Rhinestones and Ribbon

Pebbles Lakeside Collection- Quick and Easy Project

2013-05-21T10:35:00.000-06:00

Remember Pebbles announcing this collection?

Well.... it's HERE!!!

I used it to create a super simple fast and cute project for my parents.

They've always dreamed of owning their own cabin by our favorite lake, and now they finally own one.

They bought it just before Mother's Day, so I wanted to give them a Mother's Day gift that they could cherish that represented all the people in their family. This is a collage of several boating trips and includes the kids, and the grandkids. My mom just loved it :)

How simple and easy, right?

Call it a super sized scrapbook page :)

I picked up the frame for only $15 at Wal Mart and then embellished each opening.

I used Pebbles Lakeside 4x6 Journaling Cards as some of the photos, and then embellished the family photos with stickers, tags, patterned paper and twine. I also used a few Family Ties stickers.

Scrapbooking and paper crafting doesn't have to be overwhelming and time consuming. The part that took the longest was finding all the photos and printing them. I love looking at the photos and remembering each and every trip, and I can't wait to create another one will all the new memories we'll create at the lake.

See lots of new Lakeside projects on the Pebbles blog this week HERE.

Tiffany

Bella Blvd Warehouse Box Sale!!

2013-05-07T11:41:00.002-06:00

It's our biggest consumer sale of the year! Boxes are limited supply and going fast! Treat yourself today to a box full of Bella patterned papers and embellishments worth more than $160, for only $47.⁵⁰ plus shipping!! For all Warehouse Sale Box Updates please visit the

Warehouse Box Sale Page here.

Pebbles Sketch Layout- Never Grow Up

2013-05-06T08:09:00.002-06:00

Each month there are usually two Page Maps sketches that the Pebbles design team uses to create fun layouts. This month I was assigned this cute sketch.

And here's my layout.

I haven't used Sunnyside in a while, and with the weather getting warmer I wanted to pull it out. It's so happy and cute. This is my daughter at the playground (don't you love iPhone pictures?) and as I watched her that day I got a little emotional thinking about how much I love her at this age. I love everything about her and I wish I could freeze time and keep her at this point in her life. But I know that each year I'll love her more and more as I watch her grow.

The flowers were cut from the Cricut Bloom cartridge and the title was made with a couple of fonts on my Silhouette, welded together, and then offset twice for the shadows.

Tiffany

Bella Blvd Too Cute To Spook FABRICS!

2013-04-30T15:31:00.003-06:00

Remember Bella Blvd's scrapbooking line "Too Cute To Spook???""

They made it into FABRIC!!!

Hooray!!!!

My favorite Bella Blvd line ever by the way. You know how much I LOVE Halloween!

Check out the Bella Blvd blog HERE to see more detail of my projects made with

Bella Blvd's new "Too Cute To Spook" FABRICS!!!

Tiffany

Doodlebug's Cap & Gown Collection and Some Fun News!

2013-04-25T19:22:00.000-06:00

If you've been wondering where all my Doodlebug blogging has gone- it's because Doodlebug changed the way the design team projects are posted and I don't know which day my projects will be on there until they're there. I'll catch you up on all my projects.

First off- these cards are on the Doodlebug Blog TODAY! :)

Doodlebug surprised us with a cute little mid-release called Cap & Gown.

Don't adjust your monitor- it's not broken-

Doodlebug removed all it's bright color to bring you a stunning and fun black and white line! :)

And the owls are just great- don't you think?

These little diplomas are found in different sizes as well as in a Mini Diploma kit :)

So cute!

See the full post HERE.

Also- I was just hired at American Crafts to be a Creative Samples Designer!
Woo hoooo!!!! :)

So hopefully this year you'll see lots of
American Crafts, Pebbles, Crate Paper and Studio Calico on my blog :)
A lot of it I can't post because it's for marketing, product packaging, etc.
But some of it I will be able to post after it's released. I'm very grateful for this fun opportunity.
I'm so excited! It's been a ton of work and a ton of fun.

Tiffany

Pebbles "How To Tuesday"

2013-04-16T06:00:00.000-06:00

Find out how I made this cute clock with my step-by-step photo tutorial

over on the Pebbles Blog today!! :)

Bella Blvd and Petaloo Team-Up

2013-04-10T00:00:00.000-06:00

Guess why I'm so excited!!!???

I got to play with PAPER for the Bella Blvd. design team this month :) I love their fabrics, of course, but to get to play with the new paper lines was oh-so-much-fun. Hope I get to do it again! :)

Bella Blvd teamed up with Petaloo to bring you fantastic projects using Bella Blvd's new fun paper lines and embellishments as well as Petaloo's beautiful flowers, brads, and ribbon. It really was a great team-up because the products coordinate so well.

"Our Wedding Day"

11 years ago... hard to believe.

And I got married before digital photography.

Such a shame :)

I think "Love & Marriage" was my favorite Bella Blvd Winter CHA release.

I love the colors and patterns and the cute icons.

And aren't the flowers a perfect match? Every paper flower on this layout is from Petaloo.

The rhinestones and jewels are also Petaloo. I'm loving the new flowers and crochet hearts from Bella Blvd. Such cute and original embellishments. Love them!

And of course Bella's awesome chipboard. I'm so in love with their chipboard products.

"Vacation Getaway"

These photos were from a Carnival Cruise to Mexico a few years ago.

That was back before cruise ships broke down every week.

These Petaloo flowers looked tropical to me, so I made a tropical layout about our Puerto Vallarta getaway. It was the coolest little place in the middle of the Mexican jungle, with waterfalls, and amazing food.

On the way up to the location, there were these gorgeous flowers everywhere, just growing wild.

Chipboard! Makes you smile, doesn't it? :)

And if you didn't know already, sewing machines sew through chipboard like butter.

I don't recommend it, as it'll probably gum up my machine eventually, but I'll be careful.

I probably do a few too many dangerous things with my sewing machine.....

Happy and bright.

"Bride To Be"

These big pink paper flowers from Petaloo were my favorite of the bunch, so I decided to use them twice.

Another favorite from them- the rose brads. Aren't they dainty and darling?

The white brads are also from Petaloo, as well as the crochet trim

And of course the feather is from Bella Blvd. Told you I love them!

This wedding dress just needed to be on a card. Beautiful.

Visit the Bella Blvd blog for more fun Petaloo and Bella Blvd Team-Up projects.

There's tons of cuteness over there!

Thanks for visiting!

Tiffany

Pebbles Springtime Cards

2013-04-01T11:46:00.002-06:00

Honestly I'm a little bummed because making these cards put me into such a spring mood-

and then I woke up this morning to rain and gloomy dark skies.

Hopefully by the end of the day it will be warmer and we can go outside. The kids are out of school all week and the last thing I want is for everyone to be cooped up in the house for a week.

Mommy might lose it :)

It's "Spring Is In The Air" week over on the Pebbles blog.

I thought "Family Ties" was the perfect little collection for some happy spring cards.

Love the little birds and bird houses. I can't wait for the leaves to start growing on the trees and for the birds to come back. We always have a nest at our house- same place every year. It's fun to see the little ones hatch.

This first one would be a cute little baby card.

And aren't these little birds adorable?

The twine is Canvas Corp and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up!

The label die is a movers and shakers Sizzix die by Tim Holtz.

See more fun spring time projects on the blog all week starting HERE.

Tiffany

Quick & Easy Fabric Project- Bella Blvd Fabrics

2013-03-30T19:51:00.001-06:00

I've got a quick & easy project up over on the Bella Blvd Blog using their Puppy Park fabric line.

See more photos and the full post HERE.

Each of my kids will have one as part of their Easter gifts.

Then we just need some sun and heat so we can head to the pool to use them!

Tiffany

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- My Mind's Eye Mini Album

2013-03-26T22:03:00.002-06:00

I created this mini album for my local scrapbook store, Heartland Paper Company

using the new "My Girl" collection by My Mind's Eye. It's a display album, hence the lack of photos.

It's definitely one of my favorite mini albums to date.

I really don't know what to say other than you have to own this collection-

it's cuter than I can put into words.

My Mind's Eye is a master of product design.

Enjoy!

