Hi there! Today I have an project that was one of my monthly assignments for Spellbinders. I haven't been able to share much work that has been made directly for Spellbinders as they use it all for advertising and other publications. However, once it hits the gallery on the Spellbinders website it is up for grabs in the sharing department!!!!

 I love the photos on this layout. My parents no longer have a house in town, so when they come to town they stay with us. In these photos my mom is sitting in the natural lighting at our kitchen table applying her makeup. My daughter came along and wanted to mimic her Nana. Here they are sharing the double sided mirror.

Products Used:

Classic Triple Scallop by Spellbinders	Grand Peony Creations by Spellbinders	Carnation Creations by Spellbinders	Labels One by Spellbinders
Cardstock By Bazzill	Scor Tape by Scor Pal	My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Mabel Brads	Glossy Accents by Ranger
White Chocolate Chipboard by Basic Grey	Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger	My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Mabel Little Ladies Pretty Posies	My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Mabel Love Letter Paper
My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Mabel Little Lady Posies Paper	Distress ink "Walnut Stain" by Ranger

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Mommy Sandwich

Hee! Nothing better than being smooshed between two of my kiddos! Used lots of Basic Grey Out of Print for this one...all from the Studio Calico kit Boardwalk...lots of oh so yummy items in that kit, the colors are purely divine.

Used a scalloped circle die template from Spellbinders to make these folded circles for the wavy border.

Love these flower pins from Maya Road too!

I should be back soon, I have some Clear Scraps projects to share and a couple more layouts.

PRODUCTS USED:

Out of Print "Batik" by Basic Grey	Out of Print "Publication" by Basic Grey	Out of Print "Daily News" by Basic Grey	Out of Print "Mish Mash" by Basic Grey
Standard Circles Large by Spellbinders	Standard Circles LG by Spellbinders	Lime Twist Life of the Party "Be You" by My Mind's Eye	Mini Alpha Stickers by Sassafrass
Chipboard Alpha Stickers by Studio Calico	Life of the Party Sticker Micro Monograms by Basic Grey	Out of Print Glazed Brads by Basic Grey	Out of Print Bloomers by Basic Grey

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Perfectly ImpErfEct

Last week I handed my camera to my oldest son and asked him to take a few impromptu photos. Most of them weren't worth keeping (really it was that I didn't look worth keeping). However, the photo on this layout was a keeper, maybe not the perfect shot from the composition stand point. We almost didn't make it into the photo, but I LOVE it none the less. It may be imperfect, but to me, it is PERFECT!

Used up some more of Crate Paper's Emma's Shoppe. I'm down to just bits left, enough to eek out a few cards. Also pulled out the Lace Doily Accents and Twisted Metal die templates from Spellbinders.

A little challenge...

I had some spare time this month and decided to join in on the My Mind's Eye sketch challenge. I pulled one of all time favorite lines of theirs and went to work. These two cards both use Stella & Rose. Here is the sketch that was provided for us to work off of...

and here was my take on it...we had to make it a celebration themed card.

I flipped it to horizontal and used some Spellbinders die templates on it (Stars Five and Blossoms Tags & Accents)

I really liked this sketch and used it again for another card...

Used some more Spellbinders Die Templates with this one too (Classic Heart, Classic Scalloped Heart, Classic Circles and Lace Doily Motifs).

Speaking of My Minds Eye...swoon, have you seen their newest releases? Another round of Lost & Found...ahhhh, makes me a happy little girl! Oh and those 6 by 6 pads in, my wallet is going to be crying!!!

Edgeabilities...

Swoon, I so love these new die sets from Spellbinders. Their versatility makes them so unique and they have such unlimited possibilities. Using just the decorative insert pieces from a few of the sets I whipped this card together (Ha! I can say whipped because most of the work was already done, I had used the strips on a layout for CHA and then had to change some things and these were left sitting on my desk. What better to do with them than turn them into a card?!) Remember I did not use the edger piece on these, just the decorative inserts.

Products:

Spellbinders: E8-001 Classic Scallop

E8-004 Classic Ric Rac, E8-006 Classic Petal, E8-003 Classic Triple Scallop, S4-190 Labels Four, Grand Claibur die cutting machine

Anna Griffin: Printed Paper

Markers: Copic, Stamps: Papertrey Ink, Ink: Versafine, Jenni Bowlin

ScorTape, Glitter: Martha Stewart

Want 2 Scrap: Jewels

Snow much...

Wow! Thank you so much for the tremendous response to my projects for the Spellbinders blog hop. I have to say I have been amazed by all of the fabulous die templates the Spellbinders is releasing for this CHA...AMAZING stuff I tell you!

I have one more project that focuses on the two dies I used for my portion of the hop. Once again here is S4-340 Create-A-Flake and LF-347 Grand Labels Twenty-Three. This card shows both of these dies in their true form.

Both the card base and the snowflakes were die cut from Best Creations Glitter Card Stock.

Products Spellbinders: S4-340 Create-A-Flake, LF-347 Grand Labels Twenty-three, Grand Calibur

Best Creations: Glitter Cardstock Anna Griffin: Printed Paper Willow Collection Technique Tuesday: Stamps Flourishes: Stamps Want 2 Scrap: jewels and pearls Colorbox: Watermark ink Filigree: white embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by again...be back with some brand new CHA releases from Clear Scraps!

Tonya

Happy Monday...

  What a weekend!!! 6 baseball in the sun...YES, it finally quit raining for a few days and we actually had sun and80 degrees! One look at me and you would know my pasty white body isn't use to this, yeah, I'm now sporting a rudolph red nose and an oh so sexy farmer's tan! Not complaining though, it was the perfect weekend for 3 boys all in a baseball tournament.

  Last week was a bit of a blur. My dad ended up having chest pains and shortness of breath, bit of a surprise as he recently had to stints placed. Unfortunately he was one of the unlucky ones that stints didn't work on and he ended up having triple bypass surgery on Thursday. He came through great and is now on the mend. So wishing I was in Arizona right now to help him get up and running again.

How about a little crafty sharing??? Today it is some more Clear Scraps. Started with an XL Dazed shape (the scalloped circle) and some Turquoise StazOn ink and some My Mind's Eye doily stamps. I love the look of stamping on the clear acrylic because it really gives it a three dimensional look.

Other Materials:

Papers: My Mind's Eye Lime Twist, Bo Bunny Grape Double Dot

Dies: Spellbinders Donna Salazar Carnation Creations and Labels Four

Tiny Type Letter Stickers October Afternoon

American Crafts Thickers

Jewels: Want 2 Scrap

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend and a great week!

Tonya

Clear Scraps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Clearly Inspired Blog Hop!!

We hope you are "clearly Inspired" to get creative with the amazing Clear Scraps
products.
As the Clear Scraps Design Team we know how fun it is to work with acrylic and
want it to be fun and easy for you too, so hop along with Clear Scraps today and
find your acrylic inspiration!


You should be arriving here from Hilde's blog, if not then you might want to start at the Clear Scraps blog and start the hop from the beginning....HERE.


This week has been teacher's appreciation week at our schools, so I thought I would share with you the little treat boxes that I have put together for my kids to give to their teachers.


I started with four of the individual pieces from the Clear Scraps Banner pack, then put a bunch of my Spellbinders die templates to work and created these cute little decorative pieces to adorn the boxes.

The next blog you'll be hopping to after mine is Grace's click HERE to see what my very talented team mate has to share with you. You have until Saturday at midnight to leave your comments. Winner will receive the Spiffy Mixable Album. Good luck!