Quiet Moments

Hmm, quiet moments are something of a rarity around here lately, but that's what my page today is all about!  I thought that it would be the perfect title for my layout that I created for the Stuck On U Sketches challenge blog today.  Sometimes the quiet moments are all you need!  Isn't that the truth?  Anyway, this page features one of my favorite photos that I took last summer of the hubster and our doggie niece, Jenna who we were doggie-sittin' for one weekend. But if you procede further on and take a look at my page, you will notice that I have titled my "QUIET" Moments page "QUITE" Moments instead!  Lol... major spelling error!  I will be fixing that, however I guess that's what I get for staying up late to scrap!  I seriously can't believe that I didn't even notice that while I was cutting out the letters and placing them... silly me! 
First of all, here is the cool sketch we got to play with this week...

And this is my page...

Remember, you can click on the picture to view my page is closer detail!  And again, so sorry for my spelling error! 

I love the blues and greens that I used here to reflect upon the serenity of the picture.  All of these papers are from the Pink Paislee Nantucket collection, and the embossed Core'dinations cardstock is all from the matching Pink Paislee Core Impressions line of Modern Prints, which happens to be some of my all time favorite Core cardstock!  For my page I also used the Cricut Picturesque cartridge to cut the dragonfly embellishment.  The "quite" in my title was the Paper Lace 2 font as well.  Other product here includes some baby blue chevron ribbon by May Arts, some green tinsil fiber from Darice, some decorative brads from Basic Grey, green paper flowers from Petaloo, pink alpha stickers from Pink Paislee and mini alphas from Glitz! 

So sorry to be so short today, but I've got a busy Friday ahead and must be running!  Like I said, where are my quite moments, lol!  I hope you all have a great weekend and be sure to stop by the SOUS challenge blog and have a look around to be inspired!  ;) Take care, friends!

A New Card... New Week of Challenges!

Today I thought about going out to do a bit of shopping, but then I thought twice and decided it would be much better to just stay home in the comfort of my pj's and do a little crafting.  And I am so glad I did.  Yesterday I had big plans to scrap and make cards but none of that happened because I was stricken with a ridiculous sinus headache that lasted ALL DAY LONG!  So today I am feeling much better and I seem to be back on track because I finished one of the three cards for the 2nd week's Card Sharks contest challenges at the Nook... Yay! 

So this challenge is called KINGS IN THE CORNER!  The challenge part is to create a card fit for royality!  I decided to make mine a Mother's Day themed version and went with the sentiment, "Mom, You Are My Queen Bee, Always".

I used the bee cut from the Sentimentals Cricut cart along with the Queen Bee phrase from Kate's ABCs.  I also added a lil' crown to the bee which I cut using the Teresa Collin's Sophisticated cart... a new favorite for sure! And the hexagon embossed cardstock is from the Core'dinations Pink Paislee Modern Prints collection... good stuff!  I also had fun using a mix of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Glaze within the hexagon shapes.  The beautiful papers and brad accents are all from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 2 collection and I also added a few tiny golden Kaiser pearl accents to the crown with Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type stickers to complete the sentiment. 

As always, thanks for stopping by and do enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening!  I'm off to start another challenge as I wait for the hubs to get home with our take-out pizza for dinner!  That's what I'm talkin' about!! ;)

Card Sharks Continued (Week One)...

Told you I'd be back!  Just checkin' back in here quick on this Wednesday night to share my other card challenge for the week with the Nook's Card Sharks competition.

This challenge is called "Solataire"!  For this one we are to create a special card to "cheer up the lonely"! This can lend itself to a wide range of themes really... a miss you card, a thinking of you greeting, or an encouragement type of sentiment, which is just the direction I went with my, "Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining" card. 

(Remember to click on the photo to view it larger)!

And did you know that Core'dinations now has some awesome... and I do mean AWEsome new embossed Modern Prints cardstock designs to match back up to the Pink Paislee Nantucket collection? 

