and matching some Pebbles products to show you just how well our collections can be used with one another.

“I love to mix and match Pebbles collections! The colors of the different lines work very well together so you can use all the little pieces you have left from different projects. For this layout I used the Hip Hip Hooray collection mixed with some Country Picnic embellishments and Sunnyside. The layout is about my love for crosstitch, I used to do it a lot before scrapbooking and recently I finished a project that I had left incomplete.”  – Eva Pizarro, Pebbles Design Team Member

Shop for Pebbles Hip Hip Hooray products here

Hip Hip Hooray Good Times (751228)
Hip Hip Hooray Confetti (7512133)
Hip Hip HoorayYippe! (751230)
Hip Hip Hooray Candy Dots Sequins (44286)
Hip Hip Hooray Dimensional Flowers (747165)
Sunnyside Blissful (751280)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Country Picnic Dimensional Flowers with Buttons (747172)

“For Mix & Match today, I paired a lot of Sunnyside with a couple of little bits from the new Halloween line; and I snuck in a little sticker from Seen & Noted.  I can NOT wait to use that line!  I also busted out a button from the baby boy line.  I’ve been running a lot lately (Well… walking fast and very slow jogging.  We’ll call it running. Ha!).  My friend Crystal has started going with me.  I so enjoy our time chatting and getting in shape together.  I wanted to create a layout to document that time!”  – Mandie Pierce, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Blissful (751280)
Sunnyside Sprout (751281)
Sunnyside Buds (751279)
Sunnyside From Me to You (751282)
Sunnyside Accent & Phrase Stickers (732115)
Sunnyside Corrugated Black ABC Stickers (732111)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)
Tricks & Treats 6×6 Paper Pad (751338)
Lindsay Thickers, Black (732139)
Mini ABC Stickers, Black (732121)
Seen & Noted Masking Tape Stickers (732131)
New Addition Boy Buttons (747135)