Friday and Moxxie

Happy Friday!

Oh my I am so glad it is the weekend!  How about you?  any plans?  We have Lacrosse and then we may hit a fall festival.  I just love fall!  I have several scrapping projects floating around in my brain and I would love to be able to start one!

Today I am up with a card that I made for Moxxie using the Very Merry Unbirthday collecion.  This is a really great collection with some really bright colors!. 

 

The card came together very quickly with the help of the wonderful die cuts and stickers!

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Everything is Moxxie

Next Friday is the Moxxie Blog Hop and we will be giving away the entire All Hallow's Eve collection.  Here is a sneak peek at the collection.  

Isn't this collection so fun?  The blog hop will be next Friday so be sure to check in next week!  The Moxxie Muses have been really busy creating some fun and exciting projects with this collection!  I will also be highlighting this collection all month long!  I have some fun projects to share!

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

 

Thursday and Off They Go

Happy Thursday!

I am sticking once again to my Halloween theme.  (This is the last one if you are getting tired of them LOL!)
As I have said I am using up my stash.  My paper is out of control and there are some really really cute papers out right now that I want to get.  I was even tempted to get some new Halloween papers ( I really really want the MME Halloween collection BUT I have been strong! and have stuck to my goal! )  but I have not broken down and when I think about it hey, I still have last years Halloween paper untouched.  I do get a bit mad at myself for not using up my paper.  I am totally NOT a hoarder but I do buy a lot of Halloween papers and then I don't use it all.  So this year I am NOT buying any and using up what I have. 

So on to my layout!  I broke into my Bella Blvd stash and got out Too Cute to Spook.  I just loved this collection and bought waaaay too much of it.  So I am starting to use it.  Again knowing that I want to use up my paper is really freeing because I love using all the different pattern pieces.  It is so awesome. 

These are photos of my boys from last year heading off to trick or treat.  I always capture them heading off and I don't know why but they are always my favorite photos.  I really went a bit hog wild on using my Silhouette with this layout.  I made my own Poloraid photo frames, tags,doily and thought bubble! I love using my Silhouette to help create embellishments along with titles.   For my tags I added some black and white and orange and white twine from the Stringery.  ( Have I mentioned before how much I love the twine from this shop?)

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paper, stickers, chipboard- bella blvd
brads- doodlebug
twine- the stringery
Silhouette

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

Wednesday Coloring

Happy Wednesday!

For several weeks now I have been wanting to give my hand at coloring some stamped images.  I have not attempted coloring in quite a long time now, but I bought some really cute stamps at the end of the Halloween season last year and I wanted to try my hand again at coloring.  I was a bit nervous because it had been such a long time since I colored.  I used to color all the time but for some reason I just moved away from them.  So my first attempt was with my copics and I have to say I failed miserably!!  I used the correct paper, ink etc but it was just a big mess.  My little one even said to me "mom that is ugly!"  So I then moved on to my prismacolor pencils and some gamsol.  Whenever I need something quick I always head toward my pencils. 

So this is what I made.  I used my Penny Black stamps and colored them with my pencils.  I think the little Dracula turned out so cute and I love his little bat friend! I then added some Halloween twine from The Stringery and called it a day!   I had a lot of fun and may try my hand at coloring again sometime soon. LOL!!  I

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cardstock- bazzill, neenah solar white
paper- bella blvd
stamps- penny black
ink- memento
pencils- prismacolor
gamsol
twine- The Stringery!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout.  I really have been using up my scraps and I have another one that I went hog wild on my pattern paper LOL!!  See you then!
Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday Home Decor with Imaginisce

Happy Tuesday,

Back in July I had the fun time of working with the Imaginisce Monster Mash collection from Cord Scrapbook Studio.  I have always loved Imaginisce paper collections because they are just too much fun.  I had already made a card and a layout and I had some paper scraps left over so I made this altered photo frame. 

I used the pattern paper along with some of the die cuts to embellish it.  It is pretty simple and basic but the paper and the couple of embellishments make it cute!

Everything is Imaginisce

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new Halloween card that I made this week.  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Monday Making Your Own Stacking Embellishments

Happy Monday!

Did you have a nice weekend?  We had a wonderful time!  Saturday was just extremely relaxing!!  I loved every minute of it.  Then on Sunday my mom and I  went shopping at the outlet mall and found some really awesome bargains and then we came home for lunch.  Then after lunch we left hubby at home and my mom and the boys and I went to a couple of fall festivals to get fall mums and pumpkins!  We had such an awesome time!!

Back in July Cord Scrapbook Studio gave me the Monster Mash collection to work with and I just had so much fun!  This is a super quick card I made using the paper and a sticker.  For the center piece I made my own stackable embellishment,

I first used my circle punches and made 3 circle punches.  I then placed my sticker on the smallest circle.  

I then placed my foam tape on the back of that piece and stacked it on top of the black circle.

I then repeated the foam tape on the black of the black circle

and placed this layer on top of the scalloped piece.

Here is a look at the layers.

I then placed that on top of my card!

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cardstock- bazzill
paper- sticker- imaginisce
buttons- paper trey ink

I have tons of Halloween to share with you this week.  Like I said I have been working on Halloween since July.  I am so excited to finally share it all!!  See you tomorrow!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Friday Moxxie Madness

Happy Friday!!

Who is glad that the weekend is finally here?  ME!!!!!  This week did go by really fast though for me which is really good.  Do you have any plans?  Saturday we have Jack's Lacrosse practice and then he is having a friend over (love this!!!).  Then on Sunday we have NOTHING.  Yup that is right NOTHING!  I am so excited.  I am totally going to get some crafting in. I have a a couple of projects for Moxxie that I would like to knock off and then maybe a project or two for me.  That would be awesome!!

Have you tried the new swing cards?  There are some dies out there that create these cards and then my Silhouette has a couple of them.  I wanted to try them so I bought the basic round circle.  It was really fun to create.  I covered my basic white card with some fun Moxxie Midway Madness paper.  We have a birthday coming up and I thought this would be great.  I covered the circle and then added the fun carrousel horse die cut and added a little banner.

This is the front of the card.

Then you pull the card open and the circle swivels and you have your message.  I covered the flip side of the circle with yellow paper again and then stamped my sentiment.  I added a few buttons and I was done!

These cards are super fun to make.  I am really glad I tried it.  I just wanted to try something new!

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silhouette
paper-die cuts- stickers- Moxxie
buttons- paper trey ink
stamps- paper smooches
ink- hero arts, tim holtz distress ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back on Monday with a new project.  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!!
mp

Thursday Mustache

Happy Thursday!

I have mentioned before that I REALLY need to use up some more of my paper stash in order to buy more!  LOL!  So I  had some time to scrap for myself lately and I came across this funny photo of my little one.  This summer was so hot that I made a lot of Kool Aid.  The boys loved the sugar free fruit punch.  Every time Michael drank it he would get the biggest mustache from Kool Aid.  When I was going through my paper I came across the Little Boy collection from Bella Blvd. I  have sooo much of this collection and I have barely touched it.  Why I have no idea but  I knew it would totally be perfect for this photo. 

The great thing about using up your stash is that I was totally free to just go ahead and cut the paper and use as many different patterns that I had.  I don't know about you but sometime I just HATE cutting into a gorgeous piece of paper but with this new goal of mine I went a bit crazy.  It is very freeing!  I then layered some of my chipboard embellies and added a couple of buttons.  I just had to cut a mustache using my Silhouette.  I thought this image was just too cute!

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everything is Bella Blvd.
except
mustache- Silhouette
twine- the twinery

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will have a new project for you tomorrow.  I will see you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp