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

Monday SOG Fairy Birthday

Happy Monday

Did you have a nice weekend?  Wow, I sure did.  I really needed the weekend after my bad week last week.  I really enjoyed every minute of it!!  We are in the midst of a snow storm right now as I write this up. Crossing my fingers that we can have a snow day!  We shall see!

Last week I did a coloring video of this pretty Some Odd Girl Shy Fairy and today I want to show you the card.  I used some Basic Grey.  Michael was going to one of his Pre School classmates birthday parties and she loves Princesses and I thought this girl would be perfect for her.

supplies
paper- basic grey
stamp digi- some odd girl
stamp- clear- paper smooches
markers- spectrum noir

You will have to pardon my blog postings this week.  I don't have a lot of projects to share.  I have about 14 projects and 3 videos for April but I don't have anything for this week.  I am up with Imaginisce and the blog swap with Xyron on Wednesday.  I will have a new project for you and a new video to share. Hopefully I will have something else if I have the time this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back on Wednesday with the Imaginisce and Xyron Swap!  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday SS You Rock

Happy Wednesday

I am up today with another card featuring a digi stamp from The Stamping Shack.  I just love their goth collection.  The images are just so darn cute!  I made this card for my son's lunch box.  I have mentioned before that I put little cards in his lunch box.  He loves to get them and he is at that perfect age where he loves to show the other kids what his mommy made for him- god love him!!!!  I like to to take advantage of this time and put as many cards in his lunch box as possible because I know it won't be too long from now where he will think it is silly.

supplies
paper- basic grey
digi stamp- the stamping shack
clear stamp- paper smooches
 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

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge 12/14

Hey There,
I have been at it again.  I just couldn't resist entering the lastet Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  This challenge was based on an awesome sketch;

Isn't it great?  I loved it and I just bought a new Paper Smooches stamp set so I was ready to go!  To see all the information on the challenge please click HERE.

For my card I used some fun Basic Grey papers.  I forget the name of the collection but it was a birthday collection.  I just love the bold colors.

I colored my little doggy friend with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I cut him out and then pop dotted him on top of the paper.  I then added my sentiment and then added the little stars that came in the stamp set.  I love how it turned out!

paper- basic grey
stamps- paper smooches
ink- hero arts, memento, jenni bowlin
markers- spectrum noir

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

Thursday SS Anything Goes

Happy Thursday!!!!!

Only ONE more day until the weekend but who is counting right?????

Today is a fun day because it is the very first Challenge over at the Stamping Shack.  Our first challenge is a fun one. So the name of this challenge is ANYTHING GOES!- that's right you can do anything!!!!  So for my example I used the totally adorable Hey Dude!  I love this little guy!  For my card I used some old Basic Grey that was just perfect for a boy!  I colored him using my Spectrum Noir pens and my Prismacolor pencils. 

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- stickers- basic grey
digi stamp- the stamping shack
spectrum noir pens
prismacolor pencils


Head on over to the Stamping Shack's blog HERE to get all the details. You have till November 29th to enter this fun challenge.  You could win lots of FREE digi stamps!! So head on over and check it out!!


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

Wednesday Smooches

Happy Wednesday!

The week is NOT moving fast enough for me this week.  How about you?  Have you been getting crafty this week?  So far I have been and I am loving it.  I am working on some of my last projects for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I am sad to see my DT term come to an end with Cord.  I have had such a good time. I also have been able to get in some card making time in.  I am really having a ball with my cards lately.

I was first introduced to Paper Smooches stamps by Jennifer Mcguire.  I was taking one of her classes and we were talking on a break about how much she loved these new stamps.  So I immediately went home to check them out.  Then a couple of months ago Cord Scrapbook Studio had me do a card set using their stamps and I instantly fell in love with them.  Paper Smooches also has a challenge blog called Sparks and it is so fun.  I have wanted to play along with them for the last month so I finally just jumped in.  This week's challenge is a color challenge.  To see all the details you can go here to see. 
Here is the color palette.  I just really loved the these colors!

My take on the color challenge.  For this card I got to play with a bunch of things!  I used some Basic Grey paper from the Picadilly collection and then layered it.  I used my Paper Trey Ink stamp for the background along with some Jenni Bowlin ink.  I then wrapped some yummy string from The Stringery around in the green and white.  I then used one of their free digi stamps for the image.  I just LOVE that little cupcake.  I colored it using my Spectrum Noir pens.  (I just bought them and I am really loving them!  I will give a review later on!)  I then stamped my sentiment using my Paper Smooches sentiment collection.  I really love how it turned out!

supplies
paper- basic grey
cardstock- neenah solar white
marker- spectrum noir
stamps- paper smooches, paper trey ink
ink- jenni bowlin, hero arts
twine- the stringery

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

Wednesday Skater Card

Happy Wednesday!

So how is your week going?  Mine is going well!  I have been on a roll recently with balancing home, boys, homework, work, play time, sports time, hubby time, and me time or should I say crafting time!  I love it when I am productive and all areas!!

I am still on my card making/coloring kick right now and today I  have a super cute card I made for a birthday party my son is going to next weekend.  I showed Jack all my stamps and he picked out this adorable one from Whimsie Doodles.  I just love their digi stamps and this little guy is just adorable.  To make this card I used my Prismacolor pencils and then paper pieced his cute little cap.  I used the Basic Grey paper collection for this card.  I stamped my sentiment using Paper Smooches and then added some burlap twine from The Stringery and some BG brads and called it a day.  Jack just LOVES it and can't wait to give it to his friend!

cardstock- neenah solar white
paper and brads- basic grey
twine- the stringery
stamps digi- whimsie doodles
stamps- paper smooches
pencils- prismacolor
ink- hero arts
gamsol

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new card.  You are probably been thinking that I have given up on my scrapbooking but trust me I have not!! I have some really fun projects to share with you next week.  See  you tomorrow!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!!
mp

Wednesday Rockin'

Happy Wednesday!

I used to color all the time!  I have so many stamps and digi stamps and I used to love to sit and color, but somehow about 8 months ago I got away from coloring and I started making cards with more paper embellishments.  Well, I got out my pencils last week and I made a Halloween card.  I kind of have been kind of restless with my paper crafting and have been wanting to try new things and maybe revisit some old things so I went out surfing the blogs and found a really fun sketch challenge over at Some Odd Girl stamps.  the sketch was really great and I wanted to use my  cute Some Odd Girl digi stamps.  This stamp is just so perfect for boys!

Here is the sketch.

Here is my take on the sketch.

I have been using up my stash lately and so I continued with this promise and broke out some really old Basic Grey papers and followed the sketch.  The only thing I did different was add some burlap navy blue twine from the Stringery.  I also placed my sentiment more at the bottom.

supplies
paper- basic grey
digi stamp- some odd girl
 stamp- paper smooches
ink - hero arts, tim hotlz distress ink
pencils- prismacolors
gamsol
twine- The Stringery

Do you ever get in a rut with your paper crafting?  What do you do when this happens?

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

Thursday Chevrons and Basic Grey

Happy Thursday,

Are you tired of all my cards I have been making lately?  I have been on a groove with them.  Basic Grey had a challenge awhile ago to use chevrons.  This was not a hard challenge because chevrons are everywhere these days in paper crafting. I was wanting to use up some of my old Basic Grey (again trying to use up my scraps) and none of my Basic Grey papers had any chevrons.  So what is a girl to do?  Well, I went to my Silhouette and found this fun 4x6 shaped project life card.  I resized it so that it was 4.25x5.5 and cut it out.  I then adhered on top of one of their papers, added some embellies and a sentiment and I was done!  I love it when things can come together so quickly and easily! 

