This card was made from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.  The word "Mistletoe" and the mistletoe were cut from the Making Memories Chipboard Buttons packaging.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink

This card was made from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--Stickles in Yellow

Non-MW Products Used:
--Small Flower Punch

This card was made from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--Stickles in Yellow

Non-MW Products Used:
--Small Flower Punch

This card was made from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--Pebbles Yellow Candy Dot

Non-MW Products Used:
--Whale of A Punch Flower Punch
--Leaf Punch

This card was made from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--ColorBox Fluid Ink
--Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch

This layout was created from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--Pebbles Chips in Spring Green

This layout was created from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--ColorBox Fluid Ink in Blackbird

Non-MW Products Used:
--Whale Of A Punch flower punch

This layout was created from items in the Nov09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--Distress Ink
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--Stickles in Yellow

Non-MW Products Used:
--small flower punch

This tag was made from items in the Oct09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

This tag was made from items in the Oct09 MWE kit.

MW Products used:
--American Crafts Slick Writers

Non-MW Products Used:
--orange staple

This layout I made from items in the Oct09 MWE kit. 

MW Products Used:
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--Distress Ink

This layout I made from items in the Oct09 MWE kit.  the photos are of photos I scrapped in another album (hence the halloween frames).

MW Products Used:
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--Distress Ink

This layout I made from items in the Oct09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--Distress Ink
--ColorBox Fluid Ink in Blackbird

Non-MW Products Used:
--My Acrylix Circle Around Stamp Set by CTMH

This layout I made from items in the Oct09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:
--American Crafts Slick Writers
--Distress Ink

This card was made for the Nov09 Creative Challenge "Thank You" Card Challenge.

MW Products used:

--Creative Imaginations Liberty Theme Set

--Creative Imaginations Liberty Impress-Ons

--Creative Imaginations Liberty Epoxy Stickers

This card was made using the items in the Sept09 MWE kit.

MW Products used:
--Distress Ink

--Tim Holtz Sanding Block

This card was made using the items in the Sept09 MWE kit.  This card is simple and is a nice way of using scrap pieces of paper.

This card was made using the items in the Sept09 MWE kit.  the inside of the card I wrote "Congrats on your new home!"

MW Products used:
--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Tim Holtz Sanding Block

--Basic Grey Precision File Set

Non-MW Products used:

--white marker

This card was made using the items in the Sept09 MWE kit.

MW Products used:
--Distress Ink

--Tim Holtz Sanding Block

This card was made using the items in the Sept09 MWE kit.

MW Products used:
--Distress Ink

inspired by Tammy's post on the message board.  I used old Fancy Pants papers, large snowflake punch and some embellies. 

covered $1 notebooks with MME "The Merry Days of Christmas" theme set

Gift bag using Fancy Pants Magic of Christmas theme set

This layout was created at the monthly all-day crop that I go to.  There is a layout competition where she has a few products laying on your table and you have a set amount of time to create a layout using those products.  Then all the layouts are voted and the winner gets a prize.  This layout is from the Oct. 17th crop.

MW Products used:

--FancyPants Trick or Treat Theme Set

--FancyPants Trick or Treat Buttons

--Petaloo Fall Dazzlers

--Petaloo Halloween Daisy Box Blend

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Ranger Distress Crackle Paint in Peeled Paint

--Ranger Distressing Ink in Black Soot

--Cosmo Cricket Halloween Clear Stamp (BOO)

--Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink in Blackbird

--Fiskars Effervescence Border Punch

--Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch

Non-MW Products used (Items on table to be used):

--3 Petaloo White Florettes

--Black Ribbon

--3 Black Buttons

--White Cardstock

--Black Cardstock

This layout was made from the products in the Sept09 MWE kit.

MW Products used:

--Ranger Distressing Ink

--Stickles

Non-MW Products used:

--markers

This layout was made from the products in the Sept09 MWE kit.  This layout is on the other side of the Nature's Beauty layout.

MW Products used:

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

--Stickles

Non-MW Products used:

--markers

This layout was created from the items that cam in the Sept09 MWE kit.

MW Products used:

--American Crafts Slick Writer

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

--Tim Holtz Sanding Block

This mini album was made using products from the Oct09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Ranger Distress Ink

--Tim Holtz Mini Paperclip

This layout was made using products from the Oct09 MWE kit.

This layout was made using products from the Sept09 MWE kit.  This layout was created as a mirror image (layout-wise) to the "Sleeping Positions 101" layout I did with the MWE Nov08 kit.

MW Products Used:

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Ranger Distress Ink

This layout was made using products from the Sept09 MWE kit.

MW Products Used:

--American Crafts Slick Writers

This layout was made using products from the Sept09MWE kit.  The light blue letters are from the free Pink Paislee Captivating Sticker Book that came with the kit and spell out"homecoming."   

I carefully cut some of the flowers petals and butterfly with an art knife.  I then carefully slid the photo of my brother under the cutout areas so that the petals and butterfly lie on top of the photo.

MW Products used:

--American Crafts Slick Writers

This was made using the products in the Aug09 MWE kit.  The layout uses one of my BFF's kid's pictures she gave me.  (The youngest is my goddaughter.)

MW Products used:

--Ranger Distress Ink

--Stickles

--American Crafts Slick Writers

This was made using the Aug09 MWE kit and the FancyPants School kit that came with the MWE kit.

MW Products used:

--Ranger Distress Ink

--Ranger Distress Crackle Paint

--Stickles

--Colorbox Fluid Ink

--American Crafts Slick Writers

Non-MW Products used:

--Markers

--CTMH My Acrylix Circle Around Clear Stamps

This was made using the Aug09 MWE kit and the FancyPants School kit that came with the MWE kit.

MW Products used:

--Ranger Distress Ink

--Ranger Distress Crackle Paint

--Stickles

--Colorbox Fluid Ink

--American Crafts Slick Writers

Non-MW Products used:

--Markers

--CTMH My Acrylix Circle Around Clear Stamps

This was made using the Aug09 MWE kit and the FancyPants School kit that came with the MWE kit.

MW Products used:

--Ranger Distress Ink

--Ranger Distress Crackle Paint

--Stickles

--Colorbox Fluid Ink

--American Crafts Slick Writers

Non-MW Products used:

--Markers

--CTMH My Acrylix Circle Around Clear Stamps

12 x 12 layout - Monkey

I made this layout to feature pictures of my nephew Lucas in his halloween attire.  He is going to be a Monkey!

MW Express Kit - October 2009

12 x 12 Layout - DRACULA

MW Express Kit - October 2009

Edge Distresser, Fancy Pants Stamps, Ranger Ink

Mini Card - Hello Friend

MW October 2009 Express Kit

I created this bookmark to use as I read my new "old" collections of Nancy Drew books :)

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I created these mini-cards using the Oct 2009 MW Express kit. I'll be putting them in some Halloween cookie treat bags I'm making.

For the 'boo' card, I used a small piece of foam to dab some black ink over a piece of 'magic mesh' to create the grid background pattern on the front. 

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I created this layout using the October 09 MW Express kit. I also used Stickles, American Crafts Thickers, and Glossy Accents by Ranger (to add shine to the chipboard elements from the kit).

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I made these fun Halloween decorations using the October 09 MemoryWorks Express kit. They're backed with chipboard to help them be sturdy to last for years to come.

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I made these invitations using the October Express kit and some other embellishments that I had.

I created this layout using the September 2009 MemoryWorks Express kit. I used "pop dots" to adhere and raise the butterflies (cut from one of the beautiful patterned papers in the kit).

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I created this layout by layering the great embellishments (stickers, flowers, ribbon, etc) from the September 2009 MemoryWorks Express kit. Love the papers, too!

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I created this card by layering stickers and other embellishments from the Sept 09 MemoryWorks Express kit. I also used the Fiskars Apron Lace border punch.

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I created this card using the Sept 09 MemoryWorks Express kit and my Fiskars Threading Water border punch.

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I created this fun floral bouquet using the Sept. 2009 MW Express kit! Check out the great directions for making these cute flower toppers at http://thoughtsthatstick.blogspot.com/2009/06/fun-funky-pencil-flowers.html

I also used a spice jar from IKEA for the "flower pot" and put clear floral marbles (also from IKEA) inside to help hold the pencils up.

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I made this card using the Sept. 2009 "Homespun"MemoryWorks Express Kit. I also used Colorbox ink and Ranger Distress Crack Paint (Frayed Burlap) for the little chipboard tree. The "wish" tag is from the Tim Holtz Adage tickets.

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This mini album is mostly from the July 09 Express Kit.  I made a mini album from the postcards that came with the kit using some more military photos.  I had fun making this and reminisced as I assembled each page.  The front cover, as you notice, has a few items that are not MW products, but the rest of the album is made from MW products and memorabilia.  I thought I would share the cover becase it sets the tone of the album and it shows how you can use some of your products on hand that aren't from MW.

Page 7:  MW Items Used--Prism Cardstock (Papaya Puree Medium); postcard, flower paper, and orange ric rac are from kit; Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap; American Crafts Slick Writers; Non-MW items Used--staples.

Page 8:  MW Items Used--Prism Cardstock (Spring Willow Medium), postcard and polka dotted paper (from kit), Distress Ink in Peeled Paint and Frayed Burlap, American Crafts Slick Writers, Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor; Non-MW Items Used--Stickopotamus Career Stickers (Navy)(crow at top left of page on photo), actual leftover chevrons iron-on from uniform (under photo).

Page 9:  MW Items Used--patterned papers, postcard,  and chipboard tag from the kit, Distress Ink in Peeled Paint and Frayed Burlap, Prism Cardstock (Spring Willow Medium), American Crafts Slick Writers.

Page 10:  MW Items Used--Prism Cardstock (Papaya Puree Medium); ribbon, orange ric rac, postcard,  and polka dotted paper from kit; Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap; American Crafts Slick Writers; Non-MW Items Used--staples.

Back Cover:  MW Items Used--postcard (from kit), Distress Crackle Paint in Faded Jeans, Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap, American Crafts Slick Writers; Non-MW Items Used--actual patches from uniform (big one--shows rate and rank (old one) worn on left sleeve, and ship's name patch (extra one) worn at shoulder of right sleeve.)

