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Do Not Fear Journaling Challenge

27
Aug
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Hello Pebbles Friends! It’s Leanne here today, sharing a layout that encompasses documenting your story alongside that cute photo. I absolutely adore including journaling on my pages and I’m about to issue you all a challenge to try the same.  My “Do Not Fear” journaling challenge will hopefully encourage many of you to start filling in the blanks, as you scrap your pages. The step by step process will also share how, while in the planning stages, journaling can become a feature in its own right.

Do Not Fear Journaling..

It can be too easy to be distracted by all the pretty paper available. Sometimes, you just want to create and get something stuck down on a page. And both those options are perfectly fine! But I have personally found, that when I revisit my completed scrapbook layouts, the pages I value the most, are the ones that have little stories attached. Time is too short. My children, while still young, are no longer little and right now, I have a daughter on the verge of adulthood. I want to cherish as many memories as I can, especially while my kids are still living at home.

Journaling the stories can be completed with simplicity. It doesn’t need to be profound or enlightening. All that is required are the basics. Document the who, what, where, why, how and when.  The stories that accompany the photos, will quickly follow. However, knowing a few tricks is always a big step in the right direction. One of these is planning ahead for journaling placement.

Layout Process..

Having an area on your page, dedicated specifically for journaling, will make the process feel less last minute. As you create your page, you already start to automatically have in mind what you want to document. The creativity of playing with pretty papers, builds up around this concept. To recreate my layout, I have used the gorgeous My Bright Life.

step 1. Trim the background cardstock to size. Select several pieces of patterned paper from the My Bright Life collection. Trim the patterned paper into 2.25″ squares. Stitch around the outside of the cardstock edge for extra dimension.

step 2. Add small flicks of black paint to the cardstock base. Allow to dry.

step 3. Using the My Bright Life, Little Thoughts patterned paper, trim out the sentiments which relate to your story and won’t clash with the bold patterns of the larger squares that have just been cut. Layer these smaller cut out squares onto the larger ones and add machine stitching for interest.

Fussy cut flowers from My Bright Life, Fresh Picked patterned paper and position onto the layout.

step 4. When arranging placement of embellishments and layers,  position photo/s and squares closer to the top of the page. The lower third of the layout will balance the current top heavy look, with the pre-planned journaling.

Title Work..

step 5. On this page, the title is somewhat of a parody to what I’ve been sharing today. The short, sharp words, slip into place between the patterned paper and embellishment layers.

It draws the eye down the page and directs the viewer to my journaling.

Journaling strips..

The easiest way for me to complete this layout with my intended journaling, was to add it in the form of journaling strips. I could have hand written what I wanted to share directly onto the cardstock. However, I am not a fan of my hand writing and that might very well be a challenge for another day!!

step 6.  I pre-typed the story a wanted to document on the off cut from the cardstock background. Between each typed line of text, I generally hit return 3-4 times before typing again. Using my paper trimmer, I then cut between each line of text. Once all of the text has been cut out, position it in strip order before adhering it to your page.

Hopefully once the idea of planning a space for your journaling at the beginning of your creative process is put into practise, more of your stories will be start to be shared.

 

 

Thanks for visiting the blog today..x

 

supplies:

Little Thoughts My Bright Life patterned paper 733780

Flower Market My Bright Life patterned paper 733871

Fresh Picked My Bright Life patterned paper 733875

Flower Rows My Bright Life patterned paper 733862

Jen Hadfield My Bright Life Dimensional Stickers 733883

Jen Hadfield My Bright Life Ephemera 733884

 

 

Filed Under: Layout, Uncategorized Tagged With: journaling, Leanne Allinson, My Bright Life

National Watermelon Day with Amanda!

03
Aug
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Hi Pebbles Friends!

Happy National Watermelon Day!

Amanda here, & I thought we might celebrate this fun day with some super cute cards!

Think melons, lemons, berries & cherries – it’s a fruit salad of My Bright Life inspiration!

Oh-so-pretty! & SO many fruity possibilities within this collection! Love it!

Here’s how I created those sweet watermelon cards….

Use a metal die, digital cut file OR fussy cut your own watermelon die cuts from white cardstock. Paper piece the melons with patterns from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad.

Take a 12″ x 12″ sheet of white cardstock and trim it 10″ x 7″ to create the 5″ x 7″ card, as well as 10″ x 5″ to create the smaller square card. Score down the centers, and fold to create the card bases.

Trim the reverse side of pattern paper Retro Stripe to 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ & adhere to the front of the 5″ x 7″ card. To soften the vivid lime green paper (so it doesn’t distract your eye from the watermelons) cover it with a 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ sheet of clear vellum paper. Repeat this process for the smaller 5″ square card.

Foam mount a watermelon to the center of the card fronts.

Add Thickers for the card sentiments.

Embellish with a gold foil Accent Sticker & for finishing touches use black sequins, gemstones or beads to make the melon seeds.

Voila!

Super simple, but oh so effective! You’re 1 in a Melon, indeed!

Using the same card bases, and other fruit pattern papers from My Bright Life, I was able to create a series of fruity cards…..

Aren’t these berry cards the sweetest?! They feature pattern paper Strawberry Picnic, as well as the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Ephemera & Puffy Stickers. Cute!

These lemon cards are full of sunshine and include pattern papers Fresh Picked and Lemons, as well as the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, and Ephemera. Adore!

And last but by no means least, these pretty cherry cards are pink perfection! They include pattern papers Sweet Cherries and Little Thoughts, as well as the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Ephemera, Puffy Stickers, Accent Stickers, and that fabulous Dimensional Sticker too!

Deliciously sweet & fruity cards to share with family & friends!

Happy Watermelon Day!

I hope I have inspired you to make some fruity-liscious cards!

Happy Arty Days, Amanda xo

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MY BRIGHT LIFE SUPPLIES:

733865 Retro Stripes

733892 6 x 6 Paper Pad

733888 Bryn Thickers

733882 6 x 12 Accent Stickers with Gold Foil

733873 Strawberry Picnic

733886 Puffy Stickers

733860 Lemons

733875 Fresh Picked

733878 Sweet Cherries

733870 Little Thoughts

733884 Ephemera

 

 

 

Filed Under: American Crafts, Cards, Inspiration, New Release, Summer, Tutorial, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amanda Baldwin, Cardmaking, Cards, fruit, Jen Hadfield, My Bright Life, Watermelon

“My Bright Life” Card Challenge

27
Jul
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If you’re familiar at all with my style, you know that I love a white (or solid) background with little pops of color.  At the same time, I love, love, love, a fresh and colorful design! So you can imagine the turmoil I felt when I opened up the new “My Bright Life” collection – it’s filled with so many (many, many, many) beautiful, colorful, happy designs!  I wanted to use every single one of them!   Here’s where fate played a role – my assignment was to challenge myself to craft outside my comfort zone!  So I did!!  I challenged myself to create a card using at least FIVE patterned papers – on the SAME card!  Yes, it was a challenge, for sure!

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

Here’s my first attempt:

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

I know…I kind of chickened out a bit.  I picked papers with only a few colors.  It was still a challenge to incorporate several patterned papers, with no solids, and I really like the way the card turned out, but I felt like I didn’t rise to the spirit of the challenge."My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

So I tried again!  This time I picked papers that I wouldn’t necessarily choose under any other circumstance.  I love them each on their own, but I struggle with mixing bold patterns.

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

What do you think?  I think I did a little bit better on this one!  "My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

And then I thought I should give it another go.  So I made this card:

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc. "My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

And this card:

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc. "My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

Then I made another one!

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc. "My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

And before I knew it, I had a half dozen cards completed!

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc. "My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

And now I want to create a dozen more!!

"My Bright Life" Card Challenge by @WendySue for @PebblesInc.

So now, I challenge YOU!  Either take my challenge, or challenge yourself to craft outside your comfort zone.  You just might be surprised at the outcome!

Wendy Sue 

Supplies:

My Bright Life “Lemons” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Tag You’re It ” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Flower Rows” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Daisy Quilt” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Retro Stripes” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Flutterby” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Flower Pop” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Bright Stripes” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Little Thoughts” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Strawberry Picnic” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Lovely Llamas” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Fresh Picked” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Sweet Cherries” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Field of Flowers” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life “Sunflower” Patterned Paper
My Bright Life Dimensional Stickers
My Bright Life Ephemera
My Bright Life 6×6 Paper Pad

Filed Under: Cards Tagged With: Cardmaking, Challenge, My Bright Life, Wendy Sue Anderson

Inspiration with a globe from guest blogger Zinia!

26
Jul
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Hello everyone! Zinia here! I’m really thrilled to be a guest designer on the Pebbles blog today.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!
I’m madly in love with the My Bright Life collection by Jen Hadfield and you can probably tell by the amount of product I added on my page. I intended to make a simple page with a few elements but everything was so pretty that I couldn’t stop adding more and more!

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!The design of my page is inspired by one of the images in the collection, a globe with flowers around it. I couldn’t resist making this the spotlight of my page but since the ephemera piece that had this globe design was pretty small, I created my own version to cover the whole page.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!I started by roughly drawing a circle with a pencil and then I doodled the globe structure around it. I pulled out all the ephemera pieces with flowers and I also fussy cut a few images from various pattern papers.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!In the center of my globe, I added one of the beautiful layered stickers that comes in the collection.  I started building my floral arrangement around it after that. A bunch of layers later…the floral part of my globe was ready.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!
To make the design even more fun and whimsical, I decided to add some mixed media. I colored the globe skeleton with a mermaid marker by Jane Davenport. I then used a couple of Heidi Swapp Color Shine sprays to add colorful splatters all around.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!
I found a little corner for my photo at the side of the globe and I also added the title right below it using the gorgeous gold thickers from this collection.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!
That’s pretty much it! It’s a really fun page to make and I’m crazy in love with the way it turned out.
I really hope you enjoyed this layout and are inspired to create your own version of this floral globe.  You won’t regret it, especially when using this beautiful collection.

Zinia here... and I LOVE the My Bright Life Collection from Jen Hadfield!

Filed Under: Guest Designer, Inspiration, Layout, New Release, Tutorial Tagged With: Jane Davenport, Jen Hadfield, My Bright Life, watercolor, Zinia Amoiridou

Patterned Paper Layout

25
Jul
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Hello Pebbles’ fans! It’s Eva Pizarro on the blog today bringing you step by step instructions to create a layout using only patterned paper.

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Here in Chile, it’s not easy to find scrapbook supplies and they are very expensive so I thought it would be fun to show you how to create a layout using only the beautiful papers from the My Bright Life collection. These patterns are gorgeous and have many designs that you can cut and create your own die cuts.

I started by cutting 5/8 inch strips of 3 different patterned papers with my Trim and Score. The floral one is my favorite!

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Next, I used my precision scissors to cut some designs from different 12×12 papers. You can cut the 3×4 cards or cut a few designs from papers also!

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

I placed my strips of paper on a triangle shape, creating a diamond in the center of the page.

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

To create my subtitle I used my Word Punch Board and used the negative letters. This punch board is super fun!

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

To add more dimension to the paper designs I used 3d dots, you could also bend the strips a bit!

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Have you tried making a layout using only patterned paper? I think it is a great exercise! And with Pebbles’ lovely patterns you can’t go wrong!

Challenge yourself to use only patterned paper for your next layout! @evapizarrov used the new My Bright Life collection from @pebblesinc to create this lovely layout. #pebblesinc #madewithpebbles

Thanks for joining me and have a great day!

Eva

Supplies
My Bright Life Patterned Paper (733861)
My Bright Life Patterned Paper (733871)
My Bright Life Patterned Paper (733859)
My Bright Life Patterned Paper (733858)
We R Memory Keppers Word Punch Board
We R Memory Keppers Precision Scissors
We R Memory Keppers Trim and Score Board

Filed Under: Layout, We R Memory Keepers Tagged With: Eva Pizarro, Layout, My Bright Life

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