Archives for June 2013

"This was a fun assignment, because I love flowers! When it comes to growing flowers or plants indoors, I've got a black thumb. But, when it comes to the great outdoors, I actually have a green thumb! Why is that? I think it's because I get most of the help from nature. We have a few flowering trees and bushes on our property. I love watching them bloom every spring, because I get to see the proof that we did a great job planting them from newbies. I take photos of my plantings every year and I added my newest photos of them onto this layout. I used a grid style for this layout. I loved adding … [Read more...]

"You can't go wrong with florals, when making a greeting to send to a friend.  Lakeside was the obvious choice for me, when I set out to create these happy cards.  The balance of pretty, colorful wildflowers, against the neutral tones of wood grain and chalkboard just make the flowers pop, and keep them the focus of the design!"  - Jaclyn Rench, Pebbles Design Team MemberLakeside 6x6 Paper Pad (751473)Lakeside Accent Stickers (732249)Lakeside Chalkboard Stickers (732251)Lakeside Journaling Cards (732245)Lakeside Gift Tags (732235)Lakeside Chips (732241)Basics Cardmaking Pad … [Read more...]

"The flowers theme was a big challenge because I'm used to scrapping more boy themed layouts.  However, the Lakeside collection made it so easy to have a a fun girly layout, but still have that boy touch. Love how this turned out." - Patty Kumfer, Pebbles Design Team MemberLakeside 6x6 Paper Pad (751473)Lakeside Gift Tags (732235)Lakeside Phrase Stickers (732248)Lakeside Accent Stickers (732249)"For this challenge, I chose to work with some flower pictures I saw in Vietnam. These flowers are simply gorgeous! So for this layout, I chose a simple design to highlight my pictures. I worked … [Read more...]

First things first, I have a winner to announce from last week's "Guest Designer" giveaway. Thank you all so much for your comments. And the lucky winner is ...Congratulations! Please email your full name and mailing information (including your phone number for shipping purposes) to pebblesincdt(at)gmail(dot)com and put "Guest Designer Winner" in the subject line."Since little girls are so much like flowers, I knew I had to scrap this photo of Ava’s birthday party. It was held at the lake during our family reunion. Ava was … [Read more...]

We'll be celebrating the beauty of spring and summer by focusing on flowers all this week on the Pebbles blog with flower themed projects from some of our design team members."If you’re a nature girl like myself and enjoy spending your weekends hiking or vacations camping, you’re going to love the Lakeside collection! The combination of wild flowers and wood grain prints combined with real wood die-cut accents is difficult to resist! Creating cards, scrapbook pages and gifts with Lakeside is almost as fun as spending time in the great outdoors!"  - Kathy Martin, Pebbles Design Team … [Read more...]