Oilivia Bear Swing Into Spring 12 x 12 Layout w/Tutorial

Design by Corrine Paul

Olivia Bear pattern by Corrine Paul

Hand cut and hand pieced Olivia Bear sitting in her swing


Finished title page with photo mat and journaling box


Finished page with 4 photo mats


I used the Fiskars stencil to help design the tree trunk


Starting page 1 deciding how to sit her on the swing


Coordinating page 2 with page 1


I use ink like most people use chalk


Photo mats are sewn


I used my small oval hole punch and made the rope look more like rope


Placing the photo mat on page 1


Placing the sewn journaling mat


Better picture of the little ovals lined up to look like rope


I added a yellow ribbon and little yellow heart shaped buckles to her shoes

I added few highlights and the layout is finished and ready to
SWING INTO SPRING!!

Creative Cuts April Fools Day Blog Hop

Birthday Bash Blog Hop May 23rd 9am-11:30pm

School Rules 6 x 6 Paper Bag Album

Designed by Corrine Paul


Book worm & apple paper piecing from Anne Lang's 202 Paper Piecing Patterns

The charms and buttons I bought at Hobby Lobby


Colored paper clips I bought at the Dollar Tree


Crayon Paper Piecing were my own design and all hand cut.


Photo Mats are hand sewn by me


I reinforced the holes that the ribbon run through with products bought at Office Depot


1 inch key rings bought at Walmart in office supplies.


Assortment of fabrics and ribbons

Member of "Momz" Ebay Design Group.

Scrappy Birthday Blog Hop April 30th

Queen of my Craftroom Ugly Paper Challenge Entry Due March 27

Created by Corrine Paul

Happy Ever After Blog Hop May 1st-4th.

Peachy Cheap Scapbooking Supplies

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Tiffany's Treasures Jeweled Flowers from Petaloo

Today's Peachy Cheap deal is a giant pack of Tiffany's Treasures from Petaloo. I LOVE these flowers because they have such fantastic jeweled centers. There are 7 colors included: Diamond White, Ruby Red, Mandarin Orange, Blue Sapphire, Emerald Green, Fuschia, and Amethyst. Shipping is $3.99 U.S. and $4.99 Canada.

I am a NEW member of the Queen of my Scraproom Design Team

Luck of the Irish 2 day Blog Hop

March 17th at 9:00 a.m. through March 18th at 11:30 p.m.

WELCOME BLOG HOPPERS
(if you lucked upon this blog, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us)

My name is Corrine and I am making projects for BOTH days. I will post one project each day. You'll find my projects at the bottom of this post.

I am offering BLOG CANDY to anyone interested. To be eligible...

1. Become a FOLLOWER of this blog.

2. Leave a COMMENT below.

3. Become a FAN of my Celebrating Ordinary Moments (COM) Facebook Page by CLICKING the LIKE button. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Celebrating-Ordinary-Moments/184967978193658

When you complete all 3 requirements above you will be eligible to win one of three 6 x 6 Halloween Paper Bag Album Kits that I am personally giving away. Each kit comes complete with an assembled 12 page 6 x 6 paper bag album, cardstock, paper, binder rings, ribbon and other goodies to design your very own 6 x 6 Halloween Paper Bag Album anyway you like. That’s right, I am giving away 3 kits to 3 lucky WINNERS!! GOOD LUCK!!

We're so excited to bring you this hop and we have a fabulous line up with some very talented folks. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and an AMAZING grand prize for this hop worth $212.00. You'll find more information regarding the Grand Prize on Lisa's blog.

My Project for DAY ONE

Page one of my 12 x 12 two page Kiss Me I'm Irish layout

Bear design for head and arms from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs (LSHD). The cloths, hat, legs, balloons, shoes and the gold at the end of the rainbow are of my own design.

My Project for DAY TWO

Page two of my 12 x 12 two page layout

THANK YOU for checking out my blog.

HAPPY BLOG HOPPING

Celebrating Ordinary Moments Web Page

This is still VERY new and "under construction".

"Members" (meaning YOU) are able to sign in and register. Hopefully I will be selling my personal designs very soon~

Check it out
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Hey Cupcake from Create Serendipity

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Emily's Tutorial:

Well, today is a special day for a very special man in my life. My grandpa "papaw" turned 77 years old today! That in itself is an achievement! He's an awesome man and without him I wouldn't be who I am today, so I'm sending out a very special happy birthday to my wonderful papaw today! ♥

In the spirit of Birthday's, I have a very cute Birthday themed album to share with you all today!

To find this cute little cupcake album on ebay, CLICK HERE.

This album is not your typical chipboard album, it is made of MDF board which is more of a wood material and is more sturdy than chipboard. These albums are AWESOME!

Here is the one I used:

It is a Kaiser Craft Beyond The Page Album. Papers used are also by Kaiser Crafts (I ♥ all of their stuff!!!). Thanks for stopping by!

March Featured Designer, Kristi from My Scrap Chick

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myscrapchick.com started years ago with Kristi's
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"We are so blessed to work for ourselves doing what
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Most of Kristi's inspiration comes from her two girls and
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I can dream up. It is so nice to have such a wonderful
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it makes creating new things that much better!



Not only do they offer whimsical patterns, they
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It is always exciting to see what is next with myscrapchick.
If you haven't checked out their site, you can do that here

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