Pebbles Valentine's Decor Projects

I can't tell you how many hurdles I've had to endure lately.  It's been a while since I've blogged, but I think I'm finally back, and I'm excited to show you what I've been up to.

I've had no computer for a month.  It's the third computer to die in two years for us, so I'm down to a laptop for the time being, but it's a computer, so I'm doing my best while the computer is being fixed by the pro's.

Also- I'm expecting a baby!

I've been super sick and on top of it I've had three bouts of sinus infection/cold/pneumonia in two months.

One thing after another.....

But I'm back :)

The "Yours Truly" collection from Pebbles is one of my favorite Valentine's collections ever.  The colors are beautiful.  I love the aqua and pink and red, and the elements are all well designed and on trend.

I made this banner out of wood and embellished it with patterned paper, stickers, Chips chipboard elements, twine, tags, and dimensional adhesive.

This is my favorite 3x4 card in this collection.  Simple and striking.  The cards come in the Phrase Cards pack and are always one of my favorite embellishments from Pebbles.  I combined the card with a dimensional sticker and some of my favorite patterned papers from the collection. 

I added Pebbles Glitter Candy Dots to the centers of these flowers from the Dimensional Stickers pack for dimension and shine, and the heart and arrow are from the Phrase and Accent sticker sheet.

These tags are fabulous, and I used them on both of these projects.  They come pre-made in a variety pack and every one of them is adorable.  I love the chalkboard look.

And these paper strips are the barcode strips from the patterned paper.  I always keep these and use them on cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects.

My other project is another wood decor piece.  This one was done with Mod-Podge and a bit of glitter.  These letters and the banner pieces above were purchased un-finished from a wood store called Wood Creations here in Utah.

I traced the letters onto patterned paper, cut them out, and then Mod-Podged the paper shapes onto the wood.  I then Mod-Podged over the top of the paper to protect it from damage during storage.

The tag is from the Tags pack I mentioned above.  It's super cute by itself, so I simply tied it onto my ribbon.

I used a lot of Chips chipboard pieces on these two projects.  I love the dimension chipboard brings to projects.  Here are more Glitter Candy Dots, this time in aqua.

And after adhering this patterned paper strip to the front of this painted wood block, I painted Mod Podge around the border with a foam brush and poured glitter over the top (over a tray, of course, to save the excess).  The glitter is Wow Extra Fine Glitter by American Crafts.

Thanks for visiting!  More projects soon, including some fun ones I made in January!

-Tiffany

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

American Crafts Halloween- Target Exclusive + Pebbles "Thirty One"

American Crafts has an exclusive Halloween collection this year that you can only find

at Target Stores.  It includes spooky labels, party favors, sequins, banners, and more!

These labels are my absolute favorite!  I paired them with the decorative tags from Pebbles' Thirty One collection, as well as some Thirty One patterned papers and American Crafts twine.

The sequins are beautiful.  Stars and circles and tiny specks.  They would be so cute in vellum or plastic for a card.

These hats come in a large pack and can be used as place settings at a party.  The adhesive is already on them, so you just open the package, peel and stick and you're done!

Instead of putting the icons on the white label, you can put them on the fringe and write the person's name.

You can see the book project in this photo on my last blog post.

All of these jars are old vinegar bottles that I emptied.  Some of them still have the old vinegar with old brown chili peppers.  It adds to the gross effect.

And here's the awesome banner.  This photo does not do it justice.  It's amazing.

And the best part is that all the letters are chipboard stickers, so you just peel and stick and you're done!

So cute, and so easy!

Happy Halloween!

Tiffany

Pebbles "Thirty One" projects!

Every month the Pebbles Design Team makes a couple of extra projects that you will only see on the designers' blogs.  Here are my projects from September.  I used the awesome new "Thirty One" collection.

And today I'm decorating my house for my favorite holiday...

HALLOWEEN!!!

