Counting Down to Christmas

Hello everyone. Can you believe it's almost Christmas? Definitely one of my favorite times of the year although it can be a little hectic at times. Speaking of hectic, I've been neglecting to post some of my Doodlebug Designs projects. So let me get you all caught up.

These Nutcracker countdowns are one my favorite things to make for the Holidays. Dressing them up in the latest Doodlebug "fashions" is always fun.

The red Nutcracker was created using the new Christmas Town collection and for the green Nutcracker I used Here Comes Santa Claus, an older collection. More details on these guys can be found on the DB blog HERE.

BTW: I am working on one more Christmas Town Nutcracker. He will be similar, but not identical to the red one shown. If you are interested let me know. :)

For my next project I used die-cuts, stickers and a house cutting file to help me create the topper on this advent calendar.

You can find the details on this piece HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Fall Blessings

Hello everyone. I'm back to share a few projects today. A little something for Fall and a set of fun Christmas ornaments. 

This first project is a wall hanging made from wood, chipboard and foam board and features Doodlebug's new Petite Prints.

Next, I created some cute Penguin ornaments. The ornaments were made using a penguin cutting file, twine, some felt, wire, Doodlebug Petite Prints patterned papers and cardstock. You can see exactly how they were done in this short tutorial.

By the way both of these projects are available in my Etsy store, JenniBean Studio.

See you soon! :)

Happy Holidays!

Hello, everyone. Christmas is right around the corner and I still have so much to do. How about you? I haven't even started shopping for gifts yet....but at least the house is decorated.  :)

This will be my last post for this year, so I just wanted to make sure I wished you all a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.

Before I go, I like to share my latest project that was created for a "Mix It Up" design team challenge on the Doodlebug blog. I mixed old and new DB Christmas collections together to create this fun wall decor.  This piece is also available in my Etsy store.

Thanks for stopping by. See you next year!!! :)

Milk and Cookies Nutcracker Countdown

Hi everyone. I hope you have all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. A really quick post today to share my last nutcracker countdown for this year. It features Doodlebug's Milk and Cookies collection and was just listed in the store.

You can find the nutcracker here along with a few another Christmas items.

See you soon.:)

Another Christmas Countdown

Hi all, today I'm sharing my second Nutcracker for Etsy. This one is more traditional in color, but was just as much fun to create. Doodlebug's, Here Comes Santa Claus paper collection was used on this along matching embellishments and other crafty supplies.

For my last nutcracker, I used a lilac ruffled ribbon for the collar. I loved the look and wanted to use it again, this time in black.  Unfortunately, I had the toughest time trying to find more of the same trim. Lucky, I remembered Really Reasonable Ribbon and found exactly what I needed.... and more! :) It was great to reacquaint myself with the store again and all of their beautiful trims and ribbons.

Here you can see a closeup of the Elastic Double Ruffle Ribbon. I layered two pieces together then glued them in place.

I also received some Metallic Silver String, as a sample. with my order and decided to use it around the decorative part of the wood staff.  Love the bling it adds to the piece. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Jen :)

New Items in Etsy Store

Happy Friday, everyone! Just checking in, to let you know JenniBean Studio has a few new listings.  This cute desk organizer .......

....and a set of Christmas tree ornaments.

These ornaments have a wood base and then were built up using chipboard. The cutting files used are from Doodlebug's, Here Comes Santa Claus SVG collection. The set of four (which includes hooks for hanging) is just 23 dollars.

Have a great weekend! :)

Doodlebug Christmas Countdown

The Doodlebug design team and I were challenged to share an "off the page" project. We will be sharing them for the next two weeks. I hope you will be inspired to try using your DB supplies for other types projects, as well as layouts.

Here is what I created. This 25-day countdown features Doodlebug's Polar Pals collection and is currently available in my Etsy store. 

*UPDATED: This item has been sold*

For more details, you can check out the Doodlebug blog HERE.

I'm on Etsy!

Hello, everyone!  I finally decided to open my very own Etsy store.  And not a moment too soon as my home is getting over-run with all the projects I've done over the years! :) I was a little nervous at first, but now I have a few sales "under my belt" I feel a lot more confident.  I hope you will stop by and browse around, I will be adding more items soon.

You may remember this piece I did for Doodlebug Designs... well it's now available for purchase. Just click the picture for more details.

Tropical Santa

Hello, everyone! Today I'm sharing a project featuring some new "Fun in the Sun" cutting files by Doodlebug Designs.  Since I live in Florida, I thought it would be kind of fun to create a Christmas project with a tropical feel.

For more details on this project, you can check out my post on the DB blog.

Doodlebug Files Used:
Fun in the Sun - Tiki Drink, Sunglasses, Suitcases, Fan Leaf, Flamingo,
Here Comes Santa Claus - Santa on Scooter, Reindeer.
Flea Market - Trailer 1
Remember Doodlebug files are also available as SVG files at Lori Whitlock's online store.

Nutcracker Countdown

Hello everyone.  Today I have a project to share that features two new collections by Doodlebug Designs, Daily Doodles and Sugarplums.

For more details on the nutcracker check out this POST on the Doodlebug blog.

Additional Supplies:

Maya Road - Trim, chipboard pieces (on sign) and metal charm.

Silhouette files -  red border on jacket, mustache, mouth  

font: Rosewood Std.

Other -  wood nutcracker, fur, small box, green vinyl for numbers

Warm Wishes

Hello everyone!  Today I have a project to share featuring  Sugarplums the new Doodlebug collection.

Doodlebug always has the cutest Christmas lines and this one is no exception.  Check out all the details here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Exciting News!

Hello everyone! Today I have some pretty cool  news to share. I found out yesterday that I have been selected to join the 2015 Doodlebug Design team. Woot! Woot! :) I'm extremely honored and very excited about this amazing opportunity.

One of the projects I submitted for the call was a layout, If you can believe it!  I haven't done a layout in years, but I wanted to give it a try. It's a simple design and my Doodlebug products made it come together easily. You can see the design team announcement here.

I also have a holiday swag to share. This was made using the Maya Road, Sparkle and Shine Holiday Kit. This kit is beautifully put together and full of fun embellies, trims and more. Details on this project can be found here.

Christmas Countdown

Hello everyone! Yep, only 35 days until Christmas - Can you believe it?!!  I created this fun countdown for a friend, but all the details for creating your own are on the Maya Road DT blog.

The penguin is a Silhouette file (by Miss Kate Cuttables) and all the papers, die cuts, gems and stickers are from the North Pole collection by Doodlebug. Except for the black paper, which is from their Halloween Parade line.

I should be put on the naughty list for not posting these last month. But "better late, than never". These are some simple embroidery hoops made out of felt and lots of Maya Road embellies.  More details can be found HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your holiday season was a good one. While I have been absent from blogging, I have been working on projects for the CHA trade show that starts later this week. So I'll be sharing those with you real soon. The MR sneak peeks start today, so make sure to stop by the blog to check them out. You are going to LOVE all the new products being released.

Speaking of "checking things out" check out the new MR catalog, for the show. Angella Peardon designed this AWESOME camera using one the new MR chipboard albums. Don't you just love it!

Before I go, here's a project I did last month and forgot to post.

More details can be found here.

See you soon!

Jen

I Love Santa

Hello again! I'm back today to share a Maya Road project for Christmas. This little guy will be the centerpiece at the kids table for the holidays this year. He's just too cute! The reindeer, Christmas tree and design on top of the box lid, were all cut using my Silhouette. To make the reindeer a little thicker, I cut him out of heavy chipboard and foam core. To do this I used The Silhouette pen tool to draw the image first, then used the drawing, as my stencil. The image was then cut out using a utility knife.

To see more details, pictures and supply list for this project, you can visit the Maya Road dt blog. 

 Thanks for stopping by! :)

The Season

Hi all! I'm back today with a quick post to share a gift card holder I made for my son's teacher. The owl design was from Lettering Delights. A really cool site I recently found, that has the cutest SVG files, graphic files and more.

I really didn't have to do much on this, I just added some fun embellishments, stickers and chipboard pieces on the eyes.

Under the head of the owl was a perfect spot to hide the gift card. So I made a small pocket out of patterned paper and added a few more stickers. Easy! :)

Supplies used:

Owl Design - Nancy Happy Holiday (Cut It Set) From Lettering Delights

Patterned Paper - Basic Grey and My Minds Eye

Stickers - Echo Park

Chipboard, Trinket pins and beads - Maya Road.

Baker's twine - The Twinery

Warm Wishes

Hello everyone! As you can see from my lack of blog posts, I haven't been doing much crafting lately.  I did however manage to get this advent calendar done. Hopefully, it will get me motivated to get everything on my "to do" list done in time for the holidays. :) 

This project was inspired by Samantha Walker's advent calendar seen HERE. I loved the concept so much I decided to create my own variation out of wood, chipboard and of course, scrapbooking supplies. Speaking of scrapbooking supplies, I used Echo Park's Season's Greetings Collection Kit on this. I still have a ton more paper and stickers left, so I should be able to create a few more projects.

For more details on how this was made, you can check out my tutorial on Instructagram. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Nordic Holiday!

Hello everyone! Are you ready for the holidays yet!  I just started my Christmas shopping on Monday and I still have a little bit more to do before the big day. So with Christmas in mind, I thought I'd share a couple Nordic Holiday projects for Basic Grey with you today.

Here's a before shot of a Santa I picked up at Hobby Lobby last year. He originally had legs, but his body was too heavy and he kept toppling over. So I decided to give him a facelift.

Here he is, after his Nordic Holiday make-over!

I used some dowels for his legs and  made some shoes out of felt. Half a foam ball was used as a base to hold Santa upright. As you can see below, I used torn pieces of paper to cover the foam ball, then added paper and chipboard strips around the base.

Beads, chipboard pieces and wire were used to create a garland. Then hot glue was used to secure the wire to the back of Santa's hands.

Here's a few pictures of the finished piece.

SUPPLIES: [Nordic Holiday] NOR-3438 Chalet, NOR-3439 Sweater Weather, NOR-3440 Après Ski, NOR-3444 Carving, NOR-3445 Catching Air, NOR-3449 Lift Ticket, NOR-3453 Yard Sale, MET-3460 Glazed Brads, MET-3461 Stitched Brads, NOR-3465 Glitter Chipboard, NOR-3469 Journaling Sets. [Little Black Dress] LBD-3486 Drama Mod. [Periphery] CHP-979 Chip Sticker Shapes.

Next, I have a mini banner to share.  Shhh! This one's a gift for my little girl's teacher, Ms. Bray.

I had originally thought of doing an ornament, using just the top section....

....but I really wanted to used a little bird sticker (from the Nordic Sticker Element sheet), so I just kept adding more chipboard...

until I found the perfect spot for it here.

SUPPLIES: [Nordic Holiday] NOR-3445 Catching Air, NOR-3446 Slalom, NOR-3453 Yard Sale, MET-3461 Stitched Brads, NOR-3465 Glitter Chipboard, NOR-3456 Element Stickers. [Figgy Pudding] CHP-358 Chip Sticker Shapes. [Periphery] CHP-979 Chip Sticker Shapes.

Last but not least, I have a gift box idea that was posted on the BG blog last week. For this project I got to play with Core'dinations cardstock! All the details on how to make this can be found HERE.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Enjoy your weekend!!! :)