More With Love Projects with Ashley and Mel

Design team member Ashley Stephens created this lovely layout about the two loves of her life.  Here's what Ashley had to say ... ""With Love is BY FAR my favorite Valentine's line to date. The cute prints were enough but then they mixed in kraft and I was instantly in LOVE! There are also a lot of new additions to the Pebbles embellishment line up that I think you'll really like - the heart topped toothpick flags, the shaped paperclips, and even heart shaped candy dots! It's a good thing that there is a few months until Valentine's day because I've got a lot of ideas churning!"

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Be Mine (751201)
With Love Kiss Me (751211)
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love Love Letter (751206)
With Love I Heart You (751203)I think th
With Love ABC 2 (732082)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Candy Dots Hearts (744279)
With Love Ribbon (780014)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Die Cut Machine/Shapes (Silhouette)
Doily (Martha Stewart)

Design team member Mel Blackburn created a pair of amazing cards using the With Love collection.  Here's what Mel had to say about her first card ... "I love the new Gift Tags, and they were my inspiration for this card. The cut out portion is a cute element that makes this card extra special. I also love the Toothpick flags, since the wooden stick was too long for my card, I simply cut the end and wrapped in twine, perfect size!"

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love You’re Sweet (751208)
With Love Heart Paper Clips (744281)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Mist (Studio Calico)
Twine (Michaels)
Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)
Sewing Machine

Here's what Mel had to say about her next card ... "The new Sticky Notes are fabulous, they were my main focus for this card. The Candy Dots and cut out hearts were the ideal size for these sticky notes. This card is perfect for someone you love or as a thank you card, very versatile."

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love I Heart You (751203)
With Love You & Me (751212)
With Love Sticky Notes (732088)
With Love Button Candy Dots (744279)
With Love ABC Stickers (732082)
 
Other supplies used:
Stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink (Jenni Bowlin)

More WIth Love Projects from Aphra and Mandie

First things first, I have a winner to announce from last week's "Guest Designer" giveaway. Thank you all so much for your comments. And the lucky winner is ...

Congratulations! Please email your full name and mailing information (including your phone number for shipping purposes) to pebblesincdt(at)gmail(dot)com and put "Guest Designer Winner" in the subject line.

Design team member Aphra Bolyer used our With Love collection to document the "love notes" her son Ethan sent to his preschool friends this past Valentine's Day.  Here's what Aphra had to say ... "Although these pictures of my son heading off to school with his classmates' Valentines in hand are a little dark and grainy, I was so grateful that my husband thought to take them for me while I was at work and I still wanted to document this sweet memory.  By printing the pictures in wallet size, I was able to minimize their poor quality a little.  The small pictures also left a lot of room on my page for me to embellish, so I filled it with three layered, dangling hearts cut from my die cut machine."

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love I Heart You (751203)
With Love Dear Valentine (751207)
With Love Kiss Me (751211)
With Love Button Candy Dots (744279)
With Love Making Tape Stickers (732086)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love ABC Stickers (732082)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732075)

Other supplies used:
Die Cut Machine (Cricut Epression)
Baker's Twine

Design team member Mandie Pierce created several fabulous projects using the With Love collection including this heartfelt layout about her husband.  Here's what Mandie had to say ... "My husband and I have been together since high school.  We met as cashiers at a Kroger store in Georgia.  Sometimes I think - would that 17 year old girl have ever thought 15 years later we would be here?  I am so very thankful we are."

 
Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love Dear Valentine (751207)
With Love ABC 2 Stickers (732082)
With Love Masking Tape Stickers (732086)
With Love Adhesive Notes (732088)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Candy Dot Buttons (744279)
With Love Mini Clothes Pins (744280)
With Love Paper Clips (744281)

Other supplies used:
Punch (EK Success)
Pen (Uniball Signo)
Staples (Tim Holtz)

And here's what Mandie had to say about her next project ... "When I saw those adorable little envelopes, I knew they would be perfect for some small Valentines!  They came together very quickly.  I just cut 2 pieces of paper at 3x6 and folded them in half and decorated a bit!  I used the With Love stamps to decorate the envelopes."

 
Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Sweetheart (751204)
With Love Masking Tape Stickers (732086)
With Love Adhesive Notes (732088)
With Love Scalloped Envelopes (747158)
With Love Toothpick Flags (747159)
With Love Candy Dot Buttons (744279)
With Love Twist Ties (747161)
With Love Acrylic Stamps (747162)

Other supplies used:
Punch (EK Success)
Ink (StazOn)
Staples (Tim Holtz)

With Love Week

All this week on the Pebbles blog we are going to be focusing on our mid-release collection - With Love!  With Love incorporates the traditional colors of Valentine's Day - red, pink, and white - to create an endearing line of products perfect for lovely scrapbooking and card making.  As you'll see from our designers, however, the With Love collection can be used for so much more than Valentine's Day projects so sit back and enjoy as our designers wow you with their creativity.

First up, design team member Laura Craigie professes her love for the perfect sugar cookie on this adorably sweet layout.  Here's what Laura had to say ... "The new With Love line is so incredibly cute, and I thought it would be perfect to record my small love affair with these cookies.  Most of all I love the Kraft alphabets.  They are the perfect blank canvas to decorate.  I covered the word "sugar" in blue glitter, but you could also color, stamp on, or doodle on them to totally change the look. "

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love Dear Valentine (751207)
With Love Love Letter (751206)
With Love Kiss Me (751211)
With Love Scalloped Envelopes (747158)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love ABC Stickers (732081)
With Love ABC Stickers 2 (732082)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (America Crafts)
Glitter Glue (Stickles)
Button (Craft Supply)

Design team member Anna Sigga created this sweet set of coordinating cards and gift box with our With Love collection.  Here's what Anna had to say ... "This collection is one of the sweetest I have seen in a long time. Beautiful soft colors, great patterns, and this collection is not only perfect for Valentines. I decided to make this little "pizza-box" filled with tiny note cards - these would be perfect as a gift or as a box to store your cards."

Pebbles supplies used:
With Love All Mine (751209)
With Love You & Me (751212)
With Love XOXO (751210)
With Love Ribbon (780014)
With Love Mini Clothes Pin (744280)
With Love Button Candy Dots (744279)
New Arrival Layered Embellishments (747120)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Ink (Ranger)
Punch (Martha Stewart)

Guest Designer: Cindy Liebel and a GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone! I am so excited to introduce you to this week's Guest Designer Cindy Liebel.  Let's get to know Cindy a little better ...

Describe yourself in 3 words … happy, creative & thoughtful.

My guilty pleasure is … three layer chocolate cake sprinkled with chopped nuts & topped with vanilla bean ice cream with drizzles of chocolate syrup.

You’ll never find me without … my 60D & lip gloss.

You might be surprised to know that … this year my be the first year that I don't plan on Black Friday shopping. As much as I enjoy the rush of it all & the good deals, my shopping will be done online this year, in my jammies.

My least favorite chore is … ironing 1st & putting away laundry 2nd.

I started scrapbooking in ... 2003, 9 months after my son was born.

My favorite thing about this hobby is ... the satisfaction of creating with my hands, being with friends who enjoy the hobby as much as I do & the excitement of new product that some how finds it way into my studio & onto my pages.

If I were a Pebbles product I would be … I can never get enough of the Dimensional Butterflies.

Cindy created so many amazing projects for us today including this fun self-portrait layout.  Here's what Cindy had to say ... "I got a little snap happy while trying on clothes. I just loved everything I had picked out to see how they would all fit. This particular shirt was a favorite. I just love the delicate ruffled layered fabric pieces on this shirt & how the shirt looked on me. This was a lucky shot, aim & shoot & hope it's a good one kind of photo. I love how the photo turned out & thought it would be perfect to use as the background for my page. I printed the large photo onto white cardstock for a canvas look and embellished around it with a variety of stickers, dimensional embellishments, two tiny photos & machine stitching for more added texture. Super simple!"

