Siehled With A Kiss

Monday Football

2012-03-05T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday,

How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good! Got some work done on Saturday and then on Sunday was able to clean up, relax and work on project life. I have fallen into a great routine with working on it on Sunday afternoons!

I realized when I was putting work into my albums that I hadn't shown a lot of projects. So this week I am going to catch up on that.

Are you ready for some football?

Jack played flag football this year again and these are pictures of his season.

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- american crafts chaps

tags- american crafts

brads- american crafts

twine- the twinery

I hope you have a great day. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Project LiFe Week 4 and a Fun Blog Hop

2012-03-02T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday!
I am so happy it is Friday. I am in the mood for a little relaxation!! Do you have any plans. I do not really. Errands in the morning and the I also get my hair cut and then a quick stop to drop off some projects at the store! Sounds busy but I know I will have plenty of down time!

Here is a look at my wee 4 of project life. sorry for the glare once again!!

Left side-
This week I decided to save some weekly receipts etc and I included those. I also added some October Afternoon stickers for some added journaling just to spice things up a bit.

Right Side

Blog Hop Information

Over at Practical Scrappers they are holding a Linked with Love Blog Hop. There has been a lot of talk in the scapping world these days about scraplifting other people's work and not giving credit where credit is due. For example if you see some awesome layout and you want to use part of it for your own personal use that is fine, but if you want to post it on your blog, use it for design team work then you need to give credit to the original person!!!! So over at Practical Scrapppers they are having a linked with love blog hop where you will see one layout by Liz Qualman (I love her work) and then you will see the Practical Scrappers design teams interpretation of it and then link it back to Liz. This hop starts today and goes till March 4th. There will be prizes along the way. So I would love for you to head on over to Practical Scrappers and check out this amazing hop. ( I wish I could have particpated in it but I was swamped with work and my little one has been sick!)

Thanks for stopping by today. I will be back on Monday with some new work! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Thursday Moments and Some Sneak Peeks!

2012-03-01T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Thursday!

I am so happy that this week has been pretty uneventful, but I still haven't done a lot of crafting time. I did the first part of the week but I have just been a bit slow--but that is ok with me. I do want to finish up this project that has been on my desk for the last couple of days. It drives me crazy when I have an unfinished project sitting on my desk. I am hoping to finish it tonight and tomorrow night.

I wanted to share this layout that I made with the February kit from Burlap and Buttercups. This kit sold out but I wanted to share with you my layout that I created. If you happened to catch my Project Life 3 post (Here) I mentioned about a photo. Well, I am loving the concept of Project Life in capturing the everyday moments, and these pictures were for my project life, but I loved them so much that I needed to devote a 12x12 layout to them because I fell in love with my hubby doing the awesome things that he does with the kids like reading a story or reviewing vocabulary word flashcards. Sometimes when I scrap I look at the "big" events and I overlook the smaller things. Now I am looking at both and I am loving it.

supplies

cardstock-bazzill

paper- lily bee, crate paper, october afternoon

alphabet-american crafts thickers

stickers- october afternoon

mist- tattered angels

misc- martha stewart punch, paper trey ink die

Now on to some sneak peeks at the March kit from Burlap and Buttercups. This kit is just so bright and cheery.

Oh, I am so excited for this kit! You know I am a sucker for butterflies and this just looks so fun! The kit goes live this week so be sure to head on over to the Burlap and Buttercups site to pick this one up. I am sure it will go fast!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a look at my Project Life week 4. Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

WOYWW --Leap Day!

2012-02-29T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Leap Day!!

Is anyone doing anything special for this great day? I have to say that we are not. Just the same old same old thing! I am going to try to take a picture of my boys leaping in the air. We will see how that goes. It seems that whenever I plan on a picture it never turns out. The boys won't cooperate or something always happens.

This week I am linking up with Julia for WOYWW. This is so fun where you can link up and see what is on everyone's work desk. My desk is a little messy (at least for me). I am currently working on a display for Simply Scrapbooks. I am using the new line from Moxxie. This line (Child's Play) is just so fun and is just perfect for my boys. You can also see my Silhouette cutting mat.

I hope everyone has a great day. I will be back tomorrow with a look at a new project. Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Whimsie Doodles Tuesday

2012-02-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday!

I was so happy last night because we are back on track with our normal routine and I was able to get some crafty time in! I love it when that happens. Did you get any crafty time in yesterday?

I have had the wonderful pleasure of being the guest Design Team member over at Whimsie Doodles this month and I am sad to be leaving. I did want to share my last card that I made using their wonderful digi stamps! This card has Easter Jayson on it. You know I am a sucker for boy stamps and this one is just way too cute!

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- bella blvd.

stamp- whimsie doodles

markers- copic

tools- ek success scallop punch

I hope everyone has a great day today. I will be back tomorrow--with what I don't know yet, but I will see you tomorrow. Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Project Life Week 3

2012-02-27T00:34:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday
Did you have a great weekend? I did. Saturday I was able to craft and get all my projects done for Cord Camera. I can't wait to show you them! I was able to create with the new Jillibean Soup Neopolitan Bean line. It was so much fun! Sunday we relaxed. I took a LONG nap again and then was able to get caught up with week 8 with my Project Life. I have to say I am still loving this whole process. Did you get any crafting in?

Well, as I mentioned I am all caught up with Project Life and I wanted to share with you my Week 3. Once again sorry for the glare on the page protectors. I have to figure out a way to photograph them without the huge glare.

Left Side- I am loving all my Ali Edward's stamps that I have collected throughout the year. I have always used them on my layouts but they work soooo well here.

Right Side

I love that picture of Michael on the bottom left. He is sitting opposite me at my scrap desk. As I have mentioned a million times- my boys are right there with me and they LOVE to create things. He was working on his dry erase board and had marker all over his face! Thank goodness for erasable markers! I will be talking about the bottom right picture later this week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I will be back tomorrow with my last project for Whimsie Doodles. Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya tomorrow! Have a wondeful and crafty day!

-mp

Project Life Week 2

2012-02-24T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!
I am so glad it is the weekend! I am so in the mood to get my craft on! I got to work a pinch last night and was sooo happy! Do you have any great plans for the weekend? Me not really. I have my errands which I am adding Joanns and Michael's this week. The tons of craftying time. Hubby is taking the kids on Saturday to visit his mom and I will left alone to crafty for a couple of hours--sounds like heaven to me!!!

Well, I was so busy with all the Valentine's day projects that I didn't get around to my project life updating. Here is week 2--now I am sorry for the glare- very cloudy and yucky but I think you will get the jist!

Week 2- left side

I saw on a website that you could buy cutting files for Week and stuff but I made my own. I love FREE!

Right Side

I am still very basic. I add a bit of stamping and some things here and there. I really love it! I did buy a couple of things the other week to help me with Project Life. A fun date stamp and some cutting files for my silhouette. so far it has been good and then I have been making my own like the word bubble with yum!

I will have more project life for you next week! Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope everyone has a wonderful and crafty weekend. I will see you back here on Monday!

-mp

A Jillibean Thursday

2012-02-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday!
Well I made it through yesterday and hopefully today afterschool is a bit calmer!! I am looking forward to getting back to craftying. I got my first DT kit from Cord Scrapbook Studio and I have to say I am so excited to get to work! If you haven't visited their site before or their blog check it out. Their online store is stocked with all the latest and greatest products and their blog is chuck full of great scrapping information! Anyhoo-- I am excited! Hopefully on Saturday I will be able to get some scrapping in!

My favorite line this year for Valentine's day was Hearty Barley from Jillibean Soup. This kraft line is just perfect because it is so versatile. For this layout I used my favorite photos of my 3 favorite guys and made a layout using this awesome line. It is hard to tell from this view but I cut out some of the hearts and layered them and pop dotted them on the cooridinating heart. This gave that area some dimension. Loved how it turned out!

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- jillibean soup

mist- mister huey

gems- no idea!

misc. silhouette, border punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I am going to switch gears here and update a bit with my Project Life! Hope everyone has a wonderful and crafty day and I will see you tomorrow!

-mp

Wednesday's Final Valentine's Day Cards

2012-02-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday!

How is your week going so far? Mine has been a bit crazy! I am the type of person that likes calm. I don't due well with stress. I know a couple of my friends that love the hustle and bustle and when things are calm they go crazy--NOT me! I think if I can make it through today than all will be good! Fingers crossed. That being said, I have not been able to craft. I did sit in my craft room last night just to be in it! I spent 1/2 of Monday organizing all the paper and getting kits and DT stuff off the floor and put away! I just sat there for about 15 minutes in peace and enjoyed the clean desk, clean sheleve, and clean floor! I think I will try to get some crafty time in tomorrow after school!

I am trying to wrap up all my Valentine's day cards. I really made a lot this year for the store and for my family. Here is my final one! i just love the colors in this one!

supplies

cardstock- bazzil

paper- crate paper

stickers- crate paper

ribbon - hero arts

misc- sewing machine

I hope everyone has a wonderful and scrappy day today! Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a layout using Jillibean Soup!

-mp

Whimsie Doodle Tuesday

2012-02-21T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday,
As you know I have been a guest over at Whimsie Doodles this month and today I wanted to share a wonderful card using the stamp "Pie Lizzie". I think this stamp is one of my all time favorites.

Isn't she just the cutest? Oh I love her! For this card I used October Afernoon paper and matted them in brown ( I know it looks like black but it is dark brown). I then printed Pie Lizzie and then colored her in using my copics. I then cut her out and pop dotted her on the centerpiece. I then die cut a tab and printed the sentiment "You're as sweet as pie!". Very simple, but very cute!

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- october afternoon

stamp- whimsie doodles

ink- memento, distress ink

markers- copic

die cuts- my favorite things

I hope everyone has a great day today! I will be back tomorrow with a my last couple of cards from Valentine's day. I will see you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

February Burlap and Buttercups Sketch Challenge with a Twist

2012-02-20T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hi All,
How was your weekend? Mine was GREAT! I was able to get some great crafting time in, spent lots of time with my family, and was able to have an awesome date night with the hubby! You can't get any more perfect than that- right?

Today over at Burlap and Buttercups I am hosting my monthly sketch challenge with a twist. I would love it if you stopped by today to take a look at the sketch and the amazing work from the Burlap and Buttercups Design Team. Here is my layout that I made for the challenge.

The February kit was truly wonderful to work with. I loved all the papers and embellishments. If you haven't taken a look at Rachel's kits they really are amazing!

Supplies- Everything from the February kit

cardstock- bazzill

paper- October Afternoon, Lilly Bee, Crate Paper
buttons, October Afternoon
twine- doodlebug
stickers- lilly Bee
die cuts- my favorite things dynamics
die cut banner- elle's studio
misc. heart stick pins, sewing machine, pop dots.

I hope you enjoyed a look at the February kit. Remember to stop on over to Burlap and Buttercups and check out the challenge along with the fabulous prize package that you could win--i just have to give a hint-- butterflies!

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

Valentine's Week- friday

2012-02-17T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!!
Oh I love Fridays!!!
Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? We really don't. The boys need haircuts, I need to pick up some work at the store and make some displays and then I just want to rest.

This is a layout that I did using the Heart paper from Crate paper. I wanted to use traditional Valentine's paper on a non Valentine's day layout. I like to make an easy layout that shows the things I love at this moment. Right now my loves are 1)still my iphone, 2)my pandora bracelet from my hubby, 3)my new tom tom gps from my hubby- spend about 1 1/2 hours driving everyday and this is awesome!, 4)my nook, 5)modern family- my favorite show, and finally 6) my new cameo (well it is old now)

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- crate paper

stickers- crate paper

title- silhouette

twine- the twinery

tools-sewing machine, circle punch, silhouette

thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back on Monday with a new project. I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

-mp

Valentine's Week- Thursday

2012-02-16T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Thursday!

How is your week going? Mine has been extremely busy but pretty good. Today is like Friday for me because we have tomorrow and Monday off. I love it. Jack and I are going to drive down and hubby is going to take us out to lunch! I am pretty excited!

I have to say I have had a really great 2 weeks! I having been busting at the seams to tell you and now I can- I was asked by Nikki Sivils, herself, (yes, I am a bit awe struck) to be a guest designer for them in May! I am soooo excited about this wonderful opportunity. She even said that she liked my work!!!! So way cool!! Then I found out this week that I made the Cord Scrapbook Studio design team. I am so thrilled. I will be designing work for displays in their store and blog, and I also have the opportunity to teach in their store in Columbus, Ohio. I am really excited about this awesome opportunity. I also found out yesterday that 3 of my cards were picked up for the February issue of Scrapbook News and Review-- WOW!!! I have just been blessed! I want to thank all of you for helping me in my endeavors! I have the best followers!!

