7/31 Core'dinations Back to School Layout

Happy Tuesday!

Our assignment from Core'dinations this month was to make a School layout or project.  I had these photos of my son on his first day of school last year and so I broke them out and got busy.  Love an awesome assignment!  My creative juices were flowing.  Here is what I came up with.

First, I layered my Core cardstock and sanded pretty heavily the grey piece.

 Next, I ran some strips of cardstock in my embossing folder and sanded that.  I love to sand!!

 Here is my finished project.  I added an apple from Some Odd Girl to help embellish the layout.  I also had some odds n ends from LYB.

I have a video to share on how this layout came about.

supply list
stamps- Some Odd Girl
Spectrum Noir markers
LYB canvas stickers
Cardstock- Core Essentials Lights, Neutrals, Core Impressions Jillibean Soup
Embossing Folders- lifestyle crafts, darice, cuttlebug
score board
sand it
dust buddy
silhouette

Thanks so much for joining me.  I will be back on Thursday with a new card.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

7/29 Core'dinations Bottle Tag

Happy Tuesday!

This past weekend we were invited to a friend's house for dinner and I wanted to bring a bottle of Sangria for dinner.  So of course this gave me an opportunity to make a fun bottle tag. I remembered that Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is having a fun challenge - Emboss It!  I love embossing so I broke out my Core'dinations and my embossing folders!  How fun!!

I cut all the elements out on my Silhouette and then started to emboss!  I first embossed the blue background using a new embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts.  I then embossed the leaves of the flower using a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Since  used my Core'dinations cardstock I then sanded all my elements.  Finally I stamped my sentiment and called it a day!

The tag

The tag on the bottle

I made a video on how this came about.

supplies
core'dinations cardstock
silhouette cut files
embossing folder
paper smooches stamps
sand it
dust buddy

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I will be back later in the week with a new layout using Core'dinations!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

7/28 Lawn Fawn Watercolor Challenge

Happy Monday!

Lawnscaping has a really fun fun challenge up-Watercolors!

At first I thought I would make a card but then I really wanted to use the Hello Sunshine collection on a layout.  So I broke all my Lawn Fawn goodies out and make this layout- Oh Happy Day!

I used my watercolor paints in yellows, oranges and blue to mimic the sun peeking out of the clouds.  I really had fun making it and I so love playing with the Lawn Fawn papers.  This is my first time making a layout with the LF papers and I sooo love them!

I have a video on how I made this layout;

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
ink- Hero Arts
Watercolors
Everything else is Lawn Fawn

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout featuring Core'dinations.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 25 Core'dinations Teacher Card

Happy Friday!

So happy that today is the weekend!  Love it when the hubby is home and we can all hang together!  Should be fun time.  Not a bunch on our agenda!  Jack is entering his first tennis tournament.  I am both excited and nervous for him.  The good thing is that he is not nervous at all!  Should be fun!

School is starting in some places soon.  I have 3 more weeks left :( !  I thought I would make this super fun Teacher card.  I used a Silhouette cut file and my awesome Core'dinations Core Essentials collection.  For the sentiment I used a The Alley Way Stamps.

I made a video for you on how this came together.

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
stamps- TAWS
ink- Hero Arts

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I will be back next week with a jammed packed fun week!  See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

7/24 Some Odd Girl Waterfall Mini Card/ Album

Happy Thursday!

I have a really fun project to share with you today.  It is a Waterfall Mini Card/Album.  I made this project for my MIL who is having a birthday next week.  She loves to carry around photos of the boys to show to her friends and I thought this would be a fun gift.  Plus, I got to include sooo many fun Some Odd Girl Stamps on it!  Let's take a look.

The Cover: I used Photo Kaylee

 The inside and the first waterfall page.

 The second waterfall page.

The back cover and last waterfall.

Now here is the really fun thing about this mini---- It is made with only ONE sheet of cardstock!!  I used some 3x4 journaling cards to decorate the pages and some My Mind's Eye  paper as well.  The rest is just some fun Stamping!!

Here is a video on how I made this project

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
project life journaling cards
my mind's eye paper
SOME ODD GIRL STAMPS!!
jenni bowlin ink

Stop by the Some Odd Girl Stamp Shop to pick up some of the fun stamps!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back with an all new project!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday 1000 Post Giveaway!

Happy Wednesday!

I can't believe that this summer I reached 1000 posts (this post is actually 1005!)!  So for this HUGE accomplishment I have a little giveaway- actually it will be several giveaways this summer but today starts the FIRST!

If you follow my blog you know that I LOVE stamping!  So today I have a very fun stamp for you.  It is from Some Odd Girl and it is Balloon Kaylee.  Kaylee is just one of my all time faves and the Happy Birthday sentiment is so awesome.  I use it all the time on cards and layouts.  I have a brand new stamp for you.

To win this awesome stamp set here is what you need to do! There are several things to get you more entries!
1.  Follow this blog and leave a comment saying that you follow it.
2.  "Like" Siehled with a Kiss Facebook page and come back here and leave a comment saying that you liked it.
3. Subscribe to my You Tube Channel and come back here saying you did.
4.  Refer a friend and if they sign up to any of these you get a chance.  Come back here and tell me who signed up.

So the giveaway starts today and goes to Tuesday (7/30/14) at 12:00 p.m. est.  I will then announce the winner on Wednesday!

Thanks so much for joining me!  I will be back tomorrow with a fun card/mini album from Some Odd Girl. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 22 Happy Halloween

Happy Tuesday!

I am still working on Halloween 2012!  This is my final layout.  It is of my cutie at his preschool Halloween party.  He was Buzz and he was so happy!  I once again broke out the Imaginisce Halloween paper!  I finished it up!  I am so excited.  I also added some fun Chic Tags and Elle's Studio tags to add to the fun!

cardstock-AC
pattern paper- imaginisce
die cuts- chic tags, elle's studio
twine- the twinery
gems- imaginisce
mist- studio calico

Thanks so much for stopping by.  You might want to check back here tomorrow!   Just Sayin'.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 21 Carving Pumpkins

Happy Monday!

I have had some extra time this past week to work on my own projects.  I am trying to finish up my scrapping from 2012.  I am on October  so I have another Halloween layout to share.

I once again used some older Imaginisce paper.  I think it is about 3 years old.  My goal for the past year has been to use up my paper stash.  I am really working on it and it is so much fun!  When I was going through my photos I loved these three photos of my oldest and my hubby.  We really had so much fun working on our pumpkins.  I also wanted a fast layout to make.  Sooooo I scraplifted myself.  I love it when I can do this.  Why invent something new when it worked the first time.  Right?

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
paper, die cut- imaginisce
enamel dots- my mind's eye
silhouette

Thanks so much for joining me.  There will be a giveaway this week.  So you will want to tune in.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 17 Simon Says..Dots and Spots

Happy Thursday!
I got to play this week with my supplies.  Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge is having a really fun challenge:  Create something with Dots and Spots!

Here is my project featuring Paper Smooches stamps.

I got out a fun embossing folder with spots and dots and then stamped my little cutie frog on some old Doodlebug paper with dots!  Lots and lots of fun.

supplies
stamps- paper smooches
cardstock-core'dinations
twine- the twinery
hero arts gems
ink- memento, hero arts
spectrum noir markers
cuttlebug embossing folder

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will back soon with some fun!  Next week I will reach 1000 posts!  I might just have a giveaway!  See you soon! Have a fun and crafty day!
mp

July 15 SOG Clear Release School Supplies

Happy Tuesday!

I am back with you today to share the second day of the new Clear Stamp Release from Some Odd Girl.  Today I am featuring School Supplies!  This set is just so much fun.  For my project I made a layout.

For my project  I broke into my stash and found some leftovers from a very old collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.  I then added my stamps to create my own embellishments.  I stamped the crayon stamp on some of the pattern paper and fussy cut them out.  I then used the sentiment "color me happy".  I then added the A+ from the Teacher Mae set.

supply list
paper, cork- little yellow bicycle
stamps- some odd girl
alphabet- jillibean soup
studio calico wood veneer

Stop by the SOME ODD GIRL SHOP  to pick up with awesome new stamp set and see all the other new goodies that are happening over at SOG!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back later this week with a new project.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Back Porch Memories Contest

Happy Monday,

I had some time on my hands today and I say this awesome contest for being a Guest Designer at Back Porch Memories.  They make awesome kits!  I saw the sketch and my mind went a bit crazy.  Here is the sketch:

I stuck to the sketch pretty closely but I wanted to make it a two photo layout.  So here is what I came up with.

This was taken 2 years ago and Michael was painting and adding glitter to his "Golden Pumpkin".  He got the idea from Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  So me being the crafty mom we went out to Michael's and bought gold paint and gold glitter.  I do have to say it turned out awesome!  He LOVED it and I was so happy to see his huge smile!

paper and stickers- Imaginisce
cardstock- core'dinations.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with an all new layout using my new Some Odd Girl Stamps "School Supplies".  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 14 SOG Clear Stamp Release School Mae

Happy Monday!

Today I am so excited to share with you the brand new Clear Stamp Release from Some Odd Girl.  As a teacher myself and with two kids in elementary school I am in LOVE with these stamps!  Today features Teacher Mae and she is just about as pretty as any teacher out there!

Don't you just love her?

For my card I broke into my stash and used some really old Simple Stories.  I colored Mae with my Spectrum Noir markers and then paper pieced her pretty dress with on of the Simple Stories papers.  I then added the A+  and my thanks sentiment that come along in the set as well.  I am in love with that cursive thanks.  I think I will use that all the time!

supply list
cardstock- AC
paper- simple stories
stamps-clear- Some Odd Girl
ink- memento, jenni bowlin
spectrum noir markers

Stop by the SOME ODD GIRL SHOP to pick up this awesome new set!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with the second day of the new release.  It is School Supplies and I think you are going to love them.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 11 Lawnscaping Challenge 85

Happy Friday!

I am so excited because I actually had some down time to enter a challenge!  Challenges always jump start my creativity and this is just what I needed! I decided to play along with Lawnscaping Challenge #81 this week.  Here is the inspiration photo- it is a color challenge

Aren't those colors awesome!   So I broke out my Lawn Fawn stamps and my Lawn Fawn paper pad and got busy!  Here is what I came up with!

Supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
pattern paper, stamps- Lawn Fawn
Spectrum Noir

I made a quick video to share on how I made this.

There is a lot going on this weekend.  We are having a party on the Some Odd Girl Facebook Group on Saturday from 3-6. There will be games, prizes and so much fun.  This is for the Awesome Clear Stamp Set Release that will take place next week! Hope to see you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back next week with the Some Odd Girl clear release!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp

July 9th SOG Inspiration

Happy Wednesday!

I am up over at Some Odd Girl sharing my fun gift box and card set for a teacher.  School is going to begin in just a couple short weeks ( Can you believe how fast time is flying by?)  and this gift box and card set is perfect for the new teacher.

To make the box I used my Silhouette and one of the Silhouette designs.  I used my Core'dinations Cardstock so that the box would be sturdy.  I then used some October Afternoon paper to decorate the box.  I then found some yummy May Arts ribbon to close the box.

With the cards I wanted to carry the color scheme and design so I used the same color of cardstock and then added some Jillibean Soup paper that matched well with the box and ribbon and then added a small strip of the pattern paper.  For the adorable images and sentiments I used the brand new clear stamp set that is going to be released next week!  You are the first to see this totally awesome School Supply set.  I think it is must have stamp set!

Here is a close up of the adorable pencil.

Aren't those crayons too cute?

For this card I used the apple from Fruit Salad

Supply list
cardstock- core'dinations
paper- October afternoon and jillibean soup
stamps- Clear stamp sets (school supplies and fruit salad) Some Odd Girl
markers- spectrum noir
ink- hero arts, memento
paper trey ink die
silhouette
may arts ribbon

I made a video for you and it is on the Some Odd Girl Blog Today.  Head on over and check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back soon with a new project.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 8 KNight Kody

Happy Tuesday!

It is Tuesday and that means it is a new digi release over at Some Odd Girl!  Today I am sharing the Knight Kody and the new digi sentiments!  Don't you just love them?  I know I do and the sentiments just totally rock!  Such a nice addition to the digi collection. 

supply list
paper- my mind's eye
cardstock- Neenah solar white
markers- spectrum noir
digi stamps and digi sentiments- some odd girl

Be sure to stop by the SOME ODD GIRL SHOP and take a look at the new releases out today.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a  new Inspiration idea for a gift card set using the brand new Some Odd Girl Clear Stamps that will be released next week!  Yup, you get to see the new set first!  See you then.   Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp 

Thursday

Happy Thursday!

I made this layout about my son's Pine Wood Derby entry in 2013.  He was so excited becuase it was his first try.  I was able to snap a photo of him and his car before he left.  For my layout I broke out my favorite things- Core'dinations Cardstock, Some Odd Girl Stamps and Echo Park paper!  How fun is that?  I love how everything came together!

I made a video on  how I made this layout.

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
paper- echo park
stamps- some odd girl
twine- the twinery
dies- paper smooches

Do you have plans for the 4th?  We have a couple of family members coming over and then it is just family time to relax and hang together.  I am so looking forward to it!  I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend!

Thanks for stoppign by.  I will be back next week with lots of fun!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday Core'dinations Celebrate Layout

Happy Tuesday!
I know it has been a long time since I stopped by to say hello.  We were on vacation with very limited internet and I also have not been creative lately!  I am still purging my supplies but things are getting back to normal.  I am working on my DT work for July and I should be back to posting regularly!  I have been itching to play with some challenges and start cardmaking and scrappping again!!!  Summer is just always so hard for me - always so much to do!

Anyhooooo!  I created this layout using the Core'dinations Tim Holtz cardstock.  I love the impressions subway art becuase it makes creating a layout so easy.  I used some photos of my boys playing with sparklers!  The were having so much fun!

For my layout I used some Graphic 45 pattern paper along with the awesome Digi Cut File from Some Odd Girl as my title!  To top it off I cut some stars and embossed then and added some wood veneer stars and called it a day!

I made a video on how I made this layout.

supplies
Cardstock- Core'dinations
cut file- Some odd Girl
paper- graphic 45
lawn fawn star dies
cuttlebug embossing folder
wood veneer studio calico
sand it
dust buddy!

I will be back on Thursday with a new project.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp