Sunday, March 10, 2024

Easter Bunny | Bunny Hop collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends! 

Easter is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate than with a cutesy layout featuring the gorgeous new Bunny Hop collection. This collection is just so EGGS-ellent and adorable! My 2 sons meeting the Easter Bunny are the subject of the photo, they are a little older than this now lol!  


I decided on a grid-style design for my layout and cut out some large scalloped circle die-cuts and some smaller ones from various colors in the Bunny Hop textured cardstock pack. I also took the 6' x 6' paper pad and cut some regular circles die-cuts out and layered those on top of the scallops. I layered the smaller scalloped circles on top of the regular ones and love how they turned out! 


I arranged them all on a piece of white cardstock and trimmed the cardstock down to measure 11' x 11' I then adhered this to the Easter Basket patterned paper. I adhered the title of the page to the centre circle using craft foam, taking the title from the Chit Chat pack. 




I added sticker and die-cut embellishments from the Bits and Pieces pack, Odds and Ends pack and the This and That sticker sheet to all of the circles, pretending these were like small little layouts. I also added Hello Spring sprinkles and puffy sticker icons to decorate some of the die-cuts and to add texture too.





Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! 

Happy creating!


DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Hop collection
Bunny Hop co-ordinating textured cardstock

OTHER

Date stamp
Black ink
Cuttlebug die-cut machine
Scalloped circle dies
Circle dies

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Adventure Awaits | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you today to share another scrapbook layout featuring the gorgeous new Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! I have documented another photo from my recent trip to Tasmania, this time a photo taken at pretty Horseshoe Falls. The Great Escape collection is absolutely perfect for outdoor adventures, nature photos and road trips!

I decided to start with a cut file found on the internet and cut this from white cardstock. I then took the A5 paper stack and backed the spaces in the cut file with a variety of different papers. Once the cut file was backed, I adhered it using craft foam to the Horizon 12' x 12' patterned paper. I cut a small strip of the 'B' side of the Wild Life patterned paper and tucked it in under the cut file t the bottom.

I placed my photo on the right-hand side of the page overlapping the cut file and allowing one of the clouds in the cut file to overhang onto the photo. I used craft foam to adhere the photo too. Above the photo, I placed a banner sticker, and on the left of the photo I placed a tab sticker all from the Accessory Sticker sheet. Below the photo, I placed the die-cut title 'Explore' from the ephemera pack and also added a puffy shape.

Also from the Wild Life patterned paper, I cut out the 3' x 4' card that says 'Adventure Awaits' and placed this right under the stars on the cut file again using craft foam to adhere it. I added another tab sticker to the left of the photo and also added the round sticker at the top of the mountain peak, both from the Accessory sticker sheet. I absolutely LOVE the chipboard elements in this collection! I added 2 of the stars, the flag popping out of the clouds, the log piece between the mountains and also the hexagon shape overlapping the mountains at the bottom. 

Once the larger elements were placed and I was happy with them, I went ahead and placed some smaller finishing touches like some more puffy shapes and some extra die-cuts from the ephemera pack, I also stamped the date of when my photo was taken.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have purchased the Great Escape collection or have plans to purchase it really soon so you can get busy creating with it!  

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Baked With Love | Made With Love collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

Do you have a cute baker or chef in your family? I am very lucky to have one in my family and the Made with Love collection from Doodlebug Design is perfect to document these adorable photos of my little baker! 


I chose quite a few patterned papers for this layout - using 4 in total including Sugar Sprinkles, Flour and Sugar, Bake Me Happy and Dab of Butter. I decided on the Bake Me Happy paper for my background and trimmed down the Sugar Sprinkles paper to approximately 11' x 11' and adhered it to the Bake Me Happy paper. I then freehand drew a border around the edge using a black journal pen. I then trimmed down the Dab of Butter paper to measure 8' x 12' and adhered this piece to the centre of the layout. From the Flour and Sugar paper, I trimmed off the red gingham/plaid strip piece and the cocoa, flour and sugar jar piece. I adhered the red piece at the top of the Dab of Butter paper and the cute jar piece at the bottom.


I love the border stickers that are included on all the This and That sticker sheets! I added the small yellow scalloped one and the red plaid/gingham one at the bottom and the blue wavy one at the top. The Bake Me Happy enamel stickers are SOOO cute! I added lots of these at the top of the page! I just love their adorable faces!


In the centre of the page, I adhered my 2 cutie photos using craft foam to pop them up off the page a little. I did leave the sides of the photos free of adhesive so that I could add some embellishments, I often do this when I create my layouts, I then go back when I am happy with my page and extra adhesive to secure everything. You can see in the close up photo the shadows this creates on my page, I just love the added dimension. On the right of the photos, I added the round die-cut that says 'Baked With Love' from the Chit Chat pack. I added some of the enamel hearts from the With All My Heart pack. I also added one of the tab sticker here from the This and That sticker sheet.


