Doodlebug "Spring" Layout with the Flower Box collection

Doodlebug released it's new (and super cute) Flower Box Collection on the blog yesterday.

This collection is seriously adorable.  I love the colors and all the darling patterns.

This layout was on the blog yesterday.  You can see it HERE.

Aren't the little bright trees so cute?  The title is one of the new Simply Put 4x6 cards.  These card packs are great because you can use them for divided page protectors (think Project Life) or card bases or for scrapbooking.  And the reverse side of the cards is the same patterned turned the other direction so they can be used for horizontal or vertical page protectors.  Genius!

Doodlebug also released TONS of new washi tape patterns.  This aqua hounds tooth is one of them.

Cute!

And the dimensional flower in the bottom corner is from the new Mini Flowers Pack.  The pack comes with over 35 reversible pieces to mix and match to make your own flowers. I added dimensional foam adhesive to make them "pop"

And of course new totally adorable Mini Doodle Pops stickers.  These come in a pack with two butterflies and two flowers.  One of the flowers is under the photo.

Cute.
Cute.
Cute.

What do you think?

See more adorable Flower Box projects all this week on the Doodlebug Blog.

Tiffany

Pebbles Party with Amy Locurto "Superheroes" Layout

Pebbles released a new line called "Party with Amy Locurto" and it's a versatile line for scrapbooking kids.  Amy is a party planner who has lended her talent to Pebbles with this line that includes superheroes, the beach and swimming/mermaid themed products.

Here's my take on the superhero side of things:

My boys love dressing up in their superhero costumes and running around the house with their friends defeating the enemy and saving the world.

I used the paper flowers (rosettes) and the paper banner- but I cut the banner into individual elements and placed them on tabs (pow!, zap!).  They come in three vellum banners stitched with thread.

There are lots of great stickers in this line as well, that are not shown here, that would be great for party invitations and decor, cupcake toppers, banners, and favors.

Check out the whole line HERE.

And see more Party with Amy Locurto on the Pebbles Blog all week HERE.

Tiffany

Doodlebug "I Love Color" Layout

On the Doodlebug Blog this week the designers are creating projects about things they love.

I thought I'd express my undying love for color- particularly Doodlebug's bright happy color palate- in a layout about a very colorful event.

My parents and all the kids and spouses/girlfriends did a 5K this past summer called the Color Run.

It's the most fun non-competitive "race" you'll ever do.

For every K you run through, you get a different colored powder thrown on you, until you reach the end of the race and you're colored head to toe (and in places you didn't know colored powder could get) Ha!!

So fun.  For real.  You should totally do it.  But don't wear clothing you care about because the color won't come completely out of anything.

Don't you just love layouts with bad iPhone pictures on them? ;)

I wasn't about to bring a real camera with me, that's for sure!

The embellishments are actually all from a pack that I received last year at Doodlebug's National Scrapbook Day event.  We received kits to make layouts, but I didn't have time to do mine.  I used the two kits and put the papers and embellishments together and created a different layout.

These papers and embellishments are from several lines from last year, as well as petite prints.  The multi-color flower is a Doodle Pop, and the butterflies were made with a Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch.  The heart is a Stampin Up punch.

Thanks for visiting!

Tiffany

Bella Blvd Fabric Style- Camera Strap

Here's my second fabric project today for Bella Blvd.  I posted a baby quilt earlier today, so be sure to check that out as well.

I recently got a new camera, and suddenly my old camera strap just wasn't good enough :)  I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use my Bella Blvd fabrics to create something a little more my style than black and yellow- know what I mean?

I used Bella Blvd's Sunny Happy Skies and Puppy Park for this project.  The aqua and apple green are my favorite color combination. 

Bella Blvd has a full line of buttons and fabric and crochet flowers, too.  These are two Blooms a Bella flowers that I stacked and sewed together.  I removed the white buttons they come with and stitched on two of Bella Blvd's designer buttons.

The back fabric is from the Puppy Park line.  It's a mix of aqua, apple green, grey and black.

and the front is a darling print from Sunny Happy Skies.

