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DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers

Jun

Who’s up for a little DIY 4th of July project? With only a few days until the 4th, are you looking for a fun, last minute, craft or decor project? I have a quick and easy one for you – easy enough for kids to help with! How about whipping up a set of your very own patriotic firecrackers?!? Of course, these are made of paper and don’t explode, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing!! 😉

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Here’s how to make your own! Start with a piece of patterned paper (use various sizes for different sized firecrackers), the base for this one is 6″ x 7″ and the circle is 5″

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

To create the top of the firecracker, start with the circle. Cut it in half, then use a small circle punch to punch a half circle in the center of the straight edge. Roll into a cone shape and secure with sticky tape.

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Now create the base of the firecracker by rolling the other paper into a tube shape. Again, use the red tape to secure the edges together.

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

To create the “flames” or “sparks” in the top, cut several strips of gold paper (this is from an older Pebbles collection). Staple two strips together, back to back, so both sides are gold. Cut each strip in half. Use a pen (or a similar object) to “curl” the ends.

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Use sticky tape or hot glue to begin attaching the gold curls to the center of the cone:

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Continue filling the cone until you’re happy with the number of gold curls.

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Use hot glue to attach the cone to the base.

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Now, if you desire, you can add embellishments, such as die-cuts or stickers to the front of the cone:

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Make an entire set using the same process – just vary the sizes for the base cylinders for dimension and interest!

DIY 4th of July Patriotic Firecrackers by @WendySueA featuring the "Land That I Love" collection by @PebblesInc.

Happy 4th of July!

–Wendy Sue

Supplies:

Land That I Love “Boom Sparkle Pop” Patterned Paper
Land That I Love “Stars and Stripes Forever” Patterned Paper
Land That I Love “Sparkler” Patterned Paper
Land That I Love “America” Patterned Paper
Land That I Love Printed Die Cuts

Happy Canada Day, Oh Canada and more with Guest Designer Michelle Gallant!

Jun

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Hey everyone, my name is Michelle Gallant and I’m so happy to be a guest designer at Pebbles this month! I am such a big fan of Pebbles!! Today I’m going to be sharing 2 layouts I’ve made with the Land That I Love collection. I was so happy to be given this collection to work with. Red, white and blue…yes please!! For those of you who don’t know me, I am Canadian. You may be thinking “How is a Canadian going to work with this collection?” Well, let me show you just how versatile it is!

Floral Layout:

My first LO was inspired by the pretty flowers on the Patriotic Blossoms paper. I knew as soon as I saw it that I needed to fussy cut those flowers. So a few hours later (lol), I had the whole 12×12 paper fussy cut! I didn’t want to waste any of those flowers so they all went on my layout.

Michelle Gallant is up on the Pebbles blog today; don't miss her darling Canada Day layouts!

Here’s a closer look at all the dimension those flowers added to my layout. I added some foam squares on some of them to make them pop more.

After all those flowers, I really didn’t need to do much more to my LO. A title, journaling, some stitching, a few other embellishments and I was done.

Stitching layout:

My next layout took a bit more time to make. Well, a lot more time. I love the look of stitching on layouts but I don’t have a sewing machine so I have to hand stitch. It probably took me about 5 hours to stitch these circles but I’m so happy I did it! I used a cut file from Paige Taylor Evans and backed the stars with pattern paper. I love how this layout feels so happy and festive! I modified the title from the thickers so it would say First of July instead of Fourth.

Here’s a close up of the stitching. I was up until 2:00am stitching this. Once I started I didn’t want to stop! lol

These 3D stars were my absolute favorite thing in this collection. I knew I had to add a few of them on my layout!

So now I’ve showed you how to use this collection on everyday layouts and even Canada Day layouts. I hope I’ve inspired you to go out and get this collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blog: http://scrapsandpixels.blogspot.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmgallant76/

Gallery: https://www.scrapbook.com/myplace/index.php?mod=galleries

Products used:

Pebbles Land That I Love Puffy Stickers Dots

Pebbles Land That I Love 3D Stickers with glitter accents

Pebbles Land That I Love Thickers Foil and Foam phrases

Pebbles Land That I Love Puffy Stickers with Embossed Accents

Pebbles Land That I Love Ephemera with Foil Accents

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Fireworks

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – America

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Oh The Places We Go

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Happy 4th

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Patriotic Blooms

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Boom Sparkle Pop

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Oh My Stars

Pebbles Land That I Love 12×12 Paper – Patriotic Blossoms

Planner Pages with Amanda & The Land That I Love!

Jun

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Hi Pebbles Friends & Fans!

Amanda here; today I am sharing one of the most loved Holidays in the planner girls’ calendar – the 4th of July!

“Oh say, can you see….” I’m singing as I type this post, and feeling all the Land of the Free feels right now!

This is such a wonderful holiday to celebrate, and I just love the Red, White & Blue adorning the pages of my weekly view planner! Forget functionality, this week is all about showing your stripes – and plenty of them!

Here’s how I’ve prepared my pages for this special occasion….

God Bless America!

As I’m quite the planner addict, you’ll spot that this is yet another new planner in my stash! (Sssh! Don’t tell Mr Baldwin – he doesn’t need to know 😉 ) You’ll note that this a much larger size and more ‘boxed’ style of planner (it’s a MAMBI Happy Planner) compared to my previous planner & traveler’s notebook shares. The great thing is that regardless of planner size or type, you can take the ideas from this post and edit them to best suit your daily organizer needs. Yay!

Here’s how I created this patriotic spread….

First you’ll need to gather up your Pebbles: Land That I Love supplies. As well as embellishments, you’ll also need pattern papers Stars & Stripes Forever, Happy 4th! and Land That I Love.

I just LOVE those Puffy Stickers! Oh My Stars, indeed!

I start with creating the full size decorator boxes. For this specific project, that means trimming pattern paper Stars & Stripes Forever to size 1 1/2″ wide x 2 1/2″ long. One 2 1/2″ x 12″strip will create exactly 8 boxes, with the choice of two patterns – stars and stripes OR blue with white stripes. Adhere to your pages as shown above.

Next, take pattern paper Happy 4th! and trim all the ‘strips’ to create faux washi tape.

Trim to size, and adhere with glue. This is already starting to look good!

Trim a 3″ x 4″ card from pattern paper Land That I Love, and create a ‘flap’ or two for hidden planning! I have a Printed Cardstock Shape flag as my second flap. I took out some red tape from my stash to secure them in place.

Decorate with a few Puffy Stickers! You’ll see that I have cleverly positioned my puffy star stickers to double up as ‘dot points’ in my planner! Much more fun than asterisks or bullet points!

I put in more Puffy Stickers, and embellished them with the 6 x 12 Accent stickers too! You can never have too many stickers!

Next I created a few planner clips for the top of my page. To make, simply hot glue some of the Printed Cardstock Shapes to metal paperclips. For finishing touches, I tied a patriotic ribbon to the base of my planner to act as my page marker. Love it!

Here’s a closer look…..

I love the ‘flaps’ – such a fun way to decorate without losing all your pen space!

The Red, White & Blue speaks for itself!

I hope you’re as excited as I am for the Fourth of July celebrations! I can’t wait to see what your planners, organizers and notebooks will look like this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Happy Arty Days, Amanda xo

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Pebbles Land That I Love Supplies:

733788 – Stars & Stripes Forever

733791 – Happy 4th!

733784 – Land That I Love

733797 – Printed Cardstock Shapes

733798 – Puffy Stickers Phrases & Icons

733796 – 6 x 12 Accent Stickers

733802 – Puffy Stickers Red White & Blue Dots

Time Saver Tips | Butterflies Scrapbooking Layout

Jun

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Hi everyone. Heather Leopard is here with a multi-dimensional butterflies scrapbooking layout! This was super fun and it was super easy to put together. While it was relatively quick to create in about an hour to an hour and a half, the speed scrappers could forgo the multiple layers and sewing and really whip this out quickly. Let’s take a look and I’ll share some TIME SAVER TIPS…

To make this layout really come to life, this butterflies scrapbooking page includes mixed media, a die cut, layers of die cut “fillers” and machine stitching!

Let’s get started

I knew the page was going to be slightly busy so I chose a patterned paper background that was a bit more simple. I wanted to wash it out just a bit more so I applied white gesso. Once dry, I added teal and gold mist that I sprayed and dabbed around the page using plastic packaging material. TIME SAVER TIP: skip this step and save on drying time. Just make sure to avoid a busy background for a more appealing design.

While the background dried, I cut the butterfly cut file from Paige Evans out of white cardstock. Although it’s quite subtle, I applied clear gesso and pink spray to the white butterfly cardstock once it was cut out. While that was drying, I disassembled the cut file and cut the inside “fillers” out of multiple patterned papers. I cut double the amount needed so I could double layer many of them, as seen in the photo above. TIME SAVER TIP: save time by not adding the additional gesso over the die cut and only cutting one layer of butterflies.

I applied the butterfly cut file only in the middle because I wanted the cut file to lift up here and there. I knew I’d be stitching over it soon enough anyway. I then added the butterflies to the background with just a little dab of liquid adhesive so they’d stay in place in the sewing machine. I stitched each and every butterfly; some as a straight stitch and others with a zig zag. TIME SAVER TIP: adhere the butterflies with more adhesive and skip the sewing.

Lift the butterfly wings up to reveal the multiple levels. The butterfly cut file lifts ever so slightly, then the bottom wing lifts to reveal the background pattern and the top wings lift to reveal the lower wings! I suggest adding foam adhesive under the wings to keep them popped up.

Next, I added my photo. I kept layers around it to a minimum because hello….butterfly layers galore! Then I finished it off with a title, a few more butterflies here and there around the page and journaling.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed this butterflies scrapbooking layout and the TIME SAVER TIPS I shared today!

xoxo, Heather
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Patio Party Supplies:
Patio Party 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Foil Accents (733775)
Patio Party Breezy (733050)
Patio Party Flutterflies (732965)
Patio Party Thickers – Wood Words (932777)
Patio Party Butterfly Stickers (733053)
Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots (340272)
Textured Cardstock White (71081)

Spooky Boo, our latest Halloween-themed collection, is almost here!

Jun

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Hello friends! We’re chiming in from the office with an exciting update today! Spooky Boo, our latest Halloween-themed collection, is coming your way soon! We know…summer just barely got here…but it’s never to early to be prepared for fall, right? Want to see the amazing parts and pieces of this collection? Take a look below; you’re sure to love this spooky and sweet grouping of paper and embellishments.

The spooky boo collection from @pebblesinc will be your most favorite yet! Perfect for Fall and Halloween projects, you'll have all you need to create scrapbook layouts, cards, party favors and more!

Gold Foil Thickers

Patterned paper assortment

Black Thickers (glitter)

Puffy Stickers

Wall Bats (glitter)

Wall Spiders (glitter)

Assorted Stickers

Specialty Paper

Well…what are your thoughts?

Be sure to look for this line in your local scrapbook store (as well as online at our website!) in a few weeks! You know you’ll need to make cards, tags, party decorations, party favors, mini books, scrapbook pages… all of this and more!