{ Technique Tuesday Memory Keepers Studio - Sept. 2014 and blog hop winner }

Hello and happy Monday. What is everyone up to this week? What projects are you working on? I am not a project life girl, even though I did attempt it once when it was still brand new, back in 2009. It was called Project 365. You can see the start of my album here.

Now I just make story cards that I include on my layouts.

If you are looking for inspiration using our Memory Keepers Studio - Sept. 2014 stamp set and steel dies I created some Story cards.

I die-cut the frame with the Perfect Picture steel dies and then placed the picture right in the opening. The base is Story Card DIY Die and I stamped “love this” with the Perfect Picture stamp set.

I used the Perfect Picture stamp set to stamp on the frame cut with the Heart Card steel dies. The stamping really makes the Story Card seem a lot more personalized. I added vellum and Story Card DIY Die as a base and stitched around the edges to make a shaker card.

For this last one I stamped the words all over the front and added some embellishments.

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Thanks so much for stopping by during our blog hop. I have a winner ----->>>> Tammy Nyenhuis! You have to email me so we can get that stamp set out to you.

Have a great Monday!

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge - Shaped card, Project 365 - week 50 }

Shaped card = anything but rectangle! I don't make many of these because a rectangle is so much easier, but I love this one. I will make more shaped cards from now on. I used CPS #150 for this card.

Can you tell I had fun with this one? I am in love with NEW background stamps from Impression Obsession, especially the Wood Grain (CC034). I sprayed my Wood Grain rubber stamp with Sea Foam Shimmerz Spritz to get this impression. The little house is from New Home (CL187) clear stamp set...another one of my favorites. I just love little houses. I used Stars & Stripes Pennants (G2315) rubber stamp for my "banner". These little pennants are so popular. I stamped and cut out the letters for "home" with Typewriter stamp set.

I used October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket patterned paper, Making Memories flower and Granny's Doily Journaling Tag from Elle's Studio. The frame card shape is from The Cutting Cafe'.

I hope you'll take the time to visit the other designers' blogs for inspiration! Laura, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Kathy, Julie, Deborah, Kelli, Rosemary and Shirley.

***Would you like to see your card featured on the Impression Obsession blog? Email your challenge cards using Impression Obsession images to Shirley. Every week, cards will be selected to showcase on the Impression Obsession blog!!! You have until midnight this Saturday to enter your non-rectangular card. A random winner will be selected from the submissions to receive a $25 Impression Obsession gift certificate! You can find all the info HERE.

Project 365 - week 50.

12.7 - playing music...notice the Halloween shirt?

12.8 - taking a photo of the first ornament he put on the tree.

12.9 - decorating the tree.

12.10 - posing for Christmas card photo.

12.11 - trying daddy's shoes.

12.12 - rolling around.

12.13 - my clean scapbook room, finally. More photos here.

{ CPS #148, Project 365 - week 49 }

Here is my card for CPS #148. I used The Cutting Cafe Medium Heart background printable stamp and Valentine Long Phrases. I used EK Success border punch for the large scallop and Fiskars for the small scallop. The pink tag is from Elle's Studio - The Country Fair journaling tag and Heart stamp. 2" scalloped punch fits perfectly with this circle heart stamp. I added little Prima flowers and some buttons.

Project 365 - week 49.

11.30 - on our way home from Arizona. It was really cold in Texas and we drove through snow in El Paso.

12.1 - Alex washing his feet. 12.2 - first snow. 12.3 - Alex taking a break. 12.4 - us at the North Pole Express. It was really cold. 12.5 - isn't he cute. 12.6 - we finally got the Christmas decorations out.

Alex has a birthday coming up in 10 days!!!!! Party invitations are in the mail. Can you guess the theme?

{ Love mini album, Project 365 - week 48 }

Warning! Photo heavy post! Wow, my first post of the year. I am a little behind on everything because I haven't been feeling well for the last couple of days. My Christmas decorations are still up and I hope to get some energy to deconstruct everything. 2009 was a great year and I am sad to see it go.

Here is my little project that I made with My Scrapbook Nook January kit. It comes with these kraft envelopes from Maya Road that were perfect for this little album. I used four envelopes and Bind-It-All to bind them together. I added paper, die cuts, stamps and gems from the kit. I added some Prima flowers and gingham fabric for the tags. I tucked a tag in each envelope with a photo. and journaling on the back. All the pages and envelopes are sprayed with Babys Breath and Bed of Roses Shimmerz Spritz. It gives everything a nice Shimmer. I have more photos here.

