Freebie Friday - September 5th, 2014 - My Mind's Eye - Here is Happy

Hi Everyone,

It's Friday!!!  Time for another Freebie Friday...

Today is the half way point to post your projects to the  School challenge.

It's SEPTEMBER.... yay!!!  Starting tomorrow, Saturday the 6th, Pumpkin Spice will be back to weekly challenges.  So get those papers, adhesive and cutting tools ready to play!

Challenges will be posted weekly, but will have a two week submission period.  I hope this is not too confusing.  Hollar if you have any questions.

I am catching up this week and next on all my administrative duties... yikes.  I took some time off this summer and it is really showing in my piles of 'to do' lists.

I have had such a fun summer with Pumpkin being home with me.  We did get addicted to the show "Ugly Betty".  That was our night time cuddle show a couple times a week, with popcorn of course.  She loves Betty!  We call it the 'UB' because we don't like the word ugly.

For those that are wondering... YEP, I cried!  Wednesday was Pumpkin's 1st day back to school and they wouldn't let me walk her all the way to her classroom. (lol)

We had our hugs and kisses at the gate and I was left to watch her walk off to the playground......   my 3/4 of mile walk home was sad, exciting and humbling.  Pumpkin is becoming so independent and confident, but I am so proud that she still finds comfort in moms 'hugs and kisses'.

Who else sheds a tear or two on the 1st day back to School?

Ok... the FREEBIE..... here you go!

This is a paper pad from My Mind's Eye.  "Here is Happy"  I think with all the 'new beginnings' this week "Here is Happy" is very appropriate.  The papers are perfect for end of summer projects.  The colors are not super bright but they are not fall colors either.  You have chevrons and dots for layers and flowers and other adorable patterns.

This weeks Freebie Friday.....

Freebie Friday has changed a little bit. 
1st - You have a FULL WEEK to link up
2nd - YOU LINK UP - no comment necessary, but highly appreciated.

An InLinkz Link-up

Have a great weekend everyone.  See you again tomorrow Freebie Friday Winner Announcement and a new Challenge.

Hugs,

Denine


A note for international participants.
I am thrilled to have you play along on the Freebie Friday's and Challenges.  However, due to the high cost of international postage, I ask that you pay the difference.  I will email you an invoice for the Postage amount over what I would have paid for a domestic shipment.  Please feel free to email me with any questions.

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Marlene - Card

 

Hi Shop Pumpkin Spice Followers!

 

This is Marlene from ScrappinCookie! Thank You for joining me here today at the Pumpkin Spice Blog!

 

I love getting the most out of my 6x6 Paper Pads and today's quick and simple card shows just that. For today's card I've used up scraps from my My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland 6x6 Paper Pad. You can find the MME Winter Wonderland 6x6 Paper Pad at the Shop Pumpkin Spice Store  on SALE for ONLY $3.35! What a STEAL!!

 

I started by adding the strips of papers to a piece Bazzill Kraft Cardstock and then sewed around the edges. I then adhered the Kraft Cardstock Mat to a card base made from Carta Bella Ultra Felt White Cardstock.

 

The card was embellished with a chipboard star from my stash that had been previously painted white and glittered. To it I added some green jingle bells and a bow made from Maraschino Baker's Twine - available at Shop Pumpkin Spice. 

 

I finished off the card by adding a few green dots from the My Mind's Eye Kate & Co Oxford Lane Enamel Dots - available at the Shop Pumpkin Spice Ebay Store.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my ShopPumpkinSpice Inspiration! ALL products used in my card can be found at the ShopPumpkinSpice Store and/or Shop Pumpkin Spice Ebay Store.

 

 

RECIPE:

• My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland 6x6 Paper Pad
• Carta Bella's Felt Ultra White Cardstock
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• My Mind's Eye Kate & Co Oxford Lane Enamel Dots
• Maraschino Baker's Twine
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• GlueGlider Pro Glue Runner



Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with June - card

  Hi, this is June Houck and it is my turn up on the Pumpkin Spice blog today.  I played with my BasicGrey "Clippings" papers, even adding a couple of office supplies...a small paper clip and a real staple!  The glazed brad and "I adore you" tag are from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Two Rosy Ordinary.  A quick masculine card.

