GCD Studio Contest

I was so excited when I saw the GDC Studio contest because I knew my August Kit from LBD was full of some juicy goodies from them :) I was so excited that I forgot the part about making a layout about your home town...LOL! How funny is that. The good part is, I have some left over ;) and I LOVE this little goody I made to hang in my dining room.

I ran the birdie and the flowers through my Cuttlebug for some added dimension....

There is a Melody Ross sticker hidden in there....

And the stamp is from Norma Kennedy over at For the Luv of Art from the June kit..OH and TONS of Shimmerz that Norma just loaded in the store!!!

FTLOA

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

It's AUGUST and do you know what that means? THE mostest amazing kit from The For the Luv of Art :) :) :) :) AND I have to tell you that these goodies aren't just for girls. Any cutie boy or cutie pooch will do. So please come hang with us, too!

Oh man do I love my Kreaxions punches :)





Check out this fun give-a-way at Everyday Scrapbook! It is a new company and they do the fun frames! You know how much I love to alter frames and these you can easily rotate AND the black frames are a must. must must have!

Core'dinations at CHA

If you had the pleasure of going to CHA, I hope you stopped by the Core booth for some goodness. check out the blog for some more details on the new lines. There is a Stacy Julian Line, Graphic 45 and a new SANDER! woooooot :)

I posted them earlier and on FB, too but I thought I would refresh your mind a bit ;)

Here are two projects that I had at the booth. TFL!

And who is excited for FALL???? ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used Joyce's punch on here and I think I need to invest in this for sure.

Have a great week!!!

I will post some photos of our Wipeout Weekend Birthday bash this week :) Crazy kids.

Happy Friday!

How is everyone's weekend looking? Today I have to work a bit and then we get ready for owen's WIPEOUT party! Wahoo!!

We are setting up an obstacle course in the backyard. It is going to be fun!!! But we have to blow up 650 water balloons tonight, LOL. We probably won't do that many and save some for a later day but that is still a lot.

Today I wanted to share another card I made with the Little Black Dress kit club August kit. I used the Prima packaging on here and the mesh. This fun little piece of trim came with the vintage goodies so I pulled the string to roushe it a bit.

And I used another CPS sketch. I am loving their sketches! It has been awhile since I played along over there.

AND! yes, there is more, LOL! I used my goodies from Helmar :) I am the guest designer over there for the month of August. I used the Liquid Craft glue on here for the trim. Worked fabulously!

I tucked some of the scallop trim from the Sass paper behind here with the sentiment:

OH OH OH!!!!!!! WHO WANTS SOME SNEAKS??? ;) ;) ;) The August For the Love of Art is coming sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon! :):):)

Be Inspired #95

Today is the day for the Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #95. Today's Challenge was to create something heartfelt. I chose to do a sympathy card. A friend of Brian's passed away the other week. He was 37 and had a massive heart attack. They haven't seen each other in awhile. It is such an eye opener to make sure you take care of yourself. I guess he had signs of a minor attack earlier in the week but didn't have health insurance so he didn't go to the hospital. Very sad and now two small girls are without a dad. So, please please take care of yourself. You can't put a price on life, that is for sure.

Anywho, I don't want to be debbie downer today! It is a gorgeous day so let's enjoy it :)

Here is the card I created for the Cuttlebug Challenge using the Little Black Dress August kit. It is lush with reds and pinks and FAB vintage embellies! The green houndstooth is tissue paper!!!! ACK it is so cool! :) I used the Houndstooth and Argyle Folders on here.

Not sure if you can tell but I ran the tissue paper through my Cuttlebug, too. The Sentiment is myStampBOX.



And here is another card I made with the LBD August kit. I used a CPS card sketch for this one.

Again, the sentiment is myStampBOX. These circle sets fit my circle punch PERFECTLY! I did some Cuttlebug goodness on here, too :)

It's the weekend!

I am heading off to work for the day and looking forward to coming home, cleaning out the garage and scrapping. Sounds exciting, huh? LOL!

I wanted to show some more of the Webster's goodies I created for CHA from the Wonderfall Collection. I loooove the amaZing colors in this line. The Blue is GORGEOUS and the bloomers in this color are my fave, fave, fave. Click here to see what else the amazing design team did with these lines...they always blow me away.

First off, I wrapped a little present :) I also used my Kreaxions punch on here from Just Imagine crafts.

The whimsies are so COOL. you have to RUN and get these when they ship to your LSS!!!!!

Next up is a little journal. This little guy is only about 2"x3". I love altered little things, I don't know why, LOL!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy Wednesday!

Feels like I have been getting things done lately so that makes me feel good, LOL! Too bad today is paperwork day. Every other Wednesday I cringe that fact so after this post, it is time to get to work.

And did I mention it is a full moon week? I know you are going laugh at me but people go crazy during the full moon!

