Doodlebug Design: Cut Files Print and Cut Calendar

Hi Everyone!  I'm was up on the Doodlebug Blog yesterday with a cute little desk calendar I created using a number of Doodlebug Cut files available in both the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop and in the Silhouette Design Store.  Take a peek...

I wanted to create a few gifts for friends this holiday season, but needed to keep the project manageable, lol.  I decided to make some cute little print and cut calendar pages using Doodlebug Cut files and this calendar file from Lori Whitlock (found here in the Silhouette Store).   I simply backed them with some Gingham Linen Petite Prints and added them to a frame!  Here are some close-ups of the individual months and links to the files used.  I was able to make the pages both horizontal and vertical because the frame can be set either way...

Here Comes Santa - Snowman  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Here Comes Santa - Birds  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Here Comes Santa - Snowflakes 1  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Milk & Cookies- Snowflakes  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Cream & Sugar - Candy  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop)

Cream & Sugar - Borders  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Fairy Tales - Rainbow with Clouds  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Spring Things - Umbrella  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Spring Things - Rain Cloud  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Easter Express - Mr. Chick  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Spring Things - Bee  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Spring Things - Flower Cluster  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Spring Things - Bird in a Tree (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Spring Things - Rain Clouds (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Fun in the Sun - Sun  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Yankee Doodle - Wagon  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Yankee Doodle - Flower Cluster  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Yankee Doodle - Flower  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Under the Sea - Seaweed  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Under the Sea - Shells  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Anchor's Aweigh - Fish  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Back to School - Pencil  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Back to School - Push Pins  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Back to School - Apple and Worm  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Booville - Candy  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Booville - Ghosts  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Booville - Fat Pumpkin  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Booville - Halloween Kitty  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

  Boos & Brews - Bat with Moon and Stars  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Flea Market - Mice  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Flea Market - Sun Flowers  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Flea Market - Pumpkins and Acorn (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Milk & Cookies - Santa  (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Milk & Cookies - Mrs. Claus   (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Milk & Cookies - Kitty   (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Milk & Cookies - Puppy   (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

Milk & Cookies - Gumdrops   (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)

My friends really liked them!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Top 17 Projects of 2017 Blog Hop

***Giveaway is closed***

Thank you to everyone who hopped along!  The winner of the $20 gift card to Paper Issues is....

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   AnelsieDecember 27, 2017 at 9:09 AM

   Your projects are amazing!!! So creative, colorful and fun! I follow your blog and just started following you on Instagram (anel_sie7). Thanks for the chance!

Anelsie, Please email me at ekskou@comcast.net and I'll send along your Gift Certificate!

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Hi Everyone!  Welcome to the blog hop!  I'm so excited that you stopped by! 

 If you have come here first, let me explain what's happening.  There are 41 designers in this hop, each of us posting our top 17 (or 10...or...)  favorite projects of 2017...tons of inspiration!  In addition, many of the designers have giveaways planned (including me, see below)  Here is the hop order, you should have come here from  Christine Meyer 's blog ...

Christine Meyer

Kathy Skou {YOU ARE HERE}

Kathleen Graumüller

Teri Anderson

Susie Bentz

Janice Daquila-Pardo

Giorgia Rossini

Laurel Seabrook  

Aimee Kidd

Mary Ann Jenkins

Keren Tamir

Lee-Anne Thornton

Heather Leopard

Tifany DeGough  

Sue Eldred

Melissa Elsner

Laura Whitaker

Anita Mulcahey

Ashley Smith

Simone Schermann

Shelly Kurth

Monique Liedtke
Suzanna Lee

Marcia Dehn-Nix  

Laura Cox

Irit Shalom

Nicole Martel

Carolyn Johnson

Tenia Nelson

Samantha Taylor  

Rebecca Keppel

Judy Hayes

Traci Penrod

Tracy McLennon

Karen Hunter

Lyne Blodgett

Anna Sigga Lisa Moen

Kat Benjamin
Wendy Antenucci  

Here are my favorite 17 projects of 2017, in no particular order.  I've added links to the original posts.

Paper Succulents for Lori Whitlock 

Typewriter 3D Calendar for Doodlebug Design

Cream & Sugar Layout for Doodlebug Design

Dragon Tails Shaped Cards for Doodlebug Design

Easter Bunny Buckets for Lori Whitlock

Get Well Soon Card for Lori Whitlock

3D Witch's Hat for Doodlebug Design

Milk & Cookies Advent Calendar for Doodlebug Design

Spring Things Layout for Doodlebug Design

Hats Off Layout for Doodlebug Design

Odds & Ends Cards for Doodlebug Design

Happy Anniversary Card for Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 14

Pinspired Floral Arrangement for Doodlebug Design

Easter Truck Box Card for Lori Whitlock

Fairy Tales Layout for Doodlebug Design

Yankee Doodle USA for Doodlebug Design

Christmas Village for Lori Whitlock CuttingClasses.com

And now, how about a prize??  I'm giving away a $20 Gift Certificate to Paper Issues!  To enter, follow my blog and leave me a comment here.  Want an extra entry?  Head over to my Instagram account here and make sure you're following me.  Leave me another comment to let me know your Instagram name!  That's it!  I'll choose a winner on January 1st.  Thanks for stopping by to peek today, the next hop stop is  Kathleen Graumüller.

Doodlebug Design: Mix and Match Christmas Tree

Hi Everyone!  I'm up on the Doodlebug Blog today  with my take on the Mix & Match Challenge!  One of my favorite things about Doodlebug collections is that you can always mix and match to fit your project!  I mixed 3 different Christmas Collections to make this fun tree...

To make the tree I used the SVGCuts Heirloom Christmas Tree.  It reminded me of the ceramic tree we used to have growing up!!  The tree itself was made using Tree Festival Double Sided Cardstock from the Milk & Cookies Collection. The base of the tree was made using Holly Days Double Sided Cardstock from the Sugarplums Collection and the plaid paper panels are made from the Holiday Cheer Paper from the 2013 Home for the Holidays Collection.  It doesn't matter that they are 3 different collections spread over 4 years, they all coordinate perfectly!  Here is the tree lit up, (yes, it even lights like the old ceramic tree!) and some close ups of the ornaments I made using some Shaped Sprinkles and Cute Clips!

The star was made from some Sugar Coated Cardstock in Bumblebee.

To make the ornaments, I either wrapped some jewelry wire around the shape or glued the wire to the back.  I used the Sugarplums Shaped Sprinkles, Candy Cane Shaped Sprinkles, Lily White Snowflakes Shaped Sprinkles and some Mini Hearts Cute Clips to decorate the tree.

It looks so pretty all lit up!  Be sure to drop by the Doodlebug Blog next week to get more Mix and Match Inspiration!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Lori Whitlock: December Creative Team Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!   It's time for the December Creative Team Blog Hop over at Lori Whitlock!  You should have arrived here from Traci's Blog.  Here's the order for today's hop!

Lori Whitlock
Traci Penrod
Kathy Skou  {you are here}
Anita Mulcahey
Brandie Adams
Brigit Mann
Mitsyana Wright
Michelle Zerull
Ashley Cook
Tya Smith 

 For my project I decorated a plate and milk bottle with some vinyl and Lori's new Cookies for Santa Bundle! (The files I used are here and here in the Silhouette Store)

What a fun way to leave cookies for Santa!!

 And now a few things for you!  First, Lori is having a 30% off Sale in her SVG Shop!  Just use code DEC2017 to get the discount!

Also, how about a free file!!  This file is free for today only!  No code or minimum required.

Finally, how would you like to win a $20 Coupon to Lori's SVG Shop!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

That's it for me today, your next stop on the hop is Anita  !  Have a great day!

Lori Whitlock: Gift Card Booklet

Hi Everyone!  I'm up on the Lori Whitlock blog today with a little gift card booklet I made from a mini album file.  Every year, I give my college girl a few gift cards to her favorite places in a cute little package.  It's one of her favorite Christmas gifts!  This year, I made a fun book using Lori's 4x6 Horizontal Pocket Mini Album Tabbed Pages  (available here in the Silhouette Store) and some papers and embellishments from Echo Park's A Perfect Christmas.  Take a peek....

To make the mini album a better size for gift cards, I had to resize the file.  To do this, I first loaded the file into my Silhouette.  Next, I ungrouped the file and deleted the tabbed pages since I was not using them.  I then regrouped the remaining pieces.  To size them I drew a rectangle on my mat measuring 3.5" x 2.25" which is slightly larger than a standard gift card.  I placed the rectangle over the base of one of the gift card pockets and clicked on the upper right corner of the grouped shapes and dragged down until the pocket size was close enough to the rectangle size.

This sized all of the pieces perfectly!  Here are some close-ups of some of the inside pages...

I added a belly band to the book to keep it closed since it was a little thick once the cards were inserted.  To do this I simply cut a 0.5" strip of colored paper from a 12" x 12" paper and wrapped it around the book.  I trimmed the extra and secured the band with my tape runner.  Now to finish my shopping and fill it all up!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!