Maria's Merry Makings

Friday, May 13, 2016

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series-May 2016!

Hi, there!

Today I'm revealing my planner pages for the month of May! Debbie has designed a new set this month for your planner decorating, which is Planner Series: Checklist! This set would be so helpful to remind yourself on your planner for all those important things to do. As you can see on my planner, the important things to do are making birthday cards!:-)

It is May and it's time to plant flowers! I usually plant about four dozen geraniums. It will be great to see pretty flowers blooming everywhere once again!

I used a pretty flower from the stamp set Thinking of You for the flowers seen at the top of the planner. Potted flowers from the stamp set Live Love Grow are seen at the bottom on the right. The sentiment from the same stamp set is seen at the top. Lots of planner stamps were incorporated for my May calendar page this month such as Planner Series: Get your Craft On, Winter Sentiments, Happy Icons, Celebrate, Vacation, and Appointments.

And, here is a closer peek of my pages...

Please hop along and view some awesome planner inspiration from our Planner Team:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jeri Thomas

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Michele Henderson

Nancy Salkeld

What's New

Planner Series: Checklist

Planner Series 2016 Full Year Calendar

Paper Sweeties May Kit!

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Thank you for taking the time to drop by! Please stop back tomorrow for Sneak Peeks! Take care!

Hugs,

Maria

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 359!

Hi, Friends!

Paper Sweeties has been invited to sponsor Cupcake Inspirations! A $25 gift certificate will go to one lucky winner! The theme for the challenge is bunting. I just love the colorful banner against all the white! And, here is my card...

For my card, I started with a white card base and stamped and die cut Birthday Banners/Sweet Cuts-Birthday Banners. Twine(Robin Egg) was addded to the banner and carriage. The baby carriage and sentiment are from the stamp set Bundle of Joy and die cut using Sweet Cuts-Bundle of Joy. Copics were used to color the images. And, Wink of Stella was applied to the heart on the carriage to finish the card.

I hope to see your card over at the challenge...good luck!

My Mom has been gone since 2013, but she will always remain in my heart...love you, Mom! Happy Mother's Day to all!!!

Take care!

Hugs,
Maria

Saturday, May 7, 2016

You Color My World!

Hi, there!

Just popping in quick to share with you a card made for the Sandy Allnock's Earlybird Bonus Class for her Copic Jumpstart Online class, which will begin on May 27th! We were to color the adorable squirrel holding a copic marker. I added the sentiment from Sweet 'n Sassy. I didn't have all the markers that Sandy used to color her squirrel, but that's ok because she is teaching us to try to use other colors. And, I'm happy with the colors that I chose. Here are the colors that I used for my card...

l have taken copic classes in the past, but I felt I needed a refresher course. And, Sandy is one of the best! She has fabulous tutorials and her hex chart that I purchased last year is so helpful! I'm really looking forward to learning more from Sandy!

Ok, that's all for now. Take care and thanks so much for dropping by!

Hugs,
Maria

Friday, May 6, 2016

Signs of Spring!

Hi, Friends!

I walked outside a couple days ago when the sun was shining and took some spring pics! Last week I took some pics, but the lighting wasn't right...so dreary. But, the sun decided to show on Tuesday and it was a lovely spring day!

Here are a few things growing around my yard...