I assembled the mini album by punching a hole in top left of each page and set an eyelet on each page.  I then threaded the thicker twine/jute (from kit) through all holes and attached the metal charm/tag (also from kit) before I tied the jute into a square knot (the knot used to tie the kerchief around neck on Navy uniform--like the one on uniform sticker on fromt cover.) 

This mini album is mostly from the July 09 Express Kit.  I made a mini album from the postcards that came with the kit using some more military photos.  I had fun making this and reminisced as I assembled each page.  The front cover, as you notice, has a few items that are not MW products, but the rest of the album is made from MW products and memorabilia.  I thought I would share the cover becase it sets the tone of the album and it shows how you can use some of your products on hand that aren't from MW.

Cover:  MW items used--postcard (from kit), Distress Crackle Paint in Faded Jeans, Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap, metal charm/tag (from kit); Non-MW items used--Dog Tag Alphabet by Karen Foster, Jolee's Boutique Navy sticker (uniform), Navy Tag die-Cut.

Page 1:  MW Items Used--Prism Cardstock (Spring Willow Medium); postcard, striped paper, flower, ribbon, twine, brads, chipboard tag, and letter stickers are from kit; Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap; Non-MW items Used--staples, Anchor Quicklet from Eyelet Outlet.

Page 2:  MW Items Used--Prism Cardstock (Spring Willow Medium and Papaya Puree Medium), postcard and striped paper (from kit), Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, and Frayed Burlap, American Crafts Slick Writers.

Page 3:  MW Items Used--patterned papers, postcard,  and ribbon from the kit, Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap, American Crafts Slick Writers.

Page 4:  MW Items Used--Prism Suede Brown Accent Cardstock (Sage Light), ribbon, postcard,  and strips of patterned paper from kit, Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap, American Crafts Slick Writers.     **(The strips of patterned paper are what is cut off when using a border punch.  These strips are what I kept from the layouts I made from this kit.  I cut the strips into smaller lengths and woven them together.)**

Page 5:  MW Items Used--Prism Cardstock (Papaya Puree Medium); postcard, striped paper, chipboard tag, letter stickers, and twine are from the kit; Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, and Frayed Burlap; American Crafts Slick Writers.

Page 6:  MW Items Used-- patterned papers, postcard, and "Never Forget" Raffle Ticket are from the kit, Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap, American Crafts Slick Writers.

I created this fun keychain mini-album for my son's backpack this year. I used the Bo-Bunny Press Grease Monkey Theme Set papers, raw chipboard cut into 2"x2" squares, American Crafts thickers (raw), ball chain, Making Memories Tiny Alphas and Mod Podge to seal it.

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I created this handy dry-erase clipboard using the new Creative Imaginations: Smarty Theme Set (Helen Dardick) and Impress-ons.

I decorated the clipboard with the papers, added rubons, then attached a piece of thin acrylic (you can purchase 12x12 thin sheets at many craft stores - or do a search online). You can write on it with a dry-erase pen... Under the paper on the back of the clipboard I added thin magnets so the clipboard can be hung on metal filing cabinets or a fridge. Great teacher gift!

This was made for the Aug09 Creative Challenge using the Fancy Pants Mixed Media Album.  I decided to make a perpetual calendar out of it.  The calendars are attached via clear photo corners so they can easily be changes when the new year starts.

MW items used:

--Fancy Pants Mixed Media Album--Bracket

--Fancy Pants Delight Theme Set and Rub-ons

--Fancy Pants Summer Soiree Theme Set and Rub-ons

--Doodlebug Candy Shoppe Glitter Letter Stickers--Limeade, Ladybug, Swimming Pool

--Making Memories Letter Stickers (left over from a MWE kit)

--American Crafts Glitter Thickers (from last year's catalog)

--BasicGrey Chipboard Letter Stickers (leftover from Retreat Class Kit)

--ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad--Blackbird

--Papaya Puree Cardstock (for calendar mats)

--Fiskars Border Punches--Scalloped, Threading Water, Apron Lace

--Ditress Ink in Vintage Photo

--Distress Crackle Paint in Faded Jeans

--Rusty Pickle Month Rub-Ons (August and June)

Non-MW items:

--"Post Script Calendar" Stamp Set by Kolett Hall (Hampton Arts)(used the months)

--"Moments in Time" Stamp Set from Close To My Heart (calendars and borders/blocks around calendars)

--Assorted brads

--Pioneer Clear Photo Corners

This was made for the Aug09 Creative Challenge using the Fancy Pants Mixed Media Album.  I decided to make a perpetual calendar out of it.  The calendars are attached via clear photo corners so they can easily be changes when the new year starts.

MW items used:

--Fancy Pants Mixed Media Album--Bracket

--Fancy Pants Delight Theme Set and Rub-ons

--Fancy Pants Summer Soiree Theme Set and Rub-ons

--Doodlebug Candy Shoppe Glitter Letter Stickers--Limeade, Ladybug, Swimming Pool

--Making Memories Letter Stickers (left over from a MWE kit)

--American Crafts Glitter Thickers (from last year's catalog)

--BasicGrey Chipboard Letter Stickers (leftover from Retreat Class Kit)

--ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad--Blackbird

--Papaya Puree Cardstock (for calendar mats)

--Fiskars Border Punches--Scalloped, Threading Water, Apron Lace

--Ditress Ink in Vintage Photo

--Distress Crackle Paint in Faded Jeans

--Rusty Pickle Month Rub-Ons (August and June)

Non-MW items:

--"Post Script Calendar" Stamp Set by Kolett Hall (Hampton Arts)(used the months)

--"Moments in Time" Stamp Set from Close To My Heart (calendars and borders/blocks around calendars)

--Assorted brads

--Pioneer Clear Photo Corners

This was made for the Aug09 Creative Challenge using the Fancy Pants Mixed Media Album.  I decided to make a perpetual calendar out of it.  The calendars are attached via clear photo corners so they can easily be changes when the new year starts.

