hoppin' along

Hello and welcome to those coming from Ro's blog! 

We couldn’t resist having a little fun to celebrate today ---- Leap Day.   Afterall, we only get to hold special festivities once every four years.

Do you do anything fun to celebrate the extra day?  

Today, we are celebrating with our first official “Blog Hop” on “Leap Year Day.” We have a great group of designers helping us spread the word about Doodlebug and our products and we are hopping with enjoyment to work with them and share with you!

We'd like to invite you to join us as we have a hopping good time today!

Be sure to scroll to the bottom to find out how you can win a delightful little goodie from the folks at Doodlebug. 

I created four 3"x3" cards, each depicting some springtime goodness.   I chose yellow and green as my palette and dug through my stash of Doodlebug goodies to make these simple cards.   Simple = 10 minutes or less.  Seriously, it was that easy and that fun.

 

The first card was created using Ladybug Garden Doodle die cut cardstock paper.  I simply cut the flowers from the corner of the paper, trimming it three inches wide and six inches tall.  The flowers should be in the bottom half of that 3"x6" piece. Fold in half and add a few rhinestones.   Viola.  

 This card was made using a 3"x6" piece of Petite Prints daisy stripe.   A piece cut half-inch smaller was layered on top.  I added a doodle pop, some doodle twine and a sentiment.   To finish the card, I added rhinestones to the center of each flower -- color choices was that of my seven-year-old daughter.

Another card cut from the Ladybug Garden Doodle die cut cardstock.  I colored the white Simply Sweet alphabet stickers with marker.  I trimmed a cute cuts die cut to mimic a ribbon and added a honeybee boutique brad.  Tie it off with doodle twin tied with a flower from Paper Frills.

Hoppy Birthday uses Petite Prints as a base.  Add a "happy birthday" cardstock sticker without the A and add a frog Boutique Brad in its place. That simple.

And the last card to share for this hop:

This card looks like it might have taken some time to create.  In fact, it took less than 10 minutes to make.  Using the Welcome Home icon stickers made it easy to create this scene.   Place house sticker to front of card with foam dots, then add "smoke" with doodle twine.  Add heart and cloud and flowers to front.

You can see the lovely dimension of this card with that little window of the Create-A-Card base.  Have you ever used the Create-A-Card system?  Card base + doodle pop + sentiment sticker + embellishments = a cuuuuuuuuuute card.

And, the inside of the card ---- a tree sticker paired with some Fancy Frills adhesive borders.  And flowers and a bumblebee.

Are you in the mood to create some simple cards?

You could be creating them with the new Hello Spring collection. FIVE lucky winners will receive one of everything in this collection!  The paper is such a pretty pastel shade, but still in Doodlebug brightness and color palette.  The flower brads are too cute and the pennant alpha stickers are just fantastic. 

Here's what you have to do to win:

• Start here, at the Doodlebug Blog and “hop” on over to every blog you are sent to (be sure to hop in order).
• Leave a comment on each blog.
• At each blog, you will be directed to another blog. Be sure to visit and comment on each blog, to increase your chances of winning!

***IMPORTANT: Begin the blog hop at the Doodlebug blog so you make sure you visit each blog.***    Next up on the blog hop is Wendy Sue Anderson. 

• When you hop back to the Doodlebug blog, leave a comment saying that you are done AND email us that you’ve completed the HOP and send us your shipping address to: doodlebugdesign.blog@gmail.com.

Our blog hop will close Friday, March 2, 2012 at 6:00am and winners will be announced on Friday afternoon on the Doodlebug Blog.

Happy hoppin' through Leap Day!