A MER-Mazing Day with PPPR...

I'm SOOOOOO excited to be sharing this layout with you today! Not only because I think it's adorable but because it's a break in my LONG dry-spell of PPPR posts! The PPPR DT is back in business and I'm so happy!

Today's layout comes from MAJOR inspiration from a title I saw on  a BLOG that one of my FAVORITE creative people made. My daughter was a little mermaid this Summer...and what better way to document that than this layout!

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Here's a look at some the layering the PPPR Files have...one of my FAVORITE attributes about Lisa's files...

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to head on over to the PPPR Blog and check out the files I used as well as link to where you can get it!

Happy National DONUT DAY...

I'm truly AMAZED at all the National Holidays...some I laugh off and others I take seriously...like TODAY!!!

 NATIONAL DONUT (doughnut) DAY!

Here's a layout I made showcasing my daughter's LOVE of DONUTS! I mean...sometimes it's the only way I can get her out of bed in the morning...promise her DONUTS!

I used some retired CTMH paper and made it a one-page layouts 'cause we're not the kind of girls to take daily seflies of our donut obsession...lol
 

Celebrate Love & Family with Let's Scrap...

It's a NEW MONTH which means a new sketch from the wonderfully talented group over at Let's Scrap Sketches!

Here's a look at my layout using an old retired paper packet from CMTH...

I hope you'll head on over to the Let's Scrap Blog and take a look at the sketch (I changed it up a bit for my layout) and PLAY ALONG with us!

Retiring Papers & WOTG Kits...

With each new Idea Book (available in 2 short months), there must be a "Retiring List" of wonderful products that are available to you for purchase while supplies last!

 

I'll be dividing the list up between several posts and will be starting with the PAPER and WORKSHOP ON THE GO (WOTG) Kits...AND for every $25 you spend, you get $5 credit to use on the NEW product that will come out February 1st!

 

X7147B - Stella Paper Packet

 X7160B - Flirty Paper Packet

G1050 - Flirty Scrapbooking Kit

X7158B - La Belle Vie Paper Packet

 

G1048 - La Belle Vie Scrapbooking Kit

X7161B - Moonlight Paper Packet

G1051 Moonlight Scrapbooking Kit

G1052 Pear & Partridge Scrapbooking Kit

G1043 Pear & Partridge Cardmaking Kit   
G1044 Advent Calendar Kit

G1041 Avonlea Cardmaking Kit

G1045 Avonlea Scrapbooking Kit

G1046 Clementine Scrapbooking Kit

G1047 Dakota Scrapbooking Kit

G1049 Scholastic Scrapbooking Kit

G1040 Spellbound Cricut Kit

G1042 Scroll Album Kit

X7148B - Pemberley

 X7150B - Victory Paper Packet

X7153B - Florentine Paper Packet

Life is Tweet Blog Hop....

Welcome to June's SOTM Blog Hop featuring artwork from over 50 Consultants using "Life is Tweet" stamp set! 

Here's how CUTE and TWEET the stamp set is...lol

The images outlined in red can be cut using the A/P Cartridge and CTMH makes it even easier by telling you what size to set your dial to...cool, huh!

If you've come from Allisa's Blog, you're on the right track...just keep hopping 'till you get all the way back around to where you started!

Let's get on to what I decided to do this month...a 8"x3-1/2" card using our die-cut cards.  I also mingled several paper packets together...Stella, Florentine and the Dotty for You paper packet that was a special in May (I hope you had a chance to get your hands on this paper packet 'cause it is CUUUUUTE!!!!)

Here's my card...the pennant is adhered to the card using 3D Foam Tape with no adhesive at the end of the pennant so the die-cut flap can slide in behind it and be kept closed...

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Here's a close up of the bird which I stamped in Cocoa Ink on the card front then paper-pieced her together by stamping her again on two different B&Ts and cut the pieces out that I wanted to use...

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Here's the inside of the card...all decorated up...like I said, there are some images that can be cut using the A/P Cartridge but I was being a little lazy and cut the "Life is Sweet" by hand... 

Thanks for stopping by...don't forget to hop on over to Traci's blog and see what cute thing she's created for you!!!

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Potential Blog Hop

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Welcome to March's SOTM Blog Hop using the stamp set "Potential"...here's a look at the images.

If you've come from Tamytha's Blog, you're on the right track...just keep hopping around 'till you get all the way back around to where you started.

One of my favorite things about today's technology is that inspriation is boundless...where you used to have to subscribe to multiple magazine subscriptions, save the magazines, turn down the pages (or rip them out if you were brave...lol) and keep all the things you liked in mounds and mounds of clutter, you now can subscribe to blogs, join Pinterest (which is by far my FAVORITE go-to site for anything and everything) and even catch a few things here and there on Facebook. 

This card came directly from a blog I follow and here is the card I gained so much inspiration from....

Here's what I've done with this stamp set...a 5x7 card using Stella Paper Packet...

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Here's a closer look at the embossing...

Like in my inspiration piece, I used the longest 'swirly' image to create the tone-on-tone black border at the bottom...I stamped in Archival Black Ink (I like that it's a richer black ink), then stamped again using Versa Mark and used clear embossing powder on top to give it some shine (hard to tell in this photo).  You could have also used Black Embossing Powder but I'm out so this method works just as well PLUS you can emboss any color this way without having tons of embossing powders lying around.  I then sponged regular Black Ink all over the embossed image as well as the Sorbet B&T in the background.

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And here's the inside....

I hope you'll keep hopping with us....your next stop is Brae's Blog.