Lush and Lovely tags - Prima

hi everyone!  today I want to share with you a few cards I made using the Lush and Lovely Tags kit from Your Memories Here.  This kit features any of the lovely papers from the Prima Rondelle collection.

When I saw this kit I just loved everything about it, the colors, the patterns, the floral embellishments.  But I am not much of a tag maker so I decided to turn the tags into cards.  It was very simple to use the ideas from the LWP class to create these.

I still have so many gorgeous goodies left over and I plan on making a layout or two using the rest of my kit...as these 3 cards barely made a dent.  hee hee

Kristina told me she has just two of these kits left in the store, so pop over and grab yours before they are gone.

Hugs.

Nancy

Day in the Life - MMD and MME Layout

Hi everyone!  Well, it is that time again.  Time for another gorgeous sketch from Heather Landry over at Miracle Mommas Designs.  As usual, Heather created a gorgeous sketch for us to play with.

Here is the sketch.

And my take...

I used the new Collectable/Notable papers from My Minds Eye.  I picked these up at my Local Scrapbook Store and they are just gorgeous.  This project just came together so quickly.  Ainsley is growing way too fast.  sigh

1 Goofy Girl - The Sampler

Hi everyone!  Can I just tell you I am loving this month's kit, Live Life!  It is so super cute, just filled with all kinds of fabulous goodies.  I couldn't wait to dig in.

The children are usually pretty good about tolerating my propensity to snap photos, but occasionally....  Well, be careful when I have a camera in my hands, because if I get photos of the faces you make And if i have the photos printed.....well, you know what comes next.....

Honestly, those have to be some of the cutest faces ever!  I just can't believe how grown up Ainsley is getting.  Cry...She is hardly a baby anymore.

I used a sketch from PageDrafts to create this project.  It was a holiday sketch, but I have been all about the banners lately, and this kit has such a great collection of patterns to mix and match to make them, I just couldn't resist.  And with my cute little Papertrey Ink banner dies and the gorgeous goodies in the kit (including my other current love, baker's twine.  hee hee) This project came together in a snap.  Can I just say how much I love the pink.

Be sure and check out this month's gorgeous kit and all the others at the Sampler and don't forget to try our card and sketch challenge for your chance to win some great prizes.

Hugs.

Nancy

Live Life Kit - the Sampler

InLinkz.com

Get Outside and Play - Hydrangea Hippo

Hi everyone!  Sorry I am a bit late, but I made some freezer breakfast for the children so they would have something quick and easy to grab and go before those 5:00 am swim practices....

and then we had an orthodontist appointment.  Mackenzie is moving quickly through her treatment and Ainsley is looking forward to getting her braces in January.  Woo hoo!!!!  So...there went my whole morning.  lol

Anyway......today I want to share with you a few projects I made using the Nature Walk Scrapbooking and Crafting kit from Hydrangea Hippo.  

This kit is full of such lovely outdoors colors with bits of Girl Scout goodies thrown in.  And of course all the gorgeous trims and trinkets Hydrangea Hippo is known for.

First up, a cute little treasure box.  Mine is somewhat open to hold a special treat for my youngest little darling, but you could close it tight to hold something special.

 I used one of the cupcake wrappers to make a fun little rose.  And how much do I love the "crystal".  My daughter collects those as well.  hee hee

How about a layout for some fun photos of your outdoor adventure?  I added bits of trim and some fun buttons and embellies, along with a bit of fussy cutting for a little whimsy.

Here is another layout for those oh so fun photos.  

I have a few photos from camping with my sister and niece a few months ago that I can't wait to add.  Until then....

Hugs.

Nancy

After All These Years - Your Memories Here

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a bit about the My Prima Place magazine.  Did you know that when you place your Prima order with Your Memories Here you get a fabulous publication that is produced by Prima Marketing?  Each issue is chock full of inspiration with lots of projects both on and off the page (many have step by step instructions), a designer showcase, challenges, and freebies (yep, gorgeous free Prima paper).

I took the recipe challenge from Vol. 1 to complete this layout.  The recipe called for lots of goodies from the Almanac collection, which I just happened to have on hand thanks to my fabulous grab bag from Your Memories Here.

The florals, wood clocks, canvas resist, and pearls...oh my!  They were just crying out to be layered and stacked.  And I used my Prima Distress Tool to distress my papers for texture.

There is still time for you to grab a complete collection, even the mid release Firefly, or mixed bag (three sizes available)  and the newest volume of My Prima Place.  So....what are you waiting for?  Isn't it time for a bit of inspiration?

Hugs.

Nancy

You Spin Me Round

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you something I had made for Zutter that is completely different.  Yes, there are papers involved, and of course, my trusty o-Wires.  But this....

 This was something totally different.  A teacup mobile.

 I cut the teacup using my Cricut and the Tags, Bags Boxes and More 2 cartridge (6 inches).  I first cut the chipboard and then cut the patterned paper (Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee) and assembled.

 I squished some 1 inch pink o-wires with my Bind it all, then stretched them out.

 And attached lots of fun goodies I had lying on my desk to my stretched wires.

This would be a great project for those o-Wires that get messed up sometimes.  hee hee

Super fun to make and of course Ainsley has already claimed it as hers.  lol

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend.

Hugs.

Nancy

Another Mini Bag

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you another mini canvas bag I made using my Faber Castell Gelatos and some goodies (bag included) from Hydrangea Hippo.  I have the video made, but need to edit it so that maybe you don't hear me say, "um" a million times and see all the dead air.  hee hee

Anyway, having so much fun with all these canvas bags and gorgeous blooms and trims from the Hydrangea Hippo etsy store.

My Girl Mini-Hydrangea Hippo

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to  share with you the insides of the My Girl mini I made using the kit from theHydrangea Hippo etsy store.  I love the Zutter Cover-All that was included in this kit.  So much fun to decorate.

This kit is packed full of so many wonderful little extras I was able to embellish each page with lots of goodies.  I had originally planed on giving this mini to my sister for Lili, but Ainsley seems to have disappeared with it.  lol

I hope you have as much fun with this kit as I did.


Hugs.


Nancy

Happy Monday

Hi everyone!  It's Monday and life is still crazy busy and I am expecting it to get even busier these next few weeks, so if I go missing......

Anyway, today I want to share with you a few projects I made using the My Girl mini kit from Hydrangea Hippo.

Emma's Shoppe from Crate Paper has got to be one of my favorite girly lines of all time, so when I opened the kit and saw the papers and all of the gorgeous extras Jennifer added I couldn't wait to jump in and play.  I made so many fun projects with this kit featuring my niece.  

This kit contains gorgeous trims in delightful colors, beautiful flowers, fun trinkets, bits of crepe paper and other goodies just begging to be used.

A Zutter Cover-All was included in this kit so you know I had to make a mini album.   And with so many photos of my niece, a little box to hold the extra prints.


I promise to come back soon with the insides of the little mini.


Hugs.


Nancy

Be Inspired - Sampler

Hi everyone!  Sorry I am a bit late today....

Today I want to share with you a project I made using the June Kit, Walking on Sunshine from the Sampler.

I really love the colors in this kit and have been having a great time playing with it.  That said....the July kit is gorgeous.

OK, well....time to run.

Hugs.

Nancy

YMH - Spring Jubilee

Hi everyone!  Happy Wednesday!!!  I hope you are having a great day today.  Me?  Lots to do around the house.  Cross your fingers that I am able to catch up around here.  I have been enjoying these early, lazy days of summer....but that means not much is getting done.  Oh well...as my children always say...YOLO!  hee hee

Well, today I wanted to share with you a project I made using the super fun Spring Jubilee collection from Pink Paislee.  I love the fun, bright colors in these papers and couldn't resist using them to scrapbook these photos of Mackenzie's birthday.

And you know I had to add lots of yummy Prima flowers to this layout and a Spring Jubilee shipping tag to document the day.

OK, well back to work.....Lots to do...lots to do.

Hugs.

Nancy

Two Scoops - The Sampler

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday.  Sorry I haven't been around much...summer is kicking my........  Well, I hope you are having a great day.  Me?  it is going to be hot, hot, hot and that means time to grill.  Maybe some more big, juicy, burgers? 

 I love the fun patterns and colors in this kit and am so sad to see it gone, but you can still get yours here.

