Forward Progress, Sad News, and a Crop!

Prompt 10 is up over at Forward Progress and we have a sponsor! Green Geco and Scrapadilly is donating a prize package! tks bonnie ;) I will share my project with you when i get back from vacation but go ahead and click on the link to check it out, this month's prompt is about being able to forgive in order to move forward. DEEP! ;)

So as i logged in to check my email today, i got an email from CMK {i sub to the announcements section so i can get news when new stuff arrrives in the store, lol} but i am sad to say the store will be no more. CMK will be closing it's doors as of Aug 31st. CMK was one of the first places i ever joined. i have made some long lasting friends there and i am just plan sad. maybe i can convince them to come hang with me at Serendipity ;)

With that being said, pre-crop challenges are posted for The
Happily Ever After Crop next weekend and they are fun! Nothing like a crop to cheer you up a bit. Make sure you check out the August Kits, too! The last few posts I have done with the Collage Press Knave of Hearts and OA have been from that kit.



Here is a little matchbox I made with some of my scraps and a Label Tulip Stamp :

vacation here i come!

so i haven't had a chance to go on my weekly blog visiting trip b/c i am jamming all my hours for work into 3 days! we leave for vacation tonight after i teach my class and i cannot wait! the only thing is, is that my boss is sitting on my class tonight so i am nnnnneeerrrvvvvoooouuuusss! {that spells nervous, LOL}

to calm my nerves this week i did the CPS sketch this week. here is my card:

Core'dinations Chocolate Box Cardstock {the core is green so when you sand it, the green comes through}. then i used the collage press journal spots along the sides as closures.

i printed my journal right on the back of the Core'dinations cardstock and then embossed it with the Twigs Cuttlebug folder. AND, of course, my fave Webster's Pages alpha stickers.



i used removable adhesive on the back so these journal spots just peel right off to open.

New Core'dinations!

I know a lot of people have been awaiting these....

check out the new lines from Core'dinations! Core'dinations is also sponsoring the Serendipity Scrapbooks Shape it Up Monthly contest.



Ebony and Ivory™, Sugar and Spice™, and the Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions Collection™. Each assorted pack differs in style and presentation. For instance, the Ebony and Ivory™ pack combines the Whitewash™ and Black Magic™ Specialty Collections with sunny Core Essentials™ colors while the Sugar and Spice™ pack mixes the Vintage™ and Chocolate Box™ Specialty Collections with rich, autumn-tinged Core Essentials™ colors.

The Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions™ Collection pre-embosses original Jenni Bowlin patterns onto red, black, and tan Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock®.

Here is a layout I did with Core'dinations that was featured in the August Serendipity Scrapbooks Just Enough Please kit. There were 2 sheets of black magic and i sheet of whitewash in this kit. For a tutorial on how to create this edge {thanks to lydia who showed me this} click here. I added the corner punch for a bit of flair. If you have a Scorpal then you are set, LOL!











And another layout from the kit utilizing the Collage Press Diecut Circles. there goes henry up the stairs...AGAIN!

happy weekend!

i hope everyone had a great weekend. i went to the 'rents to hang with them and my very good friend louise visited and the girls scrapped while the boys played. it was so good to see "aunt weezie"! and to scrap...i think i got them hooked on Core'dinations! woot woot!

here are a few projects i did for Serendipity this month. The Just Enough Please kit is jam-packed with Collage Press, October afternoon, thickers, WRMK rubons and Basic Grey buttons. FUN! i can't get over how kristen combines different companies together and makes it work so well. i just love kits that mix and match product.

I have 7 projects from this kit. i won't slap all of them on you in one post...here is an "altered item" i did and a layout, and a card...

before ..... {these fun little guys came in the kit...aren't they cuuuute? they are from Cook Bookin} when i saw this packaging i had to run with it...it's the first thing i made...

after........

some of the Collage Press Knave of Hearts goodies in the kit:

at the crop andrea and i went to last week, she cut this out for me from her Cricut with the Damask print.....LOVE it. told you that girl can work a cricut.

{cork letters NOT in kit}

and, again, andrea let me use this cuuuute cuttle bug folder and i embossed it with my cuttlebug on the Core'dinations Cardstock whitewash and sanded it.

{bling and letters NOT in kit}