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Chipboard Buttons (747152)
Fresh Goods Border Stickers (732077)
Fresh Goods Fabric Brads (744277)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732075)
Floral Lane Memory Lane (751119)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Brads (American Crafts)

Here's what Cindy had to say about her next project ... "I really love loading up my layouts with lots of small photos. As soon as I saw the clothes pins embellishments, I knew I had to create a clothes line affect with lots of photos. Once I decided on the background & after tucking one side of each twine behind the layered border, I machine stitched to keep the twin from moving, then hung each photo with a clothes pin & added pop dots for dimension. I like how the colors and textures come together with the illusion of hanging photos giving it a bit of a whimsical look."

Pebbles supplies used:
Floral Lane A Little Hello (751118)
Floral Lane With Delight (751124)
Floral Lane Dimensional Stickers (732056)
Floral Lane Dimensional Phrase Stickers (732054)
Floral Lane Pink ABC Stickers (732053)
Fresh Goods Mini Clothes Pins (744278)
Fresh Goods Mini ABC Stickers (732079)
Fresh Goods Toothpick Flags (747153)
White Button Candy Dots (744276)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Brads (American Crafts)

Here's what Cindy had to say about her next project ... "Ever since I entered into the 40 something club, I have been trying to set goals for myself. I'm on a journey of trying and completing those goals and wanted to document each of them in a journal. So, I cut out lots & lots of cardstock & pattern papers to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" & bounded them together, with plenty of room to grow. Each of the pages are left blank so when I am ready to add to it, I can write & embellish as I go along. It will be fun look back at everything I have aspired to do."

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Come Again (751191)
Fresh Goods Penny Candy (751192)
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Flower Basket (751183)
Fresh Goods Freshly Picked (751193)
Floral Lane Heartfelt (751127)
Floral Lane You're Sweet (751121)
Floral Lane ABC Clear Stamps (747106)
Floral Lane Chips (747108)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732075)


Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)

Cindy also created a project to go along with our "grateful" theme this week.  Here's what Cindy had to say ... "Last year during the month of November I documented all things I was grateful for each day. This particular photo was snapped on the 17th by my daughter, who at the time was 3 1/2 years old & the journaling was pulled from my blog. I loved the colors and textures of the paper so much I had to use my Silhouette machine to cut out leaves to go along with the fall theme. Out of all the photos of me that day, this was one of two that was not blurry, but with my eyes looking away from the camera - to balance out the layout, I embellished the page with the die-cut leaves that kinda give a floating affect."

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Front Desk (751187)
Fresh Goods Signage (751186)
Fresh Goods Fabric Brads (744277)
Fresh Goods Clear Stamps (747150)
Floral Lane My Darling (751126)
Floral Lane Just Because (751116)
Floral Lane Smile Everyday (751123)
Floral Lane With Love (751122)
Floral Lane Brown ABC Stickers (732052)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)

WOW!  Talk about inspiring!  Thank you so much Cindy for creating so many amazing projects with Pebbles!  And now for a GIVEAWAY!  To enter simply leave a comment on this blog post telling us which of Cindy's projects was your favorite.  One lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a prize pack full of Pebbles goodies.  Submit your comments by Monday at midnight (EST).  I'll announce the winner Tuesday morning. Good luck!

Happy Thanksgiving!

On behalf of everyone here at Pebbles Inc I would like to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.  We are so very grateful for the love and support you have shown the Pebbles Inc brand - thank you from the bottom of our hearts!  We will be back tomorrow with some amazing projects from a very special guest designer. 

More Grateful Projects with Sarah and Ashley

Design team member Sarah Webb created this heartfelt layout about her husband using both our Fresh Goods and With Love collection.  Here's what Sarah had to say ... "My job reminds me daily that I need to be grateful for so many things in my life. I am oh-so-grateful to have my husband. He is a great support and a wonderful friend. And I really need to do more pages about him and more pages about us! I was glad to have this assignment. Of course I had to use my favourite line to scrap one of my favourite people!"

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Local Market (751190)
Fresh Goods Penny Candy (751192)
Fresh Goods Flower Basket (751183)
Fresh Goods Front Desk (751187)
Fresh Goods Daily Special (751185)
Fresh Goods Embossed Masking Tape Stickers (732078)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Phrases and Icon Stickers (732076)
With Love Scalloped Envelopes (747158)
With Love Heart Paper Clips (744281)
With Love Gift tags (747160)
With Love Adhesive Notes (732088)
Spinach Button Candy Dots (744275)
Rouge Button Candy Dots (74427)

Other supplies used:
Thickers (American Crafts)
Punch (Martha Stewart)

Design team member Ashley Stephens created a mini album to document all that she is grateful for.  Here's what Ashley had to say ... "For our focus on the "grateful" theme this week, I chose to put together an album of some of the things I am thankful for in my life. I kept the layout of each page similar so it came together very quickly, and left a lot of room for some heartfelt journaling. I also added blank pages in the album so as I think of new things I can add more. I plan on creating one of these every year!"

Pebbles supplies used:Fresh Goods Flower Basket (751183)
Fresh Goods Local Market (751190)
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Come Again (751191)
Fresh Goods Signage (751186)
Fresh Goods Simple Joys (751188)
Fresh Goods Freshly Picked (751193)
Fresh Goods Front Desk (751187)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Phrase Stickers (732076)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Border Stickers (732077)
Fresh Goods Masking Tape Stickers (732078)
Fresh Goods Mini ABC Stickers (732079)
Fresh Goods Chipboard Flowers (747155)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods Toothpick Flags (747153)
Fresh Goods Chipboard Buttons (747152)
Fresh Goods Button Candy Dots - Green (744275)
Fresh Goods Acrylic Stamps (747151)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Thickers (American Crafts)
Patterned Paper (SEI)
Stamp (Studio Calico)
Round Tag (office supply)

More Grateful Projects with Jill and Suzanne

Design team member Jill Cornell documents what she is most grateful for - her two beautiful daughters - on this heartfelt layout.  Here's what Jill had to say ... "November is National Adoption Month so I knew that for "I'm Grateful" week that I needed to share more about the gift that I'm most thankful for - my two beautiful daughters through the gift of adoption! While not a perfect photo, this is the only one we have of my husband and me together on the day we got to meet our twin girls for the very first time. I love the new gift tags from the With Love collection and played off the hearts by masking and misting hearts on my cardstock and then carrying that theme through with a New Addition layered heart embellishment and With Love Heart Candy Dots."

Pebbles supplies used:
New Addition Love Bug (751142)
New Addition Sweet Dreams (751141)
New Addition Layered Embellishments (747120)
New Addition Girl Ribbon (780010)
With Love ABC Stickers (732081)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Heart Candy Dots (744279)
Floral Lane Brown ABC Stickers (732052)

Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Pearls (Melissa Frances)
Tissue Trim (Melissa Frances)
Stickers (Sassafras Lass)
Punch (Fiskars)
Ink (Clearsnap)
Spray Mist (Tattered Angels)

Design team member Suzanne Sergi created the perfect home decor piece to show how grateful she is for her family and many blessings.  Here's what Suzanne had to say ... "With Thanksgiving around the corner, I decided to alter this picture frame for the kitchen. Every day we should remember to be grateful for all the blessings in our lives.  Thanksgiving is the perfect time as a family to reflect with one another, and to celebrate this joyous occasion. This frame uses the Fresh Goods collection. I wanted to use this colorful collection, and added in some burlap fabric to round out the background. This collection has a homespun feel to it, and would be perfect for packaging treats and baked breads. This happy frame will sit out on the kitchen counter as we anticipate Thanksgiving, and each day a "new" memory will be clipped onto the mini clothespin."

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Rain Check (751184)
Fresh Goods Window Display (751186)
Fresh Goods Freshly Picked (751193)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Phrase Stickers (732076)
Fresh Goods Chips (74418)
Ever After ABC Stickers (732046)
New Addition Fabric Brads (747139)
Red Button Candy Dots (747147)

Other supplies used:
Stamp (Stampin' Up!)
Burlap Fabric
Doily
Frame
Vellum
Clothespin

Theme: I'm Grateful For ...

