Favorite Phrases Cards

For Pebbles "favorite phrases” feature I created a couple of cards using the awesome "Everyday" collection from Jen Hadfield.

Before I got started I decided to look up some phrases on Pinterest and this was the first one that appealed to me, it was also the one that determined the collection I was going to use: “Be a Pineapple: Stand Tall, Wear a Crown and Be Sweet on the Inside”. I love pineapples and this saying jumped out at me straight away! I knew at once which collection I was going to use, the “Everyday” collection, as it contains lots of pineapples! Here’s the card I made:

I used my typewriter to type the text along all four sides of my card. I really love the effect this gives! I also adore that gold pineapple die-cut!

Once I decided on the collection I was going to use, I found it was easy to find many favorite phrases as the Everyday collection holds lots of fun phrases that I really like! Here’s one: “When Life Gives You Lemons Make Lemonade!”

And here’s another phrase from the Everyday collection I really really like: Make Everday Count.

For this last card I took a few step-by-step photos which I want to share with you. I started by assembling all the things I thought I would need:

The base of my card is a piece of 4″ x 12″ white cardstock, which I folded in half to create a 4″ x 6″ card. Using my Coluzzle circle cutter I cut a circle in the front of my card (1) behind which I adhered a pink die-cut with “Make Everyday Count”. I chose a piece of matching pink patterned paper for the front of my card and also cut a circle in this (2). Before adhering the paper to the front of my card I machine stitched the edges (3). Next I chose this beautiful gold wreath die-cut and glued it around the circle, I added a flower sticker and placed two hand cut pennants partly under it (4). With just a few white paint splatters I was done!

The Everyday collection is so perfect to create cards with fun phrases, I could easily have created many more! I hope you like them too and give them a try!

Supplies:
Jen Hadfield Everyday Pink Picnic (733057)
Jen Hadfield Everyday Tropical Delight (733071)
Jen Hadfield Everyday Angled Thoughts (733072)
Jen Hadfield Everyday Honeycomb (733074)
Jen Hadfield Everyday 12″x12″ Single-Sided Paper Pad (733081)
Jen Hadfield Everyday Ephemera Die-Cuts with Gold Foil (733093)
Jen Hadfield Everyday Cardstock Stickers (733085)
American Crafts This To That Double-Sided Super Sticky Red Tape, .25″ x 5 yd (61753)
American Crafts Cutup Scissors 7″ (64201)

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! Wishing you a wonderful day!
Monique

Stuck?! Sketch January 1st Reveal

Last Sunday the first sketch challenge for 2017 went up on Stuck?! Sketches' blog and today I'm sharing it here as well!! The sketch is awesome once again and I had so much fun scrapping my layout. I used the winter collection from Doodlebug "Polar Pals" to scrap this photo of my kids ice skating:

For this sketch challenge one of the sponsors is Charm Creations and Charmane (the owner) kindly sent the design team some of her products to use on our project. Here's a close-up of the goodies we received:

Aren't they fun?! Hop over to the site of Charm Creations to see more of her embellishments! 

And here are a few more close-ups of my layout. Here's an adorable baby seal and lots of die-cuts and stickers from Doodlebug's Polar Pals collection:

The new sketch for January 1st:

I really loved using this sketch! If you like it too and decide to use it then don't forget to link up your layouts over in the sidebar on Stuck?! Sketches' blog by January 29th 2017 at midnight EST. You'll be in the running for one of the prizes from our amazing sponsors! All prizes will be drawn randomly using Random.org to pick a number.

And these are the sponsors:

• Charms Creations, they are offering a $50.00 gift certificate to one lucky participant!

and

• Accent Scrapbooking, who are offering a $25.00 gift certificate to a second lucky participant!

Thank you so much for stopping by! If you're looking for more inspiration, have a look on Stuck?! Sketches blog! The other designers did an awesome job!! 

Have a great day!

xoxox

Monique

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!

To everyone I didn't already meet on Facebook or Instagram: a very happy, healthy & creative 2017 to you! Thank you so much for your friendship & your support in 2016! I don't know where I would be or what I would do without you and this awesome hobby of ours! Hope to see you all again in 2017! xxx

Then on to the winner of my Top Ten of 2016 blog hop giveaway!! 

I used the Random Number Generator and the result was: 

And number 17 is:

Congrats Julie!! Thank you so much for your continuous support this last year!! So happy you won! Please send me your address and I'll put the stamps in the mail asap!! 

Once again, thank you all so much! Wishing you a fab day!

xxx

Monique

Merry + Bright | Tinsel Town - Pretty Little Studio

Hi friends! Welcome to my blog on this last day of 2016!! Is everyone preparing for tonight’s festivities? Or are some of you taking time to scrap a few of this year’s Christmas photos? If you do then here’s a Christmas layout I did for Pretty Little Studio using Ashley Horton’s amazing “Tinsel Town” collection.

How I adore the colors and designs in this collection! Definitely one of my favorite PLS collections this year!! To cut the Christmas trees I used one of the cut files from The Cut Shoppe “Tree Farm” (also designed by Ashley Horton) and cut all four trees from four different papers:

This it the cut file I used: Tree Farm

Aren’t the die-cuts, stickers and gold foil products in this collection awesome?!

