Jennifer Schaerer
When the team at Doodlebug Designs invited us to their creative space to make some cards while our Paper Crafts Go-to Gals were in town for our annual editorial board meetings, we said “yes please!” and wedged a few extra hours into our agenda.
It turned out to be just what we needed to end our day, because you can’t help but be happy when you walk through the doors of the Doodlebug office. Their passion for color and design are reflected in the pink, purple, orange, turquoise, and apple green walls with furniture and accessories to mix and match.
Kim, Windy, Julie, Teri and Betsy get cozy on one of the colorful Doodlebug sofas
The Paper Crafts team (minus Matt, darn it!) soaking up the color at Doodlebug
After looking in every delightful corner of the office, we settled into the creative studio area to get crafty. I recall a collective gasp when owners Cynthea and Tonya rolled the entire Create-a-Card display out and told us to get busy, and get busy we did! There were cards, cards, and more cards to be made.
Cynthea and Tonya with the oh-so-clever Create-a-Card system
With 8 different style card bases in 8 different colors plus sentiments, embellishments, and all sorts of Doodlebug fun to add to them, it was easy to jump right in.
Buttons as far as the eye can see!
Doodlebug cardstock in every pattern and color
In no time at all, we were up to our elbows in Doodlebug!
Cynthea and Tonya cheered us on, and gave us some fun ideas for using all the coordinating elements of their color-matched collections. At the end of our creative time with them, we each had created quite a few cards.
Julie and her cards
Windy and her cards
Betsy and her cards
Teri and her cards
Kim and her cards
Holly and her cards
Melinda and her cards
Ahtanya and her masterpiece
Kerri and her cards
Kelly and her cards
Susan and her cards
We had always seen the Create-a-Card system at CHA trade shows in the Doodlebug booth, but playing with it first hand made us all true believers. So, with cards in hand and a happy skip in our step, we said a huge thank you to our hostesses and were on our way.
A happy group of paper crafters!
Our sincerest thanks to our friends at Doodlebug Designs for making us feel welcome and providing a much-needed creative break in our editorial board meeting week!
Wow that looked like fun! Wish I was there with you all…
What a great place to work or play that would be! All the cards are so pretty.
Thanks for sharing!
Paper candy store to the card maker and scrapper! Just looking at all the colors, papers, buttons and cards in the photos is making me happy.
That place would be a fabulous place to work (and play). Your cards were bright, cute and fun just the way a card should be. Can’t wait to see and hear more about this system.
I love Doodlebug paper and embellishments, and am very happy for this vicarious adventure! Thanks for sharing!
I’d never heard of Create-a-Card but it looks quite neat- the results you guys came out with were fabulous! Such a variety and so much fun to boot it seems.
Such a fun and happy post…seeing all the smiling faces and gorgeous creations. Really motivating. TFS
What fun! And such great colors, too!
Looks like you had fun! Your cards are fantastic.
Thanks for sharing with us, I feel like I’m there.
wow you all have the best job ever. what a fun day of crafting…thanks for sharing..
Delicious, yummy,colors and designs. It must have been so much fun to play with all of the great products! If you every need one more to come and play just give me a call!!!!!!
Wow, it was like you were in the best place on earth!!! How do you get a job there?? You all look like you are having so much fun! Are you hiring?? Whats not to love about a place like that!
Wow! You must have all felt like kids in a candy store!!! Loved seeing all your smiling faces and fun, colorful creations!!! Thanks for sharing!
what a dream come true! You all have the BEST job in the world!!! So jealous!
So much FUN FUN and FUN!
Color me GREEN. Looks like you had a blast!
Now that looked like a fun place to be. Great looking cards.
Wish I could’ve been there to play, ahem, work, too!!! Those cards are all waaaaay too cute!
Now THAT is my idea of heaven! Such great work from everybody.
What fun! <3
Wow, what awesome time you all had! Thanks for sharing these happy card-making moments!
I’ll bet the air was electric and full of color! Great fun!
Oh myyyy, how fun would it be to work in this ‘candy’ store! Hope you PC ladies are had a fab time ~~ at your board meeting
WOW! This looks like SO much fun and such wonderful goodies! All the cards are amazing and the smiles tell it all! Thanks so much for sharing this!
Jelly!!! The doodlebug party looks so fun!!
A Doodlebug celebration!
Love it! You all are so cute!
What a fun atmosphere to be in!
I would love to work in a place like this!!! I love the button counter!!
Oh my gosh, what fun!
Oh how fun! Sounds like a blissful afternoon!
Dreamtastic! Everything so neatly laid out, accessible….wish my craft area was like that!
OMGoodness!!! What I wouldn’t do to work there!!! I don’t think I would ever leave the office with all those crafty goodness. Looks like everyone had a great time. Anyone at PaperCrafts want to trade jobs with me?!?!?!?
Oh wow! Like the world’s best candy store! Seriously yummy and inspiring! Makes me want to paint each wall of my craft room a different doodlebug color. Love all the cards you guys created too!
Looks like a lot of fun!
I am so jealous!!! I would be going crazy having all of those supplies in front of me! Love all of the cards, they are so cute!
OMG I want to live at the Doodlebug Offices!!!! So glad you all had such a great time!
What a colourful, vibrant space to work in! I’d love to bring some of that colour into my school environment! Love all the projects and smiles. Their system is fabulous!
what a dream of a job! doing what you love. awww!
maybe one day, maybe one day.
Wow! I love all the colors!
Wow so many great cards…looks like fun.
I like the little happy circle guy on Ahtanya’s masterpiece. What is that, where can I get him? He’s so cute!
OH.
MY.
GOOMIE.
i cannot imagine having more fun ANYWHERE! i love D-bug’s stuff, because of all the ridiculously happy, bright, fun colors! it looks like you all had a TON of fun – i’m jealous!
gorgeous creations from ALL of you! the Create-a-Card system is fantastic, indeedily!
I LOVE doodlebug, and it looked like you all had such a great time! Wishing my scrapbooking room looked like their office
It really looks like an absolutely amazing day! All the choices, all the wonderful papers, buttons, twine stickers must have been surreal! I love that you shared photos of everyone and there cards!!!!! So fun to see what you all came up with!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Doodlebug line! Keep on creating for us
What fun!!