Good Times layout for Doodlebug Design

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

OH, MY, GOD!!! I'm in LOVE with this new Doodlebug collection!!! 

Hello again is an adorable collection with the cutest gold details everywhere, just love it!

So for my first layout I decided to show a bit of (almost) everything, by creating a wreath layout.


This new coral color is just to die for and I wanted to use it as my background.
I was inspired to make a wreath by one of the patterned papers in the collection. It has this cute scalloped mint circle with flowers on it and I decided to cut that out as my base for the wreath.

I used a photo I took in 2019, when I visited the Harry Potter park in Orlando. I matted it with four different patterned papers from the 6x6 paper pad. Then I placed it by the wreath and adhered it to it. I added foam squares to the whole thing and added it to the background paper.


Then I used some flower die cuts around the photo and on the opposite side of the photo to create three clusters.

I had SO MUCH fun adding the little embellishments. I used two Doodle Pop butterflies and bent up the wings. I added the GORGEOUS gold Sprinkles, which look like gold half pearls(...so pretty!) to the center of some flowers. 


I added puffy stickers and Jewels.
For my title, I used a die cut form the Chit Chat pack and gold Alphabet Soup stickers. Yes!!! Gold ones... Awwwwww, so beautiful!!

To create dimension, I added some of the embellishments underneath the wreath and some on top. I love how this looks. 


To finish, I splattered some white paint, as almost always...;)

Can't wait to sue this gorgeous collection again and excited to see what I can come up with.

Thx for stopping by,

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Doodlebug products used:

Hello Again collection


Other products used:

White acrylic marker










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Well spent time layout for Doodlebug Design

Monday, July 31, 2023

This week I have a fun layout for you, created with the wonderful Petite Prints. 

I was in the mood for an artsy, mixed-media layout, full of color.


To start, I cut out a lot of circles from different petite prints sheets. I mainly used, pink, dark pink, salmon, blue, mint and yellow. I cut them out from the new petite prints, Stripe-Sprinkles and Plaid-Polka Dots, and used both sides.


Then I placed them aside and created my mixed media background. 
To do that, I ripped random pieces off a few of the 12x12 petite prints papers and placed them on the layout, creating this "weird", random, whimsical composition. I adhered them to a sheet of white cardstock and then came in with some white gesso and a dry brush and created a few white spots here and there. I added some color and white gesso until I was happy and then I let it dry.


I then came in with a few strips of the thin plaid washi tapes. I added a few strips here and there and then also added a few crosses with my pencil. I also splattered some gold paint all over the page.

Then it was time to add the flowers. I added them in a diagonal kind of way and layered some of them.
I added the photo that I matted with a piece of patterned paper and placed it on the layout.

I also wanted to add a few green leaves, so I cut some out and adhered those too.


For the centers of the flowers, I addded a bit of liquid glue to each of them and then sprinkled Sugar Coating glitter on top. Love how that looks :)

I also added the title using Abigail and Skinny alphas.

To finish the layout, I added some jewels.


I really think it turned out pretty cool... ;)

Thank you for stopping by, see you.

 

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Doodlebug products:


Petite Prints Stripe/Sprinkles and Plaid/Polka-Dot

Big jewels

Sugar Coating

Plaid Washi Tape

Alpha Stickers in  Abigail and Skinny















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Flower cards for Doodlebug Design

Sunday, July 16, 2023

I love Doodlebug's rainbow colors and the new Petite Prints are just so versatile and easy to use. Love it!! Today I decided to create some flowers using the new patterned papers and the dies that were part of the Pretty Kitty collection.


The dies are a bunch of different sized and different shaped flowers, some leaves, a bird and a sentiment. I cut (almost) everything out from 9 different colors of the new Petite Prints, Candy-stripe/Sprinkles and Plaid/Polka Dot. Then I assembled the flowers, layering them the way I liked. 


I gave the birds a cute face and a tiny flower on the head. The sentiment, I cut out of a sheet of the Sprinkle Petite Print in black. 
To make all the flowers even cuter, I used jewels and mini jewels from my Doodlebug stash.

Then I created the card bases using a pink-redish and a peachy color. I cut out rectangles of 6x8inches and folded them to have 3x8 inches cards. As a background for the flowers, I wanted white, so I used the Sprinkle Petite Prints in white and cut out rectangles that were slightly smaller than 3x8 inches. I adhered them to the base using foam tape.


Then I arranged the flowers, and the other elements, on top and adhered them, when I felt happy with the result. 