In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, this week on the Pebbles blog is all about being grateful.  Our design team members have created projects to celebrate who (or what) they are thankful for.  On behalf of the entire Pebbles design team and staff I would just like to take a moment to say that we are grateful for you, our blog readers, and your continued support of our products and our design team.  So thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.  :)

Design team member Elizabeth Carney created this gorgeous layout including letters of gratitude to her daughter.  Here's what Elizabeth had to say ... "I have wanted to use these cute envelopes like this the moment I got them! I had all sorts of ideas, but thought in the end that writing a personal letter to Alyssa would be more of an intimate way for her to read it later down the road. These envelopes were the perfect way to do that!"

Pebbles supplies used:
Fresh Goods Window Display (751189)
Fresh Goods Signage (751186)
Fresh Goods Rain Check (751184)
Fresh Goods Simple Joys (751188)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Phrases (732076)
Fresh Goods Dimensional Butterflies (747154)
Fresh Goods ABC Stickers (732074)
Fresh Goods Border Stickers (732077)
Fresh Goods Chips (744118)
With Love Mini ABC Stickers (732087)
With Love Envelopes (747158)
Floral Lane Chips (747108)
Welcome Christmas Buttons (747147)
Red Button Candy Dots (744266)
 
Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Spray Mist (Tattered Angels)
Corner Rounder (Creative Memories)

Design team member Stephanie Baxter created a gift box and coordinating tag using Pebbles products perfect for saying "thank you" to friends or family.  Here's what Stephanie had to say ... "I love filling little gift boxes with little sweet treats for people as a quick thank you gift and when I came across this heart gift box template from A Little Hut (http://alittlehut.com/) I thought that it would be perfect to use with some of my favourite Pebbles products! I printed the template directly on to one side of the patterned paper, cut it out and stuck it together with some strong liquid glue. I stamped a sentiment on to a little tag using the Floral Lane alphabet stamps and tied some baker's twine from the New Addition ribbon card at the top of the tag. This was relatively quick and easy to make, so I can definitely see myself making a bunch more as little thank you gifts for people."

Pebbles supplies used:
Floral Lane With Delight (751124)
Floral Lane Acrylic Stamps (747106)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
New Addition Girl Ribbon (780010)

Other supplies used:
Ink (American Crafts)
Template (A Little Hut)

More Silhouette Projects with ME!

Today it's my turn to share a few projects that I (Lynn Ghahary) created using the Pebbles shapes for Silhouette.  First let me just say that I LOVE my Silhouette.  Seriously love it!  It's so easy to use and just allows for so many possibilities.  For my first project I altered a picture frame that I had in my stash using papers from the New Addition Boy collection.  The photo is of my sweet little nephew Kian - isn't he an angel?  Once I had my frame covered I cut a tag shape using the Silhouette and kraft cardstock.  I then cut the adorable whale shape with some blue patterned paper and layered it on my tag with dimensional adhesive.  I added a Dimensional Sticker for the perfect finishing touch.

Pebbles supplies used:
New Addition Special Delivery (751066)
New Addition He's Here (751067)
New Addition Little Angel (751069)
New Addition Congrats (751074)
New Addition Adorable (751155)
New Addition Little Prince (751161)
New Addition Dimensional Phrases & Icon Stickers (732065)


Pebbles Shapes for Silhouette used:
Whale
"welcome" sentiment


Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Pen (Uniball Signo)
Frame

For my second project I created a pair of cards also using the New Addition Boy collection.  These cards were quick, fun, and easy to make and I could absolutely see creating a set of these to give a new mother as a gift or to use for baby shower invitations or thank yous. 

Pebbles supplies used:
New Addition Special Delivery (751066)
New Addition So Sweet (751068)
New Addition Little Angel (751069)

New Addition Peek A Boo (751075)
New Addition It's A Boy (751152)
New Addition Baby Of Mine (751157)
New Addition Little Prince (751161)


Pebbles Shapes for Silhouette used:
Elephant
Sailboat


Other supplies used:
Cardstock (American Crafts)
Punch (Fiskars)