Doodlebug Design Color Challenge - Beetle Black

 

Beetle Black Color Challenge by Tya Smith

The famous artist Renoir stated "I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was Black."

When we were given the choice of what color we wanted to focus on I knew right away that I wanted to do my favorite color - black. I have always loved black - it is timeless, and sophisticated and classic. In fashion it is said that every lady should own a little black dress - (I do) - and every season it seems like a new color that is in style is called "The New Black" - but nothing can replace this beautiful color. I love that Doodlebug includes black in its repertoire because basically black looks AMAZING paired with any of the other beautiful bright hues that Doodlebug has. 

I created this fun layout with lots of black and white and just a pop of fun Limeade green. This is at my little brothers wedding and of course wedding photos look wonderful in black and white. I love how the green just pops off the page when paired with the Beetle Black products!

I actually based the color scheme of this layout from this sweet Lily Doodlepop. I loved how the green went with the black and white flower so beautifully! I added some flower stickers and some Beetle Black and Limeade Sequins as well for some sparkle.

  I used my Silhouette Cameo to make the title with one of my favorite new fonts Grand Hotel. Such pretty script font.

 Finally I journaled about why I loved this photo and focused only on it for my layout. I just says "Happy Family" to me when I look at it. I love that Doodlebug made the PERFECT papers and embellishments to get the classic, timeless look to capture this special memory.

So I hope that my layout has inspired you to pull out all of the Beetle Black Doodlebug products that you can find and have fun creating with this "queen of all colors". Happy Crafting! 

My Craft Channel Paper Crafting Tip - How to adhere Vellum

 Hello friends - on this weeks episode of Craft Tips I share with you how to adere vellum - no mess and no fuss involved! I'd love it if you would take a peek! Thanks and we will see you next week!

Lori Whitlock's August Blog Hop

Hi there and welcome to my blog! This is my first ever blog hop as a new member of the Lori Whitlock Creative Team and I am super happy to be here! You should have arrived here from Stacey's blog. If you need to know the order of the hop - please refer back to Lori's blog.

One of my favorite commercials is the one where the parents are shopping for school supplies and the Christmas song "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" plays in the background. Now don't get me wrong - I LOVE having my kids home for the summer - but once the school supplies start coming out in the grocery stores - I am glad that the kids will be going back to school! I wanted to give my daughter's teacher a fun little gift for the first day of school to put on her desk and using some of Lori's darling cut files made it so easy! Here is what I came up with-

To create my projects, I used the following files:

• LG Gift Box with Easel Card
• 3x5 Card & Pen Organizer
• Lori Whitlock School Days Digital Paper and Elements Collection (at Snap Click Supply)
• Apple from Back to School Board
• Sugar Font 

                         

And because Lori is cool like that - she is offering this darling free SVG download from here site HERE

 She is also offering this amazing deal of 30 % off her SVG and Fonts at her site through August 18th - so stop by and stock up HERE.

And for TODAY AUGUST 12th ONLY - you can take advantage of this awesome deal of 30 % off all Lori Whitlock Digital Scrapbook Files at Snap Click Supply! Head over to Lori's blog and go stock up now!

                            

  

 Thank you so much for stopping by - I am so excited to be able to work with all of these amazing designers on Lori's team - Stop by and visit my fellow Creative Team members and check out what they have been up to for this month! Chrissy's blog is your next stop!

• Lori Whitlock
• Corri Garza 
• Mendi Yoshikawa 
• Traci Penrod 
• Lorrie Nunemaker
• Linda Kaiser
• Stacey Schafer
• Tya Smith-------YOU ARE HERE!!
• Chrissy Guido
• Stephanie Chavers 
• Ashley Cook
• Lisa Barrie
• Rachael Sheedy
• Summer Christiansen 
• Lisa Bell 

 

Cutting Doodlebug's Sugar Coated Cardstock with the Silhouette Cameo

 Hello Doodlebug fans! I am here today to give you a quick tutorial on how to cut Doodlebug's amazing Sugar Coated cardstock with the Silhouette Cameo. If you don't already know - I LOVE using my Silhouette Cameo to make all sorts of projects so it is always really important to me that the paper I use is compatible and easy to use with my Cameo machine - and let me tell you - Doodlebug's Sugar Coated cardstock cuts BEAUTIFULLY!  I decided to make a few of these fun purse themed projects and to give you a couple of tips on just how easy it is to use the Sugar Coated cardstock with your machine - so here we go!

 

First off - pick the shapes you want to use - I used the following shapes to make my projects-

Purse Tag

Purse Card

A2 Purse Shaped Card

Now here's a sneaky little tip - While I love using my Silhouette mat to cut normal papers - I like to use my heavier Cricut mat when I cut heavier papers such as the Sugar Coated cardstock - it loads just fine into the Cameo :) I like to use a fairly new sticky mat so there will be no shifting going on.

Now - Go to your Silhouette cut settings and find the one that says glitter cardstock. Also make sure that you have the speed set super low - I use a 2 or 3 and that the Double Cut box is checked.

 Now adjust your blade to 8 - this is the setting I have always used and it cuts great without cutting through my Cricut mat (can't say the same for my poor Silhouette mat - lol! )

Now go ahead and make your cut - and before I take my shape off the mat, I always lift one corner off of the sides of my paper up just to make sure that it cut all the way through.

 So those are my few handy tips on cutting this fun paper - here's a few close ups of my projects - The Sugar Coated cardstock folds and layers beautifully and was so fun to work with! Hopefully with my tips you will find some fun shapes on the Silhouette to use with this cute glittered paper!

Thank you for stopping by - have fun!

Next batch of Paper Crafting Tips on My Craft Channel

Hey all - thanks for stopping by - here's the next couple of batches of Paper Crafting Tips on My Craft Channel! Thank you for all your pins! Make sure you stop by My Craft Channel daily for amazing deals on products and a new tip daily! :)

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