Above the large photo, I tucked in the adorable rolling pin and above the smaller photo, the utensils both from the Odds and Ends pack. I also took the 'a-dough-rable' speech bubble from the Chit Chat pack and adhered that above the rolling pin. I also added the All You Knead Is Love speech bubble in the top left corner of the small photo. As my son has his apron on, I just had to add the apron cardstock sticker from the Icon sticker sheet. Lastly I stamped the date stamp using black ink and my layout was complete.


Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you were inspired by my layout!

Happy creating!


DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Made With Love collection

OTHER

Date stamp
Black ink
Black journal pen

Friday, February 23, 2024

Tasmania | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing a new travel layout featuring the new Great Escape collection. I decided to document our recent trip to Tasmania, printing a total of 6 favourite photos all in a small format to create a vertical filmstrip look.

 

I chose 3 patterned papers to use for the background of my layout. I turned the Direction patterned paper over to show the green side, the Happy Camper patterned paper was left with the flags showing and I also turned the Horizon patterned paper to reveal the yellow suns. Once the papers were arranged and adhered, I placed the photo strip over to the right side of the layout.

For my title, I decided to spell the word Tasmania using the 'Fun Times Ahead' chipboard title. As I was spelling the word Tasmania in my head, I thought all of the letters were there in the 1 packet of chipboard except Tasmania has 3 A's so I did have to open a new packet of the chipboard elements and steal one of the A's from that pack! I placed the title along the top line of the Horizons paper and I also added one of the puffy titles under the chipboard title too.

Just above the Tasmania title, I placed one of the round die-cuts and also placed one of the banner stickers from the Accessory stickers through the centre of the photo strip. On the right of the photos at the top, I added the Let's Go flag die-cut and bent up the edges slightly to add some texture. To the direct right of the photos at the bottom, I added the tree chipboard and layered one of the phrase stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet over the top. I also added more of the phrase stickers above the Tasmania title.

Once the larger elements were added to my page, I added some of the smaller elements including one of the banner chipboard pieces below the Let's Go title and I created a cluster of embellishments at the very top of the page using stickers from the Accessory sticker sheet and a puffy sticker too. I added a couple more puffy stickers and finished by freehand drawing a border around the outside using my journal pen, stamping the date stamp and sprinkling some black mist to finish.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you are inspired by my layout and got some ideas for your next project!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Love You | Lots of Love collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hey creative friends!

What do you get when you cross red, pink and blue together? The gorgeous Lots of Love collection by Doodlebug Designs that's what! I absolutely LOVE this colour combination and find it really easy to work with!!

 


I cut out 3 heart shapes from the 6' x 6' paper pad using some dies from my stash, I added craft foam underneath and adhered them to a plain white cardstock background. I trimmed down the white cardstock and adhered it to the Love You Bunches patterned paper. I then machine-stitched a border around the edge. I placed my photo over the centre heart and then placed 2 of the banners and the Love die-cut below my photo all from the Chit Chat die-cut pack. 


Do you love Doodlepops?! I absolutely LOVE them and just had to add those super cute Love Bugs Doodlepops sitting on top of the banners! I mean how cute are they?! I added some clusters of florals tucked into a few of the hearts and in the top left corner I placed the cute branch and birdhouse die-cut from the Chit Chat pack.


I really like adding the words and phrase stickers from the This and That sticker sheet to my projects, I like how they help tell my story as I don't journal on my pages much. I chose a few to be used on this page and I also added the blue xoxo heart sticker to the left hand heart and the floral heart sticker to the middle heart.


I placed a few small flowers and heart cluster die-cuts around the page to add some colour and interest to certain parts of the page. I also chose a few enamel dots in different colours too and added these for some extra dimension and colour.  


I love the shadows and dimension that are created when I add elements to my projects when I use foam tape. You can see some of the shadows in the close-up photo below.


Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy creating!


DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Lots of Love collection

OTHER

Cuttlebug die-cut machine
Heart Dies
White thread
Date stamp
Black Ink

Friday, February 9, 2024

Adventure | Great Escape collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

 Hi creative friends,

It's Tarrah here with you today to share my first layout using the awesome Great Escape collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio!

I decided to create a layout featuring a large A4 photo taken from the bridge over the amazing Cataract Gorge in Tasmania from our recent trip visiting Tassie. The Great Escape collection was the perfect collection to focus mainly on the photo for this layout and layering lots of the elements straight on top of my photo.

