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Spring Flowers with Terhi

Apr

Hello Friends, it’s Terhi here with you again!
It’s April now, which means we are very close to the season of Cherry Blooms. Can’t wait for it! I love seeing all trees in blossom, both apple and cherry trees are my favorite.

The last weeks has been full of very worrying news, so keeping mind in positive things and remember the beauty of the world is important. This is why I decided on creating a scrapbook page around the spring flowers theme. To create this page I used Hey, Hello! collection designed by Jen Hadfield.

You might be focusing first on the flowers here, but as usual, the most important part of a scrapbook layout is the photograph (or some other way telling about the memories).
I really like playing with photographs!
Like while creating this layout, first I added one photo of the cherry blooms, but then wanted to add another one cut in circle shape. And I couldn’t stop there, so I added even more very small cherry bloom pics in matching bloom shape.

Layering photographs on top of each other and on top of other elements in the page gives you depth and dimension. Both depth and dimension will make the layout more live, which makes the layout much more interesting!
Small things matter.

In addition to photographs of the memory, I like adding matching embellishments or other elements to the page. Like here, I wanted to add lots and lots of flowers to support the theme of the amazing cherry trees.
The rest of the creation process is just adding smaller embellishments like stickers, and then title and journaling.

Now I have this wonderful page hanging on our wall and reminding about happier times. “I got this”, and I know “all is good”, so no need to worry too much. Hope you feel the same.

Terhi xx
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Supplies:
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Pad 12×12 (736898)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Happy Day (736862)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Flower Blossoms (736848)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Stickers (736796)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557)
American Crafts White Cardstock (71259)

Good Friendships with Terhi

Mar

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Hey there Pebbles Friends!
It’s Terhi here with you today. Hope you all are fine and doing great no matter where you are!
I’m here to share you a scrapbook page telling a story about one of the most important friendships in my life.
Let’s go, I’ll share how it was created, too.

I guess friendships are important to all of us, no matter where we are or how we were raised. This is no exception for me, my friends are my superpower! But instead of creating a layout including a silly selfie taken with friends, I thought to share who are my closest friends.
Side note, the silly selfies are important, too.

Who are the friends standing next to me when life gives me lemons?
Who are close to me when I’m ill?
Who smiles me every time we see each other – even if the last time was a second ago?
Who are always excited to do absolutely anything with me?
Who are the ones who agrees with anything I say and still be the most honest ones?
Who make my heart sign no matter how gray the world looks?
Please meet our two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Myy and Elsa. I hope I can be as loyal to them as they are for me.

Creating a page like this was easy.
I think the photograph and its meaning is so strong, that I didn’t want to disturb it too much. Only frame it gently, and add couple of heart there.
I had my calming moment with patterned papers and scissors, I love fussy cutting! Then, I simply adhered all the flowers on white cardstock, forming a circle and leaving some space inside it.

Before finishing the page I cut the title and adhered it too, as well as the hearts. Last, I flicked some watercolors around the flowers as I wanted to add some green to the page.
That’s it!
Oh, and another side note: See how beautifully Hey, Hello! collection and my darling dogs match together? It’s like a match made in heaven!

Do you scrapbook about your friends? How about your furry friends? Or are all of your albums including pages about your family?
I wish you are inspired! And staying mentally close to your friends.

Terhi xx
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Supplies:
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Pad 12×12 (736898)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Thinking of You Sentiments (736850)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Flower Blossoms (736848)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Patterned Paper Thank You Sentiments (736845)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Ephemera Icons (736800)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Ephemera Sentiments (736799)
Pebbles Hey, Hello Cardstock Stickers (736796)
We R Memory Keepers Premium Paper Trimmer (660557)
American Crafts White Cardstock (71259)

Paper Flower Wreath with Terhi | Video Tutorial

Mar

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Hey Friends!
It’s Terhi here with you sharing some very colourful spring inspiration.
I was getting ready to host a small party, just because of spring and the upcoming summer, but obviously all these social occasions are now moved to future. But nothing will stop be cheering out home with flowers and colors!
Come and take a look, there’s a video at the end of this post.

