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Valentine’s Day Card gone Wild with Terhi

25

Jan

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Hello there Pebbles Fans, it’s Terhi Koskinen here today with some very very lovely and sweet ideas for the upcoming Valentine’s Day!

This is a card. Or a mini book. Or a book. I don’t know. But no matter what it is, it is load with cute things and it will be sent to my best friend on 14th of February to make her day a bit happier.
Before starting to do anything, I had a vision in my mind to create a mini book full of love and memories from the happiest times with my loved one, but once I flipped through the ‘Loves Me’ patterned papers I knew I had to do a card – or something card-like to be send away.

I started the process by cutting out the tags from one of the patterned papers, and to add one tag with foil effect I also used the 6″x6″ paper pad.

The tags are sized 2″x3″, and to cover the back side partly of each I cut 1 1/4″x2″ sized pieces from another patterned paper. To make the result smooth and balanced, I only used one pattern to the back sides.

Then I continued the cutting fun by cutting out several blooms and flowers from one of the papers to be the embellishments.

As soon as I had all the tags ready, all blooms cut out and my foam dots on the table, I started to adhere the blooms onto the tags. In addition, few of tags got a phrase or two to complete the look.

The phrases and words are all cut out from patterned papers too. And as this card is mini book-like already, I wanted to braid some embroidery threads and decorate it with some charms and tassels – now the look of this card/book/whatever will be perfect!
To finish the process I took one metal ring and hang all the tags to it. The braid is on top of everything, hanging wild like the koalas.

Inspired? I hope you are! I never knew I’d love Valentine’s Day crafts this much!

Who could resist those cute koalas!?

Hope you’ll have a great day, full of love and sweet things!

Terhi xx

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Supplies:

340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71081 Textured Cardstock White
Loves Me Patterned Papers

Celebrate With Happy Hooray Mini Birthday Cards

05

Sep

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Hello Pebbles friends! It’s Monique here with you today sharing the many birthday cards I created with the fabulous new Happy Hooray collection.

I was thrilled when I received this collection! I’m a huge fan of bright colors and cute designs. I also love creating birthday layouts and cards.

For today’s blog post, I created 18 mini birthday cards in one afternoon. I have created a collection of mini cards before, using the beautiful Heart of Home collection and often wished I had birthday cards as well. When I saw this collection, I knew straight away what I was going to create.

All I needed to create these Happy Hooray Mini Birthday Cards was the sheet of patterned paper called “Party Time” and cardstock pieces from the American Crafts “Primaries” textured cardstock pack.

I started by cutting apart all the images and selecting eighteen of them. Once that was done, I matted them on a piece of cardstock.

I stitched all the sides using my sewing machine before adhering them on a cardstock cardbase.

The squares measure 5 cm x 5 cm and the finished (square) cards measure approx. 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm. The rectangular images measure twice the size of the squares, so they are 5 cm x 10 cm and the finished cards measure approx. 6.5 cm x 12 cm. As the cards are so small, I decided against adding any more embellishments.

The Happy Hooray Mini Birthday Cards can be used to accent gifts or gift boxes, flowers or potted plants, but can (of course!) be used to send in an envelope by mail as well. I also plan to put the “you’re special” and “yay you” mini cards in my kids’ lunch boxes one day so they’ll find them during their lunch breaks. I’m sure they’ll love them!

When my stash of Happy Hooray Mini Birthday Cards was ready, I used the We R Memory Keepers Shadow Box Clip Frame again to showcase them. I also added two Happy Hooray Cake Toppers for fun. Doesn’t it look festive?!

I “only” used eighteen of the images of the “Party Time” sheet, but I definitely plan on using the other nine images to create mini cards as well!

Thank you so much for stopping by our blog! The Happy Hooray collection is SO close to being in your hands! I can’t wait for you to get your turn to create!

In case you missed the mini cards I created with the Heart of Home collection, just click here for the blog post.

Supplies:
Happy Hooray Double-Sided Cardstock Party Time (732588)
Happy Hooray Cake Topper Embellishments (732627)
American Crafts Textured Cardstock Pack 12″x12″ 60/pkg Primary
American Crafts Cutup Scissors 7″ Pink (64201)
We R Organization Gallery Shadow Box Frame 17″x17″x2″(660876)

Heart of Home Mini Cards For Every Occasion

11

Jul

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Hi Pebbles fans!! It’s Monique here today sharing a collection of “Heart of Home” mini cards.

When I saw the brand new collection from Jen Hadfield (“Heart of Home“), it was love at first sight! What an amazing collection this is! I adore the soft colors and the beautiful designs! When I got started on my cards, I thought I would create about 5 cards…and created 20! I just couldn’t stop playing! Creating with this collection truly made me happy. Here’s what I did:

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

I’ve always had a special love for small sized cards. Whenever I see them in a store, I can’t resist buying them. They are so versatile! Not only can you send them to someone, they are also perfect to add to a present or hang from a bottle. If I won’t be home for a few days, I like to leave a little card on my kids’ or husband’s pillow with a little message inside. I created these cards with a single sheet of “Love of Home” patterned paper and I didn’t even use all of the squares (there are 36 in total and I used 20 of them)! I also used 4 different colors of cardstock (white, kraft, pink and a light yellow).

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

Whenever I get started on a project, I like to see the entire collection (even though, in this case, I only used the Love of Home sheet). I used my trimmer to cut out all the squares:

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

The squares measure 5 cm x 5 cm and I cut two pieces of cardstock just slightly larger as a mat, both about 0.7 cm larger. The finished cards measure approx. 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm.

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

Before adhering the squares on the card base, I first made 20 sets as I wanted to decide on the color combinations and also add some machine stitching.

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

When the machine stitching was done, I glued the stitched squares on the cardstock bases and I was done!! It really took no time at all, but maybe that’s also because I had such a great time making the cards … time just flew!

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

Here’s one of the cards, aren’t the soft colors and pretty designs fantastic?!

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

And here are a few more:

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

When I was finished making the cards, I wanted to be able to see them rather then put them in my desk drawer with my other cards. I hung them in this We R Memory Keepers Clip Frame. I really love my collection of Heart of Home mini cards and hope you do too!

Heart of Home mini cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_mini_cards

Supplies:

Jen Hadfield Heart of Home Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x 12″ Love of Home (733751)
American Crafts Textured Cardstock Pack 12″x12″ 60/pkg Neutrals (AC712P12-52)
American Crafts Textured Cardstock Pack 12″x12″ 60/pkg Spring (AC712P12-53)
American Crafts Cutup Scissors 7″ Pink (64201)
We R Organization Gallery Shadow Box Frame 17″x17″x2″(660876)

Lucky to Have You Mini Cards

07

Mar

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Hello everyone! I’m Eva Pizarro and today I’m showing you how to make some cute mini cards with a little surprise inside!

Mini cards are adorable, and I usually love to give them out along with a little present… but these cards have already a little something inside! They are small, and besides the inner pocket, are really very simple.

You’ll start with a 2 3/8 inch x 5 inch rectangle and score it at 2 3/8 inch and 2 5/8 inch. Then you’ll want to bend the card to make it 1/4 inch height.

With some scraps, create a pocket by leaving a 1/4 inch on each of the 3 sides to make a pocket. Before attaching, stamp a sentiment or decorate the pocket. Attach to your card with strong liquid glue.

Make a small bag with wax paper and put some candy inside. I wanted to put gold coins inside, but I couldn’t find them here in Chile! I think those would look lovely!

To stamp my sentiment I used the BIG roller stamp from the From Me To You collection. I love this stamp and use it very often! Hold your bag with a clip and embellish the front of your card.

I created three different cards. For the first one, I cut some paper from the 6×6 Everyday paper pad and placed them diagonally on my card. I used the colors of the rainbow.

Repeat the colors if necessary and trim the excess.

Cut some clovers with your die cut machine and the DIY Home Gold paper and glue it to a piece of white cardstock. Stamp your sentiment and put it on top of your card. If your stamping technique isn’t perfect, follow Renee’s advice and use a black pen to fill the holes! That’s a great tip!

For the second card, I used the same clover but stamped my sentiment with rainbow colors.

To fill the little gaps I used a toothpick and some cotton.

The final card has the sentiment in green, but I used a geometric background on top of my white cardstock.

The inside of all the cards is the same and has a small place to write a note and a few candies to sweeten someone’s day!

And here are all the cards! Which one is your favorite? I love them all!

Need a little more inspiration? What about these cute tags made by Mendi?

Have a wonderful St Patrick’s Day!
Eva

Supplies
Everyday 6×6 Paper Pad (733082)
DIY Home Metal Clips (732952)
DIY Speciality Cardstock (732927)
From Me To You Roller Stamp (732278)