MW items used:

--Fancy Pants Mixed Media Album--Bracket

--Fancy Pants Delight Theme Set and Rub-ons

--Fancy Pants Summer Soiree Theme Set and Rub-ons

--Doodlebug Candy Shoppe Glitter Letter Stickers--Limeade, Ladybug, Swimming Pool

--Making Memories Letter Stickers (left over from a MWE kit)

--American Crafts Glitter Thickers (from last year's catalog)

--BasicGrey Chipboard Letter Stickers (leftover from Retreat Class Kit)

--ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad--Blackbird

--Papaya Puree Cardstock (for calendar mats)

--Fiskars Border Punches--Scalloped, Threading Water, Apron Lace

--Ditress Ink in Vintage Photo

--Distress Crackle Paint in Faded Jeans

--Rusty Pickle Month Rub-ons (August and June)

Non-MW items:

--"Post Script Calendar" Stamp Set by Kolett Hall (Hampton Arts)(used the months)

--"Moments in Time" Stamp Set from Close To My Heart (calendars and borders/blocks around calendars)

--Assorted brads

--Pioneer Clear Photo Corners

This layout was made from items in the July09 MWE Kit.  I am finally starting to scrap my military photos, these were taken 18 years ago.  This kit gave me the inspiration to scrap some of the photos and memorabilia from then.  

MW items used: 

--Threading Water and Apron Lace Fiskars Border Punches

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Vintage Photo Distress Inks

This layout was made from items in the July09 MWE Kit.  These photos were from the airplane to and from a cruise I went on in 2007.

MW items used: 

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Fired Brick Distress Inks

This layout was made from items in the July09 MWE Kit.  I am finally starting to scrap my military photos, these were taken 20 years ago.  This kit gave me the inspiration to scrap some of the photos and memorabilia from then.  On this layout I included some coins and money I had left over.  (I know, they are not acid-free & lightnin free, so I printed a photo out instead of using the original photo.)  I made little vellum envelopes to hold the coins.  You can lift the envelope up to get to the coins out of the envelope if you want to look at them better.  The flower includes a map of Spain on it so I put an arrow marking where Spain is on the flower.

MW items used: 

--Blackbird ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Inks

Non-MW items used:

--Vellum

This layout was made from items in the July09 MWE Kit.  I am finally starting to scrap my military photos, these were taken 20 years ago.  This kit gave me the inspiration to scrap some of the photos and memorabilia from then.  On this layout I included some money I had left over.  (I know, they are not acid-free & lightnin free, so I printed a photo out instead of using the original photo.)  The flower includes a map of England on it so I put an arrow marking where England is on the flower.

MW items used: 

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Peeled Paint Distress Inks

--Faded Jeans Distress Crackle Paint

This layout was made from items in the July09 MWE Kit.  I am finally starting to scrap my military photos, these were taken 20 years ago.  This kit gave me the inspiration to scrap some of the photos and memorabilia from then.  On this layout I included some coins I had left over.  (I know, they are not acid-free & lightnin free, so I printed a photo out instead of using the original photo.)  I made little vellum envelopes to hold the coins.  You can lift the envelope up to get to the coins out of the envelope if you want to look at them better.  The flower includes a map of Italy on it so I put an arrow marking where Italy is on the flower.

MW items used: 

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Vintage Photo Distress Ink

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

Non-MW items used:

--Vellum

This layout was made from items in the July09 MWE Kit.  I am finally starting to scrap my military photos, these were taken 20 years ago.  This kit gave me the inspiration to scrap some of the photos and memorabilia from then.  On this layout I included the umbrellas from drinks we had while there and some coins.  (I know, they are not acid-free & lightnin free, so I printed a photo out instead of using the original photo.)  I made little vellum envelopes to hold the coins.  You can lift the envelope up to get to the coins out of the envelope if you want to look at them better.

MW items used: 

--Dark Brown  ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad

--American Crafts Slick Writers

--Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Inks

--Threading Water Fiskars Border Punch

Non-MW items used:

--Impression Obsession "Journaling II" Stamp set (dotted circles, lines)

--Black marker (black dotted circles--I only wanted the dots.  The stamp also has lines in the middle of the circle.)

--Vellum

Want to spice up those school supplies. Personalize a pencil box for your very important student this year.  A few quick embellishments can make a big impact.

 For this project I used a clear plastic pencil box. If you are going to decorate the inside, choose one that is flat on the bottom.

I used elements from the August Express and some triple thick glaze to seal the papers.

 Wendy used this glaze on her album at the retreat and it was just awesome!!  I will post a photo of the glaze bottle later today. I bought mine at Hobby Lobby.

 First I decided onth e title--it could be school days, a name or any other fun saying. I picked "Live, laugh, learn" I placed the Pink Paislee stickers.  Painted some stars yellow and inked them slightly with brown ink. I covered the apple (from Fancy Pants) with red dot paper from the express kit. Inked the stem brown and cut a leaf from a green felt flower, The sticker is from the Express kit sticker sheet. It is a 7 Gypsies Family Matters sticker sheet that says work in Progress. The journaling card from College Press.

 Inside I wrote Math vs. Recess with stickers. Painted the A+ and covered some chipboard arrows. 

 Now that all my pieces were assembled I painted the inside cover of the box with red paint. I put a thin coat on. While that dried I placed covered the sticker title with the triple thick glaze. I did not cover the stars or the apple. I adhered those to the box after the triple thick was dry.

 Once the lid is completely dry I placed a thin coat of triple thick over the red paint so it would not scratch off. You can also cover the bottom with a layer of glaze.

 Let this dry and add the chipboard elements.

My daughter's first day of Kindergarten...

Third Time is the charm right!!

 For the second felt page I made little "v" with the stitching. I embellished the strips of pink paper with rub ons from Fancy Pants delight. That is one strip cut into small sections only on the paper that is showing!

The chipboard word fun was painted with acrylic paint. First I painted it green and then when the paint was still wet I added some cream for the F and the N. The U is painted pink and I added dots with a darker pink.

 The stitching from the front shows through and so you get the same effect on both sides with this stitch.

**  I am going to update this in portions cause my computer keeps giving me problems!!

 I saw these cute albums at the retreat. I was so excited to get them home and play with them. You have chipboard, acetate and felt. You can do almost anything with these pages!  I didn't even use all of the pages that came with the book. 

This layout is made using some of the items in the June09 Express Kit.  

Non-MW item used:  pink marker to write "ever" on canvas tag.

This is made from items in the April09 Express Kit.

Also used the Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch.

This card is made from items in the April09 Express kit.

Also used Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

This layout was made from the items in the April09 Express Kit. 

Also used Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and American Crafts Slick Writers.

This layout is made from items in the April09 Express kit.

Also used American Crafts Slick Writers.

Non-MW items used:  Journal stamp from Impression Obsession and Ranger Distress Ink in Walnut Stain.

This layout is made from items in the April09 Express Kit.

Also used Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Amercian Crafts Slick Writers.

This layout was made using projects from the April 2009 Express kit.

Also used Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

Non-MW items used:  journal stamp, brown marker, Cat's Eye Chalk Ink in Black 

This is a very journaling-intensive layout, but it was a fun story...the tale of how I tried to keep Barbies out of our house, despite my daughter's best efforts, and how she finally got what she wanted:)

 MME Penny Lane paper, Scenic Route (graph paper), Doodlebug stickers, clear glitter Stickles, journaling pen.

Round layouts are so fun!! Add new dimension by layering some of your elements/photos off the page...it'll still fit in your page protector!

 I purposely used a journaling pen that "blends in" to the background to keep the focus on the pictures...still legible in person, but doesn't overwhelm the photos!

I made this layout with the July Express Kit and for the July sketch challenge.

I used the Sweet Branch Kit from the Memory Works Retreat.

July "1 Product Line Challenge"

I used Basic Grey "Lime Rickey"

I created this 12x12 layout using the Bo Bunny Alissa Theme Set, American Crafts Lullaby Foam Thickers, Doodlebug alphabet stickers, and crystal glitter.

I also used Fancy Pants Designs Felt Shapes from a prior MemoryWorks catalog to add dimension to the patterns in the paper.

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I'm in love with the new Sassafras Lass Bungle Jungle line! After a visit to the San Diego Zoo with my 3 year old I decided to use all those animal pictures to make her an alphabet book...and mini album to remember our trip by. She loves to pour over the pages and feel the textures and say the letters. Great way to use up random sticker letters, too! :)

I created this mini album using the paper, the paper whimsey flowers, the chipboard, and brads from the Bungle Jungle line (Sassafras Lass). The base of the album is the Basic Grey Milk Chocolate Circle Album and I used random American Crafts Thickers and the white/black Making Memories tiny alphabet letter stickers.

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A little tag created from the July Express Kit.

I used the Girl Friday theme set, Summer Soiree stamp set, MVP glitter brads, MVP Opaque ink pads, Madame Royale Opaque ink pads.

So, my own personal challenge this month was to use the Summer Soiree stamp set on as many layouts as I can. I gotta say I love this stamp set it is so universal.  On this particular layout I used the dotted border stamp as lines for the journaling cicles.  I stamped them in light blue color.  Then I used the same stamp to stamp two lines that cross at the bottom of the layout.  I also love the scallop stamp from this set. For the flowers I stamped them with the orange ink pad (MVP) and then sponged some more of the same ink on top.  I used the flourish from the stamp set as a leaf for the flower; finished the flowers with some MVP glitter brads.  I wrote the journaling across the two cirlcles.

I used:

Delight Theme Set

Summer Soiree Stamp set

Tiffany's Opaque ink pads (brown)

thank you for looking,

Marina Simonovich

this is for the creative challenge to use the sense of hearing (journaling)

Products I used:

Delight theme set ( I liked that one of the papers was already with lines for journaling)

Summer soiree stamp set ( I curved the border image around the journaling circle)

Stickles

Tiffany’s
Opaque Ink Pads- the brown ink pad

American Crafts cardstock

Silhouette to cut out flourish and flowers ( I cut them out from the paper from Delight Theme set)

This is for June creative challenge to use a Summer Quote.

Products used:

Backyard theme set by American Crafts

summer Soiree Stamp set (flourish)

Silhouette to cut out letters and butterfly

here are the flower up close.

thanks,

Marina Simonovich

This is for the June Creative Challenge to use flowers.

I used:

Fancy Pants Summer Soiree Theme Set

Fancy Pants Summer Soiree Stamp Set (flowers, flourishes, sparkle images, border image)

Ranger Stickles: lime green and baby blue

Madame Royale
Opaque Ink Pad

Loopy Lou letter stickers in red (I sanded them and then inked them)

Gem Jewels by Zva Creative

Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Embossing powder

I cut out all the flowers and put them on pop dots for more dimension.

 I hand wrote the journaling on the left side of the second page( might be hard to see)

Thank you for looking!

Marina Simonovich

I created this layout for June creative challenge: embossing. The theme set I used for this layout is Delight Theme Set by Fancypants

I used the flourish stamp from the Summer Soiree stamp set by Fancy Pants and stamped the flower with it. Then I embossed the images with Tim Holtz Peeled paint embossing powder. Inside the flowers I used stickles. For the title I used the Loopy Lou letter stickers by Doodlebug.  I hand wrote the journaling (on the  blue polka dot paper for the set) around the title. The last thing I did is stamp a border with the stamp for the Summer Soiree stamp set

thanks for looking,

Marina Simonovich

Photos from the Memory Works Retreat 2009.

Prism Cardstock

Uniball Signo White Pen

Pink Paislee Chipboard Letters

A self-portrait of hubby and me.

Dream Street & Fancy Pants Patterned Papers

Prism Cardstock

7 Gypsies Stickers

Misc. ribbon, buttons

I used the June Express Kit and a few extra buttons lying on my desk for this layout. Decorate the cupcake with Icicle Stickles from Ranger. The journaling is done on a card that was in a Express kit In May or June of last year. It fit in the space perfectly so I couldnt resist. The title is green thickers.

This is for the June challenge Negative Space. I used the June Express Kit and Crate Paper rub ons.

Using a thick paint brush I painted a few lines on my background paper, let the brush run out of paint as you end your stroke. Layer the circle, cake card and cardstock on the paint once the paint is dry.

I created this birth announcement for my newest daughter using a simple sketch I created. I was able to use various patterned papers to create the announcements, while keeping them all similar. This version of the card was created using:

-Basic Grey: Porcelain patterned paper (Chatsworth and Langley)
-Fiskars: Threading Water punch
-Glue Dots (Craft size) to adhere flowers

Non MW:
-strip of ribbon
-Prima flower (rosebud)
-Kaisercraft paper flower
-cardstock base

I used paper scraps and Ranger inks

Papers:  Cosmo Cricket "Snorkel", June Kit, "Sweet Shoppe"

Rubons:  Fancy Pants

Chipboard:  Cosmo Cricket "Snorkel"

This layout was created from a PageMap for the June09 PageMap Contest on pagemap.com.

MW Products used:

--Prism Cardstock in Intense Kiwi

--Basic Grey Lime Rickey Theme Set--Tart & Tiny, Hoboken, Lemon Drop, and Howdy Doody papers

--Basic Grey Lime Rickey Element Stickers

--Basic Grey Lime Rickey Chipboard Letter Stickers

--Basic Grey Lime Rickey Glazed Brads

--Petaloo Spring Daisy Box Blend

--Basic Grey Casablanca Clear Stamps

--Distress ink in Vintage Photo (on edges of Hoboken and Howdy Doody papers)

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor (on edges of Lemon Drop paper)

--Basic Grey Precision File Set (on edges of chipboard letters)

--Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite

--Gluedots

Non-MW items used:

--ColorBox Pigment Stamp Pad in Cocoa (flourish stamped image at top of the top journaling lines)

--3M Sanding Sponge (on edges of photos)

--Paper Pizazz Easy Stitches Template

--Galaxy Marker in Milky Way (for "stitches" between 2 photos)

--Zig Writer in Baby Blue (for "stitches" on paper and cardstock)

--Zig Writer in Chocolate (for journaling and journaling lines)

This was created for the Mother's Day Card Challenge that I hosted where a card was to be made following the provided CardMap for the Challenge.

MW Products used:

--Prism Cardstock in Razzleberry Dark

--Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Theme Set--Tuesday and Saturday papers

--Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Ribbon

--Petaloo Dazzlers in Winter and Fall

--We R Memory Keepers Tiffany's Fabric Flowers

Non-MW items used:

--JoAnn Craft Essentials "Happy Mother's Day"

--JoAnn Craft Essentials "Mother" magnet (inside the card)

This was created for the Out of the Box Challenge.  This was made by using the mini clear paintcan that the My Mind's Eye Glittered Chipboard Letters came in.

