Monday Core'dinations Happy Boy

Happy Monday,
How was your weekend?  Ours was pretty nice.  Saturday ran errands and such and then Sunday just had a quiet day at home with the family.  I just love those!!  I was able to craft just a little so that was nice.

Core'dinations has some of the most awesome tags and I have a layout that features them along with my Michael.  I first started with a Core piece of cardstock and then began stamping and misting on it.  I love Core because it handles all the different mediums just perfectly.  I then made a banner with all my tags.  I first embossed them and then sanded them lightly.  I then added some Lily Bee paper and some awesome Elle's Studio tags.  For my title I had some LYB and Jilliebean stickers.  I really broke into my stash and pulled out some goodies for this layout!

cardstock and tags- core
paper- lily bee
elle's studio
mist- heidi swapp
stamps- studio calico and american crafts
 wood- studio calico
flair- a flair for buttons

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

Friday Scrapbook Steals Basic Grey Boy Collection

Happy Friday
I was so excited to hear a couple of weeks ago that for my final Friday Steal at Scrapbook Steals I would be working with the Hey Boy collection from Basic Grey.  I Have not worked with Basic Grey in awhile and was excited for the change.  I was really loving this collection.  I know it is an older collection but it was new to me and I really fell in love with it!

I made two projects using this collection.  The first one was a layout.  I had yet to scrap Jack's first grade school photo and I thought this collection would be perfect for it.  I used a strip of the wallet photos and put a silhouette frame around it.  I also made other embellies using my Silhouette. 

For my second project I made a masculine birthday card.  I never seem to have enough of these around.  I layered my paper and then stamped the sentiment with some of my TAWS stamps and added some yummy twine from the Stringery and some fun pearls from Doodlebut (stamps, pearls and twine were from my personal stash).

Please stop by the Scrapbook Steals blog to see more of this amazing collection- check out the deal- and leave a little love!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back on Monday with an entire week of new projects!  I have lots of layouts to share!  See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp

Thursday Zombie Crazy

Happy Thursday,
As I mentioned before I had some extra time and I was able to break into my stash.  I love it when that happens!  I can't remember when this collection came out from Bella- last year or two years ago ( i think 2 years ago) but I REALLY loved it.  I went a bit crazy with it and bought 2 of everything.  I normally don't do that.  So I am going to be scrapping with this halloween collection for a LONG time.  I am glad I still love it.

Last year Jack wanted to be a scary Zombie.  It was the first year that he wanted to be scary instead of cute. The weather last year was cold and rainy but I was able to get this awesome photo of the him.

This year he wants to be the grim reaper so i don't know how well this paper will work out with that one- LOL!!

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
paper-stickers-bella blvd
mist, wood veneer- studio calico

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Tomorrow I will be back with the Scrapbook Steal of the Day.  I will give  you a hint- Basic Grey.  I was really excited about this one because I have not worked with Basic Grey paper in a LONG time and it was really fun.  I will have a card and layout to share!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday TAWS # 37

Happy Wednesday

Hope your week is going well.  Things are OK here.  I have had a little bit of time to paper craft for myself and you know how i LOVE to play around with my stamps so I decided to play along with The Alley Way Stamps challenge.  Here is the inspiration photo:

I had a lot of different idea swimming in my head on this one (a frame with a sentiment, a green bird and speech bubble) but I decided on this card.

I wanted something very clean and simple and I broke out my border stamp and colored it in with my spectrum noir markers and then stamped the get well sentiment in black and green (jenni bowlin ink).  I like how it turned out.

suppliles
cardstock- neenah solar white, core'dinations
stamps- TAWS
ink- memento, hero arts, jenni bowlin

To see all the details for the challenge you can ho HERE!

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

Tuesday SOG Pirate Tobie

Happy Tuesday!

As I mentioned yesterday Fall is my favorite time of the year and with that comes Halloween.  I so love it!  Michael wants to be a pirate this year and the Some Odd Girl image of Pirate Tobie was perfect for him.

For my card I broke out some Core'dinations Black Magic for my tag.  I ran it through the paper crimper and then lightly sanded it to expose the red.  I then added some fun flair, sentiment and bling.  I finally added some yummy twine from The Stringery.  For the base I took a piece of the White Wash collection and embossed it and lightly sanded it.  I then attached the tag.  Fianlly I colored my Pirate with my spectrum noir markes and fussy cut it out.  I then attached it with some pop dots!

I think this card will go in Michael's lunch box!

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
bling- doodlebug
alpha stickers- october afternoon
digi stamp- some odd girl
flair- ????
markers- spectrum noir

Be sure to stop by the SOME ODD GIRL STORE to pick up this new digi stamp!

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

Monday

Happy Monday
Fall is my all time favorite season and time of the year.  I always take so many photos and I always love picking my autumn paper.  I had some extra time last week and I broke into my stash and found a couple of different collections from Bella Blvd.  I think one collection was from 3 years ago and the other was even a little older.  (No, I don't hoard paper hehehehe)  Anyhoo...... for my layout I combined some Bella scraps with my Core'dinations cardstock.  I  first scored and sanded my paper and then just layered my paper and included some chipboard stickers, stickers and flair to create this layout.  I love how it turned out.

In our neck of the woods the fall festivals and farm markets open up this weekend and I can't wait to start making more memories!

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
paper- stickers- chipboar- flair - pins- bella blvd.
twine- the stringery

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new SOG digi release.  If you love pirates than you are going to love this new digi!!  I will also have a couple of new layouts that I made while I had some spare time in between DT project.  I will see you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday September MOxxie Sketch

Happy Wednesday!

Today I have to share with you the Moxxie October Sketch and layout.  Here is my sketch ...

and here is my layout.  I used the Moxxie Zoofari collection.  It was perfect for my photos that were taken last year at the Columbus Zoo.  We had such a great time.  Michael loved the children's petting zoo and he got to touch a turtle.  He LOVED it.  

I started with some Core'dinations cardstock and misted it and stamped on it.  I then follwed the sketch pretty closely.  I did add a couple of Core Tags ( I just love these tags!)  and finished it off with some Moxxie stickers and buttons.

supplies
cardstock and tags- Core'dinations
paper- stickers-moxxie
twine- the stringery
flair- a flair for buttongs
studio calico
stamps- october afternoon

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  i will be back tomorrow or friday with a new project.  see you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp