Monday Core'dinations Be You

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend?  I did!  On Sunday I did something that I haven't done in AGES!  I went to Archiver's and met a friend and we scrapped the afternoon away!  It was so much fun!!  Loved every minute of it!

Core'dinations has some of the coolest cardstock ever!  One of those is the Tim Holtz Kraft - Core Seasonal Impressions.  I was blown away at how cool this paper was and how it totally made an awesome layout it minutes!

I used the Americana paper and added some Moxxie and I had the layout done!  For the cardstock I lightly sanded the embossed cardstock to reveal the core.  Next, I made a mat for my photo and scored the paper to create a frame and then lightly sanded it to expose the scoring.  I then layered my pattern paper and added my photo!  The cardstock totally makes this page.  I also cut part of the title using my Core and Silhouette! Lastly I added some wood veneer, a little bit of twine from The Stringery and a flair badge!

supplies

cardstock- Core'dinations

pattern paper- moxxie

flair- a flair for buttons

twine- the stringery

wood veneer- studio calico and little yellow bicycle

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 Last Minute Cards

Happy Friday!

I am just popping in to share a last minute card I made.  I needed a little card and gift and so I pulled out my supplies from my LYB Once Upon a Christmas and found some scraps and some chipboard and put together this easy card.

I think this is my last Christmas card that I have to share!  I have been very crafty these last couple of days and totally finished up my Christmas 2011.  I will be sharing those in the coming weeks.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday LYB Gift Boxes

Happy Wednesday,

Have you started your Christmas shopping?  I am almost done, but now I have the hard part.  The wrapping of presents.  It is hard to get everyone out of the house so that I can have time to pull everything out and get them wrapped.  Hopefully I can get them done next week.  I have a day off and the boys will be at school.  So I will need to wrap everything.  Yikes- hours of work!!

I do have some small gifts already wrapped!  I used my Silhouette to create some fun gift boxes to put some gift cards or small presents.  I used my LYB Once Upon a Christmas to create these little boxes.  I love the LYB paper because it is so sturdy! 

I am putting 2 different gift cards in this box because it is actually 2 little boxes combined.  I just love it!

I love a nice presentation.  Don't you??

Supplies
Everything is LYB

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

Tuesday LYB and a Horse Parade

Happy Tuesday

I had the wonderful privilege of  being part of the Cycling Team for the Little Yellow Bicycle's Once Upon a Christmas.  I just love LYB's collections and this Christmas collection is one of my all time fave's.  I am still creating with this wonderful collection! I can't seem to put it down!  LOL! You will be seeing some more of this collection in the next couple of days!

Today's layout features a collage style layout.  I love to make these when I have a  lot of photos.  Last year we went to the Lebanon Carriage and Horse Parade.  This parade is simply awesome.  All types of horse come from all over Ohio to participate in this parade.  The parade is always the first weekend in December and marks the start of the holiday season!  It is always so much fun!

supplies
paper- LYB
chipboard- LYB
twine- The Stringery
digital elements- collage- title- Kerri Bradford
sleigh- Silhouette store

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 Pumpkin Painting

Happy Wednesday!

So once again I have a layout that I created just for me.  I broke into my stash once again and pulled out  some Bella Blvd and a ton of different embellishments from Bella Blvd, Little Yellow Bicycle, Elles Studio and my latest addiction- badges from a flair for buttons.    I had a blast with layout because I just layered everything from my paper to my embellies.  As I stated in a previous post ( and sorry if you are getting sick of hearing it) but I have made a pledge to myself that I am not buying any new products until my stash is reduced.  I have NO more room in my paper files.  So it is very freeing to be able to use a ton of paper and a ton of embellishments on my projects.  I love it!!  I was really happy at how this turned out! 

supplies
paper- chipboard- stickers- bella blvd
fabric buttons and embellishments- LYB
tags- Elle's studio
flair- a flair for buttons
stamps- ali edwards
sewing machine

I am really cruising with my work lately.  My mojo is flowing once again and I am loving exploring different techniques and styles.  I love it when I am having fun with my hobby!  I am totally out of my rut and having a ball.  Do you ever get in a rut or just feel out of sorts with your paper crafting?  How do you work yourself out of it? 

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

Tuesday with Little Yellow Bicycle

Hey Everyone,

Little Yellow Bicycle is doing  wonderful and exciting blog posts this month.  The Twelve Days of Once Upon a Christmas  Cycling Team has a ton of inspiration for you to get in that holiday spirit!

Yesterday was my debut at Little Yellow Bicycle.  I have to admit I was REALLY nervous about this guest spot.  It took me a couple of days to even come up with an idea and then I was so nervous to cut the paper because I didn't want to mess up.  Finally I went to my hubby and told him how I was feeling and he was so awesome! His words of advice "Get Over It!!!  Do your work and don't over think it!"  I so love him.  He was totally right I was over thinking it! So once I got over it my mojo started to flow!

This collection is THE most beautiful collection ever.  I absolutely love the Christmas collections.  They are always my favorite and Once Upon a Christmas did not let me down.  It is so awesome!

For my first project I made a layout of my boys with Santa.  I had been saving this photo from last year.  I really needed the perfect paper for this special photo I snapped while Santa was talking to the boys before the actual photo was taken.  I love how Santa is whispering in Michael's ear and he is just all smiles!

For this layout I made 3 embellishment clusters- Here are the close ups
For this cluster I used the chipboard and clear acrylic overlay figures for my ornaments.  I added some of the green burlap twine from The Stringery (I am loving that burlap twine!)

 Here once again I used the clear acrylic frame and then added some more of the chipboard shapes and the fabric covered die cut shapes.  I just fell in love with the title piece Believe!

 For the final spot I added once again the acrylic shapes and the chipboard shapes.

Supplies
everything is LYB except
twine- the stringery

I also made a second project- a collection of gift card presents.  I would love it if you stopped on over there to check them out and leave a little love! You can see the projects HERE  Thanks so much!

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

Monday Teacher Gifts

Happy Monday!

Boy, do the weekends go by fast or what?  Did you have a great weekend?  We sure did her and I got a lot of stuff done for around the house and some crafting time in!!  Gotta love that!

I had the privileged to work with the awesome collection Makin' the Grade from Little Yellow Bicycle for Cord Scrapbook Studio.    I really loved this collection.  I wanted to make some fun altered items using this collection that would be great to give to the teacher's for Christmas or Teacher Appreciation day.  My first one is an altered clipboard.  I know I use clipboards all the time so I thought it would be fun to alter one.  This clipboard is aimed more for the elementary teacher but I still love it as a High School Teacher!  I trimmed the paper to fit and then glued it down.  I then used my Silhouette to create the fun school images all using the paper from this collection.  I then glued those down.  Finally I used a matte modge podge and gave it a good coat to seal it all.  I love how this turned out!!

My second item was super easy.  I took a 4x6 clear acrylic photo frame and popped in a 4x6 sheet of paper and then attached the note pad.  So easy and so cute!!

supplies
paper- Little Yellow Bicycle
tools- Silhouette

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

Saturday CAS Challenge

Happy Weekend!

Hope you are having a great weekend.  I am getting some crafty time in so it is all good!  I finished up some work and then I got to get out some fun supplies and start on some little projects just for me.  The first on is a really fun challenge over at CAS-UAL Fridays.

The challenge is to create a CAS card using kraft paper!  This is a challenge that I love!  I love my kraft!  Go HERE to check out all the details and to get some inspiration.

For this challenge I broke out my new stamp set from Paper Smooches, added some Christmas paper and added a little scalloped border in kraft.  Finally I had some pearls and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers so that they would match the project.

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
gems- hobby lobby
paper- little yellow bicycle
stamps- paper smooches
ink- hero arts
tools- ek success border punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  See ya soon!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Preschool 2

Happy Thursday!

We are getting close to the weekend! I am so ready!  How about you?

Today I have a layout that I made for Cord Scrapbook Studio.   I got to play with the Makin' the Grade collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.  I LOVED this collection.  I couldn't wait to start playing with it as soon as it arrived at my door.  I used my favorite photo that I took of my little one.  He was so excited to move to the Preschool 2 classroom.  I just love his little smile on his face when I came to pick him up after his first day of school.  He was so proud of himself!  For this layout everything is LYB except I used a Silhouette cutting file for the clipboard. 

papers, stickers- LYB
alphabet stickers (red) jillibean soup
spray- mister huey
silhouette
cardstock- bazzill

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with my Moxxie Friday post!  I have a fun layout to share!  See you then!
mp

Wednesday Hello Birthday

Happy Wednesday.

This week is just flying by for me!  Any scrapping going on today?  None for me.  I am heading into work to finish putting all my stuff away in my new room and to work on bulletin boards and stuff like that.  My awesome mom is picking Jack up from camp and watching him until I get home!  

Today I have a quick card to share.  It is made with the LYB Hello Spring collection.  I made this for my DT work for Cord Scrapbook Studio I loved this collection so much.  The colors just screamed happiness to me!  I made a cute card using all my scraps from my previous projects.   I love the tucked in stick pins.  Just way too cute!

Supplies

cardstock- neenah solar white

Everything else LYB

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with yet another card.  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

Thursday Sketch with LYB

Happy Thursday,

This week over at Cord Scrapbook Studio I was up for the sketch of the week.  For this you had to create or use a sketch to create a layout.  Since I love to create sketches I used on of my own. I had several photos that I wanted to use for this layout and so I picked this sketch because it had 4 photos on a single page layout.  Love that!

For my layout I used the Little Yellow Bicycle Escape collection.  This collection is perfect for all your travel photos.  When we were in Florida this summer we took a dinner yacht cruise thru the intercoastal waters of Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Hillsboro.  We all had so much fun.  The boat was beautiful and the weather was just perfect.  I love all the embellishments that come with this collection.  I had never used the clear transparencies before and I just loved them.  My favorite were the little clear Polaroid photo frames.  I thought they were so cute and just perfect for my smaller photos of hubby relaxing and a cool nature photo of a pelican flying away with a HUGE fish in it's mouth.  I also LOVED the flags and banners and the chipboard Fun-O-Meter.  They were the perfect embellishments!

supplies
Everything is Little Yellow Bicycle

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

Monday Start to Finish Home Decor Item

Happy Monday,
Did you have a nice weekend?  We did.  Saturday we had family over.  The weather was terrible- sunny and 103 degrees.  This is way too hot for me.  I stayed inside. LOL!  Sunday I was able to get some crafting time in.  I have a little bit of a break from commitments and I am starting on some scrappin' just for myself.  I love this!!

Last week I made a home decor piece with the Moxxie Hometown Celebration collection.  Several weeks before I had made another home decor piece for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I used the Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Spring Collection.

1.  I used the Build a Flower kit from LYB.  Everything is already cut and ready for you.  All you have to do is assemble them.

2,  Next I picked up some straws at the Dollar Store and some floral tape.  I wrapped floral tape around the  straws starting at the bottom and working your way up to the top.  These will create the stems of the flowers.

Here is a look at the stem almost done.

Here is a look at all my stems with the flowers.

Next put a huge glop of hot glue on the back of each flower.  

Place your steam in the center of the glue and put a dab of glue on top.  

Here is a look at the all the different types of flowers.  Let these dry and it is time to start making the baske.

3.   I created my floral basket using my Silhouette. It is a Lori Whitlock design.

I glued it together using my glue gun.  I used a sheet from the Hello Spring.

4.  Next I bought some floral foam from the dollar store and cut is so that it filled the bottom of the floral basket.  

5.  Now that the flowers are dry cut the bottom tips off the flowers just like you would a real flower on a slight angle.  This will make it easier for you to insert the straw- steam into the foam.  

Add some leaves to the flowers and glue those on and place arrange the stems and flowers into the basket.

6.  I made a label for the front of the basket and stamped it using my Hero Arts stamps and some bling.  You always need a little bling- right????

7.  I bought some floral moss to add to the basket to cover up the basket so that you don't see any of the floral foam

Fill in any gaps with the floral moss.

Here is the final project.  Isn't just the cutest?  I just love it.  The perfect flower arrangement and these won't die! LOL!!

Supplies
Everything but the label is Little Yellow Bicycle.
label- Paper trey Ink
stamps- Hero Arts
bling- Hero Arts
ink- Hero Arts
I hope you enjoyed this Start to Finish Project today.  I will be back tomorrow with another new project.  See you then!

Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Thursday Swoon Card

Happy Thursday,

Are you having a good week?  So far so good here.  We have been really busy! but I will take summer busy over school year busy any day!!  I am going to try to take a couple days a week off from blogging for the next couple of weeks.  We have so many things going on and I have one huge thing that I want to accomplish this summer- RELAXATION time!!

I have had some time for scrapping lately.  I have been working on so many upcoming projects.  They are really fun but I can't share them quite yet, BUT I can share this wonderful card that I made for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  This is once again the SWOON collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.  At first I was a bit unsure of this collection because I didn't have wedding pictures to scrap but once I started playing with it I found it pretty easy to work with.  It definitely is very versatile!

Supplies
EVERYTHING is Little Yellow Bicycle

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

Monday I love you!

Happy Monday!

Did you have a great weekend?  Oh, I most certainly did!  Saturday I was able to get some really good scrapping in.  I was able to work with the new We R Memory Keepers Love 2 Craft collection, and let me tell you this line is a MUST have.  I was creating 3 projects for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I can't wait to show you my DT work.  Then on Sunday we drove up to Columbus, Ohio to go to the Zoo.  This zoo is so amazing.  We had the best day!!!

Last month one of my projects from Cord Scrapbook Studio was to create with the amazing Swoon collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.  This line is just beautiful!!  I used the 5 things I love about you little envelopes.  They were so  much fun to work with.  I made this about my hubby!!  I really like how it turned out!

supplies
EVERYTHING is from Little Yellow Bicycle

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Be sure to check back tomorrow because I am going to have a sketch, start to finish, and my first Moxxie post.  I am really excited!  See you then!
Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Friday Miracles

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Friday has finally arrived and I am so happy.  Now I just have to get through this last day of regular classes with my 10-12th graders.  I do have my final crop with the girls at Simply Scrapbooks to look forward to!  I can't wait!! I am only taking 2 projects to work on because I know I will be talking WAY MORE than I  will be scrapping! LOL!!  Then on Saturday my girlfriend and I are taking a scrapbook road trip and we are heading to Columbus to go to Cord Scrapbook Studio where I am on their Design Team and where I will be teaching this summer.  I am so excited!  Then the rest of the weekend is REST- RELAXATION AND SCRAPPING!

Over the NSD weekend- Little Yellow Bicycle had a fun challenge to use and "old" collection and create something.  Yesterday I showed the card and today is the layout.  I have to say this is one of my favorite layouts right now.  I just love everything.  I love the colors- I love the misting- I love the negative space- I love the Polaroid photo that I created.  Do you ever " love " your layouts?  Any hoo--- this picture was taken outside on day and the boys were just being awesome to one another.  It was just perfect and magical.   

Supplies
paper- Little Yellow Bicycle
stamps- Ali Edwards
ink- jenni bowlin
die cut and stamp- paper trey ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope everyone has a wonderful day, weekend, and Memorial Day.  Spend time with your loved ones this weekend!! I know I will be!  I will be back on Tuesday on next week.  Enjoy!! See you then and have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Thursday Thanks

Hi Thursday,

Oh I want the weekend to be here!  I seriously don't think I can make it!  But we must go one, right? 

During NSD weekend Little Yellow Bicycle had a wonderful challenge to create with one of their "older" collections.  This line is very old in my collection- it is at least 2 years old.  It is called Clothesline.  I made this card- once again- very simple and very easy but I really like how it turned out.  I added some pearls to it the center to give a hint of bling!

supplies
paper- lyb
bling- hero arts
stamp and ink- hero arts

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a layout using this same collection.  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Fridays and Saturdays

Happy Friday,

Who is glad it is the weekend?  I am soooo ready.  This has been a really long week for me. We have a REALLY busy Saturday- soccer game, spring fling event for Micheal's school and then That Day In May festival!!  I am going to have some tired kids Saturday night.  Then Sunday---NOTHING.  I am so going to relax!

Last month one of my kits from Cord Scrapbook Studio was the Saturdays by Little Yellow Bicycle. On the LYB blog they asked the question - what is your favorite LYB collection?  I said that this collection was one of my all time favorites.  It is just perfect for all those everyday pictures.  It has no theme and it goes literally with everything.  It works great with with both masculine and feminine projects.   This is the card that I  made using this wonderful collection.  I love how it turned out!

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper stickers- little yellow bicycle
die cut- paper trey ink
gems- little yellow bicycle

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

Wednesday Anniversary

Happy Wednesday!

Well, we made it to the 1/2 way point of the week.

A couple of weeks ago hubby and I went to my aunt and uncles 40th wedding anniversary party. It was a surprise party and all my aunts and uncles were going to be there.  I need to make a card and it just so happened that I had some scraps left over from some of my DT work for
Cord Scrapbook Studio.
The paper comes from the Swoon collection from Little Yellow Bicycle. It was perfect!  So  I whipped up this card.  I used a die cut and stamp set to create the tag from Paper Trey Ink.  I must say I am totally addicted to the color grey right night and the Jenni Bowlin ink was perfect for this card.  I then just scattered some gem stones to bling it up just a bit. 

supplies
paper, rosette, gems- Little Yellow Bicycle
die cut, stamps- paper trey ink
ink- jenni bowlin

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

Lucky Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

National Scrapbooking Day (NSD) was 2 weeks ago and I was able to create several projects along with entering a couple of fun challenges.  Little Yellow Bicycle had several prompts that I loved.  I love the prompts that let you create what you want with just an idea.  The first one was a spring challenge.  Here is the description of the challenges:  submissions should use the spring color palette (blue, green, brown and cream) from ANY of our collections.I had the perfect picture and papers for this challenge.  

This is a photo of my boys on St. Patrick's day.  For the paper I used an older collection from LYB.  I loved how it turned out!

supplies
Everything is Little Yellow Bicycle.

In case you didn't know- I have a facebook page called Siehled With A Kiss.  It is here that I have sneak peeks on my projects, share more of my process and other crafty good things!  I would be honored if you jumped over there and "liked" me.  Please click HERE to go directly to my page.  I would truly appreciate it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will have more layouts and cards that for all  this week!  You aren't going to want to miss a day here! See you tomorrow! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp