With all my heart...

I used the MOSD Friendship Edger

for my card today.

After having a fantastic vacation with a dear friend

that I hadn't seen in two years,

I figured she deserved a "paper hug."

That's what our paper creations are, you know...

when you give them away,

they become "paper hugs."

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This particular MOSD Edger

originally states "Hold a Friend with Both Hands"

and features a cute little antique telephone,

you know... the kind you hold "with both hands."

Very clever!

And the words are meant to lay over the die cut strip.

I changed my edger up a bit so you could

see the various ways you can work with these great tools.

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So the inside of my card reads...

Here's wishing you friendship, hugs, and kisses today!

KellyJean

Growth Chart

Hello Beautiful People! It's Amy again. I am so excited to be back this month to share with you a project that I absolutely adored making. This project was inspired by my son. I was just looking at him and reminiscing about the days when he was a truly a little baby...and man, has he grown!!! So that made me want to create my little one his very own growth chart and MOSD has SO many fabulous products that made this project just come to life!

For this growth chart I used various wonderful MOSD products. For the base of the entire chart I used the Clearly Designed Flipped Out Acrylic Album, using only the inner pages and back cover. I trimmed down the back cover to be the same size as the inner pages so I would have 5 uniform acrylic panels.

I then started to decorate! I used Basic Grey ‘Lime Rickey’ collection because it blended so well with the fabulous MOSD 1-2-3 Intricacy that I used to back a few of my acrylic pages. To adhere the papers to the acrylic I simply used Mod Podge!

One of my favorite things that I used on this Growth chart was the MOSD Toddler Boy Edger. I cut it apart so I had multiple little vehicles to play around with and added details with a pen. Easy and fun and Oh so CUTE!!

Then there are the Oh SO fabulous MOSD Binding Rings that hold this bad boy together. I chose to use clear to keep in theme with the Acrylic! If you do not have any of these binding rings then they are definately a MUST have item! Simple and easy to use and just wonderful!!

As you can probably tell my DS loves cars or as he calls them 'carsh'. And I just love it when I get to combine a passion of someone I love with that of my own! As sad as I get that my little man is growing up I will always have little things like this to remember his 'younger' years! Which is, afterall, The main reason I scrapbook!

This was my first time working with Acrylic and I absolutely loved it!

I am now a believer :-)

Thank you all so much for stopping by today to check out what I have been up to. Make sure to keep checking back to see what the rest of the FAB DT has been creating!

PeaceOut-ScrapOn-LoveAlways

Amy

School Memories

I have to admit that I am terribly "behind" with scrapbooking my kids' school photos. Part of the issue is that they are homeschooled, so most of what we do is "family" stuff and not specifically "school." But, there are SOME school pages to be scrapped, and each of the three children DOES have a school album...so...I'm behind! So much so that I am currently scrapping my 8 year old son's preschool photos. He's in 3rd grade now!

I found these photos from Jonah's first year of preschool (2003-2004) and thought he was so CUTE back then. Notice his hair! He cut his own hair the night before Picture Day! (I scrapped the 8x10 portrait already - to better tell THAT story!) And yes, although we have homeschooled since 1999, I still sent THIS child out to preK for 2 years! The "hair cut story" is just the tip of the iceberg!

My inspiration for this layout was a Becky Fleck PageMap (pictured). The sketch is on Becky's Blog as a CK Call. I had thought to enter the contest, but failed to read the fine print which said it was for the May/June issue. A school layout is not appropriate for a spring issue! That's why you get to see the layout today!

To create the layout, I used part of the Edger from the School Days Collection. I cut it apart and only used about half if it. I inked it up to give it dimension, and then added some sticker numbers to the book spine for the date. I also used the transparency from the School Topper for my title. I also added some red and black Twirly Gigs around my journaling block (circle?).

Thanks for looking!

- Gloria

Toppers & Stackers & Edgers, oh my!

One thing I love about MOSD is the variety of products offered. Today I'd like to highlight Stacker collections. These are pre cut paper piecings that come with a transparent overlay. They are offered in a variety of themes such as sports, holidays, baby & weddings. They can be inked, chalked, doodled or stamped. They are a complement to any style of scrap supplies and work well as a title or embellishment.

On this layout, a Celebrating Freedom topper became a title for this July 4th page.

On this layout, a Baby Boy monogram was backed with a scalloped piece of fabric and turned into a title:



You can even turn an Edger into a card. Here is an Easter Spiritual edger:


Hope these samples help you get some mojo flowing!