#Boy Dress Up - A Flair for Buttons

Morning.  

Two blog posts in one day, crazy!

I am over on the A Flair for Buttons blog with this fun layout.  More details and which set of flair I used, is over on Shelley's blog.

  

Feel Better Soon - The Rubber Cafe

This elegant stamp is part of the March Creative Cafe KOTM over at The Rubber Cafe.  It is absolute fun to color!  Head HERE to check out the monthly club.

Thank you for stopping in today.

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I had fun creating this boy layout for The Cut Shoppe.  

I hope you will stop over to see the details and where you can SHOP for your own cut files.  

We Go Together - Paper Issues

Over at Paper Issues today, we are trying to explain to you just how super fun it is to receive a SWAG BAG and/or use the FREE PRINTABLES that Paper Issues has to offer every single month.  So I have created a layout of a photo I printed over a year ago.  My boy and I were on a trip to Maine by ourselves, stopped at rest stop and grabbed a selfie.  I love his blue eyes.  

I used the February Swag Bag.  The only thing that I added was a piece of cardstock as my background.  All of may papers, layered under my photo, are PL cards that were included in the bag.  The black "Surround Yourself" card is a free printable.  Look at all that is included in this bag;  The banners, wood veneers, glitter hearts, paper hearts, cork heart, wood veneer people, milk & cookies sticker, tag and much much more.  I used thin pieces from the PL cards to create my strip at the top of my layout and the bottom.  Oh, I guess I did add black paint splatters too!  

It was so much fun.  I need another.  SOON!  

Thank you for stopping by today.  Head over to the PI blog to get more inspiration using the Swag Bags and the Free Printables. See you soon.

I Am La-Roy - Paper Camellia

Here he is.... the most beautiful, slinky, mischievous cat in the world!  

He is crazy but we love him.  

I am sharing this layout of Leroy aka: La-Roy over on the Paper Camellia Blog today.  

Go check him out.

Have a great day.

I Am Strong - Paper Camellia

This layout is a mental note for me.  To remember that  I am strong.  I can do this.  Sometimes, I wonder if I am taking on too much.  I look at what others create and wonder if what I create is worthy.  Listing out my accomplishments, gives me a brief reminder.

It is important for me to document things in my life,

 real things not abstract things that have no meaning.  

I am trying to remember that.

This layout is live over at Paper Camellia today.  I share closeups and a a very important tip.

Go.  NOW!  

Sweet Little You - Paper Camellia

Good Day all!  I am a tad late sharing this with you but I think it is worth the wait.  Paper Camellia, the Scrapbooking Kit Club that I design for, does a reveal of their upcoming kit on the first of the month.  With February being short, it snuck up on me!  Bet it did you too.  Never the less, I had created a layout for the reveal but forgot to share it with you here.  

There seems to be a lot of PINK happening in the industry lately.  But top that with GOLD foil, how could any of it be wrong!  So, through my stash of photos I go.  Looking for something with a female  (this time my sister) so my pinks don't make my husband mad!!  But seriously, since when do I pay attention to what advice he has to offer when it comes to paper!  Right!  He better watch it.  I will do a solo photo of him with all pink embellishments!  Keep a look out, it may just happen.

Back to the point.  Here is the layout that I created for the Paper Camellia reveal.

I love the hearts following as the trail of the butterfly.  

Take a gander at these great big...... you thought I was gonna say blue eyes, which I was, but first, wanted you to take a look at the great big gems!  They are a tad too big for me.  So tucking them behind the papers a little make them workable.  Now, take a look at those blue eyes!  

Thanks for coming by today friends.  Go here to check out Paper Camellia!

FISH kiss - A Flair for Buttons

Good Morning!  I have this fun layout over on the A Flair for Buttons blog today.  It is of my boy and I doing fish kisses.  His interpretation of a fish kiss varies a bit from mine!  lol.  Shelley recently sent me a bunch of flair and I was dying to use some of them up.  I love "word" flair, black flair and colored flair.  Can go wrong with simple patterns either.  For this layout, I used a black background to help emphasis my enormous title and my choice of flair. 

The papers I used are from February's Studio Calico kit.  The only additions are my spectacular flair, enamels, black tag and pink paint.

To see more closeups of this layout, head over to the A Flair for Buttons blog.

My Favorite Show! - Paper Issues

Hello!  I am sharing my third, yes THIRD, layout using the new October Afternoon's Saturday Morning collection that has been re-stocked HERE in the Paper Issues shop.  I fell in love with the color scheme and all of the little bits and pieces that this collection had to offer.  

I often find a collection I want to work with, then, dig for a photo!  Many people do it the opposite.  Share in the comments how you choose, I would love to hear!

Here is a close up.  After that, you need to head over to Paper Issues to see more:o)  Be sure to tell them that you love me but don't mention that you are my family)  hehe

Happy Valentine's Day - Paper Issues

Today, Paper Issues is doing what they call a Product Spotlight.  When Sherri asked which product I might like to use and if I wanted to participate with her on this project,  I was totally on board.  I love Kiss Kiss by Crate Paper and had plenty on hand to create a fresh project.  I took a look back at all of my past Valentine's and don't have very many photos.  It really doesn't matter though, I have plenty of people and photos of people that I love.  This is perfectly suitable for that.

