Hi!

Good day!

I have another Scrap-Mart project for you today. I bit of a bonus since I didn't realize I only needed to do three posts.

My focal point, this gorgeous flower die, is one of my favorites of the Lifestyle Crafts Bloom and Grow die series.

I love the beautiful detailing of this die!

I stitched the hexagon background of this My Mind's Eye paper from the 'Follow Your Heart' collection.

The dark wood grain background paper is from October Afternoon's '9 to 5' line. Accents include die cut cloud from My Favorite Things, Prima wood button, Jute from May Arts, Teensy Type alphabet stickers from Doodlebug Design and a Memo Pin from Tim Holtz.

Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? Christopher wants to spend some time at the pool today. Sounds like a great way to spend a lazy summer afternoon, don't you think? Hope you have a great weekend!

Fresh Picked Fun

Happy Saturday to you! Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend. Speaking of weekend plans, I have a scrapbook page share about one of our favorite weekend activities, berry picking.

My berry-licious page features some awesome new Lifestyle Crafts die cuts from Scrap-Mart.

I think this flourish cut makes a great corner accent!

Mmmmm......looking at these yummy photos makes me want a fresh bowl of berries or a smoothie!

This flower is my favorite die! I love the details and the shape of the leaves!

The title was created on the Silhouette.

Scrap-Mart has some pretty amazing dies don't you think?

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

Birthday Mix

T.G.I.F!

Today is my second guest design Scrap-Mart post and this week I have a card for you.

My project features a beautiful die from the Lifestyle Crafts 'Bloom and Grow' release.

I also used the October Afternoon's '9 to 5' collection.

This line has the best accents, papers, die cuts, buttons and brads!

There are flags too, but they were sold out at my local Archivers so I went ahead and made these two from patterned paper and toothpicks.

So how many of you remember using cassette tapes to record a mix of your favorite songs? I'd have to raise my hand!!!

Hope you have a splendid weekend! :)

Pinspiration

My name is Kathy Martin and I'm a Pinterest addict! ;)

I love Pinterest! I think I've mentioned that a time or two! :) So it should come as no surprise that I was perusing pin boards the other day and came across this very cool wallpaper design from Timothy Sue.

Wouldn't this make a great background for a scrapbook page?

 Since I didn't have a lot of time to play, I made a card instead. It's really easy to create this look. Just take three strips of card stock/patterned paper and applied some scotch tape on the back to hold them together. Then centered your die over the seam of the paper and run it through your machine. A little tip...to make sure your die stays centered while cutting, use a piece of removable tape to keep it in place.

Instead of hearts like on the wallpaper, I used butterflies...cut with a die from My Favorite Things.

The 'Happy Spring' stamp and the die I used to make the gray frame are from Papertrey Ink.

The photo corner is an old Quickutz die. Do you have some of those? I still use a number of them pretty regularly.

The finishing touches include some vintage mother of pearl buttons and some hand stitching.

Oh, I should mention that this pretty patterned paper is from October Afternoon's Farmhouse line. Lovely stuff, don't you think? I swoon! :)

So do you Pinterest? What Pinteresting things have you found lately? Care to share? Last weekend I found a recipe that made me get up from the computer right then and there to go make it! I'm serious!

These are Oatmeal Peanut Butter Snack Squares by How Sweet it Is. They have that chocolate peanut butter combination that I love about Reese's peanut butter cups. They're better for you since they're made from scratch with oatmeal and whole wheat flour.

If you should also decide that you need to go bake these right now...the recipe calls for pastry flour which you can make by sifting together two tablespoons of corn starch per cup of flour. Nice thing to know, huh? I can't remember where I ran across that bit of helpful information? Could it have been Pinterest? ;)

Thanks for stopping in today. Tomorrow I have a jam packed post for you. There will be a birthday celebration, blog hop and prizes. Plus, I have an exciting announcement to make. That's a lot for a single post, huh? Hope you can join me!

Kathy :)

Yankee Doodles

Hey there!

I'm back with another patriotic, red, white and blue project. I created this scrapbook page with the new We R Memory Keepers 'Yankee Doodles' line I talked about Monday.

I love the mini 6x6 paper pads for cards, but they also include plenty of paper for scrapbook pages too!

Stars are the perfect accent for Fourth of July projects, don't you think? Here I made some die cut stars with some corrugated cardboard and some of the Yankee Doodles papers using an old Sizzix die plate. I dug out another old set of dies from Quickutz for the title and stitched around the edges of those alphas. I'm seriously addicted to stitching these days!

I also used a 'Just the Edge' scalloped boarder cut from Bazzill Basics and some star buttons I've had for a looooooong time!

Speaking of having something in the stash box for a while...those metal license plates, I believe they were made several years back by Karen Foster. Finally, they get their day in the spotlight!

Well, I have more fun projects in the pipeline. I'm looking forward to perusing your blogs and seeing your crafty projects while I work away in my office. You all give me so much inspiration! Thank you! :) Hope you have a great Wednesday! The weekend is right around the corner! Kathy

Supplies:

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  We R Memory Keepers

Jute:  Papertrey Ink

Star Buttons:  Blumenthal

Metal License Plates:  Karen Foster

Die Cut Alphas:  Quickutz

Die Cut Stars:  Sizzix

White Paint:  Folk Art by Plaid

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Hi!

What a wonderful thing...National Scrapbook Day! A day to play with paper and glue and release some of our creative energy! Love! Will you be doing a bit of scrapbooking? I'm working on finishing up a page right now. Oh and it's mother's day weekend too...double goodness! Hope yours is fabulous!

I have a yummy card share this morning.

This sweetie is a hybrid card made with the new 'Little Summer Cakes'

by Holly Brooke Jones of Two Peas in a Bucket.

Don't these little cakes look scrumptious? I love 'em, except that they make me crave sweets! Why can't cake be one of the four food groups? Why can't the FDA make cake a nine servring per day requirement? Don't you think we would all be a little more cheerful? A little sweeter? ;)

This little yellow butterfly is also part of the kit. I used some of my newly discovered crepe paper trim again to make a bow...I found it on Etsy.

I used some Spellbinders

dies for the cake frame and to shape the polka dot background paper, a Quickutz die for the tiny tag, A corner rounder punch, a gray Copic

maker for the edges of my paper and a few buttons from my stash.

I hope your weekend is the best! :) kathy