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Recipe Mini Album

Jul

Hello Pebbles friends! Marcia here today. My kids are older and now living on their own. They all like to cook, just like their mother. So I often get phone calls or text messages from them asking me for their favorite recipes. For a gift, I thought it would be a fabulous idea to compile some of these recipes into a teapot shaped mini album. I used the gorgeous new This Is Family collection by Jen Hadfield.

The teapot cut file is available in the Silhouette store. It’s a Samantha Walker cut file if you are interested in making one too. The original cut file is for a shaped card. Altering it to make it into a mini was easy to do. I created a pretty cluster on the cover using a tag, some die cut ephemera pieces, and absolutely gorgeous rose gold puffy stickers.

The This Is Family collection includes a 12×12 sheet of pattern paper with 6 recipe cards. I cut these apart and grabbed some favorite recipes to transfer to them. Because I wrote on both sides of the recipe cards, I adhered them down using washi tape. This way they can be removed from the album to read the back side. Later they can also be placed in a recipe box is desired.

Isn’t that washi tape beautiful! My album is held together using two rings. To reinforce the holes in each page, I added a couple eyelets.

I kept the embellishments to a minimum on the inside pages. Houses were
fussy cut from pattern paper and then scattered throughout.

I also tucked in a few tags in places. It’s fun to include a few hidden messages on these.

The back cover was left blank.

Do you know anyone who would love this album? Go ahead and make one for yourself too! Have a great week.

Supplies:
This Is Us: Pattern Papers
This Is Us: Die Cut Ephemera Pieces
This Is Us: Tags
This Is Us: Puffy Phrase Stickers
This Is Us: Washi Tape
American Crafts Cardstock

~Marcia

Quick and Easy Summer Bucket List Project

Jun

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Well, we’re two weeks into summer break and I am starting to hear the dreaded cry of “I’m bored” already!! Can anyone relate? We usually put together a fun family “bucket list” every summer, but we hadn’t gotten around to it yet this year. I decided to put together a quick and easy summer bucket list project and I’ll have my kids help me finish it up.
Follow along below to see how I made it!

Quick and Easy Summer Bucket List Project by Wendy Sue Anderson with the "Chasing Adventures" collection by @PebblesInc.

Start by cutting a 12×12 paper down to 8 1/2″ x 12″ and score the bottom at 8 1/2.” I love this gingham print with suitcases on the back from the “Chasing Adventures” collection!

Use a sewing machine to stitch down the sides to make a pocket. (If you don’t want to sew it, you can just use adhesive to secure the sides). I embellished it just a bit with a couple of strips of fun coordinating washi tape.

Next, attach the entire piece to the bottom portion of an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of heavy white cardstock (you want it to be sturdy). Add another strip of coordinating paper to the top portion to cover the white cardstock.

Cut a strip of white cardstock into a banner shape and add stickers and other embellishments to create the title “Summer Adventures!”

Now add this piece to the top portion of the background.

You could stop here…OR you could add some additional embellishments to the pocket. You know I can’t resist a fun tag or two! 😉

Now it’s time to cut some paper strips for the “bucket” items! I cut several 1″ x 6″ strips of white cardstock and added a cute little sticker to the top of each one.

These strips will eventually be tucked into the pocket:

Go ahead and place the entire piece on a clipboard (I love these older Pebbles clipboards so much and I use them whenever I can). Find some fun pens for the kids to use and hand it over to them. Have them write on the paper strips to list some fun activities they would like to do before the first school bell rings in a few months! (We all know how quickly time flies, it’ll be here before we know it!). Take time to make memories and enjoy spending time together. I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial and make a quick and easy summer bucket list for yourself!

—Wendy Sue

Supplies:
Chasing Adventures Collection – papers, ephemera, stickers, washi tape, and thickers

DIY memory game

Jun

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Hello everyone, Eva on the blog today sharing a quick tutorial on how to make a DIY memory game using the lovely “Oh, Summertime” papers.

Create a quick and fun memory game using your kid's favorite characters and lovely papers from the Oh, Summertime line from @pebblesinc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc

My son is 4 and he is a Pokemon fan! He loves the characters so I thought it would be fun to create a memory game for him. We created this game together, he chose the characters and helped me assemble all the pieces. We spent a fun afternoon together and now all he wants to do is play his memory game!

To create the game we printed the characters, two of each. I did it with an electronic cutting machine and it was very fast! Next, we cut some 2-inch squares from the lovely patterned papers of the Oh, Summertime line.

We chose another patterned paper and cut lots of 2-inch squares to create the top of the memory pieces.

We glued the two papers together and then used the Corner Chomper to round all the angles.

Finally, we used my Minc to laminate all the pieces and we cut them out.

My son was SUPER happy, he loved this memory game and he wants to play with it all the time! You can create a game with any theme you want, you can also make a memory game to teach them letters or numbers! that would be super fun!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you like this idea and can create a fun game with your kids. Have a great day!
Eva

Supplies
Oh, Summertime Patterned Papers
Minc Foil Applicator
We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

Banner Punch Board Boxes

Jun

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Hello, Pebbles’ fans! Eva on the blog today, sharing some boxes made with the Jen Hadfield Banner Punch Board and my favorite summer collection: Oh Summertime!

Create lovely boxes in minutes with the Banner Punch Board and the Oh Summertime line by @pebblesinc . pc:@evapizarrov

The Banner Punch is perfect to decorate parties and create awesome decor for your tables and walls, but did you know you can use it to create triangular boxes?

To start, cut a 4-inch wide paper strip. Place it over your Banner Punch Board on the 4-inch mark and cut the left side of the triangle. Use a scoring tool to score the right side. Next, flip the paper, move the scored line to the left and score again on the right side. Repeat these steps until you have 5 triangles. After the last one cut your paper using the blade.

Assemble your box by overlapping two triangles and close your boxes with some washi tape. I used the Oh, Summertime tapes, the colors and designs are awesome and I love that I get wide and thin washi tapes on one package.

To decorate my boxes I used some die cuts and a mini banner made with the Banner Punch Board. These boxes are perfect for a pool party or a summer birthday!

Do you like to create party favors? The Banner Punch Board is the perfect addition to your party tools. I use mine all the time! and if you think a little bit outside the box I am sure you can come up with lots of different projects using Pebbles’ wonderful supplies!

Thanks for joining me and have a great day!
Eva

Supplies
Banner Punch Board – Jen Hadfield
Oh, Summertime Papers
Oh, Summertime Ephemera
Oh, Summertime Washi Tape

Oh Summertime Travel Journal

May

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Hello Pebbles friends! Marcia here today with a tutorial on how to create your own travel journal. This could be used to document your summer vacation adventures or to send with a child to summer camp. I decorated this one with the Oh Summertime collection.

Here is a peek at the inside pages… There is a side pocket that can be used to hold sticker sheets or ephemera pieces. You could even store postcards and stamps to send to friends and family when you are traveling.