Under the photo and all around the page, I doodled with a gold marker.  Created little hearts and doodles to help emphasize my gold accents.

Ok, so three was a little stretch but he was still 3 for two more days in this photo!

If you have been inspired by this project, head to the store and use my code: Mary-Ann to receive 20% off your entire order any time on anything.  It is a pretty good discount.  Thanks for coming by.

Sunny Snapshots mini album

We are already half way through January with no snow to speak of.  It is EXTREMELY cold and I burrowed in for few days while my family goes to school and work.  I have been trying to organize and clean out but something keeps calling me back to my scrap space.  I decided to create a mini album from November when we went apple picking in weather that was sunny and bright, well one day anyway.  Thinking maybe that would warm my feet.  Nope.  Today I have Smart Wool socks on, homemade knitted socks and my husbands slippers.  My own don't fit over so many layers.  I am sipping coffee with a lemon candle burning.  Hoping I feel warmer.

Here is my sunny mini that didn't help change the temperature but it sure was fun making.  

I created this album with cardstock pages.  I use Bazzill 8.5 x 11 Avalanche.  It has just enough texture and my favorite.  I cut this in half the long way and folded in half with the texture inside, to create the pages of my album.  Best thing about making your own album, you can decide how many pages you want for your event.  I knew I needed 5 open pages.

I then used a strong adhesive to attach the pages back to back like so.

To create even sturdier pages, I machine stitched as close to the inside as I could on each page.  I HAVE to use my sewing machine on everything lately.  It is a stage I am going through.  Remember the funky scissor stage?  Tearing paper stage?  Been through it all!!!

I chose the papers from Pink Paislee I wanted on the outside of my album.  Attached with a strong adhesive and whipped it through my sewing machine again, of course!  Then I started decorating the inside.  We went picking twice.  The first time, on the rainiest day ever and then again with our friends.  We ate apples for weeks!  Apple pie, Apple Crisp, Apple Sauce, Baked Apples.  Everywhere we went, we took something apple with us!

There is a local farm that has a cold cellar and we can still get apples that taste freshly picked.  We are lucky to live in New England.  Even though I am kinda crabby today.  I hope you have enjoyed my little mini and think about creating one for yourself.  I will list the products I used below.

Supplies used:

Bazzill 8.5 x 11 Avalanche cardstock

Pink Pailsee:  Hello Sunshine Patterned paper

Pink Paislee: Hello Sunshine Ephemera

Pink Paislee:  Hellow Sunshine 3x4 Pocket Cards

Pink Paislee:  Hellow Sunshine Chipboard Sticker Set

Studio Calico Tags

Random enamel dots

Say it ain't Snow - Family

Today, over at Paper Issues, they are having Link Party where you can share your creations and possibly win a $20 gift card to the Paper Issues store.  You have until February 1st to link back.

You can share anything that you have to do with outside winter activities!  

I am sharing a layout I created using an older snowman family photo.  We built this to represent our family a few years ago.  My boy is so small here and those snowmen are ginormous!  

 For this layout, I used Gossamer Blue Get Happy paper collection.  The few splotches of America Crafts gold paint are perfect.  Although this collection is Christmasy, it is also perfect for just cold day photos.  You can pick up this collection for 20% off if you use my code: Mary-Ann. 

Here is a list of products I used for this layout.

Holiday Happy 12x12 

Wonderful Life 12x12

Trimming Trees 12x12

Holiday Sweater 12x12

Gossamer Blue Happy Stickers

Be sure to head to the store and see what they have to offer.  Grab this collection or anything else you see for 20% off using my code:

Thank you for stopping by.  See you again soon.

Always Together

Well, maybe the title isn't quite accurate but we sure do a ton of stuff together, especially in the summer time.  Randy travels a bit and has to get a ride to the airport often because his flights are at ridonculous hours.  He has become quite friendly with the  driver.  You should hear some of his stories:o)  Anyway, he often tells Randy of events in the area.  One, because he likes him and two, because his wife runs a travel agency!  Good friend to have:o)  

So, he told him of this fireworks thing that was happening in Newburyport last month. 

 OMG, was it spectacular!  We ate at one of the most expensive Mexican restaurants I have ever  been to but it was magnifico!  Sorry, wrong accent.  

We parked our butts along the river and listened to a live band, ate a little street food and the best part, people watched.  I am soooo glad I am not a teenager today.  It seems like a lot of work.  

We took a selfie like we often do, and this is what I scrapped.

My layout was based on the sketch below.  Loosely based, I should say.  I find sketches a great jumping off point.  For inspiration only and you can do what every you want!  This one is from Creative Scrappers.  I used Fancy Pants True Friends paper Collection.  A sweet friend just recently gave it to me:o)  I added some stitching and triangles just like the sketch!  Oh and ink drops:o)

Remember the LEROY layout from a couple days ago?  That was the same paper line.  Completely different looks, don't you think?  

I am still mad at him for chewing my handsfree earphones.  Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you are interested in a crazy cat:o)