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Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor

28
Jun
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Hello there! Amy from The Happy Scraps here today and I’m excited to be sharing my newest Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor piece with you today. I love to decorate for Independence Day and the new America the Beautiful collection is perfect for it.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

To start off, I grabbed the Patriotic Posies Paper and used the gift bag punch board to make a little bag for my pinwheels. I cut my paper to be 7″ x 12″ and followed the instruction on the gift bag punch board to make my bag. I used the Sticky Thumb Two-Sided adhesive tape to put my bag together. I embellished the front with the fireworks and Pledge of Allegiance from the America the Beautiful Ephemera Die-Cuts. I hot glued a piece of floral foam into the bottom of my bag, so I’d be able to stick the pinwheels down into it.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

Once I had my bag done, I started on the pinwheels. I cut my paper into 4″ squares and followed the instructions on the pinwheel punch board.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

I punched the corners, lined up the paper with the size I started with. I punched the center hole and cut where it needed to be cut. Because I was layering the pinwheels, I followed the instructions for cutting the second piece.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

I got all my papers cut, got my pinwheel parts out, and started assembling them. I placed the back piece of paper on the back, and layered the front piece at a diagonal on the top. I put it on the plastic part for the pinwheel, then added the front pinwheel part.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

I pulled the back paper through the cuts on the front, pulled all the punched holes to the center and put them on the dowel piece. I place the front cap on, added a star sticker, and put the paper straw in the back.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

Once I got all of my pinwheels made, I put them in my bag.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

I had the perfect spot for it up on my shelf next to the rest of my Independence Day decor.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

I love the way the pinwheels look all done up! They are SO fun!

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

Even though the bag was really simple to make and put together, as well as add the embellishments to it, I love the way it turned out. I was excited when I found the Pledge of Allegiance in the pack.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

I love what it adds to the rest of my 4th of July decor.

Create this Red, White & Blue Pinwheel Decor to use as a centerpiece or decor for Independence Day. @thehappyscraps show you how with the #americathebeautiful collection from @pebblesinc.

Supplies:
America the Beautiful Americana Cardstock
America the Beautiful Star Spangled Banner Cardstock
America the Beautiful Fireworks Cardstock
America the Beautiful Flag Stripes Cardstock
America the Beautiful Sparklers Cardstock
America the Beautiful Patriotic Posies Cardstock
America the Beautiful Ephemera Die-Cuts
America the Beautiful Glitter Star Stickers
Sticky Thumb Two-Sided Adhesive
Pinwheel Attachments
Gift Bag Punch Board
Pinwheel Punch Board

Easy Spring Paper Wreath

14
Apr
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Crafts don’t need to be extravagant to be beautiful! We love this sweet and easy spring paper wreath that is perfect for beginning crafters, kiddos and even experienced pros. Read on to see the step-by-step on how to make one for your own home.


Start by cutting a 7” Circle out of chipboard. Then cut 3 strips 1.5” x 12” out of each of your pattern papers (you will use both sides of some paper) for a total number of 18 strips.

Sweet and simple DIY spring wreath using @PebblesInc Spring Fling collection. Love this easy DIY craft!

Next, take one of the strips, and staple the ends together. (Repeat this step until all of your strips are now loops. Create your pattern for your wreath.

Sweet and simple DIY spring wreath using @PebblesInc Spring Fling collection. Love this easy DIY craft!
Use adhesive to start adhering  your strips/loops to the chipboard circle.

Sweet and simple DIY spring wreath using @PebblesInc Spring Fling collection. Love this easy DIY craft!

Cut a 7” Circle out of your Flamingo cardstock and adhere over your strips (on top of the cardboard circle). Cut your banner shapes out of White cardstock to measure 1.5” x 2” use Thickers to spell your sentiment “Spring”. Adhere the banner to the jute, and use dimensional adhesive to attach the banner to the wreath.

Sweet and simple DIY spring wreath using @PebblesInc Spring Fling collection. Love this easy DIY craft!
Take the doily, the house with bird sticker, and the hello pendent piece and adhere in the bottom right of the circle. Tie jute in the center loop to hang.

Sweet and simple DIY spring wreath using @PebblesInc Spring Fling collection. Love this easy DIY craft!

And there you have it! A simple but super cute spring wreath that’s perfect for brightening up your favorite spaces and places.

Supplies:
Spring Fling Paper (#733100)
Spring Fling Stawberry Fields Paper (#733102)
Spring Fling Doily (#733109)
Spring Fling Patchwork (#733110)
Spring Fling Scattered Daisies (#733101)
Spring Fling Ephemera (#733116)
Spring Fling Stickers (#733113)
AC White Cardstock (#71081)
AC Flamingo Cardstock (#71498)
Thickers Gold (#733114)
Chipboard
Scissors
Adhesive
Jute

Easter Egg Decorating with Paper

15
Apr
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Today Designer Kathy Martin is sharing a fun project the whole family can enjoy. Learn how she’s decorating her Easter eggs with paper!

easter

One of my favorite Easter traditions is to decorate eggs! Remember all the egg dying kits you could buy to make your eggs marbled or speckled along with the stickers and rub-ons included?

Easter egg decorating with @PebblesInc #GardenParty collection paper by @kathymartin #papercraft #Easter #Eastereggs #EasterCraft

Ialways enjoy trying something different so this year I decorated eggs with the Pebbles’ Garden Party line to create a fun little Easter Egg Party and flower garden.

Easter egg decorating with @PebblesInc #GardenParty collection paper by @kathymartin #papercraft #Easter #Eastereggs #EasterCraft

Easter egg decorating with @PebblesInc #GardenParty collection paper by @kathymartin #papercraft #Easter #Eastereggs #EasterCraft

I must say, I loved the fact that I didn’t have any dye stains on my shirt and hands when I was done! Happy spring and Easter everyone!

Easter egg decorating with @PebblesInc #GardenParty collection paper by @kathymartin #papercraft #Easter #Eastereggs #EasterCraft

Easter egg decorating with @PebblesInc #GardenParty collection paper by @kathymartin #papercraft #Easter #Eastereggs #EasterCraft

Easter egg decorating with @PebblesInc #GardenParty collection paper by @kathymartin #papercraft #Easter #Eastereggs #EasterCraft

 

Supplies: 
Egg Party

Egg Flowers

Spring Gift Box

17
Mar
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day Pebbles friends! We’re so excited to be well into March and enjoying a bit of spring weather here in Utah that we’re kicking off a week of fun spring-inspired posts!

Today Designer Marjan Pel is kicking our sweet celebration off with a fun spring gift box that we know you’re going to love!

Spring

Today I want to show you a gift box for my best friend here in Norway, who will go back to Germany in april. She loves gardening very much and will move to a house with a big garden.

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring

I made an accordion card with the cardmaking pad.

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring

This pad is just perfect for cards. I adhered on every other side of this card a library pocket of cardstock which I made with an envelope punch board.

http://thescrappymermaid.blogspot.com/2014/03/step-by-step-tutorial-coin-envelope.html

http://thescrappymermaid.blogspot.com/2014/03/step-by-step-tutorial-coin-envelope.html

http://thescrappymermaid.blogspot.com/2014/03/step-by-step-tutorial-coin-envelope.html

I made also some cute coin envelopes with that same punch board. The coin envelopes contain seeds and tiny bulbs of spring flowers and they fit precisely in the library pockets. You can see how I make these library pockets and coin envelopes here.

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring

Behind every coin envelope I put a journaling card with the description for each kind of flower.

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring

I embellished the pages with coordinating  tiny clothes pins, journaling cards and die cuts from the collection. I adhered the die cuts with foam dots to give them a bit dimension.

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #springI love how this project came together and I hope my best friend will love this gift box too.

Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring Spring memory box created by @scrappymermaid using @PebblesInc Garden Party collection #papercraft #craft #spring

Supplies:
Pebbles Garden Party Patterned Paper Forget Me Not 32521
Pebbles Garden Party Patterned Paper Azalea  32523
Pebbles Garden Party Patterned Paper Lily  32525
Pebbles Garden Party Cardmaking Pad  732428
Pebbles Garden Party Mini Clothespins  732533
Pebbels Garden Party Cardstock Die-Cuts Flower Packet  Shapes 732536
Pebbles Garden Party Cardstock Die-Cuts Shapes, Frames etc. 732541
Pebbles Garden Party Journaling & Phrase Cards   732542
Pebbles Garden Party 6×6 Paperpad  732544
Pebbles Garden Party Self-Adhesive Dimensional Butterflies 732538
Pebbles Washi Tape Peony 747210
American Crafts Seasonal Cardstock Pack 12 x12 Pastels AC712P12-48
American Crafts Baker´s Twine Value Pack Bright Colors 366303

 

 

How to Make Paper Scrap Pencil Toppers

19
Feb
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Paper scraps often come in handy when creating a fun little gift or dressing up a boring household item. Today Designer Holly Gagnon is sharing a fun take on using paper scraps to create cute pencil toppers.
Scraps
I was happy to see my monthly Pebbles assignment was to create a project using scraps from any Pebbles collection.  Like most of us papercrafters, I have a lot of scraps. Can’t throw them out. What if I need that one little piece?

Paper Scrap Pencil Toppers
Using my scraps from the Pebbles From Me to You collection, I put my beloved scraps to use and made a simple pencil topper gift set.
 Paper Scrap Pencil Toppers
The pennant toppers are cut at 4 x 1  inches and I ran them through the Xyron for a strong hold.
 Paper Scrap Pencil Toppers
Each pencil topper is embellished with From Me to You stickers and candy dots.
 Paper Scrap Pencil Toppers
I then stuck the pencils in to a small glass jar filled with sea glass and embellished it with some more From Me to You stickers and Candy Dots.

Supplies:
Pebbles Crystal Candy Dots
Pebbles Candy Dots