Hometown - Paper Issues

Remember me mentioning that Paper Issues does a Product Spotlight every once and a while?  Well, this layout is for that project.  A few of the ladies over on the PI team have gathered a few creations together to help highlight the new Crate Paper's Shine Collection by Maggie Holmes.  It is so darn pretty.  Wait to you see what the others have done.  Go HERE to head to the blog link.  Go HERE to  go to the Paper Issues store if you think you may wanna buy it for yourself.  Remember - use code: Mary-Ann for 20% off ANYTHING  that you order so you can get 20% off.  

Family Makes a Home - The Rubber Cafe

I am on The Rubber Cafe blog today using November's Creative Cafe KOTM - Love Makes you Family.

Go HERE to see my full post. 

Thank you for stopping by.  

Turkeys - Fancy Pants

This turkey and one other are on the Fancy Pants blog today.   It is a pretty funny layout if you wanna stop on over and check it out!

Game Ball - Paper Camellia

Yup, that is my handsome boy who received the game ball that day for the Braves!  He had a great hit that helped his team score!  This layout is over on the Paper Camellia blog today.  Head over and check it out.  I used the Main Scrapbooking Kit and the Embellishment Add on as well.

Happily Ever After - The Rubber Cafe

I am over on The Rubber Cafe blog today with this fun card I created using the Creative Cafe KOTM - Love Makes you Family.  I hope you pop over.  Plus, you will find details about how you can apply for The Rubber Cafe Design Team!

Sisters - Paper Camellia

Today, I'm on the  Paper Camellia blog with a layout I created of my sister and I.  She is blonde, much much taller and my best friend!  I only wish we could could get together more often. 

For my layout, I used both the main kit and the embellishment add-on kit.  If you head over to the PC blog, you can retrieve the links to all the scrapbooking goodness.  Thanks for taking a peek.

BOO - A Flair for Buttons

I swear this is my last layout with Crate Paper After Dark.  I have used every single bit of it.  Today, I have this layout on the A Flair for Buttons blog.  Doesn't this halloween flair look like it was made perfectly for this collection?  Head over to the blog or to the A Flair for Buttons ETSY store to grab some flair of your own.  She does custom flair too!

National Coffee Day - Paper Issues

You have until midnight tonight to participate in the Fall Crop happening over at Paper Issues.  There are tons of prizes to be won.  I created this layout for the Handmade Embellishment Challenge by Jen Chesnick.  I decided to use her very own PaperPOP.  You can find different varieties here in the Paper Issues Store.  However, it can be anything handmade.  There are so many different challenges: Shape Challenge, Color challenge, sketch Challenge, Flair, Die cut or Printable Challenge, Swag Bag Challenge, Big Title Challenge..... the list  goes on!  Head over to Paper Issues Friends & Fans to check it out for yourself.  

September 7-14 - mambi

Good morning everyone.  As you have seen before, I like to start planning my week with a color pallet.  For this week, I chose washi tape that would blend well with the color of pages in my planner.  I did not want the morning, afternoon, evening words on my days, so I used a thin washi to cover that.  I used the bottom section as a place to decorate.  The top and middle sections were for the days activities.  This is what my week looked like when I was done.  The black peeking up from the right side is the next weeks decor.  I do move my folders around.  I love the black one and find that I use that the most.  

If you would like to see more about my week in planning, please go to the mambi blog.  That is where I will be!

Party Favors - Fancy Pants

Good morning.  I am over on the Fancy Pants blog today, sharing cute little pillow boxes and gift bags that I created as favors for a couple of the parties I will be having this winter.  Hope you will stop by and take a look!

Cider Donuts - Paper Camellia

Today I am over on the Paper Camellia blog, sharing this layout of my boy, eating our favorite fall food!  If you have never had a fresh cider donut, you are not living.  It is the most amazing thing ever.  It is soft and crunchy all at the same time.  It truly is divine.  

Ok, time to go check it out over on the Paper Camellia blog.  

Wonder - Paper Issues

It is Swag Bag Sunday over at Paper Issues.  

They have just started offering a prize to anyone who links up to the 

challenge on their PIFF Facebook page.  

A $10 gift certificate to the store is what I really need:o)

Over on the Paper Issues blog today, I am sharing this layout.  

I hope you will stop over to see and find out more information about the give away.

xoxo

  

Fall Harvest - Paper Issues - Crop

Good morning!

Time to wake up and participate in some, if not all of the fun challenges over at the Paper Issues Fall Crop.  Now, 10:00am, is my time for a challenge.  I have challenged you, and all other scrappers, to create a layout using the amazing Swag Bag.  Only offered over on the PI store.  It contains lots of bits and pieces of the most current product available. 

The catch is, you can only use one, uno, 1, sheet of 12x12 paper to accompany your Swag Bag layout.  You can mix and match bags or use only one, that part is up to you.  

Here is what I created.  

Grab a Swag Bag or anything else you need from the store with code: Mary-Ann for 20% off.

Guest Designer over at Simple Stories

I can not even explain to you how excited I am to be guest designing over at Simple Stories today.  

When given the assignment of creating a Christmas Mini Album, I was pretty stoked.

Then, the box arrived.  I was a bit overwhelmed by all of the beautiful items they sent me to play with.  An over-flowing box of the Claus & Co. collection.  An amazing Christmas Sn@p album and more!  After picking through all the goodies, I decided this mini would be a plan all - December Daily book all in one.  Here is a few sneak peek photos.  I do hope you will hop over to 

Simple Stories to check out the remaining parts of my book.  It was a blast to create!

Thank you stopping in today.  Hope you have been inspired to get your December Daily planned and ready to go.  Making your holiday season that much easier.

Jacks - Paper Issues

So, over at Paper Issues, every month the offer a sketch (Sketchy Saturday) to help inspire and get the mojo flowing.  This month, they have based their sketch off of a super amazingly talented layout by  Becki Adams' Turkey Dinner LO for Bella as inspiration

Lets first take a look at my layout. 

I used Crate Paper's After Dark.  I think you may have read that I love love love it!!!

Alex, Emily and Roman pumpkin carving last year.  Our last year together:o(

GO HERE to link up.  There will be prizes!

Don't forget to use code: Mary-Ann for 20%

 off any order from the Paper Issues store!

Happy - Paper Camellia

Today is a big day over at Paper Camellia.  

We are announcing the November scrapbooking kit and add ons that are available.  

This month is probably one of my favorites.  It combines Pink Paislee with touches of Jen Hadfields, Homemade collection.  It is definitely fitting product for this time of year.  

Here is a look at my first layout for the month, using only the Main Scrapbooking kit.  I didn't use half of the product available.  There are thickers that will be making a debut on my projects later in the month that is for sure.  

I fussy cut these flowers out of one of the Pink Paislee Cedar Lane papers.  I layered some with foam tape for dimension.  

This is my family and my mom, apple picking just a few weeks ago.  I think we were on the hay ride here.  

For my title.  I chopped down one of the 3x4 cards and covered the bottom word.  

I wanted the blue and just the word Happy.  

Thanks for taking a peek.