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper, stickers- basic grey picadilly
stamps- lawn fawn
ink- hero arts
Silhouette

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

500 Posts - A Giveaway and Basic Grey

Happy Wednesday,
Wow , I just can't believe that this is my 500th post.  I started my blog 2 years ago and I have had a super fun time every day!  I want to say Thank You to all my followers and people who stop by every day and leave such kind comments.  You all are really really the best.  You totally make my day when I read the wonderful comments.  I thank you so much!!!! So for all you I have some giveaways that will be going on for the rest of the week.

Today's giveaway is 2 packs of Flair

  There is a new company called Paper Play Studio   and the Flair buttons are so fun. (I am getting nothing from this company I just like the flair!)  I have been including a little bit of Flair on my pages lately. So if you would like a chance to win there are a couple of ways:
1. follow my blog and let me know in the comments
2.  leave a comment
3.  Head over to my Facebook page Siehled With  A Kiss and "like" it and then come back here and tell me you did.
4.  Spread the word about the giveaway somewhere and come back here and let me know.
I will announce the winner on Sunday July 22, 2012.

 I will  have another little giveaway on my Facebook page later today!  Do you like Jillibean Soup??? Well, head on over there later today to see the fun giveaway!

Now for today's project! As I was reading some blogs the other  day I came across another fun challenge.  Basic Grey has a challenge going on to include a doily on your project.  I hardly ever use doilies and I thought this would be fun for me.

Once again I broke into my stash (can you see I have been trying to clear out my stash) and found the fun birthday collection.  I made 2 doilies using my Silhouette.  There were so many to pick in their store.  Since I don't usually use doilies on my boy pages it was really fun checking out the store.  I fell in love with so many.

I love this photo of Michael as he was trying to blow out his candles on his cupcake cake.

supplies
paper, stickers, brads - basic grey
mist- mister huey
tools- sewing machine
silhouette

Thanks so much for stopping by today for my 500th post!  I will be back tomorrow with another new project.  Remember to stop by my facebook page Siehled With a Kiss for another fun giveaway!  See you later.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Friday Sneak Peeks and a Card

Happy Friday!

Any plans for the weekend?  We have a busy Saturday!  My little cousin is graduating from High School.  ( My father's family is VERY large and my father was the oldest.  His youngest brother is just 5 years older than me.  We grew up very close to each other so that is why I am 45 and I have cousins that are still in elementrary school- crazy I know!1)  Any hoo- Maureen is graduating.  My boys LOVE Maureen becuase she baby sits for us.  I don't know what we are going to do this fall when she leaves because  she will be going off to college.  Any hoo again! LOL!  There is a huge party and all my aunts and uncles and cousins will be coming.  So excited! 

I also hope to get some scrapping in.  I got some new kits from Cord Scrapbook Studio and I want to get started.  It looks like for July I will be working with Imaginisce and Little Yellow Bicycle- Sounds Awesome right? 

Well, You  know that CHA is just around the corner and manufacturers are getting ready to reveal their new products for the fall and winter.  Well Moxxie has some sneaky peeks of their upcoming collections.  I have 3 of them for you today!  I have to say they are pretty awesome.  There is a Winter colleciton, Birthday, and Halloween.  I think you are going to find them very fun!

I will have more peeks for you next week!

No on to my card for the day!  Last week I showed you a layout that I made using the Plumeria collection. For my card I wanted to highlight the feminine side to the line.  I just love that purple flower!  So pretty, and of course I had to add a butterly.  I am totally addicted!

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- stickers- brads- basic grey plumeria

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

Friday

Happy Friday,

When Cord Scrapbook Studio gave me the Plumeria kit from Basic Grey I was a bit nervous because I haven't really liked anything from them in awhile, and I thought it was very girly.  I had it on my desk for a couple of days and then I picked this photo and started to play. Once I started playing I started to really love this paper.  

This is a photo I took of my boys when they were playing together.  I love it when they play together and are nice to one another (versus the fighting that usually takes place!).

supplies
Everything is Basic Grey

Do you have any crafty plans  this weekend?  I am hoping to get a bit in.  I have a DT assignment I need to get started and then I would like to scrap some kindergarten photos to finish up Jack's year.  Because believe it or not the first day of first grade is just around the corner.

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

Monday Butterflies

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend?  I sure did.  It was very busy but on Saturday we went to a family party and it was so great being with family!  Sunday I was able to get some work done!  Got to love this!  I am working on some upcoming classes that I will be teaching this summer.  I have a bunch of ideas I just need the time to get them all planned and ready to go.

This is a layout that I did for the store using Basic Grey Picadilly.  It was just perfect for my photos of the boys that I took when we went to a butterfly exhibit last summer.  We had a bunch of fun.  This Picadilly collection was just so beautiful.  For this layout I used banner strips.  I have to say I am still totally addicted to banners.  I love them!

Supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- basic grey picadilly

stickers- basic grey

tools- silhouette, ms circle maker, sewing machine

dies- paper trey ink

felt- paper trey ink

I want to say thanks to everyone for taking the time to write such kind comments on my blog! You are all so wonderful and supportive! I truly appreciate it!

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

-mp

Happy Friday

Hey there and Happy Friday!

What is everyone doing this weekend?  Any crafting plans?  Saturday we don't have any real big plans for once which is really nice.  I am getting my haircut and then I am going into the store for awhile to work.  I think I will put in a couple of hours. Plus the store is having a huge sale for their anniversary!  I can't wait.  I still haven't picked out my Halloween paper yet and I want to make sure what I want is still there.  Sunday hubby is taking Jack to his first Bengals game.  He is so excited.  Michael and I are just going to hang out at home.  The game is not sold out so we won't be able to watch it so I guess we will listen to it on the radio while we play outside.

My question for you is this:  what is your favorite Halloween line this year?  I can't seem to decide on one.  Maybe Bella Blvd or maybe Doodlebug I just can't decided.

Burlap and Buttercups is a monthly kit club and the kit for September has a lot of Basic Grey in it.  This is a very cute line.  I really love all the chipboard elements that come in the kit.  Today's layout uses the kit.

Jack was so excited to try on his uniforms when they came in the mail right before school started. I just had to take these pictures of him getting ready for kindergarten.  He looks so cute in his little uniforms!  He is growing up so fast.

supplies

paper-basic grey

cardstock-bazzill

chipboard-basic grey

stickers-basic grey

tools-ek success border punch

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

-mp

Back To School Tuesday

Hey Everyone,

Did everyone have a great long weekend.  Ours started and ended great but boy the middle was terrible.  We had a storm Saturday night and we lost power at 5:00 AM and we didn't get it back on till Sunday night at 8:00 PM.  It was terrible!  We actually went to the mall to walk around during the afternoon because we were tired of sitting in the dark house.  If you know me I HATE to go to the mall.  I go like once a year.  I hate to shop!  Monday was basically throwing everything out of our fridge and then going to buy all new!  FUN!

I had my meeting at my scrapbook store.  I am so excited about some upcoming plans with the store.  I will share when we work out all the details, and I have picked out my paper for my upcoming classes.  For October it is Echo Park's Halloween line and then November is going to be the brand new We R Memory Keepers line.  Should be good! 

Burlap and Buttercups September Kit is posted HERE.  It is awesome!  It features Basic Grey's Oxford line.  I had so much fun working with it!  Here is a picture of Jack in Kindergarten Camp.

I absolutely LOVED playing with the chipboard shapes. 

Supplies- All contents are from the September Kit from Burlap and Buttercups.

cardstock- bazzill

paper- basic grey

chipboard-basic grey

sticker- simple stories



Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back tomorrow with my Wednesday Card.  See ya then!
Have a great day!
-mp

Basic Grey Friday Part 2

Hey Everyone,
Just Popping in to show you the next set of cards in the store display of Basic Grey's Oxford line. 

The great thing about these kits is that you get everything you need in the kit.  I had to make the cards like the directions but you can see how you can personalize them to make them your own!

I can't wait for this weekend.  Hopefully I can get my act together- get some rest, relax and actually get in my craft room to make something.  I am going into the store Saturday because I need to pick out the paper line for my class in October.  Plus there are several kits for me.  Can't wait.

Sorry again for the super fast post.  Have a super Labor Day Weekend Everyone! I will see you next week!

Basic Grey Part One

Happy Tuesday,
As I have mentioned before one of the things that I do at my lss is to help make some of the displays to help sell the product.  Last week I had the Basic Grey card kit to make.  The kit used the Oxford line.  The purpose of the display was to show that this line is very versatile and that it doesn't just have to be for school layouts and cards.  Here is the first batch in my series

I really love those glasses!

Sorry for the bad angle on this one.

I love this one.

Nothing really exciting going on here.  Same old Same old.  It is funny at how quickly we have fallen back into our routine.  It seems like the summer was so long ago.  I am adjusting well at my new school.  I really don't have time to think about anything.  I teach 6 periods straight and my planning bell isn't until 7th period.  So I don't even have a second.  This is good because the time flies!

I really don't have any scrapping plans for this week.  I have a layout started to I hope to finish this and that is about it. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I really appreciate all your lovely comments!  I will be back tomorrow with my Wednesday card.  See you then.

-mp

I'm Back!!! Basic Grey Mini Album Part 2

Hello!
Wow it feels like I have been gone forever!  I went to Crop A Doodle Do in Indiana for a couple of days this past week.  It was fantastic.  I scrapped for 3 days straight.  I completed 50 cards ( I had an order to fulfill), a display for my lss and then finally I got to scrap for myself and I completed 6 layouts.  I loved it!  Here are a couple of pictures!  I highly recommend doing a little scrap vacation if you have one close.  This was about 2 hours from my house.

Before I left I showed you part one of the Basic Grey mini album I completed.  Today I am showing you the second part. 

page 5-6

 page 7-8

 page 9-10

 page 11-12

 back cover

supplies
basic grey mini album kit

I really had a good time making this album.

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

Basic Grey Mini Album--Part One

Happy Friday! 

Do you all have a great weekend planned?  We have a busy one that is for sure.  Tonight hubby  has a high school reunion.  So we are going to that.  Saturday we have a birthday party for one of Jack's friends.  Families are all invited to come for lunch.  Jack is soooo excited.  Then we have a family BBQ to go to on hubby's side of the family.  The boys will have a blast playing with their cousins and then on Sunday I need to finish getting ready for my retreat.  I am  getting so excited!

At Simply Scrapbooks I make some of the displays.  Various manufacturers put together kits to sell and then the store needs to make on for display.  Well this is the case with this project.  Here is the mini album from Basic Grey

There are so many pages to put them all in one post that I thought I would break them up here and there. 

I like this line but it is definitely for an older child (in my opinion).  I would not use the paper for my Jack going off to Kindergarten.  I like more child oriented themes I guess.  The paper is really cool in this and the brads and sticker sheets are awesome.

Well I hope everyone has a great day and weekend.  I will MIA next week.  I will post once I get back from my amazing retreat (hopefully). 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will see you soon!
-mp

My Day

Hello,
The week is marching on.  The weather has been unusually cooler this week plus it has been rainy.  I have been getting tons of crafting done! I love it.  I know I won't get much in this weekend because it is going to be perfect weather and we are planning to be outside the entire time!  Jack has a playdate over at our house and then we will go to Kings Island.  Too much fun! Plus I have my monthly class to teach on Saturday @ 1:30.

Today's layout is the last layout for my monthly class at Simply Scrapbooks.  It is My Day.  All the pictures were taken on Mother's Day.

This layout showcases all the people who mean the most ot me.  I love my family!

Supplies
cardstock-core'dinations
paper-basic grey
stamps-ali edwards
ink-tim holtz
title-silhouette

I hope everyone has a great day and I will be back with a new layout.  Thanks for stopping by!
mp