Showing posts with label Core'dinations Black Magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Core'dinations Black Magic. Show all posts

Saturday, November 08, 2014

Something Blue Bridal Shower

One of my best friend's got married this summer and today I have some of the shower photos for you. We decided on the Something Blue theme and it was so perfect, especially since our dresses where a gorgeous blue.

First up, BANNERS! I know, right?  But it's true. They are super easy to make, take two seconds to hang, and just do all the work for you. I love love love them against the trees! This isn't the best photo so I took a close-up below, as well.


Here you can see the Core'dinations Whitewash Cardstock. After it's sanded, the blue comes right through! I flipped it over for the letters, cut them on my Silhouette and then embossed them.  A simple Spellbinder's die cut makes cutting these banners super easy.



And of course her very own Bride banner for her chair.  Some Canvas Corp premade banners make this easy with some Black Magic for the letters and Whitewash for the crown. I mean this is your excuse to crazy with the tulle so why not? My friend's mother-on-law outdid herself on this one, it looks like a dress!



The Something Blue sign.  I ordered this from Te Amo Charlie on Esty.  She has SUPER fast shipping and was so so easy to work with! On this table we also placed the Something Borrowed part of the shower. I made little signs for each table to keep the theme moving along. I ordered some Becky Higgins Project Life cards for guest fill out some "borrowed" advise for the bride and groom. Part of my gift to her (I am still working this part, LOL!) will be to put these all in an album and PL will make that super easy.




Now let's talk desserts!  These represent more of the Something Blue theme. Now, I cannot take credit for any of these desserts. I didn't make them, I am  SO not a baker. The vision that we had for this table is spot on. The vintage/shabby chic stands (thank YOU, Misty!) and the "SWEETS" board is a favorite of mine. I used some Canvas Corp burlap and Maya Road canvas tags and other bits and pieces of my stash. Again, thanks to Pinterest for the inspiration pieces on these cute little "save the date" cookies that Kate made.

The cool thing with the "Sweets" sign is that each one is on wires so you can bend them and make them any shape!



I have to tell you these were the BEST cupcakes. Kristie hit a home run on these after finding this on Pinterest as her inspiration. Blue velvet=YUM! I have to tell you....a burlap table runner might be the easiest way to dress up a table!


I love the vintage soda box crates I scored at a yard sale. We use them for tables around our fires but they were just perfect for this occasion.

The signs were just some Core'dinations Black Magic with a chalkboard marker. I cut kraft cardbases from Core'dinations in half for the tent card bases. Super easy and only takes a few minutes. Thanks to Kate for her nice handwriting!



Each table setting had a mustache and crown for some games and a fan from Te Amo Charlie with all the social media icons.  It was outside in July so we need fans! Each part of the shower had a sign explaining the station...Something Old...Something New...Something Borrowed...Something Blue!

Last but not least, the Something Old part of the shower was photos we gathered of Stacy and Mike throughout their relationship and lives. My Brother-in-law is pretty handy with wood designs so he created this black frame. We strung framing wire and hung the photos from it with little clothespins. Again, the fun vintage soda crates were perfect for the stands. Nothing like a trip down memory lane!




I think everyone can agree that a Bridal Shower is only as smooth as the bridal party putting it together!  We had the BEST group of girls and a fabulous  mother-of-the-bride and mother-in-law that helped it all come together. Please note these that photos are a courtesy of a bunch of ladies at the event. This was a total group effort!  Photobucket


Friday, October 31, 2014

Darice & Core'dinations Witch Hat

I looooove Halloween! And when I got my hands on this Darice paper mache witch hat, I knew it screamed the need for some  Core'dinations Cardstock.


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  Torn Cardstock Witch Hat Supplies:
Step 1: Paint the top and bottom of the hat black just in case any of the base of the hat sneaks through. Basic black craft paint works just fine.

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 Step 2: Tear different strips of Core'dinations ColorCore cardstock. Paper tearing never gets old! Core is great for this because the color core looks great. For tips on tearing our cardstock, view our videos here. Tear the strips, sand them with Sand it Gadget and white off with Dust Buddy. Using the Dust Buddy is important because it helps the adhesive stick.

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Step 3: Adhere torn strips, rotating colors and patterns on the top of the hat and finish off with some May Arts Ribbon.

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Step 4: Place on a pumpkin or other decoration.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Using Cardstock for the Chalkboard Look

Yep, it's me again getting my crafty groove on. I couldn't be more excited to be taking time out to do the one thing that I love...MAKE STUFF! A few weeks ago this card was featured on the Core Blog:

Celebrate your next Birthday with a Core'dinations Black Magic card. With some simple sanding and heat embossing you can make it look just like chalkboard!

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  Black Magic Birthday Card Supplies:
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Step 1.   Begin by sanding the Black Magic cardstock first. It's important you sand BEFORE you stamp and wipe dust with Dust Buddy. Removing excess sand will help the clear ink pad stamp clearly to ensure a crisp image when you emboss.

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 Step 2. Emboss with Tim Holtz & Ranger heat embossing powder. I like to use my scraps because sometimes it takes a few tries to get a good image.

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Step 3. Add layers of Glitter Silk and more Black Magic along with embellishments.

