Doodlebug Fall Wreath and Thankful Layout

This wreath should appear sometime on the Doodlebug Blog, but for now, I thought I'd show you since we're leaving the fall season and entering winter.

The wreath was done by cutting various shaped and sized leaves from my Silhouette Cameo using Doodlebug's Happy Harvest collection.

The leaves were then scored with my Scor-Pal to make them more life-like

And then folded to create dimension

I used grapevine to make the wreath base.  You can either make the wreath this way, by wrapping it in a circle and then tying it with craft (floral) wire, 

Or they do make grapevine wreaths already done for you.  I just had grapevine on hand already so that's what I used.  It's a bit difficult to work with and makes a huge mess, so do it outside.

The leaves were all adhered using a glue gun.

And the banner was also cut with the Cameo.  The font is Times New Roman.

I also made this layout for the blog, and since yesterday was Thanksgiving, I wanted to thank you all for being such great supporters of my blog and my work.  I love having great comments and emails from readers.

Thank you!

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends!

I'm so thankful for all of you!

-Tiffany

Doodlebug Happy Harvest Layout

Doodlebug has some gorgeous new collections from CHA, and Happy Harvest is my favorite of the new collections.  I love what they've done with the colors, and the fall/Thanksgiving theme is so new and refreshing.  Doodlebug has never done a Thanksgiving themed line before.

The Mini Flowers are one of my favorite embellishments.  They are the perfect size, they are so quick and easy because they're done for you, and you can mix and match small and large flowers and the colors and the leaves to make whatever kind of flower you want!

They also have new "Sprinkles" enamel dots that are adhesive.  I stuck them to the centers of several flowers and throughout the background of the layout.  These are fun embellishments and add shine and texture.

Doodlebug always does great stickers and die cuts.  Don't you just love the colors?  And the awesome woodgrain!  Makes me excited for fall.

See more great Happy Harvest projects on the Doodlebug Blog today HERE.

-Tiffany

*NEW Doodlebug* Halloween Parade and Happy Harvest Collections!

Doodlebug debuted their new Halloween Parade collection on their blog yesterday,

and their new Happy Harvest collection on the blog today

and there's MORE to come!  Stay tuned for their other collections.

Here's a small peek at the new absolutely adorable Halloween Parade and Happy Harvest collections-

visit the Doodlebug Blog HERE and HERE to see the entire thing!

12x12 paper pack

just a small sample of all the adorable stickers

one of many new embellishments- Sprinkles!

And check out the new Pixies!

12x12 paper pack

twine- and just a few of the many cute stickers!

Doodlepops stickers!

Simply Put card inserts

see more on the blog!!!

(and stay tuned for more to come)

Tiffany

Imaginisce "Love You More" and Doodlebug "Thankful for" projects

Imaginisce is releasing their newest collection "Love You More" this week,

so the design team is showing off their projects made with this cute new collection.

This is more of a sophisticated collection than what Imaginisce usually creates, and I'm totally in love with it. I really like where they took the design, and the colors are fantastic.

And yes, there's washi tape!  Swoon!

The ribbons on both of these projects are from May Arts, and the doilies are from the

baking section of the craft store.

And over at the Doodlebug Blog, we're celebrating our blessings.

Instead of a layout, I decided to make a gratitude journal.

The sentiment is a rub-on that was long and skinny.  I just applied it in individual words to fit it into the window of this Doodlebug Plain and Simple chipboard album.  This is the scallop eyelet album.

All the ribbons, twine, papers, stickers, and buttons are Doodlebug, too.

The stamp "Thankful for" is from Stampin' Up!

I put pockets inside for each year so we can record what we were thankful for each year and then go back later and read them.  It will be fun to see my kids' answers each year as they get older.

See more "Thankful for" Doodlebug projects HERE

and more "Love You More" Imaginisce projects HERE.

Thanks for visiting!

Tiffany

Fun Home Decor Wood Turkey Tutorial! (Mod-Podge anyone?? :)

 Hello!

Am I the cutest thing or what?

I had fun with my Cricut on Saturday.  I don't have a lot of "Thanksgiving" decor- so I thought I'd make a 3D version of the cutest turkey on the Create-A-Critter Cricut Cartridge.

