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mpatry — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:32:40 +0000

Helllooooooo out theeeeeeere…….

Did I just hear an echo????

Not sure if anyone’s still reading this, I haven’t blogged in ages… I just don’t have time or feel inspired to write much lately. But I have taken on a position on Kristin Cronin-Barrow’s blog as a weekly writer so if you’d like to join me there every Thursday I’d love to “see” you there!

I will be doing a weekly post about journaling, and I’m hoping to really improve my journaling abilities with it myself. Usually I’m lucky if I even put a date on my layouts… lol.

The first Thursday of each month will be a journaling challenge.

Second Thursday will be filled with journaling prompts to help you along with the challenge.

On the third Thursday of the month I’ll show you my layout for the challenge.

And finally on the fourth Thursday of each month I’ll make you up a little journaling freebie

So I hope that if anyone’s still subscribed to my blog, that you will join me every Thursday at KCB’s blog!

Check out my Facebook Design group today to find… a place where I show examples of my work and pricing for the custom designed products that I offer. Available products include recipe cards, greeting cards (general, holiday, invites, announcements etc), mini albums, framed art, post-it notebooks, bag toppers and more to come!

Oooh more possible SSD shopping today!

mpatry — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:36:35 +0000

I know I just spent some money yesterday with Flergs’ Designs’ sale, but there are a couple of Sweet Shoppe Designs kits that I just might have to get too! Check out these previews that I’m going to have to check out now that these kits are released today:

From Lliella Designs:

From Julie Billingsley:

And I’m thinking maybe Krystal Hartley’s new one:

Oh, and Dani Mogstad’s newest just might have to go into my wishlist for Ally’s birthday:

More shopping!

mpatry — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:05:32 +0000

Ok, so I know I haven’t shown you everything I did with my last set of purchases but I’ve got to show you what I bought today!

One of my fave designers – Flerg’s Designs – is having a 50% off sale this weekend so I had to treat myself to 2 kits! Here’s what I bought:

I got all that for less than 10$! Awesome deals on some gorgeous kits and some pre-clustered frames!

What I’ve done using… Springtime in Paris

mpatry — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:50:00 +0000

I have a lot planned for this kit, but so far I’ve made my little sister a set of mini cards for her birthday and I made a matching birthday card (that’s just not quite finished yet, I’ve finished the digital portion but still have to print and assemble it).

This mini card set also uses: Springtime in Paris kit by Lauren Grier and Sir Scrapsalot Designs; the doodled frame from Christy Lyle’s Spiral Book set , the font is 2Cute4U by Darcy Baldwin, and the cupcake is from To You From Me by Kate Honarvar (PC Crafters).

The set includes 6 cards (3 of each design), 6 vellum envelopes and 6 envelope seals (I used glue dot sheets, peeled one side and stuck to the flowers and left the other side on to be removed when used). I also bought some paper from my LSS and made an origami box to hold it all.

Did some shopping!

mpatry — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:57 +0000

Well, the Sweet Shoppe was having a sale earlier this week and I broke down and purchased a few kits. Here’s what I bought:

I bought an older Lauren Grier kit that I’ve had in my faves for a while, I even have several layouts in the gallery in my faves that use this kit. I bought a new release by Lliella Designs that I just had to buy, and I’ve already used it several times too! Then I added a Christmas kit by Julie Billingsley to use with this year’s layouts and cards. And a notebook for journaling with some doodles, this has been in my Kaboodle wish list for a loooong time. And last but not least, I picked out a new Darcy Baldwin font, this one is so cute… I’ve already used it too… lol.

Tomorrow I’ll show you what I’ve done using these kits so far