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Hello there! Hope you are having a great weekend! I had some "me" time tonight so I made a layout featuring a photo of Scott and I standing in front of THE St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing the inside is!

I made a trio of flowers using the following Die-namics: Large Royal Rose, Upsy-Daisy and a Mini Royal Roses die.

I added a Fancy butterfly then for added interest to the background, I randomly stamped the polka dot image from Distressed Background Blocks and the text image from Collage Backgrounds:

I've never made an exclusively black and white layout so I took on the September Scrap Around The World Challenge for "color" inspiration:

and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with Keeping the best sketch challenge:

Thank you for stopping by ~ I hope you are inspired to create!
Be Sweet ;)

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Mona Pendleton | Thursday, September 26, 2013 @ 3:55 PM | MFT MPD Distressed Background Blocks , Mixed Media

Hi there! Hope all is well with you. I had a lot of fun with April while she was in town visiting. We completed all the wedding invitations over the weekend! Yahoo :) There wasn't any stamping involved other than on the envelopes so when all was said and done, the assembly took roughly 6 hours. April and I worked for 3 hours on Saturday then her Mom joined us on Sunday and we wrapped it up within 3 hours. Scott being my tech support 24/7, designed and formatted the inside of the invitation as well as the response card info. April was very appreciative to have that task behind her and skipped off with her box full of invites :) I feel very blessed that my son Jerry met such a sweet girl and that I had a chance to get to know her over the past 5 years.

I had some time to play today, so I made this mixed media card. After creating the colorful background paper using the Gelli Arts printing plate and various acrylic paints, I die cut 6 square panels using Die-namics Pierced Square STAX dies and a heart using Die-namics Hearts a Plenty die.

For added interest and contrast I randomly stamped the chicken wire design from Distressed Background Blocks and stenciled design using Concentric Circles. I finished it off with a sentiment from Winged Beauties and a Sno Cone button:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with Freshly Made Sketches:

and for color inspiration, I joined along with the Fusion Card Challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting!
Be Sweet ;)

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Mona Pendleton | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 @ 9:55 AM | Die-Namics , Layout , MFT , Mixed Media , MPD Distressed Background Blocks , My Favorite Things

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week so far! Today I have a layout to share that I made just for fun featuring a photo of my sweet little four legged furry friend ~ Gretchen :)

I white washed the background with Gesso then added design using various colors of paint along with the Petal Pattern stencil. I stamped the BINGO card using Document It - Bingo and adhered a trio of die cut hearts made using Die-namics Hearts a Plenty:

I added various flowers from my stash ~ some of which are several years old! For added contrast, I adhered a few die cut black licorice leaves made using Die-namics Royal Leaves.

For color and tidbits, I joined along with the CSI90 challenge:

The Scheme: Use all 5 colors ~ done

The Evidence: Use at least 2 clues

Hearts, Tie something, Polka Dots

The Testimony: Journal about a pet / 5 Fun Facts

I journaled about my girl Gretchen while including 5 facts :)

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the October Sketchbook365 challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting!
Be Sweet ;)

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Mona Pendleton | Sunday, September 22, 2013 @ 9:01 PM | Mixed Media , Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge , Tutorial

Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! In celebration of STAMPtember this week the DT is featuring a project made using a Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® ART JOURNALING KIT by SHARI CARROLL! The challenge for this week is to use ANY Simon Says Stamp exclusive product in a project.

Using MANY fab items that I received in my kit, I got a little messy and inked up the journal covers:

Here's a view of both the front and back covers:

To begin, I applied the Gesso from the kit on the journal which is also included in the kit:

Then using the fun stencil included in the kit along with various colors of Color Shine sprays I sprayed the journal covers repeating the process with additional colored sprays listed below:

then I randomly stamped the pretty flower stamp included in the kit Gesso:

I applied Altered Orange ink included in the kit along with the stencil to add interest to the background then doodled around them:

I painted and sprayed a piece of the cardstock using the paints that were included in the kit

then embellished it using the clasp, stickers and tile which are ALL included in the kit. Using Simon Says Stamp LARGE Heart Set Craft dies and dictionary page from the kit, I cut a variety of hearts: