Altered Notebook

I love altering notebooks, so fun and easy. Made this one as a gift for a 12 year old girl. I distressed the edges, added a border punch out on the left from ColorBok, Flea Market line.The embellishment and sayings are from K&Company, Brenda Walton. I added some stickles around a few to give it a little sparkle.

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Vagabond Giveaway!

Drew is giving away a Vagabond. If you don't know who he is you should really check his blog and you tube page out. His work is amazing! Subscribe to his You tube channel to enter to win!

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Golf Tiles

These were made kinda last minute. My husband works at a golf course and sprang it on me that he wanted to make the golf pro's there a gift . He pretty much picked out the design, we didn't have a lot to choose from since it was a last minute idea.  Not my favorite but they are alright. We made 2 of these. At the bottom it has the guys' names on them. 

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Monogrammed Tiles

More tiles I made for gifts. One for my son's kindergarten teacher and one for my husbands boss! These make great gifts and they are easy to do and budget friendly!! Cut with Cricut Expression using SCAL. I always spray sealer on them when finished.

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Stick Pins

Here are some stick pins I made for Christmas projects and swaps. They are addicting. I love picking out the beads and finding my pattern but the gluing not so much. They are fun, if you haven't tried to make any yet.. well you should!!

Have a great day!

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Joy Tag

I made this tag for a tag swap last year. Ha, how funny does that sound. Anyways, I used a stamp for joy, added some distress ink. The angel is a digital image from Pattie's Creations . I colored her in and added some glitter glue and stickles. Around her I added some Christmas trim. At the top is a little plastic angel ornament. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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Teacher Gifts

Made these tiles for a friend. She is using them for teacher gifts. Tiles came from Lowes. Cut out with white vinyl on my Cricut Expression using Sure Cuts Alot. 

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Winter Magnets

These magnets were made using old domino's. I used alcohol ink to color them and then added bling to the first one. The other one, I stamped 'let it snow' out on paper and glued it down. I used Glossy Accents to completely cover the tops. I added some 'snow" (texture paint) to finish the let it snow one. On the back I used E6000 glue to attach a magnet. Easy and fun to make!

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Snowman Tag

For my snowman I used Mainstays Crafts Glitter that I got at a yard sale for a quarter! It really made him look good. At the bottom I made snow using Plaid Folk Art Texture Paint in Snow white. Glittered the snowflakes with some Martha Stewart glitter, added bling to the center. The snowman and the flakes were all cut using the Cricut.

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Bird Cage tags

I made these for a swap I was in on the Cricut Message board. We were to think outside the box and have fun with it. So, I put the cat in the cage with the bird who got away outside! The cage and the bird were cut from the Four Legged Friends cartridge. I used lavender Foil paper for my cage. I flocked  the cat to give it a soft feel, added google eyes. For the bird I used some glitter glue.  I used Helmar's zap dots to adhere my bird cage, cat and bird on. Added some bling on the top from Creative Charms and some bling on the bottom of the cage too. Put lace on the bottom with some faux pearls weaved through it. Feathers and flowers on the side. 

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Kindergarten layout

This layout I made for a challenge at Scrapbook Flair. I used My Memories Digital Scrapbooking software and the kits I used were free from the 2009 Back to School blog train. 

This is something I would like to do each year for my son, to see how much he changes and look back at in the future!

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Altered "J"

This is my very first altered letter!! These are so fun to do! This one I made for One Scrappin' Sista's Monthly Swap. My partner was Jennifer. I bought my letter in the wood department at Hobby Lobby. I first painted the "J" then I used Mod Podge and added my decorative paper from Colorbok, cut around the letter with my Westcott brand x-acto knife, next I added more Mod Podge on top of the paper to seal it really good. I dabbed it with a foam paint brush so there would be no lines. I added some bling from Creative Charms, some lace, a handmade flower from a swap, some tulle and a white feather. At the top at added some faux pearls on a string. 

I like how this turned out and can't wait to make another!!

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My Memories WINNER!

We have a winner for the My Memoires digital scrapbooking software!!!!

 And for those of you who would like to purchase the software

You can use this 

code that provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value!)


Coupon code (its easier to just copy & paste it) 


STMMMS81381  


My Memories Suite v2!




And now the winner, chosen by Random Org, is ....


 Scrapbooking for Fun!!


CONGRATS!!! I will be in touch with you soon with your prize info from My Memories!!


Have a great day!
Tanya Pin It

Happy Halloween!

Here is a Halloween LO I have made today using the My Memories digital scrapbooking software! There is still time to enter win your very own copy of this software. Click HERE to enter!

For this LO, I used a free Halloween kit I found back in 2009. I have tons of kits on my external hard drive that I need to get using and My Memories is helping me do just that!

