Super Best Awesome Time

   Good morning everyone, while I should say afternoon since this post will be live at noon. I am sitting here eating my usual breakfast (scramble eggs) and think how tired I am and all the work that needs to be done. . It is super cloudy here and we are expecting some storms. 

Today's, agenda:  

• Paint or help with the flooring
• Make cabbage rolls. That takes over 2 hours standing in the kitchen before they even cook.
• Do some scrappy work.
• The most important thing on the list is to play with my little furry. 

   Here is my reveal for the Scrapbook Challenges Sizzlin Summer sketch #5.

When I first saw this page I knew I wanted to do a beach photo from 60's of my mom.  

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Studio Calico and Crate Paper), stickers (October Afternoon and Studio G), frame (Hazel & Ruby), embossing folder (American Crafts), inks (A Muse Studio and Prima), grommet (We R  memory Keepers), embossing machine (Sizzix), doilies, black thread and sewing machine. 

   Here are a few close-ups.  Whe you don't have any journaling it is fun to go wild with stickers. 

Even though this paper has a wild pattern I still needed something on the side to fill in the white space.

   The things I am happy I used on this page were this grommet that I have been holding onto for almost 10 years and the other thing was the embossing. I got the embossing machine last year and don't use it enough.

Tell me what you think of the Sizzlin Summer sketches from Scrapbook Challenges? Do you think I will do all 20?

Check Me Out - Scrapbook Challenges

Sizzlin Summer sketch #11 for Scrapbook Challenges

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Studio Calico and October Afternoon), washi tape (Scotch), stickers (My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey, October Afternoon and American Crafts), flair (Studio Calico), mist (Studio Calico), modeling paste (Liquitex) mask (TCW)

Good Eats - Sketch #406

When it comes down to any holiday meal my family turns it into a big feast for the four of us and a dog. However, on Thanksgiving we have cut back from years past. We use to do an lebanese dressing but ended up using those seasonings in the meat fatya. Because it has changed I thought it would be worth documenting how our Thanksgiving feast is now.

 Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts and The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Echo Park and My Mind's Eye),stickers (American Crafts, Me & My Big Ideas and Pebbles Inc.), washi tape (My Mind's Eye and We R Memory Keepers), flair (Zappy Dots), sequins (Hobby Lobby), wood veneer (Studio Calico kit), border (Fancy Pants Designs), enamel dots (My Mind's Eye), chipboard (Um Wow Studio), pen (Project Life), journaling cards (Project Life), punch (We R Memory Keepers), ink (Quick Quotes)electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft) and doily. 

   Here is a closeup on the title. The "Good" I created a little banner with washi tape and outlined it with a pen. Because I have a lot of packs of stickers with letters are missing and mixed the stickers together but kept them in one color but with different tones. 

Thanks to my friend's great genius mind (Kelly), she shared how you do a mini album with journaling cards and washi tape. I translated that to my layout so I could write down the recipes of the food on each card. Now, I just have to figure out how much of stuff goes into my dressing. I do a lot of eyeballing when I cook. In other words, I am the only one who knows how to make it.

That is it for today, I need to hurry and finish typing this so I can get ready to do some work with my dad. He is putting flooring in and I am painting. 

Weebles

   Last Wednesday was the reveal day of this month's first challenge over at Child's Play Challenges. The theme was Weebles. When I thought of them the only thing came to mind was the famous saying, "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down". That didn't help me because it didn't inspire me. Thanks to my great friend Kelly, she went to wikipedia and saw the definition and the term roly-poly was in it. When I think of that term I think of my little roly-poly, Buster. 

Here is the inspiration photo. 

Now here my page of my little Weeble. 

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts nd The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Echo Park and My Mind's Eye), gelatos (Faber-Castell), modeling paste, mist (Heidi Swapp and Studio Calico), stickers (American Crafts and Jolee's), washi tape (Scotch, Bella Blvd. and We R Memory Keepers), journaling card (Project Life), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft) and frame (?)

I am in loving this photo of Buster with his yarn wig I made last year for his Hippie costume. He is so use to wearing things that he likes it and if you try to take it off he has a fit. This page was created with 90% non-Halloween theme products. I like doing that so I don't have a ton of supplies laying around my stash that only gets use a couple of times a year. With those gelatos by Faber-Castell you change the color of items in your stash easily. I use them on that spider web paper, it use to be white now it is an ombre of oranges. 

While you are reading this I am probably painting, cooking, creating more layouts or sleeping. That is what my life has been like the last two months. LOL. Thanks for dropping by.

Found

   I am titling this post "Found" because I found my way back and it is found time. Look it here I found my way back to my blogging home. It has been almost two weeks since I wandered away but I am sure I am here to stay or at least this month because I have a lot to share.
  First off I want to share with my readers is that I got published and Let's Get Sketchy magazine. I am page 147 with the Loved & Reuse page. This had to be my favorite page in a while.
   Now let's catch you up with some sketch reveal layouts for Scrapbook Challenges.
This uses sketch #404.

Supplies: pattern paper (Studio Calico), stickers (American Crafts and October Afternoon), diecuts (Basic Grey), chipboard (Um Wow Studio), sequins (Studio Calico and Hobby Lobby),wood veneer (Studio Calico, mini clothespin twine (Timeless Twine) and stitching template (American crafts)

   On this page I used all my scraps from the Classic Calico collection by Studio Calico. I normally do do like double page spreads but this one came out great. 

Sketch 405.

Supplies: pattern paper (American Crafts, Simple Stories and Heidi Swapp),mist (Studio Calico), wood veneers (Target), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), washi tape (October Afternoon), mini flair (The Paper Company), pen (Uni Ball) and tag (Elle's Studio).

  This was a quicky page but took me awhile because I couldn't figure out a photo to use on it. I decided to use this cute photo. 

   Now you are wondering if I miss only two bloggin Mondays why  am sharing more SBC layouts. The answer is Aug. iss Sizzlin' Summer, which means the other four weekdays of every week in Aug there will be a new sketch review.
Sizzlin' Summer sketch #1

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Webster's Pages, American Crafts, and Crate Paper), doily, calendar (Jenni Bowlin), ribbon (Quick Quotes), brad (The Eyelet Outlet  and ?)), ink (Prima), sequins (Hazel & Ruby), stickers (American Crafts and Heidi Swapp) and electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft)  

   I am head-over-heels in love with the background paper on this page. When I was going through the Webster' Page's collection I got from my last order from Two Peas I knew I wanted this paper to be the main pattern with minimal embellishments. I just did that small cluster with the photo and some journaling. 

Tip: It is super hard to right straight and a slanted grid.o matter how hard I tried to correct the angle I kept writing uphill.  

Sizzlin' Summer sketch #2frame (My Mind's Eye and flower (Recollections)

Supplies: cardstock (The paper Studio), pattern paper (Basic Grey), journaling cards (Project Life), washi tape (We R Memory Keepers and Hazel & Ruby), diecut (Jillibean Soup), mist (Studio Calico and Heidi Swapp), stickers (My Mind's Eye and Studio Calico), stamp  (EK Success), ink (Stampabilities) and electronic die cutter and cartridge (provo Craft)

   This is my last Father's day page for this year's celebration. In the grid I used Project Life cards  as I would pattern paper. I trimmed the cards down to 3" squares and rounded the corners with a corner punch. Did you know that the We R Memory Keepers envelope board punch can do more than just make envelopes? You can also create folder tabs like I did on this page. 

Sizzlin' Summer sketch #3

Supplies: cardstock (Die Cuts With A View) pattern paper (KaiserCraft and Echo Park), washi tape (Scotch Expressions, We R memory Keepers, Target, 7 Gypsies, Bella Blvd. and My Mind's Eye), diecuts (Basic Grey), gelatos (Faber-Castell), stickers (Studio Calico, October Afternoon and Echo Park), mask (Studio Calico), mist (Studio Calico, modeling paste and journaling card (Project Life) 

  I have been waiting to do a washi tape page for awhile. All of those stripes behind the photo are washi tape. I have over 50 rolls so I have a ot to chose between but this would work just as while as with only an handful. 

