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Merry Little Christmas with Terhi

06
Dec
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Hello Pebbles Fans, it’s Terhi here with another cheerful Christmas layout.
Just as I told you in my previous post (link here), I’m super excited about the upcoming holiday time. As I can’t be decorating and preparing our home for Christmas, I’ve been focusing on Christmas scrapbooking which I’ve usually almost skipped for numerous reasons.

After the last layout I made, I had all the Merry Little Christmas leftovers laying on the table and I couldn’t stop myself from creating another. To make this layout much more dimensional, I created the lovely layered flowers.

Both the flowers and the wreath are cut with my electronic cutting machine, and as usual I’ve picked the cut files free from charge from the endless world of internet. I guess the flowers aren’t anything like poinsettias, but the color scheme will keep the layout tightly on the Christmas theme.

After cutting the petals were attached to each other. This time I chose to use foam dots instead of glue to give the flowers as much dimension as possible. I also used my fingers to curl, wrinkle and fold the petals to give them a good and pretty look.

Finally I finished the layout with couple of embellishments, and by adding the title on the photograph.

Hope you are inspired by this!
Terhi xx

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Supplies: 
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White 
734146 Merry Little Christmas Ephemera 
734152 Merry Little Christmas 12 x 12 Paper Pad 
734145 Merry Little Christmas Ephemera Phrases 
734147 Merry Little Christmas Puffy Thickers 
734144 Merry Little Christmas Stickers

Layered Flower Tutorial by Terhi

06
Sep
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Hello everyone!
Terhi here to inspire you with a very simple and easy tutorial about layering paper flowers. I will explain it to you, and I also have a video tutorial for you to watch so you can see how it’s all done.

To be honest, I could spend a lifetime just cutting and layering paper. Unfortunately (well, actually fortunately!) that’s not possible, but I do spent a lot of time fussy cutting my favourite papers from Pebbles collections. Adding fussy cut flowers and other shapes to layouts is fun, but sometimes one flat piece of paper is not enough – and this is a problem this post answers.

Often the shapes and images you fussy cut are very detailed. And just as often our use of scissors isn’t as detailed and even as the image or shape. This could cause a problem, but what if you turn your thoughts from a problem to a free way of adding more interest to the layout?
Sounds much better to me!

To create those lovely layered flowers, which you can see in the photographs here, do this:
1. Fussy cut flowers. A lot!
2. Decide how many layers you want to have.
3. Attach two similar flowers together with a drop of glue or use thin 3D foam to avoid waiting the glue to dry.
4. Enjoy your masterpiece and use it in your next project!

The layout you see today is made with the gorgeous This is Family collection, but there are some flowers from previous lines as well.

Now take a look to the video. Here you can see how I make the flowers, and also full process of how the layout was created.

Watch the video here, if you can’t see it above:
https://youtu.be/6Qhx2I0e_q4

Feel inspired? I hope you do!
Enjoy the tutorial above, and have fun creating lovely layered paper flowers!
Terhi xx

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Supplies: 
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White 
734182 This is Family Patterned Paper Fringe Art 
734162 This is Family Patterned Paper Fresh Picked 
734174 This is Family Patterned Paper Flower Batch 
734175 This is Family Patterned Paper Growing Together 
734184 This is Family Patterned Paper Bits & Pieces 
734192 This is Family Paperclips 
734190 This is Family Ephemera
733772 Heart of Home 12×12 Paper Pad 
734129 Big Top Dreams Patterned Paper Circus Fun
734025 Chasing Adventures 12×12 Paper Pad 
733956 Loves Me Patterned Paper Bouquet of Love

Party Favor Gifts

27
Aug
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Well, hello friends! It’s Wendy Sue here today and I’m planning a fun little girl’s night next weekend, and what’s a party without fun little take-home gifts? I love filling cute little boxes with some of my favorite things (lip gloss, lotion, chocolate truffles, etc.) for my bff’s – and it’s so much fun to wrap them up differently every time! This time, I used a fun cut file (#294809 in the Silhouette Store) and products from the “This is Family” collection. I think they are pretty, and they were super easy to create! Keep reading for the details!

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection
Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

I started by cutting the shape from several papers – I’ll walk you through the entire process below!

First, cut it out:

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Next, fold gently along the scored lines for the box ends and add adhesive to the handle.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Glue the handles together and fold the ends.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Choose coordinating washi tape and wrap all around the middle to keep the ends securely closed (be sure to put the treats inside BEFORE taping it shut)!