The album is a 6x6 Clear Scraps chipboard album, the twine is Doodlebug's Doodle Twine, cardstock is Bazzill, and the ribbon is seam binding ribbon and velvet rick rack from Heartland Paper Company (not sure of the manufacturer).

See the entire My Mind's Eye My Girl Collection and all of their other fabulous collections HERE.

Tiffany

Doodlebug's New "Stars & Stripes" Collection

2013-03-22T06:00:00.000-06:00

Introducing Doodlebug's new Stars and Strips collection!

I'm am SOOOOO ready for summer!

Popsicles, warm weather, pinwheels and the 4th of July!!!

I love parades, barbeques, and the whole darn thing.

I just love this new collection. It's perfection.

The little pinwheel is part of the new Mini Pinwheel Kit from Doodlebug. I didn't even have to cut it out!

I just added a brad to hold the points together and topped it with the included center piece using a Pop Up Glue Dot.

This collection is super versatile too.

I thought it would be great for a little boy birthday card.

The little airplane sticker is just too cute!

Tiffany

Quick & Easy "That's My Boy" Layout- Pebbles

2013-03-20T06:00:00.000-06:00

It's "Quick & Easy" week on the Pebbles Blog- and I thought, what's more "Quick & Easy" than creating a layout with several 12" long strips?

Pebbles and their sister companies also do something really cool with their patterned papers-

they print designs on the back of the barcode strip, so when you trim it off, you can use it!

On this layout, the star border and the green/blue stripe border are barcode strips.

Then I just cut several more 12" strips of patterned paper in various widths and placed them on the layout.

Throw a bunch of cute stickers on....

and use some dimensional foam adhesive for interest....

and voila!

You've made yourself a cute layout in under 30 minutes!

All stickers and papers are from the new "Love You More" Pebbles collection.

You can see the entire line HERE.

Tiffany

My Craft Room "Update"

2013-03-19T07:00:00.000-06:00

I've recently updated some things in my craft room.

It's starting to get to the point where I feel like it's "finished".... but not quite :)

It's an evolving process.

Come see my new "current" craft room today on Craft Storage Ideas HERE.

And then come back to my blog and leave your comments, suggestions, ideas.

Tiffany

Craft Storage Ideas Tomorrow

2013-03-18T09:34:00.006-06:00

I've been doing some re-decorating. My studio will be on craftstorageideas.com tomorrow!

Stay tuned!

Bella Blvd's Mid-Release "All American"!

2013-03-15T07:57:00.002-06:00

This brand new collection is officially being announced today on the Bella Blvd Blog.

The All American Collection includes double-sided patterned papers, cardstock stickers, chipboard alphas and icons, two sets of Stick Pin Flags (some with icons and some with words), 3 new Designer Washi Tapes and a coordinating Collection Kit too.

Wanna see the whole collection?

Head over to the Bella Blvd Blog today HERE

to see. And there's a GIVEAWAY!

-Tiffany

American Crafts Dear Lizzie Fifth & Frolic Layout

2013-03-12T00:00:00.000-06:00

American Crafts Dear Lizzie Fifth & Frolic

will be debuting in all JoAnn's stores on March 17th!

The line, designed by the incredibly talented Elizabeth Kartchner,

features crisp blues, pinks, greens, yellows and airy neutrals with hints of gold.

I've been a huge fan of Fifth & Frolic ever since I first laid eyes on it, and I'm a huge fan of all the Dear Lizzy lines from American Crafts. They are always soft and lovely, with beautiful images and embellishments.

I was sent some of the beautiful papers in this line, and some of the embellishments. It is an honor to be able to review this line and help promote it's release.

"Three"

This background paper is my favorite of the collection. I love the colors, the pattern, everything. It's happy and bold, yet soft. Can something be bold and soft? It's beautiful.

The "3" card was cut from a piece of patterned paper, and aren't those brads to die for?
I love that the brad pack has such a great variety of metal and fabric brads in a variety of colors.
The feathers are from a dimensional sticker pack. There are three sets of feathers in the pack, and they come with the rhinestones and twine already attached!