Sizzlin' Summer sketch #4

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Webster's Pages, Teresa Collins, American Crafts and My Mind's Eye), mask (Hazel & Ruby and The Crafter's Workshop), gelatos (Faber-Castell), pen (American Crafts), sequins (Hazel & Ruby), stickers ( Jolee's, American Crafts, My Mind's Eye and Echo Park), doily, journaling card (Project Life), rub-ons (Basic Grey) and ink (Prima)

I am so happy I got to use up the bling sticker on this page. I have been holding on to that little corner bling for a couple of years. This page also uses up a lot of scraps, mostly from Webster' s Pages. 

   Now, that  go you caught up with Scrapbook Challenges layouts be sure to pop by tomorrow for a Child's Play Challenges reveal of my Weeble layout. After this month I am going back to a blogging schedule so I hope to be less likely to lose my way here. That also means there will be more than one post a week. Yeah. Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. I would love the see comments on what your favorite page and why. 

Camp I Wanna Scrap Blog Hop and SBC Reveal

Welcome to Scrappin' Peeps summer camp hop. This hop is all about water inspired. That means you could see water picks or liquid products in use. I ended up using mist on my page. 
This page is also a sketch reveal for sketch #403 for Scrapbook Challenges

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Company), pattern paper (Cosmo Cricket and My Mind's Eye), mask (Hazel & Ruby), mist (Heidi Swapp), journaling card (Project Life), sticker (Pebbles Inc., American Crafts and October Afternoon), sequins (Studio Calico) and doily.  

As you can tell this page was super simple. I wanted the bounty of the fresh market pics to be center stage. 

 Your next stop is Stella. If you got lost on the way here is the complete list.
Mandi mjskraze.blogspot.com/ <<< You Are Here
Stella myscrapbliss.blogspot.com/
Robyn cozienookhomestead.wordpress.com/
Christine terrapincreekdesignstudio.blogspot.com/

Love = Cooties

   Cooties. I know it is a strange blogging topic but that is what I am blogging about today. Today is another reveal over at Child's Play Challenges. The topic is the children's game '"Cooties". I never played the game but I remember the commercial for it from when I was little. This was a challenge for me since the only thing I could think of doing was a bug layout but really did it come down to scrapping a bug when I had hundreds of meaningful photos to scrap. I finally thought of love since that has been referred to cooties forever.

   Here is the inspiration piece 

  I decided to scrap this year's Valentine's cards. That just screams love thanks to Hallmark. :) .

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Basic Grey, Carta Bella, Crate Paper and Studio Calico), trim (American Crafts),stickers (American Crafts and Simple Stories), pinwheel (Queen & Co.) tags (Chic Tags), enamel dots ( My Mind's Eye), ink (Close To My Heart)  stamps (Stampin' Up!), washi tape (Doodlebug Designs),  pen (American Crafts) and doily (Doodlebug Designs)

I have to tell you a little secret about this page. I forgot to cut the bottom strip off the background paper. I didn't know it was on it until I showed the completed page to my mom. I never saw a paper with the same pattern and colors on the cut off strip before. To fix the problem I trimmed the excess off the top. Now, I know look on the Basic Grey papers for that information strip before I start glueing. LOL 

Thanks for stopping by and be sue to link up you takes on the month's challenges over at Child's Play Challenges. 

Halloween in July?

   Yes, in the middle of summer I am scrapping halloween photos of last year's pet costume contests. I took Buster to Petco )he came is second. The minions beat him) and I also went to Soldan's contest that was held at a movie theater (he didn't place but came home with a big bag full of prizes).  Yes, I dressed up as a hippie with Buster a the last contest since it was pet and pet parent. It took me about a week to complete Buster's outfit. My favorite part was the wig.
 
   This week is sketch #402 reveal over at Scrapbook Challenges.

    First, I must say my Halloween theme scrapbooking items are small. I have two paper collections, a mini pad and a handful of embellishments. I don't find it that challenging to do this holiday since I like using my basic items in new ways.

 Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Authentique and Echo Park), eashi (My Mind's Eye), stickers (My Mind's Eye and Authentique ), electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft), paperclip (Maya Road), chipboard (Um Wow Studio), journaling card (Project Life), mist (Studio Calico), modeling paste (Liquidex), mask (Hazel & Ruby), DIY enamel dots, doily and wiggle eyes.

   This was the first time I used one of the masks from Hazel & Ruby with modeling paste. I love that they are sticky on the back of the mask so I didn't have to worry about them moving around while I was smearing the paste. See that sticker with the bike wasn't halloween theme but it look of it fits well with this page. 

 Here is a close up on the journaling. I am loving the shape clips by Maya Road.

 By taking a pair of wiggle eyes and sticking them in the O's I was able to add a spooky/silly element.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you had a great weekend. 

28 of Them - SBC

  That is 28 Father's Days my dad celebrated this year. The night before Father's day I decorated the table with old cards and his gifts. I usually don't that pics of this but I thought it looked cute so I snapped away at 1:30 in the morning. I didn't decorate earlier that week or that day since I was helping my dad (I think I was helping cleaning the barn and getting ready for new doors.) For the upcoming layout I used Scrapbook Challenges 401 sketch. 

Supplies: cardstock, pattern paper (Carta Bella), washi tape (We R Memory Keepers), stickers (American Crafts, and My Mind's Eye), diecut (Studio Calico) wood veneer (Studio Calico), gelato (Faber-Castell), mist (Studio Calico), journaling cards (Project Life) and pen (American Crafts)

The only pattern paper I used on this page was the background sheet. In the grid I cut up 4 different project life cards. I love those journaling cards within the last 6 months I bought 2 mini kits and 2 themed mini packs that have 60 cards.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you play along at Scrapbook Challenges for the chance of winning this month's prize package. Also, my friend, Kelly and her friend are doing a journaling card challenge on their blog. Be sure to check it out.

Loved & Reused - Sketch 400 Reveal

This week's sketch reveal over at Scrapbook Challenges is great for one photo or two. I  opted for one since I didn't have a photo of the T-shirt before I cut it up and made it into a pillow. Yes you read that right, I made a pillow out of an old T-shirt I loved and I even documented it. 

 Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Fancy Pants), stickers (My Mind's Eye and Fancy Pants),  twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), paperclip (Maya Road), sequins (Hazel & Ruby), frame (Hazel & Ruby), mist (Heidi Swapp), mask (Studio Calico), tag (Elle's Studio), washi tape (Scotch Brand), pen (American Crafts), electronic die cutter and cartridges (Provo Craft), decorative scissors (Fiskars), hole punch (We R Memory Keepers) and ink (Prima) 

   The doily behind the photo is one I made with decorative scissors. Trying to dust off my older items. I think it worked. 

 HEre is the journalling.

 I am still loving to stitch with twine. I find it relaxing if you don't have a deadline that is only a matter minutes area. Luckily, this page I wasn't is a rush for.

 I am loving mixing fonts, shapes and textures when it comes to do titles. FYI stickers don't stick to Expressio tape. I had to glue those tiny letters down with liquid glue.

Thanks for popping by and have a safe Independence week.

Love 2014 - Child's Play Challenges

   Starting today I will be doing two monthly reveals for Child's Play Challenges. This week's reveal has do with a craft toy called Colorforms. I never heard of this before but I was up for the challenge of this inspiring me. 

   It inspired me with the basic shapes of the pieces. I ended up using circles, squares, rectangles and triangles and this page. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Crate Paper), journaling cards (Project Life), punch (EK Success), pen (Faber-Castell and American Crafts), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American Crafts), sticker (My Mind;s Eye), diy enamel dots, doily, sewing machine and black thread.

 This page came out great and I love the face all the layers minus two 6x6 papers are all scraps and I didn't have to do any trimming to them.  Also, I did all the layers first, held everything in place with magnets and did the machine stitching. It came out a tad crooked but it just adds that handmade touch.
   Here are some close-ups:

 The journaling is on the back of the project life card.

Hope this inspired you and I would love to see your take on this kidkraft toy. Be sure to link up your completed page over on Child's Play Challenges.