Friday TAWS BE Inspired #51

Happy Friday!
I don't know about you but I am sooooo ready for the weekend.  I am totally psyched becuase we only have a couple of things on our to do list and then it is time to relax!  I can't wait.  I think we are going to dye our Easter Eggs, make Easter cookies and just have some fun family time!

I had some time this week to play around a bit with my stamps and you know how I love The Alley Way challenges.  This inspiration just totally got my mind racing!   To see all the details head on over to Be Inspired #52

For my card I started with a piece of red Core'dinations cardstock and sanded it down a bit.  I then stamped my sentiments using The Alley Way Stamps on my 110 lb smooth cardstock and then fussy cut them out.  Next I pop dotted them on and added a fun polka dot clothes pin.  Love how this turned out!

A close up of the sentiments:

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
stamps- the alley way stamps and hero arts
ink- jenni bowlin
clothes pin- recollections

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

Thursday Core'dinations Easter

Happy Thursday!

When I think of Easter I think of Spring, New Beginnings, Colored Eggs and Bunnies!  So when the Core'dinations Design Team was given the assignment to create a project with Spring in mind I immediately thought of the above things.  So I started going through my stash to see what I could come up with and I found a bunch of fun goodies!

1.  First, I embossed a piece of the 110 lb. smooth cardstock from Core'dinations with one of my Darice embossing folders.  I just love the look of those Easter eggs.
2.  I then got out my The Alley Way Stamps and stamped my cute little bunny and carrot and colored them using my Spectrum Noir markers.
3. I fussy cut the images out and put them to the side.
4.  I cut my grass using the Core'dinations Gemstone cardstock with my Silhouette.
5.  Next, I stamped my egg stamp on my Core Essentials Cardstock.  A quick tip here!  First, Sand the paper to the desired level.

Now stamp the image on the cardstock.  It is a lot easier to sand first and it comes out looking perfect every time!

I then put the card together and this is how it turned out!

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations 110lb smooth, Core Essentials, Core Gemstones
Stamps- The Alley Way Stamps
Markers- Spectrum Noir
Darice Embossing Folder
Sand it Gadget
Dust Buddy
Ink- Memento, 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

Tuesday SOG Hip Hop Hooray

Happy Tuesday!

Today is the second clear stamp release for April from Some Odd Girl and I think you are going to LOVE this set.  I know I did when I saw it.  It was Bunny Love at First Sight!  Hip Hop Hoooray features 2 little bunnies along with some super sentiments!  I used this set on a layout.

I used 4 of the stamps from this set- the cute little bunny, bunny love, hip hop hooray and egg-celent.  I love how they added the perfect touches to this layout I made using the JIllibean Soup paper along with the Core'dinations cardstock.  This is a photo of my oldest at our Church Easter Egg Hunt.

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
paper, stickers- JIllibean soup
stamps clear- Some Odd Girl
doily- michael's

Stop by the Some Odd Girl Store today to check out the new releases AND stop by the Some Odd Girl Blog to check out more inspiration using these awesome stamps!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will see you soon.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Monday SOG Bunny Girl Gwen

Happy Monday!

This week is very exciting over at Some Odd Girl becuase this is the April Clear Stamp Release WEek and Kristy has some of THE cutest stamps coming out.  First up is Bunny Girl Gwen! This stamp set features Gwen and some amesome fun sentiments!  Here is my project

I broke out some old Jillibean Soup and made my card. I then stamped Gwen on my Core 110lb smooth cardstock and colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I then fussy cut her out and pop dotted her to the center of the card.  Next, I stamped my sentiment and again pop dotted it as well.  Finally, I added some plain pearls.

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
paper- Jillilbean Soup
Stamps- Clear Some Odd Girl
ink- memento, hero arts
pearls - recollections

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with the second new release, Bunny Love!  See you tomorrow.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Special Night Movie Night

Happy Thursday!

I am LOVING my new found free time.  I really feel awesome about my hobby again! I have been playing in my stash and using it up!!!!  I love it and when I saw this challenge over at Elle's Studio I knew it would be awesome to play with my Noel paper collection.  So here is the awesoem sketch.

Isn't fun??  I have had this photo from 2012 with my boys and we were getting ready to start the Elf on the Shelf and to begin we watched the DVD for our special movie night.  The boys were sooo excited and I love this photo of them.

I combined my Noel collection along with my Some Odd Girl stamps.  I just can't seem to stop stamping on my layout lately!!!!

supplies

paper, tags, journailing cards- elle's studio

stamps- some odd girl

alphabet- jillibean soup

flair- ???

sequins-???

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will see you soon.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

mp

Wednesday SOG 2014 Announcement!

Happy WEdnesday!

I have some fun news today to share.  I was asked back for the 2014-2015 Some Odd Girl Design Team.  I am literally thrilled over the top that Kristy has asked me back.  If you follow my blog at all you know that the Some Odd Girl stamps are my absolute fave!!!  I love including them on my cards and scrapbook pages. They so make me happy!  I am so exited also to be a part of this team becuase there are some huge things happening at Some Odd Girl and I am so excited to be a part of it!.

We were asked to pick one of our favorite projects and I would have to say this layout is one of my all time faves using Some Odd Girl stamps and products!

I used 4 different stamp sets on this layout and I just had so much fun!

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

Tuesday SOG Community Challenge

Happy Tuesday!

Are you ready for a challenge?  The Facebook Some Odd Girl Community Page is having a fun challenge that starts today.  Create a project that has clouds, rain, umbrellas etc.  I loved this challenge and I broke out my Happy Day stamp collection!  I first stamped my cloud and then heat embossed in gold the rain drops.  Next I cut out some smaller clouds and ran them through my Cuttlebug with an embossing folder.  Finally, I stamped my sentiment.

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations 110 lb smooth and Core Essentials
stamps- Some Odd Girl
ink- jenny bowlin, versamark, hero arts
Silhouette
Cuttlebug
Sizzix embossing folder
American Craft Gold embossing folder

Be sure to stop by the Some Odd Girl Community to see all the details on this challenge!

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