  There is still time to enter this week's challenge at Shop Pumpkin Spice...the theme is "work."  I used a staple and a small paper clip on my card to fit in with the theme.  I can't wait to see what YOU create!  Link your "work" here.

Happy Tuesday!  June

Daily SPS Inspiration from Missy ~ Card

Good morning everyone!

This is Missy from Quick Chick Designs here with a fun back to school card to share with you!!  My little guy started preschool this month, and he has got two terrific teachers.  I made them these little cards to let them know how much we appreciate the hard work they put in, and making the transition to school such a success!!

I used the My Mind's Eye School Daze paper pad for the notebook looking pattern paper layer.  I also used several colors of Bazzill cardstock for the cute little school house!!  I used Blush Red Medium for the red layer and the school house itself, Kiwi for the grass, and yellow for the bell.  I added a bit of Twinery bakers twine in Marigold to the top.  The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper.  Thanks so much for popping in today!!

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with June - card

 Hello!  This is June Houck with a scrappy birthday card.  I still have bits from this My Mind's Eye collection called Indie Chic "Nutmeg."  It is my go-to collection for masculine cards with these wonderful patterns in shades of blue.

  My card evolved from a small scrap of the blue tone-on-tone circles paper.  I rounded opposite corners and inked the edges.  Then I coordinated three other patterns in blue.  Even the grey-ish banner is scrap piece from in the collection.  I stamped the sentiment and added twine.  Tip:  to keep my twine from unraveling, I dab a tiny dot of glossy accents on the ends.   They end up looking a little bit like shoe laces.

Supplies:

papers:  My Mind's Eye Indie Chic "Nutmeg" Boy Checker, Family Laurel Burst (both sides), and Memories Tapestry; XPEDX navy linen card stock

sentiment:  My Pink Stamper "Birthday Doodles" stamp set

twine:  The Twinery charcoal

glossy accents

Happy Tuesday!  June

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Marlene - Card

 

Hello Everyone!

 

This is Marlene from ScrappinCookie!

 

I'm here today to share a card I've made for this week's Shop Pumpkin Spice Challenge #30 - BEACH using TONS of products from the Shop Pumpkin Spice Store.

 

I used the Beach Scene Stamp SVG File from Miss Kate's Cuttables and cut out all the pieces using up papers from the My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side ONE and My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side TWO. The backround Cloud Paper is from the My Mind's Eye Fly A Kite Collection.

 

 

The Hammock was cut from a scrap piece of paper from the American Crafts XOXO 6x6 Paper Pad. I added two tiny bows made from Maraschino Baker's Twine - available HERE at Shop Pumpkin Spice - to hang the hammock from the Palm Trees.

 

I used my Baby Blue Stickles to add some glitter to the edges of the waves and sprinkled the Sand cut with some decorative sand. I also added some Yellow Stickles to the edges of the Sun.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my ShopPumpkinSpice Inspiration! ALL products used in my card can be found at the ShopPumpkinSpice Store.

 

Be sure to check out Shop Pumpkin Spice's Ebay Store for more discounts.

 

 

RECIPE:

• Carta Bella's Felt Ultra White Cardstock
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side ONE
• My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side TWO
• My Mind's Eye Fly A Kite Collection
• American Crafts XOXO 6x6 Paper Pad
• Maraschino Baker's Twine
• Baby Blue Stickles
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• GlueGlider Pro Glue Runner

 

And don't forget to join in on this week'sShop Pumpkin Spice Challenge #30 - BEACH. You have until TODAY - Friday, August 2nd 11:59pm PST for your chance to be this week's winner.

 

For more pictures and details on my BEACH CARD, please click HERE.

 

 



Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with June - birthday card

  Hello!  This is June Houck with a little Shop Pumpkin Spice blog inspiration today.  When My Mind's Eye released their Lost and Found Two collection, I purchased the entire 12x12 paper collection, a few packages of the glazed brads, and a couple of packages of the layered chipboard.  I planned my entire card around the layered chipboard piece (the semicircle scallop piece with pink pearls.)

  Since I decided to center my card around the layered chipboard piece called "Blush", I pulled out every sheet of "Blush" until I was happy with my paper combination.  I used five different sheets:

• "Better" Blossom
• "Favorite" Dance
• "Princess" Special
• "Sweet" Bouquet
• "Sweet" Eiffel

  I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink (pumice stone), and stamped the My Pink Stamper sentiment (from the "Birthday Doodles" set) with "Darkest Night" hybrid ink.  Other supplies:  EK Success border punches, Creative Memories corner rounder, and My Creative Time "Flower Petal" dies.

Thanks for stopping by!  June

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Agnes - banner

hello all and welcome to the Pumpkin Spice Blog

this is Agnes aka flowerdisco and today i am sharing with you a mini banner i made using some designer paper by my mind's eye and using my cricut expression.

i know school is out but that does not mean teachers stop being teachers and some are taking some of their time off to think of ideas on how to revamp their classrooms and...

 this is where my banner will go and hang pretty.

School Days

12 sections banner

you can find all the supplies here or at least something similar.

---the font is from all mixed up and the smiley cards, both are cricut cartridges---

i am going to make it short for you today since i know you are all enjoying the weather...

i see you next time.

take care and again, thanks for stopping by!

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Saundra ~ Card

Hi There! Saundra here from Luv Scrapping Together!

My card today is comprised of 2 different My Mind's Eye paper pads. I used The Sweetest Thing "Tangerine" 6x6 pad and On the Brightest Side Two 6x6 paper pad. I think these two MME papers really compliment each other. I love the orange and teal together.

This cute owl image was a freebie from Miss Kates Cuttables. 

I inked all my edges with distress ink and added some Ranger Glossy Accents to my owl's eyes. I decided to give her a Mandarin bow made from some of The Twinery Baker's Twine.

I also added some Caribbean Baker's Twine to the top and bottom of the card, added a bow and topped it with a My Mind's Eye "Fine and Dandy" button.

My sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "Owl Occasions."

Make sure you check out the Shop Pumpkin Spice Store for even more wonderful products. Denine has some of the lowest prices for all your crafting goodies.

Don't forget to join in the current Pumpkin Spice Challenge! You can find all the details HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration from Missy ~ Layout

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a scrapbook layout I made documenting my little boy's first haircut to show you. I used the fun My Mind's Eye Hip Hooray (Boy) paper collection and my Silhouette Cameo. 

This is actually a two page layout.  One of the pages is the "main" page, with the title and journaling, and the other page contains a collage of photos.  Here are a couple of close ups of the title & some of the fun barber shop images!!  I used some Honey Dotted Swiss paper by Bazzill on the title for some texture.

Here are some close ups of the barber shop images, I just love how they turned out!

Here's a picture of both sides of the layout together.  I don't have any of my photos on it yet (they haven't been printed) but this kind of gives you an idea of what the whole thing will look like when it's done!

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my layout!  I hope you have a great day!

Recipe

Hip Hooray: Charming paper (plaid paper, and yellow polka dot)

Hip Hooray: Party paper (red polka dot)

Hip Hooray: Wrapped paper (multi polka dot, multi stripe, left page)

Honey Dotted Swiss

Silhouette Cameo

First Haircut phrase by PPbN Designs

Haircut Barbershop Set by PPbN Designs

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with flowerdisco...gift cards

hello and welcome to 

the pumpkin spice blog

this is agnes from flowerdisco's scraphut and this is my project for today.

i was thinking about graduation parties and chose to make some gift tags, not just for the graduate but for any occasion. i made three of them.

