July 22 Happy Halloween

Happy Tuesday!

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

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

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

July 21 Carving Pumpkins

Happy Monday!

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

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

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

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

Happy Monday,

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

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

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

paper and stickers- Imaginisce
cardstock- core'dinations.

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

Wednesday SOG Digi Release Celebrate

Happy Wednesday!

Yesterday was Tuesday and that means that Some Odd Girl had a new digi stamp and cut file release.  I chose the digi cut files to highlight today.  On my laout I have the title Celebrate and that comes from the new sentiment digi cut file release.  I love the scripted font.  Kristy made this using caligraphy.  Isn't is awesome!

For my layout I really dug into my stash and pulled out some totally yummy supplies from Imaginisce, Core'dinations, Freckled Fawn,Some Odd Girl Clear Stamps, and Paper Bakery kit club.  I love how all the odds n ends come together to make a really fun layout.

The layout is of my little one's 4th birthday.  Yes, I am behind because now he is 5 1/2 yrs. old  I am doing my best to get caught up just a bit.  I don't mind being behind but 2 years is a little much.  LOL!!  This summer my goal is to finish 2012!  I can do it. Right??

I made this video on how I made the layout and how I used all the embellishment.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I will see you soon.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday Beachy Mae

Happy Tuesday!

Today is the release of Beachy Mae over at Some Odd Girl.  This stamp set features a summer beauty, Mae!  and lots of fun sentiments and add ons!

For my card I broke out some Imaginisce paper for my base.  I then colored Mae with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I pop dotted her on the card and then stamped the sentiment.  I don't know about you but I just love that sentiment.  Very fun.  ( I am going to use that on a fun summer layout next week! ssshhhhhh!)  Finally, I attached some Hot Rocks using my I Tool.

Be sure to stop by the Some Odd Girl Store to see all the new goodies that are in the shop!

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

Monday Core Make a Wish

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend?  We did!   The weather was nice ( a bit windy) and we spent a lot of time outside!  Loved hanging with my boys.

Today I have a new layout I made for Core'dinations.  We were given the challenge to create a project using the Chocolate Box collection.  I have to say I have been a bit intimidated by this collection but I jumped in and now I am totally addicted to it!.


1. I started with my Spotted Core and sanded it just a bit in some places and then heavily in others.  I cut it down and placed it on a piece of Imaginisce pattern paper.

2.  I took a piece of Chocolate Box and ran it through my Fiskars paper crimper and then sanded it to expose the core.  You can see below how the beautiful blue color is coming through.  

3.  I tore the bottom of the Chocolate Box piece to expose the inner core even more.
4.  I attached my photo and then glued it to my base.
5.  I  then used my sewing machine and went around this piece a couple of times.
5. I then used some Imaginisce embellishments and made my own using my Lawn Fawn star dies and some more yummy Core cardstock.  For the finishing touch I added some chocolate enamel dots!

Supplies
Cardstock:  Core Essentials, Core'dinations Chocolate Box, Core'dinations Spotted collection, Core Impressions Jillilbean Soup
paper, die cut, sticker- Imaginisce
lawn fawn dies
enamel dots- glitz
sewing machine
Sand It Gadget
Dust Buddy

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with the new digi release for Some Odd Girl!  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday Some Odd Girl Digi Release Bubble Tia

Happy Tuesday!

Tuesday means awesome fun news becuase it is a Digi Release from Some Odd Girl!  Today I have Bubble Tia for you.  She is just so sweet and she just reminds me of Spring and Summer and the kids playing outside and blowing bubbles!

For my card I broke into my Imgainisce stash and found some bubble paper.  How perfect is that?  I then printed out my digi image and then cut out a circle.  I then colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers to coordinated with the paper.  Finally I added a banner sticker from Imaginisce.

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations 110lb
paper, sticker- imaginisce
digi stamp- some odd girl
spectrum noir
glossy accents

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back on Thursday with a new card using Core'dinations and Some Odd Girl!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday SOG Holding Hands

Happy Tuesday!

For the rest of the week I will be featuring Valentine's Day projects and cards.  My first one today is from Some Odd Girl.  Today is the new digi release and let me just say that Holding Hands is just about the cutest digi ever!  Just sayin'.

For my card I started with my Core'dinations 110lb cardstock and embossed it using my Darice embossing folder.  I then layered the paper with  one of my favorite collections from Imaginisce.  I then colored my my image with my spectrum noir markers.  I cut them out and pop dotted them into the center of the circle.  Finally I added the sentiment sticker!  Aren't they cute>?

Stop by the Some Odd girl shop and pick up this handsome coupe today!

I will be back tomorrow with a brand new home decor piece using Core'dinations.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday SOG Digi Formal Mae

Happy Tuesday

Some Odd Girl has their Digi Releases on Tuesday and all this month there are new ones!!!!  I am so excited about the entire month and can't wait to show them off to you.  The first one up is Formal Mae!  She is so perfect and just so perfecto for weddings, parties, proms etc.

For my card I started with coloring Mae in one of my favorite colors that I don't use very often- Purple!  I have loved Purple for as long as I can remember.  I even had purple shag carpeting in my bedroom in the 70's.  I LOVED it!!  Anyhoo--- I colored Mae with my spectrum noir markers.  I even colored my pearls to match Mae's dress.  I then started working on my card.  I wanted an elegant feel to the card so I new exactly what paper I was going to use- Black Ice by Imaginisce.  I love this black and white collection.  It was perfect for my elegant feel that I wanted.  Finally I added my sentiment using a Some Odd Girl clear stamp from the Everyday Smiles collection.  Love how it turned out!

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper- imaginisce
digi and clear stamps- some odd girl
pearls- recollections
spectrum noir markers

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

Saturday SOG Monthly Challenge

Happy Saturday!
Popping in on this wonderful Saturday becuase it is the first of the month and that means a brand new challenge over at Some Odd Girl!

This month the challenge is really fun.  The challenge is to use a stencil or mask. I used a Heidi Swapp stencil and used my mists to create an awesome background for my layout.  I then layered my pattern paper.  I am really into making my paper pop so I used my perfect layers tool to create matts for my pattern paper. With the wonderful tones of white, grey, pink and red, I knew that the chalkboard look would work really well with this and Core'dinations cardstock is so perfect for that.  I cut a word bubble using the Silhouette and then sanded it.  I then heat embossed the sentiment "love love love" using the I Do clear stamps set in white embossing powder.   I then did the same thing with the smile banner.  I used the sentiment from the clear set Photo Kaylee.  For  my title and doodle cut I used an Elle's studio cut file.  I added some October Afternoon stickers to continue my title and then I stamped my banner using Everyday Smiles " All day Everyday" to finish it off!  I LOVE how this one turned out.  Have you tried stamping on your scrapbook layouts?  I love it and don't be afraid to mix and match different sentiments from different collections.

This is a funny photo my boys and I took of ourselves on Instagram.  We were hanging out being goofy on one of our snow days and I thought to capture us all huddled together reading a book under a blanket.  We had so much fun.  The title really says it all I LOVE hanging with my boys all day everyday!!

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
stencil- heidi swapp
paper- imaginisce
mist- studio calico
cut files- elle's studio
stamps- SOME ODD GIRL
embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back next week with all new projects.  See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp

Friday TAWS BIC#45

Happy Friday,

Over our cold days off I got busy entering a few challenges!  Today is TAWS BIC challenge.  The photo inspiration was awesome and I got busy right away!  Go HERE to see all the details

From this photo I took away the balloons and the gold!  Here is my card.

I broke out a lot of my supplies for this one!  I started with my core'dinations cardstock neutrals and stamped my sentiment and heat embossed it with gold.  I then broke into my Core Couture Glitter cardstock and found the most beautiful gold cardstock.  I fell in love with it and made it my center piece.  I then broke into my Imaginisce stash and found these balloons.  How perfect. Right???

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
stamps- the alley way stamps
ink- versamark
embossing powder- wow
die cut- imaginisce

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back  next week with new layouts from Moxxie, Jillibean Soup and Echo Park!  I have been a busy girl!!!  I got a ton of scrapping done on my snow days!  See you   on Monday!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday Saying Goodbye

Happy Tuesday and New Year's Eve!

Today is a sad day for me because it is my last post over at the Imaginisce Blog.  I can't believe how fast this year went.  Imaginisce was absolutely a dream come true.  I have loved their products since I started scrapping.  So my task was to pick my favorite projects from the last year.  So here they are! I have a mixture of layouts, home décor and a card for you.

I have so loved this year and the experience of being on the Design Team.  I was so lucky!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with the brand new January 2014 challenge from Some Odd Girl!  See you next year!!
mp

Monday Core'dination Christmas Tags

Happy Monday!
Did you have a nice weekend!  I sure did!  It was just nice knowing that I don't have school on Monday!  I was able to get a lot of tennis in.  I had my best match ever on Sunday!  I won in a 3rd set tie-breaker!  I think it was the best I have ever played.  I also did some relaxing!  I did not even set foot in my craft room.  It was really nice! LOL!!

Today I have some tags that I made using Core'dinations.  I made a set of three. 

Starting from left to right.  I first cut out a tag and only embossed the bottom half.  I then ran a strip through my crimpers and then sanded it.  Next I cut out a strip and used a punch.  I stamped my sentiment and then added some twine yummy twine.

For my second tag I started with a Core book mark and heat embossed some snowflakes.  I then got inky with some Tim Holtz inks.  To top it off I added a banner sentiment from Imaginisce and tied some solid twine!

For my third tag I started with some Core and sanded it.  I then took some white and tore it to create a snow bank.  I stamped my snowman on some of the yummy 110 lb. Core cardstock.  I then colored him with my spectrum noir markers.  Finally I stamped my sentiment and added some more yummy twine!

supplies
all cardstock- Core'dinations
stamps- Paper Smooches and Imaginisce
inks- Tim Holtz distress inks, hero arts, jenni bowlin, memento
twine- the twinery

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

Thursday Imaginisce Christmas

Happy Thursday

I am up today over at Imaginisce blog today.  The colors of Christmas is a wonderful collection.  I made some cards and some home décor pieces.  First up are the cards. 

For this card I made and I top brad - I totally love this tool!

 

For my second card I used one of the 3x4 journaling cards- these make card making soooo easy!

For my home décor piece I bought some wooden letters at Hobby Lobby and covered them with the paper.  I then added some yummy bling using the I Rock tool.  You gotta have a little bit of bling. Right??

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with some Core'dinations Christmas cards!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

mp

Monday Imaginisce Christmas Release Week

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend?  Oh man, did I ever!  On Saturday we had Michael's birthday with his Grandmothers and then for the rest of the weekend it was rest and relaxation time.  I did a small bit of crafting- a card for a challenge(Friday's post) and some blogging and that was about it.  Lots of time with my guys!

This week Imaginisce is having the release of their new Christmas collection and let me say that this collection is so totally awesome!  I made two items for the release.  First up a fun layout.  The boys and I sit down and we come up with our Letters To Santa.  Jack can write his and Michael cuts out and pastes his photos of what he wants from Santa.  We have a fun time and I captured this event.

Supplies
paper, bling, diecuts - imaginisce
cardstock- core'dinations
alpha stickers- jillibean soup
mist- glimmer mist and Heidi swap

Next I made a really CAS card using the Snap Em stamps.

I matched the colors in the paper with my inks and then stamped the snowflakes randomly.  I then added some bling with my I Rock.  Finally I added one of the banner sentiments.

I Rock, stamp, die cut- imaginisce
ink- jenni bowlin

Thanks  so much for stopping by today.  I have a new layout to share tomorrow for the Some Odd Girl digi release!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and scrappy day.
mp

Tuesday Imaginisce November Challenge

Happy Tuesday,

Today I am bringing you the November Imaginisce monthly challenge.  We have a layout sketch for you.

When I say the sketch I immediately thought of turning it into a card.  Here is my card using Forever Fall.

If you would like to win a fabulous prize package from Imaginisce Please stop by the blog and enter this month's challenge!

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

Monday SOG Indian Tia

Happy Monday!
Did you have a nice weekend?  We did!  If you follow me on facebook (Siehled with a Kiss)  then you know that last week I was a crazy crafter.  I was working on several deadlines and I was going crazy.  My room was a total mess.  On Wednesday I totally scrubbed my room down and put all my supplies away.  I was going to take just a day or two off but two days turned into five.  Sometimes I do that.  I just need a couple of days off to get back into it.  I feel pretty good now and I am ready to get back to crafting! 

Today over at Some Odd Girl the feature stamp is Indian Tia.  She is just a cutie and here is my card.

I used my Imaginisce Forever Fall collection and colored Tia to match. 

supplies
cardstock- Michael's
paper & bling-imaginisce
stamps- digi and clear some odd girl
ink- hero arts
spectrum noir markers
twine- may arts

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back all this week with new projects! See you tomorrow.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Imaginisce Fall Home Decor

Happy Thursday!

If  you are looking for the SOME ODD GIRL AND PERFECT LAYERS hop please click HERE!

The Imaginisce DT was given a challenge to create something for Thanksgiving that was NOT a card or layout.  I was stumped at first and then went into my scrap closet and saw this Printer's Trey that I bought a couple of years ago and thought that this would make a cool home décor item on my mantel. 

So I broke out the awesome Forever Fall collection and got busy!  I am so thankful for my 2 wonderful and amazing boys and I put their photos in first.  I then went to town filling each box with paper and embellishments.  It was so much fun. 

 Here is a detail shot.

 

Supplies

Printer's Trey- Hobby Lobby

paper and embellishments- Imaginisce

cardstock- Core'dinations

 

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

mp

Thursday Project Life and Imaginisce

Happy Thursday and Happy Halloween!

I have mentioned before that I love Project Life but I do not use it in the normal way.  I use it to incorporate more photos in my kids layouts.  So I did this with Imaginisce.  Here is a look

This recaps the entire Halloween season in our house!  Sorry for the glare I am not that talented to photograph it without it! LOL!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back on Sunday because Core'dinations is Having a SUPER FUN FILLED HARD CORE CROP all weekend and my day to host a challenge is on Sunday.  I hope you will join me becuase I have a fun filled challenge and an AWESOME prize- can you say Chocolate????    See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp

Wednesday Imaginisce and Halloween

Happy Wednesday,
Halloween is right around the corner and I made this Halloween layout with some Imaginisce paper!  This is an older collection that I have and I have to say I am hoarding.  I just love it!

I started with some yummy Core'dinations cardstock and sanded it.  Next I layered and sewed my pattern paper together.  Finally I added some of the chipboard accents and die cuts!

Supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
Verything else is Imaginisce

Be sure to check out the Imaginisce blog to see more awesome inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a Project Life Halloween spread.  See you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp