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National Hug Your Cat Day

My feline best friend and the subject of this blog hop is none other than Squeaker the Cat and trust me she earns her name! Squeakie is quite the conversationalist and very vocal about her wants/needs particularly at Bedtime!!!

I swear she lays in wait…fakes me out and makes me think she is dead asleep, but the second my head hits the pillow its, “meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow meow!!! “It is now time to pet me and scratch me and Love Me Mom!!! You’re not tired!” LOL

I mean look at her in the photo….she’s laying on my pillow with that impish look of hers letting me know “I’m waiting for you!”

You know what is my favorite part of Squeakie? It’s her “antennas.” In this picture she was down to 2 only, usually she sports 4! LOL They are bright white, tall and just stand out against all her black.

She truly is a joy and a ball to have around…I’ll talk to her and she will meow me her replies and we will carry whole conversations!

As for the layout itself, the paper came from Die Cuts with a View Pet’s Stack and flat flowers from Petaloo if I’m not wrong. Don’t quote me on the latter, I’ve had them for a while and it is what happens when you shop from your stash! LOL

I made myself let go on this layout, I tend to be one of those scrappers that over-analyzes her layout to the “nth” degree. This time I just cut up paper, put it together, called it good and then realized “Gawd this is Busy!”

But then I like busy! =D

I hope you enjoy my stop…leave me some Love if you like my layout! Oh and don’t forget to Hug Your Cat today!!!

Next stop is Robin!!!

Mayra the Mad Scrapper

Blog Hop Line Up

Jessi – www.Mylifeinartsncrafts.com
Connie – http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
Robin – http://littletidsandbits.blogspot.com/
Lynne – http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Mayra – http://themaddscrapper.blogspot.com/
Robin – http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com

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Upcycling Starbucks!

I never cease to be amazed by the cleverness of my fellow scrapper!

I happened to be fiddly-farting on Scrapbook.com. Heaven forbid I should actually scrap or clean my room which is what I SHOULD be doing! LOL

Having said that though I want to share this image I found posted by Luuuuv2scrap.

So if you happen to buy Starbuck Frappucino four packs you just might want to save those! Just say’n!

Mayra the Mad Scrapper

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Happy Scrapbooking Month

Greetings All! Let me start off by wishing everyone a Happy Scrapbooking Month! So what are you doing this month? I’m getting a late start but I’m determined to do a project a day for the rest of this month. Can I do it? Who knows? But I’m going to try!!!!

I’m going to start with one of the projects I made at the National Scrapbook Day Crop I went to at Hearts and Crafts in Covina, California!

Tee, our Instructor started with cutting out the hearts, crown and angel wings using Tim Holtz dies from Sizzix out of chipboard and dictionary paper. We then used a glue stick and glued the dictionary paper onto the chipboard cut outs.

We then painted a thin coat of Viva Precious Metal EffectPaints and SilksAcrylic Glaze by Luminarte onto the paper. It paints on very sheer so if you want a deeper color or a more opaque effect just paint additional layers. It dries quickly so this won’t take too long!

We then glued our chipboard pieces together and then used Inka Gold Metallic Rub and rubbed color onto each of our pieces basically to our taste. I did add some of the Graphite around the edges to add some shading and dimensionality to my heart and wings. This was the first time I was using this product so I tended to be a bit light handed but I still like the effect I achieved. Not too bad for a rank beginner in working with mixed media! =P

We then took a shipping tag and rolled it up into a ball, spread it back out and painted it using Silks Acrylic Glaze by Luminarte. I painted my tag using Sunburst and Ginger Peach. I then went over the card with various colors from the Inka Gold Metallic Rub line. I wanted the colors to be deeper and achieved that effect by rubbing additional layers onto my tag.

Last but not least we were given a snippet of white ribbon and I painted mine with Silks Acrylic Glaze by Luminarte and tied it into a pretty bow. We then glued our winged hearts and bow onto our tag!

Here’s a shot of my finished tag. It may not be a work of art, but I’m rather pleased! I see collecting these paints in my future….ah to have infinite amounts of money to buy all that pleases me! However, I do recommend these paints…they are tooo much fun!

Mayra the Mad Scrapper

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March Mustache Madness Blog Hop

Welcome to our March Mustache Madness Blog Hop. Mustaches are all the craze now and we decided we needed to show off our mustachabilities through crafting and jump on the band wagon. We hope you enjoy all the fun and silly projects that have been made incorporating mustaches.

Our hostess is Jearise at Lorby’s World and make sure you start at her blog since she has a fun mustache give away for this hop with all the details to enter on her blog.

Now on to the mustaches and fun!

Greetings all! I decided to participate in this blog hop because I wanted to challenge myself to think OUTSIDE the box and this hop certainly challenged my creativity. I felt like Winnie the Pooh…I thunk and I thunk and I thunk my big thoughts (and that’s a lot of thunking for my poor pea brain!) until genius FINALLY struck!

I really didn’t want to use the mustache in any obvious form…I wanted it to tell me what it was going to be … I just had to wait until it FINALLY did. I just stared at the cut out and had a “Seussian” moment and saw that the mustache reminded me of a Christmas tree! (Yeah, I know…a bit of a stretch!) but there you have it.

I coupled that inspired “genius” with the knowledge that I had a seriously silly photo of my daughter Tatiana when she went with me to pick out a Christmas tree a couple of years ago…and you have my project above.

It’s rather simple, but then some of life’s best pleasures are just that…simple! I hope you all enjoy…and remember don’t just go for the obvious..let the creativity flow and carry you outside the box!

Have a great day…Enjoy the hop!

Mayra the Mad Scrapper

Full Lineup in case you get lost along the way.
Jearise – lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Tee – tee-myspot.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-mustache-madness-blog-hop.html
Lucy ~ love2createitall.com
CallyAnn – callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Ashley – thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
Cicily – www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.co
Anita – www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Lynne – slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com
Mayra – themaddscrapper.blogspot.com
Michele – www.scrapytaz.blogspot.com

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Valentine’s Mailbox-Treat Box Blog Hop

Valentine’s Day is just two weeks away and we wanted to see what kinds of mailboxes, boxes, and bags you make to give those special people in your lives. Join us for some amazing Valentine’s inspiration in plenty of time for that special day and those special treats.

This hop has two hostesses today: Jearise from Lorby’s World (lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and Tee (tee-myspot.blogspot.com). Make sure you visit their blogs because they have some special treats of their own to give away. They’ll tell you more on their blogs.

Now on with the inspiration…

Greetings All! Welcome to the Musings of a Madd Scrapper! Thank you for stopping by my blog as you journey along this Blog Hop! I hope you enjoy my project!

I’ve dug into the stash and channeled a little bit of Romance, a little bit of

Grunge and a little bit of Shabby Chic to come up with my Love box. This little gem started life as a very interesting looking cigar box. Who knew cigars were rolled in Nicaragua? I came upon it while on the SoCal Shop Hop in 2012 at Wooten’s Scrapbook Co. in Ontario, California. The shape and interesting hinge spoke to me and I just listened to its siren call. I can only imagine how good the cigars are because this box is actually well constructed and sturdy and the painted surface is smooth as glass!

I lined the inside of the box in red velvet paper from SEI I acquired on clearance recently at Michael’s. I really should have bought more! It feels soooooo yummy!!!

For the sides of my box I selected My Minds Eye Red Damask Flocked and trust me I thought about it…it was just so lovely I didn’t want to use it. I just wanted to gaze on it lovingly… However I had to be strong and use it for this project because it just felt right. Not that anyone of you know anything about coveting/hoarding paper 0_o Let’s all be honest the paper was perfect wasn’t it?

And what says Love better than…well….Love? When choosing the paper for the lid of my box, the choice was simple I reached into the stash and located the Union Square “Home Sweet Home” Love Paper – from My Mind’s Eye/Lost & Found that I bought at the Scrapbook Expo in Ontario last year. It’s just one of those things. You buy the paper, set it aside, let it mature like wine and wait for it to tell you what it’s going to be. You just have to be patient sometimes and wait for it to whisper….but don’t get too close…sometimes paper SHOUTS what it wants to be! LOL

For the inside of the lid I used Union Square “Beautiful Day” Journey Paper from My Mind’s Eye/Lost & Found. I love the color, the shabby chic feel and the medallion with Journey written it. I’ve added an embellishment to emphasize that Love is a Journey, because, well it is!

For the bottom I used a piece of the same sheet of paper. I thought it worked well with the damask print.

The finishing touches on my box was a red sequin braid around the outside of the lid that I have had stashed for at least 10 years. On the front I added a metallic embellishment from Jolee’s and metal feet from Tim Holtz. How can you do anything shabby chic without Tim?! Perish the thought! I added pearl bling to the sides and paper roses to the lid. I wanted that Vintage/Shabby Chic feel without going over board.

Well folks, I hope you enjoyed your sojourn here at my shiny new blog. Stop by anytime, I have all kinds of stuff to share….Oh and while you are stopping here I’m at the Scrapbook Expo at Anaheim, California this weekend! I’ll have all kinds of tales to tell and stuff to share with you next week! Woo hoo!

Now onto Ashley!

Mayra the Mad Scrapper

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Snow Many Memories album

Greetings all! This is the maiden voyage of Musings of a Mad Scrapper!

The blogging world is TOTALLY new to me so please bear with me as I work out the kinks. Who says an old dog cannot learn a new trick?!

Since this blog is going to be dedicated to my adventures in scrapbooking, I believe it is appropriate this post be about my newest creation. It is a mini album I’ve created with a Winter theme I’ve titled “Snow Many Memories.” I used DCWV’s paper stack Arctic Wishes. It has a whimsical feel that just “spoke” to me and well even though I’m in California, it’s been cold here lately too! Brrrrrr. Thar be tropical blood in these veins and we do not suffer the cold well! Where are my hot flashes when I need them anyway? LOL

Anywho, here are the images of my album. I hope you enjoy it and draw inspiration!

Mayra the Mad Scrapper

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