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My Bright Life on a Scrapbook Layout with Terhi

31
Aug
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Hey there! Terhi Koskinen back again sharing some scrapbooking love to all of you! Today I’m diving into the world of the most beautiful collection from the lovely Jen Hadfield: My Bright Life.

My Bright Life makes my life really bright, as it’s pure therapy to create with it seeing all the beautiful colors, patterns, flowers… I was so happily overwhelmed by this collection, I didn’t know from where to start creating and so I decided to go with the first thing came to my mind: my dear daughter who is as colorful as the collection is!

Once again I recorded the creation process to a video, hope you have couple minutes to watch it. I’ll show you exactly how this layout was made, and you can follow up.

Thank you for watching, and remember to subscribe my YouTube  channel for more inspiration.

Have a great day!

Terhi xx

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Supplies:
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71081 Textured Cardstock White
733863 My Bright Life Patterned Paper Daisy Quilt
733868 My Bright Life Patterned Paper Flower Pop
733871 My Bright Life Patterned Paper Flower Market
733875 My Bright Life Patterned Paper Fresh Picked
733876 My Bright Life Patterned Paper Cup of Tea
733882 My Bright Life Cardstock Stickers
733884 My Bright Life Ephemera Die-Cuts
733888 My Bright Life Gold Foil Alphabet Stickers

 

Filed Under: Layout, Tutorial Tagged With: My Bright Life, Process Video, scrapbook layout, scrapbooking, Terhi Koskinen, Tutorial

Happy Halloween Layout

29
Aug
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Can you even believe that it’s time to start planning Halloween costumes and treats and parties and games?? I recently printed out our Halloween pictures from last year and I couldn’t wait to scrapbook our annual “costumed cousins” photo!  Here’s a look at the layout I created with the new “Spooky Boo!” collection – and keep reading for a quick little journaling tip too!

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

I am a HUGE fan of hand-written journaling, but sometimes I opt for printed text to add to my layouts.  This time, I wanted to create a tag with journaling to coordinate with the pre-made tags, so here’s what I did.

First, I wanted to find a font to match this cute font from the collection. Even if I’m printing journaling, I often choose fonts that look like handwriting:

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

I found this free font (KG Sorry Not Sorry) and printed my journaling on white cardstock:

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Next, I used one of the tags as a template to cut out around the text:

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

After adding a hole and tying a black bow, here’s how it looks on the layout:

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

And, just for fun, here are a few more detail shots of the page.

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Notice how much I love using foam adhesive dots to add subtle touches of dimension and depth to my pages:

Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Aren’t those thickers fun?  I love the orange topped with black!!Happy Halloween layout by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "Spooky Boo!" Collection by @PebblesInc.

Tell us about your journaling – do you prefer to hand-write? Do you have a go-to font?  Do you like to mix up fonts to coordinate with other items on your project?  We’d love to hear!!

Happy Halloween!

Wendy Sue

Products Used:
Spooky Boo Ephemera Die Cuts
Spooky Boo “Trick or Treat” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Bad to the Bone” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Falling Leaves” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Hocus Pocus” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo “Let’s Party” Patterned Paper
Spooky Boo Black Thickers
White Cardstock
Black Crochet Thread
Foam Adhesive Dots
Adhesive

Filed Under: Halloween, Tutorial Tagged With: Halloween, Layout, Pebbles Inc, scrapbooking, spooky boo, Wendy Sue Anderson

Fall Wreath Layout ft. Spooky Boo

28
Aug
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Hello Pebbles’ fans and welcome to our blog! I’m Eva and today I want to share with you a Fall Wreath layout using Pebbles’ new Halloween and Fall line called Spooky Boo.

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Here in Chile, we don’t have big celebrations for Halloween.  Children do get all dressed up and asks for sweets but we don’t decorate our houses or give out cards or anything. With this in mind, I am always looking for a way to incorporate the lovely Halloween lines into my everyday projects.

The new Spooky Boo line is super cute and it also has great fall patterns that you can use on your everyday layouts or mini albums. This line has leaves and flowers that I thought would be perfect to create a Fall Wreath Layout.

I started by cutting a huge wreath on this cute leaf paper. I love that the leaves are small so you can see them on the die cut.

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Next, I cut it in half.  On the right side I put my journaling and on the left side I put my photo and my title.

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

I decorated my wreath with die cuts, stickers and puffy stickers. I even took a label sticker that had a halloween sentiment on top and used it by covering the sentiment with white cardstock.

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

On the right side I wrote my journaling and used my Square Guide to make sure my lines were absolutely straight. I love that tool!

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Finally, I added some paint splatters and lifted and shaped a bit of the leaves from the wreath to give more dimension to my project.

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

I think this Fall Wreath layout was super fun and I loved that I could use the Halloween line to create a non-Halloween project! How about you, do you use your themed lines for everyday projects too?

Use the new #SpookyBoo collection by @pebblesinc to create a Fall Layout like this one from @evapizarrov #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Have a great day!
Eva

Supplies
Spooky Boo Word Stickers (733916)
Spooky Boo Cardstock Stickers (733911)
Spooky Boo Cardstock Stickers (733907)
Spooky Boo Patterned Paper (733901)
Spooky Boo Patterned Paper (733905)
Spooky Boo Ephemera (733908)
Spooky Boo Puffy Stickers (733910)
We R Memory Keepers Square Guide

Filed Under: Fall, Layout Tagged With: Eva Pizarro, Fall, Layout, spooky boo

Do Not Fear Journaling Challenge

27
Aug
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Hello Pebbles Friends! It’s Leanne here today, sharing a layout that encompasses documenting your story alongside that cute photo. I absolutely adore including journaling on my pages and I’m about to issue you all a challenge to try the same.  My “Do Not Fear” journaling challenge will hopefully encourage many of you to start filling in the blanks, as you scrap your pages. The step by step process will also share how, while in the planning stages, journaling can become a feature in its own right.

Do Not Fear Journaling..

It can be too easy to be distracted by all the pretty paper available. Sometimes, you just want to create and get something stuck down on a page. And both those options are perfectly fine! But I have personally found, that when I revisit my completed scrapbook layouts, the pages I value the most, are the ones that have little stories attached. Time is too short. My children, while still young, are no longer little and right now, I have a daughter on the verge of adulthood. I want to cherish as many memories as I can, especially while my kids are still living at home.

Journaling the stories can be completed with simplicity. It doesn’t need to be profound or enlightening. All that is required are the basics. Document the who, what, where, why, how and when.  The stories that accompany the photos, will quickly follow. However, knowing a few tricks is always a big step in the right direction. One of these is planning ahead for journaling placement.

Layout Process..

Having an area on your page, dedicated specifically for journaling, will make the process feel less last minute. As you create your page, you already start to automatically have in mind what you want to document. The creativity of playing with pretty papers, builds up around this concept. To recreate my layout, I have used the gorgeous My Bright Life.

step 1. Trim the background cardstock to size. Select several pieces of patterned paper from the My Bright Life collection. Trim the patterned paper into 2.25″ squares. Stitch around the outside of the cardstock edge for extra dimension.

step 2. Add small flicks of black paint to the cardstock base. Allow to dry.

step 3. Using the My Bright Life, Little Thoughts patterned paper, trim out the sentiments which relate to your story and won’t clash with the bold patterns of the larger squares that have just been cut. Layer these smaller cut out squares onto the larger ones and add machine stitching for interest.

Fussy cut flowers from My Bright Life, Fresh Picked patterned paper and position onto the layout.

step 4. When arranging placement of embellishments and layers,  position photo/s and squares closer to the top of the page. The lower third of the layout will balance the current top heavy look, with the pre-planned journaling.

Title Work..

step 5. On this page, the title is somewhat of a parody to what I’ve been sharing today. The short, sharp words, slip into place between the patterned paper and embellishment layers.

It draws the eye down the page and directs the viewer to my journaling.

Journaling strips..

