Congrats!

Happy Friday! I have some more cards to share today. Working through my scraps over the last few months has been so great. I love making room for all the new scrappy stuff I just purchased within the last few weeks.

These two cards are actually two of my favorites. If you've been here before you know my love of gray! And, for me, this card sums up the last two weeks for me.....Congrats, Ellen! You made it through the last two weeks. I have been working my tail off. I picked up extra hours at work subbing for someone who lost a family member. Three 12 hour days last week and then I subbed again last night. I love it though! AND this Saturday is our St Patty's Day parade :):):)

So....Core'dinations Cardstock, Jillibean Soup, SRM stickers on this card and Making Memories big glitter alpha. I love these and raided my stash ;)

Lots of Core'dinations on this card. I just love this color combo and I cut out the stars from the Core Impressions and accented them on the card in addition to some pearls. And a fun SRM sticker sentiment with the trusty 'ole circle punch ;)

C-A-R-D-S!

I have loads of cards to share today. I got happy with the Core on this post ;) These are a few cards from some of the Moxxie Fab Challenges that I did early this year. So fun!

Make sure you check out the Core'dination's Blog here for more details. I cannot say enough about this company. SUPER generous, awesome to work for and just plan FUN!

So these cards have a whole mix of Core'dinations....Whitewash, Core Essentials and the NEW Glitter Silk.

I just love this Butterfly Die Cut from Kreaxions! I love it embossed, too. I use some SRM stickers on here as well.

Lots of Whitewash....

Lots of embossing and punching on this Monochromatic card with some more SRM Stickers.....Core Essentials and Whitewash....

Loved this challenge for some jewel tones. You will love love love love love love love love this Glitter Silk from Core'dinations. It cuts like butter, doesn't shed glitter all over your desk, folds brilliantly with NO tearing. I highly recommend it.

Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!

Halloween in March?

Yes Ma'am! It's no secret that I love Halloween...maybe more than the kiddos. Each year I say we are going to have a Halloween party but this year I swear we are! I just love seeing everyone dressed up, esp the kids. I am sure you could understand my excitement this year when Owen FINALLY let me paint his face!!!! Then, to my dismay, he wouldn't let me do it...he wanted to {sigh} himself. I cannot fight his urge for independence, I am not sure where he gets that from?

So here is a fun layout I created for {another} Challenge over at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking. They really got my mojo going the other weekend at their crop. This was for a paper folding challenge. Since I am not much of a paper folding flower kinda girl, I went with fold my Vintage Core'dinations cardstock and sanding it. As I was doing this, these little monsters were staring at me and i thought...wouldn't this be a fun place for them to sit?

Other supplies: Jillibean Soup papers, alphas, kraft and die cut shape; SRM Stickers;

Here is a close up of their little ledge....so compfy and cute. I mean scary looking....

Now sewing all this paper folding down wasn't enough. I used some Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares, too.

Have a great week!!!!

Magistical Memories Sketch

Hello Wednesday! The weeks just keep sneaking up on me. It is almost Friday so make sure you click the link on my sidebar for the Core'dinations Contest!!! You could win one of the BRANDNEW releases debuting at CHA!

So I wanted to share a layout I did for the Magistical Memories sketch challenge this month. When I saw the sketch with all the photos, I knew I wanted to scrap these. I have been holding onto them since this summer but I didn't have any MM chipboard that fit. I used my myStampBOX stamps (this cloud set is the cutest!!!) on some scrap chipboard with white craft ink (my FAVE technique!!!) and then cut them out and layered them where the cloud was on the sketch.

Patterned papers are Prima, cs is Core'dinations Cardstock Stacy Julian (it's not pre-embossed but in that collection you get core'dinating colors that are not embossed) and the green cs is gemstone. I also used quite a few SRM stickers.

a close-up of one of the SRM stickers. I matted them on white cardstock and use this fun AC button as the "point" in the exclamation.

Have a great week!

Bling'in Up my blog header!

yeah! I finally got my blog header done with a little help from Joyce. She started it for me and I finished up the rest with a photo and some other details. Then of course, I had to tinker around with the rest of the layout.

The one thing about the Websters's Sweet Season line is that it isn't just for Christmas, it's for Winter in general so that is why I chose it for the blog header so I can keep it up til February...well...knowing PA...MARCH! LOL

So I FINALLY did some Moxxie Fab World Challenges! Remember this Provocraft Paper? I LOVE it and it came across it the other week. It goes perfectly with some Core. OH and speaking of Core'dinations....Have you visited the blog over there for their 12 Days of Techniques? SIZZIX is the sponsor today!

I used Black Magic on this card for the base and the Butterfly is from Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions brights. Do you love that butterfly? I do :) Its BRAND new from Kreaxions.

for this card I used another punch from Kreaxions (the heart) and an SRM Sticker. OH and some more Core ;) Whitewash and Core Essentials ....

I actually used the backside of the Jenni Bowlin Core Impression Brights for the ripped part.

Say It With Letters Guest Designer

I am so excited!!! A few weeks ago Deb from Say It With Letters asked me to Guest Design. We got to work with these awesome NEST letters that were featured in Simply Handmade Magazine. Deb has a beautiful Etsy store so please go check it out. There are unique wooden designs in there for everyone. I love, love this thought bubble and check this out...you can request your own shape, too! love that idea.

Make sure you check out the blog post here!!! I used Webster's Pages Wonderfall Collection, May Arts ribbon, an SRM sticker and a JBS birdie. OH and I had a nice week of requests! Two cards for May 2011 Cards AND a mini album for the Create: Mini album book. Yippee :):)

OH and today is the kick off for Core'dinations 12 Days of Techniques!!!! TONS of GIVE-A-WAYS!!!!!!!!!!! AND an extra bonus today ;) ;) ;)

Some close-ups...here is the SRM STicker along the length of the letter "T"

And the button and bow....Maya Road pin....

Have a GREAT week. Make sure you come to Webster's tonight for the chat. We are announcing the winners of the Blog hop!!!!!!!!!! I used Helmar Adhesives on here...worked GREAT!

Happy Wednesday!

Good Morning!

So how is everyone today? All I have to say is holy heartburn, LOL! We had some serious garlic last night and apparently it is still around. Why do I love it so much???

Well, I am going strong on getting caught up on my blogging ;) I did some cardmaking this weekend. I found on this card and a few other projects, when I kept tying the twine in a bow it felt a little lost. So I started to double it up and do kind of like a double bow (not sure if that is a technical term or not ;) So I thought I would take some photos of it. The patterned papers are from our sponsors over at Passionately Artistic, then I used my favorite Cuttlebug folder, and a SRM Sticker. I order mine from the FTLOA store here.

First, cut your twin twice as long as you normally would for your bow. And fold in half.

Now tie a bow...you will see it has an extra loop.

Just trim that third loop and you have a nice even bow. I do it this way because the ends are nice and lined it up for me. You can obviously double up the twin and not have it attached but it always moves around for me if it's not.

Voila!

Here is the finished Card....I used my Spellbinder's dies in the Cuttlebug as well.

Pearls are from Want2Scrap! love these little guys. they are so delicate!

Have a creative day!

Cuttlebug Be Inspired # 103

Happy WCMD!!! We are kicking off the weekend over at the Cuttlebug Be Inspired Blog today. ooooh and quick mention that Core'dinations is giving away some Stacy Julian Core Impression packs so check it out here.

This is also the card for our FIRST challenge over at FTLOA. Make sure you head over there today for the WCMD kick off there, too.

Supplies: Core'dinations Whitewash, Pink Paislee embellies, Swiss Dot embossing fold (just along the bottom), SRM Stickers. Seriously...all you need is some Core, embossing and some FAB embellies and viola! ;) ;) ;)

Have a fun week everyone!!! Hope to see everyone creating over WCMD this Saturday!

Today's a Card Day!

So today is Cuttlebug Be Inspired #99! Can you believe we are up to 99?

Here are my cards featuring some goodies from September's Little Black Dress kit club. Lots of October Afternoon and these fun Studio Calico cards. I used some Core'dinations and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Argyle Folder. AND these cute little stamps are from My Pink Stamper who sponsored us this week. I love these teeny tiny sentiment stamps!

I used some Zapdots on here to raise the image so I could get the ribbon underneath it...

Here is a Congratulations card that I made for Brain's uncle's son. He graduated this year and these colors were perfect for a more masculine card. I added an SRM sticker to this one. Oh, and I ran the Studio Calico card through my Cuttlebug, too!

It's Friday!

WOOT WOOT!

Can't wait to see the scrubster tonight. The weeks are long without him and the pool at MIL's is calling...scratch that...screaming my name! AND today I am headed to joyce's to meet her and andrea to scrap. My day last friday got cut short b/c henry had a 103 degree fever so I had to get him at daycare. My LBD kit came and I am going to work on that....yipeee!