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection
Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Now add a coordinating printed die-cut on top of the washi.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Create a layered tag by cutting the printed tags from the page, then cutting an additional tag shape from a coordinating paper. Punch a 1/2″ circle and cut one of the sides off.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Layer the pieces together and glue.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Use a smaller hole punch to punch through the pink circle portion.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Use coordinating string, twine, or ribbon to tie the tag to the handle of the box.

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection
Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

That’s it!! Super cute AND easy!!

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

Now repeat the process until you have enough party gifts for each of the party-goers!

Party Favor Gift boxes by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc featuring the "This is Family" Collection

If you make these cute gifts, be sure to drop a link in the comments so we can have a peek!

Back to School scrapbooking with Terhi

07
Aug
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Hello everyone, it’s Terhi here with you!
It’s August, which means most of schools are starting again and it’s time to wish our children the best of school year ever. I always feel both excited and nervous at the same time when sending our girls off to school. Excited to see their excitement and growth, but also a bit nervous if everything goes well – I guess most of Moms are like this.

Our tradition is to take a photo of the sweet sisters starting in same position, hand in hand, and smile for camera. My younger one is starting her third grade now, so obviously the line of photos isn’t very long. But I will keep tightly on this tradition until they are going to university or something else big comes in the way. Fortunately our children already understands the meaning of scrapbooking and memory keeping, and they too feel it’s important to treasure our memories.

In Finland children start their official school at the age of six by going to pre-school. It’s very similar as day care, just some more playing with numbers and letters, and of course learning the social skills they need in the real school. Most of pre-schools are right next to school buildings, so that the children learn to know the school and teachers.
After the pre-school starts elementary school for the next nine years. Elementary school and pre-school are obligatory to all children in Finland. After elementary school the children can choose high school or vocational school. After one the children – or young adults – can start in university.

To create this layout I used This is Family collection for the first time! It’s such wonderful and super inspirational feeling to play the first time with new line. All ideas are running wild! Jen Hadfield made fantastic work again and this collections of hers is just so pretty!
I decided to show all of the beautiful colors of the line in one page, and that’s why chose to create the background out of small stripes.
Then I fussy cut some phrases and flowers on top, and finished the layout by adding some thread around the photograph.
Small things matters.

What is your favourite element from the new line?
Terhi xx 

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Supplies: 
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White 
734182 This is Family Patterned Paper Fringe Art
734162 This is Family Patterned Paper Fresh Picked
734163 This is Family Patterned Paper Snail Mail
734164 This is Family Patterned Paper Bike Ride
734174 This is Family Patterned Paper Flower Batch
734175 This is Family Patterned Paper Growing Together
734183 This is Family Patterned Paper Tag You’re It
734184 This is Family Patterned Paper Bits & Pieces

Patriotic Activities with Terhi

03
Jul
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Hey all and Happy July!
Terhi here with you, just in time to celebrate 4th of July with the citizens of the USA.
I’d like to share something patriotic from here where I live, in Finland. I made this scrapbook layout to capture our story about the way we celebrate our Independence Day, and from the end of this post you can also find a process video to learn how to make similar layout yourself!

Celebrating Independence Day in Finland usually means another snowy day, and therefore our activities during the day are either inside a building or somehow tied up with the snow. In my family the tradition is to go hiking in the snowy woods, set a campfire and have some delicious outdoor food (and hot cocoa!) in crisp freezing air. Sure the day has some other repetitive elements, but I feel this one is the closest to my heart.

Even though the Finnish Independence Day is all white and blue in many, many ways, I chose to create this layout using the Big Top Dreams collection with its amazingly rich colors. These colors shows exactly how much fun it is to slide down a hill with a sled, or be under a snowy tree when another kicks it hard to the arm!

This layout was very easy to do, however fussy cutting all the flowers sure took some time. Take a look to the process video below to see how it all came together. If you can’t see the video here, click here to my YouTube channel.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzo2d0oSjmk&w=560&h=315]

Enjoy watching!

Hope you feel inspired! Have a fantastic day! 
Terhi xx 
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Supplies: 
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White
Big Top Dreams Patterned Paper Carousel (734130)
Big Top Dreams Patterned Paper Circus Fun (734129)
Big Top Dreams Ephemera (734111)
Big Top Dreams Thickers (734117)
Big Top Dreams Cardstock Stickers (734113)