Thursday-1st grade pocket folder

Happy Thursday,

Over the last several weeks I have been hard at work trying to get a bit caught up on some of my basic scrapping pages.  One of these pages is my Pocket folder for Jack's school album.  I like to make these pocket folders to  hold various school work projects and important things like report cards etc.  For Jack's first grade pocket folder I used the Simple Stories Elementary collection.  I was able to find this collection marked waaaay down and I broke my spending freeze to pick up this collection.  I am very low on my back to school papers so I went ahead and broke my freeze! 

For this layout I used a plain piece of dark brown cardstock and then I made the pocket part.  I used several strips of paper from the collection and I sewed t hem all together.  I then sewed the pocket part onto the cardstock and left the top open so that I could add my papers.  Not a lot of fuss or embellishments but that is ok with me!  I just needed something simple for his pocket folder. 

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- simple stories

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

a simple Tuesday

Happy Tuesday,

I don't know if I had mentioned this or not but for the last couple of weeks I have felt like a lost puppy.  My favorite (and only) scrapbook store decided to close their doors.  I first started scrapping there 12 years ago.  I instantly was hooked.  Two years ago I was hired to be a part of their design team and I LOVED it.  I then was hired to teach classes and then I took on more responsibility and managed their social media with their blog and facebook.  I LOVED every minute of it. At times I was extremely busy and even a bit stressed but I still LOVED it.  I guess from now on I will be an online shopper because the closest store is an hours drive.

Then I found out that Burlap and Buttercups was closing as well.  I had so much fun designing sketches and hosting a challenge each month.  I really loved working with everyone. Rachel, the owner, is just awesome.  I totally understand why both places are closing but I still feel lost, but the old saying is true- "when one door closes, another one opens"- knowing that these two doors were closing I tried out for SO MANY design teams and was feeling a bit blue that I had SO many rejections but then last week happened and I was accepted on to 2 manufacturer design teams and I have a  couple of guest spots coming this month, this summer and early fall. I feel very blessed!

My question is to you all that don't have a local scrapbook store near you- where do you shop?  I am not a huge shopper but I do like to have some fun products!

On to my project-- This is a card using the Simple Stories Documented collection that  I received from Cord Scrapbook Studio.  The two people are stickers from their element sticker sheets.  When I saw those stickers I knew right away that I wanted to make a card with the heart background and add a splash of color by adding red hearts.  I then added the sticker sentiments and I was done.   

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- simple stories
stickers- simple stories
misc- sewing machine, 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

a simple Monday

Happy Monday!

Did you have a good weekend and National Scrapbook Day?  We had a great but busy weekend.  Saturday we had a garage sale and it was a total success.  I sold EVERYTHING!! - the crib, changing table, bedding, room decor, baby toys- It was awesome.  Sunday I rested.  I scrapped a little but not much.  I wish I could have gotten a bit more in but we were so busy and then I just didn't have much energy! I did get a couple of projects done!

One of my kits last month for Cord Scrapbook Studio was the Simple Stories collection Documented.  This is a great kraft line.  I thought the line was perfect for this picture that I took of the boys on the couch playing with their games.  Jack had his DS and Michael had his Vtech e reader.  They had no idea that I was taking the picture.  I loved  this collection for this for  this everyday moment!

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper and stickers- simple stories

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