Adventures with Boo Mini Album

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Hi you guys, the Marion Smith Designs creative team has compiled a collaborative post filled with Mini Album inspiration today!

For my contribution I created a small mini 3.25 x 4.5 inches long.  Where I have  documented the past year with my sweet Puppy Boo.  I know everyone is going to ask -  She is a BoxWeiler (Boxer Rottweiler mix).   We adopted her last Christmas and the past 6 months have been so fun watching her grow.

 

This box was inspired by Marion's Digi line Life Journal.   I used the Insta frames in the line to create pages.  I trimmed down pieces of Marion's printed lines and her Scarlet digi line to fit the size of the frames.  Then I Coptic stitched the book together.  Since my stitching was not so perfect, I decided to use a piece of lace to wrap around the spine.  This lace also softens the harsh edges of the spine. I used Marion's peony die, and bloom impression tool to create the flower on the cover.   Then cut flowers from the Motley papers to add a little depth. 

 

This is the perfect size book for your Instagram photos.  I printed my photos out on my color laser printer on cardstock.   I kept the design simple so that my photos really took center stage!

 

 

Here is a complete walk through video showing each page!

 

 

 I love this little mini, and I know it will be treasured in my family for a long time.  

Please take a moment and visit the other team member's blog to see their minis.

 

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Farewell Post for Marion Smith Designs

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Wow this year has flown by so fast. I've had so much fun working with the products from Marion Smith Designs.  I just love her style. Our team was made up of some the World's most talented in the industry and I feel so honored to call them friends.  They have pushed me to be a better artist, encouraged me, and have always supported me.  Thank you ladies - and I can't wait for our paths to cross again. 

Marion will be announcing her new team in a few weeks, and I don't know if I will be a part of that group.  If not - I wish them the best, but I will continue to support her and her products in future crafty projects. 

For my farewell post I have created a layout of my nephew Cooper and his First Grade Teacher. 

Details about this layout can be found here.   I have also prepared a process video for you too!

I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the details from the post.  Thank you so much for sharing in this creative journey with me.  I look forward to so many more opportunities! 

Thanks for stopping in today,

Tonya Gibbs
http://www.psychomoms.com

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Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop Day 4

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It is so exciting to be a part of this AMAZING blog hop. Make sure to visit all the designer's blogs from March 24th-28th! There are so many amazing projects being shared ALL week! So keep checking back every day.  

 

 

 

 Make sure you comment and subscribe to each blog, as we will be picking some lucky winners to win some awesome new products from both Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo!

 

Links to each blog can be found on the following sites
Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo

 

 

 

I hope everyone is enjoying the hop and getting inspired. There have been some amazing projects so far from both teams.  Today I'm sharing another card project.

 

 

This simple card uses scraps from all of the projects I've created for this week, including the one that I made for tomorrow.   I used the following products.

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the cluster.

 

 

 

Don't forget to check out my projects from Days 1 & 2 as well. 

 

Thanks for hopping with us today,
don't forget to leave a comment, and subscribe! 

 

Marion Smith Designs Team Blog

 

 Angela Carter

http://www.alwaysangella.blogspot.com/

 

Aneta Matuszewska

 www.artisant2.blogspot.com

Maggie Armstrong

maggiesdoodads.blogspot.com

Sarah Bargo

www.sarahbargodesigns.blogspot.com
 

Ana Paula Leal

http://anapaulalealdarocha.blogspot.com.br/

Colette Nederhoff

http://nederhoffco.blogspot.com

Peggy Baker

 http://www.pegbaker.blogspot.com

 

 Then hop over to

Petaloo's Blog

 

 

Happy Hopping,

 

Tonya

 

 

Card Resources:

 

• Marion Smith Designs - Never Grow Up Paper Collection "Sleepover"
• Marion Smith Designs - Mad Tea Party "Rabbit Hole"
• Marion Smith Designs - Filigree Doily  
• Marion Smith Designs - Junque & Gems
• Marion Smith Designs - Doily
• Marion Smith Designs - Garment District Note Cards
• Petaloo - Botanica Blooms - Pistachio
• Flat back pearls
• Scotch ATG
• Martha Stewart 3-1 Classic Butterfly Punch
• Surebonder Detail Glue Gun
• Heidi Swapp Pink Archival Ink
• Inkadinkadoo - Sentiment
• Recollections Gold/Kraft Cardstock
• Pearls

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Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop Day 3

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It is so exciting to be a part of this AMAZING blog hop. Make sure to visit all the designer's blogs from March 24th-28th! There are so many amazing projects being shared ALL week! So keep checking back every day.  

 

 

 

 Make sure you comment and subscribe to each blog, as we will be picking some lucky winners to win some awesome new products from both Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo!

 

Links to each blog can be found on the following sites
Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo

 

 

Welcome to day three of the hop!  Today I wanted to share a little mixed media card that I made for Mother's Day. This card could easily be used for any occasion by changing out the sentiment.  

 

 

 

 

 

I used scraps from the Never Grow Up Sleep Over paper, Mad Tea Party Wonderland paper, Filigree Doily, Tea Party Stamps, Texture Stamps, and Garden Rose Stamps from Marion Smith S

 

 

 

Petaloo's Velvet Hydrangeas Fuchsia flowers are the star of this card.

 

 

 I really wanted to showcase some of the Marion's amazing stamps on my card.  So I painted the Sleepover paper with white gesso to tone down the paper pattern. I then used Archival Coffee Ink to stamp my images.   I even stamped over the wooden filigree and the flowers, to give them texture. 

 

This is one of my home made wooden embellishments that I made with the Tea Party stamps and a  balsa wood piece.  I did a tutorial a few months back.  You can view it here.

 

 

I added some flat back pearls to the center of the flowers, and painted them with my RV09 Copic Marker to match the flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A little Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine finished this card off with the Midas touch!   I know my Mother is going to love this card.

 

Don't forget to check out my projects from Days 1 & 2 as well. 

 

Thanks for hopping with us today,
don't forget to leave a comment, and subscribe! 

 

Marion Smith Designs Team Blog

 

 Angela Carter

http://www.alwaysangella.blogspot.com/

 

Aneta Matuszewska

 www.artisant2.blogspot.com

Maggie Armstrong

maggiesdoodads.blogspot.com

Sarah Bargo

www.sarahbargodesigns.blogspot.com
 

Ana Paula Leal

http://anapaulalealdarocha.blogspot.com.br/

Colette Nederhoff

http://nederhoffco.blogspot.com

Peggy Baker

 http://www.pegbaker.blogspot.com

 

 Then hop over to

Petaloo's Blog

 

 

Happy Hopping,

 

Tonya

 

 

Card Resources:

 

• Marion Smith Designs - Never Grow Up Paper Collection "Sleepover"
• Marion Smith Designs - Mad Tea Party "Wonder"
• Marion Smith Designs - Filigree Doily  
• Marion Smith Designs - Texture Stamp
• Marion Smith Designs - Tea Party Stamp
• Marion Smith Designs - Garden Rose Stamp
• Petaloo - Velvet Hydrangeas Fuchsia
• Flat back pearls
• Scotch ATG
• Surebonder Detail Glue Gun
• Heidi Swapp Pink Archival Ink
• Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine
• Recollections Card sentiment
• Tattered Angels Timeless Lilac
• Tattered Angels Tutti Fruiti
• Bazzil Texture Cardstock
• Burlap
• Pearls
• Dollar Bin - Wood filigree
• Liquitex Gesso
• Woodsy - Circles
• Copic RV09
• Ranger - Archival Ink Coffee

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Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop Day 2

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It is so exciting to be a part of this AMAZING blog hop. Make sure to visit all the designer's blogs from March 24th-28th! There are so many amazing projects being shared ALL week! So keep checking back every day.  

