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Handmade Christmas Cards with Photos

Dec

Hey Pebbles fans, Becki here. Christmas is only 3 days away! I’m finishing up some last minute details. Are you ready for the big day? I look forward to sending out Christmas cards every year. Some years I make Christmas cards and some years I have them printed. The one thing that I always do is include a photo. I usually include a family photo or a photo of my kids. This year I made our Christmas cards and designed them to include our family photo. Today I want to show you 3 cards that I created. Each card is different but they all include a family photo.

The first card I created has our photo right on the front of the card. This is a 5×7 card. I framed our photo with a 4×6 journaling card. I added the “Merry Christmas” sentiment sticker to the bottom right of the photo.

The inside of the card has two 3×4 cards. One has the sentiment, the other is a journaling card. I used this card to hand write a greeting from our family.

I love gate fold cards. A gate fold card is a card that has 2 flaps that cover the inside of the card. I created a 6×6 gate fold card, covered it in patterned paper and used a “Merry Christmas” sticker as the seal on the card.

The inside of this card has a few stickers, our family photo, and even a pocket to include more photos or even a gift card.

I used the kraft tag that goes inside the tag pocket to write who the card is from. I love adding hand writing to my cards. It gives the card a more personal touch.

The last card I created has a huge sentiment “Merry Christmas” using candy cane Thickers. I stitched the Thickers onto the front of the card to make sure they stayed in place while in the mail.

On the inside of this card I just adhered our family photo and wrote on a kraft tag and adhered it under the photo.

Enjoy the Christmas season and create a few cards that include your family photos.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you for visiting us here at Pebbles.

Supplies:
Candy Cane Thickers 732660
Home for Christmas Stickers 732662
Home for Christmas Envelope Seals 732664
Home for Christmas Cardstock Tags 732666
Home for Christmas 12×12 Paper Pad 732678

Quick Halloween Gift Bags

Oct

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Hello Pebbles friends! It’s Wendy Sue here with you today, sharing a quick and easy little Halloween treat/gift project. If you haven’t figured it out already, I love (love, love, love) putting together fun little treats to share with my friends, family, and neighbors! It’s all about the idea of sharing something fun and cute just to let people know I think they are special. Usually, it’s a store-bought treat that I’m sharing as well – not something that takes me tons of time to bake. And then I use my most favorite scrapbooking supplies to create gift wrap or packaging to share the treat. With Halloween just around the corner, of course I’m busy thinking of fun ways to share yummy treats with everyone! I always love the cute, whimsical artwork on the Pebbles, Inc. products, and this “Boo!” collection is no exception. I also decided to add a little bit of Halloween shine with my new favorite tool, the Minc by American Crafts! Here’s the project I whipped up:

And here’s how easy it was!

First, I pulled out my Minc, some orange and purple foil, and these awesome little treat bags

Have you used a Minc? Just in case you don’t know what it is, the Minc is a tool that allows you to add foil details to your craft projects. Pebbles has their own line of pre-printed pieces to be used along with the reactive foil and your MINC machine for easy and stylish embellishments.

Every packaged Minc item has a little heat setting number on the back of the packaging – simply dial up that number on the Minc and allow it to warm up. The light will turn green when it’s ready.

While you’re waiting, you can prep your project! You just place the pre-printed items, in this case the little gift bags, on the plastic folder that comes in the Minc.

As you can see, right now, the bags look tone-on-tone gray/black. Next, cut the foil and place it over the bags.

Close the folder and insert it into the front of the Minc.

The item is automatically “fed” through the machine and comes out the back…similar to a printer! After the item is completely finished, you simply peel back the foil. Like magic, the foil is transferred onto the product (you can also make your own projects if you have a printer that uses toner!)!!

I repeated the process with the purple foil. Peeling up the foil is my favorite part!

And here’s a look at all four of my foiled treat bags:

Of course I had to “cute-ify” them some more, so I cut apart the 3×4 tags and broke open my bag of Boo! Chips to embellish the front of each bag. And don’t you just love the bat clothespins? I do!!

Next, fill up the bags with yummy treats:

Fold over the top and add a little enamel dot to the center of the flap:

That’s it! Easy! But so stinking cute, don’t you think? Now I just need to decide which of my spooky friends will get this set of goodies.

I still have a several days until Halloween, so I’m sure there will be more treat bags in the making!

Supplies:
Boo! Collection
Boo! “Happy Halloween” Patterned Paper
Boo! Enamel Dots
Boo! Black Bats Clothespins
Boo! Chips
Minc Foil Applicator
Pebbles Minc Halloween Treat Bags
Minc Orange Foil
Minc Purple Foil

Easy Mothers Day Gift Idea

May

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Hello! Becki here to share with you an easy and quick Mother’s Day gift idea. I used to dread Mother’s Day because I worried about finding the perfect gift for my mom. As I’ve gotten older and I’m a mom myself I’ve realized that finding the perfect gift doesn’t matter. As a mom I just want to know that my kiddos are thinking about me and I’ve realized that my mom is the same way. She would much prefer a visit from her kids and grandkids over a fancy present. This year I created a small gift bag that I’m putting a small flower and a gift card in for my mom and my mother-in-law.

I used the Cottage Living collection and the Gift Bag Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers. These two products made creating my Mother’s Day projects so quick and easy!

