Clean and Simple Card Class Lesson 1

Hi there,
I don't know if I mentioned it here but I signed up for Jennifer Mcguire's new card class that is going on right now!  I love her cards and sign up take a class whenever she is at Simply, but lately she has been doing online classes and so therefore I signed up for this class. 

This is a card from Lesson 1 on Monday.  Assignment:  make a card using one of the assigned sketches.  I used the 3rd sketch.

supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- jillibean soup
felt and die-paper trey ink
twine- the twinery
misc- sewing machine, fiskars border punch
stamp- hero arts
ink- jenni bowlin

I hope everyone has a great day.  I will be back with a new project tomorrow!  See you all then and thanks for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

SuperStar Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!
How is your week going so far?  Mine is ok!  Do you ever have the crafty urge but you have NO time to get in your craft room?  That is happening to me right now.  I have so many projects running around in my mind but I haven't had time to create.  I hate it when that happens.

This is a layout I did for the store, and I forgot about it until I was organizing my craft room and photo storage.  These area pictures of my oldest playing soccer this past spring.  Bella Blvd came out with the perfect sports line.  I really loved working with the papers.

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper- bella blvd.

stickers-bella blvd

misc.  signo white gel pen, silhouette

I hope everyone has a great day today!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow with a new card.

Have a crafty day!

-mp

A Wet n Wild Monday

Happy Monday!
Did you all have a nice weekend?  Boy, I sure did.  I did something that I have not done is a LONG time.  I relaxed on the couch Saturday morning.  I had all my errands done, laundry done, cleaning done, and I loved every minute of it!  In the afternoon Jack had a friend over and they played in the basement so I made several cards and a new pocket keeper .  LOVED it.  Sunday I cooked a lot and just relaxed again.  I need to do this more often!

I am trying to finish up our Summer vacation to Florida.  I made this layout about our visit to Lion Country Safari.  At the park they had a splash zone and the kids loved it!  The had a blast-sshhhh-- I had a blast too!  For this layout I included some of my favorite elements--misting, twine, clouds and banners!

Supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- echo park
stickers- echo park
clouds- paper trey ink die
twine- the twinery
photo collage- kerri bradford

I hope everyone has a great day!  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.  See you then!
Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty day!
-mp

Top Layouts from 2011 Part 2

Oh I am so happy about it being Friday today!  How about you?  Any plans for this weekend?  We really don't have anything going on which is very nice.  The Bengals made the play offs so we will be watching that on Saturday.  I am in a card making mood so I think I will work on some card designs! 

Here is my 2nd part to my top layouts from 2011

I won the Nikki Sivils monthly challenge with this layout!  I still just love it!

I know it is not a layout but I just loved my Believe Banner! It was the first banner that I made!

I started getting into the Mister Huey sprays with this layout!  I am now totally addicted!

I liked this layout because I loved mixing the black and white photos with the colored!

I love this layout because of the pocket I made on the right to hold Michael's school work!

Thanks so much for taking a look back at my all time favorite projects this week from 2011.  I can't wait to share my new projects that I have been working on! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I will be back on Monday with a brand new layout!  See you then!

Have a crafty day!
-mp

Top Layouts from 2011

Hi

My first published layout!

I taught this  layout at Simply Scrapbooks.  It was one of my favorite layouts that I taught!

Oh I loved my Miss. B--I was so sad when we had to put her down this past May.  This page is a tribute to her! (Not sure if I shared this layout here on the blog).

I will be back tomorrow with my final top 5 layouts that I made in 2011.  It is really nice looking at all my layouts and taking the time to read the journaling and just reflecting back on all the events in our lives.  Do you do that through your work?

See you tomorrow and thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

Top Cards from 2011 Part 2

Well, my vacation is totally over and today I head back to work.  I always get a bit teary eyed on these days because I miss the kids so much.  I have to get used to not seeing their faces in the morning again.  It is rough right now but I will get used to it--on the bright side my year is almost 1/2 over!  (trying to look on the bright side!)

Here is the second part to my favorite cards from 2011.  Yesterday I recapped my faves from classes I taught or my summer class that I took.  Today are just cards that I made for me.

This card is my favorite right now because I won the monthly challenge over at Whimsie Doodles and I am going to be the guest design team member for the entire month of February.  I am sooo excited!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Tomorrow I am going to look at some of my favorite layouts from 2011.  I will see you then!

Top Cards From 2011

Happy New Year!  Can you believe it is 2012? Where did 2011 go? Time just keeps moving by so quickly!  I really wish we could just slow it down just a bit-you know what I mean?

I wanted to take a look back at some of my favorite cards that I made in 2011.  Some of my favorite cards were ones I did for classes that I taught at Simply Scrapbooks  Here is a look:

My Halloween Class- I just loved this line from Doodlebug!

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My Christmas Card Class using the Christmas Doodlebug line.

My Jillibean Card Class

and then Part 2

My favorite Cards from my Summer Card Class that I took  with Jennifer Mcguire:

I will be back tomorrow with some more of my favorites!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I will see you tomorrow!
Have a crafty day!
-mp