ADVENT CALENDAR - Doodlebug Design

Today,  I want to show you a little twist for your Advent Calendars.   Maybe is the fact that we have adult children, and that we live in an apartment, that pushed me to look at this project as a storage case that can live in my common area throughout the year... Let me show you what I have created:

As you can see I went with a design that can easily fit in any room of my apartment where we need storage for little items (my daughter is already thinking about a second one for her earrings and make up)

I used the 6x6 Dot/Stripe Petite Print pad and the12x12 Dot/Stripe papers to cut the covers for each box. My inspiration for the colors was one of my favorite collections of this year, HELLO AGAIN.  I also used the Butterfly Wishes Doodle cuts to create matching butterfly die cuts and attached them to the front of each box.

 

For the top of the calendar, I used patterned paper from the Hello Again collection to cover the top and the roof of the house.  I used a die to create the window and shutters and added that to the top of the house.  I added a bit of pom pom trim to the edge of the house to mark the roof of the house.  Then continued the butterfly theme to the top of the window and shutters..

Once it was all ready, I filled the little boxes with my Doodle pins and a few favorite little trinkets.  Like I said, it is the perfect place for some extra storage.

I hope this gives you a new idea for your Advent Calendars.  Remember to share with us what you create!

XO

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Advent Calendar

 Doodle Cuts Butterfly Wishes

Hello Again collection

Dots & Stripes Petite Prints 

Dots & Stripes 6x6 paper pad

Smooth Cardstock

HALLOWEEN COSTUME - Doodlebug -

 We are so close to celebrating Halloween once again!  I am sure that many of you are getting your costumes ready for the day, just like my cousin's doggie!   Though, we bought the costume here in Canada, it had to travel all the way to Ecuador.  As soon as I got the pictures of the fitting, I had this idea for  a new project featuring the beautiful SWEET & SPOOKY collection.

The starting point for this page was the Taffy Stripe paper.  I just saw the stripes as a fun way to create a banner for my page.

I cut 2 strips of 1.5in, then cut each color section out - the little pieces looked like small squares-.  I then, used a pair of scissors to round one of the edges. Using a thin chopstick, I curled the straight edge of each paper, then using liquid glue attached the rolled edge to Beetle Chunky Doodle Twine.  I alternated the a and b sides in the formation of the banner.

I glued the banners to the top lilac textured cardstock, making sure they draped from the top of the page.   This paper was then framed with Candy Sticks paper.

I used stickers and Doodle Pops to add a bit of interest to the banners that were of a solid color.   Once the banners were set on place, I added a few sprinkles for pops  of shine throughout the banner.

I cut a few pieces of paper to create side banners at the bottom of the page.  This was a perfect way to anchor my photos to the layout, plus provided space for my title work. and extra embellishments.   I just love combining stickers, Doodle Pops, and Chit Chat for this.

A few extra stickers and gems complete the page.   I hope this inspires you to get your Halloween memories documented with the SWEET & SPOOKY Collection

XO

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Sweet & Spooky collection

 Sprinkles

Doodle  Pops

Chunky Doodle Twine

Textured Cardstock

SPOOKY MEMORIES - Doodlebug Design

It is getting closer and closer to Halloween, which just gives us the perfect inspiration to get all those Spooky Memories documented with the beautiful Spooky & Sweet collection.   I just love the colors in this collection, and used that as inspiration for my page.

I started my page with a bit of mixed media.   I just pulled a few ink colors that matched the paper colors and blended them into the background, making sure each color stayed within a quadrant of the page.

I used a paper cup and some black ink to create the broken circles around the page.   To finish the background, I added splatters of the inks I used, and a few splatters of gold and black acrylic ink.  

While the background dried, I pulled a few pieces of patterned paper that matched the colors of the background.   I decided to cut a few flags and placed them behind pictures, so they will lay on the page around the same area as the respective color of the background.

To continue with the color blocking design of the page, I then used embellishments that  matched.  Thankfully there are so many stickers, Bits and Pieces, Chit Chat, and Odds & Ends that it made it easy to find pieces for each little quadrant.

I decided to set my title in the purple quadrant of the page, since I found the perfect pieces of Chit Chat to create the title.    I made sure to add accents of black in each of the clusters, and the little bats were just perfect for this,   I pulled them from Sprinkles, Doodle pops, Puffy Stickers, and Sticker sheets.

I love how this turned out, and how perfectly the photos fit in here.   Remember to check the new Spooky & Sweet collection!

XO

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Sweet & Spooky collection

 Sprinkles

Doodle  Pops