To make this calendar, I bought a large white poster frame from Michael's. I removed the clear plastic piece and the cardboard backing. I then cut 3 pieces of twine and hot glued them to the back of the frame.
This will be my 13th Christmas as a mom and only my first year doing an advent calendar with my kids! It wasn't something my mom did while I was growing up, so it just wasn't something I did either. As my two youngest have grown more aware of every holiday coming up and asking me how many days til this day or that day, I thought it would be fun for them. When I saw all the fun holiday stickers mambi had, I knew putting together this calendar would be a piece of cake! To make this calendar, I bought a large white poster frame from Michael's. I removed the clear plastic piece and the cardboard backing. I then cut 3 pieces of twine and hot glued them to the back of the frame. Next I grabbed some bitty bags, mini clothespins and mambi stickers. I decided not to just use the number stickers. I mixed them up with the little Christmas sayings and even spelled out numbers with the letter stickers. I attached the bags to the twine with the mini clothespins. I also used a few more of the clear stickers right on the wall, above the bags. Can't wait til my kids get to start opening their little surprises!
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I loved making my Gratitude album last November, but I knew I just wouldn't have the time to get one complete this year. I still wanted to make a small gratitude layout for my album, and The Good Life mambiSTICKS were perfect for it! "Start each morning with a grateful heart" - I love this quote and wanted to make it the focal point of this layout. I cut a gold foil mambiSHEET down to 6x8 and placed the sticker in the middle. I placed the thankful, blessed and grateful circle stickers right onto my page protector. I filled in the rest of the pockets with some photos, mambiSHEETS and a few POCKET PAGES™ clear stickers. I'm so grateful to be married to my best friend who fills my life with love and laughter. To be the mother of 3 amazing kids. To have parents who are involved in our lives and who I can depend on for anything. What are you thankful this year? I'm so excited to share my first mambi project with you! Fall is my favorite season since I love pumpkin anything! Every October we take our kids up to Apple Hill so they can decorate little pumpkins, go through corn mazes, ride ponies and have apple and pumpkin treats! Over the last few years I've seen so many different and fun fall decorations, including beautifully painted and patterned pumpkins, not just your typical orange jack-o-lanterns! This inspired my cute little patterned paper pumpkins! I grabbed a few of my favorite mambi patterned papers and my circle and oval punches to make these fun little pumpkins for my title card. All you need is 3 circles or ovals for each pumpkin, and I hand cut the stems from the same patterned papers. I used a mambi banner with black letter stickers to complete my title card. mambi has some really fun clear stickers, I used one on this photo we took in the car as we were getting ready to leave. I must say, I've gotten pretty good at taking family selfless lol! I used a POCKET PAGES™ date card on this page along with a gold and kraft polka dot patterned paper that I cut down to 3"x4". I printed out my journaling and cut that into little strips to fit on the card. I finished the page off with a few embellishments on the photos. I hope you liked my little paper pumpkins! Head on over to the mambi blog to find more inspiration from the rest of the design team!
I am so excited to announce that I am on the 2014-2015 me and my BIG ideas Design Team! I've been using their products since I first started scrapbooking over 10 years ago so this is a huge honor! I can't wait for what lies ahead in this next year with this amazingly talented group of women!
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