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Scrapbooking with children | Terhi

23
Jun
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Hey there Pebbles Fans! It’s Terhi Koskinen here wishing you the most colorful day and inspiring you with a scrapbook layout made in very special situation.

As I have been scrapbooking our family life for as long as I have been a Mom, I thought to ask if my daughters would like to make a layout together with me. We’ve done many crafts together and they both have done many layouts of their own. This layout has been made with my older daughter, who just turned 12.

Teenagers, children, how ever you wish to call them, are super talented and very creative if you just give them a chance! Surely my children has been watching how I create and seen my work, so they have strong opinions and thoughts about how the layout should look. For this page, we proceed completely in her phase – not mine.

We started by choosing a photograph and I was very surprised she didn’t pick a horse photo but mine instead! I asked why this one and she told because it’s a pretty one. That’s a perfect reason, isn’t it. Then, she picked up a white cardstock for a background to start our work, just as her Mom always do.

I limited her passion and excitement to Pebbles Hey, Hello collection instead giving her access to all my products. I had some of the separate patterned papers and Pebbles Hey, Hello Project Pad on the table and she fell in love with the paper Yellow Roses. We fussy cut all the flowers out and to bring more colors we took the lovely colored sheet out from the project pad.

The most interesting part of the process was adding thread. She’s seen my Youtube videos and she’s been watching how I do it, but she gave me an idea which is totally new to me – adding matching thread around each paper. The effect is adorable! It bring softness to the page but doesn’t make it as messy as I usually end up doing. Well done my dear child, well done!

Attaching the squares to the background was a bit tricky, so instead of measuring and getting gray hair I asked if the squares could be like wreath. She didn’t like the idea but shook them a bit, so the squares are inclined on purpose.

If you’d like to try out creating something together with older than toddlers, here’s what I think are the most important things to make the moment memorable.

  • Tell her/him clearly what’s the main goal – it’s easier to create when you know what to create and to where.
  • Limit all options – it’s easier to decide from four papers than from forty papers.
  • Let her/him teach YOU something, be curious about their opinions.
  • Instead of saying no, ask questions like why.

We did this together and I’m so very proud about it. Creating one thing together is totally different thing than creating things beside each other. She enjoyed as much as I.

Thank you for stopping by here today, it’s been a pleasure! Have a great day!
Terhi xx 
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Supplies: 
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Pad 12×12 (736898) 
Pebbles Hey, Hello Project Pad
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Stickers (736796)
 
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Sticker Book (736804)

Pebbles Hey, Hello Puffy Thickers (736798)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557)
American Crafts White Cardstock (71259)

Filed Under: Inspiration, Layout, Uncategorized Tagged With: Craft, Crafting, hey hello, scrapbook, scrapbook layout, scrapbooking, Terhi Koskinen

Hello Summer! | Terhi

11
Jun
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Hey all!
It’s Terhi Koskinen here sharing you some tips to capture your summer memories in a beautiful way. I’m using Pebbles Sun and Fun collection, which is my most favorite line to scrapbook summer themed layouts.

If I can choose a photo for my layout I want to create, I often choose one taken with a good camera, people staying still with pretty smiles and even choosing photos edited in proper way.
This summer I will challenge myself to use more photos taken randomly, just like the one on this bright and colorful layout.

As the photo is a bit blurry and small, I decided to bring the feeling from it to the layout. My girls and their Grandpa were showing the fish they got, and the excitement was one of the things I wanted to honor. Colors are perfect for this! I picked up three bright colors from Sun and Fun patterned papers, pink, blue and green. Bringing the feeling from the photo to the layout is always a key to success.

In addition to bright colors, I added lots and lots of details to catch attention from the blurry photo. There are bits and pieces of patterned papers, ephemera, fussy cut pieces, washi tapes and much more! Also, there are words and phrases supporting the great feeling from the photo.
Finally, I finished the page by adding watercolor details close to matching colors.

What do you think, could you use more everyday photos? How about making a layout with lots of details? And maybe even finish it with some watercolor elements!
Hope you feel inspired! Have a great day!
Terhi xx 
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Supplies:
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Butterfly Love (736888)
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Freshly Picked (736886) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Fresh Squeezed (736889) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Splish Splash (736884) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Ice Cream Yum (736885) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Make A Wish (736883) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Make A Wish (736883) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Summer Bouquet (736879) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Sand in My Toes (736880) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Ephemera (736872) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Vinyl Waterproof Stickers (736890)
Pebbles Sun and Fun Cardstock Stickers (736870)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557) 
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board (71277)

Filed Under: Inspiration, Layout, Summer, Uncategorized Tagged With: scrapbook, scrapbook layout, scrapbooking, summertime, sun & fun, sun and fun, Terhi Koskinen

About me – Terhi

01
Jun
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Hello everyone, It’s Terhi Koskinen here!
I have been up here for many times before, but as we have just started a new term with my lovely three team mates, why not to share something about myself. Oh, and don’t worry, not going to get you bored by telling all about my shoe size or full length life story, I only want to share some things about my creative life so far.

I have been scrapbooking for over ten years and started the journey by seeing some scrapbook albums made by a friend of mine. As I’m a lover of photographing and I couldn’t imagine my life without creating things with my hands, I was hooked from the day one. The lovely friend of mine let me borrow her papers and stamps, and told me how to start and where to purchase my own stuff. I’ll be forever grateful for her, as her help and advice as given me not only beautiful albums full of our family life, but also countless opportunities to see the world, make new friends, and even lead to me to study new profession!

Talking about profession, last year was the toughest of my life so far. Struggles with health, home and work gave me an idea about to do something I would actually love and be passioned about as my work, to support my mental health and happier life. Uniting my career with technology to my creative mind lead me to dream about graphic designing.
Now I’m studying like never before and couldn’t be more excited about the choice I made!

When I’m not reading or practicing, I’m making cute things like this mini album here. This one is made as a small birthday present for my eldest daughter. She turns twelve in just few weeks and she lives for horses – just as her mother has always lived! The mini book is all about her pony and what they discovered last summer.

Mini albums are one of my favorite craft to make, as I can create one about years long adventures or add only couple photos telling a story about one single moment in life. Also, you can add much more pretty embellishments into a mini book than to scrapbook layouts. But I do love creating layouts, too!

Here I created the album with Hey, Hello project pad and other embellishments. I made the covers with thick cardstock covered with patterned paper. The made the simplest photo cards by attaching patterned papers behind each photo I added to the book. I kept the photos clear from embellishments and added everything to the other side, together with a phrase sticker matching to the theme.

In addition to my daughter I talked before, our family includes another sweet girl aged nine and a handsome man I could “hubs”. There are two furry friends here, too, couple of cavalier King Charles spaniels.

We live in a small house and sadly I don’t have a huge room for my scrapbooking supplies. Instead, half of our living room is my creative space and quite often our family has to eat somewhere else as the kitchen table is occupied with my scraps, tools and machines.

My dream is to share the word of memory keeping to the whole world and encourage everyone to make something with their hands. I also dream about traveling to US, to see the people and places who has started the scrapbooking in the first place.

I hope you are inspired about work! Please come to visit at my blog and social media, and we will meet also here at Pebbles blog many times in the future, too!

Thank you for reading this far! 
Keep on crafting! 
Terhi xx 
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Supplies: 
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Pad 12×12 (736898)  
Pebbles Hey, Hello Paper Clips (736802)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Stickers (736796)
 
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Sticker Book (736804)
 
Pebbles Hey, Hello Ephemera Sentiments (736799)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557) 

Filed Under: Meet: Pebbles Design Team, Mini Album Tagged With: Mini Album, Mini Book, scrapbook, scrapbooking, Terhi Koskinen

Super Easy Envelope Cards | Terhi

22
May
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Hi Friends! Terhi here with a super simple but very creative idea for your next cards to make.

Sunny summer starts soon and as usual, I want to make sure I have couple of spare cards to give away if needed. And I like the cards to be themed with the ongoing season. Therefore, Sun and Fun papers and embellishments are playing the main role with these cards.

To create a simple envelope, I used We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. It’s very easy to use and in just a couple of minutes I had envelope in my hands just in a size I wanted to.

In order to use the envelope both as a card and an envelope, I didn’t add any adhesives. To replace glue and all other permanent attachments, I only added some washi tapes to close the envelopes. This way the receiver can open it, read it, and again close it.

The front sides of the envelopes are decorated with Sun and Fun ephemera and couple of layered flowers I had left from creating a wreath (link).

To make the cards matching any occasion I chose to use sentiments like “Hooray!” or “Hello there!”, as these are not preferring to specific celebrations. “Hellos” can be said any day, just to wish a happy day!

Finally to finish up the cards I added some fussy cut butterflies here and there. The butterflies and puffy dot stickers makes the perfect details for the lovely layered cards.

Hope you feel inspired!
Terhi xx 
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Supplies:
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Butterfly Love (736888)
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Freshly Picked (736886) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Fresh Squeezed (736889) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Splish Splash (736884) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Ice Cream Yum (736885) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Make A Wish (736883) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Make A Wish (736883) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Summer Bouquet (736879) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Patterned Paper Sand in My Toes (736880) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Ephemera (736872) 
Pebbles Sun and Fun Vinyl Waterproof Stickers (736890)
Pebbles Sun and Fun Cardstock Stickers (736870)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557)
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board (71277)

Filed Under: Cards, Summer, Uncategorized Tagged With: Card, Cardmaking, Cards, Envelope, Envelopes, Layered, Layered Embellishments, Layers, sun & fun, sun and fun, Terhi Koskinen

Unique Card for a Unique Mom

04
May
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Hey all!
One week until time to celebrate something we all have: Mother.
Usually this is one of the highlights of the year in our family, but this year we are going to continue protecting our loved ones and not celebrating Mother’s Day together.
Thanks for technology, at least we can talk through videos and phone.

Instead of a hand made card, I decided on creating a mini book about a vacation we had together with my Mom last fall. We travelled to Canary Islands, just the two of us, to breath and relax. I have captured all the photos to my scrapbook albums, but thought these photos would offer highly appreciated memories to my Mom. Especially during the situation we are living in now.

The mini book has been created in very simple steps. The cover has three pieces of card board, all covered with beautiful patterned paper from Lovely Moments collection. To be specific, the paper is called “Springs”.
The pages inside are actually cards from the Lovely Moments Boxed Cards. Three cards together inside each other. Five card sets attached to the cover using embroidery thread. Firm knots, and that’s it!

To add some glamour and shiny elements for the cover, I added lots of sequins at the same with attaching the pages.
You only need a needle to make a book with adorable embellishments!

There are lots of photos inside the mini book, but also lots of empty space for my Mom to write her own memories. I used thickers to write couple main titles like “beach day” and “good night”, but the rest is for her to write.

I tried my best to make thick covers enough to keep the mini album closed. But again I made it too thin or too many pages. This happens every time!
In the end I solved the problem by adding lace ribbons to keep the book closed, and I think it looks better now. 


Hope you have a moment to create something beautiful today! 
Terhi xx 
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Supplies: 
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White 
736903 Lovely Moments Boxed Cards

736897 Lovely Moments 12×12 Patterned Paper Pad 
736893 Lovely Moments Cardstock Sticker Book 
736829 Lovely Moments Puffy Phrase Thickers
736825 Lovely Moments Phrase Ephemera
736829 Lovely Moments Puffy Phrase Thickers 
736822 Lovely Moments Cardstock Stickers

We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557) 

Filed Under: Flowers, Gift, Inspiration, Mini Album, Spring, Uncategorized Tagged With: Card set, Mini Album, Mini Book, Mother's Day, Mother's Day Gift, Terhi Koskinen

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