My Mind's Eye altered chipboard album

It's no lie i love the my min'd eye's papers! When i noticed that my local store, Scrapnesia, had these chipbard books (that were already printed on with the new line from MME) i knew i just HAAAAD to have one! Bonus is that i used scraps some some layouts and cards I made for the rest of the book included left overs from the embellies packs i got and since it was already printed, it was VERY easy to put together! My pictures arent the best because i took them in low light and didnt realize how fuzzy they were until i got them on my computer, but i think you'll get the idea! And look, ma, no stamping! hahahahaha!

Ok, so i'm in love with this book. No way i can give it away for a christmas gift as i originally thought i would do! Perhaps i'll just have to make more!

Have a great day everyone!

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A scrapbook page with My Mind's Eye

This post is going to be a quickie, but this is a scrapbook layout I did a bit back. Remember the My Mind's Eye scrapbook page i did of gabe at the zoo? Well this is the matching page. :D

I used different papers from the Alphabet Soup collection from MME, but of course since it's the same collection, it all matches pretty well. :D

Quick story on whats going on in the photos... at the Indianapolis Zoo there is a cheetah exhibit. To raise money to help the almost endangered cheetah species, you can pay .50¢ to "race a cheetah". Now of course the cheetahs dont actually line up. Haha. You do run past their exhibit, but you are racing a light that is the speed of a cheetah running. Yeah, i think Jack made it about 2 feet before being outrun. hahah. But he had fun and Bopi (my dad) got a great camera shot of him in action!

I used elements from the "pop out" elements page. The scallop border, picture frame and arrows all came from this sheet. I used the sheet on a card and another scrapbook page too and i STILL have left overs.

So whats what i have to share with ya today! Have a great one!!!

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Stop the presses.... i scrapbooked!

Thats right, you read the title correctly, i actually scrapbooked! It doesnt happen often, not NEARLY as often as it should! I'm going to try to work on that! And since i've been added to the Design Team for Scrapnesia, one of my requirements will be to do some layouts for the store! YIPES! THE PRESSURE! I hope i can fulfill my obligations to fullest potential!

Well... my first assignment was to use this new paper collection called Alphabet Soup by My Mind's Eye. I had my own eye on this collection when i saw it at CHA. So i was ecstatic to be assigned it! The papers are BEYOND adorable! So much that i worked on a few layouts! And i'll be using it up on some cards too because it's just SO cute! You'll be seeing a lot of this paper line from me, so i hope you dont get tired of it! ;)

Here's my first layout!

These pictures are from when the boys and I went to the Indianapolis Zoo with my parents this summer. The boys LOVE going to the zoo and the Indy zoo is FAR more spectacular than our zoo (our zoo is adorable, and we can get thru it in about 45 minutes... it's a great treat/reward for the kids... the indy zoo takes all day and you STILL dont see everything! But thats why it's so cool!) Anyhoo - this is gabe at the giraffe exhibit. Be still my mother's heart, giraffe's are her favorite! And apparently gabe's too! He REALLY wanted to get closer as you can see!

I knew i wanted to scrap these pictures, and when i saw the extras in the Alphabet soup collection that had giraffe's i was so excited! All the papers are double sided which of course gives you lots of options. I did happen to use 4 different sheets for this layout. The giraffe cut out and word bubble are from the die cut sheet which i just loved! I dont always like die cut sheets... this one is really great! With lots of stuff you can do with it! You wont be stuck with a bunch of left overs... so it's well worth it! I'll show you other uses for this sheet later!

The giraffe playing card is from the card deck. The deck retails 4.99 BUT there are 2 of every card and there is a card for every letter of the alphabet! So i will cut the deck in half and have 1 half of the deck for crafting and the other half of the deck will be some fun playing flash cards for Gabe. You could also use the cards to play memory! I may just do that with the leftovers (be sure to remove the matching card that you used on a layout or craft project! hahahaha!)

Ok, so thats my SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT! I'm still proud i scrapbooked! And without coloring or stamping! ACK! ;)

On one more note... i am soooooooo close to 100,000 hits! It's exciting for me! I'm going to have a nice BIG blog candy when i get there! So stay tuned!!!!!!