Project 365 has ended on December 29, but since I am behind posting photos I will continue until the end. Someone asked me if I would continue posting photos after the Project is over. I am still taking photos every day and I will post some here, but maybe not in this format. I haven't decided what to do yet.

Project 365 - week 48.

11.23 - on our way to Arizona. 11.24 - stopped for a break somewhere in New Mexico...it was really cold outside and we needed fresh air, and a diaper change. 11.25 - Alex in front of grandma's house..he was collecting rocks. 11.26 - just a cute photo of us on Thanksgiving. 11.27 - Alex with his cousins at the Zoo. 11.28 - Alex at grandma's house collecting rocks, again. 11.29 - family photo at Saguaro National Park in Tuscon on our way back home.

{ My Scrapbook Nook January kit, Project 365 - week 47 }

We are back to our regular schedule. Christmas days were filled with relaxation, food, playing with toys, reading magazines, watching TV, eating more food. I loved every moment.

My Scrapbook Nook January kit arrived the day before Christmas. I finally got to play with it last night. I just adore this Cupid Collection by Pink Paislee. I think it's the colors.

I always wanted to have a little wall hanging like this and I finally made one. All the little elements are hand cut by me. The chipboard cloud base is an album I had laying around. I made the "trees" using 1" and 3/4" circle punch and I stamped the stems.

After I adhered the paper to my chipboard base I sanded the edges and then painted all around with Bubble Gum Shimmerz and Hi Ho Silver Shimmerz Blingz. I have a bag of make-up sponge wedges to use for dabbing and painting. They are inexpensive and I can wash them out and reuse.

I used fabric glue to gather and adhere the lace trim on the bottom edge. The home sentiment is by Melissa Frances that I had sitting around waiting for a project like this.

The clouds are hand drawn and cut from patterned paper. I painted each one with Hi Ho Silver Blingz. I added Hi Ho Silver Blingz to the roof, as well. Blingz is just like Shimmerz, except they have more sparkle and are thicker than Shimmerz. That is why you can see nice, big sparkles on my project. All the little gems are from Making Memories box of gems, that comes in the kit! I love it.

Come check out the January kit. I know that this new collection is very popular. Valentines Day is coming and I hope to make some cute gifts and cards.

Do you want to design with these great kits? My Scrapbook Nook has a Design Team call right now. Check out the details.

Project 365 - week 47.

11.16 - we went for a nature walk with our little group. It was the first, really cold day of the season. 11.17 - Alex helping with the groceries. 11.18 - relaxing on the couch. 11.19 - another haircut. He did cry, but then he discovered the lollipop and everything was better. 11.20 - on our way to Casa Manana to see Santa Claus is Coming to Town. We all piled up in one car, thanks Tara. Alex and his friends Chloe and Emma. 11.21 - Alex showing off my bracelet that he was wearing. 11.22 - I forgot to take a photo so I got one of him sleeping. It was only 9:30. I have been taking photos every day, but I also make sure that I have a photo of Alex for each day.

This week is going to be busy with new projects and more photos, so get ready.

Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate all your sweet comments and messages.

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge - Valentines/Love, Project 365 - week 46 }

II was excited about this challenge because I love Valentine's Day and it was nice to create something different. When I was at JoAnns today they had all the Valentine's Day decorations out. I thought that was a little too early. They could have waited until after Christmas.

Here is a major peek at some new stamps being released at Winter CHA in January. I used Cover-a-card dots rubber stamp (CC003) to stamp a strip of white cardstock that I tucked under the punched edge. I used 2Sketches4You #41 sketch that I flipped for the card. I hope you'll take the time to visit the other designers' blogs for inspiration! Laura, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Kathy, Julie, Deborah and Rosemary.

***Would you like to see your card featured on the Impression Obsession blog? Email your challenge cards using Impression Obsession images to Shirley. Every week, cards will be selected to showcase on the Impression Obsession blog!!!

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Project 365 - week 46:

11.16 - Alex feeding one of his monkeys. We got that for him last year at the zoo in Arizona. The little bottle was tucked in the pocket and tied. Well, he wanted to feed the monkey. 11.17 - at the park posing for mommy. 11.18 - in the kitchen on the floor waiting for his snack. 11.19 - at the pond with daddy. 11.20 - at the park. I love this photo. 11.21 - playing in his room with his little farm. 11.22 - taking a little break with Word World. Loves it!

I have more hearts to share!