The easiest way for me to complete this layout with my intended journaling, was to add it in the form of journaling strips. I could have hand written what I wanted to share directly onto the cardstock. However, I am not a fan of my hand writing and that might very well be a challenge for another day!!

step 6.  I pre-typed the story a wanted to document on the off cut from the cardstock background. Between each typed line of text, I generally hit return 3-4 times before typing again. Using my paper trimmer, I then cut between each line of text. Once all of the text has been cut out, position it in strip order before adhering it to your page.

Hopefully once the idea of planning a space for your journaling at the beginning of your creative process is put into practise, more of your stories will be start to be shared.

 

 

Thanks for visiting the blog today..x

 

supplies:

Little Thoughts My Bright Life patterned paper 733780

Flower Market My Bright Life patterned paper 733871

Fresh Picked My Bright Life patterned paper 733875

Flower Rows My Bright Life patterned paper 733862

Jen Hadfield My Bright Life Dimensional Stickers 733883

Jen Hadfield My Bright Life Ephemera 733884

 

 

Filed Under: Layout, Uncategorized Tagged With: journaling, Leanne Allinson, My Bright Life

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal

24
Aug
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Hi everyone, Heather Leopard is here and I’m sharing a goals and dreams bullet journal I created for my daughter who begins her first day of high school Monday.  My idea for this was to create a way for her to document ideas about what she hopes her future holds.  I may even add a few of my own thoughts for her future.  I think it would be fun to include this in a time capsule with other things from her childhood.

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

I thought the llama paper was not only fun but I often say, “save the drama for your llama” and we all know high school can be full of drama.  Perhaps this will turn into a way for her to journal that right out of her system. Ha!

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

So the first thing I did was cover a Traveler’s Notebook with the adorable little llamas from the My Bright Life collection.  I think they’re so adorable striking their poses with the flowers in their hair. Soo cute. To cover this, I applied Sticky Thumb tape runner to the cover of the notebook and then laid it down on the back of the paper. Then I applied adhesive to the spine and the back cover and folded the paper over leaving paper hanging slightly over on the front and a bit more on the back. Same for the top and bottom.  I did this because if you trim the paper to what you think the measurements are for the notebook, odds are you’ll be just a bit off.  It’s much easier to do it this way and then trim around the edges with scissors. Trust me on that one.

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

I knew what I wanted for the main theme of the journal to be but we’ll get to that in a moment.  I also wanted to add some inspiring words and the 2″ x 3″ cut apart cards in the 6″ x 6″ paper pad had exactly what I wanted. I just needed to choose which one I loved the most.

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

“You Can Totally Do This” was it so I cut that one out and adhered it with some foam adhesive over a dark contrasting patterned paper.  I used the same colors and flowers as the llama and her pretty little flowers.

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

Now it’s time to go back to my main theme, “MAKE IT HAPPEN”. I love that you are in charge of your destiny and it’s all up to you to make it happen. I used gold foam Thickers and placed them over the flowers. Then I decided we needed more gold so I added a layer of gold plaid patterned paper.

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

It’s time to put it all together. I used tape runner adhesive again and left enough room on the edges to hang over just slightly and then just trimmed it up with scissors again.

Goals and Dreams Bullet Journal by @HeatherLeopard using the @PebblesInc #MyBrightLife collection #madewithPebbles #BulletJournal #goals #dreams

So there you have it.  I also sprinkled additional 2″ x 2″ and 2″ x 3″ notecards, die cuts and small puffy stickers to some of the inside pages.  I’ll make sure to include more embellishments and papers in the package when I give this goals and dreams bullet journal to her so she can decorate the inside pages.

xoxo, Heather
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Supplies:

My Bright Life Lovely Llamas Patterned Paper 733874
My Bright Life Flower Pop Patterned Paper 733868
My Bright Life 6×6 Paper Pad 733892
My Bright Life Ephemera Die-cuts with Gold Foil 733884
My Bright Life Puffy Stickers Icons 733886
American Crafts Thickers with Gold Foil- Bryn 733888
Sticky Thumb Marathon Runner and Refill 342038

Filed Under: Altered Item, American Crafts, DIY, Flowers, Gift, Inspiration, Papercraft, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bullet Journal, Gift, Heather Leopard, Travelers Notebook

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