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Friday, September 06, 2013

If you "mustache"....


Hi Everyone!
Not sure if you noticed but I changed the name of my blog so you will need to "re"follow me now. I figured now was as good a time as any because I was slacking for blogging for so long but I am getting back on the horse now. 

So if I am blogging that means I am FINALLY getting creative again! With henry starting Kindergarden (sniff sniff) this year I am finding more time to get my swerve on ;)

First up is this frame I made with TONs of Core...Tim Holtz Kraft Core, Black Magic, & JBS Core Amour (sand the white finish and the red stars come through). I love love this photo of Brian's Uncle and Owen sportin' the 'staches! We found this vending machine when we were our there visiting in AR over Easter that dispensed mustaches for a quarter! What?!!??!  Needless to say a few dollars later we all had them. The blonde ones, like owen's, were the best, LOL. Of course, Uncle Dave has his own ;)

I used my Silhouette, too! Wooot woooot! Who doesn't need a mustache cut file?







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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Stampendous Saturday!

Happy Saturday!  Today I used the Mumpkin stamp and some Stampendous Glitter along with some Core'dinations Cardstock in Orange and White (Core Essentials) and Black Magic. And I used some of my Glitter Silk Scraps from earlier this week for some photo corners. Don't be afraid to stamp on that textured cardstock!!!!!

I cut parts of the stamp set, used some FAB Stampendous Glitter as an extra accent and layered them with 3D foam adhesive.  He is so cute!!!


I embossed the little bat from LYB (their halloween line last year was my FAVE!) and added some May Arts Ribbon, too.










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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps

Here is the order of the hoppity hop hop! 
Sorry..silly mood today :)
Sweet Stamp Shop- http://sweetstampshop.blogspot.com
Emily- http://www.createserendipity.net
Ellen- http://closeyourears.blogspot.com/
Jamie- http://jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/
Joleen- http://lovejoleenphoto.blogspot.com/
Kelley- http://myfrontporch-kelley.blogspot.com/
Laura- http://itsallrosie.blogspot.com/
Laurel- http://laurelbeard.wordpress.com
Stephanie- http://handmade75.blogspot.com/
Nicole- http://www.onesweetromance.com 


This month's sets are so much fun!!!


I used To the Moon on this layout...I used Spectrum Noir Markers for the flames and to do the red along the stamped strip along the bottom and to color in the stars.
I haven't been able to put my Black Magic down yet. I have used it on my last few layouts. It is one of my favorite Core'dinations lines. The rest of the papers are from Momenta from our swap with Sweet Stamp Shop a few weeks ago. 

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And I thought the Handmade with Love set would be fun on the back of the layout to 
record the date and my siggy :)




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Monday, May 21, 2012

Momenta & Sweet Stamp Shop

Momenta Week over at Sweet Stamp Shop!

Check out the blog for chances to win HERE and HERE!

This is the first time I used Momenta goodies and I love the texture of the paper and all the fun stickers!  I used a sticker directly on my photo since they were clear. 

And the across the miles set is going to get a work out in my SSS stamp collection. I looove it. I used a heart in  Arkansas because that is where we were :)  And then on my big stamp block, I rotated a sentiment and one of the cute little doodle shapes.

The black base is Core'dinations Black Magic and I scored the bottom like a street :) Thought that was clever, LOL! 




and how cute is this little clear train embellishment????





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Friday, February 10, 2012

I have some fun NEWs


I am excited! You KNOW how I love to STAMP!!!!!!!!!


You should check out them out .....Nicole's stamps they are CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE!
And I got my grubby hands on some of them at CHA when I met Nicole and her sweet husband.

 Of course...I used Core Core Core on here, too. Some Black Magic and PP Core Impressions. Stamped on our our Pearls cardstock. It stamps beautifully. 






Don't forget about the SWEET Sale going on now through Sunday on SpectacleBuddie Bee, & Hello Beautiful

Use coupon code HB10 in the Sweet Shop to get 10% off your purchase of any of these 3 sets!
This is the one I used.....



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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Yummmmmmmm!


How much do you love cupcakes?  I never considered myself having a sweet tooth until now.

If  you would like a full tutorial on how to make this card click here to go to the May Arts blog. It is May Arts and Hero Arts blog week. That means there is a giveaway!!!!!!!!

I used May Arts striped Twill (I looooooooooooove this ribbon so much!!!!!!)  and the cardstock is Core'dinations.

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I scored along the chevron stripes of the cupcake liner.





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Thursday, August 11, 2011

DT Intro and Card-a-Palooza!

HEY!! FUN news!

MY DT intro is over on the May Arts blog today along with some of my favorite
ribbon projects.

SO exciting!!! I never thought I would like to do videos as much as I do but then again, I love to talk so there's no surprise there, LOL!

Also...there has been  a TON of stuff going on over at FTLOA! You HAVE to get over there and play along wtih Card-a-Palooza. It has been so much fun making cards and there still is plenty of time to get the challenges done.

Here are a few cards that I created for them:

Lots of Core and May Arts Ribbon on these cuties!

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Monochromatic


Primary Colors

And Mini Cards...these are SO fun to make!


PLEASE COME AND PLAY!
You will like it there...low key ...drama free :)):)


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