Doodlebug Design: Lucky

When my children were little Pat the Leprechaun would visit us every St. Patrick’s Day. He would leave a string of poetic clues for my children to follow around the house. At the end, they would find a bag of green goodies for each of them. This was such a fun family tradition, and one I couldn’t wait to document with the adorable Doodlebug Lots O’ Luck collection.

I used my digital die cutting machine to create the title in a rainbow of Doodlebug Textured cardstocks. I used a couple of embossing folders from my stash to give them an embossed pattern before adhering it to my page using foam squares.

The Gold Sugar Coated cardstock mat on this photo really helps it to stand out as a focal point on my page!

I used my computer to type my journaling inside a circle sized to fit inside the scalloped circle sticker from the This & That Stickers.

In the lower left corner of the page I paired the leprechaun from the Odds & Ends pack with the Good Luck shamrock Doodlepop to create a sweet little scene. I love the gold-foiled accents on all of the components of this collection!

In the bottom right corner of the page, I added a pot of gold, a rainbow, and a couple of shiny gold coins accented with the Gold Sprinkles.

This page was a BLAST together and makes me want to resurrect our “Pat the Leprechaun” tradition this year, even though my kids are older. It was so much fun!

SUPPLIES:

OTHER SUPPLIES:
Good Luck Doodle-pop
Gold Sprinkles
“Echo Park Lucky” Cut File by Echo Park Paper
(Design #54703 in the Silhouette Design Store)
Small Spotted Embossing Folder by Lifestyle Crafts
Baby Boy 3×4 Diagonal Stripe Embossing Folder by Project Life

Have a happy day!

American Crafts: LUCKY Letters

My house was needing some fun color to help us get ready for Spring, so I created this fun St. Patrick’s Day home decor piece using the Shimelle Box of Crayons collection.

I love creating home decor for the seasons and holidays, but I don’t really have all that many things for St. Patrick’s Day. That’s when I decided to use the Shimelle Box of Crayons collection, with it’s rainbow of colors, to create my own rainbow for St. Patrick’s Day!

I cut out this Shamrock box using my electronic die cutting machine and American Crafts textured cardstock. The Shamrock box is a cut file that can be found in the Feeling Lucky SVG Kit by SVGCuts.com. I pulled two green papers from the Box of Crayons collection, the Countdown Paper (green stripe) and the Snapshot Paper (green with white dots), for some variety. The center of the shamrock is decorated with a Glitter Shaker Sticker.

I created the letter boxes using a the Lucky 3D Letter Box Set and Lucky Letters cut files by Snapdragon Snippets (Designs #181270 and #181237 in the Silhouette Design Store). Each dimensional box letter is decorated with the enamel dots for a bit of sparkle. I used the same color as the patterned papers for tone-on-tone texture.

I love the rainbow patterned papers (Spell It Out paper and Writer’s Block paper) I used on the letters “L” and “K.” They tie everything together and the navy background of the brightly colored allow the embellishments I added to them to just POP!

What rainbow is complete without a pot of gold at the end?! I created this one using the Cauldron from the Party On Elm Street SVG Kit by SVGCuts.com. The Box of Crayons does not have a black patterned paper, so I pulled in the Pretty Words paper from the Vicki Boutin All the Good Things collection.

I decorated  the cauldron with a variety of glittery Ephemera die cuts and cardstock stickers. I filled the pot with gold foil wrapped candies that friends and family can snack on as they desire.

Could your home use brightening up with a rainbow themed project, shamrocks, or a shiny pot of gold?! Give it a try with the Shimelle Box of Crayons collection!

SUPPLIES:

OTHER SUPPLIES:
Shamrock Box: Feeling Lucky SVG Kit by SVGCuts.com
LUCKY Box Letters: Lucky 3D Letter Box Set by Snapdragon Snippets (Design #181270 in the Silhouette Design Store)
LUCKY Box Letter Decorative Panels: Lucky Letters by Snapdragon Snippets (Design #181273 in the Silhouette Design Store)
Cauldron: Party on Elm Street SVG Kit by SVGCuts.com
Green Baker’s Twine
Green/White Striped Ribbon
Adhesive/Foam Squares/Scissors
Brown Distressing Ink

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Simple Stories: Love Notes

My youngest daughter did the most adorable thing for our family last St. Patrick’s Day. She made signs and love notes for each person telling us how much she loves us and how lucky she feels to be in our family. I couldn’t wait to document her cuteness using the Simple Stories St. Patrick’s Day Simple Set.

I used pictures of her holding a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Family!” sign for the main photos on this page, but I also wanted to include images of the other notes she had created. My solution? Tags!

I used a manual die cut machine to create a couple of tags (you could also use tags purchased from an office supply store), added photos and journaling to them, and then tucked them in between the layers of my page design!

Next, I used the “LOVE” letters from the St. Patrick’s Day 6×12 Stickers as the main word in my title, Then I sprinkled the floral and heart stickers around the page for a girly feel!

I loved the navy 3×4 journaling card with the rows of shamrocks with a single heart and wanted to incorporate it into my page design somehow. I decided to place it to the right of my photos as an additional background layer.

Next, I punched the “charmed life” circle from another 3×4 Journaling Card to add navy to the other side of the page. The “So Very Lucky” banner sticker below the title repeats the navy color around the page, grounding the design and creating a visual triangle.

Have you created a page lately about the people that you feel “lucky” to know? The St. Patrick’s Day Simple Set is the perfect way to do it!

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Are you feeling inspired to get your scrap on today?

Stashbuster: St. Patrick’s Day Layout

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and I couldn’t resist scrapbooking my little leprechaun with the Echo Park Paper Lucky Charm mini theme from last year.

I used a few papers from my stash to build up my background and then placed a block of photos on top.

I placed my photos in opposite corners of a block of the rainbow side of the Lucky Charms Journaling Cards paper and then filled in the corners with the cut apart journaling cards and other patterned papers.

In the top right corner I dotted the letter I with white enamel dots, and added a piece of the clover side of the Lucky Charm Lucky Clover paper.

In the bottom right corner I typed my journaling  with a typewriter and then added it to a block of the script side of the Lucky Charm Lucky Clover paper.

I added a bit of washi tape, and some of the Lucky Charm stickers accented with Yellow Queen & Company Button Bouquet buttons.

My daughter left this cute and colorful note for our family on the morning of St. Patrick’s Day last year and I couldn’t resist taking a picture of it and adding it to this page. She is my holiday girl and dressed so cute in her green for the day!

SUPPLIES:

• Cardstock: Holly Leaf by Coordinationg, American Crafts
• Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee (triangle background), American Crafts (blue dot), My Mind’s Eye (woodgrain), Echo Park Paper (Lucky Charm Mini Theme)
• Scallop Border Punch
• Gold Glitter Tape
• Scallop Glitter Tape
• Red Buttons
• White Enamel Dots (BasicGrey)
• Scissors/Trimmer
• Foam Squares/Glue Dots/Adhesive
• Typewriter

Happy scrapping!