Friday, February 24, 2012

It's a new look.....

Hello Ladies,
I have decide to update my blog , I'm not sure if it something that I will keep. One day last week I was going to do some blogging when I discovered my blog background what disappeared. That when I decide to change my look. Anyways. I have few pages I have done over the few days that I wanted to share with you.

First I'll show my entry from Paper Secrets, I made it thru to the next round. Here is the sketch we had to use.



Lace/Trim****
3+buttons****
3+flowers
rubons
3+ photo corners*****
bling
*****
staples
border or shape punch

TECHNIQUES
stitching
misting
distressing (ink)*****


It seems each week the sketch is getting a little more challengeing for me, but  that ok, for I like a challenge.
Here is my page.
                                           
Moving right along I have a done acouple challenges over at http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/ Again we are still in our Birthday Celebration. So my next shop is


SOUND SOLUTIONS (Music Shop)

For my challenge I would like to see ..
1. At least one music related embellishment
2. Some music patterned paper or sheet music
3. A Title that is music related or contains a song title
or a sentence/paragraph from a song

Here is my page.
" I will always Love you"
Whitney Houston
1948-2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Shop Til YOut Drop

I'm going to share with  you today a few of my layouts I did for Soul Scrappers;We are celebrating our 2nd birthday this year. Our theme this year is Shop til  Ya Drop.http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/
Here is one the shops I did a submissions for.


SHOP TIL YA DROP!
Let’s Go Shopping
In Karen's Travel Boutique
– Managed by me (Karen Findlay)
For my Challenge you need to create a Layout only.
Please include three or more holiday photos.
Five travel embellishments and a journaling tag

The travel Shop, well since I really don't travel. I had botherd some photos from my daughter Jennifer. She had gone to New York for a class trip back in 2008.I decide to use these photos of Strawberry Fields. It's localed on the West side of Central Park. 

John Lennon


 Moving right along we have another shop called:

Ankle Biters Clothing Store
– Managed by Jane Howden
For my Challenge you need to draw inspiration from an item of children’s clothing.
Please upload a photo of the clothing item as well as your layout to the Gallery, so we can compare.
Here is my inspirational piece of clothing ...

Cousins

I had so much fun making this page.It  took me 3 hours. I got my cricut machine out and away I went . The colors are so close to the dress. I think it turned out great.
Thanks for stopping by, until  next time have a fantastic day.
Hugs Mary

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Paper Secrets( Scrap your Ass off) ..Second Week.

Hello Ladies:)

Here is my second entry for Scrap Your Ass off, over at Paper Secrets. It's a challenge that you have to have your page done in 7 days or less. I made it to the second round.


Here is the  sketch we had to use this week, it needs to be in by the Feb14.

ribbon/twine*****
3+buttons
3+flowers *****
rubons****
3+ photo corners
3+brads
staples
border punch ****

TECHNIQUES
stamping
misting
distressing.*****

Here is my entry:
Beauty
This is one of Hannah's pictures from Winter Carnival. It's a formal dance.They have a school.

Thanks for looking,  Have a wonderful day:)
 hugs
Mary




Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Happy Shiny People

Hello Ladies,
Here is the Song /Lyric Challenge for this month over at Soul Scrappers; Happy Shiny People.
Enjoy the video. We had to use   a word, or title or sentence from this song.
Here is my take on this song I used the words Happy, Happy. Here is my Layout.
Happy Happy
Here is Hannah and her friends
My next layout is a negative Sketch from Soul Scrappers. We have to scrap a material item that we would want. Since I'm a big reader, I have always wanted a Kindle Fire.
So I created this page, for this wonderful sketch.

 Here is my page:
Thanks for stopping by,I hope you enjoyed my pages, before you leave enjoy the video one more time. Happy Shiny People by R.E.M.
Hugs
Mary

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Valentine Day's Layout

This month over at Soul Scrappers, I did a Color Combo Challenge. The inspiration it gave me was Valentine's Day. The month for Lovers. I love these colors, they go so well together.

 

Here is my layout:

You and Me

Here is another little Valentine Project I did.

Be my Valentine
Here is Ms Jennifer and boyfriend Josh.
This is a tag I had made for Soul Scrappers
Second Birthday Celebration.


Moving right along, we have a our Quote challenge  by Marisa over at Soul Scrappers.
She is from Australia since they had so much rain over there lately, she decided to go with  this quote:
You pray for rain,
you gotta deal with the mud too.
That's a part of it.

Denzel Washington

So here is my take on her challenge.

Mud BogThere is a funny story behind this Photo. In this photo is my oldest daughter Jennifer, Away at camp, there was a day that they went on Mud Bog Hike. She was the smallest one in the group. She decide to go for it until she was half way there in the swamp bog and got stuck, if you notice the she is covered up to her chest with mud. To make the story short, one of her counselor carried her the rest of the way.

Moving  right along is another Second Birthday celebration Challenge I did over at Soul Scrappers. It's called the Flower shop. and if you know me I love putting flowers on pages.  We had to do a cluster of flowers, use flowered pattern paper, used 9 or more flowers. So here is my page is did:
Things I Love about You.
                                  Here is what my journal reads:
                                           Smile
                                           Big Blue Eyes
                                           Your Silliness
                                           Your Sense of Style
                                           Your Sense of Humor
                                           Your Honesty
         
                  Here is my last entry until next week  is a sketch I  did.

                                                                      
                                                         
Ozzy's on Duty
            Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my work as
            much as I enjoyed making them. Have a wonderful week.
             Hugs   Mary

Friday, February 3, 2012

Scrap off your Ass

Hi ladies,
I'm posting my entry of the day which I did for Paper Secrets. It's a new challenge for me. YOu only have 7 days to complete the layout. Which is a challenge for me..LOL
Here is the sketch I had to use:

Max the Cat


Complete a layout based on the following sketch provided by PageMaps. You must also use 4 of the 8 products listed and 1 of the TECHNIQUES You have 7 days to complete your layout & upload it to our gallery to move on to the next challenge
ribbon/twine ****
3+buttons ******
3+flowers
rubons
3+ photo corners******
3+brads
staples
altered or raw chipboard/cardboard*****

TECHNIQUES
stamping
misting ****
dry or heat embossing
My misting didn't turn out that well. I should have misted before adding my supplies on. Until next time  have a wonderful day.
Hugs
Mary


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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Creative Scrappers Sketch #193

This is my first layout for Creative Scrappers. I usually do my layouts for Soul Scrappers, but I fell in love with this sketch and I couldn't just pass it up. Thanks ladies for a lovely sketch:) I used the My Mind's Eye Life stories collection, K and Company
Flowers. I distress the outer edge of my cardstock. Thanks for looking. Have a wonderful day. Hugs Mary


Rosie