Ocotber 14 SOG Digi Release Loopy Sentiments

Happy Tuesday,
Today Some Odd Girl is having a new digi release.  I am showing off today one of the new sentiments from the Loopy Sentiments digi cut file pack.  These sentiments are just soooo cool!  I LOVE them!

I chose the Sweet sentiment as a play on words for the gingerbread theme and because my boys look so sweet here together decorating the gingerbread house.  I also used Gingerbread Kaylee stamp set!

I have a video for you on how this layout came about.

cardstock- core'dinations
paper and chipboard- october afternoon
clear stamps and digi cut files- some odd girl

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

Wednesday TAWS #44 and Retro Sketches

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The day is finally here!  I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. 

I have a new card to share with you today and I am entering it into 2 different challenges.  The first inspiration is the new TAWS Be Inspired photo.  I loved this photo!  However, I already had all my Christmas cards done. Sooooooo I took away with it the colors of the pink, light blue and red.  With this I knew I was going to use my Let's Chill stamp set. 

To see all the wonderful details from this challenge please go HERE!

Next, I needed a little bit of mojo.  I was in the mood but needed a starting point.  Soooo I looked at my some sketch sites and saw this amazing sketch from Retro Sketches. 

To see all the details of this challenge please go HERE.

Now for my card I stuck VERY closely to the sketch.  I broke out my October Afternoon paper to go with the color scheme and I picked one of my favorite stamp sets.  I colored my snowmen using my Spectrum Noir markers.  I stitched all my rays together.  Finally I added my sentiment and then used some snowflakes to go around the cutie! 

supplies
paper-October afternoon
cardstock- Core'dinations
stamps- the alley way stamps
ink- memento, jenni bowlin
markers- spectrum noir
sewing machine

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a Paper Smooches challenge!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty Christmas day!
mp

Monday SOG Hey Mae

Happy Monday,

How was your weekend?  Ours was wonderful.  Saturday we spent the day at my mon's and went to a local festival.  The boys had so much fun and I got to catch up with my oldest friend.  We have been friends since we were two.  Yup, 2 years old.  Our friendship has spanned 44.5 years.  I can't believe it.  It was fun seeing our kids play together and hang out!  Then on Sunday I played tennis in the mornng ( had the best match so far!!- Yes, we won!!) and then just hung out on the patio and watched the boys play and dooze in my chair listening to our little pond.  Just the perfect day!!  I did not get much crafting in.  In fact I got NOTHING done.  LOL!! Oh well, that is ok.

Over at Some Odd Girl they are having their Clear Stamp Release week.  Today's stamp is Hey Mae.  Is she not so pretty?  I love her!  I colored her with my spectrum noir markers and then made my card with some scraps I had from October Afternoon.

Head on over to the Some Odd Girl blog (HERE) and see all the totally cool inspiration from the DT Oddies - I think they will really knock your socks off!  Then stop by the shop (HERE) and see all the new stamps.

supplies
paper- october afternoon
clear stamps- some odd girl
markers- spectrum noir
ink- memento, hero arts

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I have an entire week of all new projects!  I will see you tomorrow!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Spring Concert + Process Video

Happy Thursday,
Spring break is coming to an end.  I always get so sad when it is Thursday.  We still have some fun things planned and the weather is starting to turn.  Today will be 60 degrees so I think we will go to the park for a bit!

I was able to get some crafting time in again and I made something just for me.  I really love getting to play with my supplies and breaking into my stash.  This is a layout of Jack's spring concert last year.  He was just so cute.  The lighting was terrible and my photos didn't come out crisp and clean but I wanted to scrap the photos anyway to document his first concert.

Here is a video I created that walked through my process on how I made this layout.

supplies
paper, stickers- october afternoon
mist- studio calico
twine- the stringery
flair- a flair for buttons
wood veneer- studio calico
washi tape- imaginisce

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with the Moxxie April Blog Hop!  It should be a fun time.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday Howdy

Happy Tuesday!

I love short weeks!  They make me sooo happy!  I feel like I am so much more productive.

I am still wrapping up 2011 in my scrapbooking.  I don't like being more than a year behind.  Just some crazy thing-- so I finally finished up Halloween 2011 with this fun layout.  I broke into my stash and used up my October Afternoon Sasparilla collection- this is such a great collection.  My little one was Woody from Toy Story.   

supplies
paper- buttons- flair- stickers-october afternoon
tags- elle's studio
twine- the stringery!
wood veneer- studio calico

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project ( I don't know what yet- I have been working like a dog on projects but I can't show them until March!).  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Friday Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Happy Friday

I am popping  in today to share with you the latest Sparks challenge.  The photo inspiration was awesome with the pink polka Dots.  I had to really think with this one because I don't have a lot of pink. You can see all the details HERE!

 

Here is my take.  I broke out some October Afternoon Cake Walk.  I first splattered some mist.  I then made a flower using layers of the pink polka dots.  I added a brad for the center and added one of the fun pennants.  Finally I stamped my sentiment using a wonderful paper smooches stamp.

supplies
everything but the stamp is october afternoon
stamp- paper smooches
ink-hero arts

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

Monday Oh the Places

Happy Monday,
Did have a great weekend?  I loved every minute of it.  I had so much fun watching Jack at his basketball game and then on Sunday I had so much fun playing tennis- 2.5 hours of playing ( 1.5 tennis match and then an hour later a 1 hour lesson).  I couldn't move for the rest of the day but oh was it fun!  I also managed to get some crafting in.

Today I have my favorite layout so far in 2013.  I bought one of the October Afternoon Santa Sacks and I just had to jump in and make a layout using all the goodies.  For this one I used the Travel collection.  We were all at the airport waiting for our flight to take off last summer for vacation and I snapped a photo of them.  I totally love this photo.

Everything is October Afternoon except
Flair badge- A flair for Buttons

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I know I have had a lot of cards lately but this week I have 3 new layouts!  On Wednesday I will have my first Imaginisce layout using the brand new Childhood Memories collection.  I can't wait to show you!!  I will see you back here tomorrow!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Gift Bag and Tag

Happy Thursday,

Jack had a birthday party to go to and I needed to make a gift bag and tag.  I broke into my stash and came up with the the awesome Echo Park Boy collection.  This collection is VERY old but I keep all my scraps.  For the bag I layered some pattern paper-- 

For the tag I used an October Afternoon monster stamp and colored him with my spectrum noir markers.  I also made a cute tag from Paper Trey ink.  I added them to a basic tag and I was done!  It all came together in about a 1/2 hour.  I totally love it when it comes together so easily!!

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

Thursday SS Elf

Happy Thursday!

Well our first snowfall of the year was awesome!  I didn't think it was worth all the hype!  Those weathermen sure do like to scare people!

I am still wrapping up some of my projects for the holidays.  Here is a one using an awesome digi from The Stamping Shack!  I love this little elf!  He is so cute.  I paired him up with some paper from October Afternoon.  I colored him with my Spectrum Noir markers.

supplies
papers, rub on- october afternoon
digi stamp-the stamping shack
markers- spectrum noir

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

December SOG December Challenge

Happy Sunday,
I am popping in today to enter the Some Odd Girl December Challenge.  This was a great challenge.  It was a sketch challenge.  To see all the details you can click HERE!

I loved the sketch but I wanted to flip the card so that it was going vertical.  That is the one awesome thing about a sketch you can  always put your own spin on it.

For my card, I used Tree Trimming Kaylee.  This little girl is my fave!!  She is just so adorable.  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers and I even got out my stickles for the trim on her dress.  Not quite sure if you can see that.  For my papers I dipped into my October Afternoon papers and found a sticker for the sentiment.

supplies
papers, stickers- october afternoon
markers- spectrum noir
stamps- sog
ink- memento
stickles
sewing machine

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a fun altered canvas!  See you then!
Have a wonderful crafty day!
mp

Saturday SS Let the Holidays Begin Challenge

Hey everyone- Happy Saturday!

Today over at The Stamping Shack, they are announcing the new challenge.  This new challenge is so awesome and I think you are going to want to enter!  The challenge is:  Let the Holidays Begin.  Create a project about the holidays.

Here is my take on the challenge.  I used the awesome digi- Christmas Elves.

I broke the set up and just used this little cutie.  I then pop dotted her on some amazing paper from October Afternoon.  I then added some green burlap twine from The Stringery.    I colored this cutie with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Here are all the rules for the challenge or you can go directly HERE!  You can also see all the other DT Members and their awesome projects!

The theme this time is Let The Holidays Begin to keep in line with the festive season.

First of all ... The Rules!

1.  Anyone can enter as long as you are a follower of our blog.

2.  You can enter up to 3 times per challenge.

3.  You must have fun!

And that is as complicated as it get!

The challenge will run from 8am GMT on 15th December until 8am GMT on 30th December

The winners will be announced here on the blog at 8pm GMT 30th December.

There will be 3 winners - The first will win 5 images of their choice from our website.  The first second will receive 3 images of their choice and third will receive 1 image of their choice.  You will also win a badge for your blog.  If you use our images and come 1st, 2nd or 3rd you will win another 3 images of your choice.

So what are you waiting for?  Head on over and link up your holiday project!  Hope to see you over there!\

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp

November Whimsie Doodles Challenge

Hey Everyone,
This is my second post of the day.  I wanted to sneak in one more post so that I could enter my card into the Whimsie Doodles November challenge.  The challenge was to create any type of holiday card- it didn't matter what holiday.  You can see all the details by going HERE.