Congratulations, Let's Celebrate and Sweet Friend 

3.5" x 2.5" when folded

 i used my cricut expression to die cut the gift cards using a cartridge called cindy loo

(image #50 on the overlay)

i also used some patterned paper from my mind's eye, some chipboard from crate company and a sticker from dcwv.

the sentiments were stamped using clear stamps.

i found most of my supplies here.

they turned super cute and i know i will be making more of them. 

i will be submitting the one that says "CONGRATULATIONS" for this week's challenge here at the pumpkin spice. you are invited too.

here are the details.

thanks you so much for stopping by!

NSD - Court's Challenge - Throwback to Kindergarten: Doodle AND Color!

So, Shop Pumpkin Spice is doing a huge set of challenges and each one that you participate in gets you a chance to win $20 to the SPS store... as in $20 EVERY HOUR (not $20 total... $20 EVERY hour. Crazy. It's like a non-profit for the paper-less. :))

Here it the challenge I (Court from Court's Crafts) chose for you:

Throwback to Kindergarten: Doodle AND Color on your project. 

To participate in the challenge, link up at the bottom of this page.

I doodled the black (around the card and the lines to either side of the sentiment) and white pen dots.
The flowers are stamps which I colored in with a ProMarker.

Recipe:

• Paper:
• MME: The Sweetest Thing: Lavender "Fabulous" Berries Paper™ (off white)
• MME: The Sweetest Thing: Honey "Simply Lovely" Damask Paper™ (yellow damask background)
• Brads: MME: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Sunshine" Brads™
• Ribbon: MME: Stella and Rose Hattie "Boy" Trims™
• Promarker in Sandstone™
• Stamp: Penny Black "Friendship"™
• Ink: My Pink Stamper: Darkest Night (LOVE this ink! - all three of these are amazing!)
• White Gel Pen
• Sewing machine and thread
• Crocheted flower came from an old SPS kit
• Bo Bunny: Double Dot: Wine Dot

CHALLENGE:

Throwback to Kindergarten: Doodle AND Color on your project. 

Check back EVERY hour at the Shop Pumpkin Spice blog to see all of our challenges! :)

Shop Pumpkin Spice has also given us a COUPON CODE for the store!!! She is having crazy sales - just click on the sale section! The coupon code for my post is: NSD9 for 10% off your order today!!! Click HERE to go to the store.

NSD Use Your Scraps Challenge with Saundra

Hi There! Saundra here from  Luv Scrapping Together!

This month we are celebrating National Scrapbooking Day with a Challenge every hour. 

 

Every challenge you participate in gives you a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the SPS store. That's is $20 per challenge! all you have to do is link up to the challenge in which you are participating.

 I will tell you my challenge at the end of this post.

 Here is what I have created today. I made 2 shaped cards using my scraps to create them.

For this card, I used Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge to create the base , the scallop, and the hat.

The base was cut from Bazzill Kraft cardstock. All of my scraps came from Echo Park's Paradise Beach 6x6 paper pad. This is a fun and colorful collection of beach and summer prints.

I added a brad from MME The Sweetest Thing Sunshine Brads and added some baker's twine in Blossom from The Twinery.

The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's Birthday Doodles set and stamped with My Pink Stamper's Darkest Night ink.

To finish my card off, I added some faux stitiching with my white gel pen and a ribbon from my stash.

Here you can see how this card folds open. The Cricut cartridge has this shape built right in.

For my second card, I started with the same Bazzill Kraft cardstock but this time I used 2 circles that I cut from Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge. In the picture below it shows how I attached them to create the base. The circle and starburst shape also came from Accent Essentials.

I cut the party hat from Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge.

My scraps for this card came form MME The Sweetest Thing "Tangarine" 6x6 pad. I LOVE the prints in the collection. They are just so pretty.

I made a pom pom from The Twinery Baker's Twine in Mandarin for some embellishment.

This sentiment is also from My Pink Stamper's Birthday Doodles set and stamped with MPS Darkest Night Ink.

To make a shaped card without using software to weld your images togetheris to cut 2 of the same shape. Score one of the shapes about 1 1/2 inches from the edge and just add adhesive to that part. It's very easy and the plus side is that your shapes will not have a flattened side.

Ok, so here is my challenge:

Make a shaped card using your scraps!

To participate in this challenge, just link up at the end of this post. I cannot wait to see what you create with your scraps!

Shop Pumpkin Spice has also given us a COUPON CODE for the store!!! She is having crazy sales - just click on the sale section! The coupon code for my post is: NSD4 for 10% off your order today!!! Click HERE to go to the store.

Have fun today! The next challenge will be posted at 9 AM pst. with Carissa!

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Marlene - Card

Hello Everyone!

Marlene here from ScrappinCookie!

I'm back today to share with you a card I made using my MOST FAVORITE papers - My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Blush! And the BEST part - they are on SALE at ShopPumpkinSpice. So HURRY on over to the STORE and pick yours up before they are gone!

Whenever I have a bit of a runt and don't know what to create or which way to go with a card, I pull out my My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Blush papers. Immediately, it all comes together PERFECTLY.

For today's card I I used some Bazzill Kraft Cardstock and Carta Bella's Natural White Linen Cardstock as the base for my card. I paired the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Blush papers with My Mind's Eye Lush2 Fuchsia Trims - the Fuchsia tone matched PERFECTLY with all the different Pinks in the papers.

I hope you have enjoyed my ShopPumpkinSpice Inspiration! ALL products used in my card can be found at the ShopPumpkinSpice Store.

Not only does ShopPumpkinSpice carry Top Quality and Reliable Brands, but you will find most items at a discounted price - 30% off to be exact! And as if that's not enough, ShopPumpkinSpice is adding SALE items DAILY! Be sure to check out the SALE ITEMS section of the store.

And be sure to join us on Saturday, April 6th for ShopPumpkinSpice's Monthly Blog Hop! You won't want to miss it!! There will be TONS of Inspiration!

RECIPE:

• My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Blush
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• Carta Bella's Natural White Linen Cardstock
• Prima Mulberry Rose 
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• My Mind's Eye Lush2 Fuchsia Trims
• GlueGlider Pro Glue Runner
• Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
• Spellbinders Lg Oval Nestabilites Dies
• Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch
• Martha Stewart Coarse Crystal Glitter
• Pearls



Today's Daily Inspiration with Denine - Card

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Denine of A Day with a Paper Addict here to share a card with you.

Today is our adorable Saundra's typical day, but she is having some issues with the internet, poor thing!

Can you imagine life without the internet or our smart phones or any of those gadgets that keeps us connected ALL DAY!  lol  I think I would call that a VACATION!

Anyhow, I tried to put together a 'Saundra' worthy project today and this is what I came up with.

I am a paper addict, so most of the time I just like to layer papers.  No stamps on this one.

I used Stella & Rose Little Lady Posies with Indie Chic Citron Time Honeydew and LOVED IT!  They work great together picking up the colors of both collections.

For the card base I used the Bazzill Bon Bon Criss Cross paper.  Another of my 'go to' papers for layering and bases.  Then I used the word stickers from The Sweetest Thing - Honey Perfect.  As soon as I saw this sticker... "What A Day"... i knew that was it.  Then I found this cute little mini clothes pin in my stash and put some Washi Tape from Indie Chic over just the top. Wrapped the card with some white crinkle ribbon.  Oh and I distressed the edges with a pair scissors.

Here is the inside:

 and the coordinating sticker to finish it off the sentiment.

Here is a close up of the clothes pin with the washi tape over the top.  Perfect match to the orange in the Stella & Rose paper.

There is still one more day to link up to the Saturday Challenge - Green and 4 of something.  We love to visit your blogs and see the projects you post, so come join in the fun.

Have a wonderful day playing with paper. 

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration with Marlene - Card

Hello Everyone!

Marlene here from ScrappinCookie!

I'm so happy to be here today to share a quick card I made using my MOST FAVORITE papers - My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Blush! And the BEST part - they are on SALE at ShopPumpkinSpice. So HURRY on over to the STORE and pick yours up before they are gone!

I absolutely LOVE these papers - the Browns, the Pinks with a touch of Light Blue. To go with these colors, I used some Bazzill Kraft Cardstock and Bazzill Chocolate Cream Cardstock as the base of my card.

The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on to Carta Bella's Natural White Linen Cardstock. I just have to tell you that Carta Bella's Natural White Linen Cardstock has become my FAVORITE and GO TO cardstock!! I just LOVE the texture, its just PERECT - even for stamping!!

I then tied some "Cappuccino" Baker's Twine around the sentiment block and made a small bow for underneath the Prima Mulberry Rose.

I hope you have enjoyed my ShopPumpkinSpice Inspiration! ALL products used in my card can be found at the ShopPumpkinSpice Store.

Not only does ShopPumpkinSpice carry Top Quality and Reliable Brands, but you will find most items at a discounted price - 30% off to be exact! And as if that's not enough, ShopPumpkinSpice is adding SALE items DAILY! Be sure to check out the SALE ITEMS section of the store.

And be sure to join us Tomorrow, Saturday, March 2nd for ShopPumpkinSpice's Monthly Blog Hop! You won't want to miss it!! There will be TONS of Inspiration!

For my details on my card, please click HERE.

RECIPE:

• My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 Blush
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• Bazzill Chocolate Cream Cardstock
• Carta Bella's Natural White Linen Cardstock
• Prima Mulberry Rose
• "Cappuccino" Baker's Twine
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• My Mind's Eye Lush2 Fushia Rhinestones
• Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch
• Martha Stewart Coarse Crystal Glitter

 



Today's Daily Inspiration Post from Tanya - Card

Happy Sunday everyone!  Are you like me and have tons of snow??  I think we got around 2 feet and that's just here in the lower elevations.   With all of this snow I couldn't help but feel inspired and found this stamp with a snowflake.

The papers are from My Mind's Eye "12 Days of Christmas"  I just love the peppermint candy paper in this pad :)

Today's Daily SPS Inspiration from Denine - Quick Cards

Hello Everyone,

Denine here bringing you some quick cards again.  

One of the things that I just LOVE about My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing and nearly all of the My Mind's Eye product lines, are the way the papers and accessories just melt together.

Then I noticed that the Carta Bella Lines Winter Fun and Merry & Bright were an exact match to the colors used in the MME The Sweetest Thing line.  Ohhh was I excited because I LOVE the quality of both of these paper line.  The 12 x 12 papers for both are thick and have texture... oh I just Love them... did I say that already.  Anyhow, enough of my gushing... here are the VERY quick cards I made to mainly show off the color coordination and the paper.   I just did 'fronts' tonight, because I am out of Kraft cardstock and I really think that will work best with these two.

Isn't the print and pattern beautiful on this paper.  I loved the doily print the minute I saw and... I was going to use it for holiday cards ... but... well as you can see that didn't happen. lol


Stamp sets - Fiskars - Friends.  

Ink: I also used Texas Chocolate ink for both the edging and the stamp - love this ink.  

My papers are from MME "My Sweetest Thing" Lavender - Fabulous Berries and Carta Bella "Merry & Bright" - Green Glow/Cotton Candy and "Winter Fun" - Frozen Beige/Rouge for the solid base layers.  

I also used My Sweetest Thing Stickers for the banner, and some Jute. 

Well I hope you enjoyed my quick cards. 

Happy Friday and Come back tomorrow for our Weekly Challenge... they are so much fun.  

There is still time to enter this weeks LOVE challenge... come play with us and be inspired by the other submissions.  They are such a blast to go look at.

Hugs,