STAMPCOW WEEK day 1

 Hello Monday and hello friends. Today I'm super excited to bring you day one of Stampcow week on my blog.   Stampcow is a stamp company that makes awesome rubber stamps mounted on wood.  Stop by their shop here to see all their goods.  They have stamp for everyone from the super cute to the retro fab.  I'm happy and lucky to have the chance to share Stampcow love on my blog this week.  I'll be posting three projects and there's also a chance for two of you to win a gift certificate to the shop.  How awesome is that?  Alright so onto today.   Since all us teachers, students and parents are in the "Back to School" mood I decided to create something my kids could use for school.

 I mean what kind of paper crafting mama would I be if I didn't customize something for them to take back to school.  Made this cute matching composition book, pencil case and bag tag for one of them.

 All the cuteness came from this adorable little robot stamp (Shop for him HERE).

 Here's a closer look at them all.

Composition Book

Pencil Case

Bag Tag

 NOW TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY!

You will have three chances per post (That's 9 chances total) to win one of two $15.00 gift certificate to the Stampcow store.  Here's how...

1. Leave a comment on this blog post

2. Like Stampcow on their Facebook page HERE and leave a comment 

3. Visit the Stampcow store HERE and leave me a comment with your favorite product.

  You have till Monday night September 2, 2013 to comment.    

May Arts/LYB/Xyron blog hop (Gardening kit)

 Talking about enjoying fabulousness.  Three great companies are getting together for one amazing week of inspiration galore.  You'll find lots of awesome May Arts Ribbon with pretty Little Yellow Bicycle goodies and all held together with amazing Xyron adhesive.

Today I'm sharing this little gardening kit for the hop.

 Every summer my family grows a little garden.  Something about the bright sunshine just puts us into the gardening mood.  SO how perfect would it be to handout fabulous gardening kits so others can enjoy the sunshine with their families too.

What's in the kit.  
Piece by piece and some cool ideas.

Seeds
What's a gardening kit without seeds?
IDEA #1: For an easy way to match seed packets to the gifts color scheme.  Just put them into a glassine bag and decorate the top.  You will still be able to see what pretties will be growing.

Planter labels
IDEA #2: For an easy clip-able planter tag, decorate a clothespin.  Planter labels don't always have to say what plant is growing.  How about just simply a pretty statement piece.

Gardening journal
Something to keep track of all the progress your little garden will make.

 The inside
IDEA #3: Upcycle your seed packets to make little pockets in your gardening journal.  Just cut the top and add an insert.

Gardening gloves
IDEA #4:  Add a pair of customized gardening gloves to the gift.  Just pick one of your favorite May Arts Ribbon and sew them onto the bottom of a pair of gloves.

 I found these gloves in the dollar bin but look how un-dollarish they look now.  These gloves are made up of an elastic material and the ribbon I chose is not.  The look is possible by gently stretching the glove as you sew the ribbon on.  Leave the ribbon on the spool as you sew and just cut when you come to the end.

   May Arts Ribbon used (Click on picture for product link)

  LYB Pattern paper, stickers, wood labels and accents from the the "Poppy" collection. Xyron "Teresa Collins Mega Runner", "5inch create-a-sticker" and "3/16inch dots"    For more inspiration stop by the May Arts Ribbon blog, Ribbonista Karen Baker's blog, the Little Yellow Bicycle blog and the Xyron blog.  There will be more then one prize given out for this hop so comment along on each hop location.  You could win three spools of your chose in ribbon or the grand prize of goodies from all three companies. Alright, now go out there and enjoy the sunshine!

GKD "Take Note" blog hop

 So you thought my last Tami Mayberry hop was the last?

Haha...I like to keep my blog friends on their toes!

(Truth is I forgot I was in on this one...my bad!)

Today the fabulous 

Gina K. Designs - Stamp TV blog

is having a blog hop and one of the features is this totally awesome stamp set from Tami Mayberry

Take Note

...and yes this does come in both cling rubber and clear!

So I don't know about you but when I first saw this set I thought it was just too perfect for documenting photos.  So I made this little  "project life-ish" mini book all done up with this set.

Try and spot them all in this book...

The cover

 The inside pages

 (blahs, lines, blocks, ( ), sayings in jar, smile face)

 (arrows, line, stars)

 (Hearts, dreams, date: )

 (documented, say what?, lines )

 (Truth is..., Wishes)

 (Thumbs up, lines, quotes, " " )

 (just thinking, my life)

 Sorry for the picture heavy post but I wanted to get a photo of every page.

Want to get this amazing stamp set?  Stop by the gkd store...HERE

Ready to see more?

Stop by Tami Mayberry's blog...HERE

Also don't forget to hop along with the Gins K. design team...HERE

Envelopes to Mini Album

 I'm feeling a little bit country...and a little bit rock and roll!

 In mini album form that is.

 Upcycling with LESS-ology

 Yes envelopes.

We all have them so why not use them right!

Here's the beginnings of my Country mini album...

 Three envelops, a product of online craft shopping.

The big one is a bubble envelop and I thought it would be fun to use it as a squishy cover.

Opened up the big envelope, cut one side off and folded it in half.

The two little ones were just simply folded in half so that the opening became a pocket.

Dressed it up with pattern paper, die-cuts, stamps and that was it!!!

 Here's a look at the inside

(Warning: Picture heavy)

 Inside cover

First page

 Hidden in the pocket on the right

Middle page

 My favorite spot in the mini

 Last page

 What's in the pocket on the right

Back cover

 The little tab

 Did you catch my favorite spot in the album?

It was all about this AWESOME stamp set

"Vintage Notes" by Tami Mayberry

 This one is a must have! Used five of them in this one project and it was the only stamps I needed!

Check it out HERE...Along with all of Tami's other amazing sets

Creating with Clearsnap blog hop

 Tami Mayberry loves Clearsnap

 and so do I!

 Clearsnap has generously provided inks for both the CPS team and the Tami Mayberry Design Team so we are doing a blog hop to showcase some of the awesome Clearsnap products.

 If you came from the amazing Ceal Pritchett's blog then your on the right track.

Here's all the goodies I used for my project.

Tami Mayberry stamps I used: Vintage Notes & Masculine Tags

(Check out all of Tami's amazing stamps by Gina K ... HERE)

(Take a look at all your awesome Colorsnap products ... HERE)

 An awesomely shabby Tami Mayberry & Clearsnap notebook

Dye Ink:  Colorbox "kettle", Colorbox by Stephanie Barnard in "Raspberry"

Smooch: Spray in "Cherry ice", Glitz in "Plum Spice"

 * Take a look at that SHINE *

Here's a look at the inside pages and some cool colors by

ColorBox Premium Dye Inkpads by Stephanie Barnard

"Raspberry"

"Mustard"

"Pumpkin"

"Cornflower"

 "Plum"

 See the ghost masculine tags stamp?  

That was inked up with ColorBox pigment Queue "Heritage" inkpads in "wheatgrass"

There's a giveaway too!

Just go to the beginning of the HOP aka Tami Mayberry's blog and leave a comment.  

One person will win an awesome prize filled with Stamps and Clearsnap.

Okay peeps hope you had fun so far there's alot more inspiration, 

your next stop is the uber talented

Donna Bowman

If you just joined in don't be afraid to start from the beginning with the 

Super awesome 

Tami Mayberry