I wanted to share my FTLOA of art cards that I made with the July stamp set. Make sure you stop by for the Card of the Day challenge. I am hosting this week :) I used some June kit goodies on here and some Core'dinations! Don't forget that you can stamp on your Core...it likes it ;) I submitted these guys to Papercrafts. It was my first time subbing to them, wish me luck next time.

I stamped on the Fancy Pants paper from the June it and than ran it through my Cuttlebug and layered it. ON AND there is a Kreaxions punch on here (from Just Imagine Crafts)!!!!!

How cute is that butterfly????

AND speaking of For the Luv of Art Announced their new Digi/Hybrid team!!!

Have a GREAT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Monday! :) ;) ;)

I wanted to give a shout out to everyone arriving at CHA today! It is so exciting. In honor of the festivities, I wanted to share some goodies I made for the Websters Booth. If you haven't seen their sneaks you MUST AND they are having a Guest Designer Call going on now over at the inspireMe site. Oh and the summer catalog is up, too!

This little jar would be perfect with some hot chocolate for a Holiday gift...

Again, Webster's always shows their versatility! You can make any kind of card with this line...not just Holiday related themes.

I added a myStampBOX sentiment to this card so you can see how versatile this line is!

Be Inspired #93 AND some SNEAKS!

Good Morning!!! Today is Cuttlebug Challenge Blog's Be Inspired #93! We played with a sketch today. Here is my take on the sketch...make sure you check out the blog to play along!!! HUGE prizes this week for the Christmas Festival!!!!

I used Core'dinations, Graphic 42 and some other goodies on here. The Cuttlebug Folder is the Textile Folder 37-1153

SPEAKING OF SNEAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Webster's has a ton right now and so does Core'dinations {ah, Graphic 45 Core Impressions!}. THEY ARE AWESOME! I will post more of those Friday. Webster's is posting more and more everyday so make sure you keep on checking back!

AND Kiki art has a few going on right now, too. This is a super cute Halloween Line!

Yeah...we're home!

We are home for GOOD! isn't that exciting?! We had our last trip this weekend and we are done with major traveling for the summer. Insert {sigh} here, LOL! I love to travel more than anything but it just feels good to be home and get settled.

I wanted to share a few more goodies from the LBD kit club July Kit. For this project, I used my Just Imagine punches!!! OH MAN are these aWESomE! you have to check them out.

I used a the cute little flowers that I punched underneath the border punch...how fun is that???

AND this light blue OA paper is actually the bottom part of punch what I punched in the photo above! You can use BOTH parts of what you punch.

Summer Blogging

I can't believe how hard it is to keep up with a blog in the summer! As soon as I get one done, it's like it's time for another one.

We are heading to New Hampshire for a wedding Friday so this I have to at least get one up today ;) ;) ;)

LBD July kit is up!

Here is a fun shot of the cool Vintage treasures you get in this kit!!!

You can check it out here and the blog here for inspiration from the designers.

Here are a few things I did with the kit:

I used a mystampBOX stamp in the journaling the (*love*) is s stamp!!! how cute is that??

I used an Anna Griffin punch to make the large circle and Spellbinder's dies for the smaller ones.

I loved this fun bingo card and other vintage treasures from the kit that I used on this layout.

I put the Sass sticker on a wax piece of paper and then ran it through the cuttlebug to emboss it and cut the scallop shape with a Spellbinder die. I also ran the metal embellie through the cuttlebug, too!

have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Fourth of July!

I have made a pact with myself to make sure I cherish what it means to be free more than just this weekend and I hope you do, too. It is also a reminder of the brave men and women who give us that right every day. THANK YOU!

Here is a card to celebrate this wonderful weekend. I used some of my Webster's Pages scraps for the stars and border along the bottom. I save every piece of it :) This week I am posting the Card a Day challenges this week so head over to the FTLOA forum to check them out. This card is today's challenge...Patriotic Cards :)

Scenic Route has the best chipboard shapes and I stocked up on them. These stars are actually from the remaining piece (I used all the stars on this sheet). I figured it would make a cool mask for something.


Lots of Glimmer Mists....Blues, a touch of red and some Wheatfields.

It is Vacation Time!

It is Friday and we are off for vacation so I will be seeing you next week. Please Please have a save and Happy Fourth of July weekend!!!

I was lucky enough to play with some of the Traveling Stamps over at FTLOA. If you haven't joined over there yet you should! They do a lot of fun stuff like this. Norma designed these specifically for us...aren't they cuuuute? You can do a lot with these...

Here are the cards I created with the stamps. I also used Core'dinations Cardstock {Black Magic on the butterfly and Vintage for the Mauve color and Core Essentials is the white}. I love to stamp on Core'dinations. Even though it is textured, you can still stamp on it.




I used Spellbinders dies for the scallops...the circles fit perfectly!






Have a Great Weekend!