MW Products used:

--Scrap Within Reach The Cottage Theme Set--Front Porch and Whimsical papers

--Petaloo:  Dais Box Blend in Winter and Dazzlers in Fall

--We R Memory Keepers Tiffany's Fabric Flowers

--We R Memory Keepers Flowers Clear Stamps

--Pebbles Chocolate Brown Ribbon

Non-MW items used:

--ColorBok Black Alphastax Sticky Stax

JoAnn Craft Essentials Island Blue Papercrafting Ribbon

--KI Memories Celebrate Dots Self-Adhesive Ribbon

--Blue and Purple Bobbin Ribbon

--Li'l Davis Designs Brown/Green Decorative Ribbon

--Heidi Grace Designs Orchard Ribbon

This was created for the Out of the Box Challenge.  This was made by using the plastic packaging/holder that the Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Ribbon came in.

MW Products used:

--My Mind's Eye Dreamy 2--Brilliant "A Boy Is" Frame

--Dream Street Fresh Theme Set--Escape paper

--Basic Grey Flourish Corners Clear Stamps

--Prima Flowers--Callope Essentials 3

--BoBunny Alissa Buttons and Bling

Non-MW items used:

--ColorBox Cat's Eye Pigment Ink in Frost White

--JoAnn Craft Essentials Island Blue Papercrafting Ribbon

This was created for the Blooming an Array of Colors Challenge I hosted.

MW Products used:

--Prism Cardstock in Island Mist Dark and Intense Pink

--Dream Street Fresh Theme Set--Renew paper

--Fancy Pants Delight Theme Set--Garden paper

--Petaloo:  Daisy Box Blend in Spring and Winter; Dazzlers in Winter and Fall

--BoBunny Alissa Buttons and Bling

This was created for the Calling All Critters Challenge.

MW Products used:

--3 Bugs in a Rug Butterfly Kisses Theme Set--Lady Bug and Bright papers

--Pebbles Spring Green Chips

--Petaloo Spring Daisy Box Blend

--Doodlebug Bon Bon Loopy Lou Letter Stickers

--Heidi Swapp "She" in Brown Chipboard Alphabet (leftover from Feb09 Express kit)

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

Non-MW items used:

--Brown Marker 

This layout was created for the May09 Critters Challenge.

MW Products used:

--3 Bugs in a Rug Happy Bird Day Theme Set--Plaid, Birds of a Feather, and Tweet..Tweet papers

--Prism Cardstock in Papaya Puree

--Doodlebug Bon Bon Loopy Lou Letter Stickers

--BoBunny Alissa Buttons and Bling

--Distress ink in Vintage Photo

Non-MW items used:

--Brown Marker

This layout was created for this challenge I hosted using one of the PageMaps.  This layout was done using the April08 PageMap.

MW Products used:

--Prism Cardstock in Frosted Kiwi

--Making Memories Just Chillin' Girl Theme Set--Pink Floral paper

--Autumn Leaves Fresh Cut Mini Folders & Labels

--Tim Holtz Mini Paper Clip

--Zva Creative Flourish Border Jewels

--Prima Flowers:  Spring Pressed Petals

--Petaloo Winter Dazzlers and Spring Florettes

--We R Memory Keepers Tiffany's Fabric Flowers, Designer Gromlets, Buttons, and Glittered Brads

--Basic Grey Lime Rickey Buttons

--BoBunny Alyssa Buttons and Bling

--Basic Grey Lime Rickey Rub-Ons

--Distress Ink in vintage Photo

Non-MW Products used:

--Prima Flowers:  Aqua Petal Palette and Purple Calypso Tin

--Impression Obsession Joournaling II Clear Stamps

--ColorBox Cat's Eye Ink in Black

--Black Marker

--Black Letters

This challenge I hosted involved using one of the included PageMaps.  This layout was done using the Jan09 PageMap.

MW Products used:

--3 Bugs in a Rug Butterfly Kisses Theme Set--Bright paper

--Dream Street Fresh Theme Set--Bliss paper

--Scrap Within Reach The Cottage Theme Set--The Loft paper

--Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Theme Set--Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday papers

--Prism Cardstock in Light Nautical Blue

--Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Ribbon

--Pebbles Chip in Spring Green

--Making Memories Mixed Media Letter Stickers (leftover from Jan09 Express kit)

--Crate Paper Blue Hill Chipboard Letters

--Crate Paper Blue Hill Epoxy Brads

--Distress Ink in Vintage Photo

--Heidi Swapp Edge Distressor

Non-MW items used:

--Impression Obsession Journaling I and Journaling II Clear Stamps

--ColorBox Cat's Eye Ink in Black

--ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink in Yellow Ochre

--ColorBox Pigment Ink in Sky Blue

--Black Marker

Cardstock

My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper

My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper & Embellishments

Fiskars "Effervescence" Border Punch

Pink and Blue patterned paper from My Minds Eye NSD package, Yellow patterned paper from May Express Kit, Die Cut paper from Jenni Bowlin, Brown Patterned paper from American Crafts Backyard, Flowers from Pettaloo, Blue letter stickers from April Express Kit

Cardstock from Prism, Patterned paper from May Express Kit, Blue letter stickers from April Express Kit, Flowers from Petaloo

This Fancy Pants Delight- Thoughtful paper was perfect for journaling!

I used Fancy Pants Delight papers and Prima flowers.

My little one laughing on Mother's Day at my mom. Doesn't get any better than that.

 I used Basic Grey Wisteria Themed set- papers and stickers

Our annual trip to Burt's Pumpkin Farm was a hot one! The kids all spent more time in the creek than they did with the pumpkins.

 I used Bo Bunny U Bug Me Papers and Embellishments to complete this layout.  I used pop dots to raise the embellishments and create a little dimension. This layout started as a direct scraplift from the catalog and went in a different direction.

This is for the May challenge "Out of the Box". I used a bag that was part of some packaging in a box I received. I made a little thank you treat for a friend we're going to visit this weekend. I put in some Primas in some of her favorite colors. For the center of the flower I used some Glossy Accents and beads.

Prism Cardstock

My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper

Ranger Glossy Accents

Misc. beads & flowers

This is for the May sketch challenge--made with a sketch from Page Maps.

Fancy Pants Kraft Kuts

Prism Cardstock

Pink Paislee Enchanting Chipboard Letters

Bo Bunny Jouranl Clear Stamps

Colorbox Chalk Ink Dark Brown

Misc. buttons and paper clip

This is for the May challenge "Calling All Critters".

 Basic Grey Porcelain Theme Set

Prism Cardstock

Doodlebug Letter Stickers

Used supplies from the March Challenge prize:

American Crafts paper, Wild Raspberry Glitter Layered Floral Accents- K&CO, Stitched Stripe Ribbon- Making Memories

Used supplies from the March Challenge prize:

American Crafts paper, Wild Raspberry Glitter Layered Floral Accents- K&CO, Stitched Stripe Ribbon- Making Memories

To make these cute invitations cut one edge off of a coffee cup sleeve. Ink all the edges.

Cut a wallet sized photo or double sided pattern paper to place on the inside. If you use a photo cover the back of the photo with pattern paper.

I used Cosmo cricket paper and a Sassafrass flower. Cut a sentiment from pattern paper or stamp your own.

On the inside use for the record stamps

The presents are American craft rub ons (older)

I used a Fancy Pants Rub on  and a Basic Grey Mother rub on.

Papres are from th April Express Kit

I altered an inexpensive chipboard sign. First painting the entire thing green.

Ink papers with StazOn orange

Glue We are MemoryKeepers eyelets in the holes

Use a small paintbrush to paint the wood beads

This cute littel card is great for writing a note on the indire because the pattern paper is lined on both sides.

I took apart the cloth flower and used the two bigger pieces. I layered the journaling tag and the felt heart.

Ink is StazOn

A fun little thatnk you card. "Thank you "berry" much

On the defination paper I highlighted the words

enjoy and enjoyment

For my mom!

Loved the cupcke.

This photo is from halloween but the colors looked great.

The title strip is one of the arrows with the pointy part cut off.

I printed my journaling directly on the cardstock

Items used:
With Earthday not too very long ago I decided it was time to start reusing my scrap stockpile.

April express kit
Flower Patch - Large Floral


Recycled scraps from the bin:
Dark Green cardstock
Light Green Cardstock
Flowers, Small jewel glued to center
Flourish Stamp
Peach color ribbon for border

Items used:

April express kit
Flower Patch - Large Floral
Blush Red Light (Prism) for Nana
  **Cut with Wishblade, font Lonely Sandwich, I cut 3 titles together, ran them through my Xyron X, then stacked them together to give the look of chipboard.
Wild Raspberry Tag

Recycled scraps from the bin:
Dark Green cardstock
Light Green Cardstock
Flowers, 3mm brad with a button covering the top

This card was created using the April Memory Works Kit, and a blank white card stock card.

 Supplies:

I created this Mother's Day pocket card using the April MemoryWorks Express Kit.

Other products I used: The "Love" ticket is one of the new Tim Holtz Adage Tickets - love that set! I also used Lullaby Thickers and applied "Stickles" to them to help them sparkle. The "fancy" edge on the yellow cardstock on the front was created using our new Fiskars Apron Lace border punch (which I think is my most favorite new thing in the 09/10 catalog!).

I created this card using the April MemoryWorks Express Kit, ZVA Jewels, some former Prima flowers we carried before, the new Heidi Swapp Clear Alphabet stamps, WRMK Opaque ink (the Tiffany set), and a BG Magnetic Button (it's hiding inside the little strip of ribbon).

Printed Cardstock - MME Freebird

Fabric Flower - We R Memory Keepers MVP

Paper flowers - Petaloo

Mother's Day Card

White cardstock base

My Minds Eye Dreamy 2 - Sugar Strips/Pink Gingham and Green Deco

Petaloo - Mulberry St. Summer

Prima flowers - Winter

Heidi Swap - Jewels   for flower centers

self adheasive Pearls  for flower centers

Paper:  Pebbles Skipping Along Collection (Merrily)

Rubon Transfer: Basic Grey

Chip Stickers: Basic Grey (Eva) 

Cardstock: Prismatics Suede Brown Pack

Paper:  Pebbles Skipping Along Collection

Jewel Flower: Petaloo Floradoodles

Ribbon: Daisy D's Maybe Baby