MAMBI School Collection

I told you I would be back with another look at the new collections MAMBI has come out with at this years CHA show.  Well, check this out....the new school lines.

 This is a wood apple I picked up at the unfinished furniture store in my town.  I cut strips of paper and torn them into little bits.  I then mod podged them onto the apple.  Made a little band with paper and topped it off with a sticker matted with cardstock.

 I made this pencil holder out of an dink mix container.  It was a clear white color so I did not even need to paint it.  More paper and stickers anrd a few deco punches and waaalaaaa!

 Easy pencil toppers using stickers and paper.  Added some twine as an accent and I think it only took about 30 minutes to make them all.

 This calendar is made out of bar coasters, more paper, stickers and ribbon.

 I used some of my spellbinders dies to cut out little frame accents to go with the stickers.

 I embossed this die cut shape with my Swiss dot embossing folder...love how it looks.

Well, that is it for me for today.  Don't forget to leave a comment and you may win a goodie bag from me at the end of the week.

MAMBI Work...take a peak!

The Winner Is....

Naomi Doherty :) said...

That was fun!!!! Although I'm still creeped out by the creeeeppppy hand :)!!!

Naomi send me an email with your address to maryfrances@townisp.com and I will send you out your goodies!

I was given a wonderful opportunity a week or so back.  I was asked by MAMBI (Me and My Big Ideas) to do work for them for their trade show booth at CHA.  I was super excited...as you would expect.

For the next few days I will be showing you what I made using the MAMBI School, Baby Girl and Boy, Wedding and Sports lines.  Oh my..what fun colors and patterns.  The chipboard accents are to die for.  And each page kit you buy which are called MAMBI kits is full of so many things.  You can make layouts, cards, paper projects and still have "stuff" left over.

Here is a project I did with the "Baby Boy" Line.

 The train sticker, which is dimensional, was one long piece.  I cut it apart so it would fit across three blocks.  The stars where just yellow until I added gold Stickles to them so they would sparkle.

 I cut felt scallop circles to go with the sticker accents on the side of this block.  You can also see them on the top orange accent.

My hubby Gregg cut the blocks for me from a stair post he got at Home Depot.  I then painted them blue and mod modged paper onto each side.  I then took a brown ink pad, chaulk ink, and added some dimension and antiquing effect to the edges.  I did the same to the stickers so they were not so white in color.

This entire project was made from just one 8x8 layout kit.  And I had enough left over for at least a layout or a couple of cards.

CONTEST ALERT!  Leave a comment on my blog each day for the rest of the week and on Friday I will pick a winner of some really cool products that will sure get you scrap on!

That's it for me for today.  Check back tomorrow for more MAMBI creations.

Winners Posted...Karen Foster Sneak Peaks PLUS another raffle!

Thanks so much for joining us on our sneak peek event last week! Our designers were excited to share their projects featuring new Winter 2012 Karen Foster Design collections. We loved hearing your comments about the projects and want to share some new goodies with you. Congratulations to the following daily prize winners:

Sue K. – Robots & Shopping Diva
Wendy Crowe – Wedding & Prom
kim – Hockey & Curling
Bryngelson – Best Friends & Scrapbooking
Helen - Easter
{VICKI} – Basketball & Swimming
Penny – Brother, Sister & Twins
Rachel Brennan – Cruise/Snorkeling
Aleks - Military

And here are our four bonus winners who will each receive five assorted sets of Karen Foster Design clear stamps:

Rachel M.
Jenny Kozar
Izzyb
Momtotucknlexi

If your name is listed above, please send us an email with your full name and postal mailing address to kfdwinners@gmail.com by Monday, February 6th. We will be sure to contact you to make arrangements to get your goodies sent quickly. Check out your local scrapbook stores or online retailers for these exciting new products from Karen Foster Design!

ONE MORE CHANCE TO WIN LADIES!  If you post a comment today on my blog I will pick a winner tomorrow and send out a good bag from my own stash just for the winner.  Stay tuned and don't forget to post a comment.

Final Day of Karen Foster Sneak Peaks: Hockey and Curline

Yes you read that correctly...CURLING.  Karen Foster has a curling line.  You have got to check it out.  But, not here on my blog.  I have HOCKEY to show you today.  But, hop on over to the other designer blogs and you can see CURLING in all its glory.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and commented this past week.  Everyone on the Karen Foster Design teams thanks you for your appreciation of the products and projects.  Don't forget about the contest below.  Good luck.  I hope you win some scrapping goodies!

Now about the CONTEST!

To enter your name in the drawings, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post. You don't need to comment on every blog post to win, but you can increase your chances of winning by leaving comments on each of the Design Team member’s blogs every day during our sneak peek event. Enter up to once per day per blog (KFD posts only)! As always, Karen Foster Design welcomes international entries. Comments close at 12 Noon on Friday January 27th EST. Winners will be posted here on Monday, January 30, 2012.

