It's October!!!

Which means a new kit from A Million Memories. I have done one layout with this already with a few more to follow. Here is a picture of this month's kit and a list of everything you get.

AMM OCTOBER 2010 Monthly Kit * AUTUMN LEAF FESTIVAL *

Papers: 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Paper - Fall Festival 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Paper - Cashmere Sweater 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Paper - Carmel Apple 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Paper - Pumpkin Pie 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Paper - Cider 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Paper - Flannel Sheets 1 October Afternoon Schoolhouse Paper - Chalkboard 1 October Afternoon Schoolhouse Paper - Workbook Embellishments: Cosmo Cricket Ready Set Chipboard Alphabet - Ironport 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Rubons 12 x 12 1 Lily Bee Catching Fall Cardstock Stickers 2 or 3 Maya Road Chipboard Leaf Coaster Book Pages 3 Maya Road Crystal Trinket Pins 1/2 pack Maya Road Kraft Doilies 1/2 pack Maya Road Mini Chipboard Flourishes 1 sheet Sassafras Lass Chipboard Flowers - Garden Bit Blues 6 or more AMM Vintage Pearl and Wood Buttons 1 pack Maya Road Felt Pearl Blossoms - Soft Yellow & Turquoise (2 each) Ribbon & Trims: 1 yard AMM vintage seam binding - Aqua 1 yard AMM vintage twill trim - Ruler 1 yard AMM vintage mini pom pom trim - Tangerine

Here is my first project with it...my mom and my oldest son goofing off as they usually do. I love the bond that I see developing between these two. ***Apologies to my mom, she has no makeup on and hasn't done her hair in these photos......

I used the Maya Road kraft doilies as a mask and misted with some turquoise Glimmer Mist and covered the Maya Road chipboard flourishes with black glitter.  Be back in a day or two with some more layouts using this beauty of a kit!

A Million Memories, Hambly and Clear Scraps...

Yep, all in one post. Here's how they all come together. Hambly was kind enough to sponsor the A Million Memories design team. They are also a product swap partner with Clear Scraps. Which means that I have plenty of Hambly hanging around in my stash. Not such a bad thing right? ;) So, thanks to Hambly for being so generous.

This first layout was made using an XL Clear Scraps shape. I darkened the edges of the Hambly paper with distress ink. Love the way that the white stripes of the woodgrain resisted the brown ink, creating a much more striking effect. These pics. are of my youngest son. He and his siblings were hanging out in the hot tub and he wouldn't quit splashing, too many warnings and a time out ensued. Kind of sucks when you have to sit on the steps and they are all in the water having a great time.

This next one is of my daughter playing around in one of her dress up dresses. This one is done on one of the large lace doily transparencies from Hambly.

Followed up by two cards. The heart and the leaves were cut using my Silhouette.

What are you all up to this weekend? It's just me and the four kiddos for the next week. We have some baseball games if the weather holds. Hoping tonight's gets rained out so that I can go out to dinner with some girlfriends. Is that bad of me????? Have a great one!

My Mind's Eye...swoon

I love, adore and cherish My Mind's Eye products. They are right up my alley and this collection from their Lost & Found line is to die for.  The blue and cream and glitter.....ahhhhhhhhhh. Used a sketch from their last blog challenge for this layout.

 

Wow, sorry for the wonky picture placement. Blogger has changed the photo upload portion of posting and either I can't figure it out or it is acting strange tonight. I'm sure it is the first rather than the latter. :)

The dark outlined shape behind the photo is a chipboard page out of the Clear Scraps All Mixed Up album. I simply misted it to give the edges that darkish grey blue color and then added the damask paper on top. The glitter sticker letters that spell out 'thank you' are from Sassafrass and everything else is from My Mind's Eye. The banner was part of a 12x12 piece of paper and I cut it out and strung it along as a border.

Hope you are having a wonder beginning to your week. I have some exciting news to share and will be able to do so in a few days once it goes live elsewhere. Something I've not had the privilege to do yet and feel so honored to be asked! Be back soon to fill you all in! Now, I'm going to hit 'publish post' and see just how wacked out my photo alignment is! :)

Lunch Bag Tags

While working with some Clear Scraps earlier this week, I came up with this great idea! Re-usable tags that have a cute little pocket for a cute little card. I know my daughter will love these. I can just see her eyes light up when she spots this in her lunch box. The best part is that since they are made from an acrylic tag base they are sturdy. The cards for the pocket are tiny, which makes it easy peasy to make a lot of them for future uses!

I started with the two large tags from the Clear Scraps Scalloped Tags (you also get two smaller tags in the package...BONUS!). Then used some Cosmo Cricket papers and embellishments to finish it up. The die that I used to cut the little pockets with came from Papertrey Ink.

Finished them off with a paint pen around the edges and some ribbon, buttons, and baker's twine.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today!

September A Million Memories kit

Here are my projects that I made using the September kit from A Million Memories. This kit had some new Cosmo Cricket and Sassafrass items as well as some Echo Park papers. I really loved how they all went together.

Let me tell you those marshmallow shooters are the best! Those little marshmallows just go flying!

and a couple of simple cards...

Hope you have all had a great weekend. Thanks for taking the time to stop and take a peek!

Scrappin' for me.

One thing that is REALLY nice about being down to two design teams is that I have had quite a bit of time freed up, and with that extra time I'm able to do some scrapping for me. It's nice to have some time to do what I want to do and use the products that I have purchased. Don't take that the wrong way, I have loved the products from the manufacturers that I was designing for. I only apply for companies whose product I REALLY and TRULY love. But the assignments can be daunting and at times restricting. Plus it is oh so nice to mix products from different companies!

While attending CHA last February I ran across the Devonshire line by Kaisercraft. Loved it at first sight! I found some a couple of months ago at my LSS. About three weeks ago I finally had some time to sit down and give it a little attention....

Chipboard butterflies are from Maya Road, Punches are from Martha Stewart, bling is from Prima, mists from Tattered Angels.

I also made a few cards. These be put up in my Etsy shop soon, link on the right!

                                        

                                        
Stamps and brown label die are from Papertrey Ink. Paper doily, birds on a wire punch and twine from Martha Stewart.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

The last....

Just sharing the last of my projects from my term with Bo Bunny.

Up first is a summer themed layout.

A two pager, it has been a long time since I have done one of these! On this one I cut some circles out of a transparency and then sewed them on to look like real bubbles.

and lastly a birthday card with some handmade flowers and lots of die cut scallops!

Off to enjoy the last bit of the long holiday weekend with my kiddos.