Imaginisce and Core

HI Everyone! If you are here today then you are hopping with Core  and Imaginisce!

I loooooove my i-Rock! I have had it for a few years now and use it a ton. My favorite is the tear drop/rain drops so that is what I used today. 

For the first card, I cut out a sun. Just traced it using a lid and then sanded it. Then I turned my card around and made the "sun lines" with a pencil and then scored. I always scor from the back so the raised images are on the front so you can sand them. So it was easy. I used Vintage Cardstock for this card.

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Then I thought...why not use the negative image from my Silhouette cut? That is what I did for this card and then just did some embossing and more i rock LOVE! I used Brights Collection pack for these fun, bright colors. 

Here's the list for today:

Core Designers:

Ellen http://closeyourears.blogspot.com (that is me!)
Kim www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com
Jill http://everydayisanoccasion.com/

Imaginisce Designers:
Fleur Smith http://fleursbydesign.blogspot.ca/ 
Marcia Dehn-Nix http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.ca/ 
Apryl Holland http://onescrappysoul.blogspot.ca/ 
Mary Pat SIeh http://siehledwithakiss.blogspot.ca/

Prize up for grabs! Wahooooo!!!!

Against the Grain

Hiya! Here today with a fun set from Sweet Stamp Shop called Against the Grain. I just love sets like this with fun journaling and sentiments. The long strip says, "live against the grain" over and over again. And YOU SHOULD live against the grain, don't you think?

OH and don't forget about the monthly challenge! CLICK HERE for deets.

Speaking of deets...here are some about this card. First up I embossed the Vintage Core with a Sizzix Woodgrain folder. Then I flipped over the Core and stamped on the back for some contrast for my card base. Then I used some Tim Holtz Inks and stamped the circles and found coordinating embellies to use along the top and some Timeless Twine to finish it off. I made the bow extra long because who doesn't love more twine???????????????????????

Make sure you check out their Sweet Sampler made just for those Sweet gals like you and me! 

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Here is the actual set. You will LOVE it! The GREAT thing about 4x6" stamp set is that it will fit your card front perfectly!!!!

Click here to  buy yours NOW. There are not a lot left so HURRY!

Yeah, Boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Sweet Stamp Shop!
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My layout today uses this FUN set:

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So some deets about this layout. I stamped with some pigment ink right on the Vintage Core'dinations cardstock (gray) with those fun speaker stamps. I love stamping on textured cardstock! You HAVE TO try it! Don't be afraid :)  And I stamped directly on the photo using some Stazon Ink.

And for the cassette tap, I stamped it on white cs and gray (both the backsides of Core_ and then cut out the shapes. The with the gray cardstock, I just ran it through the Cuttlebug to give it some texture after I stamped it. 

The red cardstock is Tim Holtz Kraft Core.

Some Scrappin' !!!

So I got my scrap on again this week. Been home with the boys and no classes to teach does my scrapping mojo good! :)

The first one is for the Core Colour Challenge so make sure you head over there and check it out. It's the most  gorgeous colour pallette!!! I used loads of Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions on here.

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Next up is the from the Cocoa Daisy December Kit. I love their kits so much. 

I can't believe how much I scrap with them!!!! I keep them all piled on my desk and just go to 

town. I love the December kit b/c it's filled with yellows and gray....and they always have fun challenges that just get me going ;)

And I a few weeks ago I did a tutorial on making your own Chevron prints with Core here and I used that for this layout.

The challenge was to use tissue paper and layers so I used modge podge and OA sprinklers on some kraft.

The cut it out and layered it this Amy Tangerine frame

Webster's Love

I don't know if you saw this but Webster's is having a Clean and Simple DT call. Details are here. If you are like me and love Webster's but use their products in a more simple fashion than you need to apply. Brandin is one of the nicest people I have ever met, it's family owned business and their products knock my socks off ;)  They are beyond generous and foster a fun loving atmosphere.

So I have been nursing a really bad cold for over a month now. I am on my second sinus infection, second round of antibiotics and can't kick this cough from my bronchitis. So besides work, there isn't much for me to do but rest. That gets old so I scrap. 

I got some goodies from the last release and here is what I created. 

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I got this ampersand stamp from Stampin' Up! YEARS ago so I busted it out for this mask....the balloon is a Webster's stamp, too.  Rain drops are with my Irock.

This one is for the December Challenge. I added some Vintage Cardstock from Core to this...the colors match perfectly!

And here is Brain posing in Brussels. Love this big red door. We had a fun photo shoot here. 

And a card . I love me some cards!!! 

Good Morning!

I am soooo pumped! I have to work for a few hours and then I am off to see Cleopatra at the Franklin Institute! I love all things Egyptology related and this is no exception. Even better...I get to see my girls and hit one of the yummiest sushi joints in the Conshy area. YEAH! My stomach is thanking me already. Oh i have to laugh...as soon as I made that post about losing weight I jumped on the gain train, LOL! I guess it had to happen sooner or later so I need to shock my body next week. Any suggestions? I just love running this time of year. So we'll see...

Check out these cool sneaks from the exhibit.....

Soooooooooooooo....Time for some scrappy stuff. I can't blog without that, LOL! These are some projects I created with Core'dinations Vintage Cardstock. When I think of fall I think of this line of paper...the warm fall colors look amazing in the Vintage line. The card was featured in the Core booth at CHA this summer. I used my BTA for the Thankful Journal and lots of embossing here and a fave Jillibean Soup button.

And Joyce's Maple leaf punch that I hoard at her house, LOL! Now that I think of it..I might have posted this card already...oh well...it's festive for this time of year ;)