Here you can still see part of the gold metallic vellum I used to mat my photo. I love those gold metallic sheets, whether they are clear or vellum or paper … I adore them all!

Here I used my tiny attacher to adhere some of the “cut-aparts” words:

Last but not least I added lots of machine stitching and a few drops of gold foil spray mist and I was done!

And here’s a list of all the PLS products I used:

• Tinsel Town collection: paper: Tinsel Town 8×8 Paper Pack, Cookies & Milk, Evergreen, Holly Jolly, Trim The Tree, Blue Christmas; Die-Cuts: Tinsel Town, Cheer Words, Twinkle,  ; Flair: Wish List; Stickers: Nice List Words, Tree Topper, Twinkle Clear; Vellum: Metallic Tinsel Town Gold; Cut-Aparts: Mini Snowflake;

Thank you so much for stopping by on this special day of the year! Wishing you an awesome & creative 2017!!

xx Monique

Pebbles Christmas Gift Boxes

If you're here for the Top Ten of 2016 blog hop & giveaway, please scroll down a bit! 

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Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a little last minute Christmas DIY project I created for Pebbles with you! How are enjoying December so far? I love every minute of it, but sometimes I wish it would be a little less hectic. It doesn’t matter how many lists I make, I always end up with last minute things, like buying just a few more presents or wrapping those last gifts. This year was no exception! Here’re a couple of bright and colorful gift boxes I created using Pebbles’ fabulous Holly Jolly collection and the Pillow Box Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers.

So here’s what you do, gather your supplies: patterned papers for the boxes and something to decorate your boxes like die-cuts, tags, twine, stickers & ribbon. To create the boxes in the photo you have to cut your papers in the following sizes: 4″x 6″, 6″x 6″, 8″x 6″and 10″x 6″:

Following the instructions on the punch board the four papers look like this in no time at all:

Fold the papers and use double sided tape to glue the long/straight side of the box closed:

And now comes the fun part: decorating the boxes!

I totally adore the cute die-cuts in this collection: the elf, santa, the deer, the gingerbread cookie … I just love them all!

And I think it’s fabulous that a whole packet with tags and banners is included in this collection! They are just perfect for those gift boxes!

This is it! Thank you so much for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas!

Supplies:
Holly Jolly Patterned Paper Christmas Greetings (733159)
Holly Jolly Patterned Paper Pajama Party (733160)
Holly Jolly Patterned Paper Oh Deer (733162)
Holly Jolly Patterned Paper Holliday Village (733169)
Holly Jolly Ephemera Pack (733128)
Holly Jolly Decorative Tags (733131)
American Crafts This To That Double Sided Red Tape 1″x 5yd (61755)
We R Memory Keepers Pillow Box Punch Board (71335)

Top Ten of 2016 Blog Hop!! Giveaway Included!

Welcome to the Top 10 of 2016 Blog Hop!

20 Fabulous scrapbookers and paper crafters have gathered together for a fun little blog hop to share with you some of their favorite layouts and projects from 2016. Scroll down to the bottom of my post to see the full list of participants and links to all of their blogs.

And because I love to do giveaways, I thought I would add a little something to give away! Wanna know what you can win?? Well, how about this stampset?

Open to everyone everywhere!

All you have to do is follow my blog and tell me which layout you like best! l'll pick a winner from all the comments left with this blog post! The comments will close on January 1st and I'll announce a winner on January 2nd.

And just like last year I encountered the problem choosing only 10 layouts and so, once again, my Top 10 turned into a Top 15. Here it is, in no particular order:

1. Best Day Ever - The Cut Shoppe / Crate Paper

2. Delayed - like for ever kit club / Crate Paper

3. Woof Woof - Creative Scrappers / Doodlebug

 4. Merry Family - Doodlebug

5. @ The Beach - Doodlebug / The Cut Shoppe

6. You Are So Precious - Elle's Studio

7. Hello Life - Fancy Pants

8. Smile - Imaginisce

9. Holly Jolly Christmas - Pebbles

10. Together - Pretty Little Studio

11. Summer Vacation - Pretty Little Studio

12. Enjoy - Scraptastic Club

13. Fun & Sun - Scraptastic Club

14. Love - Stuck?! Sketches / Crate Paper

15. Snow Day - The Cut Shoppe / Doodlebug

Thank you so much for joining us on this blog hop! Here's the full list of designers, just in case you get lost along the way. Just click on the name to hop on over to their blog. Now hop over to your next stop, the super talented Kat Benjamin!! And don't forget to leave a comment!! (and to follow my blog if you want to be eligible for the prize too).

Mendi Yoshikawa

Audrey Yeager

Christine Meyer 

Juliana Michaels  

Wendy Antenucci 

Suzanna Lee 

Karen Hunter

Monique Liedtke - You are HERE!

Kat Benjamin

Jennifer Haggerty

Jen Matott

Missy Whidden

Marcia Dehn Nix 

Heather Leopard

Rebecca Keppel 

Traci Penrod

Melissa Elsner

Monika Wright

Laura Whitaker 

Chantalle McDaniel 

Thank you so much for hopping along with us!! Have fun!

xoxo

Monique