Buttons, Brads and Bling!

Well, HELLO there bloggy people!  Again... I know, it's been awhile, a long while!  And again, I am sorry.  How nice it would be to finally get back to a good blogging schedule.  I always have grand intentions!

For today though I just wanted to make a quick post to share a card that I decided to create for a challenge on the Northridge Publishing CREATE blog.  It's also been a long time since I've participated in any challenges so it was fun to just create on a whim doing something I totally enjoy! 

The blog challenge for this month is to design a card using buttons/brads/bling! 

And here's what I came up with... 

For this card I used Core'dinations cardstock... the embossed Floral is a piece from the David Tutera card making line, as is the "Thank You" sticker sentiment.  The canvas resist flowers and butterflies are Prima and I misted them all with Glimmer Mist.  The "You" and "Made My Day" stamps are older stamps from one of my favorite sets from For the Luv of Art.com.  All the other embellishments are from curtseyboutique.etsy.com. (glitter butterfly, pearlized heart stick-pin, baker's twine, painted wood button and blue library card).  Ohh, the glitter dots are from Sei.  I used them as floral centers to give the look of blinged out brads!  

I hope you enjoy my design as much as I am digging the color combination!  Now that I keep seeing the card on my desk, I am totally drawn to this silver/orange/blue pallet!  

Sorry to be short, but I am off to enjoy the evening with my hubby.  We are going on a movie date to see The Lone Surviver!  Enjoy the rest of this cold, cold weekend and whatever it is you are doing...stay warm! 

Saturdays are Great Days!

Yes, Saturdays are wonderful days for lots of reasons, but NOT for snow and especially not snow in October!  How disappointing!  I thoroughly love my Fall wheather every year and I enjoy October in all it's wonderful Autumn splendor, but snow does not belong in the category of "Autumn  splendor"... at least not for me!  But, it is what it is, and I guess we just have to deal, lol!

However, like I said, Saturdays are great days, and today, well... today is a great one to stay home inside all curled up cozy on the couch enjoying one of the last days of October... watching AMC's Fear Fest on the telly!  It's also a wonderful day to bake some Chocolate Chip Pumpkin muffins and to finish up some crafty assignments with my Core'dinations cardstock and Cricut! And it's also a great time to finally catch up my blog posting with some previous magazine publications I've had!  So, for today I'll share with you various cards that I had showcased in the Cricut magazine's "Cards" issue...

 

My first card uses the fun martini Cricut cut on "From My Kitchen" and some of my favorite Summer Soiree papers from Fancy Pants. 

Second card is a heart shaped card from "Wild Card" and I used Basic Grey's Green at Heart collection... I love the turtle stickers that I Cuttlebug embossed!

Then I had one of my favorite cards featured!  I love this one because I used different cuts to make and form a totally new image.  For this one I combined a birdcage cut from the "Straight From the Nest" cart along with a flower pot cut to create a hot air balloon! 

This card uses the "Dad's Day" phrase from the "Designer's Calendar" cart.  I love the textures displayed on this one from the Green Vintage Core base and the shape cut from Prima screen-printed canvas! The Basic Grey Marjolaine collection was also used.

Next up is a card using some fun Core Amour Collection in Onyx (Darling print).  Other patterned papers are by BoBunny and Cricut cuts from "Lyrical Letters" and "Straight From the Nest".

And last, a wedding card featuring cuts from "Stamping Solutions", "StoryBook" and "Wild Card", along with papers by GCD Studios. 

And that's a wrap!  Okay, it's back to enjoying the rest of my wonderful, but snowy Saturday!  I hope everyone else enjoys their day as well!