This wreath is about 16″ wide, and I love it so much! I do love making small things like mini albums, but sometimes it’s fun to go really BIG.

As you can see from the process video, all of the blooms are created in very simple way. Most of them are rolled flowers, which means I have cut them with my Silhouette and then rolled the paper and glued it down. Others are layered flowers and they are just as simple as the others.
And what’s more, you can do it all using scissors if you prefer.

After I had all the flowers prepared, I cut all the leaves too and started to think about the design on the black metal hoop.

Hot glue became me dearest friend during the creation! It’s so quick and easy way to adhere the paper blooms together! First I adhered all the flowers and then the leaves.

Here’s the process video to brighten up your day!
If you can’t see it here, here’s the link: http://youtu.be/eVg5BHxFVm0

Keep on crafting, it’s important during the times like this.
Terhi xx
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Male Layout with Terhi | Video Tutorial

Feb

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Hey there Pebbles Friends!
Terhi here again with you, sharing a scrapbook layout made with the new Hey, Hello collection. There’s also a creation process video for you to watch.
First, let me tell you something about the process.

Have you ever really thought about masculine scrapbook layouts? Do you think all pages about boys or men should be blue, green, brown… All dark colors and maybe couple images about trucks, cars or sports?
I started to create “male layout”, but after a short consideration I decided on keeping my style, keeping my favorite colors and products and just let my hands free!
Scrapbooking has no rules, and the page needs to do is telling the story forward.

The starting point for the page was the photograph: My husband enjoying fishing and endless summer night. The story includes some fish, but also lots of nature, beautiful sunset but mostly happiness about feeling good.
Therefore I created a fishing net kind of a design, using eyelets and embroidery threads. Then, I added photos and embellishments on and under the threads.
Take a look to the video below.

Link to video: http://youtu.be/wcC2LIVFQDQ.

Hope you are inspired!

Terhi xx
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How to create simple and interesting background for a scrapbook page

Feb

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Hello Pebbles Fans!
It’s Terhi here. I’m very excited to share you my first scrapbook page featuring Pebbles new line called Lovely Moments. This line is amazingly beautiful and perfect to document your Valentine’s Day memories!
I created a simple and quick background for this page and I want to share how it was done. It would work so well on cards or other paper craft projects, so prepare yourself to be inspired!

Seeing all the patterned papers from Lovely Moments made me want to use them right away, but obviously adding several prints on one layout might steal attention from the photograph and the story behind it. But with this simple trick you actually can add them all on your project and still receive calm and harmony result.
So what I did was that I cut the bottom strips away from each 12″ x 12″ paper and attached them on a white cardstock with a sewing machine to create a pretty background for my layout.
The simplest and most clever idea I’ve had for ages!

To make more interest to the background design, I didn’t use anything to align the strips. No adhesives, nothing. This way they all are a bit differently set up and some even on top of each other.
Once I was finished with the sewing, I torn and ripped the strips from here and there to add dimension.

Before attaching the photograph I fussy cut some beautiful blooms and flowers from patterned papers. There are so many to choose from!
To repeat the thread from the background and also to highlight the bond between my daughter and the wonderful and kind pony she loves, I wrapped some golden thread around the photograph. This makes such fun and important detail to the layout.

Lovely Moments Ephemera Phrase pack is full of fantastic die cuts to use as titles or sentiments! I chose ‘Lucky in Love’ for this layout mostly because the horseshoe which matches the story perfectly. The pony really is her Valentine!

There are some very delicate golden drops of mist here and there around the design. I love adding a bit of something extra to each of my scrapbook pages and shimmering gold mist works so well together with the colors and products of Lovely Moments.

Have you ever used the bottom strips from patterned papers or do you throw them away? Do you document your Valentine’s Day? I hope you are inspired!
Have fun creating!

Terhi xx
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