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MY LAST POST WAS MONDAY?!?!

WHAT?! Did i read that right? My last post was MONDAY!? Sheesh. This week has just flown by! I even have stuff that i prepared to post. haha. But i will let you know i have been hard at work on the website and it's pretty much done, just needs to be put on the new server.

SO - i'm finally posting that layout i told you i did forever. Yes, I actually scrapbooked. The picture isnt the best, but it works, right? :)



Everything on this layout is available at www.funkiemunkiescraps.com

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home again!!!

Phew! I'm home after a long 10.5 hour drive today! Let me just say my boys and dog are TROOPERS! It could have been a day of you know what but instead it was quit pleasant (other than the fact that it's a long drive from indiana to south carolina)

I have so much stuff to post to catch up on!!!! A coloring tutorial (which i'm entirely too tired to type out right now), some gifts i wasnt able to post before the holidays, some cards, a scrapbook layout and i'm sure much more. I have to go thru everything to see what hasnt been posted!

Tomorrow is makeup monday and i know 1 thing i want to talk about (which is actually in relation to hair not makeup, but thats ok). I'm too tired to take pictures now (plus i'm really not lookin' so hot) but hopefully i'll get to it in the morning so it's not too late of a post!

For right now, i'm going to post a scrapbook layout i put together quickly before i left for vacation. It was for the UNITY scrapbook design team call. I didnt make the team but i really wasnt expecting to. But a few of the ladies i was expecting to make it did! So go over to the unity blog and leave them some love!

Here's my simple layout...


I used a background of kraft cardstock. The set is beautiful life by unity. LOVE this set! After i stamped directly onto the kraft cardstock and matted the frames, there really wasnt room for much else! I did want to the the program from my wedding so i did put that on there. I also used a glitter pen to accent everything (it caught the light in the photo but just reflected it so it looks a little odd but it's pretty and sparkly in real life) and also some bling and flowers. I Love these pictures from my wedding. The lower picture is special to me because i was out on the dancefloor when someone snapped it and you might notice i'm holding my belly (i was pregnant at my wedding). It was just such a wonderful day all together. :) Now if only i could get the rest of my wedding scrapbook done! :)

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I did a Scrappy Challenge

I participated in a Scrappy Challenge! Which is great because the scrappy blog has great sketches and i need to get caught up before this next baby gets here! Ok, so i'll never get caught up and i've come to terms with this, but it doesnt mean i shouldnt be trying! :) Here's the Scrappy Chick blog if you'd like to see the original and participate yourself!








Supplies
Patterened Paper all from the Free Spirit collection by Close to My Heart
Coordinating Cardstock CTMH (Cocoa, Honey, Indian Corn Blue and Colonial White)
Title cut using Platin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge
Subtitle stamped with Charmed Alpha by Close to my Heart and then heat embossed using Brown Puffs Embossing Powder by Ranger
All edges inked with Colorbox Chalk Cats Eye ink in Shestnut Roan
Extra Stamping from Legendary Moments by CTMH
Cuddle Bug embossing folder used on circles and ovals was Spots and Dots, was then sanded and inked over using ColorBox Creamy Brown

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Layouts!

Believe it or not, i count myself as a scrapbooker before a cardmaker but all i've ever posted on my blog are my cards. Dont know why exactly.


Here are 2 layouts that i'll be teaching at The Scrapbook Company (a local store). The first is one is one i did a caseing of off of twopeas but for the life of my i cant refind it so i cant give the original author credit. i will do some more digging tonight so i can honor their amazing layout. I of course made a few changes to suit my needs (and supplies!) for the layout, but the original design is not my own. :)


The next is one i used my CTMH Imagine book to get a layout sketch and then tweaked it from there using the Polar Bear Express Sorbet line. The letters were cut using the Doodletype cricut cartridge and the other part of the title was stamped with CTMH alphabet.

So those are 2 of my classes for the summer. I'll also be teaching some card classes but i dont have those planned out yet. Wish me luck, these will be my first classes!!!

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