School Photo

Happy Tuesday,

Have you been taking a look at all the new products from CHA?  I have taken a couple of peeks.  I LOVE the Jillibean lines and the LYB lines look amazing.  I have to say though I am trying not to look. I am really trying to put myself on a strict budget.  I really want to use up some of my stash.  My stash keeps growing and my space keeps shrinking!  I have done pretty well so far and I need to continue.  Do you ever put yourself on a budget?  Does your stash keep growing?  How do you handle it? 

This is Jack's kindergarten picture. I thought the Imaginisce paper was just perfect for it.

supplies

cardstock- bazzill

paper, stickers, chipboard-imaginisce

twine- the twinery

I hope everyone has a great day today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project!  See you then!

Have a crafty day!

-mp

Round 3!!

Happy Monday,

How was your weekend?  Mine was great! Friday I went to my monthly crop and got some things accomplished and talked a lot!! lol.  I love getting together with friends, chatting, eating, and just having fun!  Saturday I was scrapped, ran errands and just relaxed.  Sunday was more of the same.  Loved every minute of it!

I also had good news on Saturday morning!  I made it to round 3 over at Practical Scrappers.  This round you had to use a quilt for inspiration.  I chose the chevrons and a recipe.  I chose buttons, banner, ribbon, and chipboard.  I need your help again.  Please head on over there  and please VOTE for me!  This round of 15 is all about fan votes and the Practical Scrappers design team votes.  I could really need your help again.  Here is my layout for the 3rd round.

I really had fun with this round.  Hubby and I had so much fun a couple of months ago with our iPhones and a fun phone booth app.  I have been wanting to scrap these for awhile now and this was the perfect opportunity. 
Supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- october afternoon
ribbon, buttons, chipboard, stickers- october afternoon
twine- the twinery
mist- studio calico

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Remember I would really appreciate it if you could stop over at Practical Scrappers and cast your vote.  Thanks again!  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.

Hope you have a crafty day!
-mp

Burlap and Buttercups Part 2

Happy Friday!!!
I am so happy it is Friday!  Do you have any plans this weekend?  We don't have any.  I love it!!

I am going to be quick today.  For today's project I used the January kit from Burlap and Buttercups.  This kit is amazing!  I love Rachel's kits so much!  For this layout I used a lot of MME and their kraft paper line.  These were cell phone photos of my youngest at his first dentist apt.  He did great!

All supplies came from the January kit.

ssshhhhh don't tell Rachel but you are going to go absolutely MAD over the February kit--I will give you a little hint--October Afternoon  farmhouse goodies--now don't say anything till we do the big reveal in a couple of weeks but I know you are going to want this new kit.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and weekend. I will be back on Monday with a new crafty project!  See you then and thanks for stopping by!
Have a crafty day!
-mp

A Little Yellow Bicycle Challenge

Happy Thursday,
I love it that this week is moving on.  I am so ready for the weekend!  One more day--I can do that- right?

It has been awhile since I have entered a LYB challenge, but when I saw this awesome sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  I had these awesome pictures of my Jack taken this spring.  We were planting our flowers in our pots on the patio and around the pond and Jack wanted to help plant.  He did such an awesome job that he planted them all.

sketch:



My take:

Supplies
All paper and embellies are LYB
die cuts, paper trey ink, silhouette

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

Burlap and Buttercups January Kit Part One

Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday!

I am popping in real quick today to tell you about my sketch challenge taking place over at Burlap and Buttercups.  It is a really fun sketch and the prize package is really awesome!  I would love it if you stopped by and entered!  You don't have to have a kit to participate.  Here is my take on the sketch.

Supplies

January kit from Burlap and Buttercups

Cardstock-bazzill

paper- simple stories

stickers- simple stories

bingo card- jenni bowlin

I hope everyone is having a great day!  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.    Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a super crafty day!

-mp

Project Life Title Page

Happy Tuesday,
How is your week going so far?  So far so good here!  I mentioned that over the weekend I was able to finally start my Project Life.  I ordered late and didn't get any page protectors (design A) and then I read on Two Peas that some people were using the 4x6 divided pages and just putting the 2 3x4 cards in the pocket.  Well I jumped on this idea because i read that the pages won't be in till February and I didn't want to wait that long--Anyhooo.  I made my title page!!  I am so excited about it.

To make the page I got supplies in my stash along with the Clemintine cards.  I also had to add some die cuts from my Silhouette. 

I love the little camera.  I think it looks perfect there!  (sorry for the glare on the protector sheet!)

I also placed my cards in the slots etc for me to work on at my Friday crop.  I am going to order the pictures and I will be set.  My plan is to work once a month on it at my crop.  Overall, I am really excited about it.  My journal is working out great holding all my journaling and I also write what my photo was so that when I go to my crop I can organize everything quickly.  Hopefully next week I will be able to show you week one and possibly two!

Thanks so much   for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.  ( I still don't have my class lessons done yet.  Maybe I can work on them tonight!)  See you then!

Have a crafty day!

-mp

Round 2 on Monday and a CAS-ual Card

Hey Everyone,
How was your weekend?  Ours was ok.  I was able to get some scrappin' in this weekend which was good.  I even started my Project Life!  So exciting!

I had good news Saturday morning!  I made it to Round 2 at the Practical Scrappers Layout Contest.  Thanks to everyone who went to vote for me!  I truly appreciate it.  So this round the layout was based on a sketch.  I had a lot of fun with this layout.  Round 2 is also about voting and I need your help once again.  If you would be so kind as to head on over there and cast your vote once again in my direction I would once again be so grateful!!!!  Here is the link:  HERE

CAS-ual Fridays has an awesome challenge going on right now and I just had to participate.

Create and all black and white card!  LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! 

Here is my take on the challenge.

Supplies

cardstock-bazzill, neenah solar white

stamps- hero arts

ink- hero arts

I hope everyone has a great day!  I will be back tomorrow with my title page from Project Life!  Thanks for stopping by!

Have a crafy day!

-mp