Doodlebug Mother's Day Card and Recipe Book Mini

This week the Doodlebug team received a great sketch by Design Team member Jessy Christopher to use to create Mother's Day cards

My mom's a big-time seamstress and cook, so I used the Nifty Notions collection to make her card. I didn't even need a sentiment, the die cuts and stickers say it all. She's going to love it, it's perfect for her.

The spool of thread and the scissors are Boutique Brads from the collection.  They're two of my favorite items Doodlebug has ever made.  I've been hoarding them.  It shows how much I love my mom to give her a card with such valuable embellishments :)

Here's Jessy's great sketch so you can play along:

We were also challenged to create a Mother's Day gift, so since my mom loves cooking I made a recipe book that she can put our favorite family recipes in (and then hopefully give it to me one day :)

The entire book was made using the Bon Appetit collection of papers, die cuts, stickers, buttons, ribbon, and brads, and a Doodlebug chipboard album. I also used Doodlebug's petite prints cardstock for the colored circles.

 The inks are new Doodlebug pigment ink pads by Color Box!
I love the colors- they match perfectly and are very high quality and great to work with.

The stamps are Stampin' Up

Head on over to the Doodlebug Blog to see more great Mother's Day ideas!

Thanks for visiting!

-Tiffany

Lifestyle Crafts CHA Winter 2012 Release

The Winter 2012 Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) Trade Show is going on right now in Anaheim, California and Lifestyle Crafts is there, along with Doodlebug, Imaginisce, Brookie Crafts, and hundreds of other craft companies, showcasing their newest product lines.  It's the largest gathering of craft-related companies and is like the Scrapbook Expo on steroids.  I can't tell you how much I'd love to be there right now... but since I'm not, I'm perusing the web looking at all the fun pictures people are taking, and having fun seeing all the newest scrapbooking paper lines and tools that are coming out soon.  It's so exciting!

My wallet is definitely going to suffer.

Lifestyle Crafts has new products and I'm going to show you some of the projects I made to send to their booth at CHA using some of their fun new dies.  This is a HUGE release, and not all the dies are featured here, but it'll give you a small taste :)

There are some really beautiful new border dies, as well as three new doily dies and Nesting Butterflies!

The green, red, and blue strips are all border dies, and they're all 12" long, perfect for scrapbooking.

I've been waiting a long time for butterflies, and here they are, and two of the doily shapes are on this layout as well.  There's also another new nesting die set called Nesting Frames 9, and is on the photo above, under the green doily.

 

I really love the soft vintage feel of the border dies.  They are some of my favorites from this release.

The paper is by Stampin' Up! 

They've also come out with lots of new fun box dies.  This one's the Berry Container.

I made the strawberries using the Nesting Blossom and Nesting Spray dies from the Possibilities release.  I thought they'd be a fun addition to the Berry Container.

I made a step-by-step photo tutorial on how to make these strawberries that I'll post on my blog sometime soon.  The paper is "Country Drive" by Echo Park.

 

The white flower on the front of the container is from the Nesting Spray die set as well.

Here's another fun box- the Milk Carton die.  I LOVE this die, and I can see myself using it for Easter treats for my kids.  Wouldn't it be fun to make a set of them, and a fun box to put them in?  I think I'm going to :)

 

This darling paper is also "Country Drive" by Echo Park.

The clip is Stampin' Up! and the twine is from The Twinery.

This cute box is called the "Treat Box" and comes with different styles of flowers or labels to use on top.

Or, on this one, I thought it would be fun to use a sucker instead.

I put the label on the front that comes with the set.  The rhinestones and heart are I-Rock gems from Imaginisce.  The paper is by Creative Imaginations.

This is the "Pop Up Box."  It's great because the closure is interchangeable.  You can either put a flower, heart, or butterfly on top.  Then it folds and closes through a slit on the top of the box.

I also used one of the new border dies on this box.

The paper, pearl, and ribbon are Stampin' Up!

There are also some new envelope sets.  This one is the Eyelet Envelope Set,

and it also comes with a mini envelope to match. (paper- American Crafts, brads Making Memories)

And this one is the Basic Envelope Set, and it comes with labels, a card die, and a mini version as well.

I letterpressed the "congratulations" using the L Letterpress and the Letterpress starter kit plates.

Silver glitter cardstock- Doodlebug, solid cardstock- Stampin' Up!

This card features the third new doily, Nesting Frames 9, the Nesting Butterflies, and another border die.

The paper is by My Mind's Eye and the ribbon is Stampin' Up!

 

This is the Pinwheel die, and is a really great die, because you can make real 3D pinwheels that spin!

These would be so cute as party decor!

The set comes with dies to embellish the center. (paper- My Mind's Eye)

There's also a new Megaphone die.

I added a star from the new Stars die, which is a "punch" die set with 8 large and 12 small stars.

And my last little project is the "Hamburger Box."

Paper and ribbon are by Stampin' Up!

There are so many more dies than are shown here.  This release is huge.

Check out the Lifestyle Crafts website and L Blog to see the entire line, as well as more projects using these great new dies.  And as always, you can get 20% off your order of these and any other Lifestyle Crafts products when you enter "RHINESTONES" at checkout from the online store.

Thanks for visiting!

-Tiffany

Family Christmas Card 2011 & Win an iPad 2!

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Here's my family Christmas card this year.  I made it using Stampin' Up!'s digital design program "My Digital Studio" as well as Echo Park's Sleigh Ride digital kits and of course, Lifestyle Crafts photobooth props found HERE.

The photos were a blast to take (you should see all the outtakes :) the kids were hilarious.  They couldn't stop laughing.  Usually you have to try hard to get kids to smile for photos, but this time we had to tell them to hold still and try not to laugh and smile "less!" Best family photo experience EVER!

Also, it's Week 8 in the "I Made This" Campaign, and Lifestyle Crafts has another giveaway:

 December 20-January 3, we'll be giving away an iPad 2!

To enter, just share the contest link on facebook. You get an extra entry for liking Lifestyle Crafts on facebook and writing about the contest on your blog. (Make sure you leave a comment on this post on L Blog saying what you've done to enter and tell them "Rhinestones and Ribbon sent me").  More information can be found HERE.

And just in case you forgot what the I MADE THIS Campaign is, check out this post to learn how you could win the Grand Prize of a digital SLR camera, printer, mac computer, craft space and more just by adding projects to the Lifestyle Crafts community gallery.

-Tiffany

"Just For You" Release + Discount Code and iPad 2 giveaway!

Introducing the "Just for You" release.

This release includes rosette dies, a cute bakery box die with labels, a frame or card easel die with embellishments, and four new mini alphabets.

Here are a few fun project ideas for these dies.

Thinking ahead to holidays that are coming up, I needed more Valentines items for my home.
Pennants are super popular (and super cute) so I thought I'd make one!

This pennant was made using the new Rosette die with the eyelet edge.  The rosette dies also have circle dies to coordinate with the center of the rosette.

I also used the Edge It die set and the nesting pennant dies

The letters on the pennant are one of the new mini alphabets.

The paper and ribbon is from Stampin' Up!

I wanted to think "outside the box" with the Rosette die, so I thought it would be fun to make it a ruffle instead of a Rosette!

I used the Rosette die for the "ruffled" pink strip across the card.  Instead of gluing the edges to make a rosette, you can fan fold it and keep it flat to make ruffles.  I also used the nesting leaves die set.

It's nice to see some bright summer colors in the middle of winter- don't you think? :)

Paper is by My Mind's Eye, ribbon and button is Stampin' Up!, cardstock is Making Memories, twine is Doodlebug

The Bakery Box die set is another fun one.  I can see myself using this one a lot for treat gifts.

It's the cutest little thing! :)

Probably my favorite box from Lifestyle Crafts so far.

It comes with two sets of labels for the front of the box.

Paper is Doodlebug (birthday box) and stash from my scraps for the other one.  Cardstock is Stampin' Up! and the cute cake brad is Doodlebug

The card and easel die was used for these two projects.  You can cut the front of a card with a window:

And also cut an easel for the back.

It also comes with flowers or holly berries to embellish the front.

Paper is Stampin' Up!

One last project.  I'm in a "teal" phase.  And a damask phase (have you seen my craft room? :)  My daughter's room is also damask.  Just love it :)

This frame uses the L Letterpress, the Damask Printing Plate Set, and silver and teal ink.

Special discount just for you for the "Just For You" release celebration!

(Wow- say that 5 times fast :)

You can get 20% off your online order from Lifestyle Crafts website by entering code:

RHINESTONES

at checkout

YAY!!!

Also- you could win an iPad 2 this week by becoming a fan of Lifestyle Crafts on facebook!

Simply post that you are a fan on this blog post (not the other post last week) and tell them
"Rhinestones and Ribbon sent me"

You can also get additional entries by:

-Posting about this contest on your blog

-Tweeting about this contest

-Sharing this contest on facebook

All kinds of fun!  Tell your friends!!!  I hope you win!!!

-Tiffany