Love My Mama - Paper Issues

I love this pic of my mom and I on Mother's Day from 2018.

That, and I love a good brunch!  That would probably be my favorite meal ever.  

I wanted to create something really girly and used the Flower Market Collection that I grabbed 

from Paper Issues.  Maybe you grabbed it too?  If so, creating a sideways layout was kinda fun! 

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Land of the Beautiful - Paper Issues

Happy 4th of July!

I hope you are surround by friends, fun and fireworks today.  

I am playing along with the Stars and Stripes Challenge over on PIFF.  

You can be literal with actual stars and stripes or you can be patriotic in any form.  

My photo is from a quick grocery store trip that lead to the perfect photo op.

If you read my journaling, you will see that we had quite a bit of fun in that spontaneous moment.

The perfect collection was Pebbles, Land that I Love!  

I also loosely based my layout off the Sketch for July.  

Little Dude - Paper Issues

Hey there.

When the new Boys will be Boys Challenge came up over at Paper Issues, did I really have a choice??  lol  I'll take any inspiration there is to craft about my boy.  

I decided to go back in time and create with older photos.  Kinda makes me sad, how fast time has flown and how darling my baby was when he was bitty.  

This is from a day that he was watching TV in his room, holding his favorite thing, Silly Putty.  He worried about getting it everywhere so he just held it there.  FOR-EVER!

My favorite part is the t-shirt.  You'll have to make sure you read it.  

I used Pebbles Night Night, that I purchased from the Paper Issues Store.  

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Marine Reunion - Paper Issues

A couple years ago, a bunch of Marines got together for a mini reunion.  It was fabulous.  On this day, we spent the day on the Battleship North Carolina.  There definitely is a bond of brotherhood between these men and their families.  I love being a part of it.  We have made friends for life with so many people. 

I find that we are very loyal and committed to relationships that we develop.  

It has been a struggle since we have left the Marine Corps.  

It seems to me that people have a much different perspective on what a friend is.  During my husbands 20+ years, we have made friends that are like family.  We bring them into our hearts unconditionally.  

Any-who, I played along with the Paper Issues Monochromatic challenge.  Its pretty fun.  I may have cheated because you can use black or white as an add on and I used silver.   Oops!

Oh, I used Pebbles Night Night collection from the PI Store.  Get it or anything else for 2-% off with code: Mary-Ann.

Happy Birthday - Paper Issues

This past Friday, I did a LIVE scrap session with Kelly over at Paper Issues.  We scrapped LIVE for a crowd of PIFFers and it was so fun!  I really had a great time.  The only thing left after the video was to add journaling and my boys name and age at the bottom. 

I used Pebbles - Happy Hooray. 

It is very bright and colorful, perfect for any birthday celebration.

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Applecrest - Paper Issues

Join the Paper Issues team as we celebrate my favorite month, October, with a little challenge called Rocktober.  We are giving you prompts for the season, an reasons to document your fun family times.  

I played along using Pebbles Midnight Haunting. 

The collection is a little spooky and a little cute!

Carve it Up - Paper Issues

Being October, Paper Issues thought it would be fun to do a Rocktober tribute over on their Facebook page (PIFF!)  I received a large Swag Bag-ish style pouch filled with goodies for a travel journal or a layout.  What ever you may want.  I decided to get some of my photos documented from last year.  

I did grab 2 larger 12x12 papers from Pebbles and Thickers to add to the kit.  

Here are the prompts if you want to play along.  

Fun In The Sun - Paper Issues

Good morning!

Welcome to rund 2 of Paper Issues August Issue.  I participated and had tons of fun.  It is all out Summer!  What is your favorite activity? Pages about vacations, sightseeing or even just using the Paper Issues Flamingo card that came with recent orders.  I have plenty of photos and thing to document for this occasion.  I could probably participate with 100 layouts.  But I focused it down to one topic.   Join in by creating a layout with these topics and upload into the PIFF Facebook Group for a chance to win a prize.  

Eating cool pops by the pool while watching boys swim.

It was also an iSpy photo from July.  (Paper Issues provides photo prompts each month and this was one of them!)

I used Peebles Sunshiny Days. Grab it from the shop, or anything else you want for 20% off with code: Mary-Ann.  

I also added a couple flair from A Flair for Buttons.  Grab those HERE.

T-Gram - Paper Issues

This time last year, we found out my mom was sick.  She is way better now but I took these photos of her and my boy having a Tea Party.  I put out cookies and put a table cloth down to amp up the party. They had fun while I photographed it.  I love how much he loves her.  

So, today there is a new issue over on the Paper Issue blog.  We are assigned a topic and this months is Mom-o-gram.  Create something with a monogram, fancy letters, about mom or grandmothers.  Anything like that.  (There is more information on their blog.)

I stuck with the grandmother theme and used Pebbles - Tealightful collection, which was perfect for this layout.  My mom is an avid tea drinker that is why we have always called her T-gram.

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Smile Handsome - Paper Issues

Paper Issues is shining a spotlight on Jen Hadfield's Simple Life Collection

 by Pebbles on their blog today.

The story goes..... when I saw the woodgrain cow, I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to use!  

We were apple picking at Applecrest in NH when we walked past this fella.  Apparently he loves apples.  Thank goodness we hadn't paid for them yet!  

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We Hunt Together - A Flair for Buttons

Morning.

Recently my little family took a trip home to Maine.  My boys thought hunting was fun while I got to visit with my immediate family and cut down greenery for Christmas decorating.  (So I dont have to pay an arm and a leg for it here!)  They had a great time in the woods and I had a great time in the house!!  lol.  While they were hoping for a deer, I was cancelling their request by hoping they didn't!  That works right?  Well, it did this time!

My layout today is over on the A Flair for Buttons blog.  I used Pebbles Warm & Cozy design by Jen Hadfield which you can purchase over in the Paper Issues Store.  Use code: Mary-Ann for 20% off.

Homemade - Paper Issues

It is my turn over on the Paper Issues blog today.  I am using Harvest by Pebbles.  You can get this or anything else you want from the PI store for 20% off using code Mary-Ann!

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