4 generations

The Memory Works monthly challenge for May was titled, "A Mother's Love" and we were asked to create a project--layout, card, altered item, etc to celebrate that sentiment.  I knew instantly that I would scrapbook this photo of my grandmother, mother, myself and my first-born, Rebekah.  This photo was taken on Rebekah's dedication day, late summer in 1979.  It is one of the few photos I have of my maternal grandmother and I was delighted to use it here.

The paper is from Lily Bee, the Buttercup line.  It has soft yellows and blues and Lily Bee's standard small prints that can mixed into layouts using other lines.  The papers are so versatile.  I used two pieces from the 6x6 paper pad, the index card and little bits are also from this line.  Sassafrass Lass alphas and Petaloo flowers finish off the layout nicely.  It was fast and easy to put together, the way a good layout should be.


Enjoy!

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Welcome to the Memory Works Spring Fling Blog Hop! The Teamworks Girls have been busy behind the scenes creating beautiful projects with some of their favorite products in our New Memory Works Spring/Summer Catalog. Make sure you stop at each blog along the way to check out all the inspiration, and don't forget to leave a comment at each stop! One lucky reader will win a giveaway sponsored by Memory Works! The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! You have until midnight on Thursday to leave your comments.

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Below is the list of blogs. You should have come from Christine's blog where you viewed some great Dear Lizzie projects. Next up is Lynn's blog with My Mind's Eye Be Happy papers.

So let’s get started with the projects I created using Teresa Collins’ Everyday Moments. First, I have to tell you how excited I was to find such a fun navy blue and yellow paper line. I’ve been looking for a couple of years for papers in these colors to use to make some wedding pages for my daughter’s 2010 wedding. Her wedding colors? Navy blue and yellow. The line is fun yet elegant, appropriate for the photos I wanted to scrap with. I found the mason jar chipboard album at Want to Scrap and bought several, as mason jars were featured heavily at the wedding as vases for centerpieces and drinking glasses. Well, you’ll see what I mean as you look through this mini:

The photo in this layout is a bit grainy--iPhone pix are not always the best, but I like how it captured the moment. Not every photo has to be absolutely perfect, work with the photos that tell the story:

When I have a bunch of matching supplies out after creating a layout or project, I love to make cards and ATCs:

I still had a bunch of chipboard pieces, element stickers, brads, and papers left over when I finished. Other than the mason jar chipboard album I supplemented the theme paper kit with some solid cardstock in white, yellow and navy. I used punches and dies, a few buttons and my Sew Right tool and some floss, and some Thickers for my layout title. I love this line so much I actually bought doubles of everything so I could use it for other projects as well. Enjoy! Keep hopping along. Lynn - MME: Be Happy http://frommybungalow.blogspot.com/

Here's the list in case you missed anything--

Starting at the MW blog http://memoryworksblog.blogspot.com/

1. Sheri - Echo Park: Charming http://www.thedesperatescrapper.blogspot.com

2. Cathy - BoBunny: Weekend Market http://cathiehollins.blogspot.com/

3. Christy - Bella Blvd: Baby Boy http://christymusack.blogspot.com/

4. Kelly - SS Awesome http://kellyrholbrook.blogspot.com/

5. Kim - Fancy Pants Be You http://www.cafeanglais.wordpress.com/

6. Lacey -Amy Tangerine: Sketchbook Theme set http://laceybugcreations.blogspot.com/

7. Rosann - MME: Be Amazing http://brooklyngirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/

8. Jody - MME: Dolled Up http://spiegelmom.blogspot.com/

9. Christine - Dear Lizzy http://christines-creativetherapy.blogspot.com/

10. Jenn - Teresa Collins: Everyday Moments http://frommypapercraftstudio.blogspot.com/

11. Lynn - MME: Be Happy http://frommybungalow.blogspot.com/

12. Caroline - Lilly Bee Double Dutch http://carolinescraftiness.blogspot.com/

13. Jade - Three Bugs: One Fine Day http://www.thescrapyardrose.com/

14. Sharon - BG Plumeria http://ascrappersmemoir.blogspot.com/

15. Janey - MME: Howdy Doody http://nevadagal1.blogspot.com

If you need me to hook you with these or any of the other paper lines you see featured in this blog hop, leave me a message in your comment and I'll get in touch with you. New catalogs are out (and mine should arrive any minute now) and I'd love to show you all the great new product Memory Works is featuring for the next six months.

blog hop

Check back on Tuesday to hop along with some of the other Memory Works team. We've all chosen different papers from the new catalog to play with. Here's a sneak peek at one of my projects using Teresa Collins Everyday Moments line.

The new catalog is out and the new lines are great. Hope you hop along on Tuesday!

sweet cheeks

I have to share this layout with you. It features my adorable granddaughter and uses a sketch from the Michaels Sketched Out 2 class (which I am teaching on Thursday night at the Willow Grove Michaels). If you know my style, then you know bright colors are not something I often play with but the reds and greens make D pop out of the page.

I used a kraft background here and Recollections prints from a print pack. There were polka dots, stripes, and gingham checks among the prints in bright, primary colors. The cherry stamp is an oldie but a goodie from Stampin Up! that I fussy cut as an embellishment. The buttons tied with black floss and tiny punched hearts add the finishing touches. I love how it turned out.

Rock on is another version of the same sketch. Here I used SEI papers and butterflies. The colors aren't coming out on here the way they do on the page, it definitely reads better in person. Want to check out the class? Email me for information.

dinara's first year

I love playing with these 7Gypsies solo printer's trays. They are fast, easy, use scraps!, and make great gifts. In fact, my friend Rhadjena has made several of these. I have wanted to use this photo of D sleeping in some sort of project and this just came together perfectly. I was challenged on the Memory Works forum to create "a gift from the heart" and I hope that when I give it to Rebekah & Denard they will love it as much as I do.

She looks like an angel sleeping with a little stuffed toy. The other photos I took during the year I provided day care for her. I miss seeing her every day. I used American Crafts paper scraps and Basic Grey paper scraps, ZVA bling, a border strip from Doodlebug, flowers from my stash and a Maya Road metal flower.

Here are two other examples of the fun you can have with these trays. The first, pix from D's 1 year photo shoot at Kiddie Kandids. The Aug tag is 7Gypsies, the 1 bingo chip from an old MemoryWorks Express (MWE) kit. The name banner and border strip are Simple Stories. Flowers and arrow from my stash. When I say products are from my stash, it is because I don't remember who manufactured them and the packaging is long gone.

John kayaking uses My Minds Eye paper scraps, a Sizzix die cut bird that I then layered with patterned papers, and a calendar card from Simple Stories.

Enjoy!

i'm smtten...

I was hunting around for a new card design idea and found a cascading card tutorial in the Papercraft Inspirations February issue. I gave it a try and made my initial card blank and then looked at it for a couple of days before I decided how I would decorate it. I pulled out my latest MemoryWorks Express kit, dived into the papers and chipboard sheet and even found a little acrylic stamp set and I knew I had a valentine in the making for my granddaughter Eden.


I used one piece of solid gray cardstock from the kit and then pulled out a couple of the double-sided papers to decorate the individual panels of the card. I stamped 'LOVE" on one of the papers and punched it with a scalloped oval punch and punched a couple of hearts from a pink scrap. I grabbed another one of the stamps and stamped it repeatedly to create the hugs and kisses hearts. Another punch--a deep scallop border created a fun front panel that I layered over with chipboard stickers from Crate Paper. Some pink rhinestones in the scallops finish off the card and for just a little more glitz I covered the hearts in the banner and on the oval sentiment with Stickles. I can't wait to send it off to my favorite 7yo valentine. The card fits into a standard 4 3/4" x 6" envelope. Just saying...

Enjoy!