I used a bit of both right here on this card and if you want to see some more awesome projects with these papers and cardstock AND if you'd also like the chance to WIN some of your very own, then head straight to both of the Core and Pink Paislee blogs all this week long for some fabulous product swapping!  I will also have a layout posted to the Core blog later in the week with these super cool lines. 

Here's some more upclose detail of this card...

check out the silvery shimmer that the clouds have been outlined with!  I used a Liquid Silver DecoColor opaque paint marker along with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze in "Sassy Silver"!  I LOVE this stuff... so fun to use, just like finger nail polish for card making and scrapbooking! I also used the Liquid silver and Glimmer Glaze on the small Studio Calico chipboard clouds.  My larger clouds were cut out using the Cricut Serenade cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

My Pink Stamper Design Team Submission {You Give Your Heart To Make a Difference!}

Good evening all my crafty bloggy friends!  Hope everyone is having a good week and that you all aren't melting away into puddles!  It's been very HOT here today and I believe I'm soon going to head on down to the basement and hide out in my craft room because it's sooo much cooler there!  But first, I needed to post about a card that I put together that I think is my new favorite.  Don't you love it when you create something that you yourself totally dig?  I love when that happens!  So, this card also happens to be my submission for the My Pink Stamper design team call which comes to a close tonight.  Yes, I am squeezing it in during the last lap, but I just had to give this one a go!  Afterall, if Cricut is involved I'm weak... I love my Cricut wayy too much, lol! 

To submit for this dt selection, we all had to follow the challenge to create a project using a favorite Cricut cartridge, and to incorporate the colors of brown, orange, green and turquoise, and other optional color of choice. The only other color in my card is white accenting of the sanded cardstock core and in the mini alpha sticker lettering.  Have to say, I like that combination of colors... earthy, yet cool. 

Guess maybe that's why I went with an Earth motif and woodgrain for my card's theme.  Give a Hoot is one of my very favorite Cricut cartridges and that's where I found the image for the heart shaped world diecut used on here.  I used a variety of Core'dinations cardstock, including the Glitter Core Couture in a turquoise shade for representing the Earth's water.  I tied some vintage crinkled seam binding in orange around the heart shape and attached the piece to my card base with dimensional foam squares.  Sticker alphas completed the card's sentiment.  Ohhh, that woodgrain piece... that is actually packaging (backing) from a set of alpha stickers that I bought from Target awhile back!  Yes, I even recycled on my earthy card! 

Card Supplies and Recipe:

•  Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge - Heart Earth - cut @ 4" from green Core Essentials cs), Heart Earth layer - cut @ 4" from turquoise glitter Core Couture cs).
•  Other cardstock, all by Core'dinations (Green Core Impressions BasicGrey Whimsy dot-line cs, orange Vintage Core cs, brown Core Impressions Cosmo Cricket criss-cross cs).
•  Woodgrain sticker packaging from Target.
•  My Little ShoeBox Mini Alphabet stickers in Sunrise orange.
•  Pink Paislee cardstock alphabets Whimsies in Pumpkin.
•  Trimtex vintage seam binding in orange.
•  Stampin' Up small scallop border punch.
•  Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade.
•  Recollections foam dimensional squares. 

Okay, that's my card!  Now I'll cross my fingers and hope for good news!  Thanks for stopping by! :)

Just Call me Lazy!

Yep, that's why I haven't been updating my blog these past days.  I am just plain lazy.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it, lol! That, and I'm tired and right now I'm sticky hot on this Memorial Day Weekend.  Today I went to a family picnic and now I'm at home catching up on laundry and prepping my 2 rocking chairs on my front porch to be repainted.  That's what I love about these extended holiday weekends... gives me the opportunity to do extra household chores and home projects that have been on hold for so long!  Ohh, and of course, being lazy and chowing down ice cream AND all the other favorite picnic foods ! ;)

So  this week I had a very heavy box delivered to my front door.  We are talking about 35 lbs. of heaviness... 35 lbs. of pure LOVE!  My first Core'dinations dt box arrived and it was overflowing with  cardstock.  I just couldn't believe my eyes, and tearing into that box, I felt just like a little kid on Christmas Day!  I've started creating some things with it too this week, mostly card designs. 

