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Easter Egg Fights with Marcia

Apr

Hello Pebbles friends! Marcia here today. I am sharing an Easter layout with you today created with the Pebble’s Loves Me collection as well as the Chasing Adventures collection. I love the floral patterns in the Loves Me collection. They work perfectly for Spring projects too. It’s definitely not just another Valentine’s Day collection. I wanted to use green pattern paper too though. In Spring everything becomes green again. I found just what I needed in the Chasing Adventures collection; a light green polka dot pattern as well as a darker green plaid pattern. I used the pattern papers to fill in the negative space in a gorgeous floral cut file as well as the inside of my alphas in my title.

When my extended family gathers for Easter, it’s a tradition for us to hold an Easter egg fight tournament. I created a large EASTER title to span my page. Then I used a script font to complete the title. I love combining fonts to make my titles more interesting and dramatic. I added a bird from the Loves Me ephemera pack and a few punched butterflies as well.

Backing cut files with pattern papers is a fabulous way to use up paper scraps. I added some foam tape behind the cut file to pop it up from the background paper.

What a beautiful way to use scraps, don’t you think! Have a great week.

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Spring Fling Cards

Apr

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Hi everyone, Heather Leopard is here with some Spring Fling cards. You know they say April showers bring May flowers and that goes for cards too!

These cards are quick and easy to pull together and can be used for practically any occasion. I’ll walk you through each of them individually.

This card is inspired by the dimensional sticker die cuts. I was looking at them in the packaging while I was trying to come up with a design and I put them down for a second. Well I just happened to place them down on the card base and when I came back, I noticed that they fit perfectly on the card. I simply cut the white and gold paper 3.5″ long x 4″ wide, 1/4″ x 4″ of the gold and then 1 1/4″ x 4″ of the blue to cover the base of the card, leaving a white border at the top and the bottom.

Then I placed the dimensional stickers on top of the white and gold dots just as they were in the package. Next, I added the gold strip.

To complete the card, I added the blue patterned paper to the bottom and the gold hello puffy sentiment. So easy and yet so adorable!

My 2nd card has the same background as the first – I just love the gold and white dots. This card features a patterned paper backed die cut (from Paige Evans) and another puffy sticker sentiment.

This card took a little more time and effort to create but it was worth it in my opinion. I hadn’t planned to create something so detailed but I had an extra die cut leftover from this THIS floral wreath scrapbooking layout and it was sitting next to my desk. I noticed it as I was looking through my supplies and it happened to be a perfect fit for the card. I used patterned paper scraps leftover from that same floral wreath layout to back my die cut. I used anything green for the leaves and anything pink and yellow for the flowers. I simply glued the patterned paper to the die cut in little pieces – one smaller piece for each leaf, for example. Then I just trimmed around the die cut. You can kind of see it in some of the areas above. The weird thing is you can see them in the photo but I don’t see it when I look at the card. So strange.

One I had the die cut complete, I used glue to apply it to the card and used foam dots to make parts of it pop. Then I tucked in a flower under the die and applied a puffy sticker sentiment.

I hope these spring fling cards bring a smile to your face and you are able to get out and enjoy the flowers!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

xoxo, Heather
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Patio Party “Flowers” Dimensional Stickers
Patio Party Single Sided 6×6 Paper Pad
Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots (340272)

Hello darling butterfly scrapbooking layout and process video

Feb

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Hi everyone. Heather Leopard is here with a butterfly scrapbooking layout that can be completed in 45 minutes if you have the right tools and can work fast. To help you along the way, I’ve documented the process in the video at the end of this blog post. Once you get the patio party collection in your hands, or any other supplies you’d like, you can follow along with me to create this fun layout.

Paper peicing – 12 minutes

To get started, cut a supersized butterfly using your electronic cutting machine. Peel the butterfly from the mat and also save the larger bits you cut out to use as templates for filling in the holes with patterned paper. Next, choose 5 – 7 coordinating patterned papers. This is where you could spend too much time overthinking things. DO NOT overthink the pattern placement. If you are working with papers within the same collection, chances are they will look good next to each other. Just pick up a paper and get started…Starting at the top, select the template you reserved from the butterfly. Place it over your patterned paper and cut around it, leaving just enough edge around the perimeter – maybe 1/8″ or 1/4″ inch. It just really depends on the design. Once you’ve cut that out, discard the template and adhere the patterned paper to the back of the butterfly. You should have a perfect or near perfect fit. Repeat until all spaces are filled.

Secure the butterfly to the page, machine stitching down the center and adhering the left patterned paper side with foam dots.

Butterfly clustering – 12 minutes

Next, you are going to add flower and butterfly embellishments to the top of the other side. Make sure you save space for your photo (I used a 3″x3″ inch photo. I adhered my photo using foam dots and then filled in around it, adding flowers and butterflies. Once that was complete, I moved along the butterfly, adding flowers and butterflies along the edge of the butterfly and working inward to fill in all the spaces. I adhered some directly to the paper with liquid glue and I popped others up using foam dots. I worked this pretty fast to fill in all the spaces.

Add the finishing touch – 6 minutes

In the time remaining, you just need to add a title, a cluster or flowers / butterflies on the patterned paper wing and around the title and journaling.

Craft along with me

As promised, here is the process video I created for this butterfly scrapbooking layout. I sped up the time so you don’t have to sit and watch me for 45 minutes. Remember: don’t overthink this, you too can re-create this in under an hour, maybe even 30 minutes if you don’t have any interruptions.

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo, Heather
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Patio Party Just for You (932903)
Patio Party Backyard Blooms (932904)
Patio Party Tulips (932905)
Patio Party Scattered Posies (932906)
Patio Party Summer Dreams (732907)
Patio Party Shady Spot (932910)
Patio Party From Me To You (732960)
Patio Party Bouquets (732961)
Patio Party Flutterflies (732965)
Patio Party Slices (932967)
Patio Party Wandering Wildflowers (732968)
Patio Party Breezy (933050)
Patio Party Butterfly Stickers (733053)
Patio Party Puffy Stickers (733783)
Thickers Foil Foam Letter Stickers (732680
Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots (340272)
Textured Cardstock White (71081)

DIY Lunchbox Note Cards using Girl Squad

Aug

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Hello! Renee here to share some DIY Lunchbox Note Cards using the Girl Squad collection. My girls just went back to school yesterday! The summer break went by so fast, but I am also anxious to get them back to their “happy place” in their school routine. You know, whether it’s to calm the first day of school jitters or let them know how proud you are of them on the day of a test, these DIY Lunchbox Note Cards are perfect to include loving words of encouragement…along with their favorite sandwich and snacks.