Tuesday Teacher Appreciation

Happy Tuesday!

Jack is in first grade this year and his new teacher is just wonderful.  He loved kindergarten and his teacher last year but for some reason this year is just "awesome" for him.  Every day when I pick him up he has this big smile on his face and when I ask about his day he always responds "awesome!"  So I will be sending his teacher a lot of little notes this year because she is making him just love school.  This is my first one.  I made it with the scraps from my Hall Pass from We R Memory Keepers.

First I punched my paper using the note book punch.  I just love using this punch.  I then layered some of my scraps in the center and then added on top the really adorable die cut.  I then stamped my sentiment using the Lawn Fawn stamps.  It was so easy to put together when you have awesome papers and die cuts.  

supplies
cardstock- paper- die cut- We R Memory Keepers
stamps- lawn fawn
ink- hero arts

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

Monday and Top of the Class

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend?  We sure did.  Hubby and I had a date night and we had an awesome time.  Then on Sunday we all took a family fall walk looking at all leaves starting to change.  It was wonderful.  I love spending time with my family!

I was really lucky this past summer to work with We R Memory Keepers and their fabulous collection Hall Pass!  You can see my work for We R Here and Here.  Well, Cord Scrapbook Studio then sent me some of the same collection to work with and I was so excited because I have so many school photos from last year to scrap!  For this layout I picked a couple of action shots of Michael in his brand new PreSchool 1 room.  He was so excited to be transferred up to the next classroom in the middle of the year last year!  He really thought he was awesome!  It was so cute.

Supplies
Everything is We R Memory Keepers Hall Pass
except
mist:  studio calico
title- Silhouette
alphabet stickers- Jillibean Soup

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

Tuesday and We R Memory Keepers

Happy Tuesday,

Did anyone read the Hunger Games series?  I read all three books last year and loved them!  All of my students were reading them so I decided to join in the fun with them and I wasn't expecting to like them but I really did enjoy them.  I  highly recommend them if you want a fun read.  Well, I then got my hubby to join the fun and he read them as well.  So when the movie came out on video this month and we got it yesterday from Netflix.  I LOVED the movie.  It was lots of fun.  If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it.

Today I have a layout that I did for We R Memory Keepers and Cord Scrapbook Studio using the Making the Grade collection.  I think this is one of my all time favorite school collections.  At Jack's school they do fall photos and then spring photos.  This was his spring photo and I have been wanting to scrap it for awhile now.    It is awesome to see how much he has changed since from the beginning of the year.  Here is a link of a layout that I did of his first kindergarten photo ( HERE). 

For this layout I just basically layered all the fun pattern pieces. I kept tucking little bits underneath till I got the desired effect.  For the title I used my Silhouette to create Kindergarten and then I used some Jillibean Soup alphabet stickers. 

supplies
everything is We R Memory Keepers
except
alphabet stickers- Jillibean Soup
title- Silhouette

Monday School Days

Happy Monday

Did you have a great weekend?  We sure did!  It was just nice to have a semi calm weekend.  Jack had his first Lacrosse practice and he really liked it.  The coach and helpers were just awesome and he really learned a lot.  Then on Sunday Jeff and Jack went to the Bengals game.  Michael and I stayed home and we broke out our fall home decor and set up our mantel and pulled out the fall towels and so forth.  I also got some crafting done.  Love it when I can craft just for me!

Last Friday was a really cool day for me because my projects that I made for We R Memory Keepers debuted on their facebook page. Last month I was contacted by We R and they asked me if I wanted to play with this collection and make some projects for their Facebook page.  Well of course, my answer was YES! and   I was so excited.  Here is my first project.  I LOVE printer's treys because they make THE perfect home decor item.  I was honored to play with the Making the Grade collection and so I wanted something fun for our house.  I snapped these photos of Jack on his first day of school.  I ten took each little trey and made some cute inserts.  For several of the boxes I cut the paper using my Silhouette into some fun cards like the school house and some journaling cards.  I then decorated the boxes with the coordinating stickers, bottle caps and tags!  I just love how it turned out!

supplies
paper- bottle caps- stickers- We R Memory Keepers
printer's trey- hobby lobby
Silhouette

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with another project from We R Memory Keepers.  See you then!
Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Friday Inspire!

Happy Friday!

Who is excited for the weekend?  I have to say I am NOT!  This is my last weekend before school.  I am not really looking forward to going back to work.  I am going to miss my little ones and just having more time.  BUT,  oh well, a girl can dream.  Right??

One of my favorite paper collections lately had been the Luv2Craft collection from We R Memory Keepers.  I got to play with this collection from Cord Scrapbook Studio.  With my scraps from my previous projects I made this adorable card. I love the chevron paper and the chipboard sentiment is just perfect.  I just added some twine to the tag!

supplies
paper- chipboard- we r memory keepers
twine- the twinery

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

Tuesday Journal

Happy Tuesday

How was your day yesterday?  Mine was so fun!  The boys were at Summer camp.  Their last week, and hubby took the day off and we spent the day together.  Just the two of us!!  We went out for lunch and just hung out.  It was so fun!!  I love quality time  together!

One of the fun collections that I got to work with from Cord Scrapbook Studio this past Spring was the Luv 2 Craft collection from We R Memory Keepers.  This collection was so fun!  I highly recommend this line!  So many wonderful things that you can create with this collection.  Last week I shared a layout (HERE), and my altered project using this collection is a Craft Journal.  I made my own Smash Journal to put all my inspiration in- photos-color inspiration- sketches that I have made-realia etc.

To make this Journal I bought a composition book at the dollar store and then covered the front with pattern paper and back with the WeRMemory Keepers cardstock.  I then decorated the front with a little bit of mist and stickers.  I just love it!

supplies
composition book
paper- cardstock- stickers- WeRMemory Keepers
alphabets- Basic Grey

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 with Scrapbooking Friends

Happy Tuesday!

Any scrapping plans for you this week?  I hope to get some in but I know it is going to be tough this week.  The weather finally broke here and we are having spectacular weather- sunny, mid 80's and NO humidity!  I love it.  The boys and I will be outside all the time.  Jack recently learned how to ride his bike without training wheels and we have been going on nightly bike rides.  It has been so much fun and I look forward to our time together!

Cord Scrapbook Studio  sent me the new line from We R Memory Keepers to work with and this new craft line is just so wonderful for any crafting project.  As I mentioned before my local Scrapbook store was closing after 15 years of being in the business.  I had been going there for 12!  Over the years of being on the DT and going to crops I built up a nice group of ladies that I looked forward to seeing and hanging out with. This is a layout of our last crop together.  We had so much fun and none of us got a thing done.  LOL!!  This collection was just perfect to celebrate this even.

Sorry the photo is looking dark- I am not sure why because it is not dark in photoshop-???? strange???

supplies
Everything is We R Memory Keepers except
spray- mister huey by studio calico

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