How To Tuesday

“I’ve found that the world of scrapbooking is full of super kind people who like to send you goodies randomly, do giveaways on their blogs, and other such things. I like to send a little something back in return and I always think that something handmade is always a nice gesture to send to somebody. Using some Sunnyside goodies and Candy Dots, I’ve come up with a fun ‘thank you’ gift in the form of a set of handmade embellishments that are super simple to make.”  - Steph Baxter, Pebbles Design Team Member

To begin, punch some circles of patterned paper from your favourite Pebbles papers (I used the Sunnyside 6x6 pad – it’s so useful for projects like this!).

Mark the centre of each circle with a pencil.

Cut each circle into a starburst shape by snipping pieces of it away. You will need to cut just before the centre of the circle, so this is where those pencil marks come in handy.

Add a Candy Dot to the centre of each cut shape.

Adhere the embellishments to a piece of cardstock using a light, removable adhesive.

Add a ‘thank you’ Masking Tape Sticker and Clothes Pin from the Sunnyside collection.

Sunnyside 6x6 Paper Pad (751288)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)
Sunnyside Clothes Pins (747185)
Floral Lane Lollipop Button Candy Dots (747113)
Floral Lane Surf Button Candy Dots (747114)
New Arrival Girl Pink Candy Dots (747125)

Mix & Match Monday

It's Monday again, which means we'll be mixing and matching some Pebbles products to show you just how well our collections can be used with one another.

"For this week’s Mix and Match challenge I decided to combine 2 of my favorite Pebbles Collection, Sunnysde and Hip Hip Hooray. I thought these lines complemented each other very well, I therefore used the patterned paper from the Sunnyside collection with the embellishments from the Hip Hip Hooray collection.  This resulted in some fun and bright greeting cards.  I hope these will inspire you to combine various Pebbles collections."  - Mel Blackburn, Pebbles Design Team Member

Shop for Pebbles Hip Hip Hooray products here

Sunnyside 6x6 Paper Pad (751288)
Hip Hip Hooray Dimensional Flowers (747165)
Hip Hip Hooray Pinwheels Flags (747168)
Hip Hip Hooray Mini Clothes Pins (744287)

More Cards with Sarah and Eva

"It's great to get the bright colours of the Sunnyside collection in a 6x6 paper pad. The patterns are printed smaller which is perfect for creating cards. There's also a page of sentiments that are just the right size. I didn't need much other than the paper pad and my favourite dies to pull together 3 cards."  - Sarah Webb, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Paper Pad 6x6 (751288)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers (747184)
Jewel Candy Dots (747102)

"I love the 6x6 paper pads because they are perfect for small projects and cardmaking! You can see the entire pattern in a little pice of paper and the best part is that you don't have to cut an entire 12x12 sheet to take a small piece of paper. For this project I embellished some white paper bags, filled them with candies and gave them to some friends."  Eva Pizarro, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside From Me To You (751282)
Sunnyside 6x6 Paper Pad (751288)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers (747184)
Sunnyside Mini ABC Stickers (732114)
Hip Hip Hooray Dimensional Flowers With Brads (747165)

More Cards with Gretchen and Laura

"You can never have too many thank you cards on hand. And the Sunnyside line is perfect for making some bright & cheerful ones! To make these cards I used the Sunnyside 6x6 paper pad for the background patterned papers.  I love the smaller patterns for my cards! Then I cut the sentiments out of the cute "From Me to You" sheet. You can get a lot of sentiments for cards using that one sheet of patterned paper! On the "Thanks a bunch" card I added a couple dimensional flowers to embellish it. Then on the "Thank you" card, I cut flowers out of the "Blossoms" sheet to embellish around it. Easy!"  - Gretchen McElveen, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside 6x6 Paper Pad (751288)
Sunnyside From Me to You (751282)
Sunnyside Blossoms
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)
Sunnyside Dimensional Flower Embellishments (747184)

"For my cards I used the cheery Sunnyside collection.  I think the stitched butterfly stickers are beyond cute and chose to use them as the focal points for my cards.  For the "thank you" card I made the background from scrap paper strips, which is a such a fun way to use those scraps up."  - Laura Craigie, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Dimensional Butterflies (747186)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside 6x6 pad (751288)
Sunnyside Mini Clothes Pins (747185)
Sunnyside Clear Acrylic Stamps (747183)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)

More Cards with Kim and Mel

“I love making little card sets for gifts; they are practical and really fun to create. I used the same basic outline for all three of my cards so they came together really quickly. By adding envelopes and tucking everything into a little kraft bag I have a darling gift ready to go.”  - Kim Kesti, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside From Me to You (751282)
Sunnyside Bouncy (751286)
Sunnsyside 6 X 6 Pad (751288)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers (747184)
New Arrival Mini Clothespins (747124)
Hello Duplicate Rub Ons (60258)

"My inspiration for these greeting cards started with the Gift Tags from the With Love collection.  By simply adding a couple of embellishments and a greeting, they have become the focus of my cards. This is a quick project to create, great for those occasions when you need to do a card on the go."  - Mel Blackburn, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Paper Pad (751288)
Sunnyside Blissful (751280)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers (732117)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers (747184)
With Love Gift Tags (747160)
With Love Mini Clothes Pins (744280)

More Cards with Valerie and Pearl

"For this simple, summery card set I layered elements from the Sunnyside collection with some small kraft envelopes from New Addition. I stuck with the aqua/green patterns from the 6 x 6 paper pad for my card bases (the smaller scale of the patters in the 6 x 6 pad are perfect for card making!). I added sentiments cut from the From Me To You patterned paper (both the large and smaller scale versions) and cut apart a border sticker for some cute circle embellishments."  - Valerie Mangan, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Dimensional Butterflies (747186)
Sunnyside Clothespins (747185)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside 6 x 6 pad (751288)
Sunnyside From Me To You (751282)
New Addition Envelopes (747158)

"The 6 x 6 paper pad from the Sunnyside collection was my choice starting point for this assignment.  I love the combination of bright colors with the fun floral patterns of this line.  I easily created 3 thank you cards using embellishments from the same collection." - Pearl Liu, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside 6x6 paper pad (751288)
Sunnyside From Me to You (751282)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers  (732117)
Sunnyside Dimensional Butterflies  (747186)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers  (747184)
New Addition Girl Layered Felt Embellishment (47121)
Button Candy Dots - Red (44266)
Button Candy Dots - Pink (47120)

Theme: CARDS

The theme this week on the Pebbles blog is cards.  I've asked some of our design team members to create cards using their favorite Pebbles products.

"I love making cards in sets of 2 or 3.  Once you have the supplies pulled out to create one card, I figure you may as well do a few more … after all, all the coordinating items are already at your fingertips and if you use a similar design for the cards they really go together quickly!  I made this set of cards with only a few supplies and I love how they turned out.  The “From Me To You” paper has so many great options available for card-making, matched up with the 6x6 pad and a few simple embellishments, I know I could have made a dozen cards and still had plenty of supplies to make more!"  - Wendy Sue Anderson, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Paper Pad 6x6 (751288)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside Clothes Pins (747185)
Sunnyside From Me To You (751282)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers (747184)

Free For All Friday

"Book-cards are one of my fave "card-and-gift-box" to make. These are so fun and versatile and I really like how this particular one looks because I used one of my fave Pebbles collection Country Picnic!" - Anna Sigga, Pebbles Design Team Member

Shop for Pebbles Country Picnic supplies here

Country Picnic Secret Garden (751240)
Country Picnic Courtyard (751242)
Country Picnic Orchard (751249)
Country Picnic Meadow (751243)
Country Picnic Masking Tape Stickers (732100)
Country Picnic Layered Paper Flowers (747172)
Country Picnic Gift Tags (747173)
Mini ABC Stickers (732099)
Spiral Paper Clips (747129)
Button Candy Dots (744279)

"It feels like forever since I've had the opportunity to sit down and be creative after the arrival of our little man, and to be honest I've really missed it! Must admit though, I felt a bit rusty and so this layout took so much longer than normal, but I enjoyed the process and found it really relaxing. I loved diving into beautiful product again, especially as I haven't had the chance to use the gorgeous 'Country Picnic' collection with its soft palette and pretty florals." - Melinda Spinks, Pebbles Design Team Member

Shop for Pebbles Country Picnic products here

Country Picnic Picket Fence (751241)
Country Picnic Orchard (751249)
Country Picnic Cobblestone (751244)
Country Picnic Patio (751245)
Country Picnic Meadow (751243)
Country Picnic Layered Paper Flowers (747172)
ABC Stickers (732093, 732094, 732095, 732098)
ABC Stickers Buddy White (732013)
ABC Stickers Floral Lane Brown (732052)
ABC Stickers New Arrival Brown (732023)
Hip Hip Hooray Banner Kit (747163)

Sketchy Thursday

For today's edition of "Sketchy Thursday" we asked some of our design team members to create a project based on this fabulous sketch by Becky Fleck.

"When I saw this sketch, I knew right away that I wanted to turn the large corner embellishment into a sunshine. It would make the perfect summer layout with a few bright colours. I chose some of my favourite papers from different lines to create this page."  - Sarah Webb, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside Paper Pad 6x6 (751288)
Sunnyside Aqua Corrugated ABC Stickers (732113)
Sunnyside Mini ABC stickers (732114)
Sunnyside Content (751284)
Sunnyside Happiness (751278)
Sunnyside From Me to You (751282)
Let Freedom Ring Abraham Lincoln (751255)
Hip Hip Hooray Cheers (751229)

"I love sketches, I say it all the time but it's true! With a sketch you can create a layout in no time because you don't have to think too much, half of the job is already done! For this layout I kept the overall design of the sketch but I used two photos instead of one and instead of floral embellishments I added some embossed clouds." - Eva Pizarro, Pebbles Design Team Member


Sunnyside Tickled Pink (751276) 
Sunnyside Happiness (751278) 
Sunnyside Sprout (751281) 
Sunnyside From Me To You (751282) 
Sunnyside Bouncy (751286) 
Sunnyside 6x6 Paper Pad (751288) 
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)

Whip It Up Wednesday

"My sister is expecting her first baby (a boy) in August and for her recent baby shower, I created a baby boy gift ensemble using the New Addition Boy collection that could double as shower decorations and nursery decor. And the best part? Each project was very quick and easy to put together! For the printer's tray, I cut the patterned paper to fit the inside and then kept the embellishment simple using the border stickers, dimensional phrases & icons stickers and layered embellishments. All my sister has to do is add a few photos of her new baby boy! The card I created was also simple - just punch squares of patterned paper and arrange. Tie a ribbon around the front and add a dimensional sticker. Finally, I also created a piece of nursery decor that also was a table centerpiece at the shower. I covered the wooden "flower pots" with patterned paper and dry brushed them with white paint. The dowels were painted brown, floral foam in the pots and moss covering them. I punched circles of patterned paper and used corrugated alphabet stickers to spell out "Baby". The circles were hot glued to the dowels and then ribbon tied to the dowels."  - Jill Cornell, Pebbles Design Team Member

Shop Pebbles New Addition Boy products here

New Addition It's a Boy (751152)
New Addition All Smiles (751153)
New Addition Cutie Pie (751154)
New Addition Little Toes (751156)
New Addition Baby of Mine (751157)
New Addition Cute as a Button (751158)
New Addition Sweet Baby (751160)
New Addition Little Prince (751161)
New Addition Brown ABC Stickers (732064)
New Addition Dimensional Phrases & Icons Stickers (732065)
New Addition Dimensional Border Stickers (732066)
New Addition Layered Embellishments (747133)
New Addition Toothpick Flags (747134)
New Addition Boy Ribbon (780011)

"I adore the Sunnyside line and have been using it up lately! I whipped up 2 simple cards for friends with this line and with the sentiment squares paper and 6x6 paper pad they came together very quickly. I trimmed down the banners from the paper pad and made a simple banner from those for one of the cards. A little stitching and all finished!" - Christa Paustenbaugh, Pebbles Design Team Member

Sunnyside 6x6 Paper Pad  (751288)
Sunnyside Masking Tape Stickers  (732117)
Sunnyside Dimensional Butterflies  (747186)
Sunnyside Clothes Pins  (747185)
Sunnyside From Me To You  (751282)
Sunnyside Blissful  (751280)
Sunnyside Layered Paper Flowers  (747184)