These cute little hearts were punched from a sheet of POW Glitter paper. I love this paper because it's got brilliant sparkle, but if you feel it, it's perfectly smooth, and the glitter doesn't come off!
American Crafts is brilliant :)

Here's my favorite brad of the pack. Isn't it darling?

A lot of the thin border pieces on this layout are from the bar code strip of the patterned paper.

American Crafts and their sister companies always put a pattern on the reverse side of the bar code strip that you can use.

Didn't I already say the word brilliant? I'll say it again- Brilliant!!

And aren't the little banner pieces too cute?

I'd love to take credit for creating them and stitching on them, but believe it or not they come this way!

They are called Flutterbys and are from the sheet below. They come punched, you just gently tug and pop the strand out, and they're connected by the string.

Love love these.

Excited to see the rest?

The Paper:

Gold foil vellum, Pow! Glitter patterned paper, and Ruffled Crepe Paper:

Embellishments:

Albums:

See the Fifth & Frolic line HERE on the American Crafts website-

and while you're there, visit the links to the other Dear Lizzy lines!

Be sure to run to JoAnn's on the 17th before it's sold out.
This is one of those lines you have to have in your colleciton.

Also:
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Special thanks to my friend Abong Bain at Just A Crush Photography
for the photo of my daughter.
See her site HERE.

Thanks for visiting!
I'd love to hear your comments.
-Tiffany

Pebbles Lakeside Collection

2013-03-11T15:58:00.004-06:00

Eeeeek!!!

Oh my heart went pitter-patter this afternoon.

Pebbles just released a mid-release collection and the design team didn't even get to see it until it posted today on the Pebbles Blog!

Look at THIS!

Pebbles Lakeside Collection

Pebbles rocks!

I am SO excited to use this collection.

Look for it in stores soon!

Tiffany

Doodlebug "Spring" Layout with the Flower Box collection

2013-03-05T06:01:00.000-07:00

Doodlebug released it's new (and super cute) Flower Box Collection on the blog yesterday.

This collection is seriously adorable. I love the colors and all the darling patterns.

This layout was on the blog yesterday. You can see it HERE.

Aren't the little bright trees so cute? The title is one of the new Simply Put 4x6 cards. These card packs are great because you can use them for divided page protectors (think Project Life) or card bases or for scrapbooking. And the reverse side of the cards is the same patterned turned the other direction so they can be used for horizontal or vertical page protectors. Genius!

Doodlebug also released TONS of new washi tape patterns. This aqua hounds tooth is one of them.

Cute!

And the dimensional flower in the bottom corner is from the new Mini Flowers Pack. The pack comes with over 35 reversible pieces to mix and match to make your own flowers. I added dimensional foam adhesive to make them "pop"

And of course new totally adorable Mini Doodle Pops stickers. These come in a pack with two butterflies and two flowers. One of the flowers is under the photo.

Cute.
Cute.
Cute.

What do you think?

See more adorable Flower Box projects all this week on the Doodlebug Blog.

Tiffany

Pebbles Party with Amy Locurto "Superheroes" Layout

2013-03-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

Pebbles released a new line called "Party with Amy Locurto" and it's a versatile line for scrapbooking kids. Amy is a party planner who has lended her talent to Pebbles with this line that includes superheroes, the beach and swimming/mermaid themed products.

Here's my take on the superhero side of things:

My boys love dressing up in their superhero costumes and running around the house with their friends defeating the enemy and saving the world.

I used the paper flowers (rosettes) and the paper banner- but I cut the banner into individual elements and placed them on tabs (pow!, zap!). They come in three vellum banners stitched with thread.

There are lots of great stickers in this line as well, that are not shown here, that would be great for party invitations and decor, cupcake toppers, banners, and favors.

Check out the whole line HERE.

And see more Party with Amy Locurto on the Pebbles Blog all week HERE.

Tiffany

Doodlebug "I Love Color" Layout

2013-02-25T06:00:00.000-07:00

On the Doodlebug Blog this week the designers are creating projects about things they love.

I thought I'd express my undying love for color- particularly Doodlebug's bright happy color palate- in a layout about a very colorful event.

My parents and all the kids and spouses/girlfriends did a 5K this past summer called the Color Run.

It's the most fun non-competitive "race" you'll ever do.

For every K you run through, you get a different colored powder thrown on you, until you reach the end of the race and you're colored head to toe (and in places you didn't know colored powder could get) Ha!!

So fun. For real. You should totally do it. But don't wear clothing you care about because the color won't come completely out of anything.

Don't you just love layouts with bad iPhone pictures on them? ;)

I wasn't about to bring a real camera with me, that's for sure!

The embellishments are actually all from a pack that I received last year at Doodlebug's National Scrapbook Day event. We received kits to make layouts, but I didn't have time to do mine. I used the two kits and put the papers and embellishments together and created a different layout.

These papers and embellishments are from several lines from last year, as well as petite prints. The multi-color flower is a Doodle Pop, and the butterflies were made with a Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch. The heart is a Stampin Up punch.

Thanks for visiting!

Tiffany

Bella Blvd Fabric Style- Camera Strap

2013-02-23T06:30:00.000-07:00

Here's my second fabric project today for Bella Blvd. I posted a baby quilt earlier today, so be sure to check that out as well.

I recently got a new camera, and suddenly my old camera strap just wasn't good enough :) I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use my Bella Blvd fabrics to create something a little more my style than black and yellow- know what I mean?

I used Bella Blvd's Sunny Happy Skies and Puppy Park for this project. The aqua and apple green are my favorite color combination.

Bella Blvd has a full line of buttons and fabric and crochet flowers, too. These are two Blooms a Bella flowers that I stacked and sewed together. I removed the white buttons they come with and stitched on two of Bella Blvd's designer buttons.

The back fabric is from the Puppy Park line. It's a mix of aqua, apple green, grey and black.

and the front is a darling print from Sunny Happy Skies.

I made up the pattern as I went, but I the strap's a little snug, so I'd make it a bit bigger next time. I cut mine 4" wide, but I think 4.5" would have been better. I won't share my tutorial because of the measurements. It was very hard to turn with the batting inside.

There are many very cute tutorials online though that you can follow if you want to make your own.

I found all of these on Google :)

A Camera Strap from Fabric Scraps

Camera Strap Tutorial

Sew Your Own Camera Strap

Camera Strap Cover Tutorial

Make A Ruffled Camera Strap Slipcover

Camera Strap Cover-A Tutorial (ruffled)

Tiffany

Bella Blvd Baby Quilt- Freezer Paper Applique Tutorial

2013-02-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

My sister is having a baby in a few months, and it WAS a boy :)

Then... next appointment... oops!

Now it's a GIRL!

So... the boy quilt I made will have to wait for another baby, and I pulled out my adorable Sunny Happy Skies fabrics by Bella Blvd to make her a brand new (and WAY cuter) baby quilt.

I searched for a cute girly pattern and found one that I just loved!

Isn't this the cutest pattern? It's "Daisy May" from Stitch Studios: Designs by Cyndi Walker.

The pattern can be found HERE. I picked mine up at my local quilt shop.

This quilt uses the "Freezer paper and starch" applique method.

There's a good tutorial HERE if you want a detailed lesson. It even has the same shape pieces.

It's a much easier method for applique that allows you to form your fabric shapes before you sew them.

This way you don't have to embroider them with a satin stitch (miles and miles of thread) or finish the edges by hand (pain in the neck).

The shapes don't have to be cut perfectly because you'll fold the edges around a "stencil template"

I cut mine several at a time.

Then you make a stencil with Reynold's Freezer Paper (not to be confused with parchment paper or wax paper- SO not the same thing. If you want your iron to work for a long time, be sure to buy the right stuff)

See how the stencil is made HERE.

Spray starch is sprayed into a bowl, and when the foam dies down, it's "painted" on the edges of the fabric with a paint brush.

The edges of the fabric are then folded under and pulled tightly against the edges of the stencil.

Then they are ironed for a few seconds until they're completely dry.

Put a layer of freezer paper over your ironing board, too. If you don't, your ironing board will look like burnt toast when you're done from all the cooked starch. When you're done you just pull the freezer paper off and toss it.

The points of the petals are pulled sharp and pressed again. Then the stencil is removed and the fabric retains it's shape. You can re-use the stencil until it gets too soggy and loses it's form.

