Happy Birthday, Punk!

Hello! I have a super quick and fun birthday card to share using Little Punk from Mo's Digital Pencil. It comes with a cute sentiment of which I have used half.

I love how easy it is to make a handmade card for someone using just a fabulous Mo image and, Voila!,your done! Now there's no excuses not to whip up a last minute card!

Mo's Monthly Blog Hop!

Yay! It's time for a fun blog hop of creativity and inspiration with a chance at some prizes!! Our wnderful host this month is Julie and our challenge theme is summer colors!

You should have come from Anneke's blog if you are already hopping. If this is your first stop then you'll want to start at Julie's blog. Be sure to leave comments along the way to be eligible for a prize!

For my card I have used To School, so I could make a thank you card to my son's teacher for the wonderful job she has done as all three of my boys' kindergarten teacher. Hopefully, my daughter will be lucky enough to be in her class in a year! Yes, my kids are still in school. I feel like we are the last district to still be going!

The image reminds me of my youngest son as if he is ready and confident to go off to first grade! 

I love the paper! It's Prima's School Memories. It has so many fun elements to cut out and embellish with.

Everything but the button and paper clip are from the paper.  Your next stop is Kaly! Happy hopping!

Baby Fairy Purl

Hello! It's Danielle to share my latest Mo card with you all! I have used one of the newer images called, Baby Fairy Purl. You can find her at Mo's Digital Pencil.
I'm a sucker for babies and fairies, so when I saw this one I just had to have her.

I have used Marion Smith's Garment District 6x6 paper for this card and trim from my stash.

I was inspired by this image to try crocheting again, so I bought a small hook and yarn and made the heart to add to my card. I hope you like my efforst, lol!

Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!

For My Tiny Dancer

Hello, ladies! I have a mini book to share. It is really a fancy sticker book for my daughter. She gets a sticker after every dance practice and I thought I would make book to hold them all as she is very proud of them and loves her dance class!

I have used the Tiny Dancer Elements from Mo's Digital Pencil shop. I had a hard time choosing between the six images you get, so I used two! Had I thought before binding the book I would've printed an image on each inside page of the book. Ah well, next time;)

Hope you like it! Have a wonderful weekend!

Naunet

Good afternoon! It's my turn this week to share my card using a fun Mo's Digital Pencil image and today I have colored up the beautiful, Naunet!

I have used an old Prima paper pad, Alla Prima. The flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts as well as the strung pearls. The pearls I bought a while back and didn't know what to do with them until this card. They reminded me of bubbles, which I thought was perfect for my tropical mermaid! I dyed some seam binding with Distress Ink Evergreen Bough. I muted the Yellow Orange flowers with gesso and I think I would've been happier with an extra layer. My Martha Stewart punch around the page for my shell border. I usually like more muted colors but I think the bright colors suit Naunet perfectly! Thanks for stopping by!

Fairy Needle in the Garment District

Hey there Mo fans! Today I would like to share a card I have made using sweet Fairy Needle from Mo's Digital Pencil.

I have used the gorgeous Garment District 6x6 papers by Marion Smith Designs! All her papers are fabulous! I did a whole lot of fussy cutting. Marion's papers are great for that!. Everything I embellished with was from the paper except for the seam binding, sentiment and wooden spool! How great is that! I did use some glitter and Frantage to add some interest, too.

Copics:
Skin- E000,00,21,13, R20,22
Hair-E50,53,,55,57
Wings- Y11, RV91,R81, 85
Skirt- RV000, 91,95, R85

I'd love to know what you think of my fussy cut card! I hope you like it!

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Brown Sugar (Patterned Paper)
Craftitude (AG)
Creative Corner (For Mom)
Digitally Sweet (Anything with Wings)
Get Inky (Mother's Day with flowers)
LLC (Photo Collage-pinks, flowers)
Stampin with the Dragon (Flowers)
Sister Act (A. G.)

Mo's Monthly Blog Hop!!

It's time for another Mo's Dream Team Blog Hop!! Hop around and leave comments for a chance at some prizes while getting some wonderful inspiration! Our theme this month is 'Borders'. You should've come from Anneke's blog. If not, you can start at Jak's, the host of this hop!

I have used the image, My Friend, for my card.

I have used a scallop 'border' around my image and I love how the leaves on the image crawl up the fence like a border.

Here is a close-up of the image.

Don't forget to leave a comment to be in the running for a prize! Your next stop is Kaly. Happy hopping!

Little Walker

Hello! I am back with my Mo's DT card to share! I am suffering from the flu, so it is a bit of a miracle I was able to get it done! I used the adorable Walker from Mo's Digital Pencil. 

