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A “Forever My Always” Gift Bag to express Gratitude

28
Nov
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Hello Pebbles fans! It’s Monique here sharing a quick and easy “Forever My Always” project created for “Gratitude Week” here on Pebbles blog. Most of the time when I’m someone very grateful I want to bring a gift. Here in The Netherlands that gift is often a bunch of flowers, but once in a while I want to give something else, like for example a gift card. So, for today I decided to create a little gift bag for a gift card. As I had been waiting for an opportunity to use the fantastic Forever My Always collection I decided now was the time! Here’s what I created:

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

I started my project by selecting a two patterned papers from the Forever My Always collection plus the gold dotted cardstock and using my Silhouette I cut three gift card bags (3″x 4 1/4″):

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

Next I folded the bags, but didn’t glue them together just yet. I wanted to use my tiny attacher to adhere the embellishments on the front of the gift bag and that’s easier when the gift bag isn’t glued closed on three sides. I used a few more of the beautiful Forever My Always patterned papers, a couple of Forever My Always die-cuts and two of the Heart of Home tag labels:

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

When the embellishing of the front of the gift bag was done I glued the sides together using some American Crafts double-sided sticky red tape and the gift card bag was finished. Super easy and quick! Here are the gift bags one by one:

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

Isn’t the Forever My Always collection awesome?! I can’t wait for an opportunity to play some more with it.

Thank you so much for stopping by our blog today. As today is my last day on Pebbles’ blog as a member of the Design Team I want to take the opportunity to thank you & Pebbles for an amazing time I have had being on the team. I have loved being able to play with all the new collections and create fun projects for you! I hope I’ll continue to see you all on the world wide web somewhere.  If you want to know where to find me, then these are the places you’ll find me most: my blog, my facebook page, my Instagram account and my Pinterest account. Thank you all again and hope to see you soon!

Forever My Always gratitude gift bags created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Forever_My_Always collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #forever_my_always_gift_bags #gift_card

Supplies:
Forever My Always Follow Your Heart Patterned Paper (733622)
Forever My Always Mint Dots Patterned Paper (733626)
Forever My Always Date Night Patterned Paper (733624)
Forever My Always Freshly Baked Patterned Paper (733631)
Forever My Always Ephemera Cardstock Die-Cuts (733632)
Heart of Home Tag Labels W/Gold Foil Accents (733766)
Jen Hadfield Gold Dot Cardstock (732927)

 

Filed Under: Gift, Gift Bag, Thank You Tagged With: Forever My Always, Gift Bags, Gift Card Holder, Gratitude, Monique Liedtke, Quick and Easy

Use A Letter Board To Count Down To The Holidays!

23
Nov
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Hello everyone! Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who are celebrating today! It’s Monique on the blog sharing how awesome the new DCWV letter boards are! I love counting down to the holidays & other celebrations… I love the air of anticipation and the happy feeling surrounding the holiday season and therefore I love a count down. The new DCWV letter boards are so perfect for this! Like this one I created for Thanksgiving:

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.I used a few die-cuts and a sticker from the Heart of Home collection to embellish the board a bit more. As the board has a smooth surface it’s easy to stick stickers or a light adhesive tape to it and remove it again later on (although I did make the stickers a little bit less adhesive by sticking them to my jeans a few times first).

The board measures 16″ x 20″ and comes with 188 one inch characters. There are many coordinating products available to pair with the board like hand-lettered words, icons and other additional letter packs. The black 1″ letters were included in the box with the letter board and the pink 2″ letters are an example of a set of extra letters:

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

I loved playing with my board and my kids did too!

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

I just love the different looks of the letters and words!

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

And just because I wanted to play with my board some more I decided to change the text from “count down to Thanksgiving” into “count down to Christmas”. In no time at all I was done:

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

Aren’t the Christmas icons fun?! This time I added a few die-cuts from the new Pebbles’ Merry Merry collection!

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

This board is totally addictive! Every time I find myself near it I want to play with it some more! Can’t wait to hear what you think of it! And just for fun I’m adding a quick close-up of the Christmas layout you in the photo next to the letter board:

Count Down Letter Board Idea by @moniqueliedtke for @PebblesInc.

I created a Christmas tree in the layout using the paper weaving technique and added a photo from last year with my hubby and the kids. I used lots of  bits and pieces, all from Pebbles’ Merry Merry collection. Such a fun collection!!

This is it for now. Thank you so much for stopping by our blog today and wishing you a happy holiday season!

xxx Monique

Supplies:
Heart of Home Ephemera (733769)
Heart of Home Cardstock Stickers Icons & Accents w/gold foil (733770)
Merry Merry Cardstock Stickers Icons & Accents (733559)
Merry Merry Ephemera (733560)
Merry Merry Puffy Stickers (733562)
Merry Merry Thickers Stickers (733565)
Merry Merry Ho Ho Ho Patterned Paper (733547)
Merry Merry Christmas Floral Patterned Paper (733551)
Merry Merry Holly Berries Patterned Paper (733552)
Merry Merry North Pole Patterned Paper (733554)
Merry Merry Kraft Sprigs Patterned Paper (733555)
Merry Merry Fresh Cut Pines Patterned Paper (733556)
Letterboard by DCWV

 

Filed Under: Christmas, Home Decor, Layout, Thanksgiving, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, heart of home, Layout, Letterboard, merry merry, Monique Liedtke, Thanksgiving, Winter

Set of Heart of Home Cards for World Kindness Day

13
Nov
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Hello Pebbles fans!! It’s Monique here today wishing you a happy World Kindness Day! To celebrate this holiday I thought I’d create a set of cards to send to a few good friends, just “to be kind”. I used the beautiful Heart of Home collection to make this set of elegant cards:

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

The Heart of Home collection is one of my very favorite Pebbles collections, it’s just perfect for every occasion with it’s beautiful colors & designs!

When I create cards I always make sure to finish the layers on top of the cardstock base first before glueing everything together, because often I want to add some stitching or use my stapler to adhere an embellishment and of course I don’t want the stitching or the back of  a staple to be visible inside my cards. Like with this card below. I cut a cardstock base (6″x 4″) and put it aside. Next I cut two rectangles from the Family Matters patterned paper (back and front side) and glued them on top of each other. I also created a cluster for my card using a few die-cuts and two strips of paper cut from the Me To You patterned paper.

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

I machine stitched the two rectangles before assembling the card:

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

What a difference a bit of stitching makes, don’t you think?!

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

And this is how the finished card looks. Don’t you just love the Heart of Home dimensional stickers.

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

And this is how the other two cards look. For the card below I cut three tags in different sizes which I adhered half on top of each other. The sticker of the little birdie and the little strip of washi tape are  the perfect finishing touches. Of course I had to add a bit of stitching as well, even if it’s only a tiny bit.

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

And for the last card I used the journaling card “I’ve got your back” (cut from the Heart of Home patterned paper) which seems the perfect sentiment for World Kindness Day.

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

I really like how these cards turned out! Hope I’ve been able to inspire you to create a few cards for World Kindness Day as well!

Heart of Home World Kindness Day Cards created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_world_kindness_day_cards

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a wonderful World Kindness Day!

Supplies:

Heart of Home Heart of Home 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733733)
Heart of Home From Me To You 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733745)
Heart of Home Family Matters 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733738)
Heart of Home Painted Dots 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733749)
Heart Of Home Painted Gingham 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733756)
Heart of Home Songbird 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733739)
Heart of Home Ephemera (733769)
Heart of Home Cardstock Stickers Icons & Accents w/gold foil (733770)
Heart Of Home Washi Tape (733759)
Heart of Home Dimensional Stickers w/gold foil accents (733765)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Adhesive Runner and Refill (340261)

Filed Under: Cards, Papercraft Tagged With: Cards, heart of home, Monique Liedtke

Heart of Home Thankful Layout

01
Nov
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Hello Pebbles friends! It’s Monique with you today and I’m so happy to be here! I can’t believe how fast this year is flying by! Halloween has come and gone and now it’s already November!  I created today’s layout with Thanksgiving in mind. Here in The Netherlands, we don’t celebrate like the US, but being thankful is something we can do everywhere in the world. With that in mind, here’s my thankful layout. I used the beautiful Heart of Home collection by Jen Hadfield, which I just can’t get enough of! I love the soft colors and all the golden touches.

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

When I got started on this page I knew which photo I wanted to use. It’s the photo of my husband and our three kids taken on Father’s Day last June. I adore this photo and it depicts what I’m most grateful for: a loving husband and three healthy, adorable, smart, kind, awesome kids! With this photo as my starting point, I gathered the papers and embellishments I wanted to use:

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

The journaling on my layout is written in Dutch, but it’s about the fact that I find it a real shame we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in The Netherlands. There is so much to be thankful for and I would love to have one day in the year where we all take time off to actually realize this. Before gluing my layout together, I printed my journaling directly onto a piece of patterned paper using my laptop with MS Word and my Canon printer.

