MDS Monday 85- Guest Designer!!!

Yep, really! I am so excited the ladies at the MDS Monday Blog asked me to be a Guest Designer for the month of October!!! I really enjoy the MDS Monday sketches and the chance to play with MDS even more, haha. They also have tons of tips and ideas on how to do so many other things that aren't as obvious, which is super helpful!

For the first challenge in October (MDSM85), Holly asked us to use a pre-designed template, but to mix things up and make it our own! So, here's the original template I selected, which is part of the Christmas Jingle layouts, which came with MDS!
(the photo boxes fit within the vanilla rectangle, in the same layout as I shared, but empty photo boxes don't show up when you share the project)

And here is what I made with it!

Supplies:
MDS: Playful Polka Dots download, Punches, Stitching, Recolor Tool
Font: Candy Round BTN

I kept the photo layout (but made it bigger), the Very Vanilla background and the Chocolate Chip journal box and some of the Scallop Edge (and scooted it to stay with my photos), but I changed up the rest of it. I recolored the striped and tiny polka dot DP from the Playful Polka Dots download, and used a tag from the same download for the date.
What do you think? Are you going to play along? I can't wait to see which template you choose!

Blog Hop: Holiday Catalog

Happy October to you! Autumn has definitely arrived at my house, we went from unseasonably hot 91* days to 58* rainy days overnight! But that's okay- autumn is my favorite season and it puts me in the mood to create for the holiday season!! And today, our blog hop is allll about the new Holiday Mini Catalog!! I posted my favorite items from the Holiday Mini in THIS post, and today you get to see the first things I've made, putting those favorite items into action! 

First up, an autumny card, mostly using the NAC #109 sketch! Thanksgiving is a great autumn holiday and I like the excuse to send thank you cards to the people who do so much for me and my family all year long!
(the sketch got a little turned around, only because I wasn't paying attention to which corner got the overlapped Washi tape...)

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze
Paper: Crushed Curry & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Color Me Autumn Washi Tape

And next, I have a Halloween card using the current Mojo Monday sketch! Can you see the stars embossed on the black? Love!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Tee Hee Hee
Ink: Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Stars Embossing Folder, Banners Framelits Die, Big Shot

What do you think? Oh I promise there will be many more creations to come, and of course I won't forget the biggest holiday around here- Christmas! But today I thought I'd focus on the autumn holidays first. *grin.
Now go see what every one else chose to make with the products in the Holiday Mini, and be sure and leave them some comments too! Start with Cheryl's blog by clicking below!

Weekly Pages Again!

Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a relaxing weekend!
I *almost forgot I was doing weekly scrapbook pages! haha...I am weeks behind, but here are two recent weeks completed! Both are very simple pages, but the focus here is definitely the photos and the story of our lives. Interesting that both pages ended up with 8 photos, haha...

On this one I was playing with my newest downloads...I have wanted the Vintage Overlays forever and finally added it to my order. No idea what took me so long... And I used two on this page, plus the Mis-Stitched stitching.

Supplies: MDS: A Split Second (smile), Mis-Stitched download, Vintage Overlays,

Font: Cinnamon Cake

This page stayed pretty clean, I had a lot to talk about this time, haha...and the color combination came straight from MDS.

Supplies: MDS: Petal Parade-2014 SAB content (scallops), Texture overlay
Font: Bradley Hand

What are you going to make this week?

A Baby Card

Today I have the last card from the classes this week! Again, for this class, I wanted to focus on all new products. I have the Boys Will Be Boys stamp set, but I was stuck for a while as to how "everyone" can use it, since I like my classes to be as universally applicable as possible! And then I figured it out- a baby card with the blocks! Yeay! And the In Colors from last year work perfectly for this sweet card! What do you think?

Supplies:
Stamps: Boys Will Be Boys, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar markers
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Big Shot, Arrows Embossing Folder, Neutral Buttons, White Baker's Twine

A Court of Honor!

I have another scrapbook page for you today! I am loving digital scrapbooking right now, can you tell? Did you enjoy the "break" from pages with some cards? I'm hoping to mix things up in coming weeks and not lean too heavily to pages or cards...haha...we'll see how it goes!
This time I used the current MDS Monday sketch, and the challenge with it was to wrap the text around the photos. I used that method of journaling a lot on paper pages a few years ago, but had no idea how to do it in MDS until now! (seriously- check out all the tutorial videos and techniques sometime! So many cool things we can do!!)

Supplies:
MDS: Extreme Elements stamp, Brads, Days to Remember DP, Freeform Lines
Font: Artistamp, Throw My Hands Up

I like the scattered accessories look. *grin. Also, for the title, I copied and pasted the title and turned the top one Old Olive to match the photo mats and the brads. Just another cool technique!  

Sympathetic Flowers

Here is another card from this month's class. This time I used a Viva La Verve sketch, and I kept to the newest In Colors. That's all that is "new" for the card, but I'm okay with that. *grin
I thought the rich colors and the flowers worked well for a sympathy card and its always a good idea to have those on hand, so that's the word I used.

 Supplies:
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow
Paper: Whisper White & Blackberry Bliss card stock
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon

Butterfly Grunge

Back to the workshop last week...
Thursday's hostess has a bright, fun personality so I wanted the make & take to be something that suited her. I used last week's Clean & Simple sketch and this is what I came up with!

Supplies:
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Papillion Potpourri, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry & Melon Mambo
Paper: Melon Mambo & Whisper White card stocks, Sweet Taffy DP
Accessories: Bitty Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals, Brights Candy Dots

We started with the two splats in Daffodil Delight, but the smaller splat I stamped off once for a paler shade. The larger splat was stamped twice and the smaller three times. Then the little dots were stamped once in Old Olive. I punched out the detailed butterfly and popped him up on Dimensionals. Then we added two Bright Candy Dots of their choice. And there you have it!

A Nautical Card

for your Monday morning!

Today is the first of my fall classes, and I'm featuring products from the new catalog (since I haven't done any classes since it came out!). This card uses the Freshly Made Sketch, and the Maritime DP, and this sa-weet ship! As much as I love ships and nautical paper, I think my favorite is the three brads in the corner, haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Traveler, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Smoky Slate & Whisper White card stock, Maritime DP
Accessories: Silver Mini brads, Mat Pack

Work of Art

Here's a fun little card and quick post for your Saturday!
I've wanted to play along with the Nacho Average Challenge sketch all week and I finally got to it last night! I was busy designing cards for my upcoming class, while introducing my daughter to Hook! haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Work of Art
Ink: Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Basic Gray
Paper: Tangelo Twist, Whisper White

Workshop Demo & Sneak Peek!

Happy Friday to you! Yeay for weekends!
Last night I had a workshop, with a hostess*! That's always a fun way to spend a couple hours! This is the card I demonstrated, to feature the Blendabilities. I used them to color the flowers and stems, but also the pearl!! How fun is that?!
AND this same card is going to be part of my upcoming September classes! So here's your sneak peek! I also used the current Retro Sketch for the layout, even tho I tipped the card base to fit the large image...
and, ignore the flaws...things happen when you're rushing at the end of a long day, giggle...

Supplies:
Stamps: Pleasant Poppies
Ink: Memento Black, Blendabilities: Old Olive, Calypso Coral
Paper: Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Whisper White card stocks, Park Lane DP
Accessories: Basic Pearls

*That doesn't happen nearly often enough! Want to volunteer? I would love to do a workshop at YOUR house with YOUR friends and you can keep the FREE hostess benefits with $150 or more in sales!

Sisters!

I wanted to get this page up for the MDS Monday challenge of the week...and I'm kinda getting it in under the wire, because I have another post for Friday...but I have been working on this page since Monday, and since I just finished it, I have to share!
...is that the longest sentence I have ever blogged, because it kinda feels like it!
This week, MDS Monday had a really great layout, and a challenge to use all white or just one pop of color. I decided I needed color, but went with a really pale shade, and I love how the page turned out!
The hardest part I had with this page was finding anything with only one photo to scrap...wow, I don't do that! haha! I take TONS of pictures, if I'm going to take pictures... But this 'selfie shoot' with my sister was a time I could just choose one photo and make it work. And here you have it!
...I think I'll lay off the pale pink for a while now...you're welcome!

Supplies:
MDS: Burlap Ribbon download, Delicate Doilies stamp, Button Bouquet, Lemonade Stand content (pearls)

Anniversary Getaway

I tend to get most excited about the newest photos and that is just one more reason I love MDS- I can make a page out of photos as soon as I take them, haha!
So the other night I spent a while scrapbooking our fun little getaway!

Page one comes from a layout I liked on Pinterest HERE.

 And page two came from the the first page on Pinterest HERE.

 And here they are together! 

Supplies:
MDS: Lemonade Stand content disk (stamps & stitching), Ink Splatters, Scallop Square punch, Square punch, Circle punch, Moments Ago stamp (you&me), Staples, Keep In Touch content (DP)
Fonts: Throw My Hands Up