I wanted to share with you a fun card I made using Core'dinations and Paper Smooches! I just love the embossing on the yummy green cardstock and then on the tag I just wanted to have some fun with my stamping and coloring! Love how it turned out!
Anyone doing anything fun this St. Patty's Day? No huge plans here. Busy with work, school, and sports practice!! But at least it is warmer!!
Well, I am down to my last week of summer vacation. I have to say I am terribly sad. This summer was so much fun and I loved spending every minute with the boys. Oh well, every good thing has to end. Right???
This past weekend we were invited to a friend's house for dinner and I wanted to bring a bottle of Sangria for dinner. So of course this gave me an opportunity to make a fun bottle tag. I remembered that Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is having a fun challenge - Emboss It! I love embossing so I broke out my Core'dinations and my embossing folders! How fun!!
I cut all the elements out on my Silhouette and then started to emboss! I first embossed the blue background using a new embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts. I then embossed the leaves of the flower using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Since used my Core'dinations cardstock I then sanded all my elements. Finally I stamped my sentiment and called it a day!
The tag
The tag on the bottle
I made a video on how this came about.
supplies
core'dinations cardstock
silhouette cut files
embossing folder
paper smooches stamps
sand it
dust buddy
Thanks so much for joining me today. I will be back later in the week with a new layout using Core'dinations! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp
Happy Thursday!
I got to play this week with my supplies. Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge is having a really fun challenge: Create something with Dots and Spots!
Here is my project featuring Paper Smooches stamps.
I got out a fun embossing folder with spots and dots and then stamped my little cutie frog on some old Doodlebug paper with dots! Lots and lots of fun.
supplies
stamps- paper smooches
cardstock-core'dinations
twine- the twinery
hero arts gems
ink- memento, hero arts
spectrum noir markers
cuttlebug embossing folder
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will back soon with some fun! Next week I will reach 1000 posts! I might just have a giveaway! See you soon! Have a fun and crafty day!
mp
Who is excited that it is the weekend? Oh man, I am! So thrilled that we have a relatively quiet weekend. Our morning on Saturday is super busy but then after 12:00 pm we are totally free for the entire weekend! Can't wait!!
I was able to get some crafting in again this week. I needed to make a birthday card for a birthday party my son is going to and I had some scraps left over from a layout that I made (for Some Odd Girl digi cut files). So I used up the scraps making this card.
I knew I wanted to use this stamp set.
I just love that little turtle!
I needed a little help becuase once again I think I used up all my mojo on my last two design team projects but I still wanted to get crafty. So I did what I always do and look for a card sketch at my favorite card sketch blog- Retro Sketches. Seriously, If you need a little mojo boost this is the place! Here is the sketch. Just perfect for my needs.
I was feeling crafty this week but I didn't have a lot of time. I needed to make a card for my little one's lunch box and I came across this new sketch. So I decided to enter a couple of challenges!
First, I used the Retro Sketch from THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE . Head on over there to see all details!
Love this sketch and knew it would work great with my CAS style.
Next, I wanted to play with some of my Paper Smooches stamps and this week over at the Sparks Challenge Blog it was Anything Goes! This is my favorite challenge becuase you can create anything you want!
I splurged the other day and bought a new stamp set- Little Fellas.
I thought my boys would love some lunch box cards made with these stamps! So I got busy and created this card.
I broke into my paper stash once again and pulled out some really old Doodlebug paper (whenever I use my old Doodlbug paper I always seem to smile- the paper is just bright and cheery! It got me thinking that I need to do a layout with it. Put that on the top of my to do list!) and found some matching yummy May Arts chevron ribbon and then colored my litte dino with copics and spectrum noir markers
I even made a quick video for you. I hope you enjoy it.
supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper, pearls- doodlebug
ribbon- may arts
stamps- paper smooches
ink- memento, hero arts
spectrum noir markers
Copics
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back next week with some new layouts! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty weekend.
Did you have a nice weekend? We were busy busy but it was nice just to be with family!
St. Patrick's day is today! and I had some time to make a card for one of my coworkers. I broke out all my goodies for this card- core'dinations essentials and 110 lb smooth cardstock, moxxie paper, paper smooches stamps, spectrum noir markers and some yummy ribbon. What else could a crafty girl want to play with? LOL!!
supplies
core'dinations
moxxie
spectrum noir
lifestyle embossing folder
paper smooches stamps and die
may arts ribbon
memento, hero arts ink, jenni bowlin ink
recollections clip.
The second challenge is from the Spectrum Noir March Challenge You know how much I love their markers and I just recently found out that they have challenges. I was so excited to read this. The challenge for March is to color with green! Oh yeah- so fun!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with the new digi release from Some Odd Girl! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp
I followed the sketch to the letter with this one. I loved the large circle.
Jack has a birthday party this weekend so I knew I wanted to a birthday card and Jack said he wanted me to make a funny one. Soooo I broke out my stamps and we looked them over and he liked the birthday fishes. So now all I had to do was pick the paper for this little guppy! I have a whole bag filled with scraps from a really old summer collection from Echo Park. I think it is almost 3-4 years old now but I loved this collection and I saved all the scraps. This is what I came up with.
I liked it and Jack thought it was awesome so he is already to go! Just have to include the gift card and we are done! I love it when we work together and this challenge worked out great!
supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper- echo park
stamps- paper smooches -- Birthday Buddies ( i think this is one of my all time faves!!)
ink- memento, jenni bowlin
markers- spectrum noir
pearls- recollections
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new winter layout using some yummy Core'dinations. See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
Who is happy it is the weekend? ME!!!!! Do you have any fun plans? I have a weekend of tennis planned. I am in a competitive league and we have a match tonight. I then have a lesson on Saturday, a fun game on Sunday and then another lesson later in the afternoon on Sunday! I think I will be exhausted but is should be fun!!
I have a quick CAS card to share today. It is a card using the Moxxie collection Winterland. I think this is my all time fave from Moxxie. I heat embossed the sentiment using a paper smooches stamp and then added some bling!
supplies
cardstock- Neenah solar white
paper- moxxie
stamp- paper smooches
ek success border punch
wow embossing powder
I am also going to enter this card into the Sparks Anything Goes Challenge! A very CAS card.
You can see all the details of the challenge HERE! And you can go HERE to see all the fun Paper Smooches stamps!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back next week with new layouts and cards to share! Have a wonderful and crafty weekend.
mp
Happy Thursday
This week over at the Sparks blog the weekly challenge is a photo inspiration.
You know I totally lOVE these types of challenges and I just totally love the colors in this-what a great combo- yellow, white, black and grey!!!
So I broke into my Core'dinations card stock and found some yummy bright and cheery yellow and tore it to expose the core. Next, I found an awesome Core Amour that had the grey and black combo. I tore the bottom and then lightly sanded the paper to expose the embossing. I then stamped my image on the Core 110 lb smooth cardstock and colored the cute little bee with my spectrum noir markers. For my Speech bubble I heat embossed the sentiment. Too cute!
I needed a bit of mojo and I found this awesome sketch over at Retro Sketches
I needed a card for my friend that has been house bound for awhile due to a broken leg and I came up with this card for her.
I stuck to the sketch as close as I could with just a couple of changes. I first used my embossing paste again (yup totally addicted to the stuff!). I love the circle and heart pattern. I wanted the card to be cheery and what color is more cheery than yellow so I found a scrap of yellow studio calico paper. Next I stamped my cute little chick and colored her with my spectrum noir markers. I then stamped the sentiment. For the white cardstock I used my Core'dinations 110 lb smooth cardstock! Finally I added some red solid twine from May Arts!
supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
paper- studio calico
stamps- paper smooches
ink- memento, hero arts
twine- may arts
spectrum noir markers
embossing paste
stencil from the paper bakery kit club
Thank for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a birthday card! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp
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I am very sad because today my break is officially over and I am back to work. I can say it just wasn't long enough but oh well, what is a girl supposed to do?
