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A Special Card Set for Gifting

Aug

Do you know someone who loves writing notes or sending cards, but maybe doesn’t love creating handmade cards themselves? I have a few special people in my life who fit this description…and since I LOVE making cards, I thought I’d gift one of my friends with a set of cards that she can then use to brighten the days of some of her family/friends!

A Set of Cards Made for Gifting by Wendy Sue Anderson featuring the "This is Family" collection by @PebblesInc.

The cards are quick and easy to make with supplies from the “This is Family” collection! I’ll share a quick little tutorial – but be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see how I’m going to “package” these cute cards together for gifting!

Start with a 6″ x 5″ piece of black cardstock for each card base. Score at 3″ to make a 3″ x 5″ folded card.

Since the cards are black, it’s not so easy to write on the inside. We’ll remedy this situation by cutting some of the printed recipe cards to fit inside! Trim a 6″ x 4″ recipe card to 2 3/4″ x 4″

Use the beautiful coordinating washi tape to secure it to the inside of the card!

Now it’s time to decorate the front of the card! Cut a piece of patterned paper to 2 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ and stitch with white thread around the edges.

Choose a lovely tag from the tag set that coordinates with this collection. Pick a coordinating paper and use the tag as a template to cut a second tag shape from the patterned paper. Punch a hole in the top and layer them together. You may want to use a bit of adhesive in the middle to keep them secure.

Add a bit of foam adhesive to the back of the tag duo and place the entire piece on the stitched paper. Tie jute or string through the holes and add a bow to the top!

Place the entire piece on the front of the card to complete it!

Wasn’t that so easy??

Now repeat the process to create as many cards as you’d like.

Don’t forget the insides!

It would be sweet to give the card set as a gift just like this, or with a ribbon tied around them…but it is also fun to create a little coordinating box to hold them! Of course, you know I opted for a box! I found a free “fry box” digital template online and used it to create a box to fit my card set.

I used tags and ephemera to embellish the front just a bit!

And then I tucked the cards right inside to give to my bff!

As you can see, there’s room for a few more cards or even a little treat – and who wouldn’t love a little treat?!?

Happy Crafting!

And happy gifting!

—Wendy Sue Anderson

Supplies Used:
This Is Family Collection –
* Patterned Papers
* Tags
* Washi Tape
* Clips
* Ephemera/Printed Die-Cuts
Black Cardstock
Adhesive
Natural Jute
Silhouette Cameo
Sewing Machine

Young Love

Jul

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Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a new layout to share using the Chasing Adventure collection. This week we’re focusing on using your scraps to create projects. I find one of the best ways to do this is to take out my punches. For this layout, I used 2 heart punches.

For the outer circle, I layered 3 hearts and stitched them together. This gave my layout a lot of dimension.

I then added some more hearts on the inside. I didn’t layer these because I wanted to be able to add a title and embellishments over them.

I also added a few circles of stitching under my hearts to tie them together. This also helped me place them into a nice circle.

I love how these hearts turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Asian Garden
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Cherry Blossoms
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Wild Flowers
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – 12 x 12 Paper – Paradise
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – Thickers – Phrases and Icons
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – Puffy Stickers
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – Ephemera – Phrases
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – Clear Stickers – Tiny
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure – Cardstock Stickers – Phrases and Icons
Pebbles – Chasing Adventure Collection – Thickers – Foam – Alpha

Patriotic Activities with Terhi

Jul

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Hey all and Happy July!
Terhi here with you, just in time to celebrate 4th of July with the citizens of the USA.
I’d like to share something patriotic from here where I live, in Finland. I made this scrapbook layout to capture our story about the way we celebrate our Independence Day, and from the end of this post you can also find a process video to learn how to make similar layout yourself!

Celebrating Independence Day in Finland usually means another snowy day, and therefore our activities during the day are either inside a building or somehow tied up with the snow. In my family the tradition is to go hiking in the snowy woods, set a campfire and have some delicious outdoor food (and hot cocoa!) in crisp freezing air. Sure the day has some other repetitive elements, but I feel this one is the closest to my heart.

Even though the Finnish Independence Day is all white and blue in many, many ways, I chose to create this layout using the Big Top Dreams collection with its amazingly rich colors. These colors shows exactly how much fun it is to slide down a hill with a sled, or be under a snowy tree when another kicks it hard to the arm!

This layout was very easy to do, however fussy cutting all the flowers sure took some time. Take a look to the process video below to see how it all came together. If you can’t see the video here, click here to my YouTube channel.

Enjoy watching!

Hope you feel inspired! Have a fantastic day!
Terhi xx
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Supplies:
340272 Sticky Thumb Adhesive Foam Dots
71793 Smooth Cardstock White
Big Top Dreams Patterned Paper Carousel (734130)
Big Top Dreams Patterned Paper Circus Fun (734129)
Big Top Dreams Ephemera (734111)
Big Top Dreams Thickers (734117)
Big Top Dreams Cardstock Stickers (734113)

Quick and Easy Summer Bucket List Project

Jun

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Well, we’re two weeks into summer break and I am starting to hear the dreaded cry of “I’m bored” already!! Can anyone relate? We usually put together a fun family “bucket list” every summer, but we hadn’t gotten around to it yet this year. I decided to put together a quick and easy summer bucket list project and I’ll have my kids help me finish it up.
Follow along below to see how I made it!

Quick and Easy Summer Bucket List Project by Wendy Sue Anderson with the "Chasing Adventures" collection by @PebblesInc.

Start by cutting a 12×12 paper down to 8 1/2″ x 12″ and score the bottom at 8 1/2.” I love this gingham print with suitcases on the back from the “Chasing Adventures” collection!

Use a sewing machine to stitch down the sides to make a pocket. (If you don’t want to sew it, you can just use adhesive to secure the sides). I embellished it just a bit with a couple of strips of fun coordinating washi tape.

Next, attach the entire piece to the bottom portion of an 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of heavy white cardstock (you want it to be sturdy). Add another strip of coordinating paper to the top portion to cover the white cardstock.

Cut a strip of white cardstock into a banner shape and add stickers and other embellishments to create the title “Summer Adventures!”

Now add this piece to the top portion of the background.

You could stop here…OR you could add some additional embellishments to the pocket. You know I can’t resist a fun tag or two! 😉

Now it’s time to cut some paper strips for the “bucket” items! I cut several 1″ x 6″ strips of white cardstock and added a cute little sticker to the top of each one.

These strips will eventually be tucked into the pocket:

Go ahead and place the entire piece on a clipboard (I love these older Pebbles clipboards so much and I use them whenever I can). Find some fun pens for the kids to use and hand it over to them. Have them write on the paper strips to list some fun activities they would like to do before the first school bell rings in a few months! (We all know how quickly time flies, it’ll be here before we know it!). Take time to make memories and enjoy spending time together. I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial and make a quick and easy summer bucket list for yourself!

—Wendy Sue

Supplies:
Chasing Adventures Collection – papers, ephemera, stickers, washi tape, and thickers

Spring Vibes and Acrylic Paints with Terhi

May

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Hello Pebbles Fans!
Terhi Koskinen here back with you and I’m very happy to share this layout just now in the end of May. Everything outside is green, at least here in Finland and I can also bath in the beauty of flowers and blooms! Even on my way to work I can smell how the apple trees are blooming. Spring is my favourite, absolute favourite!

To bring the lovely spring vibe on to the scrapbook layout can be a bit tricky, but don’t worry at all as I have couple of tricks to help you out. And also a step-by-step process video in the end of this post to show you exactly how to create a layout like mine!
First, make sure your photos are presenting the kind of spring you wish to spread out through the layout. For example, it will be hard (if not possible) to make bring spring vibes to a layout if the photo on the layout shows the face of Santa Claus.
Instead, take your photos from outside and make sure there is something green showing. Or even better, take some photos of your favourite blooms and go with that!

Second trick for a spring layout is to fussy cut blooms and flowers as much as possible. I mixed couple of the latest Pebbles collections to make sure I have lots and lots of different shaped blooms. The ephemera pieces, patterned papers and the biggest fussy cut blooms are from Chasing Adventures, all other flowers from Loves Me. I like to avoid too busy layouts, but a good mix of different shaped, sized and coloured blooms are definitely very important key to bring the spring vibes onto your page.

Third and last trick to spring layout is green. Like I said in the first paragraph, the world here looks like it’s all green. If you looks closely, you can see there are hundreds of different shades and tones of greens outside. It’s important to bring the same idea to your page.
Pick different greens to your layout: to the background, to the ephemera pieces and to the fussy cut leaves. Also, the photo(s) will bring you another tone of green.