Now enough about me and on to my project for today!
As I mentioned yesterday I gave my hubby several cards for Valentine's day and this is one of them! I love
"pucker up". I think it turned out so cute!

Supplies

carstock- neenah solar white, bazzill

paper- october afternoon

stamps- paper trey ink

dies- paper trey ink

twine- paper trey ink

ink- jenni bowlin, memento

markers- copic

I hope everyone has a great day today. I will be back tomorrow with yet another Valentine project. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Hubby's Card-Wednesday

2012-02-15T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday,
I made several cards for my hubby for Valentine's day. I left one on the counter for him to see when he woke up (I am already at work when he wakes up). I put one in his lunch and then I gave him one with my little present I bought him. This is the card for his lunch.

The background was cut using my silhouette and then I added my image and sentiment.

Supplies

cardstock- American Crafts, neenah solar white

stamps- hero arts

ink- memento

I hope everyone has a crafty day! Thanks so much for stopping by!

-mp

Happy Valentine's Day- Tuesday

2012-02-14T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Valentine's day!

I wanted to thank everyone for voting for me for the Practical Scrappers layout contest. I did not make it to the 4th round, but I feel really awesome that I made it to the top 15 out of 170 layouts. We had to make a layout for the 4th round just in case we were chosen. The theme was black and white with a splash of one color. I wanted to make a layout about my hubby and I. This is what I came up with.

Supplies

paper- doodlebug

diecuts, brad, and stickers- doodlebug

spray- studio calico mister huey

twine- the twinery

I was really happy with this layout. I really love all the different doodlebug papers.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Valentine's Week - Monday

2012-02-13T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday!
Did you all have a great weekend? I sure did! At my Friday crop I finished weeks 2-5 of project life and then on Saturday I finished week 6. I am totally caught up! What a great feeling! I will show pictures later in the week. Then for the rest of the weekend I just relaxed. I cleaned off my desk and took a break! I actually took a nap on Saturday and Sunday! That hasn't happened in years!

This week is Valentine's day and I thought I would show you all the Valentine's day projects I had been working on last month for Simply Scrapbooks and for my family. First up are Jack's valentine's day cards that we finished up. I got a picture of the cards for the boys in the class. I forgot to take a picture of the ones for the girls.

For the cards I used Echo Park paper and then added the circles with the dino. Jack picked out all the paper. The sentiment says- You are dino-mite! Sorry for such a bad photo. The I added a button and a bit of twine and we were done. Jack added Happy Valentine's day inside. We then added a sticker for each student. He LOVED them! and that is what made me soooo happy!
supplies
paper- echo park
cardstock- neenah solar white, bazzill
stamps- paper trey ink, hero arts
button and twine- paper trey ink
markers- bic markers

I hope everyone has a wonderful day! I will be back tomorrow with a new project! See you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Whimsie Doodles Monthly Challenge

2012-02-10T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!!!

Boy, am I excited that today is FRIDAY!! I am exhausted from yesterday, but I have to find the energy because tonight is my monthly crop! I have one project and then the rest of the time is Project Life. I have been talking and talking about getting caught up but something seems to always get in my way. NO MORE!! I need to finish up January!! That is my goal!

As you know this month I am the guest Design Team Member over at Whimsie Doodles stamps and they are having their monthly challenge. The challenge for this month is to use only your scraps to create an awesome card! I knew exactly what I was going to use. I just finished making a layout using the Valentine paper from Crate Paper. I had a ton of scraps! Here is what I came up with.

I used 80's Lizzie for this card. I think she is just WAY too cute. She is really rockin' that hat! To make the papers POP I matted them all in black cardstock. Love that look!

So we would love it if you stopped on over Whimsie Doodles and played along with us! YOu could win a fabulous prize or even a guest spot on their design team!

supplies

paper- crate paper

cardstock- neenah solar white, bazzill

stamp- whimsie doodles

sticker- crate paper

markers- copic

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend! I will see you all back here on Monday!

-mp

Thursday Hot Stuff

2012-02-09T00:54:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday,
I am so happy that the week is moving ahead, but tonight we have night parent teacher conferences. So I won't be able to craft tonight. Totally bummed. I did bring a couple of small things to work on. I am trying to finish up Jack's birthday and I brought my pictures and sketch pad to hopefully come up with a layout. I am going to use the birthday line from Simple Stories but I don't have a plan yet!

This is a card I made for Simply Scrapbooks. I love this card! It was so fun to make.
1. Start with a kraft background.
2. Take a smaller piece of cardstock and run it through the paper crimper.
3. Spritz some spray on it-I used Mister Huey (my favorite).
4. Add a die cut from Jillibean Soup and then some diffrent embellishments-Easy Peasy-- You know me and I HAD to add some twine!

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- jillibean soup

stickers- echo park

twine- the twinery

spray - studio calico

misc.- clothes pin, paper crimper

I hope everyone has a wonderful and crafty day todayt! Thanks so much for stopping by! See you tomorrow!

-mp

wednesday-WOYWW

2012-02-08T00:52:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday,
How are things going for you this week. So far so good here. I have started on Jack's Valentine's day cards. He asked me to make him some for school and how could I say no--right? So I broke out my paper trey ink stamps and I was ready to go. Here is what is on my desk!

Jack wanted the cupcakes for the girls with pink and the boys get a dog or a dino. Jack tomorrow night will stamp the insides of the card with "Happy Valentine's Day" Jack is a a great stamper and then he will add his name and a sticker. We started these last week but I got side tracked and we had to get them all back out to finish. We should finish tonight!

I am linking this up with Julia's blog for the WOYWW. I love looking at all the awesome crafty desks out there. If you have time click on the link above and check out the fun!

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

Tuesday back to school

2012-02-07T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday!
Did you all have a wonderful weekend? We did. I got a lot of scrapping time in. I loved it. Jack also had a school project and we worked on yhat as well. I don't know about you but I love to do anything crafty!

This is a layout that I did for Simply Scrapbooks back in September that I totally forgot to post. It was also the layout where I became totally addicted to the Mister Huey sprays.

This is Jack on his 1st day of school. He was so nervous and so was I! I also had tears in my eye because my baby was off to school.

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- LYB

stickers- LYB

alphabet stickers- maya road

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Whimsie Doodles Release Day!

2012-02-05T07:52:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone,
I am popping in today to let you know that the February release of the Whimsie Doodles stamps is now available and let me tell you they are soooooo adorable. They are Perfect for some Spring card making. Back in December I won a Guest Design Team spot for the entire month and I get to have fun with the Februrary release. I am so honored and excited.

So For the release I used Purse Lizzie for my first card. I thought she was just so adorable. I have a friend who is not feeling well and I thought Lizzie would just be perfect to lift her spirits.

supplies
cardstock-bazzill
paper- imaginisce
stamps- whimsie doodles (purse lizzie) and sentiment paper trey ink
markers- copic
die cuts- paper trey ink, coluzzle
ink- memento
ribbon- hero arts

I can't wait to share more wonderful cards using the these adorable digi stamps. Be sure to check out the entire release over at Whimsie Doodles.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you tomorrow! Hope you have a crafty day!
-mp

Project Life Week One + Your Help is Needed Again!

2012-02-03T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday!

First I have to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported me these past few weeks with my contest. I have to say I have THE best followers ever!! Well, I need your help again. A really cool scrapbook store in Columbus, Ohio is having a design team call and you had to submit 5 projects including, cards, layouts and altered items. The first phase for the design team competition is fan voting. The high scores then make it to the next round where representatives from Jillibean Soup, Bella Blvd. Little Yellow Bicycle, Bazzill and others then vote on their favorites. The winners will be part of the Cord Camera Scrapbooking Design Team. The DT would be working with these manufacturers to come up with displays and also teach classes. This would be a REAL honor and a HUGE thrill. So for this part I need your help in voting for my 5 projects! They are all mixed up but I can give you the row and the title of my project for reference.
Row 3 - sending warm thoughts snowman card
Row 6- Fall black printers trey with a tree in the 1st slot
Row 7- Happy Birthday card using little yellow bicycle( 2nd to last item in that row)
Row 7 That day in May -( last item in that row--a two page layout that has orange and yellow in it)
Row 10-- My Girl- a picture of my late dog Bailey
Click the box next to each project and then scroll to the bottom to fill out the form and click submit!
Here is the link: http://info.cordcamera.com/misc/designteamvoting.html
I can't thank you all enough!!

Are you glad it is the weekend? Boy, I am. This week did not go very fast for me. Do you have any plans? I actually don't know what we are doing. Hubby and I have been on opposite schedules lately and haven't talked about the weekend. I know on my schedule I have scrapping to do. So we shall see. I am hoping to maybe get a date night in!

At my crop last week I was able to work on my Project Life. I finished week One, and I as able to assemble weeks two and three. I still have to journal, embellish, etc.

Week One

I was really happy to use my stamps on some of my journaling cards. My AE stamps are so perfect for these. Sorry about the quality of the photos. It has been rainy here and I couldn't get a good shot.

My hope is to work on weeks 2-3 this weekend. I found some really fun die cuts in the Silhouette store and I want to play a bit with them!

If you are doing project life are you enjoying it? I know I am. I have been able to capture more everyday moments that I wouldn't have with my regular scrapping. In fact my project life has given me a couple of idea for some regular layouts that I plan on working on this weekend as well. I am just loving it. I love the ease of the journaling cards. You can embellish them as much or a little as you want. Each week is different. My goal is to get a bit caught up so that I am not a month behind. We shall see!

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back on Monday with some new projects! Thanks again!

Have a wonderful and scrappy day!
-mp

Burlap and Buttercups Sneak Peek

2012-02-02T00:00:00.004-05:00

Happy Thursday!
I wanted to pop in today and show you the totally awesome sneak peeks of the February kit at Burlap and Buttercups. This kit is so awesome. Tons of wonderful embellishments and lots of yummy paper!

Don't you just love those tags!

oh, I just love the October Afternoon goodies!

Twine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The add-on--one of my faves-Mister Huey!

One more thing before I go, Rachel is having a contest over on the Burlap and Buttercups blog and guess what the fabulous prize is?!?!?

One lucky winner will receive this book once we hit that magic 200 number! All current followers will automatically have their name entered once in the random drawing. Here are a few other quick and easy ways to have your name entered in the drawing even more times:

1. Simply start following our blog!
2. Leave a comment letting us know you're a Facebook follower.
3. Leave a comment letting us know you posted the link to this giveaway on your own Facebook page.

As you can see, it's possible to have your name entered as many as three times ~ those are some nice odds!

I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek. I will be back tomorrow with a new project! Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you have a crafty day!
-mp

Burlap and Buttercups Part 3 and Some Fun News

2012-02-01T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday,
How is your week going? Have you been able to get any crafty time in? I have just a little bit. Working on several projects. I usually don't like to have more than one project going on but I been working a little bit here and a little bit there.

This February I am really excited because I won the challenge over at Whimsie Doodles last month and I am going to be their Guest Design Team member. So I am working with the new release for February and these digis are just way to cute. I can't wait to share my first with you on the 5th. I also made Practical Scrappers Fresh Face Call. ** This is different than the layout contest I am participating in.!! I am going to be a part of their Design Team for the next 3 months. So I have been trying to learn the ropes over there. So exciting. I also have some other irons in the pot and am crossing my fingers. I am really loving all the different types of work! I can't wait to share everything with you!

Today I want to show you a quick card I made using my January Burlap and Buttercups. This card combines a couple of different collections, Simple Stories and MME. I think it came out real cute!

supplies

Everything is from the January kit from Burlap and Buttercups

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!

Have a crafty day!

-mp

School Photo

2012-01-31T00:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Tuesday,

Have you been taking a look at all the new products from CHA? I have taken a couple of peeks. I LOVE the Jillibean lines and the LYB lines look amazing. I have to say though I am trying not to look. I am really trying to put myself on a strict budget. I really want to use up some of my stash. My stash keeps growing and my space keeps shrinking! I have done pretty well so far and I need to continue. Do you ever put yourself on a budget? Does your stash keep growing? How do you handle it?

This is Jack's kindergarten picture. I thought the Imaginisce paper was just perfect for it.

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper, stickers, chipboard-imaginisce

twine- the twinery

I hope everyone has a great day today. I will be back tomorrow with a new project! See you then!

Have a crafty day!

-mp

Round 3!!

2012-01-30T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Monday,

How was your weekend? Mine was great! Friday I went to my monthly crop and got some things accomplished and talked a lot!! lol. I love getting together with friends, chatting, eating, and just having fun! Saturday I was scrapped, ran errands and just relaxed. Sunday was more of the same. Loved every minute of it!

I also had good news on Saturday morning! I made it to round 3 over at Practical Scrappers. This round you had to use a quilt for inspiration. I chose the chevrons and a recipe. I chose buttons, banner, ribbon, and chipboard. I need your help again. Please head on over there and please VOTE for me! This round of 15 is all about fan votes and the Practical Scrappers design team votes. I could really need your help again. Here is my layout for the 3rd round.

I really had fun with this round. Hubby and I had so much fun a couple of months ago with our iPhones and a fun phone booth app. I have been wanting to scrap these for awhile now and this was the perfect opportunity.
Supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- october afternoon
ribbon, buttons, chipboard, stickers- october afternoon
twine- the twinery
mist- studio calico

Thanks so much for stopping by. Remember I would really appreciate it if you could stop over at Practical Scrappers and cast your vote. Thanks again! I will be back tomorrow with a new project.

Hope you have a crafty day!
-mp

Burlap and Buttercups Part 2

2012-01-27T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!!!
I am so happy it is Friday! Do you have any plans this weekend? We don't have any. I love it!!

I am going to be quick today. For today's project I used the January kit from Burlap and Buttercups. This kit is amazing! I love Rachel's kits so much! For this layout I used a lot of MME and their kraft paper line. These were cell phone photos of my youngest at his first dentist apt. He did great!

All supplies came from the January kit.

ssshhhhh don't tell Rachel but you are going to go absolutely MAD over the February kit--I will give you a little hint--October Afternoon farmhouse goodies--now don't say anything till we do the big reveal in a couple of weeks but I know you are going to want this new kit.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and weekend. I will be back on Monday with a new crafty project! See you then and thanks for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

A Little Yellow Bicycle Challenge

2012-01-26T00:00:00.006-05:00

Happy Thursday,
I love it that this week is moving on. I am so ready for the weekend! One more day--I can do that- right?

It has been awhile since I have entered a LYB challenge, but when I saw this awesome sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I had these awesome pictures of my Jack taken this spring. We were planting our flowers in our pots on the patio and around the pond and Jack wanted to help plant. He did such an awesome job that he planted them all.

sketch:

My take:

Supplies
All paper and embellies are LYB
die cuts, paper trey ink, silhouette

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!
-mp

Burlap and Buttercups January Kit Part One

2012-01-25T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday!

I am popping in real quick today to tell you about my sketch challenge taking place over at Burlap and Buttercups. It is a really fun sketch and the prize package is really awesome! I would love it if you stopped by and entered! You don't have to have a kit to participate. Here is my take on the sketch.

Supplies

January kit from Burlap and Buttercups

Cardstock-bazzill

paper- simple stories

stickers- simple stories

bingo card- jenni bowlin

I hope everyone is having a great day! I will be back tomorrow with a new project. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a super crafty day!

-mp

Project Life Title Page

2012-01-24T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday,
How is your week going so far? So far so good here! I mentioned that over the weekend I was able to finally start my Project Life. I ordered late and didn't get any page protectors (design A) and then I read on Two Peas that some people were using the 4x6 divided pages and just putting the 2 3x4 cards in the pocket. Well I jumped on this idea because i read that the pages won't be in till February and I didn't want to wait that long--Anyhooo. I made my title page!! I am so excited about it.

To make the page I got supplies in my stash along with the Clemintine cards. I also had to add some die cuts from my Silhouette.

I love the little camera. I think it looks perfect there! (sorry for the glare on the protector sheet!)

I also placed my cards in the slots etc for me to work on at my Friday crop. I am going to order the pictures and I will be set. My plan is to work once a month on it at my crop. Overall, I am really excited about it. My journal is working out great holding all my journaling and I also write what my photo was so that when I go to my crop I can organize everything quickly. Hopefully next week I will be able to show you week one and possibly two!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. ( I still don't have my class lessons done yet. Maybe I can work on them tonight!) See you then!

Have a crafty day!

-mp

Round 2 on Monday and a CAS-ual Card

2012-01-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone,
How was your weekend? Ours was ok. I was able to get some scrappin' in this weekend which was good. I even started my Project Life! So exciting!

I had good news Saturday morning! I made it to Round 2 at the Practical Scrappers Layout Contest. Thanks to everyone who went to vote for me! I truly appreciate it. So this round the layout was based on a sketch. I had a lot of fun with this layout. Round 2 is also about voting and I need your help once again. If you would be so kind as to head on over there and cast your vote once again in my direction I would once again be so grateful!!!! Here is the link: HERE

CAS-ual Fridays has an awesome challenge going on right now and I just had to participate.

Create and all black and white card! LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea!

Here is my take on the challenge.

Supplies

cardstock-bazzill, neenah solar white

stamps- hero arts

ink- hero arts

I hope everyone has a great day! I will be back tomorrow with my title page from Project Life! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a crafy day!

-mp

Clean and Simple Card Class Week 2 Lesson 3

2012-01-20T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!
I am so glad it is the weekend. How about you? Do you have any plans? We really do not. Just your basic errands in the morning and then NOTHING for the rest of the weekend! I am so glad. I am going to try to get caught up on my Card Class. I am a touch behind!

Lesson 3
The lesson was to use the technique of stamping and embossing a mirror image a stamp. Jennifer made this look really easy! Well, if we were getting grades I would get an F. I tried it 3 times and then finally gave up because it took an hour to do this (and I just don't have an hour in the evening). So I came up with a similar style of card using some two die cut images from my Cameo and then embossing the sentiment.
(Sorry the picture is a bit fuzzy--I took the picture when it was dark out!)

Supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white, american crafts
dies- paper trey ink
stamps-hero arts
hearts- silhouette

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a great weekend! I hope you have a crafty day!
-mp

Thursday Balloon Fun

2012-01-19T05:38:00.000-05:00

Hey there,

I need your help! I entered Practical Scrappers layout contest and I made it to the first round. The first round is all about voting. My layout is up today and the top 25 layouts (there were 70 all together over the past 6 days) will move on the round 2. I really need your help and your votes! If you wouldn't mind today stopping over HERE and voting for my layout. I would really appreciate it!

Well life got in the way last night and I couldn't work on my lesson 3 from my class. I have it all planned out in my head but with the grocery store, 2 loads of laundry, and hangin' with my boys and cooking dinner after school I just couldn't get any crafty time in. Oh well, hopefully tonight I can squeeze a bit in.

This is a layout that I created using my Burlap and Buttercups July kit. Yes, there are soooo many goodies in each kit that I am still creating with them. In the spring, summer and fall, our backyard in the early morning and evenings are filled with hot air balloons! There is a small airport by our house and the balloons take off and land there. It is awesome. The kids could be on the swings and there are balloons right behind them. The are so close that it feels like you can touch them. You can even talk to the people in the baskets! I thought this paper was perfect for my layout!

paper- mme

cardstock- bazzill

dies- paper trey ink

rosettes- american crafts

stickers- maya road, bella blvd

Thanks so much for stopping by and your VOTE! I truly appreciate it. I will be back tomorrow with hopefully a new card! See you then!

have a crafty day!

-mp

Clean and Simple Card Class Lesson 2 Week 2

2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday!
I love it that it is already Wednesday! I have some exciting news today! I have teamed up with StopandScrap once again to bring you an everyday discount on ALL of your orders. Yup that is right a discount on EVERYTHING! StopandScrap is your go to place to get all your scrapbooking supplies. They have reasonable shipping rates, great rewards programs, and super fast shipping! So you want to know what the discount is? It is 12% off each and every day --All you have to do is enter the promotion code- SIEHLED. That is all you have to do--enter SIEHLED and you will receive 12% off your entire order! So what are you waiting for- head on over there now and check out all the new preorders that are going on now!

I was excited yesterday because I had time after work to work on my Clean and Simple card class. The lesson today was to create a card with a plain white base. I loved this idea and quickly grabbed my Paper Trey Ink stamps and Jenni Bowlin inks and went to town. Here is what I came up with.

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
stamps- paper trey ink
ink- jenni bowling

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new post (and hopefully a new project!). See you then!

Clean and Simple Card Class Week 2 Lesson #1

2012-01-17T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday,
So how's it going? Did anyone get some crafting in yesterday. I was able to complete my lesson #1 for my card class, and start on a layout. I have to start my valentine's day cards. I haven't started anything yet. I have an idea for Jack's class Valentines. I just have to get working on them! Have you started yet?

Lesson #1-Simple Embellishments
The concept was to make your own clean and simple embellishment. I knew exactly what I wanted to do! I made my own embellishment using my paper try ink butterfly dies, some paper trey ink felt and some jillibean soup!

A close up of the 3D butterfly.

I love how the layered pieces look. To attach all the layers I simple used my sewing machine.

supplies
paper, die cut-jillibean soup
die, felt-paper trey ink
tools-sewing machine, ek success border punch

I hope you have a great day. Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with lesson #2 (hopefully!). See you then!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

CAS-ual Friday Challenge-Scallops

2012-01-16T00:00:00.004-05:00

How was your weekend? Mine was AWESOME! Lots of creative juices flowing. I got done a layout and card for the store, and a layout and card done for me! I love it when I can scrap just for me! So fun!

I was in the card mode this week and I was catching up on some of my blog reading and Cas-ual Fridays had the perfect challenge for this week.

The challenge-create a card with scallops. To see the challenge click HERE

Well. I was working on a layout and had tons of scraps left over so I decided to take the challenge.

I just love this collection and I knew I just had to use up all my little bits and pieces left over from my layout. I used a scalloped border punch and a scalloped circle (it is kind of hard to see).

supplies

Everything is Nikki Sivils

tools- ek succes border punch, and paper trey ink die

Thanks for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!

Have a crafty day!

-mp

Clean and Simple Card Class Lessons 3 & 4

2012-01-13T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,
Happy Friday! I don't know about you but I am so happy today is Friday. I am looking forward to a wonderful long weekend. The only thing on our agenda is Saturday night is date night for me and my hubby! The boys are going to spend the night with my mom! I think we are going to go out for dinner and then come home and watch a movie on Roku! We haven't watched a movie together that is not Disney in like FOREVER!

As you know I signed up for the Clean and Simple card class with Jennifer Mcguire and friends. I decided to combine lessons 3 & 4 because I just did not have enough time to do both assignments and these 2 seemed to fit together with what I wanted to create.

Lesson 3- Make a card that is monochromatic using some sort of die cut.
Lesson 4- Use a stamp in a new way.

When I saw the lesson plan for lesson 3 I knew I wanted to use my Hero Arts layering papers in the lilac color and I knew I wanted to use my butterfly die from Paper Trey Ink; however, I didn't get around to actually make it. Life got in the way. Then Lesson 4's plan came and then I knew I wanted to use my Hero Arts "Thank You" background stamp. So I combined the two with stamping on my butterfly as well as the background. I loved how it turned out, To finsh it off I heat embossed the sentiment in white and added some pearls. Loved how it turned out!

Supplies
paper, stamps, ink, pearls- hero arts
die- paper trey ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back this weekend with my last lesson for the week. I hope you are enjoying all my new cards. See you later!
Hope you have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Clean and Simple Card Lesson 2

2012-01-12T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone,
I love it that the week is marching on and the weekend is getting closer! How about you? I know I am ready for the weekend. I have been feeling a bit run down.

Last night I was able to work on Lesson 2 for my Clean and Simple Card Class. The lesson for today was really very easy- create a one layer card. I liked this assignment

For this card I used one of my favorite stamp sets of all time-- the ice cream set from Paper Trey Ink. I stamped the images with my jenni bowlin ink and then wrapped some coordinating twine. Inside the card is a happy birthday sentiment.

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
stamps- paper trey ink
ink- jenni bowlin
twine- the twinery

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will have a new project tomorrow! See you then!
Hope you have a crafty day!
-mp

Clean and Simple Card Class Lesson 1

2012-01-11T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hi there,
I don't know if I mentioned it here but I signed up for Jennifer Mcguire's new card class that is going on right now! I love her cards and sign up take a class whenever she is at Simply, but lately she has been doing online classes and so therefore I signed up for this class.

