Monday, November 30, 2015

CardMaker Blog: Doodlebug Sugarplums Christmas Banner

How was your weekend?  Did you have a nice Thanksgiving?  Mine was pretty darn awesome with a day of good food, board games and even a little shopping with my entire family.  

It's my turn on the CardMaker Blog and today I'm share a festive holiday banner using Doodlebug's Sugarplums collection



It's really hard to appreciate the details from this photo so I hope you will hop over to take a closer look at all the individual photos I'm sharing over on the CardMaker blog;)



Interested in the products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

Friday, November 27, 2015

CardMaker Magazine Winter Christmas Card & Ornament

I hope you guys all had an awesome Thanksgiving with family and friends!  Now that Christmas is officially upon us I thought I would share a card and ornament set (using Papertrey Ink's Shape up Snowman Die) which are currently being featured in the Winter 2015 issue of CardMaker Magazine.  :)

To say I was shocked when I opened the box from CardMaker Magazine is a huge understatement.  This was my first time being featured on the cover and it was such a happy surprise!  :)


Oh course I had to go to Michaels and take a picture of it sitting on the rack with all the other pretty magazines.  ;)  


I hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  :)

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

CardMaker Blog: Sunny Studio Santa's Helpers Shaped Card

Hi there!  It's my turn on the CardMaker​ blog today and I'm really excited to be sharing this fireplace shaped card using the Santa's Helpers stamp set I designed for Sunny Studio.



I hope you will swing by for a visit to see the full card and to download a free copy of the fireplace cutting file I designed.  :)


Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

Supplies Used (available at SimonSaysStamp.com)



Thursday, November 19, 2015

Doodlebug Touchdown Football Coaster & Birthday Card Set

Hi there!  I'm happy to be sharing a special gift set using Doodlebug's new Touchdown collection and the new chunky twines on the Doodlebug blog today.



My Stepdad loves football so I thought it would be fun to create a special birthday card for him this year.  I think the doodle pop foam finger is just about the cutest thing ever so I had to find a way to incorporate that.  As you can see I tried to incorporate a little bit of everything on this card.  ;)  


I love how the football sprinkles are the perfect size to layer over the football border paper--I think it adds a little extra interest to what may otherwise be a pretty flat card.  




To go with my card I decided to also alter a coaster set by Sierra Pacific that I found at my local craft store.  The coaster set was already painted black and white so I only needed to pick my favorite papers to decorate the two sides with and the lining of the box.




The 4 x 4 squares on the "football field" paper were perfect for the job.  The back of the coasters just happen to also be 4 x 4, but they are tapered on the front so I simply trimmed down my squares to be 3.75 x 3.75.  


I then used Ranger's Multi Medium Matte with an old paintbrush to adhere the paper to each side of the coaster, followed by two more coats to the exterior (waiting for them to dry between each coat).  This product goes on extremely smooth and without the bubbling that I typically experience with other products.  I love that it dries to a clear matte finish and now my coasters are ready to be spilled on without damaging the fun paper underneath.



I must say I really had to fight the urge to add more cute details.  I really wanted to go nuts, but in the end I decided my Stepdad would prefer them to be simple, functional and generally blend with their home decor so I kept the outside of the coaster box plain.  

I finished off my gift packaging with some of Doodlebug's new chunky twine and another football sprinkle sticker.  :)




I hope I've inspired you to take on this simple project for a sports lover in your life.  I love that this idea would work well with any of Doodlebug's four new sports themed collections.  



Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today?  To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included). 

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)

















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