Congratulations!

Hi Everyone,

This is a special post for me today.  We, at DYSU have a new challenge up and instead of a card, I actually get to show you a scrapbook page.  The challenge is to use...

Patterned Papers

This week's sponsors are: Copic Marker Scrapbooking 6 Copic Ciao Markers (North/South America)                                            Martha Stewart punch (rest of the world)

                                                            My Little Shoebox
                                                               Surprise Goodie Bag

 

Some of us at DYSU were lucky enough to receive wonderful products from My Little Shoebox.  I was so excited when I opened the package and saw all the fabby goodies from their Destination collection.  You really must go over to their site and see all the fantastic patterned papers, stickers, alphas and embellies they have!  It is sure to put a smile on your face!

 

This page is from an album I am making for my children (Florida branch) who ran their first New York Marathon this past November.  We were so proud of them!

 

 



I included photos of the i phone that kept us updated with every mile they completed.  Funny thing is they had a personal goal of finishing the marathon in under 6 hours.  If you can see...they finished in 5 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds!!!!  How awesome is that??

 

I hope you go over and upload a project with patterned paper.  You can win some great prizes!

I have another post coming today from The Alley Way Stamps, so please check back later.

Hugs,

Marcy

New Challenge Blog

This may not be a new challenge blog... but I just found it. It's named The Play Date Cafe. It's a different kind of blog. Rather than a sketch to inspire you they use color ads or photos to get your mojo going. This week is a really nice color combo. I was inspired immediately to make this layout of my Niece and Great Nephew.

Here is the ad they posted as the color challenge:

Here is my take on the challenge. I really like the color combo. The hearts and titles are cut on SCAL, of course.

Have a great day.

Hugs,

Marcy

Happy Saturday

Hi All,

This has to be a quick post today, I have to go to work and make sure all the demos scheduled at the store are organized and running smoothly. Today at AC Moore we have yarn, Wilton Gingerbread House, candy making, kids coloring and Cookie Exchange demos all running simultaneously.

Today is Saturday and another great sketch is posted over at Unscripted Sketches.

Here it is:

And here's mine...This is my Great Nephew Shane, again. Isn't he just beautiful?? The monkey in the title is a stamp from my new fave, Doodle Factory and colored with copics. The title is cut from SCAL. The paper is from DCWV.


Off to work. Have a great day.
Hugs,
Marcy

Long Island Stamp Show

Hi All,

Short and sweet today cause I am headed off to the Long Island Stamp Show. It comes every year on this Saturday and I loooooove it. It's my chance to see all the goodies up close, see new techniques and spend lots of $ on stuff I love...DH gave me money for my upcoming birthday just to spend here. I'll report on anything I might see that is new and exciting.

It's Saturday, so it's another new sketch over at Unscripted Sketches. Go on over and check them out and if you have the time create something and link!!!

Here is the sketch

Here is mine:

The titles were cut with SCAL and the duck on Cricut with NA. This adorable guy is my 10 month old great nephew, Ethan...isn't he delicious??

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Marcy

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Hi all,

Happy Halloween to everyone! It is a beautiful day here in New York; a perfect day for Tricking or Treating. Of course, my kids don't go trick or treating anymore, but we get loads and loads of kids in the neighborhood and I love when they come to the door. They are all so cute and happy.

It's also Saturday, so that means a new sketch over at Unscripted Sketches. Go check them out, there are some gorgeous creations this week. Here is the sketch

Here is my take on it. This is my beautiful "Daughter in Love" on my left and my beautiful niece on my right. I so adore these gals.

I made the swirl flourish and title in Scal. I embossed the "whole" page in the Cuttlebug. The trick with that is to cut the paper the width of the folder and emboss several times, lining it up with the previous image each time you run it through. Adding the pattern paper sort of hides the fact that the whole page is not really embossed. Does that make sense???

I added some rhinestones for bling, inked the edges and that's it. The color is not really right...I know it looks purple, but it's really a burgundy...pretty in person.

Well, gotta go get ready for my little visitors...have a great day everyone.

Hugs,

Marcy

Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday All,

I have to go to work today to do demo for a new Plaid product that is the easiest way I have ever seen to do silk screening. I'm not thrilled to go in today, since I usually have Saturday's off, but "ya gotta do wht ya gotta do!" At least this is a cool product to demo.

Over at Unscripted Sketches it is happy Saturday, too. Go on over and check out the awesome projects created by my DT sisters. Here is this week's sketch

And my take on it. This is my adorable great-nephew, Shane. I had such a great time with him on my visit to Florida. I took loads and loads of Pics of Shane and his brother, Ethan. They are great photo subjects...don't you think?

The footbal and title was cut with SCAL.

Gotta go off to work now. Have a great day!!

Hugs,

Marcy

Unscripted Scketches #23

Hi all,

It's Saturday, so that means we have a new sketch over at Unscripted Sketches. I had a lot of fun with this one. I've had this 3D title around for a long time, but haven't had an opportuntiy to use it. Well, when I got this photo of Ethan, I knew it was time to find it.


Here is the sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

The scalloped mat and stars were cut with SCAL. Go on over to US and check out the wonderful projects these talented gals whipped up.

Hugs,

Marcy

More Drippy Goo!

I really see so many different ways to use this punch.

I reminds me of water dripping, so I used it on this quick layout of my nephews in the bath. They are so cute, you just want to squeeze them!!

The photo does not really do this layout justice. You can't see that I used Glossy Accents on the title. It makes it look all shiny... like tiles. I used New Arrival for the title and embellies. I used loads of stickles on the ducks and bubbles. I also used a Fiskars border punch (but I can't remember the name of it, hee hee).

Tomorrow I will post the latest Cuttlebug Spot challenge.

Have a great night,

Marcy

My Kids Wedding Album Continued...AND...Blog Hop

Hi All,

We are having a blog hop over at The Cuttlebug Spot today. Our challenge is to take any of the techniques we've used so far and use it in our project. So....in continuing with my kid's wedding album, I used the "embossed sanding" technique for one of my pages. Of course, my black paper had a white core, or else I wouldn't be able to sand the color off.

Scroll down a few posts to see the cover and first pages.

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is over at Amyee's. Her work is outstanding, as are all the DT sisters. Amyee's projects are always so fresh. Have fun over there and continue on till you end up back at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Thanks for stopping by. Leave a little love if you have the chance. I do really appreciate your comments.

My Wedding album

Hi All,

I am working on my own album of my kid's wedding. All pages are acrylic and hang from rings attached to the acrylic stand. I've never seen this before it came into the store and I really love it. I know it will take me months to complete because I have so many other projects happening, but I don't mind; I am relishing the process for this album.

I am not sure if I like the ribbons on the rings. Do you think they are a bit too much?? I would really love to hear your opinions.

Of course, I will be getting a formal album made by the photographer once I pick through the 1,300 photos she took! But this one is for my desk with just the photos that I love best!

Over at the Pink Elephant Challenge blog, the challenge this week is to submit anything that has to do with weddings, so I believe this qualifies, LOL. It will be my first challenge over there. There are some extremely talented paper crafters there! http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ You should check them out.

Here are the first couple of photos...more to come!

Disney Album

I made this acrylic album TWICE with a few changes on each. Not that I was present on the weekend getaway, but I am the "Official Family Scrapbooker." So I have the honor of making everyone's scrapbook layouts. I really don't mind. I do feel appreciated.

This one is for my DS & brand new DIL. Later, I'll post the one I made for my dear niece and nephew, who were with my kids on the weekend.

I used a lot of cricut carts.

Sunday, March 29

Hi All. Here is a scrapbook page I made for my neice, Kelly. These bathing beauties are my Great Nephews Shane & Ethan. Shane is now 2 and Ethan is just 3 months old. These brothers looked exactly alike when they were born. This layout theme speaks for itself...

Here is the card I made for The Cuttlebug Spot challenge #23. We double embossed this week - using one embossing folder and then running it through the Cuttlebug again with a different folder. It flattens out the original pattern, but you can still see it after you run it through again with the second pattern. It is a nice technique and I will try it again with the cool new Sizzix embossing folder sets I bought at work the other day.

...More of Kelly's Photo Carousel

Here are the some more of the photos of the carousel I made for my neice Kelly.
Bear with me, I am trying to figure out how to make all the photos uniform.

Tomorrow I will upload the rest of them when I come home from work.