The prizes will be hidden on the blog posts - not even the Design Team members know where they are! A winner will be selected at random from the comments on one post per day. So the more you comment, the better chance you have of winning, since you never know where those prize packages are hidden!

But wait, there’s more! To add to the excitement, there are more prizes! On Saturday four additional winners will be chosen at random to receive bonus prize packs of five stamp sets each. How awesome is that? Good luck!

Visit all our designer blogs for more inspiration!

Sherry Cartwright
Alice Golden
Jolene Johnston
Carolyn Lontin
Tania Willis

Day 8....Sneak Peaks

Today I will be showing you the TWIN and Brother's lines from Karen Foster.  Fun colors and fun patterns and embellishment are all over this line.  Check it out.

 Here is a card using papers, stickers, coil brads and scrapper floss.

 Close up of the swiss dot embossing I did to the paper, love how this came out.

The inside.  Do you decorate the inside of your cards?

 An altered letter "G".

 Close up of the stickers which I mounted on cardstock and attached with pop dots. Brad and scappers floss alos.

Here is a peak at the Brother's line

Now about the CONTEST!

To enter your name in the drawings, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post. You don't need to comment on every blog post to win, but you can increase your chances of winning by leaving comments on each of the Design Team member’s blogs every day during our sneak peek event. Enter up to once per day per blog (KFD posts only)! As always, Karen Foster Design welcomes international entries. Comments close at 12 Noon on Friday January 27th EST. Winners will be posted here on Monday, January 30, 2012.

The prizes will be hidden on the blog posts - not even the Design Team members know where they are! A winner will be selected at random from the comments on one post per day. So the more you comment, the better chance you have of winning, since you never know where those prize packages are hidden!

But wait, there’s more! To add to the excitement, there are more prizes! On Saturday four additional winners will be chosen at random to receive bonus prize packs of five stamp sets each. How awesome is that? Good luck!

Visit all our designer blogs for more inspiration!

Sherry Cartwright
Alice Golden
Jolene Johnston
Carolyn Lontin
Tania Willis

Karen Foster Sneaks Day 7

I thank God for my life
And for the stars and stripe

May freedom forever fly
Let it ring

Zack Brown Band

Today is about saluting our military and what better way to show off those military related photos with the new Karen Foster Military Line.

I don't have any projects to show but the other ladies of the team have some fantastic projects to share.  I have borrowed and image from Carolyn Lontin which is below.  But, you have to go check out her blog to get the full effect of this amazing project.  WTG C!!!

Altered printers tray!

And here is a peak at the papers and embellishments.

Now about the CONTEST!

To enter your name in the drawings, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post. You don't need to comment on every blog post to win, but you can increase your chances of winning by leaving comments on each of the Design Team member’s blogs every day during our sneak peek event. Enter up to once per day per blog (KFD posts only)! As always, Karen Foster Design welcomes international entries. Comments close at 12 Noon on Friday January 27th EST. Winners will be posted here on Monday, January 30, 2012.

The prizes will be hidden on the blog posts - not even the Design Team members know where they are! A winner will be selected at random from the comments on one post per day. So the more you comment, the better chance you have of winning, since you never know where those prize packages are hidden!

But wait, there’s more! To add to the excitement, there are more prizes! On Saturday four additional winners will be chosen at random to receive bonus prize packs of five stamp sets each. How awesome is that? Good luck!

Visit all our designer blogs for more inspiration!

Sherry Cartwright
Alice Golden
Jolene Johnston
Carolyn Lontin
Tania Willis

Day 6...Karen Foster Sneaks

Well it is cold in MA today...but not on here on my blog.  We are all about warm and sunny beaches and fun vacation spots.  Check out the new CRUISE AND SNORKELING line here.

 This is a little travel journal I made up using all the fun elements in this new collection.  The stickers are super cool, love the colors and distressed look and feel.

 I added lots of dimension to the cover with pop dots and stickers.

 Love this seagull.

 Some of the fish stickers are covered in epoxy...totally fun!

 Sparkle burst brads remind me of the shiny coral you see.

 I put a little stamped area on throughout the book for journaling.

More fun stickers.
Now about the CONTEST!

To enter your name in the drawings, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post. You don't need to comment on every blog post to win, but you can increase your chances of winning by leaving comments on each of the Design Team member’s blogs every day during our sneak peek event. Enter up to once per day per blog (KFD posts only)! As always, Karen Foster Design welcomes international entries. Comments close at 12 Noon on Friday January 27th EST. Winners will be posted here on Monday, January 30, 2012.

The prizes will be hidden on the blog posts - not even the Design Team members know where they are! A winner will be selected at random from the comments on one post per day. So the more you comment, the better chance you have of winning, since you never know where those prize packages are hidden!

But wait, there’s more! To add to the excitement, there are more prizes! On Saturday four additional winners will be chosen at random to receive bonus prize packs of five stamp sets each. How awesome is that? Good luck!

Visit all our designer blogs for more inspiration!

Sherry Cartwright
Alice Golden
Jolene Johnston
Carolyn Lontin
Tania Willis