Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Lisa has a special Mother’s Day project to share with us today …..

Quoting Lisa ~~ “Nothing shows someone you love them more than a homemade gift! My Mom never wants gifts for any occasion, she doesn’t really need anything, but I still wanted to give her a little something on Mother’s day to show how much I love and appreciate her.

She really loves my homemade cards, I regularly give her a supply of cards that she can give to her friends. I made this card special for her using one of the Kraft Cards from the store.”

Quoting Lisa ~~ “Along with the card I wanted to give her a little something, she is a Timmie’s fan and meets some friends there at least once a week for coffee, so I decided to get her a Tim Hortons gift card. This corrugated Pillow Box from the LIITD packaging department is the perfect way to wrap up a gift card. I decorated the pillow box to match the card!”

Here’s a photo of the two together….

Quoting Lisa ~~ “I hope all the Mother’s out there have a wonderful day!!”

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This Sunday, I have something pretty awesome to show you from Norine ….. (click on any photo to enlarge)

Quoting Norine ~~ “I made this album using Heidi Swapp’s back to back technique and using the Follow Your Heart “Be Happy” paper line from My Mind’s Eye. I loved using this paper because their designs are like embellished pages that don’t need much more added to them to create a complete look. Quick and simple is very doable with this line. The Melissa Frances 5th Avenue die cuts coordinate beautifully as well! Each 12×12″ paper has been cut in half horizontally, and scored at the 4 1/2″ line or the 7 1/2″ line. The pages are then adhered so every other page is either long or short. The beauty of this design is full with pages with no seam or binding!! I’ve added embellishments of Pink Paislee mistable scallop ribbon (misted blue/green), Jenni Bowlin octagon stickers, paper doilies, an old Making Memories bookplate on the cover, October Afternoon Mini Market alphabet stickers, Prima canvas alphabet stickers, MME buttons and ephemera, American Crafts tags, Crate Paper brads, Follow Your Heart chipboard from MME and various washi tapes. All of the My Mind’s Eye line is available in the LiitD store.”

Quoting Norine ~~ “This page has a My Mind’s Eye Follow Your Heart transparency sheet laid along the left hand edge. It coordinates beautifully and so subtly with the paper line.”

Quoting Norine ~~ “the tags that show over the edge of this page and the previous (pg8) are glued together to form a tab for turning the page.”

Wow Norine, I have been needing some inspiration to get into my scraproom and after looking at this beautiful mini album, I most certainly feel the mojo setting in.  This album is perfect and stunning, and you are so right, the papers are so gorgeous, they do not need a lot of embellishing.  I love it, each and every page and detail is fabulous!

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I giggled to myself when I saw this sheet of paper *When pigs fly* come in to the store.  I knew a few people that would want it right away, and I imagined to myself a few layouts that I would love to do.  I like it, it brings the humorous side into scrapping, something that I really enjoy.

Chelsea used a piece to alter one of our mini notebooks and it turned out extra cute!

Quoting Chelsea ~~ “Just a little journaling notebook that I altered, including a picture of the pig with wings…. because you should ‘never say never’ when you really want something.  Using Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe When Pigs Fly patterned paper.”

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