My Memories Suite

Guess what I down loaded yesterday.  Ok, I'll tell you.  It is the newest version of the greatest digital scrapbook software around;  My Memories Suite v3.  Please use this code STMMMS98529 for $10 off the purchase of My Memories Suite software.  And for a $10 coupon for the mymemories.com store - $20 value.  
I have been having fun playing with it today.  I will be posting the projects I make with this digital software as I complete them.  I am new to My Memories, but I can say that it is a fun program.  Keep stopping by because I will be hosting a giveaway real soon.  Til then.
Patty
Have you made a memory today?

New Craft Room

 Hi every one.  I am back.  I have been busy working in my new craft room.  Yes, you heard me correctly!  I have my very own craft room.  My husband and I finally found a newer model mobile home. We moved in around early June.  What great fun we had packing and moving our things to the storage unit just down the road.  (We had the old mobile home demolished and removed from the lot.) After the newer home was delivered and set up on the newly extended slab, we moved all our stuff  into our new home.                                                                          

 I have room enough at my table for at least 2 people to work comfortably.  
There is plenty of room to move around easily. 
I will be working on some shelves sometime in the future.                                                                                                                                              
                                                           My hubby said he may be able to make me some.  No hurry.  The walls need a change of color first.








There will be new things happening here. So be watching.
Thanks for stopping by.

A Baby Shower Book

Good afternoon, everyone!  It has been a very nice day here in Maine. The sun is shining and the temperature is 74 degrees outside in the sun.  
Well, I have been taking pictures of a baby shower book I made for a friend.  I would like to share the pics with you.

This is the cover of the 11in. x 11in. hand made book.  If you enlarge the picture you can see the pink, half pearls on the first letter of each word. 
 
This is the book opened.  Notice the "Hello Kitty" in the left top corner.   She is out in the rain. I used the Hello Kitty Greeting Cricut cartridge to cut her out and the Pooh Font Set Cricut cartridge to cut out the words.  I used the Cricut Gypsy to weld the words together. More about the papers, card stock, and embellishments later.

On the bottom left corner you will find a box with files inside.  Those files are filled with computer generated forms; for the Guest to sign and to leave a comment to the mother-to-be, a list for all the gifts she receives, and the list of games played at the baby shower.

  
                                                  
This is the accordion photo album for all those wonderful baby shower pictures that will be taken during the festivities.  

This is the envelope photo album where all those pictures of Mommy-to-be will be.  These photos will tell the story of Mommy as she goes through each month while waiting for sweet baby to arrive.  As the album is opened you can see on the left and right sides there is room for pictures also.

 Each envelope holds a tabbed photo mat embellished with a button indicating what month she is at during her pregnancy. There is room for photos on the front and back of each file.

This was a large project.  I really enjoyed making this.  This book may have come from multiple ideas I have seen on many different blogs or sites, but this design is totally my own. 


The papers, card stock, and embellishments I used to create this book are from my personal, non Stampin' Up products. 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed what you see here.
Have a great day!

Pat

National Scrapbooking Month is here!

Hello again.  Yes it is me.  I woke up at 8:00 this morning and could not go back to sleep, in spite of the time that I had actually gone to sleep.  I believe the clock said around 4:00 am  when I last looked before finally falling asleep.  So I am running on fumes today.  Those of you who know me understand how I need at least 8 hours of sleep to function at my best.  I predict a nap later today.
 
Now, while I seem to be alert, I will attempt to add a link to my blog.  I am still not computer savy so here goes nothing.
Oh first I want to say, welcome to National Scrapbooking Month.
Now with that said I shall attempt a feet I can't remember how to do (lol). 

I was looking to add the image.  so let me see if this works.
Nope didn't work.  Ok, still working on it. 

Ok, still having trouble so I will add my link to my Website.
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 I have been playing with my blog and I just realized how late it is. Or should I say how early it was.  I am trying to make improvements to my blog, but I'm afraid it is a slow process for me.  I just have a hard time catching on I guess.  Well I wanted to post something to see just how it looks so far. 

Here are some little note pad I covered using Stampin' Up card stock and some 3x5 unlined tablets.  These make nice gifts to give to that person who love to make lists. They are kept closed with the ribbon. Thanks for stopping by.

I have been creating and not bloggin'

This is the inside of the calendars I made for gifts to give out at Christmas this year. I had lots of supplies to make things and no money to spend on gifts so I kept busy getting things made for family and friends. I love making things for people who will use them.
I also made some pocket post-it-notes to match the calendars. I thought the plaid made these look more masculine. I gave these to my son and his partner.
I have recently become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and these next pics are of gift cards I made using the products I received in my starter kit.
I made a set of gift cards to put in to a box and give as a hostess gift when I have my first workshop or party. Now that the holidays are nearly over, I will be checking with my friends to set dates for classes or just small gatherings. There are a lot of great deals coming our way starting in January.
This is the box I made to hold the gift cards. The products were taken from my started kit. the ribbon is 5/8 inch, whisper white. The box is made using Whisper White cardstock and Brights Collection Designer Series Paper. The stamps are from "So Many Thanks", the flower is from "For All You Do". I cut the flowers out and used demensionals and some pearls I had in my stash. Aside from the pearls. everything else came from Stampin' Up!

These two gift cards are also made from SU products in my starter kit. I made them for make n takes they are very cute and fun to make.
I made this card also from my starter kit. I entered it into a contest for new SU demo's. Hopefully I posted it correctly lol. After making this card I decided to make more to go into a set to give as a Christmas gift. I'm thinking I will make a box for it as well.
And this is the set. I tried to make then slightly different in the way they were laid out and also the way the ribbon was tied. Well I hope you have enjoyed your visit with me. I am so sorry I take so long between posts. I really need to put it on my schedule to do on a regular basis. Thanks for stopping by.

Some pics to share

We were just plowed out. These are a few pics of the storm earlier today. The wind was a blowin and the snow was a flyin! We got quite a bit of snow last night and today. Thanks for plowing us out Roger.