4 months where did the time go?

Hey all! wanted to drop by to see just how much dust and cobwebs had gathered here on the ol blog. Boy was I surprised.
During the summer life kinda changed for me(personal stuff) and then it became fall and the start of winter and well I haven't been all inspired to share so as you may know the blog(if anyone is reading this), Facebook, and instagram went silent on my end. I'm sorry for that but life isn't all rainbows and unicorn or even a unicorn fart, you or at least I keep a bit more to myself I'm not a sharer sharer of all things in my life it's just not me.

Why not still share your work?you might be asking. Well, I just didn't feel like it. Could it hurt my designer position in the scrapping world? Honesty..Yes, probably and  if it does it will be ok. I actually thought about dropping out of this industry it was tossed around a few times. For now I am sticking around.

A few weeks ago while chatting with a friend she told me that I need to share, I need to seek out, make an effort. Right now I will just say uh huh and still be the same ol Mandy.

 I'll share my work here and there and make an effort to update the dust here and there more-instagram and the blog.  so for now here a few things from the past months.

~MK

New Projects

Hey! it's been crazy around here again. summer is coming to an end and we have so much going on so it seems there is not enough time in the day. Thought I would take a couple minutes to share a few projects I've created in the last couple weeks.

created with the hip kit club august kit

created with the hit kit club august kit

created with the hip kit club august kit

created with the hip kit club july kit 

created with October Afternoon Public Library 

Created with Chic Tags

Created with hip kit club august kit

created with Jillibean Soup Products

Created with all Jillibean Soup Products 

Thanks For stopping by! MK

Hey Hipsters

Hey y'all just taking a minute to share my latest Hip Kit club July creations. Enjoy and thanks for taking a peek.

And a sneak of what's coming…

 toodles~MK

Mo Kisses on Monday

Today I'm sharing my latest projects created with the June Hip Kit Club kits. You can read more about my post HERE.

Loved the bits and pieces from this kit but I really loved the papers especially this Webster's Pages but I really wasn't sure how to use it til I started creating this page and that's when it all fell into place.

Just another simple and quick Mandy card. 

Thanks for stopping by! MK

Hello Summer

Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing my last 2 projects created for Evalicious. The last few months creating with Eve's products have been fun and I suggest when she has her new dt call in the fall y'all apply!!  

 

One thing I really loved about creating with the Evalicious products for the last few months was that  no matter how old or new the paper I was creating with her product still works, it's like that little black dress. On this layout I used old Sassafras Lass pattern paper.

I had a basic simple design in mind when I started creating this layout. I wanted to stick with just a few colors and I made a I searched through my Evalicious products I pulled all those colors that fell into the the scheme. I'm pretty happy with how it all turned out.  

Thanks for joining me today!

~Mandy 

Hip Kit Club & Elle's Studio Blog Hop

Hello! Bonjour! Bienvenidos! Buenos días! Gon ni chi wa! Ciao! Aloha! Hi! And welcome to the Hip Kit & Elle's Studio Blog Hop!

If you have been hopping along you should have arrived here from Valerie Bishop's Blog. If you just stumbled on this blog post by chance be sure to start the hop at the beginning   Hip Kit Club  and hop along through the fabulous designers blog to be inspired by their awesome creations then you'll end the hop at Elle's Studio.Trust me you you want to go back through there are prizes and seriously awesome projects to be seen!

Speaking of projects today I am sharing a 12x12 layout I created for the hop. I used the June Hip Kit Club kit featuring Elle's Studio Shine collection. 

Hello There a cheeser layout about myself. Journaling is about how I perk myself up after doctor appointments by taking photo booth shoots in the car with the phone app. 

I think the veneer of the Elle's Studio Shine collection are so cute not only for summer but for other projects like how I've used them on this page. By tucking the lemon slice under a few layers it almost looks like a viewfinder or movie reel and fits my photo booth photos. 

I love the colors of both the Hip Kit June kits and the Shine collection. The colors and patterns on these papers totally fit the story I was trying to tell about how my moody changes from not so great to ok.

GIVEAWAY One person will win a $10 gift certificate to use at Elle’s Studio AND a $10 gift certificate to use at Hip Kit Club! Leave  a comment on this blog post telling me something that makes you happy during those sour moments in life. You have until 11:59p.m. PST Sunday. Winners will be announced on the 28th. 

Now on you your next stop on the hop: Jenny Evans  

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the hop and have a great weekend!

Hip Kit Club May Guest Designer

I have the honor of guest designing for the fabulous Hip Kit Club this month.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the kits Kimberly puts together every month. Not only do I get to create with the awesome kits also am getting to know the amazing design team! Over the next few weeks I'll be posting projects I've created with the kit and add-ons.

May Main kit

Embellishment kit

Color kit

Stamp kit

Here is my first layout & card 

Scrapping Sunday

Hey ya'll! Thank you for the sweet comments on my last post. No worries, you'll still be able to find me here and in my other galleries on the web.
Today I thought I would share my first layout created for Therm O Web. I love, love, love their adhesive so when I was asked to join the team of course I said YES!! When the box of adhesive arrived on my step I was in adhesive heaven! I found some products I never used before like Vellum tape. Y'all know I love vellum so I was a little skeptical with a tape because everything shows thru vellum but not this stuff, nope you don't see it. I was giddy I messaged Julia(my DT leader) right away to tell her I loved it and would need a box of it lol. You can see a step by step tutorial of how this layout came together and which products I used on the Therm O Web blog.

Thanks for stopping by~

My first Chic Tags layout

Sharing my first layout created for Chic Tags.  I used an enlarged photo from my recent trip to California. Here in the land of frozen tundra aka Michigan there's snow, snow, and more snow so when I scrap photos from my trip it warms my soul and takes me to a Happy Place. The colors in the Chic Tags Happy Place line were a PERFECT match for my photos and scream California to me.  

Of course there has to be layers sometimes a lot and sometimes a little. This time it was lots. I mixed layers of pattern paper wonky cut, tags, and journal cards. "The Good Stuff" was fussy cut from a mini tag then I tucked the grid background under the layers on the right. I also fussy cut the triangles at the bottom right corner from the Crisp Air paper to point out the typed "this is the life".

I hope you have been inspired to grab those photos of a happy place next time you scrapbook!