  He's made of wood!  Fun, right?  And he's covered with sparkly and soft fuzzy Doodlebug goodness!

Here's how I made him:

Using my Gypsy I separated the body and hat image to cut each one individually on different types of paper.

 The "Hide" feature is my favorite part of the Gypsy.  I love being able to cut parts of images if I need to.

The Cricut images were all cut at 11"

For the body I used Doodlebug's Crushed Velvet cardstock (so he has a soft fuzzy body) and Sugar Coated cardstock in Bon Bon (for some sparkly wings).

I used Crushed Velvet cardstock for the hat, too, in Beetle Black.

 I have the Cricut Expression and the rollers will leave small lines in the Crushed Velvet cardstock which can be brushed over with your hands and they disappear, or you can cut the image upside down (flip feature) and flip the cardstock over too so that the rollers roll over the back of the cardstock instead of the front.

 All the cardstock for all the layers is Doodlebug.

Once you have all the layers cut out, place them over one another (don't glue them together), line them up well, and then cut off the bottom of the image so that you have a flat bottom for the wood pieces to stand upright on.

Keep the cute little feet.  You'll cut those out of wood, too, just not attached to the body.

 Lay all your pieces on a sheet of wood (this is a scrap from another project).

I used wood that's 3/4 inch thick.

 Trace all images with a pencil and set paper pieces aside.  Cut out the wood images on a Band-Saw.

 Here's all the finished wood pieces.  I changed the design of the wings at the last minute.  I wanted the wings to stand out instead of the chest of the turkey standing out.  If you notice the brown sparkly body image above, I just cut the wings out of that.

 Now for the fun part!

I love painting and glittering!  Paint the outer edges of your wood pieces, and paint a little on the front just around the edge in case your paper doesn't cover the entire front of the wood piece exactly.

 While your paint is still wet, DUMP glitter all over the paint.  I used Doodlebug's Sugar Coating glitter.  Do this over a Tidy Tray that's been rubbed with an Embossing Buddy (to control static) so that you can save the leftover glitter and put it back into the bottle.  The glitter goes a very long way.  After tapping off the excess and putting the extra back into the bottle you'll be surprised how little glitter is used, but due to the wet paint, the piece gets fully covered.

 Repeat on all pieces that you want glittered.

When the paint has dried, pull out the Mod Podge!

 You'll want to do each item one at a time.

Paint the front of the piece with a layer of Mod Podge.

 Quickly place the cut piece of cardstock from the Cricut machine over the wet Mod Podge and smooth with a credit card or other smoothing tool to get out all air bubbles.  Usually when using Mod Podge you would then paint over the paper as well to seal the paper.  I skipped this step because I wanted the paper to still be glittery or velvety.

 Repeat with all other pieces.

 Also- you'll want to pay attention to all the edges.  Make sure Mod Podge gets under the whole edge so that when dry, the paper doesn't lift and curl.  Don't worry about the mess- Mod Podge dries clear (I used Gloss Luster and it dries clear.  Some Mod Podge products have color or sparkle in them, so get one that dries clear.)

 I then cut a 3/4 inch strip of the Crushed Velvet cardstock using my paper trimmer to wrap around the outer edge of his body so that his head and body would be soft as well.

 Then I hot-glued each layer together, added some googly eyes, and a Making Memories ribbon and buckle for the hat.

I glued his cute feet to the front of him so that he looks like he's sitting.  Cute feet, right? :)

 Gobble gobble!!!

Hope I've inspired you to create something for your home and to try something new!

Supplies used:

Doodlebug Sugar Coated Carstock in Bon Bon, Ladybug and Tangerine (wings, red feathers, beak and the red hangy-down thingy (does that thing have a name?  ha ha! :)

Doodlebug Crushed Velvet Cardstock in Bon Bon and Beetle Black (body and hat)

Doodlebug Spot Glittered Cardstock in Tangerine (feet and back feathers)

Doodlebug Sugar Coating glitter in Bon Bon, Ladybug and Tangerine (for the edges of each layer)

googly eyes

Making Memories ribbon and buckle

-Tiffany