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Heart of Home Thankful Layout

Nov

Hello Pebbles friends! It’s Monique with you today and I’m so happy to be here! I can’t believe how fast this year is flying by! Halloween has come and gone and now it’s already November! I created today’s layout with Thanksgiving in mind. Here in The Netherlands, we don’t celebrate like the US, but being thankful is something we can do everywhere in the world. With that in mind, here’s my thankful layout. I used the beautiful Heart of Home collection by Jen Hadfield, which I just can’t get enough of! I love the soft colors and all the golden touches.

When I got started on this page I knew which photo I wanted to use. It’s the photo of my husband and our three kids taken on Father’s Day last June. I adore this photo and it depicts what I’m most grateful for: a loving husband and three healthy, adorable, smart, kind, awesome kids! With this photo as my starting point, I gathered the papers and embellishments I wanted to use:

The journaling on my layout is written in Dutch, but it’s about the fact that I find it a real shame we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in The Netherlands. There is so much to be thankful for and I would love to have one day in the year where we all take time off to actually realize this. Before gluing my layout together, I printed my journaling directly onto a piece of patterned paper using my laptop with MS Word and my Canon printer.

Now that I had my paper with the journaling, I started adhering all the bits and pieces onto my white cardstock background. Of course I also used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges of my page & grey card with the flowers and the sentiment (cut from the Heart of Home paper). For a little extra dimension, I used a few Sticky Thumb dimensional adhesive foam dots to adhere the tag beneath my photo and the heart die-cut:

I treated the flowers of the journaling card with my “Wink of Stella brush”. I love the glitter look! It fits the mood of this layout perfectly.

The title was added last. I love the pink color of these Thickers and definitely needed to include one of the words of this set. One of my very favorite embellishments on this layout is the gold 3D butterfly with the word “love” across it (from the Heart of Home dimensional stickers). It’s so delicate and beautiful!

I really love how this Heart of Home Thankful layout turned out. Hope you do too. Will you scrap about the things you’re thankful about? I would love to see if you do!

Supplies:

Heart of Home Heart of Home 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733733)
Heart of Home From Me To You 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733745)
Heart of Home Painted Dots 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733749)
Heart of Home Gathering 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733750)
Heart Of Home Painted Gingham 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733756)
Heart of Home Thickers Words/Pink Foiled Foam (733767)
Heart of Home Ephemera (733769)
Heart Of Home Washi Tape (733759)
Heart of Home Dimensional Stickers w/gold foil accents (733765)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Adhesive Runner and Refill (340261)
American Crafts Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam White Dots (340272)

DIY Fall Home Decor | Fall Traditions DIY

Oct

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Happy Fall, ‘yall! Heather Leopard is here for fall traditions week. I thought I’d focus on decorating the house to get it started. While our leaves may not change colors until closer to Winter, we do enjoy changing the scenery and pumpkin spicing everything indoors.

I started this project thinking I’d make a DIY Fall Home Decor banner but as I was on my last step (and searching for jute), I ran across this tin sign I had in my stash. Changed things up and decided to give the banner a bit of a twist.

Step 1: Gather your DIY fall home decor supplies

All you need are 4 – 6 coordinating patterned papers, a few coordinating embellishments, a die cut machine (manual or electronic), tape runner, jute or a sign holder.

Step 2: Let’s get started

Cut your banners approx. 3 3/4″ w x 5 3/4″ h. I chose to use 4 different patterned papers but you could get away 1 or 2. Your project = your choice 🙂 *Set them aside.

*I do this step first so that I know how large to make my alphas based on how large I want my banner.

Cut your alphas. I created a lighter outline of each letter (2 1/4″ w x 3″h) and then cut each letter slightly smaller in contrasting paper (1 3/4″ w x 2 3/4″h) so that the letter would stand out more.

Step 3: Put it all together

Now it’s time to assemble everything. Using your banners as the base, lay your letters on top and select a few embellishments to add to it. I selected a mix of dimensional and non-dimensional embellishments. Once you like what you see, commit by adhering it all in place.

Option A or B…which will you choose?

This is where you choose whether to make a banner or add it to a frame other other cute sign.

While I had every intention of making a DIY Fall Home Decor banner for my mantle or foyer, I decided at the very last minute to do something completely different. Luckily it all fit and I love how it turned out! I guess you should probably make this decision early on in the process so you can make sure it’s the right size.

Supplies

Heart of Home Tapestry 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733753)
Heart of Home Family Tree 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733744)
Heart of Home Landscaped 12″x12″ Patterned Paper (733752)
Heart of Home Ephemera (733769)
Heart of Home Dimensional Stickers (733765)
Heart of Home Thickers – Family (733758)
Midnight Haunting Autumn Plaid (733644)
Midnight Haunting Hauntingly Beautiful (733647)
Midnight Haunting Eyes On You (733643)

Adding Journaling spots to Cards

Sep

Thankful to be Your Mom

Nov

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Hello, Becki here, to share with you a layout I created using the brand new Happy Day collection. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and there’s nothing I’m more thankful for than my family. I created this layout to tell my kiddos how grateful I am for them. Today I also thought I’d share a couple of tricks that I use when I’m adding Thickers to my projects. When I add Thickers to the page and I want them to be in a straight line I use a clear ruler. I put my Thickers on the ruler and then when I have them placed in a straight line I place it on the page and gently press the top of the Thickers down and move the ruler.

Once I have my Thickers in place I usually stitch over them to make sure that they stay in place. The Thickers that come with this collection are thin chipboard with a little bit of a wood grain (the other set is the same material but in a beautiful floral pattern). They are so easy to stitch through.

I used a frame from the cardstock tag frames pack to put my photos in. I printed the photos at 2 inches square and they fit perfectly in the frame.

Here’s the entire layout:

I love the little elements of this collection. Collections that have elements that can be used for many occasions. I especially love the paper tape that I tucked in under the photo strip. Here are a few more details:

Thanks for stopping by the Pebbles blog and Happy Thanksgiving!

Supplies:
Happy Day Cardstock stickers 732703
Happy Day Cardstock stickers 732702
Happy Day Floral Thickers 732705
Happy Day Wood Chipboard Thickers 732704
Happy Day Cardstock Frame Tags 732715
Happy Day Fresh Air Patterned Paper 732695
Happy Day Epoxy Stickers 732707