Luckily I had this cutie colored up a few days ago, so all I had to do was the card base. I used Maja Vintage Spring papers and various embellies from my stash.
Copics: Skin-E000,00,21,11, R20,22 Hair-E50,53,57 Dress-RV000,91,93,95
Thanks for stopping by and I would love for you to leave a comment if you have the time!

Melia

Good afternoon! I am back to share a card using sweet Melia on Her Shell Phone, which you can find at Mo's Digital Pencil.

I have used some Maja Papers and punched the bottom with a Martha Stewart border punch. I had cut out a mosaic background with my Silhouette and didn't know what to do with it until this card. I thought it made a cute fish net of sorts! I added some flowers and some shells that I snagged from a cousin's wedding centerpieces (Totally allowed!). The molded swirls are from a Martha Stewart mold( I like to think of them as foaming waves... Anyways, I used my all time favorite tag from Magnolia, the Tilda Tag which are still a great deal at Scrapbook Maven.

Copics:
Skin-E000,00,21,13, R20,22
Hair-E50,53,55,29,RV000, R81,83,85
Tail-RV000,R83,85, BG10,15,B24,21

Scrapbook Maven Products Used:

Prima Mini Sachet in Rose

Magnolia Doohickey Die Tilda Tag

Maja Spring Basics

InLinkz.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges I'd like to enter:

A Creative Romance-Spring Flowers

Craftitide-Anything Goes

Crafty Catz-Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy-Shabby and Chic

Get Inky!-Circles

Patti's Creations-Anything Goes

Sister Act-Anything Goes

Sweet Pea Stamper-Use Distressing

Totally Papercrafts-Think Pink

Extra, Extra!

Hi!! I am here to share a BOY card using Extra from Mo's Digital Pencil! I have such a hard time with boy cards which is terrible since I have three boys!

But a few well placed embellishments make it easier;)

I love using the Tim Holtz Filmstrip Ribbon for masculine cards! It works well with feminine cards, too, I have seen on other cards. The vintage light bulb is another fun embellie to add. I used Tim Holtz' Tattered Florals die to make a flower to match the Prima Printery paper I used and made a newspaper tied with twine from some of the paper's cutouts. My six year old got a kick out of it and had to have one for himself! I used the Magnolia Doohickey die again- can't get enough of it! I cut out and made 'Happy Birthday 2 U' from the papers to put on the tag.  It's a small card so it couldn't fit too much which I think is good for a masculine card. Men/ boys are simple, right? Scrapbook Maven products used:

Prima's Junkyard Findings Vintage Bulbs

Magnolia Doohickey Die Tilda Tag

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Film Strip Ribbon

InLinkz.com

Broked

Hello! I am sharing a card today using Broked C from Mo's Digital Pencil. I had my mom in mind when I made this card. No matter how old I get I always look towards my mom for help and advice. Love you mom!

I have used Maja papers and Prima flowers. The Prima flowers are absolutely gorgeous and they are from the Prima Princess Collection called Happily Ever After. There are so many gorgeous embellishments in that collection, not to mention the papers! I am working on a mini album with them and some cards, too!

The butterfly charm and Magnolia Doohickey Die are also sold at Scrapbook Maven at an extremely low price! Love that die!

I cut the doily into pieces and put some at the top and some at the bottom of my card. I distressed all the paper edges with my scissors and used Wild Honey to dye the seam binding.
Copics: Hair-E00,13,15,18 Skin-E000,00,21,13, R20,22 Blue-B0000,000,32,34,37 Yellow-Y11,15,E00,21 Bear-E50,53,57
Have a great weekend!

Bossy Birthday Girl!

Hi! I am back today with a fun birthday card using the adorably bossy, Bossy from Mo's Digital Pencil.
Can anyone relate to a bossy, demanding birthday girl? I wish I could get away with it, lol!

I have used a MME paper Pad called Bramble Rose and some Prima embellishments.

The gorgeous Prima flower already came distressed with white, which is perfect! The 'Beauty" brad on my tag and the coral dots are from the same embellishment pack from the Prima Princess Collection. The crown is also Prima. The smaller flowers are WOC. The ribbon and crochet lace is from my stash. I added some stitching and more gesso to finish it off.  Below I will link the items I have used if you are interested.

Copics:

Skin-E000,00,21,13 R20,22

Hair-E25,27, 43(happy accident), 59

Dress-R20,22,37,59

W1,3

Scrapbook Maven products used:

Prima PRINCESS Wood Embellishments

Prima PRINCESS Brads

InLinkz.com

Challenges I'd like to enter: Challenges and Candies (Flowers) Craftitude (anything goes) Fussy and Fancy (Birthdays) Quick Quotes (Tag) Sister Act (Anything Goes) Totally Paper Crafts (Birthday)

Exciting News!!

Good morning, everyone!! I am so nervously excited as I write this post. Please bare with me as it might be long but well worth sticking around for! I have been a stay at home mom for the past 10 years to my wonderful, amazing, exasperating and beautiful four children thanks to my generous and hard-working husband! He works from sun-up to sun-down, many times 6-7 days a week to allow me to stay at home and take care of our children. I have wanted for some time to contribute financially to take some of the stress and burden off of my husband's shoulders. 

I have been working on a secret for some time ( a lot longer than expected, lol) and my husband and I are both very excited to share with the scrapbook world that I am opening an internet-based scrapbook store! I have a passion for crafting and what better way to help our family but to surround myself with something that I love!

I would like to introduce you all to my baby:

scrapbookmaven.com

I hope you all can stop in and take a stroll around. I would love to hear any feedback you all have!

In honor of my new venture, I am offering a 15% discount off any orders made during my Grand Opening Weekend!
All you need to do is use coupon code maven2014 and you will save 15% on all products in your cart. I even have some items already at a discount, so you can double up the savings!!
Offer ends California time (Pacific) Sunday, March 2 at midnight.

All shipping terms can be found on the top menu of the Scrapbook Maven site. I offer flat rate shipping to the contiguous U.S. as well as free shipping for orders over $75. I also offer discounts for International customers!

I am so excited and I am sure I am leaving important things out, but I really wanted to let you all know of my wonderful blessing made possible by my husband and generous family members.

Here is a card I have made to share some of the fun goodies Scrapbook Maven has to offer!

The focal stamp is a digital download from Mo's Digital Pencil called Lil' Ballerina, isn't she so sweet?!

Copics used:

Hair-E50,53,55,57,59

Skin-E000,00,21,13, R20,22

Pink-RV000,91,93,95

Tights- C0,W1,3,5

If you have made it this far, know that I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Danielle:)

Scrapbook Maven Supplies Used:

Maja Spring Basics 2nd of May

Maja Spring Basics 3rd of May

Prima PRINCESS Brads

Prima Mini Sachet in Rose

Prima PRINCESS Wood Embellishents

InLinkz.com

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Papertake Weekly (Sketch #64)

A Creative Romance (Bingo: Pink, pearls and flowers)

Craftitude (Anything Goes)

Crafty Catz (Anything Goes)

Sister Act (Anything Goes)

4 Krafty Girlz (Anything Goes)

Aud Sentiment (Any sentiment for a girl)

DL Art (Girl or Lady image)

Little Miss Muffet (Anything Goes)

Inklings and Yarn (Anything Goes)

Little Red Wagon (Spring)

Penny's Paper Crafty (Guy and/or girl)

Simon Says Stamp (Pearls)

Stampavie and More (Anything but Square)

CMC (anything Goes)

Little Irish Dancer

We are celebrating my son's 8th birthday this evening, so this will be a short and sweet post! I was feeling like another St. Paddy's Day card after seeing this sweet image at Mo's Digital Pencil, Little Irish Dancer.

The sentiment is one that comes with Paddy, another super cute St. Patrick's Day/Irish image.

I will be back later to add all the Copic colors for anyone interested!

Copics:

Skin-E000,00,21,13, R20,22

Hair-E00,13,15,18,59

Green-YG03,63,67

Yellow-Y11,15,E00

Thanks for taking a peek!

Danielle:)

Challenges I'd like to enter:

ABC Challenge-Flowers

Emerald Faeries-Banner

Card and Scrap-Celebration

Card Makin Mamas- 3 or more layers

Craftitude-A.G.

Crafty Catz- Cream, Green +1

Simply Create Too- St. Patrick's

Sister Act- Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique- Use punch or die cut

4 Krafty Girlz- Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons- Anything Goes

CMC- Anything Goes

Mo's Dream Team Monthly Blog Hop!

It's Mo's Dream Team Blog Hop time and Kaly is our host this month! If you are just starting you may want to start at there. She has chosen the theme of Teens with Deep/Dark Colors. This will be a fun hop for sure and don't forget to leave comments along the way for your chance at some Mo's Digital Pencil Prizes! 

For my card I have chosen Heartless from Mo's Digital Pencil. Valentine's has come and gone, but it would make a great Valentine's card or other lovey card for those who aren't into cutesy. 

You should have come from Debby's blog and I am the end of the line, so you've made it all the way through! I hope you found inspiration along the way and left comments. Good luck!

