Thursday, August 2, 2012

Moxxie Forever Family

I adore this new line from Moxxie, it is just gorgeous!  Forever Family!
Added a bit of Core'dinations card stock, and some other fun embellishments.  Love how soft and serene it turned out!

Hope you are having a creative Thursday!
Make sure to stop back tomorrow for the 1st Moxxie Blog hop and a chance to win a Moxxie paper collection!

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

1 year later

It has been one year today, that I sold my scrapbook store.  Things have changed so very much and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss that special little store, all the amazing friends and customers that became part of my world!
I create more,found my own style and love paper crafting even more than when I had the store.
I have had the most amazing year and been blessed with so much.  My family is healthy and happy, our lives are good.
I won a couple paper crafting competitions, gained some confidence and through some urging of Christine Meyers, owner of Practical Scrappers, I started submitting Design Team Applications.  Thank you so much Christine for the encouragement.  I made a few teams, next came submitting projects for publication.  I started submitting in April and I am thrilled to tell you that I have projects coming out in  Northridge Publications (Cards and Create) over the next few months. 
It's been an incredible journey and appreciate all of you taking this journey with me!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Stamping with Stickles


Practical Scrappers has a great post today about 10 ways to use gems and stickles,
10 things to do with Gems and Stickles.
I was inspired by a pin on Pinterest...
100 ways to use Stickles.
One way that peeked my interest was to stamp with Stickles, hmmm...not such a fantastic idea.  I tried lots of stamps and lots different amounts of Stickles, which equaled out to lots of EPIC fails.  Messy and not so fun!

Finally tried Claudine Hellmuth's Decor Foam and Clear stamps...which worked perfectly.
I stamped the circles with Broken China Distress Stickles with foam stamps, then waited for them to dry before stamping with the clear matching stamps with Broken China Distress Ink.
Love how it turned out...but I won't be stamping with Stickles again! 


Thanks for stopping by! 

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Monroe and the Silhouette

Monroe's very favorite spot to sleep is right by my Silhouette!  Not very helpful...she gets totally annoyed if I need to use it and I have to move her!
Yes, the Silhouette needs to find a new home!


Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Winterland to cool you off!?!?

Guess who is up on the Moxxie Blog today?
 It is just too hot here in South Dakota. The temps and humidity have been unbelievable. The heat doesn’t really bother me, but being a West River girl, who recently became an East River girl...the humidity takes some getting used to. I don’t think I will ever adjust. Yuck!!
I thought I might cool myself off a bit, if I created something with Moxxie's Winterland. It kind of helped, as now I remember just how cold it was last Winter. Brrrrr!

I created this layout with these Moxxie Supplies:
other supplies used:
Vintage Doily, Bazzill Chipboard Snowflake, Liquid Pearls, Twine from the Twinery, Stampin’ Up Heart Punch, heart button and Machine Stitching

How hot is it?
IT'S SO HOT in South Dakota that
The birds have to use potholders to pull the worms out of the ground.
.....the trees are whistling for the dogs.
.....the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance
....hot water comes from both taps.
.....you can make sun tea instantly.
.....you learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding
iron.
.....the temperature drops below 90 F and you feel a little chilly.
.....you discover that in July it only takes two fingers to steer your
car.
.....you discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
.....you actually burn your hand opening the car door.
.....you break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 A.M.
....you realize that asphalt has a liquid stage.
.....the potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one
out and add butter.
.....the cows are giving evaporated milk.
.....farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from
laying boiled eggs.

Stay cool, my friends!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Lily Bee Hello

I simply adore the Memorandum line from 
Lily Bee.  They are fast becoming one of my favorite companies, I love the slightly distressed paper, the gorgeous tones and the amazing quality.  What's not to love!
This card was designed for Sarah at 
Stetler Arts back home in Rapid City!
Here's hoping that you all have a happy, happy Monday!

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Momenta Cupcake Box

Just wanted to share this cute baby shower idea...a washcloth cupcake in a fun box and of course, a Momenta Tag & Bow!

The box is a cupcake box from Wilton!  I used 4 baby washcloths to create the cupcake!
The bow was cut with the Silhouette.
Momenta supplies used:
Twine from the Twinery

Thanks for taking a peek!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Moxxie Gone Camping

Sharing another layout made for the 
Moxxie party with the Happy Camper line!  Such an adorable line...easy to create with especially when you have two cute kiddos to scrap!  Thanks Angie for always sharing them with me, I think I get the better end of the deal!  LOL!


Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A layout created for the Moxxie Party!

The Moxxie Muses were asked to create some projects for Moxxie's big new release party in Chicago.  How very fun!  Wish I could have been there.  Oh, how I miss CHA...so unbelievably awesome!
Here is one of the layouts I created for the party!
This is Moxxie's Midway Madness line.  So perfect for these photos.  Thank you Cara for sharing them. 

Monday, July 16, 2012

Clean & Simple

Some fun tips and ideas for creating clean & simple on the Practical Scrappers Blog today. Definitely a challenge for me..but I love how they turned out!
 The card features papers and stickers from Adornit's Capri Collection, the little corrugated house is Jillibean Soup!



card is out for publication


The layout features Pink Paislee's Indigo Bleu, a bit of burlap ribbon and lace!

Happy Monday!
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