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Geometric Summer Fruit

Aug

Hello Pebbles Fans! Amanda here today. Most of the time I don’t eat as much whole fruit as I should, but during the summer that all changes. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as diving face first into a slice of watermelon or stuffing my cheeks with fresh grapes. Inspired by Pebbles’ bright patterned papers, I set out to make some cute, geometric summer fruit to display all summer long.

I couldn’t resist turning back to my favorite Pebbles watermelon paper. The only thing that makes me sad is that I can’t eat it. The shape of these fruits may cause you to think abstractly. I have never seen such an angular lemon, but it is charming. Each of these fruits is made with patterned paper from a different Pebbles collection.

Add a rolled paper stem and a hand cut leaf to oranges, apples, or even little cherries.

This watermelon box looks yummy enough to eat. Adhere a strip of green paper to the base of the box to create the rind.

While these geometric fruit boxes would make lovely décor or a centerpiece, they can also be used as little treat boxes. Fill the boxes with yummy treats before you adhere the last opening.

All of these boxes were made using a triangle score guide. Simple insert the triangle score guide into any score board and you can score perfect triangles from which all of these different shaped boxes are created.

After the triangle score lines are created, follow the instructions in the manual to cut out the shapes for each box. I quickly drew the cut lines on the inside of the paper I was using. No need to draw pretty lines–you’ll make them nice and straight when you cut out your shape.

Use a white pen or chalk pencil to trace the cut lines on a dark piece of paper.

Happy creating!
Amanda

Supplies:
Boo! Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Jack-O-Lantern
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Watermelon
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Cherries
Home Grown Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Partly Cloudy
Triangle Score Guide

Quick and Easy BBQ Hostess Gift

Aug

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Hi Friends! It’s Wendy Sue here today, sharing another quick and easy gift project! It’s summertime, and that means it’s picnic & barbecue season! Chances are you’ll be hosting or attending an evening or two filled with friends, family, good food, and fun! We were recently invited to a friend’s home to enjoy just such a night – and I have been trying to decide what to take to the shin-dig – besides a delicious salad and drinks! I decided to create a little bbq hostess gift for her; something she could use for future outdoor parties. This is the project I came up with:

You can never have enough mustard and ketchup for summer meals, right?!?

Here’s how I made it:

I cut the carrier(s) with my Silhouette Cameo. The carrier is actually for a milk carton, but it’s the perfect size for these bottles!

I used my favorite red tape to secure the tabs and create the carrier.

Repeat the process for a second carrier.

And use the same awesome red tape to hook the two carriers together, back-to-back, to create a double carrier.

I cut the paper strips (from the cut file) from striped paper and wrapped them around the outside of the carrier. This makes it CUTE and more sturdy at the same time!

To complete the carrier, I cut a 3×4 card into a tag shape, punched a hole and tied a bow through it. I used foam adhesive dots to secure it to the front of the carrier.

Of course, I had to dress up the bottles a bit, so I wrapped each one with patterned paper and then used some of the printed die-cut shapes from the Chips to decorate them just a bit more!

I can’t wait to give this quick & easy little gift to my friend, knowing that she will definitely have a use for the bottles in the future! Happy BBQ season to you!

Supplies:
Fun In The Sun “Summer Days” Patterned Paper
Fun in the Sun “Sunshine” Patterned Paper
Fun in the Sun “Watermelon” Patterned Paper
Fun in the Sun “Cherries” Patterned Paper
Fun in the Sun “Beach Towel” Patterned Paper
Fun in the Sun “Chips”
Super Sticky Red Tape
Foam Adhesive Dots

Pebbles Rewind: Fourth of July Edition

Jun

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Today we’re presenting our very first edition of Pebbles Rewind where we highlight a mix of our favorite past projects all revolving around a particular theme. And today’s theme is of course the coming holiday, Independence Day.

4th of July Pebbles Rewind

The Fourth of July is a great time to thank, honor and reverence all those who selflessly serve and sacrifice every day for our freedom. It’s also a fun time to be with family and friends and enjoy the beauty of our nation and all that we have accomplished since our very first Independence Day. However you choose to celebrate the day, we’ve collected a great group of projects to inspire you and help you prep for whatever events you’ll be enjoying.

Parade Treat Bags

American Flag Home Decor

Red, White and Blue Layout

Handmade Patriotic Cards

Fourth of July Memory Tray

Have fun checking out these great projects and share your own with us by posting the links in the comments below!

4th of July Gift Idea

Jun

A Quick And Easy Graduation Gift!

May

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Good morning, Pebbles friends! It’s Wendy Sue here with you today – sharing a project I created for my daughter, who will be graduating from high school in just a few short days and then will be heading off to the college of her dreams only a few weeks after that. To say I am having mixed emotions about the upcoming events is an understatement. On one hand I keep wondering how my sweet baby girl (who it seriously feels was just sitting on my lap with her long brown curls and her American Girl doll and books only a few days ago) is ready to pack up her favorite clothes, books, and mementos and move out into the big big world to live on her own. And on the other hand, I marvel as I watch a beautiful young woman, who is smart, confident, and more prepared than I could ever hope, as she prepares to move on to the next phase of her life and chase after her dreams.

I knew, as soon as I opened my package with the Cottage Living” collection, that it would be perfect for a few projects for Meagan – the gold foil is one of her favorites, and the designs are perfect for her! She doesn’t like a lot of frills and fluff, but I wanted to make her a little something to hang in her dorm room – so this is what I came up with:

I pulled out the photo garland kit from the Happy Day collection, which makes everything super quick and simple.

I filled each of the photo openings with either a photo, or something beautiful from the Cottage Living collection – a quote from the sheet of 3×4 cards (which fit perfectly in the photo openings) or a beautiful piece of foiled, patterned paper so Meagan can add a photo of her choice (or not – because the paper alone is absolutely gorgeous!)

Since the kit comes complete with the twine and clips, she can adjust the length as she needs to (I don’t know how much space she will have to hang it in her room).

I’m excited to see how she’ll display it!

Of course, I couldn’t give a gift without creating some fun packaging for it as well. I pulled out the handy, dandy Gift box punch board and created the largest box possible with a 12×12 sheet of patterned paper. The finished box is 4x4x4 and it’s perfect to hold this little gift.

The gold tipped tags, along with a sticker and beautiful premade flower made the perfect accent for the gift box.

The jumbo gold clip made adding the tag to the box super easy – and now she can reuse the tag and box if she wants to, because there’s no tape and no adhesive residue.

This was a super quick project, but one that I hope will be meaningful to her. I want her to look at the words on these cards each day – aren’t those words powerful? And maybe, just maybe, she’ll think of home when she looks at it as well!

Supplies:
Cottage Living Let’s Visit Patterned Paper
Cottage Living Sweet Greetings Patterned Paper
Cottage Living Gold Tipped Tags
Cottage Living Paper Flowers
Cottage Living Jumbo Paperclips
Cottage Living Puffy Stickers
Happy Day Photo Garland Kit
Gift Box Punch Board