My CHA Core'dinations Shares!

Hey there!  As I await the results of whether or not I shall remain on the Core'dinations Cardstock Design Team, I thought I would finally share my layouts that were displayed at the Winter CHA Tradeshow in Anaheim back in January.  I previously tried to upload my pictures before but Blogger was being a real bugger that day and wouldn't let me share pix. I really loved what I was able to create for the event so I don't want to miss out on sharing them here on my blog.  Oh, how I wish I had been there... but one day I hope to experience CHA in persona and in full sensory mode, lol! 

This first page I am showing wasn't actually displayed at the Core'dinations booth but rather it was created for a "Core'dinations Scrapbook" which was gifted to Anthony, Core's Creator and Director. 

 

Please click on any of these pictures to view them larger and in more detail. 

Here I used a combination of Black Magic, Whitewash and Vintage Core... all favorite collections!  The diecut design was cut with the Cricut Paper Lace cartridge. 

 

 

 

This is my first page I did for CHA featuring the Core Essentials Pastels collection!  I really liked the end result of the torn edges which were also stitched together to form the background.

 

"Ribbons In the Sky"

 

 

I also included some embellished areas on the cardstock with some vintage embossing powders from Stampendous!  I thought it added the perfect accenting for this... as well as all the wonderful diecutting added using the Cricut Ashlyn's Alphabet cartridge.

 

 

 

Next up... a page with the ever so fabulous Glitter Silk!   This glitter cardstock is all that's needed besides some wonderful photos to make a page SHINE!

 

 

 The canvas leaves and florals are by Prima, and I misted them with pink and green Glimmer Mist sprays.  I punched the bees out from black and yellow Glitter Silk using a Martha Stewart punch and the title was cut out using the Art Nouveau Cricut cartridge. 

 

 

 

And the final page I did was one to feature the Tim Holtz Kraft Core Shattered collection which made it's debut at CHA.  I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Shattered line of Core. It can be used for so much more besides vintage! 

 

 

I used the Teresa Collins Sophisticated Cricut cart to cut out the "Beautiful" and flower cuts.  Also used a flower edge punch of Martha's and some embellishments and twine from Queen & Co. 

 

So there they are and I'm so glad I was finally able to share them.  Core'dinations just makes scrapping so easy and fun... their cardstock quality really is the cream of the crop! 

Hope you'll visit me again soon! 

 

Fun Announcement!

Hi all!  I have such a fun announcement to blurt out today, AND a fun share! 

I am excited that I have been added to the  Design Team of a fabulous little Etsy shop and creative blog... The Curtsey Boutique (Shop and Blog)!  If you are a fan of sweet, vintage and shabby-chic, you really need to check out what all the Curtsey Boutique has in store.  I believe you will fall in love with all the cute hand-crafted elements!  Today the shop's blog featured my very first project and tutorial and I would love for you all to check it out and comment (there and here) to let me know how I did for my very first go of it!  ;)  HERE is the blog post!  I'm not going to go into depth here with the tutorial since it can be seen on the Curtsey blog, but I will share the picture here of the finished card.  Since St. Patty's day is coming up, I went with that theme.  I paired my green up with some lovely "SPRING" yellow!  Anything to set that spring mood of course! ;) 
 

 

 

The elements I used on here from the Curtsey Boutique include the hand-dyed yellow doilies, the seam binding and the green pearlized heart pin.  The green seam binding was originally white but I sprayed it with some wonderful Fairy Green Glimmer Mist!  You can see I also packed this card with loads of wonderful new Core cardstock too...the fabulous NEW Tim Holtz Shattered collection, as well as some beautiful softer shades of yellow and green from the current Graphic 45 Signature Series in Lights!  My die cuts were cut from Cricut cartridges. I used the Paper Lace cart to cut out a heart shape... I used 3 different hearts pieced together to form a clover design.  Then I also used the Teresa Collin's Sophisticated cart to create the banner to house the sentiment which I stamped on with Vintage Photo Tim Holtz Distress ink. 

 

So there you have it... my first design for Curtsey Boutique!  I'm hoping you liked it and that you'll go check out the shop!  There are tons of beautiful goodies in there to spark your creativity!

And, one more thing before I forget to mention... my favorite company to design for is now hosting an open Design Team call!

 

  Yesss... that's right, Core'dinations is having a new designer call and you do not want to miss out on this fabulous opportunity.  Believe me when I say, this is one design team that I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE UP... like EVER!! So now maybe your chance.  Break out that Core and create in a frenzy!  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the week :)

A Sketch At Nikki Sivils!

Howdy!  Hope everyone's had an enjoyable weekend.  Hard to believe it's about wrapped up... those Sunday evenings sure do come around quickly when you don't want them to, lol! 

I had big intentions of doing a lot of scrapping this weekend, but somehow those intentions didn't amount to much at all between catching up on the loads of laundry, sweeping the floors and cleaning out closets.  The Nook was having their May virtual crop all weekend long and they had 29 challenges listed.  I really had hoped to do many of them... I wrote them all down too and was thinking about which challenges to attack first.  In reality though, I was only able to produce one layout for the #12 challenge to "Go Wild About Animals".  At least I did finally get these pix scrapped from last summer when we had a little thief amongst us... a sneaky groundhog who kept burrowing it's way into our garden to feast upon our veggies.  For this page, I used some of the adorable Beatrice papers from Nikki Sivils and also used the sketch from the Nikki Sivils blog to try to earn a Guest Design Team spot. 

And here's the sketch...

I also used a variety of Core'dinations cardstock here and the Paper Lace and Sweethearts Cricut cartridges. 

Okay, that's it... that's all I got done, so it's all I've got to share for this time.  Ohh, I almost forgot though, I also wanted to share that I had some fun scrappy happy emails this past week as well... I had one card requested for the Oct. CARDS issue as well as four other projects picked up for the Oct. issue of Cricut, so of course those really made my week super exciting!  And did you know that the Cricut magazine has gone monthly now instead of bi-monthly?!  I'm really stoked about that! 

Well, I do need to be on my way... Monday morning will be here before I want it to and I've got to go to work.  It is nice to be working outside of the home part-time again, but I don't think I can ever get used to and enjoy the Monday morning routines!  Hope everyone has a great week :)

My Layout at GingerScrapStreet Magazine!

Good afternoon all! 

Just wanted to do a quick post for today, as I'll be back Saturday to post some stuff for NSD (National Scrapbook Day)! 

I have a layout featured in the May 2011 issue of GingerScrapStreet's digital publication which can be seen HERE!  And here's my page as well with some extra detail shots too...

This layout was based on the following wonderful sketch by the uber talented, Allison Davis, featured on her Sketch Support site...

For this page I used the heart, medallion and cupid accents cut from the Cricut Sweethearts cart and the font, XOXO and fabulous heart border which I cut using the Cricut Paper Lace cart.

That wonderful houndstooth is a digital paper design by Chris Hertel.  I've used that print of hers numerous times, but I love it and it's so fun to use on layouts and cards.  If you'd like to download some of your own, you can HERE!  Just be sure to give Chris some well deserved credit! ;) 

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be seeing you all around on Saturday for NSD!  Can't wait!

Woodland Animals and Woodpeckers!

Hello, and good Monday to all!  Um, I know Mondays aren't all too popular, but hey, at least it's NOT raining here!  I'm so tired of the rain.  And how nice it is to even hear the birds chirping too... so yeah, I'll take a Monday without rain!

Thought today I'd post my most recent projects that I did for CreativeXpress.com. 

First up is a sweet notecard set that I made using the Cindy Loo Cricut cartridge. 

I am lovin' this cart... so many neat images, ranging from the woodland creatures that I've used here for this set, to florals and even a dainty looking font! Anyway, this all started as a recycle project.  Instead of throwing out a box of unused notecard envelopes for which I previously used all the notecards, I decided to utilize my Cricut to create an entirely new set of notecards, and not only that, I even decorated the white box flat holding them.  Here's what I'm talking about... this is what the set looked like before the big revamp...

The papers I used for this set were Basic Grey's Marjolaine collection.  I was drawn to the blues and greens in this line, and the plaid pattern especially!  I cut strips of the plaid paper to 3/4" and used tacky tape to adhere the strips around the edges of the box flat.  Then I cut 2 panels from a floral design to fit the bottoms of the inside and outer side of the box.  I took the long diamond border sticker from the sticker elements sheet in the Marjolaine collection and cut the sticker strip in half to finish the detail of the 2 longer sides of the box flat.

 

I made an entirely new set of 6 cards to go with the envies and I made these as monogram notecards using the pretty font included on the Cindy Loo cart.  I also embellished each of the notecards with a fabric Bloomer from the Marjolaine line, and to complete this set and make it perfectly presentable for gift-giving, I wrapped it all up with a piece of blue tulle secured with a cute clear blue button, also from the Marjolaine collection! 

 Next, I did a scrapbook page featuring the Cricut Paper Lace cartridge and the Basic Grey Pyrus collection.  This Paper Lace cart also happens to be a great companion to the Cindy Loo cart, as well as the StoryBook cart!  It's packed with so many beautiful and intricate lacey designs for backgrounds, and equally elegant borders.  You will also find a classic looking font included on this cart which is very useful!

I believe I created a well balanced page here using the content from this cart.  I used an all over pattern for the base background and also included some of the border imagery for accenting above and below my photos.  I also used the font for some of the title work (Woodpecker).

Okay, that's all I've got for now... hoping to go finish up some cards I started earlier since I'll be away all day tomorrow.  Hope you enjoyed your Monday and I'll c-ya around!