That huge burger Ainsley is trying to stuff in her face just cracks me up!  Be sure and check out the June, Walking on Sunshine kit from the Sampler. 

Later this week we will be having a color challenge using some of the colors in this kit over at Ideas for Scrapbookers.  You won't want to miss it!

Hugs.

Nancy

Fun Day

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day today.  Me....I have been cleaning.  After our freak rainstorm the other day, I needed to get out in the yard, uncover the furniture and clean up the mess left behind.  I doubt I will be scrapping photos of that in this cute little mini album I made with my leftover October Afternoon supplies and Scraptastic kit.

 Lately I have had so many extras left over from my kits that I just haven't known what to do with.  So, I decided to start creating some little mini books with my Bind-it-All.  Just for fun.  I love that I can use all different sizes of papers in my books by just varying where the o wires go.

Well, Back to work.

Hugs.

Nancy

Your Memories Here - Songbird

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day.  Me... More of the same.  Lots of swim practice, housework, driving and hopefully a bit of time to play with paper.

Today I wanted to share with you a layout I made using some gorgeous papers from the Songbird collection by Prima and a sketch I found from Sketch Savvy.

I love the soft beautiful colors in this paper collection (I bet you didn't guess that from the number of projects I have been posting.  hee hee)  I mixed in a few embellishments from the Almanac collection as well.  That is the great thing about a Prima grab bag from Your Memories Here....You get so many yummy goodies to mix and match.

 You know I had to distress all my papers with my Comfort Craft Distress Tool and some Distress Ink.

Well, I hope you are having a great day.  Back to work for me.

Hugs.

Nancy

Oops.....

I did it again.  And now that song is going to be stuck in my head.  I guess it is payback for not stopping in earlier today.  I don't know why, but I was just so tired that I slept in till 9:00.  Well, kinda.  I woke up at 6:00 and then at 7:00 and then at 8:00...but I got up at 9:00, so I guess I slept in till then.  lol

Maybe I was procrastinating on sharing this project because I knew I was going to have to blur the photos? They were taken Easter Sunday and Mackenzie was still fairly swollen from having her wisdom teeth pulled.  Needless to say she was not happy with me and I told her I wouldn't post the photos of her swollen on the blog.  I am going with blurring her out makes it ok...shhhh.

I used lots of the American Crafts Dear Lizzy, Neapolitan line for these Easter photos.  The papers, some of the trims, the crepe paper,chipboard and pinwheels.  And of course I could resist mixing in a bit of Prima.

 The colors in the Dear Lizzy line are so full of spring.

 Oh, and that little bit of green Prima lace?  sigh...I think I need a whole spool.

OK, I think I hear Mackenzie home from the pool.  Better get this done before she sees what I am doing.

Hugs.

Nancy

Just Lovely - Prima and Pink Paislee

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you one of the projects I made on National Scrapbook Day while at Prima Marketing.  I had such a great time cropping there.  They provided us with lots of goodies to play with...and I took full advantage.

I used the lovely Spring Jubilee papers from the Your Memories Here store and lots of yummy Prima flowers and trims with these fun photos of Ainsley.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Nancy

Messy Play

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a quick little project I made using a piece of canvas left over from my Sampler kit.

I used one of the Prima Marketing masks and some fun Pan Pastels to make the background.  I used some Fabri Tac to hold it together, then, I added some Prima Lace and flowers.  So quick and simple.

I loved playing with these colors.  They aren't usually something I do, but they seemed so bright and cheery.

Finally I used a Crate Paper brad to hold it all together and keep the little clutch closed.

I am really pleased with how this project turned out and look forward to playing with pastels more in the future.

Well, gotta run.

Hugs.

Nancy

Older Prima and a Sketch

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Me?  busy as usual.  Getting ready for National Scrapbook Day.  One of my favorite holidays!  lol

Today I wanted to share a layout I made using a super fun sketch from my good friend, Heather.

 Lots of older Prima, which seems to forever be piling up around here...not that I have an addiction or anything.  hee hee

Older mulberry paper with beautiful trims already added....

 Blingy birdhouses (is that even a word?)

 And of course a sweet little bird.

Thanks for dropping by today.

Hugs.

Nancy