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

Now that I had my paper with the journaling, I started adhering all the bits and pieces onto my white cardstock background. Of course I also used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges of my page & grey card with the flowers and the sentiment (cut from the Heart of Home paper). For a little extra dimension, I used a few Sticky Thumb dimensional adhesive foam dots to adhere the tag beneath my photo and the heart die-cut:

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

I treated the flowers of the journaling card with my “Wink of Stella brush”. I love the glitter look! It fits the mood of this layout perfectly.

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

The title was added last. I love the pink color of these Thickers and definitely needed to include one of the words of this set. One of my very favorite embellishments on this layout is the gold 3D butterfly with the word “love” across it (from the Heart of Home dimensional stickers). It’s so delicate and beautiful!

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

I really love how this Heart of Home Thankful layout turned out. Hope you do too. Will you scrap about the things you’re thankful about? I would love to see if you do!

Heart of Home Thankful Layout created by @moniqueliedtke with the #Heart_Of_Home collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #heart_of_home_thankful_layout

Supplies:

Heart of Home Heart of Home 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733733)
Heart of Home From Me To You 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733745)
Heart of Home Painted Dots 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733749)
Heart of Home Gathering 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733750)
Heart Of Home Painted Gingham 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733756)
Heart of Home Thickers Words/Pink Foiled Foam (733767)
Heart of Home Ephemera (733769)
Heart Of Home Washi Tape (733759)
Heart of Home Dimensional Stickers w/gold foil accents (733765)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Adhesive Runner and Refill (340261)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam White Dots (340272)

Filed Under: American Crafts, Layout, Thanksgiving Tagged With: heart of home, Jen Hadfield, Layout, Monique Liedtke, scrapbook layout, Thankful

Create a quick gift for book lovers

25
Oct
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Hello Pebbles fans, it’s Monique here today sharing a “quick gift” project using the Midnight Haunting collection. If someone asks me what kind of gift I would like to receive most, I’ll always say a book as I’m a huge book lover! Every free minute I have is either spent scrapping or reading. So it goes without saying that one of my favorite gifts to create is a bookmark! For lovers of thrillers, detectives or mysteries I created this set of three scary bookmarks:

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

It’s so fun to use the Midnight Haunting collection with it’s many (puffy) stickers and die-cuts of owls, ghosts and bats to create scary & spooky bookmarks. Bookmarks can’t be too bulky otherwise they damage your book, but in this collection there are so many embellishments that are just perfect for creating (flat) bookmarks!

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

I started the bookmarks by cutting 3 strips of black cardstock (3″x 8″) and choosing some patterned papers I wanted to use. If you want to create really quick gifts you don’t have to stitch the sides of the patterned papers, but I just have to add sewing to my projects otherwise they don’t feel complete. If you do decide to use your sewing machine make sure you do this before glueing the patterned papers to the cardstock background.

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

Next I added the embellishments, stitched a bit more and glued the papers to the black cardstock and added a few ribbons.

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

And here are the bookmarks one by one. I just love the gold accents in this collection, like the gold bat in the photo below, the gold foil vellum in the second photo and the gold Thickers in the third photo:

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

My daughter, who’s also a huge book lover, already claimed one of the bookmarks and to be honest I would really like to keep one too, but that would mean that I would have only one left to give away …. I suppose I’d better start making more of them as they are really quick to create and I’ve got so many book loving friends!

Quick Gift for book lovers by @moniqueliedtke with the #Midnight_Haunting_collection by @PebblesInc #madewithpebbles #pebblesinc #bookmark

Thank you so much for stopping by our blog to have a quick look at my quick gift! I hope I inspired you to create a few quick bookmarks of your own!

Here’s the list of supplies I used:

Midnight Haunting Ephemera (733654)
Midnight Haunting Puffy Stickers (733656)
Midnight Haunting Cardstock Stickers (733653)
Midnight Haunting Specialty Vellum Sheet 12″x12″ Gold Foil (733651)
Midnight Haunting Alpha Thickers Stickers Gold Foil (733652)
Midnight Haunting Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x12″ Pumpkin Patch (733642)
Midnight Haunting Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x12″ Eyes on You (733643)
Midnight Haunting Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x12″ Autumn Plaid (733644)
Midnight Haunting Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x12″ Hocus Pocus (733648)
Midnight Haunting Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x12″ Batty (733649)
Midnight Haunting Double-Sided Cardstock 12″x12″ Pumpkin Plain (733650)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Adhesive Runner & Refill (340261)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Double-Sided Super Sticky Red Tape (340264)

Filed Under: American Crafts, DIY, Fall, Gift, Halloween, Inspiration Tagged With: Halloween, midnight haunting, Monique Liedtke, Quick Gift

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