Blog order: Kaly, Mina, Jak, Gretha, Julie, Debby Y., Heidy, Alice, Vili, Alexandra, Anneke and Danielle (you are here).

Be Mine

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! In honor of today I have made a card using Full Heart from Mo's Digital Pencil. I had colored her previously using Copics for this card, but for this one I went with Distress Inks. 

I used Maja Designs paper again, yay! Love Maja! I used both sides of Vintage Summer Basics-1924? I think. The year is glued down as I used the bottom strip of the paper on the card above my crochet lace which you can barely see, poo. I used a Cheery Lynn flourish and Wild Orchid Craft flowers which I sponged with Victorian Velvet. 

I stitched around the layers and image and added flat back pearls and pearl trim to frame the image for the Cheerly Lynn challenge. I also used Walnut Stain to distress my edges.

I used a wood heart that I gessoed and glued on some letters from a Prima paper pad for my sentiment.

Distress Inks used:

Skin- Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick

Hair- Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Dress- Victorian Velvet, Black Soot

Hearts- Fired Brick

Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Danielle:)

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Cheery Lynn (Frame It)

LLC (Love and Lace)
Brown Sugar (Die cut or Punch)
Cut it Up (Must have Die Cuts)
Bunny Zoe (Hearts/Love)
Fussy and Fancy (Be My Valentine)
Jo's Scrap Shack (Valentine's Day)
Sister Act (Anything Goes)
Whimsy (Love is in the Air)

Simon Says Stamp (Love Stamp)

I'm Seeing Purple

Good afternoon! I have a card I am tickled purple about! I absolutely love coloring and crafting with purple and to top it off I am using Maja Design papers for the very first time! Can you believe it? I have loved the papers but never got around to making a purchase. I have been making do with what I have had in my hoarder's stash, lol! I have used Spring Basics 8th of April and 10th of April.

You may be wondering who the lovely fairy is and she is the ever curious Teen Fairy Pia anticipating opening her present! You can find her and her just as gorgeous sister Teen Fairy Mia at Mo's Digital Pencil.

I drew a present and colored it with Copics and framed it with a mini frame from my stash. I gessoed the Wild Orchid Craft flowers and added a scalloped envelope and tag made using my Silhouette. I totally forgot I had the pearl hearts from WOC and was so happy to rediscover them that I had to add some to my card.

Copics:

 Skin- E000, 00, 13, 24, R20, 22

Hair- E50, 53, 55, 57

Purple- V000, V01, V04, V06, V09

Wings- BG10, BV31, RV000 & Glitter glue

Background- BG10,11

Have a happy crafty weekend!

Challenges I'd like to enter:
ABC Challenges (Embellish 3+)
Cards Galore Encore (Bling-Glitter)
Feeling Crafty (Dies/Punches)
Treasured Times (AG with Layers)
Card Makin' Mamas (Make it Sparkle)
Sister Act (A.G.)
4 Krafty Girlz (Anything Goes)
Creative Moments (Anything Goes)
Divas by Design (Die Cuts)
Bunny Zoe (Stitching)
CMC (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)

Mo's DT Monthly Blog Hop!!

Good morning all! It's time for another blog hop with the lovely ladies of Mo's Dream Team! This month I am host and I have chosen the theme to use Distressing Techniques!

I love inking and roughing up my paper edges, so I thought I would choose an easy theme for me, hehe!

I have used a new digital stamp called Paddy, which you can find at Mo's Digital Pencil. He is so perfect for St. Paddy's Day coming up in March!

I used my Silhouette to cut out my card base and the pot o' gold, which I designed in Silhouette Studio. I used Aged Gold Frantage to make my gold for the pot and sprinkled some around my image along with some Shabby White. I inked the edges with Vintage photo and roughed them up.

I waited until it was too late to get a picture with natural light, so this was the best I could get. :(

 I hope you like my little Irish lad and don't forget to comment here at at each stop of the hop for your chance at Mo's Digital Pencil prize!

This is the first stop of the hop and your next stop is the lovely and talented Kaly!

If you get lost here is the blog hop order: Me, Kaly, Mina, Jak, Gretha, Julie, Debby Y., Heidy, Alice, Vili, Alexandra, Anneke

Happy Hopping!

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Country View Challenge (Monochromatic)

The Crafting Cafe (Anything Goes)

Addicted to Stamps (Any Holiday)

Paper Pretties (Monochromatic)

Penny's Paper (Embellishments)

Simon Says Stamp (Embossing)

Whimsy (Something New-stamp)

Crafty Sentiment Designs (Anything Goes)

Inky Chicks (Anything Goes)

Simon Says Stamp Monday (Anything Goes)