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Fall Wreath {Love}

Posted on October 19, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

I know that I have said it time and time again that I absolutely LOVE fall, but I REALLY do. This weekend I whipped out this rustic meets sophisticated wreath that just oozes the essence of the season. What is better than embracing my wreath making obsession with my {love} for fall, burlap and bling?!

Using burlap I found at Michales, I wrapped a straw wreath and added some fun floral embellishments I found on clearance. The bow was layered with some burlap ribbon. I will have to say this is the first project I have ever done using hot glue where my fingerprints were spared!

Now that I still have my fingerprints intact, maybe I can cook up another festive fall wreath!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “love me some wreath makin'” pie with me.

Linking Up To:

Real Family Fun #35

Everyday is an Occasion Sunday Funday #14

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Link Party Palooza

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Fall is in the air!

Posted on October 13, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

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Happy Sunday All!

Oh my is it starting to feel like fall and this week over at Kiwi Lane Designs I had my first official project up, which just oozes fall-festive-fun!

Pop over and check out all the details of how I used Kiwi Lane templates and American Crafts products to make this fun layout!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “gotta love that I am a Kiwi girl” pie with me.

Linking Up to:

Paper Issues – Halloween Issues

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Boo Treats!

Posted on October 2, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

Head over and check out a fun treat box I made for Amelia & Me Crafts! I found this cut from the fabulous Jamie Cripps over at the Silhouette Store! Every cut you see on the treat box comes with the cut file! Click HERE for all the details on how I made this adorable treat box!

Linking Up To:

Paper Issues – Halloween

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Simple Salutations made with Jinger Adams Collection

Posted on September 24, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

Hi all and happy Tuesday!

Today I have a fun card up over at Jinger’s blog! Be sure to pop over and say I have check out how E-A-S-Y and fun a card made with her All-Occasion card kit can be!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “keeping it real and simple” pie with me.

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Amelia & Me Crafts and my Milk Jug!

Posted on September 10, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

Hi all! Today my FIRST post is up over at Amelia & Me Crafts! Check out how I married double sided adhesive , my Silhouette Cameo and a milk jug! You will want to scoop up some of that AMAZING Silhouette Double-Sided Adhesive and let’s not forget the Silhouette Glitter! All I can say about that is {LOVE}!

Linking to:

Everyday is an Occasion – Sunday Funday

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It is so fun to be ONE!

Posted on August 30, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

Woot! Woot! It is Friday and we are in full P-A-R-T-Y mode!

If you are hopping along the “blogiversary ” going on over at Everyday is an Occasion you are in the right place! If you are here by chance, you are in for a treat! Jill from Every Day is an Occasion is celebrating her one year blogiversary! Today you will be hopping from blog to blog gathering birthday inspiration. AND she has some amazing CHA crafting swag she scored over this summer for her goodie bag giveaway!

My birthday inspiration came from the delights of one of my many weekly Target runs. Yes, I said Target! I saw a card in the stationary section that caught my eye and when I almost summoned up the courage to think I may buy it, I realized that I could so easily make this and save the ~~million dollars~~ $4.99 they wanted for it. Duh!!! Yes, sometimes I loose my mind and forget that I have a 300 square foot crafting island in my house. I blame that moment of insanity on the blinding bright lights of Target and my kids nagging me to get over to the toy department so they can add to their already mile long Santa list.

So here is what I came up with!

This is a Samantha Walker cut that can be found at the Silhouette Store. It was super easy to put together and all I did was copy the base of the image and flip it and weld the two bases together to form a “fold” card. If you need a good tutorial on welding with your Silhouette, click HERE.

I inked the edges and added some bling and buttons and had a lot of fun playing with the fun features of this card. How cool is the “cone holder”? I added some baker’s twine and more bling and buttons to finish off the cone

I added sentiments from the retired My Pink Stamper Collection under the scoop flaps for more sweet surprises.

This card was a lot of fun make and I know it will bring a smile to any birthday celebration!

Be sure not to forget to head over to the “Birthday Blog” and get yourself in the giveaway mix!

Now let’s keep the party hoppin’!

Jill – http://everydayisanoccasion.com/

Holly-http://www.ribbonsandglue.com/

Arin-https://apieceoflifespie.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)

Angi-http://cokiepopaper.blogspot.com/

Court-http://www.alittlecraftinyourday.com/

Shelly-http://mypaperlove.blogspot.com/

Lisa-http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Jessica-http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

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A is for Apple!

Posted on August 27, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

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Hi all! Today is my last day of having my oldest be home with me before she heads off to the great and new world of Kindergarten! Sniff, Sniff! To ~~brown-nose~~ kick off the year right, I decided to make her teacher a card to go along with all the “donations” of sanitize wipes, Kleenex, markers, and paper. Sheesh! I guess that is the new rite of passage that goes along with now being a mom of school-aged kiddos.

Here is a peek at what you can find up over at Jinger Adams today!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “they grow up so stinkin’ fast” pie with me

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Giving the Gift of Cheer!

Posted on August 17, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

Happy Sunday!

Here is a quick and simple project that you can make as a gift for almost any occasion. I made this for my neighbors/friends as a warm welcome back from an extended trip. We had been taking care of their kitty while they were away, so it was easy to place this onto their kitchen counter for a cheery welcome home.

All I did was pick up a glass water pitcher at Home Goods, found some sunflowers at Trader Joes and thanks to my addiction to Pick Your Plum, I had the chalkboard sticks handy. I used a white gel pen for the sentiment and inked the edges with stamping ink. I added some Hemp Cord from Hemptique (love that stuff- such a crafters go-to, something that just adds such a natural and no nonsense feel to a project! did I say I love hemp cord from Hemptique? ) and added some buttons. For the buttons I ran Hemp Crafter’s Cord from Hemptique for a splash of color. I used a hot glue gun to secure all the buttons! EASY PEASY!

Thanks for sharing a piece of “sunflower cheer” pie with me.

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Jinger Adams meets Kiwi Lane Designs!

Posted on August 13, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

Hi all and happy back to posting day to you!

I have been B-U-S-Y with getting my almost Kindergartner ready for her first day of school! YIKES! On a fun note, check out the fun layout I have up over at Jinger Adam’s Blog today. I got to play with some Kiwi Lane Designs framing templates for the first time since we have teamed up with them this month and man were those fun! Head over and see how I did it!

Thanks for sharing a piece of ” Kiwi Lane Love” pie with me

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The Five Minute Card

Posted on July 27, 2013 by apieceoflifespie

OK, so most of you that follow me know that I tend to make things that take some time, but TIME IS NOT ALWAYS MY FRIEND . . . so I am finding as my kids’ schedule is starting to kick into high gear with school, activities and just life.

I love making cards for people, and the thought of running out and buying a card because time is running out is just plain sacrilegious! I find myself breaking out into cold sweats when I am holding a “manufactured” card at the checkout counter.

Well, I just found some pretty amazing products at Michales the other day that changed my world in the scope of being able to make a card that is cute, trendy and heartfelt totally on the fly! GOODBYE over priced Hallmark cards and Hello to Mambi Cards, by Me & My Big Ideas!

I seriously made this card in about FIVE minutes! All I did was pick a pre-cut and scored card from the Mambi card stack, cut down a piece of paper scrap for a layer and wrapped a piece of ribbon around the middle and set it with my ATG.