Balloon Bears

Here are some new piecings that have been added to the store recently. You can purchase these or any other of my piecings at Down Memory Lane.

These would be great to add that little something to a birthday scrapbook page or even use it for a birthday card!

Pattern used from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. 

Thanks!

Announcement! Paper Piecings for Sale!

For Teacher Appreciate Blog Hop - Please Click HERE

Hi Everyone! Thank you all so much for following me on my journey of paper piecing. I try to keep my blog updated but unfortunately some slip through that I forget to post. I hope you continue to follow me on my blog and also please join me on facebook. You can follow me HERE and always be up-to-date with what I'm working on and sometimes I even have giveaways.

Now onto my big announcement.....

You can now purchase my paper piecings online or in the store at Down Memory Lane! They have been gracious enough to give my piecings a stable home where you can always find them for sale. They have only been in the store a month and business is going wonderfully! I hope you will follow them on facebook as well so you know when the piecings are listed on the website. Here are some helpful links.....

Paper Creations by Mindy Facebook Page ....... HERE

Down Memory Lane Facebook Page ...... HERE

(Be sure to tell them Mindy sent you!)

Down Memory Lane Website........ HERE

They also have some spectacular scrapbook kits and card kits for super-reasonable prices!

Thanks so much for your support~

Teacher Appreciate Gifts Blog Hop

Welcome to the Teacher Thank You Gifts Blog Hop ! You should have just come from Cyndie's blog. If you're just joining us and wish to start from the beginning, please hop on over to Dena's blog. Teacher Appreciation Week this year begins on May 7th and ends on May 11th. If you're looking for some teacher thank you gift ideas, you've come to the right place! Each of the designers in today's hop is sharing a wonderful gift idea for a teacher. We hope you have fun hopping with us while picking up some great ideas!

For my Thank You gift I made...... a Thank You card set. I just love these colors! They look so bright and cheery all spread out like this !

Each card measures 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. The colored pieces of cardstock are measured at 4 x 5 1/4, just enough to have the white border. My sentiment piece of cardstock is measured at 1 x 3 and I lined it up with the edge of the colored cardstock. 

Here is a close-up of one of my favorite colors - 

Stamps, Ink, Paper is all from Papertrey Ink. If you've never tried their products before - you should! Their cardstock is fantastic! I believe it's 110 lb cardstock so it's great for making gift boxes ect. Real sturdy cardstock. 

I've randomly stamped violets on the colored cardstock and then took a sponge wedge, inked with Fresh Snow Ink and lightly used a circular motion in the inside of each flower. It just gives them a little ....Pop!

I hope you've enjoyed my gift for Teacher Appreciation. Please be sure to "Hop" along to Jamie's blog next... but don't forget to comment for a chance for some blog candy! (read below for details)

Here is the entire line-up if needed.

Dena :  http://missdjones.blogspot.com/ 

Cyndie : http://cyndiepaperboutique.wordpress.com

Mindy : http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/   You are HERE!

Jamie : http://thesassyprincess.blogspot.com   NEXT

Amy Jo: http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com 

Cely: http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com

BLOG CANDY ALERT! 

For today's blog candy I am offering a $10 gift certificate for a brand-new online scrapbooking company.

To be eligible for the $10 gift certificate all you need to do is leave me a comment - that's it! Please read below for more information about Ginger Snap Scraps.

Ginger Snap Scraps is a brand new, on-line scrapbook store run by stay
at home mom, Cori Wagner.
The store has many popular brands such as Cricut, Copic, My Mind's
Eye, Echo Park, Peachy Keen and many more of your favorites! All
Cricut cartridges are $35 and under all the time!

Shipping at Ginger Snap Scraps is $5 flat rate shipping to the US and
$10 flat rate shipping to Canada. *Due to expensive shipping rates, we can not ship any 12x12 paper to Canada.  Shipping to military bases is
always free, as a thank you for your service to our country.

BUT.... FOR MY READERS TODAY.....

Cori would like to offer all of you free shipping to her store!
Use the coupon code ME4 at checkout for free shipping on your
order-good for US and Canada!

Pansie the Pig

Ok - not quite done playing with the tear critters lol - Here is one more (for now) to share with you.

Pattern and supplies from The Beary Scrap.

Ginger Snap Scraps Grand Opening!

Please head on over and check out Ginger Snap Scraps Grand Opening! Giveaways all day on Facebook and some awesome products !

Find her on facebook HERE.

Pandie the Panda

Playing around a bit more with the tear critters. Here I've created Pandie the Panda.

Pattern and supplies from The Beary Scrap.

Owen the Owl goes Pink!

I'm having a lot of fun with these tear critters and with the variety of colors in mulberry paper the possibilities are endless!

Here I've created Own the Owl in normal brown.....

 and then in pink!

All of the supplies used including the patterns come from The Beary Scrap.

Graduation

I cannot believe it's April already! Where did March go...? And of course that means graduation is right around the corner. I'm going to share with you today some premade paper piecing sets that are ready to be added to your scrapbook pages to finish up the book just in time for the graduation party!

I just love making these graduation characters ! They are so cute! Pattern is from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.

Scrapping Bug Designs

Hi everyone! 

I was playing with some files from Scrapping Bug Designs and wanted to show you what i came up with. This is the first time I've actually put something together from them even though I've stock-piled on their files lol. They all go together real nice and they have some great file ideas!

 Be sure to also visit my Facebook page HERE to stay up-to-date with all my creations!