Isn't this little girl just the cutest???  Oh I love her!  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers.  For the card I used some October Afternoon paper and also one of their rub ons for the sentiment

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will see you tomorrow!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Monday Some Odd Girl Christmas

Happy Monday,
Did you have a great weekend?  I had so much fun scrapping with my friend at Archiver's on Saturday.  I got some things done and talked a bunch!!  Then on Sunday Jack and I had tennis and we had a blast.  So now reality is back and back to the daily grind.

Today I am linking up with Some Odd Girl for their very fun 3rd Annual Hol-Odd-day  Hop.  Here is what Kristy has to say about it!

 Then on MONDAY we are kicking off our 3rd Annual Hol-ODD-day Hop! Its a big Linky Party this year and YOU are invited! All you have to do to hop with us is to create a post using a new or old holiday themed project using a Some Odd Girl digi or stamp and invite your friends to come hop by linking back to the hop in your post then just LINK UP! Hoppers will be featured a few times a day on the Some Odd Girl Blog and linked up Hoppers will be entered to win some great prizes! Link up early for your best chance to be featured AND win!

So doesn't this look like fun?  I will be linking up!  To see the main page and see all the participants please go HERE!

Here is my project. 

I used Bright Lights Kaylee and paired her up with some fun October Afternoon papers!  I colored Kaylee with my Spectrum Noir pens and then fussy cut her out.  

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

Thursday Meet Charlie

Happy Thursday Everyone,

So happy that the week is marching on!  I am totally looking forward to this weekend.  Saturday I am meeting my friend and we are going to Archiver's to crop!! Yeah!! I am so excited!!

I am finally finishing up my holiday 2011!  I don't really like to be more than a year behind.  I don't scrap chronologically but I just don't like being that far behind.  It is just my little pet peeve!  So last year our family embraced the Elf on the Shelf concept and when I brought him home the boys wanted to name him.  They came up with Charlie!  I love the name!  So Charlie had a lot of fun.  I bought him late in the season so I was only able to capture a couple of photos of him.  He loved to hide and they boys loved finding him every day!

For this layout I really broke into my stash- again using up what I already have!  I got out some October Afternoon paper from last year and from 2 years ago.  I layered it up and then used some Imaginisce Washi Tape.  I used some old Bella Blvd letter stickers for the title.  I then used some yummy twine from The Stringery and attached some of the awesome chipboard banner pieces.  Finally the last thing I did was add some flair.  I just love the flair from Shelly at A flair for buttons and the vintage Santas were awesome and just what I needed!

supplies
paper, chipboard, cut outs -october afternoon
washi tape- imaginisce
twine- the stringery
flair- a flair for buttons


I am linking up today with a great group of ladies called the Social Media Butterflies.  This month's topic is holiday projects.  If you are interested in seeing what other people have going on please feel free to hop along.


Suz http://livealifeextraordinary.blogspot.com/
Monica http://monicalifeasme.blogspot.com/
Corinne http://corinnesmilovici.blogspot.com/
Shay http://sbookinshay29.blogspot.com/
Amanda http://www.somethingsorta.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://mycreativelife29.blogspot.com/
Kristin http://rukristin.blogspot.com/
Ellie http://scrapbookmamaof4kidz.blogspot.com/
Mary Pat http://siehledwithakiss.blogpspot.com -- You are Here
Trisha http://www.trisha-grace.blogspot.com/  -- Go Here Next

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project!  I better get busy because I don't have planned yet!  YIKES!!  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Monday TAWS Be Inspired 16

Happy Monday!

I had the most wonderful long weekend and holiday with my family!  Did you have a nice time?   I sure hope so!  Now it is time to get back to work!  This is the crazy time of year but I always love it so!  So much to do and see.

This weekend I was able to get some crafty time in and the first project that I worked on was the awesome challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps.  I just am in love with these awesome stamps and this challenge was so awesome.  Here is a look at the Be Inspired photo.

To see all the details of this awesome challenge please go HERE!

OK don't you just love all those awesome colors!  I loved it!  I used a combination of a digi stamp of the trees and and combined them with the awesome clear stamps of the poloraid frame.  This stamp collection is called Framed and I am in LOVE with it.  For the paper I used my scraps from October Afternoon.  I added some yummy twine from The Stringery and added a touch of flair!

supplies
paper- october afternoon
digi stamp- the alley way
clear stamp- the alley way
ink- hero arts
twine- the stringery
flair- bossy jocie

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

Saturday Sparks Challenge 11/17

Happy Saturday,

I am poppin' in today to take part on the awesome challenge over at the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge site!  I have really been having a fun time playing along and this challenge was awesome!!  It is a sketch challenge.  For all the details please go HERE !

Here is my take on the sketch- I used some of the October Afternoon papers and paired them up with the adorable Paper Smooches stamps.  I just love this little snowman and I loved the bird so I got them together!  I then stamped my sentiment using one of the holiday stamps!!  To finish it off  I used some of the awesome burlap twine from The Stringery. 

supplies
paper- october afternoon
stamps- paper smooches
ink- momento and hero arts
markers-spectrum noir
twine- the stringery

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back on Monday with some new projects!  Enjoy your weekend!  Have a crafty one!
mp

Friday Blog Hop

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Today I am here with the Scrapbook Steals July Blog Hop!  Have you ever visited the Scrapbook Steals  website and blog?  I found them about 7 months ago and I was instantly hooked.  This is the best place for Scrapbooking supplies !  Every day they have a special deal on a certain product.  That sale price is good for just 24 hours.  There deals are sometimes 20-75% off the retail value.  I LOVE a good bargain.  I have bought so many of my favorite products from Scrapbook Steals like October Afternoon, My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, and much much more.  They also have a wonderful blog that is filled with scrapbooking ideas.

So when Kristy asked me if I would like to be a part of the July blog hop featuring the Fancy Pants Design Ribbon Bundles I quickly said YES!!!    I was fortunate to receive the Fancy Pants Beach Babe Ribbon Trim.  I so loved this collection.  I fell in love with it as soon as I received it.  I couldn't wait to start working with it.  

The first thing I made was a very fun layout using the blue pom pom trim.

I placed the trim underneath each photo.

Supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper, stickers- echo park 

ribbon- fancy pants

tools- silhouette

My next project uses the very fun floral ribbon.  

supplies
cardstock- october afternoon, bella blvd.
flower- bella blvd.
ribbon trim- fancy pants
stamp- lawn fawn
ink- hero arts

My third project uses the striped ribbon.

 supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper- echo park
die- paper trey ink
stamp- paper trey ink
ink- hero arts and jenni bowlin
ribbon trim- fancy pants

Now we would love for you to hop along with us and see what all the other members created with their ribbon.  I have seen some of the projects and let me tell you you are totally going to be inspired.  The blog hop starts at 9 am today.  If you hop to all the members and leave a comment - One person will be chosen to receive a $20 gift certificate to scrapbook steals.

1. ScrapbookSteals (This will launch at 9AM as will each of yours).
2. Julie Koets  http://jkkoets.blogspot.com/
3. Sherri Thompson  http://www.sherrithompson.blogspot.com/
4. Corina Colquhoun http://anotherthingoffthelist.blogspot.ca/
5. Mary Pat O'brien-Siehl http://siehledwithakiss.blogspot.com/--Your are HERE******
6. Michelle McClure http://outofmybook.blogspot.com/ -- NEXT********
7. Savannah O'Gwynn http://www.savannahland2.blogspot.com/
8. Melissa Dehne http://abitofscrappygoodness.blogspot.com/

Have fun on the blog hop!  Be sure at the end to leave a comment on the Scrapbook Steals blog ( HERE ) and leave a final comment.  I will be back on Monday with a new project!  See you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day and weekend!
-mp

A Terrible Day!

Hi,
Can I tell you how terrible my day was yesterday afternoon--I left work and started my car and I thought it sounded a bit funny.  As I was driving on Interstated 75 North heading home my check engine light kept flashing and the car wasn't driving well.  I called the dealer and they said to pull over right away because this was bad.  So I barely made it to the rest area and then there I sat for close to 2 hours waiting on the tow truck--YUCK!!! My whole day done with.  My mom picked up the kids for me and then I had to get a loaner card--so by the time I got home it was close to 6:00 pm--and all I kept thinking about was --NO SCRAPPING TIME for me-LOL!!!!

I used up some of my October Afternoon scraps to make this cute card.  I love their playing cards.  I am not usually a ribbon person but i loved this one.

Have a wonderful and crafty day! Thanks for stopping by!
-mp

Tuesday Card Layout

Happy Tuesday,

What do you do with the cards that your kids make and give to you?  Well, last year was the first year that Jack made me a card in which he wrote in the card.  I had this card saved on my scrap room shelf but I decided to take it apart and save it in album.

To make this layout, I simply took apart the card and then added it to a pretty October Afternoon paper.  I added some tags, a title, "The best card ever", some journaling and I was done!! Now I have saved it forever!!  When I showed Jack the finished layout he was so happy that I made a layout of it!!

The Best Card Ever!

supplies

paper- october afternoon

cardstock- kraft

twine- the twinery

most important item- Jack's card!!!

I hope everyon has a great day today!  I will be back tomorrow!! See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

Thursday Moments and Some Sneak Peeks!

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