More Gift Giving Projects with Ginger and Lisa

Design team member Ginger Williams created this fabulous home decor project perfect for gift giving and displaying all winter long.  Here's what Ginger had to say ... "I love using my scrapbook supplies to make home decor! For this assignment I knew right away what I wanted to do! A sweet friend of mine last year gave me a set of cute blocks that said "joy" and I've wanted to make a set of blocks as a Christmas gift for a super sweet scrapbooking friend of mine ever since. The versatility of the New Arrival lines really makes it easy to use them for just about any theme. I choose the boy line to help me make this set of winter blocks for my friend! The blocks were easy to get I just bought a thin board at the local home improvement store and cut them into 3 1/2" blocks. I spray painted them silver and then added my Pebbles supplies. The letters, snowman, and snowflakes were cut with my Cricut."

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Boy Special Delivery (751066)
New Arrival Boy He's Here (751067)
New Arrival Boy So Sweet (751068)
New Arrival Boy Precious (75107)
New Arrival Boy Congrats (751074)
New Arrival Boy Buttons (747005)
Baby Boy Pearl Candy Dots (744235)
Chocolate Brown Pearl Candy Dots (744236)
Chocolate Brown Ribbon (744027)
Baby Blue Ribbon (744037)

Other supplies used:
Cricut and Cheerful Seasons Cartridge
Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots, Swiss, Damask, and Candy Stripes Embossing Folders
Grey Floss
Creative Memories Brown Chalking Ink
Silver Paper

Design team member Lisa Kisch shows off her crafty skills and adorns this sweet felted dress with some of Pebbles new felt embellishments.  Here's what Lisa had to say ... "Have you tried felting? I'm a little addicted! I've been collecting wool and cashmere sweaters from thrift stores, and then I wash and dry them a few times at a high temperature. The result is a shrunken sweater that is ready to be cut up and used for different projects. The best part is the felt doesn't unravel, which mean no need to finish the edges.  For the project below, I took a felted women's turtleneck and turned it into a dress and hairband for my daughter. What little girl wouldn't want this for Christmas? I simply cut off the turtleneck and sleeves, put it over Audrey's head and used my scissors to cut the arm holes to the right size right on her body. I trimmed the sides of the sweater to make an A-line, and sewed them up with my sewing machine. A quick snip across the top of the removed turtleneck created the headband. After that, it was about embellishing with New Arrival Girl felt embellishments and buttons! I roughly cut flower shapes out of the the leftover felt, then sewed the felt flowers and buttons to the centres -- as far as I'm concerned, these embellishments are what make the dress so special. Another flower attached to the hair band and it became a perfectly coordinating outfit that Audrey wore to see Santa last weekend.  Does this give you other gift ideas? Mittens? Neck warmer? Flower pin? I'd love to see what you come up with using Pebbles to embellish your holiday gifts."

Pebbles supplies used:
New Arrival Felt Embellishments - Girl (747000)
New Arrival Buttons - Girl  (747004)