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My Bright Life 3×4 Motivational Mini Album..

20
Jul
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New @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife 3x4 mini album

Hello Pebbles Friends! Leanne here with a little 3×4 motivational mini album. I absolutely adore creating all types of mini albums, but especially those that have cute and inspirational sayings included in the mix. What better way than to put together a mini from Jen Hadfield’s brand new collection, My Bright Life, starring the gorgeous 3×4 cut apart sheet of the same name.

The My Bright Life 3×4 cut apart sheet of patterned paper is the base inspiration for this entire mini album. Even the title page and front cover uses an expression to help motivate anyone who might be gifted with this project. The rest of the mini album basically falls into place once the 3×4 cards have been trimmed.

New @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife 3x4 mini album by @leanne_allinson

Mini Album base..

step 1. Trim the My Bright Life 3×4 cut apart sheet and select your favourite cards. Complement the mini album base with coordinating patterned paper from the same collection. You can choose to add as many or as few pieces of 3×4 patterned paper to make up the foundation pages for the mini album.

step 2. Using a Cinch tool, punch holes in the top of each patterned paper. Be aware of where the top edge of each paper is, when arranging the 3×4 cards into place for the album. Some patterned papers can appear upside down as the pages flip through the book. A good idea is to flip each page over in the mini album, checking for this occurrence, before punching any holes.

 

step 3. Before binding the book together, use a metal die to create windows through some of the pages. These windows work best if they display a fun quote from the My Bright Life collection.

step 4. Continue to create the mini album with the Cinch and the wire spiral binding.

Embellishing..

Gather your supplies. At this point in the process, the mini album is rather flat. Dimension is created using foam tape, more patterned paper, twine and any other bits and pieces you’d like to include.

Cardstock die cut ephemera and cut apart tags from the Tag You’re It patterned paper help support the motivational messages in the album. Each page follows a similar layout, keeping the entire process of putting this mini album together simple and doable!

Here’s a look at some of the pages inside the mini album.

Some of these pages have patterned paper frames adhered to them. The frames were created using the We R Memory Keepers Frame Punchboard and patterned paper from My Bright Life. As mentioned previously, foam tape has been used to include dimension within the pages of the album. Hand cut banners from various patterned papers have also been layered and left to hang over the edges of the pages.

Also included to further promote motivational messages throughout the mini album, are the cut apart sentiments from Little Thoughts patterned paper.

Stickers from Jen Hadfield’s collections also coordinate beautifully with the My Bright Life collection.

Adding hidden pockets..

Part of the fun with this mini album is the bonus sneaky flip page – complete with Llama drama!

The additional flip page was created using these simple steps.

step 1. Trim the Llama “Hello Friend” 3×4 card to size and score a fold line 1/4″ from the top. Allow the sentiment to remain visible. Trim 0.5cm off the bottom edge so it will fit inside the book.

step 2. Adhere carefully to the top edge of the page it will hide. See image below.

step 3. The fold out page can now include information not necessarily visible at first glance.

This idea will work best if you have placed it opposite a mini album page with a pre-cut window. As you flip the page, the window now frames the Llama’s smiling face!

I’ve keep the rest of the pages in the mini album reasonably simple. Sometimes the messages from the 3×4 cards are all that is needed. Space has also been made available to add any photos..

 

.. or notes relevant to the gift recipient.

To complete the mini album, add a few extra embellishments to the spiral book binding. A homemade embroidery floss tassel and a cardstock diecut ephemera piece on a jump ring, is all that is needed to add a little interest and polish to the motivational 3×4 mini album flip book.

supplies:

My Bright Life My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733858

Cardstock diecuts My Bright Life 733884

Tag You’re It My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733861

Little Thoughts My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733870

Stitched Flowers My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733859

Daisy Quilt My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733863

My Tweets My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733864

Flower Market My Bright Life Patterned Paper  733871

Lovely Llamas My Bright Life Patterned Paper 733874

6×6 Paper Pad My Bright Life 733892

We R Memory Keepers Frame Punchboard 

 

Filed Under: Mini Album, Uncategorized Tagged With: 3x4 filler cards, Leanne Allinson, My Bright Life

Baby Dreams with Terhi

18
Jul
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Hello lovelies! Terhi here, Mother of two girls, inspiring you with a baby dreams page about this lovely baby boy! Let me tell you something about it.

Sometime ago I found myself very inspired scrapbooking baby pages, and as I absolutely love the ‘Night Night’ collection, I wanted to find a way to use all the baby-themed products. I snuck to my Sister’s photo album and grabbed a couple of Christening photos to scan and print. Of course I returned the original photos, and made my sweet Sister happy by giving her this layout in a frame!

There’s nothing better than making someone happy! Of course, giving presents on birthdays and other celebrations is great, but surprising one another in everyday life is important too I think. This layout found its place soon on my Sister’s living room wall, and it makes me humble knowing she likes it so much.

The page is made using very simple techniques. First, I added some blue texture paste through a square patterned stencil, and let it dry. Then I cut out some 0,5″, 1″ and 1,5″ squares and rectangles from all the patterned paper in this line.  I then glued them down to the background. Some squares are attached with 3D foam, too.

The photograph of my sweet godson is the focus point of the page, and under that I placed the title. On top of the word “baby” is another part of the title, the lovely silver words. The embellishments on the page are from both from the ‘Night Night’ Baby Boy ephemera pack and sticker sheet.

Once everything was ready, I covered the photo with a baby wipe and flicked some very light blue and white mist drops here and there to give the layout finished look.

Go ahead and find your precious baby page to scrapbook, it’s so much fun! Hope you are inspired!

Terhi xx

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Supplies:
Night Night Baby Boy Sweet Dreams (732633)
Night Night Baby Boy Blue Blankie (732634)
Night Night Baby Boy Sail Away (732636)
Night Night Baby Boy Seaside (732642)
Night Night Baby Boy Ephemera (732681)
Night Night Baby Boy Thickers Stickers (732673)
Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots (340272)
Textured Cardstock White (71081)

Filed Under: Layout Tagged With: Baby, Baby boy, Night Night, scrapbook layout, Terhi Koskinen

A Bright Life Layout with Amanda

16
Jul
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Hi Pebbles Friends!

Amanda here, and boy-oh-boy do I love it when Jen Hadfield releases a new collection! And the gorgeous new My Bright Life will make you sigh!! SO beautiful!

Today’s creative assignment was to share something that ‘makes you happy’ – so you’ll spot quite a few happy things in my layout!

Here’s what I’m sharing with you….

“So Precious”

Oh.my.heart! SO precious, indeed! And so many elements that ‘make me happy’ too!

Obviously, my children are my world and had to form the main feature of my project, but then you’ll also notice the ‘little things’ that make me happy! Like butterflies and hearts, twine bows, pom poms, florals, & all the pink and blue. Happy days!!!

Here’s how you can recreate this pretty page…

1. Start with 2 sheets of pattern paper Flower Rows & a heart shaped cut file. The one I used is from the Paper Issues store called Butterfly Heart Love.

2. Prepare the layout base. Trim a sheet of white cardstock to 11″ x 11″ and adhere to the reverse (blue) side of one of the Flower Rows papers.

3. Back the cut file. I use a pretty pink pattern from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad  to back the butterfly.

And the other sheet of Flower Rows to back the heart with!

So pretty already!

4. Use American Crafts Double-Sided Super Sticky Red Tape to adhere pom pom trim to the heart edge.

5. Position the heart file onto the layout, and lightly trace around it with pencil. Remove the cut file, and blend Metallic Cream Chalks around the outline.

 

These are super fun to play with and have a really soft result! I used the light pink and blue for my layout. Once complete, adhere the backed cut file to the page.

6. Take pattern paper Tag, You’re It and cut out the ‘I Love You’ tag.

7. Embellish the heart with 2 Dimensional stickers and add an Ephemera butterfly to the center of the cut file butterfly.

8. Embellish photo with the I Love You tag (& twine), Ephemera, & a Dimensional Sticker. 

9. Add a few layers of pink tissue wrap beneath the photo cluster, and attach to the layout.

10. Add a title with gold foil Thickers.

11. For finishing touches embellish with 6 x 12 Accent Stickers, Ephemera and even a Puffy Sticker.

So beautiful! THIS makes me happy!!!

Here’s a few close ups for you….

That photo cluster is just divine!

Gah! So precious!!!

Love, love, love! I hope you do too!

Thanks so much for visiting today,

Happy Arty Days, Amanda xo

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MY BRIGHT LIFE SUPPLIES:

733862 Flower Rows

733892 6 x 6 Paper Pad

733861 Tag, You’re It

733883 Dimensional Stickers

733884 Ephemera

733882 6 x 12 Accent Stickers

733866 Puffy Stickers

733888 Thickers Gold Foil Alphas

OTHER SUPPLIES:

742007 Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalks – Precious Metals

342055 AC Sticky Thumbs Double Sided Super Sticky Red Tape

Filed Under: American Crafts, Inspiration, Layout, New Release, Papercraft, Tutorial Tagged With: Amanda Baldwin, Jen Hadfield, My Bright Life, Scrapbbok Layout, Step by Step

Hawaiian Luau Party Decor

13
Jul
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Aloha everyone, Heather Leopard is here and with summer fully upon us here in the States, I’ve been daydreaming about Hawaii. I figured why not throw a little Hawaiian party on a random Friday?!?!

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

The new My Bright Life collection has the perfect mix of colors to pull this Hawaiian Luau Party off. The decor I created includes garland I cut and strung, cupcake holders and toppers to resemble a pineapple and a few goody bags. Let’s take a look at how it came together

Lei inspired garland

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

The backdrop features a lei inspired garland. To get this look, I cut plumeria flowers out of two different patterned papers as well as palm leaves in two different sizes and then large yellow circles. I created 7 garland strips each containing 10 pieces (a mix of flowers, leaves and circles). Once I had 10 pieces for each strand, I ran them through my sewing machine with a straight stitched until I got to the end. I repeated that process 6 more times.

Pineapple cupcakes

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

So I cheated with store bought cupcakes and they’re a mix of chocolate and vanilla – not pineapple but I dressed them up as pineapples.  Using a cut file I purchased, I simply cut cupcake wrappers and pineapple toppers using my electronic die cut machine.

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

The wrappers have little cuts in them and when you bend them back slightly, it resembles a pineapple.

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

The pineapple toppers can be inserted right into the icing. So easy and oh so cute!

Goody Bags

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

Since Hawaii is known as the rainbow state and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo`ole is one of my all time favorite songs, I made Rainbow tags for the goody bags.

Aloha Luau Party by @HeatherLeopard @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife #aloha #madewithpebbles #hawaiian #luau #party #pineapple #luauparty #partydecor #giftbag #goodybag

They are cut into squares and feature a scallop circle and “Mahalo”, the Hawaiian word for Thank You. I decided to add some palm leaves and a flowers as well.

I hope this mini Hawaiian Luau party I am hosting for my girls this weekend has you daydreaming of Hawaii as well.

Mahalo,

Heather

Supplies:
My Bright Life Stitched Flowers Patterned Paper(733859)
My Bright Life Field of Flowers Patterned Paper (733879)
My Bright Life Bright Stripes Patterned Paper (733869)
My Bright Life Flower Rows Patterned Paper (733862)
My Bright Life Fresh Picked Patterned Paper (733875)
My Bright Life 12×12 Paper Pad

Filed Under: Altered Item, Banner, Flowers, Gift, Gift Bag, Gift Box, Home Decor, Inspiration, Papercraft, Party, Summer, Thank You, Treat Bag, Uncategorized Tagged With: Gift, Heather Leopard, Jen Hadfield, My Bright Life, Party, Party Favor, Party Favors, Silhouette, Summer

My Bright Life Party Details

11
Jul
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Hi friends!  It’s Wendy Sue here today, sharing a few quick and easy party detail projects you can whip up with the new “My Bright Life” collection!  I just love inviting friends over to my home for little get together – and if I can use my paper supplies to decorate just a bit, you can bet I will!  But I usually want to focus on the food or activity, so the decorations and details have to be simple and quick – so here are a few details from my last little soiree!

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

With the gorgeous “My Bright Life” collection and the help of a few fun punch boards, all of these items were so quick and easy to create!

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

Here are a few of the details!

Using various patterned papers, and the mini alphabet punch board, I created this quick little “celebrate” banner.  After cutting each letter, I used a small hole punch and string to attach them together!

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

The Gift Box punch board made quick work of these little favor boxes (don’t forget to use the little tags and stickers to create fun dimensional tags!):

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

And the flower punch board made it so easy to decorate the table – but look how fun they would be as box toppers too!

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

The pre-printed tags are cute alone, but look at how fun they are when they are layered together:

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

And since every party is better when there are sugar cookies involved, why not put these tags to work???

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

Wrap them up – easy peasy!

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

Of course, if you need utensils, you can make them fun too! Put them in a jar and decorate the jar:

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

And, finally, with all of the sweet treats, water is the best drink option – decorate it too!

Quick and Easy Party Details by @WendySue featuring the "My Bright Life" collection by @PebblesInc.

Even one of these ideas of My Bright Life Party Details will make your next event a little more fun and a lot more personalized!  Happy celebrating!

Supplies:

My Bright Life “Sweet Cherries” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Field of Flowers” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Little Thoughts” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Flower Rows” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Kitchy Kitchen” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Fresh Picked” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Flower Pop” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life 6×6 Paper Pad
My Bright Life Ephemera
Gift Box Punch Board
Flower Punch Board
Mini Alphabet Punch Board

 

Filed Under: Banner, Gift Box, Party Tagged With: My Bright Life, Party, Wendy Sue Anderson

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