I love these cute cards and you can use them for whatever you want if you just change the sentiment :)



Thank you so much for stopping by and see you soon.
Have fun creating!!! :)

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Doodlebug products used:


Petite Prints:

Candy-stripe/Sprinkles, Plaid/Polka Dot
Jewels
Mini Jewels
Pretty Kitty flower die cuts










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Layout using new Petite Prints from Doodlebug Design

Monday, July 3, 2023

Awwww.... I just love a cute basic patterned paper and I love it even more, having this paper in a TON of beautiful colors. We got the new Petite prints in 12x12 and 6x6 and I have to say... JUST BEAUTIFUL!! I was very excited to use them for this layout. I chose a wonderful teal/mint color for my background as this color was just too pretty to use in small amounts... :)

I went through all of the colors of the rainbow, chose one patterned paper for each and cut out a heart from each of those. I distressed all of them with my scissors.
Then I placed them all on my paper and chose a fun way to display them. Some of them are overlapping, which gives it even more interest. I adhered the hearts using liquid glue and foam tape.


Then I matted the photo on a piece of patterned paper, distressed the edges and I added it to the layout.

For the title, I wanted to have it super colorful and whimsical, so I grabbed all of my alpha stickers and used letters from all the different styles. 


I then took colored thread and added some little nests behind some of the hearts. It just adds even more color and I love the effect on this layout.
Since this layout is pretty simple, I wanted to add another extra. So I trimmed the mint sheet of paper on each side (around 1/2inch) and then adhered it to a white patterned paper of the same style.
I distressed the edges, bended them up slightly and drew a scribbly border all around.




I also drew borders on all of the hearts. 
Then I used the puffy hearts and jewels and added a bunch of those.

LOOOOOVE all of the pretty colors on this layout.

Go get yourself some basic petite prints now, I'm sure you desperately need those in your stash...:)

See you soon,

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Doodlebug products used:


12x12 Petite Prints:

CANDY STRIPE-SPRINKLES

PLAID-POLKA DOT

Jewels

Puffy Hearts

Alpha Stickers:

SUNSHINE

ABIGAIL

ALPHABET SOUP

MY TYPE

SKINNY







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Fur Baby layout for Doodlebug Design

I love a good striped layout. Do you? I've made a ton of layouts with stripes and I really like the way they usually turn out. Here's the stripy layout, I created with Doodlebug's Doggone Cute collection.


One of the patterned papers from the collection has these words and phrases in rainbow colors. I really wanted to cut this paper apart, creating a bunch of colorful stripes. 
What I did is cut 2 stripes of each color and then cut each of those into 2 pieces, creating smaller stripes in different sizes. 


I then placed the stripes one under the other, keeping the rainbow pattern and using 3 or 4 stripes of each color. I like placing the stripes in a random looking kind of way, where some are shorter, some longer, some peek out from the one side, some from the other. Even though there's no rhyme or reason to the placement, it still looks coherent and organized.


I then matted the photo on a brown patterned paper to come back with the color of the dog in the photo. I adhered it to the layout and then chose a title.
I went with a sentiment from the Chit Chat die cut pack. I cut the white border a bit narrower and then adhered the pieces to a yellow and orange patterned paper. I cut them out and adhered them to the layout using foam tape.

I used one of the Doodle Pops and adhered it under the photo and also used three small dog head enamel dots.


I was already done and ready to place the final embellishments, when I thought that the layout was, though very pretty, a bit too white. So I went to grab a tube with striped rainbow colored washi tapes. I took a stripe of each color and cut it in the middle and then adhered the pieces on top of the word stripes. I love the effect it gave, adding more color but still showing the letters underneath. Super pretty! :)

To finish, I added puffy tennis balls, jewels and enamel dots in the matching colors and paint splatters.

That's it friends, I hope you like the layout

See you soon.


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Doodlebug products used:

Doggone Cute collection

Washi tape stripe assortment


Other products used:

Watercolors





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Doggone Cute mini album for Doodlebug Design

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

For me, scrapping dog photos is a bit hard... First, I don't have a dog, so I don't really have dog photos and second, often dog collections have more masculine colors and those who know me, know that I love pink and girly colors... hahaaa. Bu I think I managed to make a very cool dog themed mini album with the lovely Doogone Cute collection.


To start this album, I cut apart one of the patterned papers that has 12 little cards to cut apart. I used 8 of them, all of the ones that are vertical. To each card, I attached a little white 3x1 inch tab, that I scored  and folded through the middle.


I then created the base for the album, using very thick cardboard and patterned papers to wrap around. I then too a piece of cardstock that was slightly smaller than the cardboard piece and cut 8 parallel slits into it, leaving 1cm (around 1/2 inch) between each slit. I slided the tab of each card into it and adhered it on the back. Then, I adhered the whole piece (cardstock rectangle plus all the cards) to my cardboard base. That way, I was able to have all of the cards, one on top of the other.


I then went through all the cards and used all kinds of embellishments on them. I used Chit Chat die cuts, Odds&Ends die cuts, enamel dots and shapes, Doodle Pops, puffy stickers, cardstock stickers...








For the cover, I used acetate. I cut a long rectangle and scored it at 1inch and at 2 inches, then I folded it. I attached it to the back using double sided tape.
I wanted to embellish the cover and I chose to do it with embroidery thread. I used five of the colors of the collection and I wrapped each color around the cover 4 times. I used the colors in rainbow order, so it looks very cool. Then I also added puffy sticker paws and enamel stars in each color. At the top of the cover, I added a Shaker Pop and at the bottom, I added two circles that I attached using a brad, for the closure of the album. I added a picec of thread behind the album and sandwiched the end of the thread between two puffy stickers. 


Last but not least, I added an eyelet to the spine of the album and added the amazing charm clip & keychain.
I think the album is very cute and and amazing gift for a kid. 
I hope you had fun discovering the process of this album and I will see you soon.

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Doodlebug products used:

Doggone Cute collection


Other products used:

Acetate

Embroidery Thread

Brad

Eyelet

Cardboard










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Kitty Cat layout for Doodlebug Design

Monday, May 22, 2023

Who loves flowers...??? Meeeeee... :) and I have to have them on almost every layout. Who loves fussy cutting? I guess, fussy cutting hasn't as many fans as the flowers do... haha. I don't love it but I don't mind it either. As I often love the result of my layouts where I do a lot of fussy-cutting, I do it again and again.

So here's the layout I created after an hour of fussy-cutting...


I took one of the patterned papers from the Pretty Kitty collection that has a white background and a ton of tiny flowers and leaves and I started to cut those out.

When I thought I had enough, I started arranging them on the paper to see how and where I wanted to have my floral areas.


When I had my two areas with the flowers, I started to adhere some of them using foam squares. I wanted to have different dimensions in the flowers, so I used foam squares and for the rest of them, I used liquid glue, after bending up the edges a bit.


When I had all of my flowers adhered, I used jewels and enamel dots to put into the centers of some of the flowers. I also used enamel shapes and puffy stickers to add to some gaps between the flowers.
Then I used a pink ink spray and splattered some ink on the layout.


Of course, this layout needed a photo of my Kätti... :) I matted it on four pieces of patterned paper and adhered it to the layout using foam tape.
Then I added the title. This title is from the Chit Chat die cut pack and I thought it was just the perfect match for this layout. I tried to color the cat face in the word "cat", in grey... it didn't really work... :)


To finish, I added a mouse and two cat heads from the puffy stickers, a tiny enamel heart, a banner saying "You're so meow-gical" and a doodly border.
I like how this turned out soooo so much. I ALWAYS love my fussy-cutting layouts... you should try it too. :)

See you soon,

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 Doodlebug products used:


Pretty Kitty collection


Other products used:


Pink ink



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The cutest kitty layout for Doodlebug Design

Monday, May 8, 2023

Need a cute collection to scrap your beloved pets? Well Doodlebug's got what you need. Two brand new collections, one cat themed, the other dog themed, called Pretty Kitty and Doggone Cute.

I created a layout using Pretty Kitty, showcasing the lovely patterns of the 6x6 paper pad. 


I wanted to use a lot of the different patterns, because I just love the cute patterns and colors of the collection. So I cut out a few squares of patterned paper from the 6x6 paper pad and then hand cut all the letters that I needed, to write "The cutest little friend". 


I arranged them on the paper in a way that I liked, also including the photo. The shape that resulted from that, was a bit like rectangle, so I decided to use a few more embellishments to fill out this rectangle.

I cut out three hearts from patterned papers and I used a cat head Shaker Pop. 
I matted my photo on a few scrap pieces.


Then I started to adhere everything, the photo and all the letters. To make the letters more interesting and give them more dimension, I bend them a little bit and only added a bit of glue to the middle, so that they wouldn't lie flat on the paper. 

After adhering all the main pieces, I went through my embellishments and chose jewels, enamel dots, enamel shapes an stickers. I added them to the letters, trying to match the colors. 


To add some last details, I added some tangled thread and pink splatters. 


I love creating layouts with big letters, it always looks cute and colorful.
I hope you like it too and are inspired to try it out.

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Doodlebug products used:


- Pretty Kitty collection

- White cardstock

-  Petite Prints


Other products used:


- Thread

- Pink spray









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