Lovebugs Mini Album with Valentine Box

Hi crafty friends! I'm so excited to be sharing my first Doodlebug Design Team Project over on their blog today! I made a Valentine's Day heart shaped mini album that tucks inside a heart shaped box! It was so much fun to create and I hope it you love it as much as I do. Take a look ...

For this project, I was inspired by Valentine candy boxes. I decided to create my own heart box using a cutting file designed by Lori Whitlock, some Silhouette brand chipboard, and lots of goodies from the Doodlebug Lovebugs collection.

For the box, I used my CAMEO to cut all the pieces out of chipboard and then pattern paper.  (I enlarged all pieces before cutting so that a 5.5" album would fit inside).  I assembled everything together with a strong liquid adhesive and then had fun creating the top of the box.  I used Doodlebugs Chippers (in ladybug) for my title, along with with stickers, buttons, twine, and a few heart-shaped sprinkles. I also used cupcake twine around the edge of the box to cover up the chipboard.

For the mini album, I cut 6 hearts out of white textured card stock, and then added layers of paper from the 6x6 Lovebugs paper pad.  I love that the prints are smaller, and the cut-apart cards are miniature -- they fit perfectly throughout my little album.

Thanks so much for letting me share with you today!!

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New Year Sale and Calendar Tutorial

Happy New Year everyone!!
If you're in the crafting mood today, pop over to Lori Whitlock's blog. I've posted a tutorial for making a fun magnetic desktop calendar on her site today.

I hope you all have a wonderful day full of family, friends, and fun!  May your new year be filled with blessings.


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Doodlebug 2015 Design Team

Doodlebug Designs announced their 2015 Design Team today...  I am so honored to have been chosen to design for this colorful, fun, happy company!  Their products are fabulous and this is such a wonderful opportunity!  Thank you Doodlebug!!!  I look forward to creating lots of fun in 2015 :)

Be sure to check out the other amazing designers on this team ... lots of creative goodness here .... 

Jennifer Beason  FL Visit Blog @jenniwren32 Kathy Skou  MA Visit Blog @ekskou Lori Allred UT (DT Coordinator) Visit Blog @allreddesign Mendi Yoshikawa WA Visit Blog @mendi_yoshikawa Piali Biswas NJ Visit Blog @touchofcreation Stephanie Buice  AL Visit Blog @stephbuice

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Winter Scrapbook Layout & Christmas Album

Hey friends! I'm hopping on the blog today to share some of my recent projects with you. Nothing makes me happier than a table full of cute, colorful paper and embellishments. I just get lost in all the fun! 

First, I have this 12x12 winter layout that I created with some pictures of my son and my niece. Doodlebug's Frosty Friends Collection was perfect for this page. 

I only had these two small photos so I created a collage using paper and embellies. Then I made a cute swirly sketch line with my CAMEO machine. A few little enamel dots finished the page. How cute are those snowmen?? ... and those kids! :)

Next up, is this Christmas mini album. I used a Doodlebug chipboard album and Bella Blvd's Christmas Cheer paper. I just love the candy cane stripe on the cover, and the snow globe peeking through the window.

The snow globe is actually a fun little flip card (aka a flippie!) that could hold 2 photos or journaling.

Oh my gosh, that reindeer paper!! It's so cute! What a fun backdrop for a photo with Santa, decorating the tree, Christmas morning, or opening presents!

I hope these inspire you to make something fun for the season. Thanks for stopping by my blog today and letting me share my projects with you!


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Christmas Mini Album Kit, Simple Stories DIY Christmas

Happy Wednesday friends!
I added another new mini album kit to the shop this week.  In fact, I've been so busy creating new kits that I haven't even put up my Christmas tree yet!  That's on the "must-do" list for today :)
This beautiful new Christmas album is from the Simple Stories, DIY Christmas Collection. 

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December Blog Hop with Lori Whitlock Designs

Hi everyone,  
Welcome to Lori Whitlock's December blog hop!  

If you just hopped on at my blog, be sure to head back over to Lori's site and start from the beginning :)  There are lots of fun projects at each stop so you won't want to miss any of them!

For my project, I created a cute Christmas package for one of my gifts. I'm always amazed at the cute designs that Lori comes up with, and when I saw her Santa sleigh, I knew a few of them had to be tucked under my Christmas tree!

Santa is such a great guy that I decided his sleigh deserved lots of sparkly bling.  I added rows of crystal gems along the silver metallic card stock to give this little sleigh all the shine it deserves.  The cutting file is super easy to assemble, and once it's all glued together, it makes the perfect presentation for a cute little gift.  Fill the sleigh with candy or a small present, or you could even hang it on your tree.  

In addition to all the cute gems and sparkly card stock, I added a chipboard "sign" on the front of the sleigh.  Lori designed the chipboard for her Echo Park "Christmas Cheer" collection, and it fit perfectly on the sleigh front, along with a few more gems and some red twine.  

Like the sign says, "Tis the Season To Be Jolly,"  so I hope your Christmas is filled with fun, family, friends, creativity and lots of "jolly!"

Now back to the hop....your next stop is Kathy's blog!

Corri Garza

Mendi Yoshikawa

Traci Penrod

Kathy Skou

Cathy Harper 

Tya Berrett Smith 

Christine Guido

Ashley Hanson Cook

Stephanie PuSticks Chavers 

Rachael Johnson Sheedy

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