Wednesday TAWS Be Inspired #43

Hey Everyone,
 The new TAWS Be Inspired challenge was announced last week and it is an awesome one.  Here is the inspiration photo.

I fell in love with the colors. At first I was a bit stumped because I didn't have any stamps with snowflakes on them but then I remembered about the FREEBIES section from TAWS.  There are free digi stamps available so I checked them out and found the cutest mitten and a sentiment and I knew I had to use them.  I wanted to do something a but different with them soooo my mind was racing with ideas and then it came to me--- my Silhouette.  I turned the mitten into mittens with the print and cut feature.  I brought up the mitten in my Silhouette and then made a mirror image of it to have a pair of mittens.  I then printed them and cut them out.  I colored them with my spectrum noir markers using the colors in the photo.  

Next, I took my sentiment Joy and turned it into a digi cut file-- I know I just LOVED this idea.  The script was so pretty and now I could cut it and add it to my project.  So here is how my card turned out using the digi stamps turned into print and cuts and digi cut files.

For my base of my card I started with my Core'dinations and embossed it with my Spellbinders embossing folder.  Next I took the same color cardstock and cut out a tag in my Silhouette.  I added the red topper to match my sentiment.  I pop dotted my mittens and added a touch of twine.  Next, I added my sentiment and to finish the tag off I added some natural twine and a cute clothespin.  I then pop dotted it onto my card and called it a day!  I love how it turned out. 

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
digi stamps- the alley way stamps
clothespin- recollections
spectrum noir
twine- the twinery and may arts

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

Thursday Imaginisce and The Twinery Blog Hop

Happy Thursday!

Today is a really fun day because Imaginisce has teamed up with The Twinery!  There are so many fun things going on this week! 

For my project I made a layout using the Endless Summer collection.  I am still working on our vacation from last summer and this is a photo of my little one having so much fun at the beach.  He became my little beach bum because he NEVER wanted to leave!  

For my layout I created a sun with the twine and then used the negative space and layered my twine for the clouds. 

I have a video that shows how I made the sunburst and clouds using the yummy twine from The Twinery. 

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper, die cuts- imaginisce (endless summer)
flair- a flair for buttons
wood veneer- freckled fawn

Now you are going to want to check out the hop that is taking place today and all this week because there is so much inspiration going on. Here is the Imaginisce blog hop list:

Fleur Smith

Mary Pat Siehl  -- You are here

Apryl Holland

Here is the list of The Twinery Design Team

 
Thursday
Kellie Winnell
Jennifer Carter
Natalie Clause

Oh did I forget to tell you that there is an AWESOME prize package just for leaving a comment on the Imaginisce Blog HERE?  Yeah, the prize package included the entire Endless Summer collection and an I Rock and a compact filled with awesome gems!!  Here is a look at the prize package.  So what are you waiting for- get hopping!!

 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

Thursday Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thursday and

Happy Thanksgiving!


Over at Whimsie Doodles they are having their monthly challenge and this one is so fun- Holiday Celebration.  The idea is to create a card or project celebrating a holiday.  You can see all the details HERE.
I thought I would share my card that I made for Thanksgiving.  I just LOVE this image of this adorable turkey with the that sign!  As soon as I saw it I just had to have it!! I also got to use up a bunch of my scraps from Bella Blvd and I even included some washi tape!  To finish it off I added some burlap twine from The Stringery and a button from Paper Trey Ink.  I colored my adorable turkey with my Spectrum Noir markers.

supplies

cardstock- michael's kraft

paper and washi tape- bella blvd

twine- the stringery

button- paper trey ink

image- whimise doodles

markers- spectrum noir

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and family!  We have a quiet day- The boys are going to visit with their cousins and then  I will be cooking and  my mom is coming over for a Thanksgiving feast!  Are any of you heading out for Black Friday?  I am NOT!!  I don't like the craziness of it all.  I actually have a lot done already!

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

mp

Friday with Moxxie Fun and Games

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Oh my am I glad it is the weekend!  Our weekend is busy but not crazy busy like the last 3 weekends!  I am so happy.  I am hoping to get in some relaxation time in as well as some scrappy time!  I have some digi thanksgiving stamps that I have been dying to color but I have to finish up my project for LYB before I can start on anything for me.  I always like to have all my commitments out of the way before I can play! 

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend- crafy or not?

Today's Moxxie project is a fun one!  Every May we go to my hometown Spring Festival.  The boys look forward to it!  The have several blocks blocked off and there are some fun carnival games.  Jack LOVES them.  These are some fun photos that I took of him that day!

For this layout I used the Midway Madness collection.  This is such a fun collection with lots of fun bright and cheery colors.  For this layout I split the sunburst swirl paper in half and then cut a circle to use as the center of the sunburst.  I then cut 2 rows of tickets out for my border.  I then added some fun buttons and randomly placed in the swirls.  Inside the buttons I used some of my natural burlap twine for my favorite etsy shop!  The Stringery  Finally I added some of the die cuts to embellish the photos.  For the collage I used a digi template from Kerri Bradford. 

paper, die cuts- moxxie
buttons- paper trey ink
alphabet stickers- jillibean soup
twine- the twinery
journaling spots- paper trey ink dies
ink- jenni bowlin
sewing machine

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

Thursday Mustache

Happy Thursday!

I have mentioned before that I REALLY need to use up some more of my paper stash in order to buy more!  LOL!  So I  had some time to scrap for myself lately and I came across this funny photo of my little one.  This summer was so hot that I made a lot of Kool Aid.  The boys loved the sugar free fruit punch.  Every time Michael drank it he would get the biggest mustache from Kool Aid.  When I was going through my paper I came across the Little Boy collection from Bella Blvd. I  have sooo much of this collection and I have barely touched it.  Why I have no idea but  I knew it would totally be perfect for this photo. 

The great thing about using up your stash is that I was totally free to just go ahead and cut the paper and use as many different patterns that I had.  I don't know about you but sometime I just HATE cutting into a gorgeous piece of paper but with this new goal of mine I went a bit crazy.  It is very freeing!  I then layered some of my chipboard embellies and added a couple of buttons.  I just had to cut a mustache using my Silhouette.  I thought this image was just too cute!

supplies
everything is Bella Blvd.
except
mustache- Silhouette
twine- the twinery

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

Tuesday - You Make My Day Card

happy Tuesday!

As I mentioned last week, I have been really really trying to use up some of my stash.  I have so much and I just need to sit down and use it up.  I have put myself on a HUGE spending freeze!   There are some paper collections that I would like to buy but NO can do.  I don't have the space soooo I am trying to use it all up!!   (or at least some of it- LOL!!)

This is a card that I made from my scraps from an American Crafts collection.  You can see the double page layout that I made HERE.  I used some of the tags and used them on the card.  I added some brads and some twine and I was done!  Easy Peasy!!

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- american crafts chaps
tags- american crafts
brads- american crafts
twine- the twinery

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

Friday with the Silhouette and Jillibean Soup

Happy Friday!

Who is happy it is the weekend?  ME!!!  I just finished my first week of work and I am ready for the weekend!  We don't have any plans so I have no idea what we are doing but I am just so excited to have the first week of school done with!!  We do have Jack's open house this Sunday and that is it.  I hope to get some relaxing time in and some scrapping!  I haven't scrapped all week and I am missing it terribly!

Have you heard the news?  Two of my favorite scrapbooking companies have teamed up and I am so excited.  The Silhouette and Jillibean Soup have come together and made some awesome die cuts.  When I heard the news I rushed home and bought all the images.  You know me- I am crazy for my Jillibean.  Well, my mom needed a gift to give to one of her friends and she asked me to make her a gift card set.  My mom loves the clean and simple look of things and immediately I knew what I wanted to do.  Use my new images!  So I used the scalloped circle ( I like this scalloped circle because it is not even- some of the scallops are bigger than others) and I made this CAS card!  I used all my favorites on this card- twine- jillibean soup- lawn fawn!  It couldn't get any better (at least for me-LOL!)

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper- jillibean soup southern chicken dumpling soup
twine- the twinery
stamp- lawn fawn
ink- hero arts
gems- who knows
tools- corner rounder- Silhouette

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

Wednesday with Moxxie

Happy Wednesday!

Hope your week is going well. So far so good here!  In the words of Jack- "Being  a First Grader is AWESOME!"  I was so excited to pick him up and see his huge smile yesterday.  It makes me so happy he loves school!!


One of the new collections from Moxxie is Forever Family.  This is such an awesome collection for all your family photos.  I have had this photo for a year now of my boys with their grandmothers.  I knew this collection would be perfect for it.  I used the wonderful die cuts and the cardstock stickers to create the banner.  I also misted some flowers from Hero Arts using Mister Huey Pumpkin Spice and dewey.  They matched the paper perfectly!

Grandparents are Special!

supplies

paper- moxxie

cardstock- bazzill

stickers- die cuts- moxxie

flowers- hero arts

buttons- paper trey ink

twine- the twinery

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

Friday Inspire!

Happy Friday!

Who is excited for the weekend?  I have to say I am NOT!  This is my last weekend before school.  I am not really looking forward to going back to work.  I am going to miss my little ones and just having more time.  BUT,  oh well, a girl can dream.  Right??

One of my favorite paper collections lately had been the Luv2Craft collection from We R Memory Keepers.  I got to play with this collection from Cord Scrapbook Studio.  With my scraps from my previous projects I made this adorable card. I love the chevron paper and the chipboard sentiment is just perfect.  I just added some twine to the tag!

supplies
paper- chipboard- we r memory keepers
twine- the twinery

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

Thursday luck!

Happy Thursday

Today I have another really easy, clean and simple card to share with you.  I have had several younger cousins getting ready to take their driver's test and I thought it would be nice to send them a little encouragement.   I love the Studio Calico wood veneer shapes and the little cars were just perfect for this easy car.  I first sprayed the cars with some mister huey and  while they dried I stamped my sentiment using some Lawn Fawn stamps.  Next I adhered the cars to the card.  Finally I added some twine!  Easy Peasy!

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
cars and spray- studio calico
twine- the twinery
stamps- lawn fawn
ink- hero arts

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 Bon Voyage

Happy Thursday,
I am so happy yesterday is over with.  I worked so hard in my class room all my muscles are sore.  Yikes!! I am getting old!! But things are coming together!

Today I have a card featuring Studio Calico Abroad collection.  I made this card for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  First I layered the pattern papers.  I love adding the color to the grey and white.  The colors really pop that way.  Next I cut out one of the poloraids and added my title using their alphabet stickers.  Finally I  misted my airplane wood veneer embellishment with Inky Black. I then got out my twine and looped it all around the card.  I think it came out really cute!

Supplies
Everything is Studio Calico EXCEPT
Tim Holtz paper clip
twine - the twinery

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

Hello Monday

Happy Monday,

Did you have a nice weekend?  We sure did.  Saturday was the Perfect summer day.  We spent all afternoon outside.  Jack got a bike on Friday and we went for a bike ride and it was just wonderful.  Then hubby and I had a wonderful date night.  Sunday was once again hot and humid.  We did get a good bike ride in in the morning.

Cord Scrapbook Studio gave me awhile ago the Hello Spring collection to work with.  I really loved this collection.  Over Spring break Jack and I went hiking together through a park and I took these wonderful photos of him.  This collection was just perfect to scrap them.

Supplies
paper- flower- stickers- LYB
twine- the twinery
mist- mister huey

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

Wednesday baby love

Happy Wednesday!

How is your week going?  So far so good here.  I am very glad the temperatures have broken for just a little bit and it is a bit cooler.  We were able to play outside yesterday something we haven't been able to do these last three weeks.

Today I have a quick card I made with the Bella Blvd Baby boy collection for Cord Scrapbook Studio.   I once again used my scraps and added some twine and one of the adorable die cuts.  Very simple and very Easy on this one but I like those when it all comes together super fast.  Don't you?

supplies
paper and die cut- bella blvd.
twine- the twinery
tools- ek succes border punch

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

Friday Faith

Happy Friday!

Any plans for the weekend?  Just rest and relaxation here.  I plan on finishing my first summer book and then start my second!!  I love summer reading!!  What other hobby do you do?

Here is a quick card I made using the Faith collection from Moxxie.  For this card I  layered the pattern paper and then used one of the fabulous die cut tags for the centerpiece.  I printed the sentiment and pop dotted that on.  Next I wanted to add a bit of bling and added the pearls.  Finally I added a bit of twine!!

supplies
paper and die cut tag- Moxxie
pearls- hero arts
twine- the twinery

Thanks for stopping by!  I will see you all next week!  Have a wonderful and crafty day and weekend!
-mp

Thursday Button Challenge

Happy Thursday,

How is your week going?  Mine is going ok. I have to say that I am totally looking forward to the weekend! It has been a LONG week already!

As I mentioned before, I have had some free time lately and I have been scrapping for myself.  Jillibean Soup put out a wonderful challenge a couple of weeks ago and I fell in love with it- Buttons!! Now if you have been following me at all you know I like to use buttons!!  So this challenge was perfect for me.  I also got to use some paper in my stash that I have had for awhile and I just had a blast.

So how did I use my Jillibean Buttons?  First, I used one of the large epoxy buttons to create my sun.  I used it for the center.  Next I used all types of buttons from Jillilbean (epoxy, cardstock die cut buttons, and button stickers from various collections) and formed a heart.  I then filled in more of the heart with various hearts and stars from other collections.   

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper, buttons, stickers- Jillibean Soup
Twine- the twinery

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a home decor piece using Little Yellow Bicycle's Saturdays collection.  Hope to see you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Tuesday in Paradise

Happy Tuesday!

Last month I worked on 4 kits for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I was fortunate to work with some awesome paper collections.  One of collections was Little Yellow Bicycle's Paradise.  I LOVED this line.  I still had some photos to scrap from our vacation last year and this line was perfect for it!  I had this great photo of my hubby and boys enjoying themselves in the water.  I wish I could have had a microphone to hear what they were talking about!  This is one of my favorite photos!

supplies
Everything is Little Yellow Bicycle Paradise collection
except the Twine from the twinery

Tomorrow I will  have a card using this same collection!

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

Monday Jillibean Sketch

Happy Monday!

Did you have a great weekend?  We had a busy one but overall it turned out just fine.  I had a great time with my scrappin' girlfriends at my crop.  I got one layout done and talked the rest of the time.  Very Fun!!  Then over the weekend I was able to get just a bit more scrappin'.

For the first time in a LONG time I had some extra time and I scrapped just for ME!  I had these 3 photos of Michael and I knew I wanted to use some Jillibean Soup and they just so happened to have a sketch challenge going on!!  PERFECT!!

Here is the sketch:


And here is my take on it!

I stuck pretty close to the original sketch and just  added some ink splotches!  It seems like I can't scrap without my mists and sprays!

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- jillibean soup chicken dumpling soup
die cuts- buttons- stickers- jillibean soup
twine- the twinery
mist- mister huey

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

Monday in May

Happy Monday,
Did you all have a great weekend?  We did but for my taste it was just a bit too busy!  We went to Lego Fest and I have never seen so many Legos in all my life.  The boys had a great time.  We then had a a date night which was very nice.  I love date nights with the hubby.  Sunday was just trying to do everything that I usually do on Saturdays and Sundays.  No reall crafting going on.  The temperatures are going down a bit this week so hopefully I will get some in this week!!

I don't scrap chronologically anymore, and I don't put an real pressure on myself to get things scrapped, but I don't like being a year behind.  Does that make sense.  So I kind of been  playing catch up just a bit.  Here is one of my favorite layouts of all times and I think this is one of my favorite collections from Jillibean Soup. 

Each May the town that I am from has a little festival and we take the boys every year.  It is so much fun.  These are the photos from That Day in May 2011.

Supplies

paper- jilllibean soup

diecuts and stickers- jillibean soup

cardstock- bazzill

twine- the twinery

stamps- ali edwards

ink- jenni bowlin

misc- paper crimper, tiny attacher, fiskars border punch, sewing machine

I hope everyone has a great day.  I will be back tomorrow with another project.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

A Layout from Start to Finish

Happy Sunday,

Start to Finish blog posts have become very popular, and I have had several emails about my process and how I work.  So I thought I would let you see how I create.  If you don't want to see all of it just scroll to the bottom to see the end result. 

1.  First I start with my photo. 

2.  Next I pick the paper.  I knew I wanted to use Jillibean Soup's Hearty Barley for this layout.  I also added a couple of older lines to the mix.
3.    Next,  I make a rough sketch of my design.  I carry my paper pad with me at all times because you never know when that idea is going to come to you. 

Here is the main idea of making my photo the center piece and below the photo adding layers of pattern paper. Iwould then add some pattern paper at the top of the page and the bottom leaving the center open.

4.  Technique #1 Misting-- Have you tried this technique yet?  If not it is super duper fun!  First, you start with a box to keep the mist from splattering everywhere.

Here is my box-- you can see it has been used A LOT!

5.  Now I like to use Mister Huey by Studio Calico and I like to uncap the bottle and flick the mist onto my paper by tapping the side of the cap.

For this layout I wanted to add white as my base and place the spray droppings in the top left corner and bottom left corner with a couple of drops in the top right.  I then added a bit of red ontop.

6.  It is important to let the paint droppings to dry.  While it is drying I like to set up all my pattern pieces and embellishments.

Technique #2-- Use your pattern paper as embellishments 
I like to use my pattern paper as embellishments.   I love this piece of pattern paper

but I really only wanted to use just a couple of hearts so I cut them out to use as embellishments.

All my pattern pieces and embellishments ready to be used.

7.  Now the fun can begin!!  It is time to build the page.

Here is a look at the misted page before I added the top and bottoms with the pattern paper.

8.  Next I worked on all the layers that will go under the photo.  There is no right or wrong way to layer paper.  It is whatever looks good to you.  I wanted some banner pieces to start out with.

Frugal tip #1-- I didn't have a long enough strip of the light brown polka dot paper so I cut it in half and placed on stripe on each side giving the effect of a long strip.

9.  Next, I layered my photo and mattings on top.

Loved the way it looks so I glued it all down.  For all my projects I like to use the various Xyron Products!

9.  Now embellishment time-- Here are the embellishments that I knew I wanted to use.

Time to build the page.  I like to start with the embellishment cluster near the photo first.  It is just trial and error to see what looks good.

I like my added hearts that I cut out.  They worked out perfectly.

10.  Now time to build the top.

I added some more hearts and then my title.  Love how it looks and time to glue it all down!

The finished page:

 

supplies
paper and embellishments- jillibean soup
twine- the twinery
mist- mister huey
tools& misc- ek success border punch, foam dots, xyron runner, xyron x

I hope you enjoyed my scrapping process, techiniques, and frugal tips.  If you have any questions please feel free to email me!  I love it when you do!!

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