FARMERS MARKET VEGGIE GARDEN PILLOW BOXES | with Karen

Every morning, my four-legged furry beast wakes me up with the sun for our 5:30am "walkies". But a funny thing happened this last week - it was clearly noticeable that morning walks have gotten darker and chillier. Fall is knocking on the door and answering the knock means the start of canning season, apricot and plum dumpling season, and all things spicy and comforting. And I am here for it!

Featuring the AMAZING Farmers Market collection for my post this week was the perfect way to kick off my seasonal celebrations! This collection captures everything that is wonderful about the Fall, in all the amazing Doodlebug colours we have come to expect. Bright, rich and spicy is everything I love about the season, and it's all wrapped up in this collection.

I decided to have some fun and play with the Veggie Garden Odds & Ends pack to decorate up some pillow boxes made as thank-you gifts.

The start of my summer was met with a huge hail storm that wiped out my garden, so "harvesting" these cuties for the pillow boxes made up for missing out on this fun fall task! And I do have to say that sorting through the die cut characters to "harvest" the ones I wanted was the perfect way to heal a broken gardening heart! I simple layered them on top of each other to create some little scenes that were unique to each box.

I filled each with some cute mini fruit-flavoured candies, but the great thing about a project like this is that it can hold anything - a gift card, little piece of jewelry - whatever works for you!

With the addition of a little sentiment I printed out, these are all set to go! So if you are all ready for the Fall, grab this amazing collection and get started. And if not, grab it anyway - because like it or not, fall is knocking! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Farmers Market collection

Veggie Garden Odds and Ends
Petite Prints - Floral and Graph

OTHER

Adhesive
Printer paper for sentiments

LOTS OF LOVE TREAT BOXES | with Karen

I think it is safe to say that I am filled with LOVE for Doodlebug's Lots of Love collection! I am not even a huge fan of Valentine's day, but this collection has me wanting to create little love-themed treat containers for everyone in my life - even the ones I don't really like very much! You get a treat container, you get a treat container, you get a treat container! Yup - it makes me want to throw around crafty projects like confetti!

One of my all time favourite types of containers to create are pillow boxes. I love the shape, and I think it is awesome that they really show off both a sentiment and a cute character!

For this set, I focused on little container characters and teamed them up with a banner type sentiment from Chit Chat. I purposely picked more generic sentiments so I can actually give these away any time of the year.

And the new Puffy Shapes are an absolutely perfect addition. I actually placed them on the heart paper over top of some of the design to make it look like the paper is 3 dimensional.   But whether you use the heart paper or not, these make amazing embellishments together with Doodlebug classics like mini paperclips and mini doilies!

Yup- I definitely need to make some more! Who knew that even Doodlebug could convert this heartless Grinch! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Lots of Love Collection
Lots of Love - Bits & Pieces
Lots of Love - Chit Chat
Petite Prints
Mini paperclips
Mini Doilies
Puffy Shapes - Heart

OTHER

Adhesive

GREAT OUTDOORS PILLOW BOX TREATS | with Karen

There is something about the fall that always make me crave little treats. Give me a bag of the chewy little caramels this time of year and I am happy girl! Perhaps it is a comfort craving brought on by flannel and cooler weather, or perhaps it is just me craving sugar to get through the first few weeks of back to school Whatever the case is, I love little fall treats!

So it only made sense to create some little pillow boxes to hold my fall treats. Truth be told, I made these to hold little fall treats for other people - but they give me a great excuse to sneak some! The Great Outdoors is a perfect collection for this time of the year. Cozy colours and cute designs that make me think of curling up beside a fire watching the kids make smores! I teamed them up the 12x12 patterned paper with some Petite Prints and a mini doily for the bases and then went to town embellishing!

The Great Outdoors Odds and Ends dies cuts make the perfect feature for the pillow boxes. Not only are there so many shapes and characters to choose from, they really are the perfect size for pillow boxes. I used some of the cute insects for this set, but if you are a camper or have friends who are - this set will have you making treat containers for everyone at the RV park!

To finish it all off, I added some glitter Sprinkles, some Doodle twine and a little message from the Chit Chat die cuts. All of the piece are attached with some foam adhesive to give each a bit more dimension.

I really love how these turned out. They remind me of all the fun things about summer with all the coziness of fall! Okay, now bring on the caramels! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Great Outdoors Collection

Textured Cardstock
Doodle twine
Mini doilies

OTHER
Adhesive
White cardstock

GREAT OUTDOORS PILLOW BOXES | with Karen

It is a bit of a dreary time up here in Calgary right now. The snow has melted and everything is looking a wee bit brown (and will be for awhile yet). So I decided it was time to pull out some fun Doodlebug colour that would fill me up with the amazing colours that will be coming my way outdoors in the months to come!

The Great Outdoors collection was one of the releases in the fall that I absolutely adore and it seemed like the the perfect fit for my winter blues. I decided to use it for some fun pillow boxes that I could use for some treats...because if I needed a little pick-me-up, I figured that there are probably some other people in my life that could use them too.

I topped off the pillow boxes with some of the adorable die cuts from the Odds and Ends pack. This has always been one of my favourite Doodlebug product.

 

Odds and Ends make crafting a breeze - the cuts are perfect for layering and they are always o-so cute!

Then, for just a bit more texture and some sparkle, I added a few mini jewels - another favourite Doodlebug product of mine. Whether I am making cards or crafts like these pillow boxes, the mini jewels are a product I always reach for!

These little treat boxes were the perfect pick-me-up for today. I think I might be reaching for this collection a few more times in the coming months!  Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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Doodlebug Design Product:

Great Outdoors Collection
Mini Jewels
Petite Prints

Other Products:
Adhesive

CUTE & CRAFTY TREAT PILLOW BOXES | with Karen

I don't know about you, but I love to snack when I am crafting. I have learnt what works with my clumsy nature (I cannot tell how many projects I have ruined with a split drink) so little bite sized morsels of goodness that I can pop in my mouth are usually my go-to. Now, I don't often have people over to craft, but the new Cute & Crafty Collection has me thinking about all my crafty friends. And here's the deal, if you were to come over, I would definitely share my snacks! In fact, I would even make you some cute pillow boxes to hold the snacks - because the only thing better than crafty snacks are crafty snacks wrapped in Doodlebug goodness!

To create these pillow boxes, I simply used one sheet of 12x12 paper from the Cute & Crafty Collection, flipping over one to get a different pattern and then using the left over 6" to create 3 - 2" sleeves.

Then I grabbed my new favourite product - Bits and Pieces - to create a few layered flowers and a little tab on one side of the sleeve for embellishment. This product makes projects as easy as can be - no special tools or cutting machines needed to create great visual focal points on your projects that can be layered to your heart's content.

I finished them off with a few Mini Rainbow Heart Sprinkles, a cute button and some Doodle Twine for some added texture. Then I filled them up with treats (and ate a few) and they were all set to go!

So I guess the only question I have left to ask is - who is coming over to craft with me?  Thanks for stopping by!

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Doodlebug Design Product:

Cute & Crafty Collection

Doodle Twine

Buttons

Mini Sprinkles - Rainbow Heart

Other Products:

Adhesive

CANDY CARNIVAL FOR INSECT BUG LOVERS | with Karen

One of my daughters is a huge fan of insects. She'll get out her magnifying glass an watch them do their work as they move through our yard. I, on the other hand would much rather watch them from a distance....so far away, in fact, that I don't even know they are there!

But any cute little critters that come from the Doodlebug warehouse are a whole different story! I am happy to get up and close with darling Doodlebug characters like the cute spider that inspired my newest treat containers.

I mean, come on! Does it get any cuter than this little guy?

I coloured him up with alcohol marker and double layered the stamp for a bit of extra dimension. I sat him on top of a spider web and just about the cutest spider themed paper you can imagine! A little sentiment cut from the 6x6 paper pad finishes it all off!

This little project may be crawling with spiders, but I am pretty sure my daughter isn't going to be the only fan. Doodlebug insects can crawl around on my crafty table any day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

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Doodlebug Products Used:
Candy Carnival Happy Halloween Doodle Stamps
 Happy Halloween Doodlecuts
Beetle Black Cardstock

Other products:
Alcohol Markers
 Adhesive

I❤️TRAVEL - PILLOW BOX TRAVEL TREATS | with Karen

Each year at the end of summer, my two daughters take a final road trip with their dad out to a fair. I have to start back to work during the fair, so it's a road trip that the family takes without me. And while I love the alone time (shhhh....don't tell them), I also miss them dearly! So I usually pack a picnic lunch and a car full of treats for them to take on their adventure. The new "i ❤️travel" collection is the perfect set for me to add some crafty goodness to the travel treats! And with so many stamps in the "i ❤️travel" and "let's getaway" sets with coordinating dies, I could create little pillow boxes for each day of the trip!
And the best part is that these stamps have just enough detail that they don't take a huge amount of time to colour! Colour them up with some alcohol markers or pencil crayons to coordinate with the papers you choose and you are all done...
...except for the embellishments! I think a few cute mini paperclip and some great sprinkles will do the trick, don't you?

Whether you are sending loved ones off on a road trip, off to camp or even off on a life adventure like a new job or a new move, I hope these little pillow boxes inspire you to add a little bit of crafty goodness to your well wishes!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

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Doodlebug Supply List:

i ❤️travel 12x12 collection

i ❤️travel doodle stamps

i ❤️travel doodle cuts

let's getaway doodle stamps

let's getaway doodle cuts

mini paperclips

sprinkles

Other:

black cardstock

alcohol markers

adhesive

Lots O' Luck - Stamping Gift Boxes | with Karen

About 20 or so years ago, my parent came back from a holiday with a little gift for me. It was a little stamp and stamp pad from a vendor who was selling them at a craft fair. I had always been a crafty person, but this was the first time that I had used stamps. It didn't take long for the collection to begin. So you can imagine my excitement when Doodlebug announced the release of a whole line or adorable stamps to coordinate with their collections! I think I squealed. No, I know I squealed! Truth be told, I already had my marker collection organized by the ones that coordinated with Doodlebug colours and those that did not and I may have considered taking a day off of work so I could just spend it colouring! After playing with a few of the sets, these little pillow boxes became my first completed project with the new stamps.

Since I already wanted to feature the adorable Lots o' Luck collection, the new Doodlebug Design stamp set called "rainbows and unicorns" was the perfect fit!

I coloured them up to match the amazing rainbow striped paper in the collection and added them to some simple pillow boxes made out of citrus and grasshopper coloured textured cardstock.

I decided that these would be perfect as party favours for my daughter's upcoming birthday, so I used a sentiment from the "flower girl" stamp set for the "thanks", and added an adorable rainbow heart sprinkle to each to finish it off.

I really love these stamps and I know you will too! Here's to an ever growing stamp collection now populated with some of the cutest ones around!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Doodlebug Supply List:

rainbows & unicorns stamps

flower girl stamps

6223: rainbow hearts shape sprinkles

6277: lots o' luck 12x12 paper pack

4605: lily white mini doilies

3386: citrus textured cardstock

3388: grasshopper textured cardstock

Other:

Copic markers

ribbon