 

 

 

 Make sure you comment and subscribe to each blog, as we will be picking some lucky winners to win some awesome new products from both Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo!

 

Links to each blog can be found on the following sites
Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo

 

 

Welcome to day two of the hop.  Today I wanted to share with you a card that I created with the scraps from yesterday's canvas.   I love to immediately make a card with the scraps when I finish a project. It helps to clear away the clutter from my desk, and helps to keep the scraps low. 

 

 

I used scraps from the Never Grow Up Collections, Remember This and Sleep Over Papers, and half of a doily that didn't make it onto my layout.    I used the cut apart journal page from Garment District to hold my sentiment.

 

 

 

 

For the Petaloo flowers I used the Velvet Hydrangeas Cream, and a leaf from the Spring Berry Clusters. 

 

 

 

I love how these flowers add a touch of spring to this card.  They sparkled so much, that I decided to die cut a butterfly from some misted paper to accompany them.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for hopping with us today,
don't forget to leave a comment, and subscribe! 

 

Marion Smith Designs Team Blog

 

 Angela Carter

 http://www.alwaysangella.blogspot.com/

Maggie Armstrong

maggiesdoodads.blogspot.com

Sarah Bargo

www.sarahbargodesigns.blogspot.com

Ana Paula Leal

http://anapaulalealdarocha.blogspot.com.br/

Colette Nederhoff

http://nederhoffco.blogspot.com

Peggy Baker

 http://www.pegbaker.blogspot.com

 

 Then hop over to

Petaloo's Blog

 

 

Happy Hopping,

 

Tonya

 

 

Card Resources:

 

• Marion Smith Designs - Never Grow Up Paper Collection "Self Portrait"
• Marion Smith Designs - Never Grow Up Paper Collection "Sleepover"
• Marion Smith Designs - Garment District "Alteration"
• Marion Smith Designs - Doily
• Petaloo - Velvet Hydrangeas Cream
• Petaloo - Spring Berry Clusters    
• Die-Namite Dies Swirly Butterfly Die
• Martha Stewart 3-1 Classic Butterfly Punch
• Flat back pearls
• Scotch ATG
• Surebonder Detail Glue Gun
• Heidi Swapp Pink Archival Ink
• Inkadinkadoo sentiment
• Tattered Angels Sunshine
• Tattered Angels Timeless Lilac
• Tattered Angels Popsicle
• Tattered Angels Tutti Fruiti
• Georgia Pacific Cardstock 110lb
• Burlap Twine

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Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop

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It is so exciting to be a part of this AMAZING blog hop. Make sure to visit all the designer's blogs from March 24th-28th! There are so many amazing projects being shared ALL week! So keep checking back every day.  

 

 

 

 Make sure you comment and subscribe to each blog, as we will be picking some lucky winners to win some awesome new products from both Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo!

 

Links to each blog can be found on the following sites
Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo

 

 

Don't you just love spring?  It is my favorite time of year.  Today's project is a Shabby Chic layout of my Niece Adalyn at Easter last year egg hunting.   

 

 

 These gorgeous Botanicals from Petaloo complimented Marion's paper lines beautifully! Here are the products I used to create this layout.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The flowers remind me of the azaleas blooming in my front yard at the moment.  I wanted to create a Shabby Chic Mixed media layout that I could hang on my fireplace mantle, and bring the spring in doors.  Marion's Never Grow Up line had these beautiful spring patterns that made the entire piece come together.   

 

 

 

 

I have created a process video showing you how I made the layout!

 

 

Thanks for hopping with us today,
don't forget to leave a comment, and subscribe! 

 

Marion Smith Designs Team Blog

 

 Angela Carter

 http://www.alwaysangella.blogspot.com/

Maggie Armstrong

maggiesdoodads.blogspot.com

Sarah Bargo

www.sarahbargodesigns.blogspot.com

Ana Paula Leal

http://anapaulalealdarocha.blogspot.com.br/

Colette Nederhoff

http://nederhoffco.blogspot.com

Peggy Baker

 http://www.pegbaker.blogspot.com

 

 Then hop over to

Petaloo's Blog

 

 

Happy Hopping,

 

Tonya

 

 

Layout Resources:

 

• Marion Smith Designs - Never Grow Up Paper Collection "Self Portrait"
• Marion Smith Designs - Never Grow Up Paper Collection "Sleepover"
• Marion Smith Designs - Doily
• Marion Smith Designs - Junque & Gems Filigree
• Marion Smith Designs - Junque & Gems Resin Roses
• Marion Smith Designs - Junque & Gems Filigree Butterflies
• Marion Smith Designs - Junque & Gems  Bird's Nest 
• Petaloo - Botanica Blooms - Purple
• Petaloo - Velvet Hydrangeas Fuchsia
• Petaloo - Velvet Hydrangeas Cream
• Petaloo - Botanica Minis Lav/Purple
• Petaloo - Spring Berry Clusters    
• Liquetex - Matt Medium
• Liquetex - Gesso
• Cosmo Cricket - Sliver Glitter Adhesive sheets
• Copic Sketch RV09, RV55
• My Mind's Eye - Alpha Stickers Sky's the Limit Collection
• Zutter - Corrugated Sheets
• Folk Art 2556 Medium Blue Acrylic Paint
• Ranger - Crackle Paint Clear Rock Candy
• Heidi Swapp - Pink Archival Ink
• Pure Ice Nail Polish - Spitfire 
• Paper Shaper Egg Punch
• Satin Ribbon
• Small Luggage Tag
• Martha Stewart 3-1 Classic Butterfly Punch
• Martha Stewart Foam Adhesive
• Wooden filigree
• Scotch Foam Adhesive
• Scotch ATG
• Surebonder Detail Glue Gun
• Tonic Scissor
• EK Success Craft Tweezers

 

 

 

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Rainy Days of Summer by Tonya Gibbs

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Hey everyone, I bet some of you are ready for a little sunshine.  I know I am!   I was thumbing through some old Facebook photos and ran across this photo of my nephew Cooper when he was about 3 years old.  My sister-in law had taken them to the park to play in the rain, and captured the perfect photo collection!  So fun.  I wanted my layout to mimic the fun times shared during this photo shoot.  

 

 

 

 

 

Marion's Never Grow Up Collection is perfect for this Rainy Days of Summer layout! It is full of playful images and vibrant colors.  I love that this collection can be masculine and feminine.   Here is a sample of the products that I used from Marion's lines.

 

 

 

I used my Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Pitt Artist Pens on the texture stamps from Marion's winter release,  to add depth and texture to the plain cardstock.   Pitt pens are made with India ink and have a slow dry time on a prepped surface allowing for blending. However, on a non-prep surface they make an awesome permanent ink solution!  

 

 

 

 

I added splashes of aqua watercolor paint to mimic that rainy day, and ground my photo to the layout.  Lots of yummy ephemera were cut from the collection to give the layout that "all boy" feel.   The journaling spot was a scrap from Marion's Digi line!  Here is a glimpse at the final layout!

 

 

I just love how playful this layout is.  These colors remind me of how vibrant it is in the summer just  after a rain shower. 

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

 

 

 

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Introducing Never Grow Up - New Collection from Marion Smith Designs

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Introducing Never Grow Up by Marion Smith Designs.  This line has playful patterns perfect for spring. 

 

These designs are printed on 12x12 heavy weight cardstock.

 

 

 

This collection is also available in 6x6. You get three sheets of each paper double sided printing.

 

Make sure you ask your local retailers to order these lines for you. 

 

I will have more to share tomorrow, so make sure to stop on in.

 

 

Thanks,

Tonya

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