I made up the pattern as I went, but I the strap's a little snug, so I'd make it a bit bigger next time.  I cut mine 4" wide, but I think 4.5" would have been better.  I won't share my tutorial because of the measurements.  It was very hard to turn with the batting inside.

There are many very cute tutorials online though that you can follow if you want to make your own.

I found all of these on Google :)

A Camera Strap from Fabric Scraps

Camera Strap Tutorial

Sew Your Own Camera Strap

Camera Strap Cover Tutorial

Make A Ruffled Camera Strap Slipcover

Camera Strap Cover-A Tutorial (ruffled)

Tiffany

Bella Blvd Baby Quilt- Freezer Paper Applique Tutorial

My sister is having a baby in a few months, and it WAS a boy :)

Then... next appointment... oops!

Now it's a GIRL!

So... the boy quilt I made will have to wait for another baby, and I pulled out my adorable Sunny Happy Skies fabrics by Bella Blvd to make her a brand new (and WAY cuter) baby quilt.

I searched for a cute girly pattern and found one that I just loved!

Isn't this the cutest pattern?  It's "Daisy May" from Stitch Studios: Designs by Cyndi Walker.

The pattern can be found HERE.  I picked mine up at my local quilt shop.

This quilt uses the "Freezer paper and starch" applique method.

There's a good tutorial HERE if you want a detailed lesson.  It even has the same shape pieces.

It's a much easier method for applique that allows you to form your fabric shapes before you sew them.

This way you don't have to embroider them with a satin stitch (miles and miles of thread) or finish the edges by hand (pain in the neck).

The shapes don't have to be cut perfectly because you'll fold the edges around a "stencil template"

I cut mine several at a time.

Then you make a stencil with Reynold's Freezer Paper (not to be confused with parchment paper or wax paper- SO not the same thing.  If you want your iron to work for a long time, be sure to buy the right stuff)

See how the stencil is made HERE.

Spray starch is sprayed into a bowl, and when the foam dies down, it's "painted" on the edges of the fabric with a paint brush.

The edges of the fabric are then folded under and pulled tightly against the edges of the stencil.

Then they are ironed for a few seconds until they're completely dry.

Put a layer of freezer paper over your ironing board, too.  If you don't, your ironing board will look like burnt toast when you're done from all the cooked starch.  When you're done you just pull the freezer paper off and toss it.

The points of the petals are pulled sharp and pressed again.  Then the stencil is removed and the fabric retains it's shape.  You can re-use the stencil until it gets too soggy and loses it's form.

When that happens you just make a new one and keep chugging along.

I made 64 of these fabric petals.  It took 5 hours.  

FIVE.

That includes cutting and pressing.  I sat and watched movies a few nights in a row until they were done.

If you're gonna watch movies you might as well do something productive at the same time, right?  Ugh.

Once you get all the petals completed, the rest isn't too bad.

They are pinned on and appliqued.

The centers of the flowers were made using a Clover brand "Yo Yo Maker"- size small.

You can find these at your local quilting or fabric shop.

Yo-yo's can be made by hand, too, but this way you don't have to stress so much.

They're nearly perfect each time, and they're uniform.  The little tool is pretty cool.

The yo-yo's took about an hour.

And I watched more TV.....

I sewed the yo-yo's onto the quilt with my machine instead of by hand because it's way easier

and because I don't want a baby ripping them off and putting them in her mouth.

I love that the border uses jumbo rick-rack.  It think it's darling.

I bound the quilt with rose-style (swirly) Minky in hot pink.

Minky is the most plush snuggly awesome fabric on the planet.

I want an adult size Minky blanket I can snuggle up in.

Thank you to my mom who just happened to stop by at the perfect time to be my quilt holder for this photo.

Maybe I'll make myself a giant Minky quilt so that I can wrap up in it and watch TV the next time I have to applique for hours.... and hours...... and hours........ :)

Anyway... I think my sister is going to love it.

And luckily I don't think she reads my blog-

So it'll be a surprise!

-Tiffany