Dot & Whimsy

Doodlebug Products are from the Sugar Shoppe Collection and Cupcake Sequins

Welcome to Day #1 of the 

Blog Hop!

And as you can see on the banner above, there will a chance to win prizes & free cut-files!

**You should be arriving here from Theresa's Blog**

Here is a look at my sweet card:

For my project,  I chose the "Bear Necessities" Stamp Set by SMS

Our school mascot is the bear and my daughter will be a middle school cheerleader

this next year...I know we will get A LOT of use from these stamps in making

tags, cards and  decorations :)

From Miss Kate's I've used the Birthday Bear cutting file:

I cut the bear from Core'dinations cardstock and patterned papers by

Doodlebug Design's "Hip Hip Hooray" Collection.  The enamel dots that I

used for the eyes and cheeks are also from Doodlebug.

 

 

I'm the last stop for today's hop...I hope that you've enjoyed

and will visit the rest of the week as both Design Teams continue on with 

some very creative ideas :)
Have a PAWS-itively great day!

I don't think that I ever shared...

This so sweet wooden owl "welcome baby" hanger that I made with

"Hello, Baby" Collection!  If you love soft, vintage-looking colors

and whimsical details, then you will love this collection for baby girl or boy!

I found the wooden owl shape at Hobby Lobby; it's a substantial piece of wood, measuring

1/4" thick.  It also comes with the cut-out pieces, which I also covered in paper.  

For the eyes I used two scalloped canvas stickers and then punched two different

sizes of circles.  Simple Stories also has enamel dots to go with the collections!

These made a nice accent to the eyes and centers of the flowers.

 I punched and layered some flowers and then added a felt flowers to the center of each.  

For a nice-finished look, I wrapped the edge of the wood with baker's twine.  

Two eye-hooks to the top and I was able to thread through some muslin ribbon for hanging :)

Now, wouldn't this be precious as a welcome door hanging?

I have it, along with several mini albums and crepe paper fringe for sale in my Etsy Shop!

Enjoy a beautiful week!

Yesterday was so busy blog-wise that I didn't

have a chance to share a new mini album that I made for

The task was to focus on their amazing Ephemera Packs, which I love!

I chose the "Pen Pals Collection" and a few manila coin envelopes:

See all of the pages and how I put it together at the Pink Paislee Blog :)

Enjoy your weekend!

The MAY ARTS RIBBONISTAS

are teaming up this week with a fun-filled blog hop with

ART ANTHOLOGY & BASICALLY BARE

There are 3 prizes up for grabs:

1 spool of May Arts Ribbon, $25 in product from Basically Bare & from Art Anthology

**Start with the May Arts Blog to get a list of the complete hop**

 I chose this "Mixed Media" Album from Basically Bare (BB) to get me started!

All of the papers and stickers are from Doodlebug Designs' "Hip Hip Hooray" Collection

To begin, I took the album apart from it's metal comb binding and set it aside.

I traced the pages onto different patterned papers, cut out and then adhered to the album.

For the tree, I poured some of the "Grass" Colorations Spray by Art Anthology (AA)

into a bowl.  Next, I placed the felt tree top (BB) into the liquid and let it sit until the 

felt was completely absorbed.  **Use gloves or tongs** Remove the felt.

(I had green hands for a couple of days LOL)

Lay the felt onto an absorbent cloth and press out the excess ink. 

Use a heat gun or blow dryer to speed up the drying time.  

Make sure that the piece is completely dry before attaching it to the page or the

paper will soak up some of the color.

 After the album was reassembled, I tied on various May Arts' ribbons to the comb.

Pages 2-3.  
Page three is an acetate page.  To the edge I attached two strips of grosgrain ribbon
with a high-tack adhesive.  I love see-thru pages!  Photos can be attached directly to the
page or left blank.

Pages 4-5
Page four is the back of the acetate page...here I'm showing how I continued the
strip of ribbon completely around the page.
Page five has a cut-out panel that I decided to highlight with a few knotted ribbons.
The chipboard sun by BB was dressed in patterned paper cut to its specs.



 Pages 6-7...just showcasing some more of the Doodlebug cuteness :)



Pages 8-9
 Page eight features one of the clear, acetate cut-out shapes from BB.  I traced
the shape onto a patterned paper, trimmed out and then attached behind the shape.
To attach, I pierced a hole through the center and the inserted a brad through.

Page nine is a combination of the canvas portion of the mixed media album.
I used the same grosgrain ribbon to make a border around the edge of the canvas
by attaching with a fabric glue.
Next, I took the two felt clouds by BB and painted them with the
 Aloha Velvet Dimensional Paint by AA.  


Pages 10-11
Page eleven includes four small cut-out windows.  I wanted a contrasting paper,
so I die-cut four squares of patterned paper the same size as the windows.  Once I had
the back page in place, I was able to glue the four panes through the openings.



Pages 12-13
Again, just two plain pages to the album that I accented with stickers from Doodlebug.

That's all for my sweet little mixed media, birthday boy album!
Here is a complete list of this week's hop:

 Hope you enjoy all of the fun!

Good Friday Morning!  

I was so honored to have been asked to rejoin the 

Design Team for the remainder of the year :)

I really enjoy working with their dies and finding new and unusual ways to use them.

For today's assignment I selected a set of dies that I never had the chance to use:

With these, I made a set of 3X4 Pocket Cards for pocket scrapbooking!

I started by cutting a sheet of embossed (dot) cardstock to 3" X 4" and then 

rounded the corners with a punch.  Next, I cut various patterned papers 

(by Doodlebug Design) to 2.5" X 3.5" and corner rounded the edges as well.

 Hi, y'all!  I'm up today with some fun at

After putting away my Spring wreaths this past week, 

I decided that I was in need of a new Summery wreath for our carport entry.

 The idea of a pinwheel wreath caught my attention while visiting Pinterest, 

so I went from there! You can use any type of wreath: straw, stryofoam, grapevine, etc.

 I kept this very simple by using sheets from the "Good Day Sunshine" 6X6 Paper Pad.  

You can also cut your favorite 12X12 sheets to 6X6 size.  

 I've used a total of ten 6X6 sheets for this project.

 Using a ruler and pencil, draw a line from one end to the opposite end and then repeat with the

 other side so that you have an "X" over the paper.  Next, I traced a small 1" circle around the

 center of the "X"...this gave me a guide of how far to cut the lines.

 Using scissors or a paper trimmer, cut along each line up to the circle.  Next, use a 1/8" hole punch, 

make a hole at the RIGHT hand corner of each triangular flap.  Punch a hole at the center of the "X".

Insert a large brad through each of the flap's holes and then through the center. 

I attached my pinwheels to a 14" grapevine wreath.  I wrapped a piece of thin gauged wire around 

(the backside of the pinwheel) the brad's prongs and then gave a good twist.  Thread the wire ends 

through the grapevine and twist together at the back of the wreath.

The Monday Morning Challenge this week at 

is Monochromatic Projects

I've always loved Stephanie's hand-drawn clouds, so that was the inspiration for this "hello" card.

 I hand-cut a few of them to act as a border that separates the two different patterned papers. 

The small High-Five alphabet stickers fit perfectly inside of the sticker cloud and I added a 

bit of color with yellow button over the sun.

 I chose the large sentiment sticker as my inspiration for this yellow-themed card. 

In staying with its rectangular shape, I selected the yellow diagonal stripe from one of the

 Classic Calendar pages and made two strips for the top and bottom of the cardstock.

 I made my own sun shape with a couple of punches and then added a tab sticker

 at the bottom for a nice contrast.

The Bella layout designers have a couple of really cute pages up today too!

Hope you have a terrific MONDAY :)