My pictures are of my nephew from Halloween 2007. Yep, I'm behind a bit!! I added some journaling (which is something I struggle with, never know what to say) and some word art!

And remember if you'd like to purchase a copy of My Memories Suite v2 to make your own projects, you can use my promo code that provides $10 off the software and $10 to use in My Memoires store. A $20 value!! Just use code STMMMS81381  


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Dreams of a Boy using My Memories

Here is another wonderful layout I made using the My Memories software. Your chance to win your own digital scrapbooking software is in the post below or just click HERE. This would also make a wonderful Christmas gift for someone!

This layout was done from the same kit as yesterday. "Dreams of a Boy" by Valentina Creations.

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My Memories giveaway!!!

I recently had the chance to review a program called My Memories Suite, It's a digital scrapbooking software and I love it. I love to play around and just keep changing till I get the look I want! My Memories Suite is a new program for me and let me tell you, it is very easy to figure out. Even for those who have never tried digital scrapbooking before - You can do it!

In addition to the beautiful layouts you can make with My Memories Suite, you can also make your own blog headers for your personal blogs! Did you see mine above? I made a quick one with this digital scrapbooking software using an old kit that I already had on my hard drive!! This is something I had been wanting to figure out for some time now. I had no idea how to do it and with My Memories Suite it was so easy. My Memories has a list of tutorials to help as well!

Here are just some of my favorite things to do with My Memories Suite!

Just imagine all the personalized gifts you could give this Holiday season!

1. Create your own beautiful layouts, print them too!
2. Burn to dvd video!
3. Make a movie, even i-pod ready movies!
4. Create your own blog header!
5. Use your svg shape files in your layouts!
6. Create your own word art!
7. Add your own music and narration!
8. Turn your albums into calendars! 
9. Use any kits, doesn't have to be kits from them.

And let me tell you, there are tons of free kits out there!! (Stay organized from the start cause it is fun collecting kits and before you know it you will have a very big library) If you need to know some places to find some freebies, let me know!

Here is a layout I created using My Memories software and a kit from the My Memories Store. Its called "Dreams of a Boy" by Valentina Creations! I love it!! You will see more of my creations using this awesome software throughout the week!

Now who would like a chance to win their very own My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software? I am giving one away to one lucky reader! 


Here's how to get up to 6 entries to increase your chances of winning! Please leave a separate comment for each you do. 


You must do the first one!


1. Visit www.MyMemories.com and come back and tell me which kit is your favorite! (as great as it is, you can't use the one I mentioned)


Extra Entries if you haven't already done so:


2. Like My Memories on Facebook. You can tell them Tanya from Scrappyland, USA sent you :)


3. Follow My Memories Suite on Twitter.


4. Follow My Memories Blog.


5. Follow my blog (my followers button is to the right) But only if you like my projects. If you already follow just comment and let me know!


6. Spread the word about my giveaway on your blog and/or Facebook and leave me a link to it.


*Remember - Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win!


And if you think hey I can't wait, I need this software now!! 
Use this 


code that provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value!)


Coupon code (its easier to just copy & paste it) 


STMMMS81381  


My Memories Suite v2!







Thank you! 
Tanya

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Huntin 4Luv

I made these License plate embellishments for a swap I'm in over at onescrappinsista's blog. We were to make little license plates for use on projects. I used Paper Pups cartridge for my huntin dog, stamped Be Mine, cut the letters HNTN 4LUV out with my Cricut from black and dark green paper. Added  heart brads at the bottom and eyelets at the top. The background was embossed and then inked.

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Winter Pin Cushion & stick pins

I made this pin cushion and the stick pins for a swap. My partner asked for a Winter theme in pastel colors. This was my first time making a pin cushion. 

I used some snow white, textured FolkArt paint by PLAID on the snowmen and around the bottom of the base to give a snowy affect. (Love this stuff!) The base of the pincushion was painted with PLAID FolkArts Extreme Glitter acrylic paint. (2790 Turquoise) It looks really glittery and pretty. The winter title with the snowmen were cut from my Cricut Expression as well as the snowflake. I added Martha Stewart glitter to the title and the snowflake to give a bit of shimmer.

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Christmas Stick Pins

Stick pins are highly addictive and fun to make! 

These were all made for a Christmas stick pin swap.

I love using the pompoms and green fiber!

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Dress Form Tags

These were made for a swap at CMB, we had to create a dress form and put it on a tag. Here are mine... The first one was designers choice, followed by famous/tv person (I chose Lady Gaga) and the last one is Belle of the Ball.  The background paper for Belle of the Ball is actually a shiny paper, like a mirror but I couldn't get a good picture, it kept getting a reflection. It looks really pretty in person.

And here is my inspiration for the Lady GaGa Dress..

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