Little Dreamer Designs

Hybrid Feature - Father's Day

Hello! Just wanted to pop in quickly to wish everyone a Happy Father's Day, hope you have a wonderful day regardless of being able to celebrate it or not! Also, I would like to show you a little something I gave hubby last Father's Day, it was very easy to put together and it might sparkle your creativity to create similar projects!
 
I just bought a wooden pencil holder in a craft store, painted it brown and added my digital designs to it with mod podge. With some of the digital designs I printed it twice to add cutout parts with foam dots for dimension.

Daddy-o kit by Nancy Kubo, images courtesy of paintedwithlight.com.au

Creative Design: Focus on Dots

It's all about dots for this challenge.  It's a part of our daily lives really - the circle shape, and dot patterns so we challenged our dream team to see what they could come up with to inspire you.
Dreamgirl Ginger

Dreamgirl Jacki

Dreamgirl Carolee



Dreamgirl Crissy

And enjoy this fab freebie from Lauren - here!

Remember to post your pages in our challenge gallery for a chance to win a gift certificate to our shoppe.

An "Out of this World" Weekend Premiere

Have you ever found yourself saying, "I have the best family in the world"?  Or maybe you've thought that someone in your life is truly "out of this world!"  Well, this weekend we are featuring the perfect kit to help you display those thoughts with Jackie Eckles'
Alien World Kit!
Jackie's kits are always sure to please and this one is no exception!  It's packed with unique space elements and tons of cool sayings, as well as, gorgeous brushed papers.
And the best part, it will be on sale for the next few days in the shoppe!

Here's what our Dream Girls have done with this kit . . .
 
My Little Alien, by Aggie.
I love the photos of her son and her journaling is superb!

 
Out of this World, by Kristen.
What I love about this page is the fact that Kris used a non-traditional photo for a space kit.  The lighting in the photo is so cool and it immediately captures your attention.

 
Tinker Toys, by Angelia.
I really loved how Angie framed her photos and took pictures of her kid's creations!

Show us what you do with this kit!  And, have a blast this weekend!
~Tana

Hybrid Feature - birthday *tagcard*

Hello dreamers! TGIF right? :) Look at what we have to show you this Friday:

When I saw these birthday cards by our dream girl Kristin(RuthsKris) I have to say I was so impressed! It is so tactile and creative, it must be a feast for any little hand! Here is what she had to say about her project:

Since a 2 and 4 year old are not exactly ready and able to read a birthday card, I decided to put together a bright and tactile "tagcard" to attach to their birthday gifts this year.

Got a spare piece of cardboard lying around? I dug through my recycling bin and grabbed a thinner piece of corrugated cardboard and started cutting around.

-The back layer is a square with rounded corners, then I tore away some of the lop layer around the edges I doodled a bit around the outside edge with a Marvy marker.

-The red and striped layers, as well as the candle and tag art are from a LDD blog freebie made by Lisa Sisneros. I glued the red layer down to the cardboard with a glue stick.
-Some quick hand stitched wonky zig zags went on the striped layer, then I glued it down with tacky glue.

-For the name label, I took more of the cardboard and stripped the front and back off to leave just the corrugated part. I printed the tags with "Jump Start" font (free at dafont.com) and glued the tag to the corrugated layer. Then I glued that all down with tacky glue.

-For the candles, I fringed up some yellow felt bits and stapled the candles to them (enough candles for each child's age, of course!) Then I glued these down with lots of tacky glue.

-Next, a few real buttons along the bottom. These were adhered with Zots, small and medium.

-Finally, a few hole punches in the corner for some raffia, and a little handwritten greeting.

there you have it!

Isn't it just awesome?
You got to check this girl's gallery too, it is full of hybrid goodness. Have a great weekend!

Weekend Double Feature

This weekend we're bringing you Spring!  With just a few more weeks before the heat is in full force, we want to showcase pages using some wonderful spring kits that can be found in our shoppe.
First, a cool kit that's packed full of patterned papers, a versatile alpha, stiching and stickers. 
Here's a look at April Showers by Lisa Sisneros. . .
Finish up your spring photos with this beautiful kit, available this week at a discounted price!  Find it here in our shoppe.

Take a look at couple of pages by our Dream Team.
 
Silly Bella, by Rez.

 
Sugar & Spice, by me.

Our next kit is by Nancy Kubo, Happy Spring. . .
Nancy's papers are filled with adorable floral prints and coordinate with her embellishments perfectly.  Great for making personal cards or spring pages.  Find it here in our shoppe, also on sale through this week!

Here's some pages using Happy Spring to give you some inspiration.

 
Eggies, by Kristin.

 
My Swing, by Jody.

 
Mommy's Girl, by Nicole.
I hope that you are enjoying this gorgeous weather!  As always, link us up to any pages using either of these two kits.  We love to have you share your creativity with us!

Have a wonderful week!
Tana

May 6 - Creative Design: Focus on Little Things

Sometimes the little things in life or on a layout can be overlooked. So we challenged our dream girls to create and inspire with some layouts featuring those little things.

We hope they inspire you to take part in our challenges.

Dreamgirl Kristin

Dreamgirl Patricia

Dreamgirl Jody

Dreamgirl Angelia

And you can download a fab freebie from Julia, here:

Remember to post your pages in our challenge gallery for a chance to win a gift certificate to our shoppe.

Product Premiere

Our designers added several new products just prior to our Birthday Celebration and today is the perfect day to take a closer look at Leora's
A Lovely Afternoon. . .
We have lots of "perfect afternoons" ahead of us with spring and summer upon us, so get out your camera and click away!  Leora's kit will help you put together some wonderful memories with this kits adorable wooden frames and butterflies.  You'll find it on sale in the shoppe for the next few days!  
And, here's a few pages to give you some inspiration on where to start:
 
A Lovely Afternoon, by Jacki.
 
Happy -go- Lucky, by me.
 
Earth Day, by Carolee.

So, if your planning on having a "Lovely Afternoon" of your own, join us by creating a page with Leora's kit!  We love to see the pages that you create or how this kit may inspire you!  
Have a lovely day,
Tana
 

Hybrid Feature - Happy Mother's Day

Hope everyone is enjoying their day one way or another. For me, the best way is the way I spent today, brunch with my boys, a couple of photos to scrap later, and some little me time in the afternoon (which obviously included scrapping!!!): PERFECT!
And what did you give that mother close to you? It doesn't matter if it is your mother or a close friend. Mothers sure deserve recognition and a little pampering on their day :)
One great idea is to give a handmade card, and what better time saver idea than to make the design digitally? This is what our Dream Girl Angie has done, check out her mother's day card:

She created the design digitally and printed them off on cardstock. She then hand cut out the flowers and heart (which were printed out seperately) & adhered them to the card with some foam sticky tabs for added dimension. So clever!

Here is the full linked credit list kindly provided by Angie:
Playing With Paper - Set 8
Naturel:The Essentials
Wax Werz Whirls
Free Spirit Alpha
Home Is Where The Heart Is (heart)
Enchanted Garden (flowers)
Girly Doodle (pink & green paper)
Spring Awakening (stitching)

See you next time with another hybrid project. Happy Scrapping!

Product Premiere

We're bringing it back!  And, just in time to show off some new Spring Kits that are on the Little Dreamer shelves.  Take a look at Julia's
Spring Awakening . . .
Julia's kit have a style that is all their own and definitely sets her apart in the digital scrapbooking community. So, if you didn't pick up this delictable kit during our Birthday sale, here's your chance!  For the next few days or so, we'll have it marked down in our shoppe! Find it here.

And, here's some wonderful pages completed by our Dream Girls using Spring Awakening.

Spring, by Sue.

  
Imagination, by Patricia.

Carson's Friends, by Andrea.

And a simply charming 2 page spread by Michelle Filo.
 
Building Sandcastles.

As always, we would LOVE to see pages that you create using this kit!  Post a link back here in the comments so we can send you some love.

Have a wonderful week!
Tana

Birthday Wishes Journaling Challenge

Today is the very last day to save 30% on your entire purchase in the Little Dreamer Shoppe! Be sure to stop in and stock up!!

We also have 5 Fabulous products on sale for TODAY ONLY!!

More Wish Granting

& one last Birthday Challenge for you.. Now because I am posting this one just a bit late.. We are extending the challenge deadline to May 5th, with discount coupons being awarded on the 6th and 7th :)

So. Our very last challenge, is a journaling challenge. Birthday Wishes :)
We want to see your journaling, and the sky is the limit.. Focus on an upcoming birthday; the goals you are setting for yourself, focus on an un-birthday; celebrating the everyday, focus on your feelings of a birthday past, a time when your children were younger and life inevitably simpler.. Just journal, pour your heart out on your page. It's cleansing :)

Here are some ideas from our always fabulous creative team:

By Sue

By Christine

By Laura

And of course, one last fabulous freebie, this time by the very talented Lauren.

::Download Here::

Thank you so much for celebrating our birthday with us!! Here is to another fabulous year!!

~The Dream Team