I started out with a plain sheet of white cardstock and placed my large photo in the very centre of the cardstock. I left the edges free of adhesive so that I could place the papers down the sides. I then cut some paper strips from the 'B' side of the 'Happy Camper' patterned paper and the 'B' side of the 'Direction' patterned paper, placing these vertically, the 'Direction' paper was placed at the outer edge and the 'Happy Camper' paper closer to the photo. I then fussy cut the scallops from the 'Wild Life' patterned paper and tucked this piece in on the left-hand side and bent the edges up to add some dimension.

My title is the 'Adventure' title from the chipboard pack, I placed it down the bottom of the page, in the centre of photo and also placed one of the circle die-cuts from the ephemera pack just above the chipboard title. I took 2 of the stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet and placed these below the chipboard title. I journaled the location and the date on the smaller sticker.

On the right-hand side I placed 2 more of the chipboard pieces to help balance the scallops from the left-hand hand side. I placed one of the phrase stickers from the Accessory Sticker sheet layered over the top of these pieces. I also placed one of the enamel dots from the enamel shapes pack here.

At the top of the photo, I placed the 'Wild by Nature' die-cut using foam tape to add dimension to the page. I also placed another of the enamel dots over the top of the arrows on this die-cut.  This collection is perfect for your travel and outdoor adventures such as camping, road trips, hiking, fishing, walking, running or even documenting the boys in your life! I hope you get a chance to purchase this awesome collection to create some projects of your own!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you are inspired by my layout and enjoyed reading about how I created it. 

Happy creating!

Tarrah x

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Winter | Snow Much Fun collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hi creative friends!

How cute are the penguins in the Snow Much Fun collection by Doodlebug Designs?! I just love them and had to include lots of the penguin Doodlepops on my layout for today's share! And they match my photo perfectly with my nieces ice-skating using push along penguins to hold on to!

My background paper is the 'B' side of the Frosted Friends paper, I trimmed it down to measure roughly 11' x 11' inches and adhered it to the 'B' side of the Cold Streak paper. I then machine-stitched a border around the outside edge. I put my Silhouette Cameo machine to work creating a title in the software using the Impact font. I then offset this and cut out the offset part from white cardstock. I then cut each individual letter from a coloured co-ordinating cardstock.


I chose some of the papers from the 6' x 6' paper pad, cutting some of these into banner strips and adhering them vertically underneath my photo. I love how the layers look under my photo and how they add some dimension and different colours to my page. I placed craft foam underneath the cut file title and placed this at the base of my photo. 


I tucked in one of the mountain die-cuts from the Odds and Ends pack to the right of my photo and layered some of the penguin Doodlepops on top, I also added some small snowflakes here too. I also placed one of the phrase banners and the snowflake strip from the Chit Chat pack below the Winter cut file title. Some of the smaller embellishments I added were the small die-cut hearts, the Sprinkles that were mostly added to the centres of the snowflakes.


Lastly I added some sprinklings of white mist around the page and also stamped the date stamp too. I love how my layout turned out and hope you are inspired to create some snow filled winter pages using the super gorgeous Snow Much Fun collection. 


Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! 

Happy creating!


DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Snow Much Fun collection
Snow Much Fun Assorted cardstock collection

OTHER

Silhouette Cameo Machine
Winter title cut file (Impact Font)
White thread
White mist
Date stamp
Black Ink


Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The Best | No Limits collection | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hi creative friends!

It's Tarrah back with you and today I am sharing one of my favourite to create - a boy layout! Because I have 2 sons, there is never a shortage of boy photos around here! I decided to pull out the awesome and very cool No Limits collection, one of my favourite boy lines by Cocoa Vanilla Studio! This photo is an older one of my youngest son who is now 13 - he is about 5 or 6 in this photo! I loved the way the shirt he is wearing matched some of the colours from the No Limits collection - that is where I got the inspiration from for my layout today.

I started off with a plain sheet of white cardstock - as I mostly do- then trimmed it down to measure approximately 11' x 11', backing this onto the 'B' side of the Big Bang patterned paper (the woodgrain side). I then pulled out a few of the various papers from the A5 paper stack and sorted through them to find some that co-ordinated with my son's shirt. I decided to cut some into triangle shapes and then layered them top and bottom of the page. For some extra texture, I bent the edges of these papers and also applied a little mixed media to create a sort of shadow effect.

I placed craft foam underneath my photo and placed it in the centre of my layout, adding some layers underneath like a pocket card, a die-cut frame and a sticker and tag both from the Accessory sticker sheet. I love to layer embellishments on top of my photos and under my photos too, how about you? In the top right corner, I stapled a banner sticker here and tied a bow through the tag using some white wax cotton. In the bottom right corner, I placed the large star die-cut and added some chipboard ones on top.

In the bottom cluster of papers, I added another chipboard piece and also one of the super cute wooden epoxy buttons all from the No Limits collection. I love how these small details add some interest to an area to help draw your eye in. My title is 'The Best' letters from the chipboard sheet, I also added a phrase under the title, cut from the 'Universal' patterned paper. Another of the wooden epoxy buttons was also placed here and I love the teal/aqua coloured chipboard arrow pointing to the photo too.

Once I had most of the design in place and the larger elements on the page, I started to add smaller details for the finishing touches. I added some phrase stickers around the page and stamped the date stamp and added some sprinkles of mist in various colours also. Lastly I machine stitched a border around the entire edge using white thread.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have been inspired by my layout in some way! Make sure you share your creations with us if you get some time to pull out your Cocoa Vanilla collections and create some cool projects!

Happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Snow Much Fun | Snow Much Fun collection | Doodle Design Inc

Hi creative friends and Happy New Year!

Do you like winter? I am not a big fan but I do love to create warm and snuggly layouts, especially with gorgeous products like the new Snow Much Fun collection by Doodlebug Design Inc! 

I started by cutting out a cut file from the Snow Happy Together patterned paper and backed it using one of the papers from the 6' x 6' paper pad. I chose the Snow Day patterned paper as my main background and also layered the purple cardstock and the white cardstock on top.


Where the 'O' is in the Snow word, I adhered one of the round die-cuts from the Chit Chat pack using craft foam for dimension. Under the photo, I layered one of the Bits and Pieces die-cuts, I also adhered some of the snowflakes from this same pack around the layout.


In the centres of the large snowflakes, I added some of the gemstones in co-ordinating colours. I also wanted to create a look of it snowing on my page so I added some of the tiny Sprinkles in different colours around the layout.


I absolutely LOVE Doodlepops in all of the collections and just had to add that super cute snowman to the bottom right corner of the photo. He is a cute shaker pop as he has some sprinkles in his belly - sooo cute right?!


I added a few other Sprinkle kinds including the small snowflakes and the little penguin layered on top of the bottom left corner of the photo. To finish off the layout I took my Kindyglitz and added it to the cut file and to the snowflakes. I love how it adds a pretty touch of glitter. 


I love how my layout turned out and hope you are inspired to create some wintery projects using the gorgeous Snow Much Fun collection!

Until next time, happy crafting!


DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Snow Much Fun collection
Snow Much Fun Assorted cardstock collection

OTHER

Kindyglitz
Silhouette Cameo Machine
Snow Much Fun cut file
Date stamp
Black Ink

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Christmas | Gingerbread Kisses collection | Doodlebug Design Inc

Hey creative friends!

Christmas is all wrapped up in this cute layout that I created using the Gingerbread Kisses collection by Doodlebug Designs. 
I kept it pretty simple with not too many embellishments and created a gift look to my page even including some curled paper to replicate a curly ribbon bow on the gift.

I started with a plain piece of white cardstock, trimming it down to approximately 11.5' x 11.5' and adhering it to the 'B' side of the 'Hello Santa' paper. I cut some strips of paper from the 'Gift Wrap' paper and adhered them vertically and horizontally to replicate a gift. I did use craft foam to adhere these strips, I like how this creates dimension and shadows on the page. I did machine stitch a border using some red cotton.


For the bow at the top, I cut several strips of paper from the 'Merry and Bright' paper, I looped 2 of them and then curled the ends with my fingers to create the loops in the ends of the bow. This did take a little fiddling and a few goes to get it right, I am glad I persevered though as I love how it turned out! From the bow, I tied one of the cute charmers using some Doodle Twine and also added some die-cut tags too.


I placed 2 small photos in opposite quadrants to each other and kept the embellishments pretty simple. I layered the large Christmas title across the centre of the gift and added one of the pink peppermint sprinkles for the dot in the 'I' in Christmas. I embellished mostly with die-cuts and added some sprinkles to each including the white hearts to Santa's beard and the small enamel dots to the Christmas Tree.  


A few other details include the heart row die-cuts and the holly that I added to each corner, I also added some enamel dots to the berries of the holly too. Lastly I stamped the date stamp using black ink. 
I hope you enjoyed reading about how I created my layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!


Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a wonderful few days celebrating the festive season with your loved ones an that you get some creating time in too!


DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Gingerbread Kisses collection
Doodle Twine in Swimming Pool

OTHER

Sewing machine
Red cotton thread
Date stamp
Black Ink

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