I started by collecting a few supplies. I got some patterned paper, Thickers, embellishments and the punch board.

Using this punch board I was able to create two cute little gift bags in just a couple of minutes.

Then the fun part began. I added just a few little embellishments and some Thickers to basic kraft tags.

I stitched the Thickers onto the tags so I was sure they wouldn’t fall off of my gift bags.

After that I added a flower and a gold clip to the top of the kraft tag.

Then I adhered the tag to the gift bag. Easy, easy easy.

The final touch was a couple of small staples at the top of the tag. I stapled the tag to the gift bag just to make sure the tag stayed put.

I added some cute little violas inside the gift bag along with a gift card and my Mother’s Day gifts are ready to go!

Thank you for stopping by the Pebbles blog today. Come back and visit us soon and have a very Happy Mother’s Day!

Supplies:
Sweet Mint Patterned Paper PJHCL-32752
Delightful Dots Patterned Paper PJHCL-32766
Cottage Living White and Gold Thickers 732776 Cottage Living Paper Flowers 732784
Cottage Living Gold Metal Clips 732781
We R Memory Keepers Gift Bag Punch Board 71333

Garden Gift Containers

Apr

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Happy April! Amanda here today with a quick and easy gift for the green thumbs in your life. Hopefully most of you have dug your way out of the snow by now and are ready to get your garden going. Share the garden love with your friends and family by giving a garden-themed gift container.

Garden gift containers are inexpensive and come together in a snap. Start with a cute container, your favorite Pebbles patterned paper, and some seeds. For added gift giving flair, add a hand tool (or two) and a pair of garden gloves. This little watering can is super adorable, but an upcycled tin can would be just as lovely (and earth friendly).

Creating a theme for the garden gift containers makes it extra fun. Gather seeds that make a fun collection such as salad, salsa, or an herb garden. Embellish the seed packets with a cute label and pretty garden-themed sticker.

Make a cute garden label by fussy cutting one of the frames from the Gallery Wall paper from the Cottage Living collection. If your handwriting stinks like mine does, choose your favorite font and print directly on the labels.

I wrapped the container with paper ribbon from the Happy Day collection and tied a pretty bow with jute baker’s twine.

The 3×4″ Picture Punch from We R Memory Keepers is perfect for creating seed packets. No measuring and no cutting makes creating seed packets super easy. Choose your favorite patterned papers and punch away! Each seed packet requires only two 3×4″ cards.

Create the seed packets by stapling two 3×4″ cards together at the top and bottom. Next, fold the seed packet in half and tuck in between the paper. No fuss whatsoever.

Choose a cute font and print labels on patterned paper. Die cut the labels using this cute banner die from the Cottage Living collection. Adhere the labels to the seed packets and add a cute sticker.

In an even bigger crunch for time, or have a lot of gifts to make? Simply put a few seed packets into a small bucket (shredded paper optional) and add a label. Quick, easy, and sure to bring a smile! Happy planting!
Amanda

Supplies:
Cottage Living Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Gallery Wall
Happy Day Paper Ribbon 3/Pkg
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Family Time
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Front Yard
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Home Sweet Home
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Flower Garden
Homegrown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Family Tree
Homegrown Cardstock Stickers 5.5″X12″ 2/SheetsIcon & Phrase
Baker’s Twine Value Pack 5yd Spools 24/Pkg
Picture PunchRound Corners, 3″X4″

Airplane mobile

Feb

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Hi everyone! I’m Eva Pizarro and today I want to show you how to make a cute mobile for your child or to give as a gift.

I recently had a baby boy (he’s the cutest), and I knew right from the start I wanted to make a mobile for his bedroom! I found my inspiration in this paper from the We Go Together line. I just really loved that airplane! Let me walk you through this mobile step-by-step so that you can have one for your little sweetheart or to share with a friend!

To make this mobile, you are going to need to get your hands on two embroidery hoops. Use only the inner hoops and attach them together using fishing line. The airplanes are very light, so simple knots will be enough to hold them.

Next, you’ll need to make your airplanes. I made 14 of them to fill my mobile. It is very easy to make these little airplanes – you probably remember how to fold them from when you were a kid, but just in case you don’t, here’s a step-by-step image.

Start with a 4 x 2.5 inch piece of paper and bend it in half. Bend one corner to the fold (center of the paper). Then bend that triangle in half. This will create one of the wings. Repeat this process with the other flap to make your second wing.

Use a stapler to keep the airplane together and prevent the paper from opening.

With a needle and some fishing line, make the hanging wires for the airplanes. Tie a knot on the bottom to hold the fishing line in place and use liquid glue to give the airplane the right direction (some facing up, down, straight).

Attach the fishing lines to the embroidery hoops. I hung 4 airplanes in the outer circle, 8 airplanes (2 for each string) in the inner circle and 2 airplanes in the center of the mobile.

Your mobile is now complete! I know your little one is going to love it! As I was making this mobile I had the idea for one with paper gems made using the triangle score board from WRMK would be amazing! Maybe I’ll save that for next time… 🙂
Bye!
Eva

Supplies:
We Go Together Sending Love (732721)
We Go Together Lovable (732724)
We Go Together Hugs and Kisses (732725)
We Go Together Roses are Red (732726)
We Go Together Be Mine (732727)