When that happens you just make a new one and keep chugging along.

I made 64 of these fabric petals. It took 5 hours.

FIVE.

That includes cutting and pressing. I sat and watched movies a few nights in a row until they were done.

If you're gonna watch movies you might as well do something productive at the same time, right? Ugh.

Once you get all the petals completed, the rest isn't too bad.

They are pinned on and appliqued.

The centers of the flowers were made using a Clover brand "Yo Yo Maker"- size small.

You can find these at your local quilting or fabric shop.

Yo-yo's can be made by hand, too, but this way you don't have to stress so much.

They're nearly perfect each time, and they're uniform. The little tool is pretty cool.

The yo-yo's took about an hour.

And I watched more TV.....

I sewed the yo-yo's onto the quilt with my machine instead of by hand because it's way easier

and because I don't want a baby ripping them off and putting them in her mouth.

I love that the border uses jumbo rick-rack. It think it's darling.

I bound the quilt with rose-style (swirly) Minky in hot pink.

Minky is the most plush snuggly awesome fabric on the planet.

I want an adult size Minky blanket I can snuggle up in.

Thank you to my mom who just happened to stop by at the perfect time to be my quilt holder for this photo.

Maybe I'll make myself a giant Minky quilt so that I can wrap up in it and watch TV the next time I have to applique for hours.... and hours...... and hours........ :)

Anyway... I think my sister is going to love it.

And luckily I don't think she reads my blog-

So it'll be a surprise!

-Tiffany

Pebbles "Basics" layout- Hello Sunshine

2013-02-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Pebbles released one of their best ever collections at CHA called "Basics."

It's one of those great collections that goes with everything, and can be a standard on any project.

They have 12 "Basics" colors and have created patterned papers, rhinestone flowers, banners, washi tape, clothespins, journaling cards, stickers, and more all in these fun bright colors.

For my layout I used 8 of the colors in three of the patterns of paper, as well as banners (begonia and white (powder-which is actually in a light blue pack), rhinestone flowers, washi tape (rouge and hibiscus), a journaling card, a "chip" chipboard circle, and a mini clothespin.

I got the basic sunburst from a Studio Calico misting mask, and then stitched with my sewing machine in coordinating colors. This layout was super fun to make.

The letter stickers are awesome new "Thickers" called Basic in gold glittered foam. LOVE them :)

See more on the Pebbles Blog.

-Tiffany

I Love Everything About You

2013-02-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

Anyone else out there married to your best friend? The person you'd rather be with all day long than anyone else? My husband and I have known each other since I was 14 years old. We've been friends for so long that I don't remember much of my life without him in it.

He is my rock. He is the one who keeps me going when things get hard, and supports me in all of my endeavors. He is the one who cheers me on and encourages me to shoot for all of my dreams- the big dreams and the little things. I can't express with any amount of words what he means to me, though I try every day to do so. I love everything about him.

This layout is simple, yet expresses with words my admiration for who he is. He is a wonderful husband and father. He makes me laugh every single day. I can't wait to see what the next 100 years brings :)

This layout uses Pebbles Walnut Grove and Country Picnic collections, as well as two Silhouette cuts you can find HERE and HERE. And if you are inspired to scrapbook the loves in your life, then please do so. And find even more inspiration for "Love is in the Air" week on the Pebbles Blog.

-Tiffany

You're So "Tweet" Card- Doodlebug Design

2013-02-01T10:53:00.003-07:00

Doodlebug's Love Birds is the CUTEST thing!

Here 's another card made with this collection. I'm just loving the little birds!

And of course, the new Heart Pearls!

Aaaand... Doodlebug's new WASHI TAPE! Who doesn't love washi tape!!???!??

I'm so excited because they're coming out with a TON. In a TON of their awesome colors and patterns.

*So excited!!!*

The cages were cut from the blue paper with an X-Acto knife so that they pop out from the red layer behind. The blue "TWEET" are new letter stickers. Isn't this such a cute font?

The little blue bird in the center is a Mini Doodle Pops sticker. There was already a bird there, but the dimensional bird adds a little "pop." You've got to pick up this collection. I'm in love with it!

See more cuteness HERE

-Tiffany