Hey! CROP ALERT!

(If you are here for Core...scroll down a bit ;) )

We are super duper excited!

Awesome challenges...

Prizes are being posted here...

Seriously come join us for the weekend. It's World Card

Making Day...loads of challenges for the weekend...a GREAT

group of ladies...fun stuff.

For the Luv Art

Core'dinations and Spellbinders Blog Swap

Good Morning!

Welcome to the Core'dinations and Spellbinders Blog Swap. 

We are living it up this week with some awesome inspiration.

There are tons of ways to win, check it out....

Here is how you can win:
1. Visit the Core’dinations blog and leave a comment every day, Monday the 26th through Friday the 30th. We will give away two packs to TWO lucky winners.
2. Like us on Facebook and comment to win a paper pack.
3. Visit the Core’dinations Designer’s blogs and leave a comment. We will be linking them up on the Core’dinations blog throughout the week and will choose one random designer’s blog to pick a winner.

Make sure you visit the Spellbinders blog for more details on how to win some of their awesome dies AND for some amazing projects from their Design Team.


I used some Vintage cardstock for this card. Spellbinders dies cut Core BEAUTIFULLY!
I used a Grand Scalloped die to create the window.

I was actually inspired by myself  and a card I made earier. I love love

making window cards and new the doily would fit in this shape perfectly. 

I have to say these Spellbinder's dies stay on my desk 24/7!

Happy Friday!

Mornin'!

I am so excited to share this layout with you.

I have had it completed for some time now and it is one of my FAVES.

I used May Arts ribbons on here and created some banners with them.

They are the Double Stitched/Striped ribbons. I just LOVE these colors.

Henry doesn't say his "g"s very well so he calls my mom Nama instead of Grandma. 

She eats it up every time he says it and even signs her name that way now. It's tooo cute.

I snapped this photo on the boat down at my sister's this summer. H is the BEST snuggler in the world and this photos really captures that. He also pronounces that "nuggle". LOL!

I used my Scrapdango July kit for this. I love these papers from Simple Stories and I accented it with the ribbons, of course, and some LYB stickers.

Here is a close up of the ribbon banners.

I love wide ribbon....you can use it just like patterned paper and that is what I did here.

Have a great weekend!

Cricut Cards

Good Morning!

I got a happy box already this morning!!! 

I had two cards picked up for this issue. Both use loads of Webster's Pages and Core'dinations.

The ribbon is May Arts striped twill. One of my FAVES!!!!

And this one...

with a MyStampBox stamp...I still use these stamps over and over again!

OA Cards

Cards Cards and More cards!

I created a few cards last weekend and wanted to share them with you today.

For some reason the OA sketches always get posted for me at the opportune time.

This card sketch was no exception.

{Click on Images to make them larger}

And this one is for fun ;)

I loooove these Doodlebug rubons. They are so tiny and cute, I knew they were perfect for

this vintage button. 

Authentique

Happy Thursday!

I am super excited about this post today. 

I get to share some of my fun layouts from Scrapdango's August Sugar Kit.

It is jam packed full of fun Authentique papers.

Here are a few layouts that I created:

(Remember to click on the images to make them larger)

Disclaimer-->  this garbage can is brand new and clean ;)

Stamps are MyStampBOX (not in kit)

And some pics of Henry. He ALWAYS says this when he can't
get something to do what he wants. It's obviously broken and not
his fault, LOL!

OH and make sure you head over for the Month of September.

School is in Session!

AND YOU COULD WIN A 3 MONTH SUB!!!

Click click..is this thing on?

I am here! Things have been crazy around here.

BUT I have been scrapping!!! 

First up check  out the May Arts blog for some AWESOME give-a-ways!!!

My post is up on how to embellish your ribbon. 

It's all about stamping on your ribbon. I suggest using ribbon that doesn't have

a lot of cotton fibers in it b/c it will bleed. I used Stazon  and it works

GREAT on this ribbon. 

Of course, I used THREE kinds of Core on here...Vintage (red), Core Couture (Black) and Glitter Silk (green).

The stamps I got from Our Craft Lounge where holiday ones so I stayed with that theme. This little Moos guy is the CUTEST. 

And of course the video :):):)

Cheery Lynn

GOOD Morning!!!

Head over to the Core Blog this

week for a chance to win some Core Goodies.

We are doing a week long blog swap with Cheery Lynn.

They have some awesome dies and embossing plates.

Here is a card I created for a Wedding I went to this past

weekend.

{click on image to make it larger}

I used a dauber and applied some Tim Holtz Distress Inks to

the embossed image to show off the cool texture.
I even embossed the Crate die ;)

Stamps are Gel a Tins (numbers)

and myStampBOX

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!

(click on images to make them bigger)

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 :)):)

Happy Mother's Day!

Shouldn't every day be mother's day??

It should!

When I saw this Get Picky challenge I almost fell over. I have these photos and

I saved this butterfly from the hanging plant brian and the boys

got for me for Mother's Day. They always get me a few of these and I

just love them! 

That and a case of beer. What more can a mom want???  :):):)

{click on the image to make it larger}

Core Impressions Woodgrain CS, MME patterned papers,

Pink Paislee alphas and twine.

And a HUGE thanks to miss Andrea for her scraps ;)

and PTI cloud die cut. A MUST HAVE!

and a close up of the loopty loo's :)

October Afternoon Building Block

Wahoo!

Got some Scrappy time done this weekend. 

Andrea and Joyce came over and I actually got a bunch done :):):)

One thing I worked on is this layout using the OA Building Blog sketch.

When I came across this photo and thought about our family's love of reading, I thought...

why not use these papers?!?! They are just for boys ;)  When you have two boys and a lot of boy themed papers...you tend to think outside the box with them, LOL!

When I started with the Building Block, I really went with the idea of the sketch as just that...a starting point...

I thought the large image would help balance the photo along the very top of the page. I see

this design a lot but sometimes, when I try it, it seems top heave and this seems more balanced for me.

And to "girl it up" I added some tulle ;)

Click on the image to make it larger....

Summer Time!!! :)

Happy Wednesday!

It is hot hot hot here so I thought it would only fitting to share 

a summer layout from the July Sugar Scrapdango kit!

It's full of fun summery colors and papers from LYB (you know I love

my LYB!!! & Simple Stories)

This layout is actually based on the LYB sketch this month. 

One of my new favorite things is to make my own photo "art". I call it that but

I no photographer or artist by any means, I just love to play with actions and then

add my own Word Art directly to the photos. I have always had this weird addiction to Word Art and find myself scouring the digi world for cool stuff. Vinnie Pearce always has the coolest downloads and I guess that is where I started loving it a few years ago.

p.s...can you see the BG Core Impressions???  LOVE IT! ;)

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO MAKE IT LARGER.

And a fun card using some more LYB. I used a Gel-a-tins stamp set. I love these fun button stamps and faux stitching!!! I have to say I never really used faux stitching stamps before and they sooooo easy!

May Arts & Stampendous

Welcome to May Arts and Stampendous Blog week!

I created an altered frame with the Stampendous  Jumbo Cling Rose  and some May Arts Twisted Burlap. 

Why or Why do I LOVE burlap???  :)

Here are a few images of the final project. You can see the video HERE if you would like some additional details. In the video, I explain how to make the layered flower and then weave the Twisted Burlap string.

I stamped directly on the Pink Paislee patterned paper.

And the crackle paint. Gosh I love this stuff!!! I use it all the time. I started with a bright yellow coat, then I blended some light brown, blue and green. Then added my crackle paint.

Video: