Friday March MOxxie Sketch

Happy Friday!

Oh am I glad it is Friday but boy, oh boy, do we have a crazy weekend!  I have a tennis match tonight and practice on Saturday and Sunday- the youngest has two (yes, two) birthday parties to go to on Saturday and the oldest has two (yes, two) lacrosse games (one on saturday and one on sunday).  Yikes, I don't know how we are going to get it all in!

Today I have to share with you the March Moxxie sketch.

Here is my take.  I used the Brand New Easter Collection for this one.  I love the fresh spring-like colors in this collection.  Very fun!

These are photos of the little one at our church's Easter Egg Hunt.  It was a VERY cold day and we were freezing but we all had a really good time.  It was the first year that this little guy got to be in the big area!  He was so excited not to be with the "babies".  

supplies
stickers and pattern paper- moxxie
sequins- some odd girl
washi tape- bella blvd
wood veneer- recollections

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

Monday Moxxie Sketch

Happy Monday,

Popping in today to share my February Moxxie sketch and layout with you.  First up we have the sketch:

For my layout I used an older collection Chillin' Out.  Love this collection becuase it is just so perfect for my photo of my boys "chillin' Out"!  I changed the sketch up a bit and went with a one photo but the idea is still the same.

I used a bunch of the stickers that came with the collection to add fun sayings and embellishments.  You can check out this collection HERE!

Just a quick post.  I am off today and I am hanging with my boys for a fun filled day!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with the new digi release from Some Odd Girl!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday November Sketch with Moxxie

Happy Thursday.

Only One more day till the weekend ---but how is counting??? LOL!! I am!

Today I have a couple things to share with you today.  First I have my November sketch for Moxxie.

For my project I used the brand New collection Forever fall.  This collection totally Rocks if you love fall.  Lots of beautiful colors and lots of on trend pattern paper. 

For my layout I started with a piece of Core'dinations cardstock and sanded it just a bit to give it a distressed look.  I then cut out my title using my Silhouette.  I love the look of negative space.  Next I added my pattern paper on the right side and sewed it together.  finally I added my photo of my son playing in the leaves last year.  Finally I added some Moxxie stickers, wood veneer and pears.  A very clean look. 

You definitely need to head on over to the Moxxie Blog because all week the design team is sharing projects with this amazing collection and you could win the entire thing.  I think this is my new Moxxie FAVE! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I am taking the day off tomorrow and I will be back on Monday with new projects from Some Odd Girl and Imaginisce!  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Monday World Card Making Day with Moxxie

Happy Monday,
Did any of you have fun with World Card Making Day on Saturday.  We had fun at Core'dinations and I also had a basic sketch and card up on Moxxie that I thought I would share with you today.

Like I said, pretty basic but that leads to a lot of interpretation.

Here is my take on the sketch using the Fighting Back collection from Moxxie.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new digi release from Some Odd Girl!.  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

Monday Moxxie Garden Card

Happy Monday,

Did you have a nice weekend?  We sure did here.  It was really nice.  Had a lot of relaxing time in and then just a lot of family time.  I so love that!!

Today I have for you a card that I made for Moxxie.  It is a take on my sketch that I made.  Here is the sketch again:

Obviously when I made this sketch I was making a 12x12 layout; however, just because it is a layout doesn't mean that you can't take bits and pieces from it and make a card.  So I took away from the sketch the 3 pieces of vertical paper and the horizontal piece going across. Here is how my card turned out.

supplies

paper- Moxxie- Quite Contrary

sticker- Moxxie -Quite Contrary

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 Moxxie Sketch and Two Cards

Happy Friday!!

Today I have to share with you a card sketch I made for Moxxie.  The sketch is pretty basic and lends itself to a lot of different interpretations.

For my first card I made a baby card.  I just love the pink sky and clouds.  I used on of the die cuts as my sentiment and added some wood veneer for a quick and easy embellishment.

For my next card I used an older collection from Moxxie and made a 4th of July card.  For my sentiment I used on of the stickers and adhered it to a doily that I made on the Silhouette.  Both cards were made in minutes!  

supplies
paper- moxxie
cardstock- core'dinations
wood veneer- studio calico
silhouette
sewing machine

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

Tuesday Sketch and Lily Bee Layout

Happy Tuesday

or in my world -- Friday!!  LOL!!  I think of it as Friday since today is the last work day! LOL!!

So I was very sad when my term ended at Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I hope to try out again when they have try outs in December  but I was really honored when Stephanne asked me to do some guest work for the blog!   So the first thing she asked me to do was a sketch and layout  using some Lilly Bee Designs.  I was really excited about this.  Here is my sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch.  I once again was in the mood to try some new things and I used my mist, stamped on my layout and used some fun washi tape.  I had this photo that I had taken of my guys in the summer and I have been wanting to scrap it.  I really like how it turned out!  I made some of my own embellishments by layering them and then made a tag from the pattern paper and used some yummy twine from The Stringery. 

 

supplies

paper, embellishments- lily bee

 washi tape- ???

stamps- ali edwards

mist- mister huey

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

mp

Wednesday Kite Tails and a Sketch

Happy Wednesday!

I was up last week on the Kite Tails Designs blog with a quick and easy card sketch.  I really like the clean and simple looks to cards.  One of the reasons why I like them so is that they are usually super easy to create and I can use a bunch of my scraps!  I really do not have a lot of scraps because I always use them on my cards.  

My sketch

For this cards I used the Blue Sky Day.  I loved that this collection had the same pattern paper in different colors.  I picked 3 colors and cut a square.  I then cut out of the pattern pieces a circle to add a bit of embellishment.  I then added a touch of bling to the center of the circle.  You always need bling- right??  Finally I added a quick sentiment from my Lawn Fawn stamp set.  I love it when a card can come together in under 15 minutes!

supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper- kite tails designs
bling- doodlebug
stamp- 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

Moxxie Monday

Happy Monday!

Can you believe that it is July 2nd alreay?  Where is the time going?

Did you have a great weekend?  We sure did.  We had so much fun at our family reunion.  I love seeing all the 2nd cousins playing together.  I love a huge family!  I also got to relax a bit which I totally loved.  I also got in some fun scrapping for Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I will be able to reveal that sketch and layout with you next week.

Over on the Moxxie blog I am up with some 4th of July items.  I thought I would share them with you here as well.  So I have for you a wonderful new sketch that I made for a fun card.  There is still time right now for you to make a 4th of July card.  Here is the sketch.

And here is my take on it using the Moxxie Hometown Celebration collection.

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- moxxie
stamps- hero arts
ink- hero arts
die cuts-paper trey ink

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Tomorrow I will have a beautiful centerpiece using the Moxxie Hometown Celebration.  I will see you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Tuesday Start to Finish with Moxxie!

Happy Tuesday!

Yesterday over on the Moxxie blog was my debut!!  So I thought I would share my work here as well!  So let's get to it- o.k.??

Whenever I start a project I always make a sketch first.  So today I am going to share one of my sketches.

With this sketch I knew I wanted to work with the Faith Collection.  Jack is going on 7 years old and I had never found the perfect paper to scrap his Baptism.  Well, Moxxie had it.  This line is perfect and the name of the collection says it all- Faith!

So with the sketch I cut out all my different layers of paper and I sewed around the edges. You can't really tell that I machine stitched around the edges-- but I did. 

Next I knew I needed to add a bit of mist and paint.  With the way the sketch was designed I wanted to keep the visual diagonal going on the paper so I added some paint in the top right and the bottom left.  I added 3 different colors from Mister Huey by Studio Calico- Heirloom Blue, Powder Blue and Shine.  These colors really matched the paper well.

I liked how the colors really pop on the light paper.

Now it was time to add all the pieces together.

The border strip is one of the Faith collection Die Cut Border strips.  It worked perfectly.  I love how everything looked so I glued everything down and all I need to do was add my photos, title, and journaling.

Here is the final look!

I really liked how it turned out!

Hope you enjoyed my Start to Finish with Moxxie!  I will have a new Start to Finish every month with a new sketch!

I will be back on Thursday with a new project!  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
-mp

Wednesday Card from Start to Finish

Happy Wednesday!

Have you been crafty this week?  I haven't really been too crafty.  I would like to be but we just haven't had the time to get downstairs.  I have some great projects on my desk but no time.  I hate it when that happens! 

Today I want to bring you a Start to Finish project today.  One of the sketches that I made for Burlap and Buttercups was for a card.  I love to use my pattern paper scraps on my cards.  This card used a bunch of it!

So for my starting point- I always start out with a sketch that I make.  For my card I decided that I wanted to change up the basic sketch and make my paper strips into different sizes of triangles.  I am really into the ray look and the unevenness it gives.

Use a scrap piece of cardstock that is the exact same size as your card.  Using a ruler draw your lines and the pattern you want. 

Then put in numbers so that you know how the pieces fit together.

Next cut out all the pieces and then trace all the  strips on your  pattern pieces of paper.

I like to keep the pattern piece along with the white piece together and in order so that I know how I will arrange them.

Now it is time to put the pattern pieces and arrange them on your card.

Glue all the pieces down.  I then added some machine stitching around the card.  I love to add stitching on my cards whenever I have time.

To make the flower- Start with 2 or 3 different sizes of scallopped circles. Cut them in the same or different pattern paper.

To give the flower a bit of dimension, roll the paper in little balls.

Unfold the flowers and put pop dots  in between the layers.  I added a button for the centerpiece, but you could also add a brad or anything else.

Finished Card- I added a little banner piece with a simple sentiment using a Hero Arts stamp.

Supplies- April kit from Burlap and Buttercups

paper from lily bee, jillibean soup

button- jillibean soup

twine- the twinery

banner- mme

stamp- hero arts

ink- hero arts

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed my Start to Finish on my card.  I am taking the day off tomorrow, but I will be back on Friday with another new layout.  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

-mp

My Memories Part Two

Hey There and Happy Tuesday!

Some of you might not know that I love making sketches for my crafting.  I carry a sketch pad in my purse so that whenever I think of something I can jot it down.  I usually then put these sketches into my computer and I have a file base of about 100 or more sketches.  I use these sketches for my classes that I teach, for my challenges over at Burlap and Buttercups , and for my personal use.  So with the My Memories  software I thought about making a sketch for you all.  I usually don't post many of my sketches here so I thought I would today, and here it is:

Using the My Memories software was so EASY to create this sketch. It was so fun and I knew I just had to share it!  I also thought that if you wanted to use this sketch you could and then post a link on yesterday's blog post you could get another entry to win the amazing My  Memories Suite 3 software package.  How easy is that?  You have until December 3rd to enter the contest.  Remember to go HERE to leave your link.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a card.  See you all then!
-mp

Monday Again!

Wow did this weekend fly by or what?  I blinked and it was time to make Sunday dinner.  Did you all get any crafting in this weekend?  I did not.  I hung out with the family all weekend and then did a touch of school work.

Today over at Burlap and Buttercups I am up with my new monthly challenge. Each month I will design a new sketch and then have a little twist.  I would love for you all to come over and stop by to see the sketch and my challenge.  Click    HERE    to see the post.  You don't have to have the August kit to play along. There is a great prize package you could win as well--some fun stamps, tape, alphabets and more.  So hopefully I will see you there!

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