Mari’s CT

More Christmas Scrapping

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Mari Koegelenberg has a fun add on to her lovely Christmas kit Baking Spirits Bright with Valorie Wibbens in the store today!

I used the add on papers and the kit to scrap a recent memory.

Milk & Cookies
Credits:
Baking Spirits Bright by Mari Koegelenberg and Valorie Wibbens
Font: Traveling Typewriter

Are you still in the mood to scrap Christmas memories? If so, this kit and add on are just perfect! I just finished my December Daily album (will post photos soon), and I have to say I am ready to move on to regular everyday pictures, and let Christmas be for a while. 🙂

Baking Spirits Bright

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Mari Koegelenberg and Valorie Wibbens have teamed up to create a wonderful Christmas collection called Baking Spirits Bright (how fun is that name?!!)!

Busy with finals, we haven’t done any Christmas baking yet :(, but I had some gingerbread house pictures that were perfect to scrap with this kit!

Best Tradition

Credits:
Baking Spirits Bright by Mari Koegelenberg and Valorie Wibbens
Font: Amelie

The kit is packed with gorgeous papers, so I made this tree because I want to use a few of them on my page. 🙂

Fall Favorites

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I couldn’t be happier that Mari Koegelenberg is guesting at The Lilypad this month. 🙂 She released two new products yesterday, and they’re both very versatile!

Here they are, paired with some goodies from the Nov. BYOC.

Fall Boots

Credits:
Good Harvest and Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky
Heart tag from We Were Here elements by Paislee Press
The Hammer Head font by Heather Hess

I have become addicted to instagram, and I love documenting my favorite things of this season through these little shots. 🙂 I only wish I had a better camera phone, since these pictures are less than 2.5 inches, way smaller than I’d like to use on a 12×12 page, and for my Project Life album.. It doesn’t stop me from using them anyway, though! 🙂

Happy DSD!

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It’s DSD at The Lilypad, the November BYOC is in the store, and two of my designers are guest designing there, so I have been busy this week! 😉 First off, here’s what I did with Mari Koegelenberg’s bits, 
mixed in with a couple of other BYOC products.

10 Things - Oct 201


Credits:

Messy Marvin vol. 3 by Amy Wolff

The Hammer Head font by Heather Hess


I made this page for one of the DSD challenges in the forum – check them out (this is challenge #2)! Next up is a card I made with Sahlin Studio goodies and some gorgeous word art by Paislee Press.

I Found Happiness and Joy card

Credits:

We Were Here elements by Paislee Press


I love the bright colors in Jenn Barrette’s contribution to the BYOC!

Well Done card
Credits:


OK… finally the weekend is here! I most definitely need some time off and some crafty time. 🙂 Happy DSD everyone!

DSD Starts Early!

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The DSD (digital scrapbooking day – Nov. 2nd this year) celebrations have begun early at the Sweet Shoppe, and Mari Koegelenberg has a fantastic new Christmas kit in her store!

Between making scrappy purchases for my December Daily album and starting to buy the first Christmas gifts, I am all in the mood for Christmas already :), and I was delighted to play with this kit! I used it to scrap to scrap a favorite photo from 2009 that I hadn’t scrapped yet – I was waiting for just the right kit. 🙂

Christmas Cookies 2009
Credits:
Christmas Dearest by Mari Koegelenberg
Font: Learning Curve

I love how this page turned out, and you’ll love this kit!! It is 30% off through Sunday like the rest of Mari’s store, so take advantage of the sale!

Mulberry Lane

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Mari Koegelenberg has a new kit in her store (20% off today only) and it’s perfect to scrap farmers’ market or autumn harvest memories.

I made a page with a picture of our apple tree. I love the colors!

Hello Fall Apples
Credits:
Mulberry Lane by Mari Koegelenberg
The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess

Have a good weekend! I’m off to work.. :/

2013 Wall Calendar

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Five years I made a wall calendar for our parents and my grandmother for Christmas. They loved it so much, that I’ve been making one each year, ever since. This time of the year, I’m always busy finishing up the calendar, and concinving DH that we need to take a few more pictures (that’s what happens when you have a husband who refuses to take pictures regularly throughout the year.. sigh…). I usually manage to recycle some of my favorite LOs of the year into calendar toppers (just remove journaling and title, and add month), but I always have to make a few new pages too. Which is why you’ve been seeing so many LOs of DH and me lately. 🙂 Anyway, I am now DONE with the calendars; the order is placed. Phew!

If you’re pressed for time, you should check out these great quick pages:

I made a few of the ones in there. 🙂 Like this one, for example:

January 2013 calendar topper

This year, I went with a different look for the cover! I was inspired by all the painty goodies in the October BYOC. Totally not my usual style, but I love how it turned out!

2013 Calendar Cover

Credits:
Hint of Autumn Stamps by Michelle Godin
Jelly Bean Toes Alphas by CD Muckosky

And here is my absolute favorite lately:

You and Me Baby

Credits:
You And Me Baby 2 by Lauren Grier and Shawna Clingerman
Spatterific 5 paint clusters by Karah Fredricks
Smudge Alpha by Gina Miller
The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess

Love the picture, love the colors! i turned it into our May page.

2 Collabs!

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Mari Koegelenberg has TWO awesome new collabs in the store today! And they’re 20% off too! The first one is a Halloween kit that has all you need to scrap your pumpkin carving memories or spooky stories. 😉

It is absolutely huge and gorgeous! I love all the word art! I found these Halloween pictures from 2010 that I hadn’t scrapped yet, and this kit was just perfect for them!

Cat Pumpkin

Credits:
Freakin Adorable by Mari Koegelenberg and Danielle Engebretson
Fonts: The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess; Arsenale White

Mari’s other new kit is a collab with Erica Zane! Love me some EZ!!

Such a happy, carefree kit! Here’s how I used it to scrap a picture from yesterday (I love it!!):

Lake Picnic 2012
Credits:
Sunshine Girl by Mari Koegelenberg and Erica Zane
Font: FG Jeana

Back to my calendar..

New kit and a CT call!

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Mari Koegelenberg has a new collab in her store today, and it’s beautiful!

The kit is full of adorable pieces, including some bokeh goodness!

San Diego Zoo 2012 (1)

And I also have a fantastic opportunity to share with you: Mari is having a CT call!

Mari’s was one of my first teams ever, and I have been on her team since June 2009 – over three years now! She is a fabulous designer and a beautiful person – it is a great team to be on!