Most of them I can't really show just yet, but I'll share one card that I made using the Vintage Core collection, which is one of my favorite lines. 

This card also uses some yummy Sassafras papers and one of their chipboard flower accents.  And to you see the denim strip on there?  I rubbed some cute Studio Calico button rub-ons over it and added them to an old Creative Cafe diecut frame as well!  The sentiment is a Papertrey Ink stamp.

I also participated in a fun card kit swap this week at the Nook and here's a card that I put together to send along to my swap partner...

For this card I used up the remains of my Pink Paislee (House of Three) Daily Junque paper scraps, and the darling flower I created using the Cricut Give a Hoot cartridge.

So that's all I have for this time, but I hope everyone is having a great weekend!  We don't have much at all planned for tomorrow but we'll probably hang out with some friends at their camp-site... and maybe I'll even have some more ice cream!  ;)  Perfect plan!

I'm Shocked to the Core!

This is what I woke up to find this morning...

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!

We wanted thank each and every person for applying for the Design Team Call.

It was not easy and the Core’dinations Team spent endless hours going through the entries. There were so many amazing entries and narrowing things down was extremely difficult.

Without further ado, here is the new Core’dinations Cardstock Design Team (in alphabetical order).

 Andrea Amu 
April Derrick
Char Dobson
Leica Forrest
Lydia Jackson
Kim Jeffress
Brianne Nevill
Melissa Oliveira
Debbie Standard
Shaunte Wadley

Sarah Hodgkinson, DT Core’dinator

Ellen Sosnoski, Blog Core’dinator

Core Teachers:
Vicki Boutin
Cari Locken
Kimber McGray

Again, thank you to all of the applicants!!! We thank you for

the amazing entries and for your love of Core’dinations Cardstock. It

means so much to see that.

I was floored!  Still am.  But I can not hardly wait to get started in my venture with them.  I also want to give my congratulations to all the other designers!  Well done, and I look forward to working with you all this term!

Now onto other scrappy news on this wonderful National Scrapbooking Day...

as I am also hosting a fun last minute Mother's Day layout challenge for NSD at For The Luv of Art.com.  Would love to see you all pop in over at FTLOA and play along.  Here is the thread LINK to my challenge.  All you need to do is complete a page which includes:

* Fussy cutting with some patterned paper.

* Using either the word "Mom", "Daughter", "Son" or "Family" as part of your title/sub-title.

* Using butterflies as some sort of embellishing.

Here's my example which I am framing and giving to my mom for Mother's Day tomorrow...

I used lots of Core'dinations (Cosmo Cricket Neutrals collection in Weathered Tin Mixed Dot and Jenni Bowlin Studio Vintage Brights collection in Aquarium Butterfly), Pink Paislee/House of Three Daily Junque papers ("Tickets" and "News") and some Maya Road embellishments.  All my diecutting accents were created with the Cricut, monograms from A Child's Year cartridge and the postcard design and Always & Forever phrase from the Sentimentals cartridge. 

Your challenge page should be completed and uploaded to my thread my Monday, noon (EST). This is the RAK that is up for grabs for one random participant...

Hope you'll play along and join in with all the other fun challenges happening over at FTLOA today and throughout the rest of the weekend!   I am going to get going so I can finish getting my scrap on ... it's been a very fast paced day and unfortunately, I've gotten very little done.  How does time fly so quickly when you are doing things you love to do?  Anyway, I hope everyone else is enjoying their day too.  Happy NSD and best wishes to all for a very special Mother's Day tomorrow as well!