Down by the Seashore | Seaside Summer collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Have a lil surfer or water lover in your life? The gorgeous Seaside Summer collection by Doodlebug Design is perfect to document these memories! My niece is showing off her clever surfing skills, the Seaside Summer collection was perfect to capture this cute memory! 

The patterned papers in the Seaside Summer collection are so super cute! I knew I wanted to use a few of them on my layout so I decided on a pie chart design, choosing a pie chart cut file from The Cut Shoppe and cutting it from white cardstock, I then added 8 of the different patterned papers behind each of the 'slices of pie', once the slices were all backed, I trimmed down the white cardstock and adhered it on to the Surf's Up patterned paper. I then used my black journal pen to free-hand draw some fake stitches around the pie. 

I absolutely LOVE the Sea Friends washi tape!! I added a piece of this to the top left corner and bottom right corner of the layout. I placed my photo on the right side of the middle of the pie chart, layering some of the Bits and Pieces on both the left and right of the photo. I adhered my photo down with craft foam to add dimension. Over on the left of the layout, I added one of the large palm trees from the Bits and Pieces pack also using craft foam.

The other Doodle Pops that I added were the gorgeous sea creatures from the Shore is Fun pack, don't they look cute on my page?! When I saw the fish puffy stickers, I knew that I just had to add some on top of my layout, I love how they look! 

Who doesn't love Doodle Pops right? They are sooo super cute and perfect embellishments for your projects! I added the boat to the bottom right corner of the photo and the sun and cloud from the same pack up in the sun paper quadrant, the title of the layout was also adhered under the photo, I chose the 'Down by the Seashore' piece also from the Bits and Pieces pack. I added some of the words and phrases from the This and That sticker sheet to help tell the story of my layout.   

I hope you get some time to document some of your Summer memories, why not try the Seaside Summer collection?!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Memories | Good Vibrations collection | Pretty Little Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you today to share a new layout with you featuring the awesome Good Vibrations collection by Pretty Little Studio! 

I chose the gorgeous Happiness paper as my background paper first to work on however I wanted to break it up slightly, I chose a brick wall cut file from The Cut Shoppe, cutting it out from white cardstock and adhering it right over the top of the Happiness patterned paper.

Once the cut file was adhered to the patterned paper, I then machine stitched horizontally through each set of bricks in the cut file. I love how this adds some texture to the layout.

I chose to document a photo of my partner and myself, I did have to reprint the photo a little smaller than what I usually would to make sure it would fit in the space of the frame. I love how the yellow heart frame looks over the top of the photo. 

I layered a piece of the green section from the Good Vibes paper underneath the photo and frame also to help make the photo pop against the busy background. I adhered all of these using craft foam for dimension. I took one of the smaller frames and adhered it to the right of the heart frame also using craft foam and added the Love You piece in the centre of this piece.

My title actually comes from one of the Sunkissed cardstock title packs and I adhered this under the photo and frames also with craft foam. I love the shadows this creates on my layout. I absolutely LOVE flair buttons! I added one of the flair buttons to the left of the photo and a few die-cuts here too. A few more die-cuts were added for interest and color and I stamped the date stamp of when the photo was taken on one of the journal spots that I placed under the title.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to create beautiful with the Good Vibrations collection!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Greeting Cards | Hometown USA collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends! 

 I don't know about you but I always need a greeting card to give to someone for their birthday or even just a thank you card. The Hometown USA collection by Doodlebug Design Inc has some great phrases and elements to include on your greeting cards, they look great when they're done and the receiver will love it.

 

 

 

I made a total of 5 cards to add to my pile to grab whenever I need one, I used the card bases from the Hometown USA collection cards and envelopes pack.

 

 

 

 

 For the Thank you card above, because it had the open window included in it, I knew I wanted to make this into a shaker card. I took some plastic packaging, cutting it into a square, I then sewed around 3 sides to make the pocket, I added the stars and hearts from the Land That I Love shakers and also the silver ball shakers and then sewed the top closed.  I adhered it behind the window and then decorated the front.

 

 

For the card above, I trimmed a paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad and added one of the die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack using craft foam for dimension. I covered up the part on the balloons that read USA and the flag of the USA using other die-cuts as these cards are not for the 4th of July celebrations. 

 

 

The card above just has a die-cut added with craft foam from the Odds and Ends pack, some firework and star puffy stickers and some red heart sprinkles also. Sometimes the simplest cards are the most effective!

 

The card above I cut out 2 different papers from the 6'x 6' paper pad and also cut out one of the 3' x 4' cards from the Summer Celebration patterned paper. I added some puffy stickers to the tops of the fireworks and some silver star sprinkles to the corners of the card.
 

 

The card below is the smallest in the pack and was perfect to add the flower Doodle Pop to the front of! I also added the Just For You banner title from the Chit Chat pack using craft foam and over the white dots on the card base, I added some silver sprinkles.   

 

I hope you will get some crafting time soon! You could start by making some cards!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Happy 4th Birthday | Hometown USA collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Do you have boys in your life? If you do then to help stretch the Hometown USA collection, or any specific themed collection even further, then its perfect for documenting your boys antics!

I am documenting my son's 4th birthday from 10 years ago now (isn't he cute?!) but it was great to be able to pull out this photo of him turning 4 and make use of anything birthday related in this collection!

I started with the 'B' side of the Land of the Free patterned paper and trimmed down a piece of white cardstock from the textured paper pack to place on top. I then cut out a Happy Birthday cut file from CUT to YOU and backed the openings in the letters with papers from the 6'x 6' paper pad. I was strategic with what papers I put here, making sure not to have 2 colours the same too close together. Once the cut file was all backed, I added craft foam underneath and adhered it to the white cardstock background. 

I matted my photo with another paper from the 6'x 6' paper pad and placed it at the top of the cut file also with craft foam for some dimension. I tucked in one of the scalloped circles pieces from the Bits and Pieces pack and also added one of the super cute firework rocket shaker Doodlepops on the right of the photo.

Below the cut file, I took one of the scalloped border strips from the This and That sticker sheet and placed it just below the cut file. I chose 2 banner pieces from the Chit Chat pack and also adhered these here. I added 3 of the acetate fireworks from the Bits and Pieces pack and I added the circle 4th piece in the centre over the top of the cut file - this piece forms part of my title. I also cut the star border from t he Chit Chat pack in half and added a piece either side of the 4th circle.

Some more stars were added including ephemera stars and puffy sticker stars and lastly I stamped the date stamp from when the photo was taken. I love how my layout turned out and I love challenging myself to create non specific projects with a collection designed for a specific theme!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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CUT to YOU cut file

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Date stamp

Beach Sun, Sand and Sea | Sunkissed collection | Pretty Little Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout created using the gorgeous Sunkissed collection by Pretty Little Studio!

The Sunkissed collection was the perfect collection to document my cute little lifeguard! 

I started my layout by choosing the Road Trip 12' x 12' patterned paper I love the stamped images and slight distressed look about this paper. I added 2 of the Sun-filled die cut frames  underneath and at the top of my photo and I adhered my photo down using craft foam to add dimension. Under my photo I tucked in one of the Summer Loving tags and also added another one at the bottom of the layout so I could tie them together with some white twine.

I absolutely LOVE the Scent of Spring scalloped borders, I chose a yellow one and adhered it to the very top of the layout and the ric rac style one for the bottom of the layout. My title is from the Fun in the Sun cardstock title pack. I adhered this overlapping on to the photo and also used craft foam for dimension. I also added a cloud from the In the Clouds pack 

I love all the words and phrases included in all the collections, I used a variety of them on this layout to help tell the story. Hello Sunshine word stickers June Cut Apart Words and Enjoy the Sun Word Flags were all used, I like how there are all different fonts. I added some of the clear picnic stitches stickers in random places to add some interest and I took one of the striped papers from the Sunkissed 6' x 6' paper pad and tore strips of it to tuck in beside the lower tag and the photo. 

Lastly I sprinkled some fine black mist and stamped the date stamp of when my photo was taken. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired by my layout and can get some creative time soon!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Good Times | Hometown USA collection | Doodlebug Design

Hi creative friends!

What do you do when you don't live in the US or celebrate 4th of July but have the gorgeous Hometown USA collection to create with?

You improvise and find something else to document instead! 

As it turns out, my Dad's favourite football team here in Australia have the colours of red, white and blue so the Hometown USA collection was perfect to document a photo of him and I at one of their games recently!  

To begin, I chose my photo first and then chose elements from all of the die-cut and sticker packs that would suit the theme of my layout. I then chose a free cut file from Paper Issues and cut it out from white cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo machine. 

I chose lots of the various papers in the 6' x 6' paper pad and backed the diagonal 'burst' spaces with the papers using regular adhesive.  I trimmed down the white cardstock so that I could back the page onto red cardstock. I used craft foam to back the white cardstock against the red so that the layout looked to have some depth, to back the stars, I chose more of the papers in the 6' x 6' paper pad however this time I simply adhered them to the red cardstock making sure that the star would cover the paper I put there.  

Below is an example of how the stars look to have more depth as there is a shadow created from the craft foam and dimension that this creates.

I took the silver Alphabet Soup puffy stickers to add the name of the football team and embellished my layout with Chit Chat die-cuts, Bits and Pieces die-cuts, Odds and Ends and This and That stickers. I absolutely love the acetate firework die-cuts! Lastly I stamped the date stamp of when the photo was taken and my layout was finished. I love how my layout turned out and remember even if you don't celebrate a specific holiday, you can always make a collection work with a different theme! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Alphabet Soup Puffy stickers - Silver

Lily White Doodle Twine

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Paper Issues cut file

Silhouette Cameo machine

Black Ink

Date stamp

Choose Happy | Happiness collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you today to share a new scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous Happiness collection! I was given the Throwback Thursday theme for this week so I decided to revisit the gorgeous Happiness collection and got creating! I don't know about you but the Happiness collection would have to be one of my all-time favourite collections by Cocoa Vanilla, I am in love with it!

I chose to document a photo of my honey and I on a date a couple of months ago, opting to print the photo in black and white so that it would stand out amongst all the colour in the Happiness collection. I began by choosing a title cut file from CUT to YOU, cutting it out on white cardstock, I then took one of the papers from the A5 paper stack and backed the open letters in the cut file. I added craft foam to the underside of the larger letters and adhered it down in the centre of another sheet of plain white cardstock. I did leave adhesive off the top part of the cut file so that I could tuck in my photo and some embellishments and the cut file would be able to overlap these. I trimmed this white cardstock down to measure roughly 11' x 11' and adhered it to the 'B' side of the Botanical Bliss paper, I machine-stitched a border around the outside to add some texture and some interest.

I layered another of the papers from the A5 paper stack underneath the photo and also one of the frames from the ephemera pack. I also tucked one of the journal spots from the Accessory sticker sheet into the top of the frame and photo. Next, I cut out the 'You Are My Happy' from the A5 paper pad and adhered it to the right-hand side of the photo. I also tucked in the tag from the Accessory sticker sheet into the top of the You Are My Happy piece. I took some more ephemera pieces like the florals and butterflies and layered them around the cut file, I also layered the phrase banner die-cuts on top of the cut file.

The clear stickers in this collection are gorgeous so I added them around my page and also some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet as well. As I don't journal on my pages all that much, I love how these phrase stickers help to tell the story behind my photo.

I cut a strip of the 'B' side of the 'Frame of Mind' paper and punched out a scalloped border using my border punch. I then adhered this piece below the cut file and machine-stitched through the centre to add some extra texture. Lastly I stamped the date stamp to finish my layout. A love how it turned out and hope you are inspired to get creative!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Get Well Soon Tissue Box | Happy Healing collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

 Aaaacchhhhooo! Do you have a loved one or close friend who is feeling a bit under the weather right now? Why not cheer them up with with a super cute DIY gift of a tissue box? Everyone needs tissues when you are feeling fluey right?

The Happy Healing collection by Doodlebug Design Inc is the perfect collection to make a tissue box cover with, it certainly brightens up a dull box of tissues and is sure to brighten someone's day too.

I started out by measuring my tissue box and then took 2 sheets of matching coloured 12' x 12' cardstock. I followed this tutorial on YouTube to make my tissue box cover, I did have to make a few alterations when I was adhering it all together, this is dependent on the size of your tissue box. I added the back piece of cardstock last, I loved that this gave me an opportunity to add more paper and cute embellishments.

On all sides of the tissue box, I used the Spot of Happiness patterned paper and on the top where the hole is, I added the Cross My Heart paper, using a circle die in the centre to punch out the hole for the tissues to come through. On the back piece, I used a yellow cardstock from the Happy Healing cardstock pack and added a paper from the 6' x 6' paper pad to the cardstock. Once the tissue box cover was constructed and the patterned papers were all added, it was time to embellish! 

To add some more interest to the centre where the tissues are pulled out, I removed the centre out of one of the circle dies and placed the ring over the top of the tissues and adhered it down. I also added a scalloped border sticker from the This and That sticker sheet around the edge at the top. You can never go past adding Doodlepops to your projects, I chose the gorgeous teddy bear with balloons and adhered it to a notecard from the Bits and Pieces pack.

Some more of the embellishments I added were more die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack, more stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and some pretty silver sprinkles too. I really encourage to give this project a go! It really was quite simple to make and it looks great! 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! 

Happy creating!

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Happy Healing cardstock pack

Rainbow textured cardstock pack

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Tissues

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Cuttlebug die-cut machine

Score board

Score tool 

Road Trip | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new layout created using the awesome Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I can not get enough of this collection! I think this is my 6th layout using this awesome collection and I still have heaps of ideas flowing! Talk about value for money!  I pulled out a super cute photo of my youngest son from when he was about 3 going for a ride in the car, I just love the thumbs up gesture- so cute!

I chose to work with a darker background paper choosing the 'Journey' patterned paper for this layout. I knew I was going to be adding the white cut file title and I really wanted that to pop off the page. The cut file I chose is from CUT to YOU, I cut out the title in white and cut out the road in black and backed it with some white cardstock to make it resemble a road as close as possible! For the large open letters in the cut file I took the A5 paper stack and choose various papers to add in the open holes. Once the cut file was all backed, I adhered the road down first using regular adhesive and then for the title, I added craft foam and then adhered it down in the centre of the page, I love adding craft foam so that it creates some dimension on my layout, this also allows me to tuck in bits and pieces where I want to if I feel some places need extra detail.

I added my photo on the right side, tucking it in behind the 'D' in Road I would normally layer a paper or a die-cut underneath my photo but this time I left it free of these. Once I was happy with the photo placement and the title it was time for my favourite part and that is embellishing! Below the photo I added a chipboard piece and I also added the flag chipboard piece overlapping the road and coming out of the 'A' in Road. The So Much Fun chipboard piece I added on top of the cut file and also added some of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet to help tell my story. 

I took a few die-cuts from the ephemera pack and also added these around my page too, I love finding the perfect piece that is the perfect shape or perfect colour to fit in spots! One of the many things I love to do when I create! I like to balance my pages and describe my style is very clean but colourful too! 

Some of the smaller embellishments like the puffy shapes were some of the last things I added to my page, along with stamping the date stamp which is one of my go to things on every page! Do you have something you like to include on every project? Kind of like a signature? Lastly I trimmed down the 'Journey' patterned paper to roughly 11' x 11' and matted the entire layout on white cardstock. I then machine-stitched a border using black thread around the entire edge of the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you are inspired to use your Great Escape collection and create some adventure layouts!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Recovery | Happy Healing collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Do you have a loved one who has just had surgery or a hospital visit? The Happy Healing collection by Doodlebug Design Inc is perfect if you want to document these memories, sometimes these aren't always happy memories but sometimes they are! In my case, my Dad has just had a hip operation and visiting him in hospital was good for him. He is recovering so well from his operation which is awesome!  

I decided on a grid/tic tac toe design for my layout today! Using black thread, I machine stitched a plus sign in the centre of a sheet of white cardstock to create 4 sections on my layout and added different coloured water colours in each quadrant. I trimmed down the white cardstock and adhered it to the Cross My Heart patterned paper.

I placed my 2 photos in the centre of the layout with some vellum placed underneath. I did use foam tape underneath to pop these up from the page, I tucked some of the larger die-cuts under the photos with just a hint of them visible. 

It was really fun to pick out colour co-ordinating embellishments for each quadrant on my layout! I added them tone on tone, choosing stickers from the This and That sticker sheet, die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack and Bits and Pieces pack. My 'Recovery' title is from the Chit Chat pack and I added a small heart sprinkle to the stethoscope from the Get Well Soon pack.

Some of the smaller embellishments I added were the Sprinkles, Puffy Icons and cardstock stickers. I added a heart in each quadrant to help with the visual aspect of the page, having common shapes in a design, helps to draw the eye around the page.

I love how my layout turned out and hope you get to create using the Happy Healing collection too! Can't wait to see what you create!

Happy creating!

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Vellum

Water colour paints

Black thread

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