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Hello! I can't believe 2 years have gone by since I took this picture with my girls. I'm always hiding from the camera but I've been working a little more on getting into more pictures with my girls. I loved this collection the moment I saw it. So cute and I felt went well with my picture.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy scrapping! :)

Products Used:
PhotoPlay Julie Nutting Belle Vie

Moxxie {3- Happy Birthday Cards}

Good Morning! How was everyone's Memorial Day weekend? It was quiet and rainy around my place, but very welcomed. The kids are mostly done with activities and out of school for the summer.  I'm ready for life to slow down for just a little bit! ;)

Today I want to share with you some really fun Birthday cards I made using one of Moxxie's new lines- Magical Moments. 

This line is so bright and colorful! I love how the colors are perfect for summer but it's the perfect line for any Disney trip layouts or projects! Such a cute fun line. Want to see the cute Birthday cards I made using that adorable line? ;)

The really awesome part is when you open them! I used the same technique on all three for the inside but they all look different. We'll start with the first card on the left. The base of this card is black cardstock I then cut out a piece from the Magical Moments Cutouts and layered. Next I stamped the sentiment right onto the cutout.

Now for the inside.....  

I created a little "gift" with some balloons that I cut out freehand out of some of the scraps I had from this same line. Then tied on some bakers twine to the ends of them and stamped my sentiment along the top.

For the next card I started out with a red sheet of cardstock for the base. I then rounded up some scraps I had and cut the ends to created little banners. Then using a black journaling pen to create some faux stitching around the edge. 

Onto the inside. I love stars! I just fussy cut them from the sheet Wishes and adhered them all over.

Last but definitely not least..... For this one I used a yellow cardstock base layered with a piece from the sheet Dreams Come True. Next I added "Happy Birthday" using Moxxie's Black Alpha's. I then used the banner from the sticker sheet, added some Imaginisce jewels in between each one and a few by the sentiment.

If you thought one "gift" was cute, in the first card you'll really love this one! I love how adorable the gifts look stacked up. I wrapped some ribbon on each one and added bows, to really make them look like gifts

Now I told you at the beginning that I had used the same technique for the inside of all three cards. I found this awesome pin on Pinterest and had to give it a try. To see it Click HERE. 

I loved how fun and easy these cards were to make! 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Moxxie Products I used:

Magical Moments

MAG 1531- Daisies

MAG 1532- Wishes

MAG 1533- Dreams Come True

MAG 1534- Miss Mouse

MAG 1535- Magical Cutouts

MAG 2295- Magical Cardstock Stickers

AL 2278- Black Alpha

Moxxie {Unique & Blog Hop}

It's time for another fun Moxxie Blog Hop and giveaway! Details on how to enter at the end of my post. First, let me share with you a layout using Moxxie's new line Tiny Dancer!

It's so much fun watching my daughters perform. Senedra this year chose to do a dance class and has loved it! They got a chance to perform at a basketball games half time. The song they performed to was Unique by Lenka. Such a cute song and the reason for the title of the layout.

I used quite a few strips of designer paper and barcode strips, behind the main colored pictured of my daughter. Also did some distressing around the edges on them. If you look closely you can see I've "popped" the picture up with some 3D-foam dots to make it more "pop" on the layout and because I hid journal card behind it. 

Here's a picture of journal card in and out. You can see I added some little Imaginisce jewels along the top and bottom of the journal card and a little sticker from the sticker sheet to create the little tab. That way it would stand out a bit more from behind the picture. I love doing little hidden pockets like this occasionally on my layouts.

These cute banners are stickers that coordinate with this line and then I just adhered some sequins all over the layout to add a little sparkle to it.

I love these curlies that come on the sticker sheet! They are so cute. 

I used Moxxie Alpha's for the title.

This tag I popped up for some more dimension with some more 3D-foam dots, sanded and distressed the edges and added some black brads to an end.

I love how this layout turned out and all the different textured and dimension I was able to add with just the paper.
Thanks for stopping by! :)

Now for the details on the blog hop and how to win!

Don't forget to leave comments on the Moxxie blog and any or all of the Muse's blogs for a chance to WIN!

Here's the line up, in case you missed any:

 Samantha Taylor

Jennifer Taylor
Amelia Harris
Julie McGowan
Leslie Mitchell
Wendi Robinson
Renee Robbins
Joan Liddle
 Daniella Hayes
Amy Allred
Rebecca Price
Ange Weisbeck

 To be eligible to WIN 

 all you have to do is comment on the Moxxie blog.
(US addresses only please)

Extra chances to win include:
  Comment- on any (or all) of the designers blogs
  Facebook- share the blog hop post or one of the challenge posts (let us know by leaving a link on the Moxxie blog)
  Pinterest- pin any (or all) of these wonderful projects (leave a link for each pin on the Moxxie blog)
  Challenge- Enter your paper-made take on our SPORTS challenge using the link up below. 3 extra entries if you use MOXXIE product! Link directly to your project or project post.

