HOMETOWN USA FRAMELESS SHAKER ALBUM | with Jen

I absolutely adore the Doodlebug Shadowbox Insert Kits. I have a bunch framed and hanging in my craft room. Every time a new one comes out I think "I want to put that on a mini album cover" or "I want to use that in a shaker." That time has come!

Today I have a super packed mini album for you! A couple of years ago I designed a frameless shaker method and I used it to enclose the Hometown USA Shadowbox Insert. I filled my large shaker with silver Shaker Balls and the Land That I Love Shaker mix. The album overall is 9" x 9" with a 2" spine. There are four pages with interactive elements.

I used the Festive Fireworks Heavy Acetate throughout the book for pockets and a belly band. It's just the most fun patterned acetate yet!

Each page has a large 7" x 9" insert. I used the acetate fireworks from the Bits and Pieces as pulls on the top of each. There are lots of layout pages and pockets for all sorts of pictures and things.

In the center I did some scene building using all the cute elements from the Odds and Ends and Mini Icons. Lots of the Mini Icons are perfectly sized to accent the larger Odds and Ends pieces.

I used both of the new Doodle Cuts sets to accent the book. I used the Pocket Full o' Pride Doodle Cut set to add little pockets to some inserts. I used the Festive Floral Doodle Cut set to add a little shaker to the first page in the album.

Video walkthrough and full, FREE tutorial can be found here on my YouTube channel.  Have a great day!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Hometown USA Collection
Hometown USA Shadowbox Kit
Festive Fireworks Heavy Acetate
Clear Heavy Acetate
Shakers Silver Balls
Shakers Land That I Love
Festive Floral Doodle Cuts
Pocket Full o' Pride Doodle Cuts
Dot Stripe Petite Prints
Candy Stripe/Sprinkles Petite Prints
Buffalo Check/Woodgrain Petite Prints

OTHER

Medium Weight Chipboard
Navy Blue Artisan Cardstock
Foam Squares

HOMETOWN USA PREVIEW WEEK - DAY 2 | with Tonya

We are back with another sneak peek of our new Hometown USA collection!  Today's project features the new Festive Floral Doodle Cuts.  Tonya created a couple of darling cards using the new dies, take a peek...

The first card uses papers and coordinating cardstock from the Hometown USA Collection.  The Dies are designed so that you can also make a shaker. and Tonya added some of the new Land that I Love and Lily White Shakers to her jar. The Land that I Love Shakers are so fun, they are a mix of stars, flags and hearts!

To show the versatility of the dies, Tonya also created this bright and cheery card featuring papers, textured cardstock and Spring Flowers Shakers from the Bunny Hop Collection.  There are so many ways to use these Doodle Cuts!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow as we continue our fun Hometown USA preview week!

DOODLEBUG PRODCUTS USED

Hometown USA Collection
Hometown USA Coordinating Textured Cardstock
Festive Floral Doodle Cuts
Heavyweight Acetate
Land that I Love Shakers
Lily White Shakers
Bunny Hop Collection
Bunny Hop Coordinating Textured Cardstock
Spring Flowers Shakers
Doodle Twine

HAPPY HEALING GIFT CARD HOLDER | with Kathy

In our town we have a few groups that help out families in the area when someone is sick or recovering from an injury.  They help with meals, sometimes with gift cards to favorite restaurants, local cleaning service, grocery delivery and the like.  I thought it would be fun to put together a little get well gift card holder for all the items gathered.  This would also be a great get well gift to a friend after surgery or illness.  Happy Healing is the perfect collection to use for this, take a peek...

The front of my gift card holder is a shaker, made to look like the little pill bottle in the collection.  I filled it with the Pill Better, Limeade, Ladybug, Bumblebee and Swimming Pool Shakers.  I added some pills from the Odds & Ends as well as a sentiment from the Chit Chat pieces.

Inside, it holds 6 little gift card sized envelopes.  The envelopes are from a cut file, but you could create your own, they measure 3.625" x 2.5".  

For the holder wrap, I cut a strip of cardstock 2.75"x12".  I scored it at 1.25", 3.25", 7.25" and 9.25".  I folded all the scores in the same direction to form the outside of the holder.  I added patterned papers to the inside and outside sections, for color and a little extra strength. My Shaker is glued to the front, bottom section (larger of the two).  The top folds in behind the shaker and I added a little piece of Velcro to keep it closed.

The gift cards envelopes are attached using a hidden binding.  To create it I started with a 2.5" x 4.75" piece of cardstock.  I scored it every .25".  The diagram below shows how I put it together.  I folded the areas under the blue sections into a peak,  and glue them together so they stick up.  The end result is you would have 6 sections that stick up with two "flaps" on the outside edges.  I glued this to the bottom section of my wrap, and then glued each envelope to one of the sections that stick up.

This photo shows how the envelopes are attached to the hidden binding.

Now for the fun part, decorating!  I used a little bit of everything to decorate the individual gift card holders including Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends, Chit Chat pieces, Puffy Icons, Icon stickers, shaped sprinkles and the dies Happy Healing Doodle Cuts (the ones that coordinate with the Stamp Set) for the Get Well Sentiment.

My first envelope holds a tag from the Bits & Pieces with a little sentiment.  I tied it with some Limeade Doodle Twine.

The rest of the envelopes are ready for gift cards!  

I completed the inside of my wrap using the cutest sticker of the bunch... the little get well bear!  I love how this turned out, and I think it would also be a fun idea for a birthday or Christmas gift!  That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Happy Healing Collection
Doodle Twine
Happy Healing Doodle Cuts
Clear Heavyweight Acetate
Doodlebug Shakers
Pill Better Shakers
Textured Cardstock

OTHER

Gift Card Holder SVG
Velcro Dots
Foam Tape
Silhouette
Scoreboard
Adhesive

iNSD 2024 - Card Sketch Challenge

  

Are you ready for another challenge?  We didn't want to leave our card makers out of the fun, so we created a sketch for them as well!

All you have to do is use the sketch as your inspiration and use at least 50% of Doodlebug products.

Upload your cards to either Facebook or Instagram or both and use the hashtag #DoodlebugiNSD2024 so we can find your entry. We'll select a winner to receive a surprise package of Doodlebug goodies!

Need a little inspiration?  Check out these fabulous cards from our design team!

We are in love with the little Doodle Twine nests on Niella's card! Such a fabulous spring card!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Hop collection

Cards & Envelopes Collection - Sweet & Spooky 

Jen's just because card is simply "purr-fection!" 

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Pretty Kitty Collection

Kathy's "o-fish-al" version of the sketch is just "fin-tastic!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Seaside Summer Collection
Petite Prints
Sprinkles
Textured Cardstock
Lily White Shakers

Tya was very busy with this sketch!  She gave us three different versions, each cuter than the next!!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Hop collection

Swimming Pool Doily

Nesting Scallop Doodle Cuts

Tangerine,  Bumblebee, and Mint Shaker Balls

We can't wait to see what you create!

HAPPY HEALING POP UP CARDS | with Kathy

It's no fun when you have a friend or family member who is under the weather.  I always try to do a little something to brighten their day.  The Happy Healing collection is perfect for this!  It's full of adorable icons and bright colors, certain to make anyone feel better!  I decided to create a couple of pop up cards to showcase the cute images.  Take a peek...

For both cards I started with a set of platform pop up dies and some of the 12 x 12 papers from my stash to create the bases.  My first card features the adorable Pill Better Doodle Cuts.  I created a the little pill bottle, using the open shaker piece and some heavyweight acetate for both sides so it looks like a clear bottle. I used some thin foam strips to create a shaker, and filled it with both the Pill Better Shakers and regular shakers.  around the bottle I added cute little tablets from the Puffy Icons and Odds & Ends.  I love how they look like they're floating on the acetate!

Here's a close up of the bottle shaker.  The sentiment was created using the speech bubble die from the Pill Better Doodle Cuts set and the sentiment stamp from the Pill Better Doodle Stamps.

My next card also has a "floating" effect using some more heavy weight acetate.  For this card I combined the Get Well Sentiment from the All Occasion Doodle Cuts with some die cut letters using the Alex Alphabet Doodle Cuts to spell out Get Well Soon.  I added lots of elements from the Odds & Ends to decorate around it.  I just love those cute little germs!

And a close up...

I'm all ready if someone becomes under the weather!  Make sure to stop by all this week for more Happy Healing inspiration!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Happy Healing Collection

Happy Healing Coordinating Textured Cardstock

Heavy Weight Acetate

Pill Better Doodle Cuts

Pill Better Doodle Stamps

All Occasion Doodle Cuts

Alex Alphabet Doodle Cuts

Pill Better Shakers

Doodlebug Shakers

OTHER

Platform Pop Up Dies
Foam Tape Strips
Gray Ink
Black Ink

HAPPY HEALING PREVIEW WEEK - DAY 2 | with Tonya

We have another fun project from our in-house designer Tonya featuring the new Happy Healing Collection.  Check out her super cute get well card.  You know this is sure to put a smile on the recipient's face!

Tonya started with the new Pill Better Doodle Cuts. The dies in this set can make a flat image, and you can also make it into a shaker to make your cards interactive.  Tonya filled her pill bottle with some Lily White Shakers along with the new Pill Better Shakers.  Absolutely adorable.

Topped off with a speech bubble from the Chit Chat Pack, it makes the sweetest get well card! That's it for today, Be sure to check back tomorrow for more sneak peeks of the Happy Healing collection!

DOODLEBUG SUPPLIES USED

Happy Healing Collection
Pill Better Doodle Cuts
Pill Better Shakers
Lily White Shakers

Acetate

DOODLEBUG SHAKERS BIRTHDAY PHOTO GLOBE | with Conny

Hey Crafty Friends,  It's Conny here and today we are focusing on Shakers and DIY Snow Globes. For my project, I used the Bunny Hop Collection and focused on the florals and one of my favorite photos of Savanna. Her birthday is coming I wanted to make her something special. 

Let's get started! First, I printed a 4" x 6" photo. Then, I traced a circle on the photo using the Snow Globe backing, trimmed it using scissors, and added florals from the bits and pieces.  Some of the florals were glued directly to the background, while others were placed on foam double-sided adhesive to play with layers since the Snow Globes have room for dimension. Next, I added the "Hello" and "You're so sweet," from the Chit Chat Pieces  along with some Hello Spring Shape Sprinkles and that adorable Springtime Peeps Doodle-Pop! Inside the globe, I added Tangerine Shakers along with some Spring Flower Shakers. On the outside of the globe, I added florals on one side and Mini Jewels -  on the other side with the title "JUST FOR YOU!

We're super excited to see what wonderful creations you make with our Snow Globe Kit and Shakers. We just know they will be amazing and we can't wait to marvel at your creativity! 

XO, Conny!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Bunny Hop Collection

Snow Globe DIY Kit
Shakers

OTHER

Ribbon

Hot Glue Gun

DOODLEBUG SHAKERS - SHAKER EMBELLISHMENTS | with Jen

I'm sure by now you have all figured out how much I love to make shakers! Whether I'm using them on a card, layout, or mini album I just love the interactive element they add. Today I have three shakers I made using the Doodlebug SVG files available in Lori Whitlock's shop. I used files from three different collections. I have a full recorded tutorial on how to manipulate the files in Cricut Design Space linked below.

First up is a fairly simple shaker using the Rainbow with Clouds from the Fairy Garden Collection. For this shaker I just used the cloud pieces for the shaker and filled them with Lily White Shaker Balls. This is a very basic shaker and not hard to make.

For my second shaker I stepped it up a bit and used the Winter Mountains from the Snow Much Fun Collection. For this shaker I used the main mountains to make to separate shakers and then layered them together to complete the overall shaker. I used the Ice Crystals and Flurry Shakers to fill. This is a very dimensional piece and would be great in a mini album.

And my last shaker I used the Cola image from Hello Again. For this shaker I made mini shakers out of some of the ice cubes inside the larger cola shaker. This one was a little bit trickier with the ice cube shakers inside, and the gap at the top of the cup between the lid and the "cola". The finished product is really fun and would be great as a card or on a layout.

Full video tutorial can be found here.  Thanks for stopping by!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Lily White Shakers

Bon Bon Shakers

Ice Crystals Shakers

Flurry Shakers

Lily White Glitter Sprinkles

Fairy Garden Coordinating Solids Textured Cardstock

Snow Much Fun Coordinating Solids Textured Cardstock

Hello Again Coordinating Solids Textured Cardstock

6x6 Gingham Linen Petite Prints

6x6 Plaid Polka Dot Petite Prints

Fairy Garden Rainbow with Clouds SVG
Snow Much Fun Winter Mountains SVG
Hello Again Soda SVG

OTHER

1/8" Foam Tape

Acetate