These books are some old encyclopedias that I used as a child for my school assignments.

My sister and mom and some other girls in the family all took some of the books and Mod-Podged them with cute Halloween papers.

Then I used a variety of cute spooky Thickers letter stickers

(Spooky 732303)

(Spooky 732136)

(Prairie 732125)

and (Mercantile 732134)

for the spines to make the book titles

These cadaver tags are kind of adorable, in a gruesome way (decorative tags 732308)

And these chalkboard label stickers are some of my favorites in the collection (732305)

This cute frame features the 6x6 paper pad and the phrase and accent stickers (732304)

Happy Halloween!!!!

Look for more spooky projects this Sunday using an exclusive Halloween collection from American Crafts for Target Stores!

-Tiffany

Recent Happenings- Exciting Announcements- and Cute Projects

Hi everyone!

Where have I been?  Well around here the kids are in school clear until the beginning of July, so we just started our summer break!  Can you believe it?  And it's not going to last long, so we're making the most of the little bit of time we have.  We have year-round school, and lots of the kiddos go back the end of this month!  I don't know who would call that a summer break.  I don't.

We did, however, get to celebrate a little bit of the 4th of July.  I had to work that day, being a nurse and all, but I had an amazing day at work and met some amazing kiddos and really had a fun day.  Then came home to celebrate all night with the family and the neighbors.  This was our first time buying fireworks that are allowed to leave the ground!  Utah laws changed and now we can shoot off aerial fireworks!  So cool!

Did a little bit of Independence Day crafting with my Doodlebug goodies.

Check out this flag, made of Washi Tape!

The turquoise background was done by lining up the pattern on the tape and applying in strips.  You can't even tell it's strips of tape, can you?  The stripes on the flag are also washi tape, and the blue star was die cut with blue patterned paper and then I applied a die cut Cute Cut on top.  The frame was from Wal Mart and came with the pretty white mat inside.  Super easy!

Also- Pebbles is going through a few changes.  First off- our design team coordinator, Lynn Ghahary, is stepping down from the coordinator position.  We are really going to miss her.  She has been such a sweet, dedicated, organized, supportive coordinator and I wish her the best in her next adventures.  The design team created thank you cards for her that you can see on the Pebbles blog HERE.

Here's my card.  I used one of my favorite Pebbles lines- Seen and Noted.

Pebbles is also revealing their new logo tomorrow.  

If you are local, come celebrate this big event at Pebbles in My Pocket in Orem, Utah.

Pebbles is also finalizing their Design Team for 2013-2014.  I can't wait to see who the new team will be!

And lastly- I've been busy creating CHA projects for several companies and I'm finally finishing up with the last of them.  CHA is in Vegas this year and starts in a couple of weeks, and there will be tons of reveals you can see here and on all the manufacturer's blogs.  It's one of my favorite times of the year.  I love searching the internet for the latest and greatest scrapbooking and crafting trends.  I can't wait to show you what I've created for the show- one big fabric project in particular! :)

Let's just say it cost $45 to ship.  Ouch!

Stick around for more fun reveals starting next week!

Tiffany

A Doodlebug Baby Shower!

My sister just had her first little girl, so I wanted to do a family shower for her to help out with all the cute little pink things she would need.  My mom threw it at her house, and did the centerpiece and the food, and I did the decorations and invitations.  It turned out really cute.

 

You can find a similar invitation to this in the Create: Baby magazine from 2012 that was designed for a little boy.  The Doodle Pops make it so easy and fun to create quick cute cards.

I've definitely made my share of banners, and this one is similar to the birthday one I did a couple of years ago (you can see that one HERE).

I love making diaper cakes.  Sometimes I'll fill them with baby gifts, too, like rattles, pacifiers, bottles, burp cloths, etc.  This time it's just diapers, and I gave her the quilt I made from THIS POST.

Cute paper flags are easy and add a nice touch to the food.

Thanks for visiting.

Tiffany