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Scrapbooking with children | Terhi

Jun

Hey there Pebbles Fans! It’s Terhi Koskinen here wishing you the most colorful day and inspiring you with a scrapbook layout made in very special situation.

As I have been scrapbooking our family life for as long as I have been a Mom, I thought to ask if my daughters would like to make a layout together with me. We’ve done many crafts together and they both have done many layouts of their own. This layout has been made with my older daughter, who just turned 12.

Teenagers, children, how ever you wish to call them, are super talented and very creative if you just give them a chance! Surely my children has been watching how I create and seen my work, so they have strong opinions and thoughts about how the layout should look. For this page, we proceed completely in her phase – not mine.

We started by choosing a photograph and I was very surprised she didn’t pick a horse photo but mine instead! I asked why this one and she told because it’s a pretty one. That’s a perfect reason, isn’t it. Then, she picked up a white cardstock for a background to start our work, just as her Mom always do.

I limited her passion and excitement to Pebbles Hey, Hello collection instead giving her access to all my products. I had some of the separate patterned papers and Pebbles Hey, Hello Project Pad on the table and she fell in love with the paper Yellow Roses. We fussy cut all the flowers out and to bring more colors we took the lovely colored sheet out from the project pad.

The most interesting part of the process was adding thread. She’s seen my Youtube videos and she’s been watching how I do it, but she gave me an idea which is totally new to me – adding matching thread around each paper. The effect is adorable! It bring softness to the page but doesn’t make it as messy as I usually end up doing. Well done my dear child, well done!

Attaching the squares to the background was a bit tricky, so instead of measuring and getting gray hair I asked if the squares could be like wreath. She didn’t like the idea but shook them a bit, so the squares are inclined on purpose.

If you’d like to try out creating something together with older than toddlers, here’s what I think are the most important things to make the moment memorable.

Tell her/him clearly what’s the main goal – it’s easier to create when you know what to create and to where.
Limit all options – it’s easier to decide from four papers than from forty papers.
Let her/him teach YOU something, be curious about their opinions.
Instead of saying no, ask questions like why.

We did this together and I’m so very proud about it. Creating one thing together is totally different thing than creating things beside each other. She enjoyed as much as I.

Thank you for stopping by here today, it’s been a pleasure! Have a great day!
Terhi xx
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Supplies:
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Pad 12×12 (736898)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Project Pad
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Stickers (736796)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Sticker Book (736804)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Puffy Thickers (736798)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557)
American Crafts White Cardstock (71259)

“Hello Summer” Layout

Jun

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Hi friends, it’s Wendy Sue here today – did you know that tomorrow is officially the first day of Summer? (And my sister’s birthday – happy b-day, sis!) We don’t have any big vacation plans this year, but I have plenty of photos from summer vacations we’ve taken the last few years, so instead of being sad about having to cancel this year’s vacation, I’m reminiscing by scrapbooking previous trips.

Hello Summer layout by Wendy Sue Anderson for @PebblesInc.

Exactly three years ago, we took our kids on an RV trip up to Yellowstone. It was so much fun and I am so grateful we were able to take this trip! I have more photos than I’ll ever scrapbook, but some of my favorites are just random pictures of the kids all together. So that’s what I included on this page. (Also, note that they are wearing coats and hoodies in one picture – there was SNOW in Yellowstone in JUNE!!)

I used products from a couple of different collections – “Hey Hello” and “Fun & Fun” plus a strip of orange washi from “Happy Hooray!” I love when you can mix and match collections to get just the right vibe!

I used thickers for the pink title on the bottom of my page and I couldn’t resist adding the two dots from the exclamation points (!!) to add some pink cheeks to the sunshine!

You’ll also spy a bit of machine stitching as well – it’s probably one of my all-time favorite techniques!

Of course I had to use foam adhesive behind some of the printed die-cuts because I love adding subtle touches of dimension!

So whether you have big plans for this summer or if you’re choosing to stay home, you can still enjoy all the summer memories by creating a layout! What are your summer plans? Are you scrapbooking? We’d love to see what you’re up to – drop a comment below!!

Just Me – Marcia

Jun

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Hello Pebbles friends! Marcia here today. Each designer has been introducing themselves this past week. I thought I would introduce myself by creating a layout about my 20 favorite things for 2020 so you could get to know me a little better. The Pebbles Hey, Hello collection was the perfect choice!

Since flowers are one of my favorite things (I have flower gardens all around my house) I fussy cut some flowers from one of the gorgeous floral pattern papers in the Hey, Hello collection and placed them at the top and bottom of my layout.

Since I love my fur babies, it seemed fitting to add this adorable cat ephemera die cut in the flower cluster at the bottom. We currently have 3 cats and 2 dogs in residence. I was a foster Mom for a local rescue until recently. So a few of our pets were foster failures. We just could not part with them. A few were strays. It seems I have a knack for attracting them as well. Spook, the black cat on my shoulders in the photo, has a special place in my heart. I had to nurse him by hand as a kitten through a respiratory infection.

What else do I like? Coffee, Avocado Mango Power Greens Smoothies, listening to audio books so I can keep up with my bookclub, and spending time with friends and family are just a few …

I live in Minnesota with my husband of 36 years! Together we managed to raise two very successful girls and one amazing boy. They are all out on their own now. (Which is why I needed fur babies to fill up the empty nest.) By day, I am a software engineer. At night I like to play with pretty papers. I have been scrapbooking for almost 20 years. Scrapbooking branched into cardmaking, paper crafts, and some home decor as well.

I hope you will try creating a 20 favorite things layout for 2020 as well. It’s good to see how our likes change over the years. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – 12 x 12 Paper Pad
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – 12 x 12 Patterned Paper Happy Day
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – 12 x 12 Patterned Paper Floral Friends
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – 12 x 12 Patterned Paper Flower Blossoms
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – Thickers
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – Cardstock Stickers
Pebbles – Hey, Hello – Die Cut Ephemera

Things I love Layout

Jun

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Hello everyone, it’s Eva on the blog today, sharing a tutorial for a quick layout about the things I am loving right now.

Sometimes, I am so busy documenting our big life events and the members of my family that I forget to scrap about myself!

This layout is quick and easy and I love that I can record the little things I am loving during this special time in my life.

To create this layout, I cut hearts with my Heart Punch and my favorite papers from the Hey, Hello Line.

I place them on my cardstock base and glued some with 3d dots. I also added my title with this gorgeous Thickers! I love the tiny dots and pink edge.

Next, I used a piercer to create small holes and stitched the lines with embroidery thread. I used a chain stitch, it is more time consuming but definitely worth it!

Finally, I added my journaling and little stickers and die cuts.

I added my journaling with 3d dots and I love the look! Plus, I like that I could use many of these cute patterned papers.

Have you made a layout about you lately?

Thanks for joining me today! have a great day
Eva

Supplies
Hey, Hello Patterned Papers
Hey, Hello Cardstock Stickers
Hey, Hello Ephemera
Hey, Hello Thickers

Mother’s day cards

May

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Hello crafty friends, it’ Lucile. Today I find you to create two simple and colorful Mother’s Day cards. To make these cards, I used the Hey Hello collection from Pebbles. I wanted to make cards with flowers because my mother loves it and there are lots of beautiful flowers in this collection and it is perfect for spring!

To make the first card, I selected 6 papers from the collection and I cut out circles. Then I cut my circles into two parts. To make the base of the card, I cut a 16 cm square, in the center, I cut with my Cameo silhouette “Happy Mothers day!”.

Then I drew two circles and placed my semi circles all around. I sewn them with white thread. Finally, I pasted stickers of flowers with 3D foam and I added gold foliage. I stuck my card on a colored paper from the collection to highlight it.

For the second card, I cut a 16cm white sheet. I wanted to create an envelope from which flowers escape. I started by making my envelope, I was inspired by a stichers from the collection. I designed my envelope and to add relief, I sewed the contours of my envelope. With my cutting machine, I cut “Happy Mothers day!” as on the first card.

Then I had fun sticking flowers out of the envelope. I glued them with 3D foam. I stuck stickers on my envelope and added two butterflies. Finally, to make a reminder with the first card, I pasted my card on colored paper.

I hope you like these two cards with the Hey Hello collection from Pebbles and give you ideas for Mother’s Day! See you soon.

SUPPLIES :
Hey, Hello Collection by Pebbles
– Papers : Flower Blossoms (ac-736848), Thinking of You (ac-736866), Loves Me (ac-736860), Blushing Blooms (ac-736858), Sentiment Strips (ac-736853), Birdies (ac-736847)
– Cardstock Sticker Book with Foil Accents (ac-736804)
– 6 x 12 Cardstock Stickers with Foil Accents (ac-736796)