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Kitchen Card

May

Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a new project to share using a variety of Jen Hadfield collections. I made this card for my mom using bits and pieces from 3 different collections (Chasing Adventure, Warm & Cozy, & Along the Way).

This was such a fun card to make. I used a cut file from Lori Whitlock. It turned out so cute, I gave it to my mom for Mother’s Day!

I was inspired by all the pretty photos Jen posts on her Instagram account. I want that wallpaper in my house!

These little photo frames from the Along the Way collection were just perfect for this!

Thanks for stopping by!

Adventure More

Feb

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Hello Pebbles friends! Marcia here today. This week on the Pebbles blog it’s all about the guys! I picked out some masculine pattern papers from the newest Jen Hadfield collection Hey Hello; blues, greens, blacks, and a bit of yellow. I knew embellishing would be difficult so I decided I needed a strong design. My go to shapes for guys are stars and triangles. It’s been a while since I did a triangle layout so I decided to give it a go. Here is what I came up with …

I even cropped my photo into a triangle! If you look closely, you can see I added a few machine stitched triangles too.

The watercolor background sets off my photo and the pattern papers beautifully. I pulled out the Sun & Fun collection embellishments because I wanted to stick to an outdoor theme. I found these awesome trees and a frog which was just perfect!

I used the Lake Thickers that coordinate with the Sun & Fun collection for my title ‘Adventure More‘. Not wanting to do much more embellishing, I thought I would just stamp a few butterflies from the Sun & Fun collection onto my background. Note to self… stamping before adding the title would have made things easier.

I added a strip of pattern paper at the bottom of my layout, repeating the triangle pattern in this pattern paper. At the top of the layout, I added a few triangles I had leftover and then a few tags from the Chasing Adventure collection.

I love how this turned out! Why don’t you join us and create a masculine layout too.

Supplies:
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Loves Me
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Pink Posies
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Twilight
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Blushing Hedgehogs
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Thinking of You Sentiments
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Bee Blossoms
Pebbles – Hey, Hello Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Flower Blossoms
Pebbles – Sun & Fun collection – Clear Acrylic Stamps
Pebbles – Sun & Fun collection – Die Cut Ephemera pack with Foil Accents
Pebbles – Sun & Fun collection – Lake Thickers – Foam Iridescent Foil Alphas
Pebbles – Chasing Adventures collection – Die Cut Ephemera pack with Foil Accents – Phrases

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great week!
~Marcia

Fun Times with Terhi

Jan

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Hi everyone, it’s Terhi here again!
When you start creating a scrapbook page, which is leading you: the photograph or the products?

For me this answer is simple.
The photographs and the memories. And I must admit sometimes I can’t stop myself from saving a precious photo as long as I find the right supplies for it.
However, this time the process of creating started started very differently, when I saw the most inspiring cut file ever.
*The cut file is from Paige Evans

The beautiful circle design kind of funny one and as I love backing cut files I thought it would be wonderful to use the cut file as a colour wheel, with the brightest colors I could find. So I did and I found, all thanks to Pebbles.
I used patterned papers from “Happy Cake Day” line and created four coloured colour wheel for the background of the page.
I had four selfies waiting for the perfect products to scrapbook with, and I love the way black and white photos goes with colourful design.
Also, these selfies aren’t very seriously taken and the story behind tells about how much we all laugh together, so all the colors and design supports the theme.

Once I was ready with the background, I dived in to my scraps and found lots of colourful blooms to decorate the page. All from Pebbles of course, from the lines below:
Big Top Dreams
Chasing Adventures
This is Family
Heart of Home
I cut out as much flowers and blooms as possible and layered the flowers to make them more dimensional. To create the flowers I followed my own tutorial from last fall, please watch it here from my YouTube channel.

To finish this colourful and fun layout I added the photographs vertically in the middle and wrote a small title with thickers from Big Top Dreams.

Inspiring? Hope so! Let me know what you think by writing a comment below. I’ll be here reading them while I’m waiting to see the new lines from Pebbles arrive at my house.
Terhi xx
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Supplies:
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White
736793 Happy Cake Patterned 12 x 12 Paper Pad
736783 Happy Cake Day Puffy Phrase Thickers
736784 Happy Cake Day Ephemera Icons
734174 This is Family Patterned Paper Flower Batch
733772 Heart of Home 12×12 Paper Pad
734129 Big Top Dreams Patterned Paper Circus Fun
734025 Chasing Adventures 12×12 Paper Pad

Halloween Treat Bags

Oct

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Hey everyone it’s Michelle here today sharing a fun and easy Halloween project. I don’t get many trick or treaters at my house so I wanted to do something special for the few that do come. I found these cute little treat bag cut files in the Silhouette store. They were just what I was looking for!

These bags took no time at all to make. It probably took me longer to figure out what papers to use than to actually make them. I used the This is Family and Chasing Adventure collections on these.

I love that floral black and white paper for the witch’s hat!

My daughter told me my pumpkin looked like an orange. lol It’s still cute though!

I think this one is my favorite. I love that purple bow!

I can’t wait to fill these with little treats!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:
American Crafts white cardstock
American Crafts black cardstock
Twine
Pebbles – This Is Family Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Fresh Picked
Pebbles – This Is Family Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Home Sweet Home
Pebbles – This Is Family Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Sending Love
Pebbles – This Is Family Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Bits & Pieces
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Wild Flowers
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Wanderlust

Use your paper scraps !

Jul

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Hello crafty friends! It’s Lucile! Today I find you for a new layout.

Sorting my papers, I realized that I had a lot of small paper scraps. So I share my tip to use them in your layouts. I began by cutting full of thin strips in different papers. I cut notches in a paper a little bigger. Then I made a weaving with my strips of papers. It is very easy to pass the paper once above and once below the paper. You just have to renew the operation to fill your entire sheet.

I stuck my weaving on the left side of my page. Then, I matte my photo with different paper and I stuck it in the center of my page.

I also cut flowers in a paper, I came to stick them on my page to create a link between my weaving and my page. I love cutting out elements in papers to create new embellishments!

Finally, I added a die cuts that I pasted with 3D foams for it to come out. I used my typewriter to write down my journaling. I cut it in strips to remind my weaving.

I hope that this page and these little tips will have pleased you, see you soon!

SUPPLIES :
– Chasing Adventure Paper – Tropical Delight (ac-734036)
– Chasing Adventure Paper – Take Off (ac-734043)
– Chasing Adventure Paper – Paradise (ac-734038)
– Chasing Adventure Ephemera with Foil Accents – Phrases (ac-734028)