Piggy Tales

2 Great Kits & Downloadable Instructions by Trina Linford.

Download All Aboard Accordian Album Instructions

Click HERE to purchase kit.

Download Little Guy Card Instuctions

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A quick tip by Heidi Sonboul

Tip: To add to the Star Pattern paper I used my Craft knife and cut out the center of the stars.

Supply List

Paper: Piggy Tales- yankee doodle dandy collection

Chipboard- Piggy Tales yankee doodle dandy, American Crafts

Cardstock- Piggy Tales-yankee doodle dandy

Adhesive- Scotch

Stickers: Heidi Grace

New Contest: What makes a kit club great?

New Contest! We'd like to know what you think! We want your opinion on what would make our kit club great. We're always looking for ways to make our products better. Tell your friends, let everyone know. We will select 3 lucky winners! All you have to do to enter is visit us on Facebook and submit a comment with your opinion of what makes a kit club great, you will be entered to win $50 in Piggy Tales product. Contest ends at midnight November 15, 2009. Good Luck!

Product Spotlight: Drawbridge Book

The Drawbridge Book is another innovative, interactive product from Piggy Tales that allows scrappers to use paper and layers to their hearts content. That is to say that it offers plenty of room. Made of white chipboard, Piggy Tales Drawbridge Book introduces a unique binding system called "true close." True close binding allows you to add tons of paper and embellishments to each page, and the album still closes flat! The Piggy Tales Drawbridge book sells for around $9.99 at fine scrapbook stores everywhere.

Halloween Card Ideas by Heidi Sonboul

Happy Halloween!
I used Beauty and the Beast- Piggy Tales paper
Scotch Adhesive

To create this card, I cut many small strips of 3X1 inch and layered them. Once I had them all layered... I mounted that onto the card.


BOO

I used
old king cole- piggy tales
scotch
Piggy Tale Letter stickers
SEI Brads

 
 
To create this card, cut a strip of pattern paper 12X5 inches
Then fold into 3rds.
The ghost are cut freehand and placed on with Foam tape to give a 3D look.
To create the tie close, simply punch 2 holes and add brads with cardstock.


 
BOO with BATS

I used Yankee Doodle Dandy-Piggy Tales
Fancy Pants - pins
Scotch adhesive
Martha Stewart punch

To create the holes I used different sized hole punches :)
The bat is placed on with foam tape

 
 

A Family Night Out: by Heidi Sonboul

 A Family Night

Paper: Piggy Tales- the ants go marching, Beauty and the Beast
Chipboard: Piggy Tales-it's raining, it's pouring, mary, mary quite contrary,the ants go marching
Letter Stickers: beauty and the beast
Rub-ons: Piggy Tales Beauty and the Beast
Special Tips: I use all solid colors of chipboard letters to create a fun kid/youthful look. Bright colors gives a fun feel to a layout.

Product Spotlight: Cardstock Stickers

  
Above Project and photo by Melanie Douthit

Most of you probably already know that many of our collections offer coordinating cardstock letter stickers. They are sort of the unsung hero of any project. There function is simple and easy but always add something special. Coordinating cardstock letter stickers are available with most of our collections and are available at piggytales.com, some are even on sale right now. They sell regularly for $4.49 a sheet or less. Click this link for more: http://www.qbaroo.com/piggytalesretail/main.cfm?categoryoid=10&productoid=61

Above project and photo by Becky Heisler

October Contest

Only 4 days left to enter our October Contest! Piggy Tales is giving away $50 in product to each of the 6 winners. Those are pretty good odds, dontcha think? Click here to join our newsletter http://www.piggytales.com/website/newslettersignup.html   You are automatically entered to win upon sign up. Include a referring friends name and they are entered too! Your chances of winning improve each time someone puts you down as a reference. Entries must be recieved before October 31, 2009. 6 winners will be selected in total on October 31st, 2009.

Tips & Tricks by Wendy Johnson

 

 

"Crisp leaves, cooler weather, cozy sweaters, plump pumpkins and apples drizzled in caramel....this is absolutely my favorite time of year!  I wanted to create a cute basket filled to the brim with the fixings for caramel apples to give to friends and neighbors this festive time of year and wanted a cute card to go with it.  I used this gooey treat as my inspiration and I love how it turned out!  You can even make your own with the pattern I've created that you can download right here!Download Caramel Apple Pattern
 
Here are a few tips while you make your own yummy creation!

• Fold a piece of white cardstock in half and trace the whole apple pattern so that the top is along the fold.  Don't cut the top of the apple as this will be the fold for the top of your card.
• Glue your popsicle stick to your card front and then adhere the rest of your papers.
• Trace the whole apple pattern on the green paper and adhere it to the top of your white cardstock.
• Trace the caramel pattern on the tan paper and ink your edges lightly before you adhere it to the top of your apple.
• Adhere your stickers to the apple, tie ribbon around the stick and enjoy!

 




Supply List:
Green Paper:  "Belle" Item #351 from the La Belle Collection
Tan Paper:  "Cow in the Corn" Item #66 from the Little Boy Blue Collection
Green Letter Stickers:  Item #427 from the Row, Row, Row Your Boat Collection
 
 

{I Spy}

 
I recently came across this page in Scrapbook Cards Today, Summer 09, Issue 14. It's great to see these Piggy Tales papers and run-ons used in this "you are my sunshine" card. The scallops and layers add dimension and a bit of whimsy. I love the way the "its raining, it's pouring" paper really looks like rain. A perfect card for this time of the year.