Commenting and Challenge end March 31st.
Winner announced Wed. April 1st

Moxxie Products I used:

Tiny Dancer

TD- 1503 Born to Dance

TD- 1504 Shine

TD- 1505 Luv 2 Dance

TD- 1506 Tiny Dancer Cutouts

TD- 2283 Tiny Dancer Sticker

Alpha's

AL- 2279 White Alpha #2

Nuts About Sketches {Daddy's Girl}

Good morning! Who caught the Superbowl game? We didn't. I had high hopes of getting sooo much crafting done and did not. BUT I did get a layout done with Nuts About Sketches new sketch. I have a picture of my youngest and her daddy when she was a few months old. It's one of my favorites of these two. 

Here's a few close up's of it. For the title I used some American Craft Glitter Thickers and some Pink Paislee alphabet stickers. The little wooden doily was one I had from one of my Scraptastic Kits. LOVE it! 

Love the look of cute little banners! Banner are one of my favorite embellishments right now, right along with enamel dots. Aren't those cute hearts from Lily Bee Designs adorable!

I love this washi tape with the cute little elephants. Just so cute.

 

Go see the sketch and other wonderful examples on Nuts About Sketches blog!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Nuts About Sketches {Max the Monkey & Me}

Happy Monday! I know, I know a bit of an oxymoron but we have to be optimistic around here, right!? ;) lol Especially when I have a fun new sketch to share with you! 

It's Nuts About Sketches new sketch!! Here's my take on it.

It was a fun sketch to work with. It's really rare that I pull out the sewing machine but I really wanted to use it on this layout. I cut down my designer sheet by a quarter inch on the side and top. Did a bit of distressing on all sides and then layered it onto a sheet of black cardstock, then did a straight stitch all around. Here's some close up pictures of some of the embellishments...

The banner was a straight strip that I cut apart to be able to follow the curve of the circle picture. I love how she did the cute banners on the sketch, definitely not something I would normally do but LOVE the look of it. Make sure to go over to Nuts About Sketches and check out the sketch!
Thanks for stopping by! :) 

Moxxie {Beware Zombies & Blog Hop}

Good morning! Are you ready for an kick butt AWESOME blog hop today!? I sure hope so because the Moxxie Muses have brought their "A" game and are going to blow you out of the water with the new Moxxie lines! Wahoo! So that being said, WELCOME to the Moxxie New line blog hop! On my blog I get to show you the awesome ZOMBIE ATTACK line...

Is it not AWESOME!? I love this line. It's perfect for Halloween which is right around the corner. :)
I jumped right in and created an awesome 2 page layout. Now I need to give you a bit of backstory to these pictures so you don't think my kids dress like this on a daily basis! lol ;) My daughters have been sooo bored over the summer break that they decided they needed to create a zombie video (gotta love their imagination). My older two voted that the youngest should be the zombie and they did the "make up" on her. Let me tell you, she made a very good zombie! I'm sure their movie will become a Blockbuster some day! ;)

These pictures and the Zombie Attack line were meant to be! Here's a close up of my title.

Here is a close up of one the hands I fussy cut "popping" out of the page. My girls loved these! They kept telling me they were so awesome and creepy! lol

Then on the fibers I tried to find some that was similar looking to gauze and "dirtied" up a bit with red & brown ink to make it look like it might of come off a zombie. 

Pretty cool line, isn't it? :) Thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to join us for the blog hop and see what the other Muses created! You won't be disappointed! :)

Your inspiration list:

            Peggy Stolley (aka Moxxie Guest Designer)
Amelia Harris
Amy Allred
Daniella Hayes
Jennifer Taylor
Joan Liddle
Julie McGowan
Leslie Mitchell
Renee Robbins
Samantha Taylor
Wendi Robinson
Rebecca Price
Ange Weisbeck
Moxxie Blog

You might be wondering what your prize will be? Well, the winner will get to pick ONE of these awesome new lines for their very own!Yep, if you win you get to pick one of these awesome 7 lines that you will see along our hop.
All you have to do to be entered to WIN is leave a comment here on the Moxxie blog.
(International players are more than welcome to play but you will be responsible for shipping should you win.)
Winner will be announced one week from today on the 22nd.

Extra chances to win:- Visit each designers blog and leave a comment. The more you comment, the more chances you have to WIN!
- Go to the Moxxie facebook page and share the post about this hop for another chance to WIN! (if you're not already, you will need to be a follower of our page to do this) Come back to the Moxxie blog and leave another comment letting us know you did this.
- Go ahead and Pin It! If you do, leave a comment on the Moxxie blog with a link letting us know that you Pinned!

Moxxie {Let's Go Outside}

Hello! 

Welcome the the Summer time fun Moxxie blog hop!

Today our talented designers are going to show you fun summer projects using many different lines.

Hello! How is everyone doing? Today I've got a fun layout using Moxxie's line Child's Play! I absolutely love this fun line! It just screams summer to me. :) This layout is of my 2nd daughter right after she turned 8 years old. I love these pictures of her cute little smile. :)

On this layout I used to sheets out of the collection and trimmed down the top one so the back one would create a nice border around it. I did a bit of distressing around the edges of the top one. Then I used some frames from the double sided die cut sheet to put around my pictures. I love them! I also used some of the die cut strips and accordioned them and added some staples for a bit of texture and dimension. Here's some more close ups of the layout. 

Thanks for stopping by! Good luck and hope you have tons of fun with the blog hop! The prize is AWESOME!!!! Don't miss out! :)

Moxxie Product Used:

Child's Play

CP-1252 Flower Power

CP- 1253 Let's Ride

CP-1255 Playtime

CP-1256 Crazy Daze

CP- 4010 Play Double-Sided Diecuts

So let's hop right to it shall we? Here is the list of blogs to check out:

Amelia (You are Here)

Amy 

Daniella

Jen T

Joan

Julie

Leslie

Renee

Samantha

Wendi

Rebecca

Ange

Every good hop has a prize right?

You could win this totally awesome BRAND NEW release!!!

You help your kids go back to school in style and now your scrapbooks can too!!

There are many chances to WIN!

Rules of the hop:
- Visit each designers blog and leave a comment. The more you comment, the more chances you have to WIN!
- After you've been to all the blogs head back to the Moxxie blog and leave a comment letting us know you hopped.
- Go to the Moxxie facebook page and share the post about this hop for another chance to WIN! (if you're not already, you will need to be a follower of our page to do this) Come back to the Moxxie blog and leave another comment letting us know you did this.
- Go ahead and Pin It! If you do, leave a comment on the Moxxie blog with a link to it letting us know that you Pinned! 

(International players are more than welcome to play but you will be responsible for shipping should you win.)

Nuts About Sketches {Autonomous Solutions Family Day}

Today I want to share with you another two page layout I did with Nuts About Sketches newest sketch.

I love these pictures! My husbands employer, Autonomous Solutions, has a family day so that all the families can go and see what all the employees have been hard at work on. The best part is that they actually let the kids play around with some of the robots (with supervision of course), they absolutely love it! Here my girls are having a ball running one around with my husband. I used a Scraptastic Kit called Chasing Pavements. On this layout I finally broke out my gelatos! I shaved off some of the white gelato into a small bowel and added a tiny bit of water then mixed it until the gelato had dissolved. Then I dipped my finger in the liquid and let it drip off my finger onto the page and splattered it around the page a bit.

I really loved playing with the gelatos. I cut out the title on my Silhouette and hand cut the banners and strung them with some twine and did a bit of inking around the edges with some Tim Holtz Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

Make sure to stop by Nuts About Sketches to check out the sketch and the rest of design teams take on it! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Super Great Day with Nuts About Sketches

Hello! How was everyone's weekend? Hope it was great one! Today I've got a new NAS reveal. 

Isn't that an awesome sketch!? I love how easy her sketches are to work with! If you are just starting out scrapbooking or dipping your feet into the "sketch" world I think NAS are a great place to start! 

I found a picture I had forgotten about but absolutely adored! I took this one about 2 years ago right beside our house. The wheat had just been cut and I loved the "gold-ish" background it provided. Love these peeps. :) I used MME (My Mind's Eye) Kraft-funday kit (who knows how long I'd been hoarding that one!) and even ended up using some of the packaging! Can you spot it? Hehe, I'm super sneaky that way, it was my journaling card!

As you can see here... It was the packaging from the wood banners in my kit. I just removed them all and stored them in a smaller baggie so I could steal their packaging. I cut off the top and slid it in behind my pic and did my journaling. :)

I also used a hexagon punch to punch out my cute little hexagons and I popped a few of them up with 3D Dots. Love those! They add some great dimension to a page.

         

Don't forget to head over to Nuts About Sketches and check out all the other Design Team members layouts! We have such great variety and some amazing layouts! Thanks for stopping by! :)

My Super Girl!

Using two different challenges today to complete this layout. I combined the challenge at SCRAPtastic Club of incorporating some Pennants & Banners and Scrap It Girl's sketch.

I admit at first I was struggling at how I could combine both challenges when I found these perfect pictures of my oldest daughter! She was only 2 years old and LOVED to save mommies day all the time. Love her to pieces. So I pulled out my Scraptastic April 2013- 8 Days a Week Kit and went to work. This kit is full of really fun pennants & banners that I was really having a hard time not going overboard with them! As I started pulling out those cute little pennants I realized that I wanted to add a more feminine feel to my little Super Girls layout. I found some ribbon that I thought would give the perfect feel! Now, I LOVE LOVE LOVE ribbon. I love to collect it! So as I was going through my stash I found a package of ribbon from Stampin' Up! that I'd had for awhile. Bingo! Finally found the perfect page to use it on. I love "aha" moments like that, it makes my hoarding feel justified. ;) Anyone else do things like that? I hope I'm not alone!