This is a card from Lesson 1 on Monday. Assignment: make a card using one of the assigned sketches. I used the 3rd sketch.

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- jillibean soup
felt and die-paper trey ink
twine- the twinery
misc- sewing machine, fiskars border punch
stamp- hero arts
ink- jenni bowlin

I hope everyone has a great day. I will be back with a new project tomorrow! See you all then and thanks for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

SuperStar Tuesday

2012-01-10T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday!
How is your week going so far? Mine is ok! Do you ever have the crafty urge but you have NO time to get in your craft room? That is happening to me right now. I have so many projects running around in my mind but I haven't had time to create. I hate it when that happens.

This is a layout I did for the store, and I forgot about it until I was organizing my craft room and photo storage. These area pictures of my oldest playing soccer this past spring. Bella Blvd came out with the perfect sports line. I really loved working with the papers.

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- bella blvd.

stickers-bella blvd

misc. signo white gel pen, silhouette

I hope everyone has a great day today! Thanks so much for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow with a new card.

Have a crafty day!

-mp

A Wet n Wild Monday

2012-01-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday!
Did you all have a nice weekend? Boy, I sure did. I did something that I have not done is a LONG time. I relaxed on the couch Saturday morning. I had all my errands done, laundry done, cleaning done, and I loved every minute of it! In the afternoon Jack had a friend over and they played in the basement so I made several cards and a new pocket keeper . LOVED it. Sunday I cooked a lot and just relaxed again. I need to do this more often!

I am trying to finish up our Summer vacation to Florida. I made this layout about our visit to Lion Country Safari. At the park they had a splash zone and the kids loved it! The had a blast-sshhhh-- I had a blast too! For this layout I included some of my favorite elements--misting, twine, clouds and banners!

Supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- echo park
stickers- echo park
clouds- paper trey ink die
twine- the twinery
photo collage- kerri bradford

I hope everyone has a great day! I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!
Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty day!
-mp

Top Layouts from 2011 Part 2

2012-01-06T00:00:00.003-05:00

Oh I am so happy about it being Friday today! How about you? Any plans for this weekend? We really don't have anything going on which is very nice. The Bengals made the play offs so we will be watching that on Saturday. I am in a card making mood so I think I will work on some card designs!

Here is my 2nd part to my top layouts from 2011

I won the Nikki Sivils monthly challenge with this layout! I still just love it!

I know it is not a layout but I just loved my Believe Banner! It was the first banner that I made!

I started getting into the Mister Huey sprays with this layout! I am now totally addicted!

I liked this layout because I loved mixing the black and white photos with the colored!

I love this layout because of the pocket I made on the right to hold Michael's school work!

Thanks so much for taking a look back at my all time favorite projects this week from 2011. I can't wait to share my new projects that I have been working on!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back on Monday with a brand new layout! See you then!

Have a crafty day!
-mp

Top Layouts from 2011

2012-01-04T00:00:00.000-05:00

My first published layout!

I taught this layout at Simply Scrapbooks. It was one of my favorite layouts that I taught!

Oh I loved my Miss. B--I was so sad when we had to put her down this past May. This page is a tribute to her! (Not sure if I shared this layout here on the blog).

I will be back tomorrow with my final top 5 layouts that I made in 2011. It is really nice looking at all my layouts and taking the time to read the journaling and just reflecting back on all the events in our lives. Do you do that through your work?

See you tomorrow and thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

Top Cards from 2011 Part 2

2012-01-03T00:00:00.001-05:00

Well, my vacation is totally over and today I head back to work. I always get a bit teary eyed on these days because I miss the kids so much. I have to get used to not seeing their faces in the morning again. It is rough right now but I will get used to it--on the bright side my year is almost 1/2 over! (trying to look on the bright side!)

Here is the second part to my favorite cards from 2011. Yesterday I recapped my faves from classes I taught or my summer class that I took. Today are just cards that I made for me.

This card is my favorite right now because I won the monthly challenge over at Whimsie Doodles and I am going to be the guest design team member for the entire month of February. I am sooo excited!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Tomorrow I am going to look at some of my favorite layouts from 2011. I will see you then!

Top Cards From 2011

2012-01-02T08:11:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2012? Where did 2011 go? Time just keeps moving by so quickly! I really wish we could just slow it down just a bit-you know what I mean?

I wanted to take a look back at some of my favorite cards that I made in 2011. Some of my favorite cards were ones I did for classes that I taught at Simply Scrapbooks Here is a look:

My Halloween Class- I just loved this line from Doodlebug!

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My Christmas Card Class using the Christmas Doodlebug line.

My Jillibean Card Class

and then Part 2

My favorite Cards from my Summer Card Class that I took with Jennifer Mcguire:

I will be back tomorrow with some more of my favorites! Thanks so much for stopping by! I will see you tomorrow!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

Some Sneak Peeks at the January Burlap and Buttercups Kit!

2011-12-31T08:10:00.000-05:00

Are you ready to see something so yummy? Yup, Rachel has done it again over at Burlap and Buttercups. The January kit rocks!! Check this out!

Some sneaks at the add on kit:

Oh I can't wait to play with this amazing kit! There are so many goodies in this kit! Stop on over there to check it out!

A Very Jillibean Christmas

2011-12-30T07:33:00.000-05:00

Hi and Happy Friday,

Just popping in today to say hi! Today the 4 of us are going on an adventure to IKEA! I am going to get another expedit bookcase and another alex storage unit! I think my craft room will then be done!!!My goal for 2012 is to be better organized at all times!! What is on your agenda for today?

This was a layout I did for the store month's ago. I found the picture when I was cleaning this week. I love the Jillibean paper collection. So cute and so Fun! It feels good to be done with 2010 completely! I hate being a year behind in my scrapping. I am trying to get at least only 6 months behind. When I was a year I was freaking out just a bit., but I always figure I have a lifetime to scrap all my photos (fingers crossed-right?)

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
Everything else- Jillibean Soup

Have a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!!
-mp

A Thursday Christmas layout

2011-12-29T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday,
I hope you are enjoying your Thursday. Hubby is taking the day off to spend with us today and we are very excited! I know you are going to think I am crazy but we are going to go to Chuck E Cheese with the kids for a bit to have to fun with the games. The boys are sooooo excited when we told them. We may even go bowling afterwards if we are feeling wild n crazy!

This is a layout that I did for the store. I was able to finish up Christmas 2010 with this layout. I was so excited.

These were taken at our O'Brien party. My cousin played Santa!

Supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper and stickers and die cuts- Bella Blvd.
brads- bazzill
blin- bo bunny

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I will be back tomorrow with a new project!

Have a crafty day!
-mp

A Bella Blvd Christmas Card on Wednesday

2011-12-28T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday!
I was cleaning and sorting out my scraproom the past couple of days and I came across a BUNCH of cards and layouts I made that I have not posted. So I thought I would post a Christmas card I found-I guess I can used it for next year-right?

This line was one of my favorites. I just simply layered the paper and then added a little bling. I mean you have to bling up a Christmas card-right?

supplies

paper- bella blvd.

bling- bobunny

I hope everyone has a great day. I am going to Cincinnati today and going to Archivers and then to my old local scrapstore because the owner if closing the store. Everything is 50% off. I am always sad when a lss closes! I am then meeting hubby and we are going to have lunch together. So excited!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow!

Hope you have a crafty day!

-mp

A Pocket layout on Monday

2011-12-27T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday,
I hope everyone had a wonderful and merry Christmas. I know I did and I enjoyed spending some time with my family. I was a busy girl yesterday because I took down all my decorations and scrubed the house clean. I am so glad the house is back to normal. You would never know that Christmas was just 2 days away.

What do you do with all of your kid's art work and school papers? I keep them all and then go through them all and keep just a couple per year, but these papers were adding up and I needed to put them someplace. So I came up with making a pocket layout to keep Michael's preschool papers.

For this layout/pocket keeper, I used Nikki Sivils School is Cool line. I LOVE this line. It is just too cute and just perfect for this project. For the left side I made just a normal layout with pictures that I had taken of Michael in his classroom. For the right side I made pocket with the paper and sewed around the edges to really hold the pocket.

Here is a look at the inside of the right side. It has a nice opening and can store many papers. I then embellished the pocket with the adorable die cuts and then I scanned his art work and made photos of them and added those as well.

Here is a look at the pocket with some of his art work so far from this school year. I asked him to pick out his favorites and he picked these out. On the back of each project I put the date on them.

I really LOVED how this turned out. I am going to make another one for Jack and his kidergarten papers.

Supplies

Everything is Nikki Sivils

misc.- sewing machine, ek success border punch

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a new card for Wednesday. I will see you then.

Have a crafty day!

-mp

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T08:50:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas! Hope you have a wonderful day with friends and family! Hopefully Santa brought you some crafting goodies!

Mary Pat

A December Whimsie Doodles Challenge

2011-12-23T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday Everyone!

2 more days till Christmas! Is everyone ready? I am and I can't wait. This Christmas we are having a relatively small Christmas with the emphasis on family being together. I love it!

As you know I found Whimsie Doodles Digi Stamps last month and fell in love with their adorable digi stamps. I knew I wanted to play along with this month's challenge. The challenge was to use this sketch and create a card using one of their stamps. Here is the sketch.

Here is my take.

For this card I used their adorable smowman. I colored part of him uisng my pencils and a bit of gamsol. I then printed him out again on some October Afternoon paper and cut out the pieces for his hat and scarf. I then added some buttons. For the kraft background I heat embossed the snowflakes. The card itself is made from October Afternoon. The light blue snowflake paper was just perfect for this card! I LOVE how it turned out!

Supplies

paper- october afternoon

cardstock-neenah solar white

stamps- whimsie doodles, hero arts
ink- tim holtz distress ink
pencils- prsimacolors
buttons- basic grey
tools and misc.- sewing maching, fiskars border punch, gamsol, michael's embossing powder

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope everyone has a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Thursday layout

2011-12-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday!
Is everyone getting excited for Christmas? 3 more days! I can't wait! I think I am more excited than the kids right now! Both boys are going to school today-Jack's Explorer class is going to go ice skating. He is a bit nervous because he has never been and Michael is going to make Christmas cookies. They are both so excited. So with them busy I am going to do errands all day like-eyebrow wax, hair cut, grocery store and other fun things! Busy day ahead!

I hope that in the afternoon the boys and I can go downstairs and I can get some crafting in. It is supposed to rain again all day today so I know they will want to go down. I have a new kit from the store that I need to get done. Yikes I haven't even started it!

The December kit at Burlap and Buttercups is filled with wonderful yummy goodies! Here is a 2 page layout I designed for the kits. It features the Simple Stories paper and embellishments. I also used the silver Thickers and Maya Road rub ons. These pictures were taken at our local Christmas festival. We always have so much fun! I took so many pictures that I knew I wanted to include a bunch and this design did the trick. Nice and easy and it looks good too!

Supplies

The December kit at Burlap and Buttercups

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back tomorrow with a winter project. See you all then!

Have a crafty day!

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Wednesday Card

2011-12-21T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

Just poppin' in today to show you another card that I did for the Jennifer Mcguire Card Drive. I forgot to put this one in last week's post. Once again I was able to use up most of my scraps from last year's paper!

supplies

cardstock- neenah solar white

paper & chipboard- imaginisce

twine- the twinery

button- basic grey

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a new holiday 2 page layout. See you then!

Have a crafty day!

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Pillow Box Tuesday

2011-12-20T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday,
Are your ready for the holidays? I totally am!! This weekend I finished up my last minute wrapping. I decided to make pillow boxes ( Thanks Jennifer) using my Silhouette for my goodie boxes ( I made little candies and treats for various people in our lives just as a little gift because they do so many nice things for us.), and then they also were the perfect size for my gift cards. I am in a couple of secret santa gift exchanges and these were perfect! I used my Ocotber Afternoon 8x8 paper pad and it worked great. I then added a tag from Paper Trey Ink and I was done! Here are a couple of the boxes.

supplies

paper-october afternoon

cardstock- neenah solar white

ink- hero arts, tim holtz distress ink

stamps- paper trey ink

die- paper trey ink

ribbon- who knows?

tools- silhouette, scallop punch, revolution

I will be back tomorrow with a new card. Thanks so much for stopping by! See you then!

Have a crafty day!

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December Challenge at Burlap and Buttercups

2011-12-19T00:39:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday!

Did you all have a great weekend? I sure did. I was really able to relax on Saturday. I even took a nap! and then on Sunday we celebrated Christmas with my In Laws.

I am up with my monthly sketch challenge with a twist over at Burlap and Buttercups To see the sketch head on over! Here is a look at my layout.

Supplies

Everything is from the December Kit from Burlap and Buttercups

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

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You are my Lil' Monster featuring Nikki Sivils

2011-12-16T00:00:00.000-05:00

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!
Oh my am i excited that it is Friday! I am totally exhausted! Any plans this weekend? On Saturday I am teaching a sketch class and then on Sunday we have Christmas with my In Laws. Busy Busy!! but tonight I am hanging out with the girls and scrapping! I am so excited for my monthly crop! I have a couple projects I want to get started on! I can't wait.

How to Make a Monster!
My Michael was having a grumpy day a couple of weeks ago at his Halloween Party and I had snapped a couple of pictures of him while he was having a little fit. I knew I wanted to scrap them and then I just knew what paper collection to use. The Lil' Monster collection from Nikki Sivils. Have you seen this collection? It is just so darn cute and it was just PERFECT for my layout!

For my layout You are my Lil' Monster:
1. I spritzed my background paper with some Mister Huey spray. I used Plumb Thumb and Heirloom.
2. Next I cut my paper into strips to layer. These strips will be used as my background for my photo. I cut them in different lengths and strips.
3. Next I cut out my title from one of the sheets of paper and made that my base.
4. If you haven't seen Nikki's paper before she always included the cutest embellishments to cut out. I just had to add the little monster. I also cut out the arrow and the yellow tag.
5.  Next I started to build the layout. I wanted my photo on the left in order to highlight the wonderful monsters on the right of the page. Aren't they the cutest?
6. I layered my strips and then added the title and photo.
7. I added my monster to the left of the photo.
8. To some of the monsters I added little googly eyes.
9. To create the recipe, I used the die cut file card and added my instructions:
Take 1 two year old with no nap. Add over stimulation and lots of sugar. Mix all together and you will get a Lil' Monster!
10. Finally I added some small strips of paper and layered them at the top and once again cut out a little monster image from the cut out sheet. I also added some of the stickers around the layout.

Supplies
paper, embellishments, stickers- Nikki Sivils
misc- Mister huey spray, googly eyes

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will see you back here on Monday with a new project! I hope everyone has a wonderful and crafty weekend!
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Holiday Cards on Thursday

2011-12-15T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday!

Oh my! I don't know about you but this week is NOT moving fast enough for me. I really need it to be Friday! I need a break! hehehehe

Last week I mentioned that Jennifer Mcguire was doing a Christmas Card Drive for those people in nursing homes. I loved this idea and I made a ton of cards! Here is a look at a couple more that I made. I used all my scraps and really cleaned out my stash. I love it when that happens and everything went to a great cause.

Little Yellow Bicycle

supplies
paper- who knows!
die cut and stamp- paper trey ink
ink- tim holtz distress ink, jenni bowlin
ribbon- a muse

supplies

cardstock- neenah solar white

stamps- hero arts

gems- who knows!

twine- the twinery

I hope everyone has a fantastic day. I will be back tomorrow with a new layout. Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a crafty day!

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A Nikki Sivils Wednesday Card

2011-12-14T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday,
This week is moving along for me! Thanks Goodness! The kids at school are getting very restless! We all need a break. I still have 5 more school days till break and BELIEVE me when I say I am counting the minutes!

When Nikki Sivils came out with the this new line Get Well Soon I was SO excited because there are so many times that I wanted a cute line to use to create something when they are sick. Well this line is just what I ordered! I love the paper with the little germs on it and all the little medicine bottles - just too cute.

So here is my card that I came up with. I cute out the medicine and tissue box and then layered 5 different pattern pieces. I love to sew and stitched around all the edges. I used the sentiment from the die cut sheet. I just love the mix of colors with the yellow, purple, red, blue, and green.

My mom has a little cold and I thought I would send her this card to cheer her up!

Supplies

Everything is Nikki Sivils

tools-ek success border punch, sewing machine

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with some holiday projects! See you then!

A Nikki Sivils Challenge on Tuesday

2011-12-13T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Tuesday!
Only 12 more days till Christmas!! Are you ready? I am almost ready. Just a few more presents to wrap for hubby and my mom and then DONE! I am getting so excited! I just love Christmas. I don't know about you but I love seeing the people I love unwrap their presents and see the joy and fun! LOVE IT!

This past weekend I was able to get crafty and the first thing I wanted to do was enter the new Nikki Sivils monthly Challenge. This month was AWESOME and it totally motivated me!

The challenge: Scrap those cell phone photos!!!!!

I don't know about you but I have a TON of cell phone photos and this challenge was calling my name. I had this adorable photo of my Michael after a swim at the pool. I have been wanting to scrap this for awhile now. I knew immediately I was going to use the AMAZING Summer Collection with a little bit of Beatrice thrown in!. I love this collection and with all the beautiful colors. Michael is wrapped in a pink towel so the paper was perfect.

I created the background piece using my Silhouette. I then stitched the two pieces together. I then layered the paper. I also stitched each layer. I just once I had the pieces all in place I misted the papers with some Studio Calico Mister Huey sprays. I then added my photo and then the adorable embellishments. For the little tag- I used a piece of the pattern papers and stamped the "you are perfect" using my jenni bowlin inks and ali edwards stamps. I love that in Nikki's lines there are always THE cutest embellishments. I cut out the rainbow from one of the pattern pieces and added some more clouds around it. I have to say I am really happy with the way this came out.

Supplies

paper and stickers- nikki sivils

dies-paper trey ink

stamps-ali edwards

ink-jenni bowlin

misc.- sewing machine, coluzzle

I hope you enjoyed today's project. I will be back tomorrow with another project using Nikki's papers! Thanks so much for stopping!

Have a crafty day!

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The Stop and Scrap Winners ARE.......

2011-12-12T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday,

Hope everyone had awonderful weekend. I had a great one. I got so many things done. I was able to get crafty so that was really important. I have all new things to show you this week and I am really excited!

Well last week the wonderful people over at Stopandscrap.com let me giveaway 4 gift certificates. I have been shopping with Stop and Scrap for awhile and I has honored to be apart of their Christmas Giveaway. As promised today is the day that I reveal the winners!

The first prize of a $25 gift certificate goes to:
True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:23

#23 is Laurie
Here is a link to the card I made based on the sketch: http://cookscrapcraft.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-daily-9.html

Laurie made a wonderful card using my sketch. Great Job!

Now the 3 $10 gift certificates go to:
1. True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:22-- Cindy Vernon!
I "liked" your facebook page.
2. True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:24--La Vikinga

3 and 4. I have made a card after your sketch and I also like you on FB. Think I have 4 chances now, right? Link to my card:

http://lavikingascrapp.blogspot.com/2011/12/just-for-you.html

Charlotta / La Vikinga

3. True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:10--Becky!
What a great sketch! I've never heard of them before, going to have to check them out!!

Ok everyone,
Please email me with your email address and I will send out out the Gift Certificate Code!!!!!

Thanks so much for entering everyone!

I will be back tomorrow with a new layout. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a crafty day!
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Friday- Doodlebug Card Class

2011-12-09T06:52:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!

I don't know about you but I am sooooo happy it is Friday. This week has been long and hard for me! Any plans this weekend? All we have is Jack has a birthday party. I HAVE to wrap presents so I will need everyone out of the house. Don't know how I am going to work this one but I will think of something.

I have been so busy these last couple of weeks that I forgot to post about my Doodlebug Christmas Card class. I made these cards for a card class that I did at Simply Scrapbooks. It was a lot of fun. I used the brand new line from Doodlebug. I used their special cards, their die cuts, and pop ups plus I added some yummy twine from The Twinery! I thought the cards came out so cute!

Supplies

Cards, paper, die cuts, pop ups- Doodlebug

twine- The Twinery

Bling- Hero Arts

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and weekend! I will be back on Monday with the winner of the Stopandscrap.com giveaway. You can go HERE to enter.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday Holiday Tags

2011-12-08T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday!
Our rain has finally stopped and today we are supposed to have a cold but sunny day. I am all for that!! It has been so gloomy since Sunday. I was starting to crave sunshine.

Last week I made my gift tags for the boy's teacher gifts. I used these adorabe digi images from Whimsie Doodles. I cut them out with my circle punch and then mounted them on a scalloped piece of red cardstock. I colored the images with my prismacolors and a bit of gamsol. I then of course HAD to add a bit of yummy twine to tie them off. I think they turned out adorable.

Supplies

cardstock- bazzill, neenah solar white

stamps-whimsie doodles

ink-memento

pencils- prismacolors

twine- the twinery

misc- circle punch, scallop punch, gamsol

I hope everyone has a wonderful and crafty day. I will be back tomorrow with another project. Don't forget about the giveaway going on. You could win a $25 or $10 gift certificate from Stopandscrap.com. To read all the details please go HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you all tomorrow!

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Wednesday Holiday Cards

2011-12-07T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday!

Are you having a crafty week so far? I have been working hard on my December Kit from Burlap and Buttercups. Do you want to see the December kit. Let me tell you it is AWESOME once again!

As usual tons and tons of goodies from LilyBee, Echo Park and Simple Stories. Tons of embellishments and I love the glitter thickers!

Here is the add on kit:

I love the die cut from MME! Yummy! I can't wait to show you what I have been up to!

A couple of weeks ago I was reading Jennifer Mcguire's blog and she was putting together a card collection. I have done these card collections before and loved being a part of it. In the past the cards have been for children, but this year the cards were going to local nursing homes. I LOVED that idea. It was 3 years ago that my father was in Hospice for Christmas and such wonderful people sent cards to him. We decorated his room with the cards and various other things and it just ment a lot to my mom and I. So I definitely had to be a part of this card drive.

For the cards I used all my scraps from last year's Christmas paper. These cards all used Little Yellow Bicycle's line.

This one is my favorite.

Supplies:

Everything is LYB.

I hope everyone has a great day. I will be back with my first set of Christmas tags. Thanks so much for stopping by! See you tomorrow.

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Tuesday Banner

2011-12-06T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Tuesday
It seems like forever since I have just done a regular post! I have been very crafty these last couple of weeks. Simply Scrapbooks had an Holiday Open House this past weekend and we were all asked to make something for display and then to create directions for it. One of the things that I made was this adorable Imaginisce banner. The banner uses the Santa's Little Helper line. I normally don't do too much home decor but lately I have really been into it! I had so much fun with this - plus it is just so darn cute. The banner says Believe.

Here is the big picture and then I have pictures of each banner piece.

To create the banner I used a layered banner piece from the Silhouette store and cut out the base using Hot fudge Bazzzill and then created the top piece from the Imaginisce paper. I then cut out the letters out from the paper using Silhouette. Next I just decorated each piece with the embellishments from Imaginisce. They have the cutest die cuts. I also added some bling using my IRock and gemstones and hot rocks. I tied them all togther with some yummy twine from the Twinery!

The banner was a hit at the open house!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget about the amazing giveaway - you could win gift certificates for $25 or $10 from stopandscrap.com . All you need to do is go HERE! I will be back tomorrow with several Christmas Cards that I made for a Card Drive that Jennifer Mcguire was heading up. Thanks again and I will see you all tomorrow!

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Monday Giveaway- Stop and Scrap Gift Certificates

2011-12-05T05:50:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone!

Did you all have a great weekend? I did because I got some crafting time in! Hoorray!!!

Have you ever visited the online scrapbooking store StopandScrap.com ? I have been ordering from them for sometime now because they have the best products, sales, and shipping a crafty girl could ask for!

StopAndScrap.com features the latest and greatest scrapbook supplies. They offer rewards program and lower shipping rates. They are regularly adding new products and lines of scrapbooking supplies. So if you'll see something that you like from the new releases make sure to stop by in StopAndScrap.com because they accept pre-orders and reserved the items for you!

Stopandscrap.com is having a Christmas Countdown and I have been lucky enough to particpate in it with them!

To enter in the giveaway, you need to:
1. Follow my blog and leave a comment!
2. Use the sketch that I created below or create your own brand new Holiday card and post a link here. No back linking. This must be a brand new card. I will be checking.
3. Post about this giveaway on your blog or facebook page and come back here and tell me.
4. "Like" my facebook page Siehled With A Kiss

So that is 4 different ways to enter!
Due date: Post a link on this thread by December 11 12:00 p.m est. and I will post the winner on my blog on Monday December 12th.

My sketch:

Now do you want to know what you are playing for:

1st Prize-- $25 gift certificate to stopandscrap.com
2nd Prize-- 3 lucky winners will win $10 gift certificates

Yes, that is right a total of $55 worth of prizes! How awesome is that? Pretty awesome -right?

I hope everyone has a fantastic day! I will be back tomorrow and I will have all new projects all week long! Thanks so much for stopping by! See you tomorrow!
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The Winner of the My Memories Suite Software Giveaway!

2011-12-04T13:45:00.000-05:00

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I am just popping in to let you know the winner of the My Memories Suite digital software package. I used random.org to help me pick a winner. So the winner is:

True Random Number GeneratorMin:Max:Result:14

#14--Iris!!! Iris said:
I'm already a follower. :)
I just tried digi scrapping for the first time on PSE9, and not sure I like it because it didn't take any less time than traditional scrappin. Would love to have a quicker way!

Iris please email me so that I can get your email address and I will send you your own special code from My memories.

I think you are going to love the software!

Thanks so much for everyone who entered. The promo code is still available on my blog. Receive $10 off the software package and receive a $10 gift card towards their online store. This offer doesn not expire!

Be sure to stop back on Monday and I am having another AWESOME giveaway-- there are 4 awesome giveaways!!!
See you tomorrow!
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My Memories Part Four

2011-12-02T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday!
I don't know about you but I am so totally ready for the weekend! Do you have plans for this weekend? Saturday the family is heading to a Christmas festival. The weather should be awesome- a cool 50 degrees. Then on Sunday we are just staying in. I love it! I hope to get some crafting time in. I need to go into the store and pick up some kits. All the mid releases are hitting the store now.

My Memories is a wonderful digital scrapbooking program! It is so easy to use. Over the last couple of days I have shared with you my progression with the software. Today's layout really shows all the fun things that are available in the shop. The kit I used was a free kit in the shop in their designer paper collection. To create this layout I used one of my sketches that I had recently made and created this layout in literally 10 minutes. It was awesome! I also love that to add journaling you can choose any of you fonts that are loaded on to your computer.

The awesome people at My Memories have been nice enough to let me giveaway one entire software package to one lucky winner. What an incredible prize. All you have to do is leave a comment HERE. I will announce the winner on Sunday December 4th.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I will be back on Monday with a new project. Thanks so much for stopping by! See you later!

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My Memories Part Three

2011-12-01T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday!

This week is flying by! Have you had any craft time this week? I have not. I have been so tired this week and it has been so cold and rainy here that the kids and I get home from school and all we do is get a snack and curl up together on the couch and talk and watch Curious George. (My kids LOVE Curious and last week PBS had all 3 movies on and I taped all of them!!!!)

My Memories Suite is a wonderful digital software program that is SO easy to use! Within 45 minutes I made a layout and a sketch layout. I then moved on to trying to make cards. This is my first attempt at making a card and I love how it turned out. I went into the My Memories store and found this FREE paper and embellishment kit. It was perfect for fall. I literally whipped this card up in 5 minutes--yes that is right 5 minutes! I just love how it turned out. After it was done I just printed it out on my computer and then attached it to a card base! Don't those buttons look real?

My Memories was so awesome that they gave me one digital package to giveaway FREE to ONE lucky winner. If you would like to be considered in the drawing you need to go HERE and leave a comment. This contest is open to anyone world wide because all you have to do is download it on to your computer!

I will be back tomorrow with a new layout using the My Memories Suite. Thanks so much for stopping by. See you then!

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My Memories Part Two

2011-11-30T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hey There and Happy Tuesday!

Some of you might not know that I love making sketches for my crafting. I carry a sketch pad in my purse so that whenever I think of something I can jot it down. I usually then put these sketches into my computer and I have a file base of about 100 or more sketches. I use these sketches for my classes that I teach, for my challenges over at Burlap and Buttercups , and for my personal use. So with the My Memories software I thought about making a sketch for you all. I usually don't post many of my sketches here so I thought I would today, and here it is:

Using the My Memories software was so EASY to create this sketch. It was so fun and I knew I just had to share it! I also thought that if you wanted to use this sketch you could and then post a link on yesterday's blog post you could get another entry to win the amazing My Memories Suite 3 software package. How easy is that? You have until December 3rd to enter the contest. Remember to go HERE to leave your link.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a card. See you all then!
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My Memories Suite V 3- Review Part One

2011-11-29T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hey Everyone,

Several weeks ago My Memories Suite contacted me to try their digital scrapbooking software and to try it out for a couple of weeks. At first I was a bit reluctant because I am NOT that technical. I decided to investigate a bit before I said yes. I was able to find that My Memories Suite is rated #1 by Amazon and Top Ten Reviews. My interest was peeked. I then went to youtube.com and found this video:

Ok I was hooked. I wanted to try it.

Downloading the software was so easy. It took just a couple of minutes. Once it was loaded I was ready to go. There are more videos on youtube that show you step by step but I really wanted to see if a non techie could figure this out because I have had photoshop elements for months and I can't seem to do anything with it.

Once I opened the software there was a choice- create you own page or use one of the designer templates. I decided to create my own page. It took me just a couple of minutes to create my first page. The tool bar is so easily marked with Background Paper, Text, Shape, Embellishments etc. that I simply built the page with the preloaded papers and embellishments. I was so happy to see that in the embellishments there were buttons--buttons are my favorite embellie!

For my first attempt at digital scrapbooking here is my layout.

Now I have to admit that my first attempt is not the greatest layout I have ever made BUT I literally made this layout in 20 minutes. It was so EASY to use and navigate within the software. I have to say I was hooked! I wanted to explore the software even more. Over the next couple of days I am going to show you my progression using the software. I literally spent a total of 2 hours learning the software and browsing their store where there are TONS of free paper kits and embellishments to add to your software. I think you will be amazed when I reveal my final projects. The are simply amazing and again it took me just 2 hours to be able to make professional looking digital scrapbook pages.

My Review: This is a must have product if you ever wanted to try digital scrapbooking. I had tried Photoshop but I just couldn't understand it but with this software you can try digital scrapbooking and it is a snap! I made scrapbook pages and cards using this software and I loved it! It was so fun to put together a card in literally 5 minutes and print it out on my home printer. I was so excited to see that in their shop there were tons of freebies. I downloaded a couple and loved the designer paper collections. They were awesome. ( I will be showing those papers later this week.) I can see why this software program is the #1 selling program on Amazon.

Now the wonderful people at My Memories also gave me ONE software package to give away to ONE lucky winner from my blog. They also gave me a promotional code to display on my blog where you will be able to save $10 off the purchase of My Memories Suite Software. That brings the price down to only $29.95--that is AWESOME! Plus you will receive a gift card for $10 to use in their store. How awesome is that!

Here is how you can enter to win- there will be multiple ways to enter!
1. Follow my blog- tell me in the comment section on this post.
2. Follow my Facebook page - Siehled With A Kiss and come back here to tell me.
3. Post about this amazing giveaway on your blog or facebook page and leave a link in the comments
4. Head on over to the My Memories website and check out the free kits and new kits. See which kits you like and come back and leave me a comment telling me what you liked.
4. Head on over to facebook and sign up to "like" them. Once they have 10,000 fans they are giving away an Ipad and come back to tell me in the comments that you follow them.
5. Make a layout using the sketch that I created using the software and come back here and link it up here on this post. (the sketch will be revealed tomorrow on my blog).

You have until December 3rd at Midnight to enter to win this amazing giveaway! Be sure to check back everyday this week to see more of my creations using this awesome software program!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a free sketch that I created using the software. See you then!

Happy Monday! Layout featuring Nikki Sivils!

2011-11-28T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Monday!
I don't know about you but I had a wonderful time off these past couple of days. It was great spending everyday with family. I am so lucky to have them!

When I was off these past few days I was able to play in my scraproom. I had so much fun and I got so much done! Today I going to feature one of my layouts featuring the School is Cool line from Nikki Sivils. I have used this paper a bunch lately and I just love it! The colors are just so bright and cheery. They are perfect for my Preschooler! All the embellishments (stickers, die cuts, and cut outs) were just perfect for my layout.

First Day of EPS2

The one thing I LOVE about Nikki's paper is that she always includes an awesome decorative border page. I think these pages are just so fun to use! When I start a layout I like to pick my paper out and then go through all the embellishments that I think I will use. With Nikki's paper collections you always get so many. For this layout I chose some stickers and die cuts. I then just keep moving them around on the paper until I think it all works.
1. First I spritzed the page with some Mister Huey mists and zapped the page with my heat gun to let the mists dry. This is one of my new favorite techniques!
2. I cut various strips of paper that are 10 inches long and layered them on top of each other.
3. I placed them at the bottom of the page.
4. Next I cut out the corresponding banner pieces and pop dotted them to give the banner a 3D effect. I like things to "pop" of f the page.
5. Now it is time to arrange my photos and embellishments. I know I had to have to adorable school house as the focal point and arranged the other embellishments around this one. Again I like to combine all the different types- die cuts and stickers.
6. On several of the die cuts I used pop dots to once again have that 3D effect.

Supplies
paper, die cuts, stickers- Nikki Sivils
misc. Mister Huey

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my new layout. I will be back tomorrow. You will want to stop by because I am having an amazing giveaway. Perfect for a holiday gift for yourself or loved one! I will see you then!
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November Paper Trey Ink Blog Hop

2011-11-25T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday!
Is everyone out shopping today? Me not so much. I really hate the crowds and waiting in line. I am really an online shopper. I have my list made at least and I will try to get some things started. We shall see. I did go to Michael's yesterday when they opened at 4:00 pm. I got some holiday decorations and several presents for the boys. They had 50% off the Crayola sets and that was a bargain and then I got an extra 30% off that! I then stocked up on adhesive. Nothing crafty in my 2 carts but lots of goodies. I am going to stop by my lss and pick up some goodies that they are having on sale though.

Today I am going to link up to this month's challenge over at Paper Trey Ink. The challenge this month was to create something using this BEAUTIFUL prompt.

Isn't that pretty? Oh I wish my house looked like that! Well it took me a minute or two to come up with something. I got out all my stamps and dies and just started playing. Here is what I came up with.

I layered my Crate Paper and October Afternoon paper. I then broke out my dies and layered my dies. The inside die I stamped and colored with my Prismacolors and gamsols. The Jenni Bowlin ink really matched perfectly and a Siehled With A Kiss card would not exist if it didn't have a touch of twine!

Supplies
paper-crate paper, october afternoon
cardstock-neenah solar white
stamps-dies-paper trey ink
ink-jenni bowlin, hero arts
twine- paper trey ink
button-basic grey
misc- sewing maching

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back on next week with some new projects. I have been creative this past week! I can't wait to share them with you! Have a great weekend!
-mp

November Imaginisce Challenge

2011-11-24T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today! I am so thankful for so many things that it would take all day to list them all. Top on my list is my amazing family! I am so lucky to have such a wonderful and supportive family. I would truly be lost without each and every one of them! I love you all!

Well, you know it is the end of the month when I post the Imaginisce Challenge. This one almost got by me, but I remembered at the last minute and was able to come up with this adorable layout. Here is this month's challenge-

My take:

These pictures were taken at Kings Island this past summer and i thought the paper was just perfect for the layout! I alrered the sketch just a bit to fit my pictures and I think it turned out ok!
supplies
cardstock-bobunny basics
Everything else- Imaginisce

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope everyone has a wonderful day! I will be back tomorrow with a new project! See you then!
-mp

Whimsie Doodles Challenge

2011-11-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone!
I was searching the othe day for digi christmas stamps. I really have been enjoying the digital stamps and when I googled this I found Whimsie Doodles. These are THE cutest images I have seen. Well, It just so happens that they are having a contest using their stamps.

The project was to create a project that had a tag on it. To see the challenge click HERE I knew Exactly what I wanted to create. with this.

For this project I printed my digi stamp on Nennah Solar White cardstock and then cut out the tage using my tag coluzzle system. I then colored her in with my Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Next, I added the greeting and I just felt as if it still needed something so I added some snowflakes from a stamp set. For the atual card I used my October Afternoon paper ( I broke down and got one of their goodie boxes last week). I then added some twine from The Twinery. You know I just always have to add some of their yummy twine. I had so much fun making this card. I know I will be going back here to pick up some more of their adorable images.

supplies

paper-october afternoon

cardstock- bazzill

stamps-whimsie doodles, hero arts

twine-the twinery

button- basic grey

tools- sewing maching, ek success border punch, coluzzle

pencils- prismacolors

ink-memento, jenni bowlin

I hope everyone has a fantastic day! Thanks so much for stopping by! I will see you back here tomorrow!

Happy Tuesday!

2011-11-22T05:48:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I am so happy because today is like Friday for me. If I can make it through today I am set!!

Yesterday was my son's birthday. I am never home in the morning when they wake up so therefore I can't wish them a happy birthday in the morning. I started a tradition with my older son when he turned 3 and that was to create a special banner, place mat, card, etc. for when they get downstairs. So I wanted to start the same tradition with Michael. I worked on his card/mat in the afternoon when he was taking a nap. I used my new Sillouette to make the cupcake card. The bottom part of the cupcake opens up and I wrote a little message to him and then I just decorated the cardstock with stamped images of cupcakes and bling. Michael loves cupcakes. While I was making the card Jack came over and was just too cute and said "oh mom, michael is going to love his card!" what a sweetie!

Now it has been raining for 3 days now with NO light in the house so I couldn't take a picture, but then I thought of scanning it but when something is 3D the scanner has a hard time but at least you will get the jist of it.

I hope to get some crafting in tonight! I can't wait. I have sketched out a couple of card ideas that I want to do so hopefully all goes well and I will then have a post for you for tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by! I will see you all tomorrow!

-mp

Burlap and Buttercups Monday

2011-11-21T05:38:00.001-05:00

Hey Everyone,
How was your weekend? Ours was so much fun! Saturday we went to our town's Holiday Festival, Christmas in Historic Springboro. We always have so much fun. The boys got to see Santa and the pictures turned out AWESOME! It was really chilly but it was fun! Sunday the grandmothers came over for a little party for Michael's birthday. I can't believe he is 3 today!!!!! He is growing up so fast.
Don't you wish you could just freeze them and keep them your little babies forever?

Over at Burlap and Buttercups I am up with my monthly sketch and challenge with a twist. I would love for you to pop on over and take a look at this month's challenge! I love it when you all play along over there. There is a great prize of 4- 25 sheet packs of cardstock. Yes, that is right 100 sheets of cardstock to the winner! Hope to see you over there! Click HERE to head on over!

Here is a little teaser for the layout and the wonderful pattern paper.

thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back with a new project. See you then!
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Burlap and Buttercups Card on Friday

2011-11-18T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hey There and Happy Friday!!!

I am so excited it is the weekend! Do you have any big plans? We are pretty jammed packed again. We have our holiday festival this weekend. We will take the boys to see Santa. Jack also has swimming and his last flag football game. Then on Sunday we are having the Grandmothers over to celebrate Michael's birthday (which is on Monday). I am making a lovely lunch for everyone. So it should be a bit crazy but I am still looking forward to it!!

Over at Burlap and Buttercups I used my scraps and one of my sketches to come up with this cute and adorable card.

This sketch is just very basic but I always think it is a good one to make a card.

Here is my take on the sketch,

For this card I got to try a new technique that I had never tried before. The letters h*i are from pink paislee and they are wood. I sprayed my Tattered Angles mist to stain them and I lOVE how it turned out! So pretty. Going to have to try this again.

supplies

All supplies are from the November Burplap and Buttercups kit.

paper-authentique

journaling spot- jenni bowlin

letters-pink paislee

mist - tattered angels

tools-scalloped border punch

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and you get some crafting time in. Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back on Monday with a new layout. See you then!

-mp

Ice Cream Anyone?

2011-11-16T00:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Wednesday!
How is your week going? Mine is going. That is about all I can say. I have been swamped with work and I haven't even had a chance to relax. Simply Scrapbooks is having an open house and I have been hard at work trying to get all my projects ready and instructions made. I also have 2 classes coming up so I have been working on those. I can't wait to show you my card class that I will be teaching. I am almost done with everything. I will be using the Christmas line of Doodlebug. Should be fun!

I have been on a card kick lately. I guess I love it because I can usually have time to make a card and I feel great because I finished an entire project. For this card I used my Paper Trey Ink stamp and die set to create the card. I think the ice cream cone is just too cute. I used my Jenni Bowlin ink to stamp the die. I then wraped some coordinating twine from The Twinery. I think it makes the card!

supplies

cardstock-neenah solar white

stamps and die-paper trey ink

button-paper trey ink

twine- the twinery

ink-jenni bowlin

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today! I will be back on Friday with another project. Thanks so much for stopping by! See you then!

-mp

CAS-ual Friday Challenge on Tuesday- Tags!

2011-11-15T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hey there,
Welll we made it through yesterday and the week is marching on! I am so glad. I already need the weekend! hehehehehe

I once again am playing along with the new challenge over at CAS-ual Friday's. This week's challenge was to create :

CFC28: Create a Clean And Simple Tag or a project that has a tag on it.

I knew exactly what I wanted to create. I won these stamps last year and I never got to use them and now was the perfect time.

supplies

cardstock-neenah solar white

paper- imaginisce

twine- the twinery

button- basic grey

stamps- hero arts

ink- jenni bowlin

misc- glossy accents, sewing machine

I had so much fun making this tag and card!

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday! I will be back tomorrow with a new card for Wednesday. Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya then!

-mp

November Burlap and Buttercups Layout

2011-11-14T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday,
Did you have a nice weekend? We did! Friday night was my crop and I was very productive. My scrap store is having an open house in December and I am putting together a banner with instructions. I got my banner done and a cooridinating card. I still have to write up the instructions. I also got a layout done! I love it when I am productive. Saturday was errands and this and that. Sunday I was able to get a layout done and I organized some of my scrap room. I don't know about you but I am always rearranging and changing my room. I love it!

Over at Burlap and Buttercups the November kit is up and it is so awesome! I really loved working with all of they yummy goodies. This is one of my layouts that I made using the kit. I was able to play with many things that I have never played with before. The first was Tattered Angles Mist. I am now in love with the mist! and the second was the washi tape ( is that how you spell it?) So very fun!

Supplies- All from Burlap and Buttercups November kit

cardstock- bazzill

paper- crate paper, my minds eye, basic grey

tape- american crafts

stickers and 3d embellishments- my minds eye

title tag- my minds eye

mist- tattered angels

brads-?

I hope everyone has a great Monday. I don't know about you but it is just hitting me now that next week is Thanksgiving and Christmas is just around the corner. I have not started anything. Time is just flying by! Are you prepared?

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!

-mp

A Make It Monday Challenge on Friday

2011-11-11T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday!
Are you excited for the weekend? I am! Any crafting plans this weekend? I am going to my monthly crop tonight. I am meeting a girlfriend there and it should be fun. I plan on working on a Holiday Banner for my mantle. Plus I have a couple of layouts and cards I want to work on! Should be fun. Then on Saturday my girlfriend in coming over to my house and the kids are going to play and we are going to craft!! Love it!!

Over on the Paper Trey Ink blog they have a Make It Monday challenge and I knew I just had to take part! The challenge is:

Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and feature this reverse applique technique.

The reverse applique looked really cool and I knew exactly what dies I wanted to use--my butterflies. I then used my Jillibean Soup paper to fill in and I stamped the sentiment "Spread Your Wings and Fly" I stitched around the butterflies and I thought it was missing something so I got out my Mister Huey's sprays and misted a bit. I used 3 colors: Apple Jack, Custard, and Plum Thumb. I was a bit disappointed in my red bottle because the mister broke I guess and these huge drops came out--Well it was too late to make a new one -- I still think it turned out ok. I then added a bit of bling using my IRock.

Supplies

cardstock-kraft, bazzill

paper- jillibean soup

dies- paper trey ink

stamps- paper trey ink

mist- mister huey

bling- Imaginisce

ink- hero arts

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I really really appreciate all your wonderful comments. You all make my day! I hope you have a great weekend and I will be back on Monday with a new project. See you then!

-mp

Wednesday Card featuring Felt

2011-11-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday Everyone!
How is your week going? Anything crafty going on? Me not too much. I have been able to get a bit in but nothing too big. Hopefully this Friday at my crop and then on the weekend! fingers crossed!

My card today features the Jillibean Soup Dutch mustard line. I spritzed the paper with my Mister Huey Pumpkin spice and then arranged the card. Now my fun thing on this card was the new 100% Wool Felt that I ordered from Paper Trey Ink. I am totally addicted to the felt! It is so beautiful, thick, and the colors are to die for--well back on track now-anyway Jillibean makes the cutest embellishments using felt; however, they are a tad expensive because you only get like 4 in a package. I am VERY frugal with my scrapping funds and it is just a bit high for me. So I got to thinking that I could create my own with my Paper Trey Ink dies. I was a bit worried because the felt is so thick. Well as you can see it worked out! I love them!!! I layered the flowers and added a button in the center. I am in love with my homemade embellishments!

Supplies
paper- jillibean soup
cardstock-bazzill
sentiment- jillibean soup
felt, buttons, twine- paper trey ink

Here is a closer look at the flowers I made. I made three sets. The largest flower is apporximately 2 inches and the smaller is approximately 1.5 inches.

I have put these three sets of felt layered flower embellishments in my Etsy shop. I have them priced WELL below what you can buy them for in the scrap store. If you are interested please email me. There is also a link to my etsy shop on the right side of my blog.

I hope everyone has a great day today. I will be back on Friday with a new project. Thanks so much for stopping by!

-mp

I Just Couldn't Keep It The Way It Was

2011-11-08T00:00:00.001-05:00

Hey Everyone,

If you are in the U.S. today is Election Day! One of the best things about our country is our right to VOTE! Hope everyone gets out and VOTE today!

OK-- well a couple of weeks ago I entered a Nikki Sivils challenge which was to scrap a style that you don't normally do. Click Here for the original post. So I was putting away my layouts that I scrapped and I just couldn't put this one in the album. The OCD in me didn't like the mix up. Sooooo I just had to do something to make it a 12x12 and this is what I came up with.

I added a polka dot border on the top and bottom and placed it on a 12x12 cardstock. Love it. Sorry it is a bit off--Michael came up and was getting in the way and I moved the camera. Hope you don't mind.
supplies-
cardstock- bazzill
everything else- Nikki Sivils

I hope everyone has a great day today! I will be back tomorrow with my Wednesday Card and some cute homemade embellishments I made this past weekend! I just love them! Be sure to stop by!
Thanks!
-mp

A CAS-ual Friday Monday Challenge

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone!

Wow did this weekend go by fast or what? I blinked and then it was over. Did NOT get one thing accomplished --I was really bad!!! I should say lazy, but hey that is ok sometimes-right?

I loved the challenge this week over at CAS-ual Fridays . I knew I had to enter and I knew exactly what I wanted to use.

Here is the challenge:

CFC27: Create a Clean And Simple card with a panel or design element that goes Over the Edge of the card front.

Here is my take:

My banner and flower both hang over the edge!

Supplies

cardstock- Bo bunny back to basics

paper- watercolor paper, Hero Arts

stamps-Hero Arts

ink- Hero Arts, Tim Holtz Distress inks, Versamark

misc-embossing powder

I hope everyone has a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by and I will be back tomorrow with a new layout! See you then!

-mp

A Friday Layout

2011-11-04T00:00:00.000-04:00

Oh Yeah it is FRIDAY!!!

I am so happy! Do you have a lot going on this weekend? I have my sketch class on Saturday. That should be fun and then I am going to pick out some paper for some Christmas gift tags. (I can't believe I am starting on gift tags- can you?) Then later Jack has his football game. Sunday we have NOTHING once again on our schedule so therefore I am going to spend another day in the house and not leave!! Oh YEAH!

It seems like forever since I have shown a layout. This is a layout that I made for the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog. Somehow I forgot to post it on my blog. The theme last month was to create a layout witha a quote. In the splash I have my quote "Life is good at the beach!" author unknown. I am still scrapping our vacation in June.

Supplies

paper- echo park

stickers- echo park

die cut- paper trey ink

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I will be back on Monday with a new project. I will see you all then! Thanks so much for stopping by!

-mp

November Kit from Burlap and Buttercups

2011-11-03T00:00:00.000-04:00

Just popping in on this Fabulous Thursday to show you the AWESOME November kit from Burlap and Buttercups. This kit is so amazing.

Papers by My Minds Eye, Basic Grey, Authentique, Crate Paper
Thicker Alphabets
awesome lace doilies, and much much more.

The Add On is a must have!

I have been playing with the kit making my montly sketches and I have to say it is so awesome!
Please go check this out! I am sure it will sell out!

Hope you have a great day and I will see you tomorrow!

Wednesday Card

2011-11-02T00:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday!
I don't know about you but this week is moving by! I love it!! A couple of weeks ago there was a discussion over at 2 Peas and it was about what magazines do you subscribe to and which you like the most. I was in the minority because I do not subscribe anymore to the magazines. The reason being there is so much talent out there in the blog world that I don't need the magazines to inspire me. I do miss the ads though but then again I can see most of those on the internet as well.

Are there bloggers out there that really inspire you? There are so many for me and I look forward to reading their posts everyday. So many inspire me to create new things with new products that I have never seen before or just a new way to use my "old' products. Today I want to give a shout out to Jennifer Ingle at Just Jingle who inspired me to make this gift card set that I am going to give to all of my kid's teachers and aides. You can see Jennifer's post by clicking on the above link.

Here is my adaptation. I sized the card down to 4x4 and I coordinated my sentiment with my twine. I am going to make a little gift box for the card set--that is on my list to do.

supplies

cardstock- neenah solar white, kraft

twine- the twinery

stamps- hero arts, ali edwards

ink- jenni bowlin

misc.- silhouette, corner chomper, paper crimper

I hope everyone has a great day today. I will be back on Friday with a new layout. See you all then! Thanks for stopping by!

-mp

A B& B Card

2011-11-01T00:00:00.008-04:00

Happy Tuesday!
Did everyone survive Halloween? I am so tired. It took the kids forever to calm down last night. The boys had a fun time! Jack was a Ninja and Michael was Woody from Toy Story. So very cute! Can't wait to transfer the pictures. Hopefully I can do that after worrk today.

The October kit over at Burlap and Buttercups is so awesome. I have been having so much fun making cards with all my scraps and there are so many embellishments in each kit! Here I used some of the Jillibean paper I love the clothes pin. I very simple design but I think it is just too cute!

Supplies

All contents are from the October kit from B&B!

I will be posting some sneak peeks at the November kit later this week. You are so going to want to see--tons and tons of yummy goodies- I will give you a hint--my minds eye, authentique, basic grey, and lots lots more!

I hope everyone has a great day. I will be back tomorrow with my Wednesday Card. Thanks for stopping by!

-mp

Happy Halloween 2011

2011-10-31T00:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Did you all have a great weekend? I sure did! Saturday was busy but I also managed to get tons done for the store! I love it when that happens. Then on Sunday I stayed in all day! Let me tell you I was able to some of my Must Do List accomplished. I was able to change over Michael's closet to all Fall and Winter clothes now and box up for charity all his old Summer clothes. This then left room to bring up my boxes from the basement for Jack's hand me downs. I was in heaven organizing everything! When I got finished his closet was a dream-hehehehehehe--I love to organized when I have time.

We also carved one of our pumpkins. I found a template of a bat and carved that. Michael painted his pumpkin. I also wanted to be crafty with our other pumpkins and last year I saw some ideas over on the Silhouette blog using the Silhouette Vinyl. So I got out my vinyl and my Silhouette and went to town! I felt like Martha Stewart-hehehehehe Here is what crafty goodness I came up with.

I think they came out so cute! I love them all! I love using my crafty supplies to make household fun things!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a new project. See you then!
-mp

Final Hallowen Friday!

2011-10-28T00:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Friday!
Are you glad it is the weekend? Oh I am so glad!! Saturday we are booked every minute with the boys. Jack seems to be mister social- but it will be fun. Sunday time to relax all day long. I plan on not leaving the house!! I am so excited! I hope to have fun in my craft room and play!

Well this is my last Halloween Card for 2011. Jack could pick from my stash a card for his teacher and then one for grandma and one for nanny. It was so cute. I love it when he enjoys my crafting. Michael get to pick his out too.

Everything but the buttons are echo park. The buttons are paper trey ink.

Have a great weekend everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back on Monday. Stay safe and sound!

-mp

Wednesday Card Halloween part 5

2011-10-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Wednesday!

How are things going? OK here. I have really been on a roll lately and I love it. Getting work done, scrappin' in each night, and hanging with the family. I have volunteered to watch my cousin's son afternoon after school. He attends the same school as Jack but he is in the 2nd grade. I was heart broken when my cousin told me that her son is being bullied after school at the after school program. She had spoken to the teachers a couple of weeks ago but nothing really happened and now it is worse. It just makes me sick when children can be so cruel to one another. So I said I will watch him until she can get his old daycare to pick him up. Bullying just makes me so angry!!

My Wednesday Card

supplies

Everything is Echo Park except the button-paper trey ink

I hope everyone has a great day! Thanks so much and have a great day!

-mp

Paper Trey Ink October Blog Hop

2011-10-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone,
Hope you all are having a great day today! It is supposed to be sunny and 71 degrees out today! I am so excited. Going to take the kids outside and play!

Over at Paper Trey Ink they are having their montly blog hop. This month I just knew I had to play along because I just love fall so much and the inspiration photo was out of this world! The one main rule is that you have to have at least one item from Paper Trey Ink.

Here is the inspiration. Isn't that photo just yummy? I love it!

Here is my take.

Supplies
paper-jillibean soup, crate paper
die cut- paper trey ink
stamps- hero arts
ink- tim holtz, hero arts
twine- paper trey ink
pencils- prismacolors
misc.- sewing machine, gamsol

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I truly appreciate all your kind comments! YOu all really make my day! I will be back tomorrow with another Halloween Card!
See you all then!
-mp

A Monday Nikki Sivils Challenge

2011-10-24T00:00:00.001-04:00

Happy Monday,

Did everyone have a great weekend? We did! Hubby was home and we got some relaxing in along with going to a fall festival. The boys had a blast! We had a really good time. Didn't get much crafting in though but hopefully this week I can squeak some in!

Over at Nikki Sivils they have their new challenge up and let me tell you this was very very hard for me. I LOVED it. The challenge is to create something in a size that you don't normally use. For example if you normally make a 4.25 x 5.5 card than make a card that is a circle or a 5x5 square or if you scrap 12x12 then scrap a different size. Well that is what I did! I haven't scrapped 8.5 x 11 for almost 12 years now--wow that it is a long time-hehehehehehheh and so I made this layout (I was really stepping out of my comfort zone here) which is 8.5x11 turned horizontally.

Supplies

Everything is School is Cool except the twine from the Twinery

At the boy's day care they had a grandparent's tea this past summer. Michael had a blast with my mom. He was so impressed with his crown that he made he wore if for DAYS!!!!

I thought School is Cool was just perfect for this layout. It is such a fun line and I can't resist the little book worm. He is just too cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a new project! Thanks so much! See you then!

-mp

The October Imaginisce Challenge

2011-10-21T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone,

Happy Friday! I am so excited that today is Friday because my hubby comes home late tonight. He has been away on a business trip and I can't wait!!! The boys have really been missing him but they won't see him till Saturday morning.

Anyone have any fun plans? We have a light schedule for once. Jack's swim class has a week off and he only has his football game in the afternoon and then on Sunday no football because the Bengals have the week off. Soooo-- I want to go see Disney on Ice. I don't know if I will be able to get anyone to come with--who knows or I could just hang out and relax. We shall see.

Well you know it is the end of the month when I enter my monthly Imaginisce challenge. You know I love these. A couple of months ago I started my "Building a Volcano" layouts. (click HERE to see part one). Well I need to finish up part 2 and I thought this month's sketch was perfect for it!

The sketch

My take

I tell you all 3 guys had the best time with this summer project. It was the best find at Michael's! I will totally look again for some of these science kits!

supplies

Everything is Imaginisce except for the October Afternoon mini alphabet stickers

tools- quickutz, martha steward circle maker

I hope everone has a great friday and weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by and I will be back on Monday with a new project!

-mp

A New Card Cupid Challenge

2011-10-20T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi All,

I just had to pop in today and enter in the weekly challenge at Card Cupids. It was perfect for the fall! The challenge: Include something orange on your project.

Supplies

paper-jillibean soup

cardstock- kraft archivers

turkey- michaels

tool& misc. - ek success border punch, mister huey pumpkin spice

Going to try to get some crafting in again tonigh! Another cold and rainy day here. Hope you get to craft today as well!

thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will be back tomorrow with a new layout. See you all then!

-mp

A Halloween Card Wednesday Part 4

2011-10-19T00:00:00.002-04:00

Happy Wednesday.

I am so happy this week is moving along! I really want the weekend. hehehehehe

Have you been able to create and be craftly this week. I have been so lucky that it has been rainy each day and the boys and I have gone downstairs. I have been working hard on a couple of card challenges and loving playing with all the fall paper and embellishments. I think fall is my most favorite to scrap. I just love everything!

My third installment of my Halloween Cards. Again I used my scraps left over from my paper pack from Echo Park. Jack has asked me if he can have this one to give to his teacher so of course I said yes! I just love it that he is getting into it this year!

I hope everyone has a fantastic day! Thanks so much for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow with a card challenge for Card Cupids. See you all then!

-mp

A Beach Layout on Tuesday!

2011-10-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hey everone!
Just popping in today to say hey. Are you going to get any crafting in today? I am going to try after school today. I have made 2 sketches and I am ready to get scrappin' after school. Even though I did a bunch of work for the store this past weekend, and made Halloween decorations with Jack I just want to scrap a bit!

Last week I had the companion layout using the 3Bugs in a Rug summer line. I apoligize that the picture is a little crooked but I didn't have time to fix it--I don't think you mind do you?

I love this picture of hubby and Jack. The two of them would take a walk everday looking for sea shells.

cardstock-bazzill

paper- 3 Bugs in a Rug

twine- The twinery

title- Silhouette

I hope everyone has a great day. I will be back tomorrow! See you all then!

Thanks for stopping by!

-mp

Happy Monday

2011-10-17T00:00:00.002-04:00

Hello and Happy Monday to Everyone,

How was your weekend? Mine was wonderful! Friday I had my crop and as I suspected I worked on store stuff all night, but I was ok with that because I could work with my little cherubs interrupting me. heheheheh On Saturday I had my sketch class and had a ball and then Jack and I started to decorate the house for Halloween. I will post pictures when we are all done. I had so much fun crafting with him! Then hubby and I had a date night! Oh it was so much fun! Sunday we hung out in the morning and then hubby and Jack went to the Bengals game and Michael and I hung out. We had an awesome time. I got so much stuff done--paying bills, making dinner, reading etc. I loved every minute! I feel recharged for this upcoming week!

I am up today over at Burlap and Buttercups with my monthly sketch and layout! I had so much fun creating with this awesome kit.
The sketch

Here is my take on the sketch

supplies
October kit from Burlap and Buttercups
(Bella Blvd, Crate Paper, Jillibean Soup, Little Yellow Bicycle)

Please stop on over at Burlap and Buttercups to check out all the other totally awesome work from the Design Team. They really rocked the sketch! You don't need to have the kit to play along with the sketch. Please try and link it up on the B & B blog post. I would love to see some of you play along --there is a really great prize.

Thanks so muc for stopping by today! I will see you all back here tomorrow!
-mp

A Fun Friday Challenge

2011-10-14T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

Who is glad it is Friday? I know I am!!! What is everyone doing this weekend? Any scrapping plans?? I am going to my monthly crop. I can't wait! However, I don't know how much scrapping I am going to be doing. I have tons of work at the store to do. So I know the first hour or so is going to be working on getting all the Christmas lines photographed and ready to post on the blog for my November posts. Once I have that done I need to create 3 double page layouts for my December sketch class. I am really excited about this class. I am using the Crate Paper collection. Then I can finally get working on my stuff. I have 2 challenges I would like to work on so I am pretty excited.

Have you heard about Card Cupids This is such an awesome organization. They send cards to children in need of a little pick me up. I have been wanting to participate for the longest time but have never had the time and when I saw this challenge I new I had to try.

The challenge is to create a card using your favorite punch. You know I love punches and currently my favorite punch is the EK Success postage stamp border punch. I know it is hard to tell from the angle of the card (sorry about that one) but the green border above and below the brown strip has the postage stamp border.

Supplies

paper-3Bugs in a Rug

twine- the twinery

buttons-paper trey ink

stamp-hero arts, some odd girl

marker- copic

tools- ek success border punch

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I will be back on Monday with a sketch challenge for Burlap and Buttercups. I hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by!

-mp