Just so you know..this was supposed to be posted yesterday but I ran out the door thinking I scheduled it, LOL...so let's talk about Saturday :) So......

The scrubster and I had a nice night last night ;). I have to work today for a few hours and then we are heading over to MILs to swim and grill ALL day :) Can't wait to work on my tan.

There is a FUN FUN contest going on over at FTLOA this month and you have a few more days to get your entries in. There is a fun sketch to work with and it is being hosted by SRM! I love the stickers and use them often on my layouts. Here is my take on the sketch...I used lots of Webster's Garden Gala, an SRM sticker down there at the bottom, and a cluster of myStampBOX stamps, too.

I ran the banner from the PP {cut it out first} through my Cuttlebug:

Here is the cluster of myStampBOX stamps:

And I used some Diamond glaze on here for the water in the bird bath:

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Friday!!!

Yeah for Friday!

We are off to the Wine Festival shortly. The day got away from me and I wanted to get a blog post in before the day was done and weekend is here.

Today was our last day of school and I made this little guy from the Little Black Dress June kit. I used a Martha Stewart paper piecing for the owl. I added the googley eyes and Core'dinations cardstock {not in kit} and the wing is from a vintage card that comes in the LBD kit.

The Hooray sentiment is an SRM sticker. These are so fun!

And in honour of the Wine drinking this weekend here is a layout from the LBD June kit. I just wanted to document how much I love sitting outside with a wine, good book and watch the kiddos run around. One of my FAVE things to do...

I ran these flowers through my Cuttlebug.

Have a great weekend!!!

Welp, Monday almost got away from me but...

I am posting, finally! Hope everyone had a great weekend. The wind has been crazy around here. I spent the day in the yard Saturday but had to call it short b/c of my seeds blowing all over the place. That's okay, though.,,,Brain bought me my favorite case of beer, Stella Artois, for mother's day, LOL! I asked him if was for me or him and he just winked ;) That's my man! Beer and an unlimited amount of love for the rest of my life {sigh}

When I saw the challenge over at SRM, I immediately got to work. I have been wanting to do their monthly challenge and when I saw celebrate life theme, I got to work. This is what happened....I wanted colour and texture and that equals Websters & Core with a touch of my SRM sticker stash.

P.S. check out the Crate Paper blog...you gotta scroll down but you will see some of my goodies from the Serendipity Scrapbooks kit.

Here is a detail. I love how can't even tell that is a sticker!



And some added touches on the inside...

Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge No. 78 AND SRM stickers!

Wahoo!

I looove Wednesdays ;) It is Cuttlebug Challenge Blog day. Today's challenge was a Baby Theme. And I was inspired by the SRM Blog hop going on right now, so I busted out my SRM stickers. Holy cow are the easy, fun AND cute! So I used the sketch here for this card:

And you know if I am embossing that I gotta bust out the Core'dinations. I seriously wonder what my life was like before Core.

The Core Impressions are Jillibean Soup, along with the Patterned Paper and a new button frm JBS.

Happy Friday

Hope everyone has had a great week and even better weekend! Our St Patty's Day parade is this weekend and we cannot wait! We always have a great time and the kids just love it. Owen made TWO leprechaun traps this week to try and catch himself a leprechaun. It is so funny, I just have to hold back the laughs b/c he is so darn intense! I am surprised he didn't wake us up at 3 am to go have a look. The one good think about catchin' leprechauns is that I get to eat the candy and leave the wrappers in the trap. You should see his face! His eyes get all bright and then he gets excited that he was there...last year Brian wrote him a note, LOL! I can't wait to tell him these stories when he gets older...priceless.

Serendipity Scrapbooks is having a crop next weekend {March 26-28} so that means.... PRE-CROP challenges today! the theme of the crop is The Sweet Taste of Serendipity and it is centered around the Food Network...we have some DELICIOUS challenges lined up for you ;)

I did a pre-crop challenge and made a food journal. I made this for a friend so that means I get to use PINK! wooooooooot! I used my NEW Cosmo Cricket goodies and the Core'dinations cardstock that goes with it...this stuff is AWESOME! Oh and don't forget to check out the back...I put a SRM sticker on there that we got with our Core'dinations product trade. These are so FUN! Easy and cute, I think....

I just love how Core can stand on it's own!