For my card I needed a birthday card so I broke out my Birthday Buddies stamp set. I first stamped my image on some Core'dinations smooth 110 lb. cardstock. I then cut the cutie out and colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers. Next I punched out a circle and got to try a new technique using a Christmas present from my hubby-- embossing paste. Oh, I think I am hooked on this technique. You can slightly see the triangle pattern and texture the paste gives it. Next I made my base using some Core cardstock. I attached some thick chevron ribbon from May Arts and then stamped my sentiment. Finally I added my pearls!
supply list
cardstock- core'dinations
stamps- paper smooches
ink- memento, hero arts
markers-spectrum noir
stencil- paper bakery kit club
embossing paste
pearls- recollections
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new layout using the Paper and Glue collection from Echo Park. See you then! Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp
Did you have a wonderful Christmas. We sure did! I loved every minute of spending the day with my family!
Today I am playing along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge! This week's challenge is a sketch challenge. I have been low on the mojo so this was right up my alley! Here is a look at the sketch!
Great sketch! Right?
So I broke out my scrap bin and found some scraps from Elle's Studio and this is what I came up with.
I love Paper Smooches stamps and I thought this little cow was just adorable. Plus I LOVE the sentiment!
supplies
paper- elle's studio
tag- jillibean soup
stamps- paper smooches
ink- hero arts, memento
markers- spectrum noir
sequins- ?
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with another CAS card! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp
Happy Monday!
Did you have a nice weekend! I sure did! It was just nice knowing that I don't have school on Monday! I was able to get a lot of tennis in. I had my best match ever on Sunday! I won in a 3rd set tie-breaker! I think it was the best I have ever played. I also did some relaxing! I did not even set foot in my craft room. It was really nice! LOL!!
Today I have some tags that I made using Core'dinations. I made a set of three.
Starting from left to right. I first cut out a tag and only embossed the bottom half. I then ran a strip through my crimpers and then sanded it. Next I cut out a strip and used a punch. I stamped my sentiment and then added some twine yummy twine.
For my second tag I started with a Core book mark and heat embossed some snowflakes. I then got inky with some Tim Holtz inks. To top it off I added a banner sentiment from Imaginisce and tied some solid twine!
For my third tag I started with some Core and sanded it. I then took some white and tore it to create a snow bank. I stamped my snowman on some of the yummy 110 lb. Core cardstock. I then colored him with my spectrum noir markers. Finally I stamped my sentiment and added some more yummy twine!
supplies
all cardstock- Core'dinations
stamps- Paper Smooches and Imaginisce
inks- Tim Holtz distress inks, hero arts, jenni bowlin, memento
twine- the twinery
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with a new Core'dinations layout! See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp
The weekend is here! Oh I can hardly wait!! I have so many things to do because we start going to holiday family parties next week and I have to finish my shopping! YIKES!! Are you ready for the holidays?
I am playing along with the Paper Smooches Sparks weekly challenge this week and this week we had a photo inspiration. I totally LOVE these. Here is look at the inspiration:
I stuck pretty close to the inspiration for my card.
I started with some Core'dinations Dark Essentials for my base and then took the new 110lb. white smooth cardstock and cut it slightly smaller. I stamped my images (using all Paper Smooches stamps) and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers. Under the sentiment I scored the cardstock. I also then "roughed" up my edges just to give it a bit of a distress look. Why did I do this? I don't know- LOL!!!
supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
stamps- Paper Smooches
ink- memento, jenni bowlin
spectrum noir markers
Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with a new layout. See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
Core'dinations gave the Design Team to create a project using the ever so popular Blackboard theme. I love this project. I created a fun card for this theme.
I started with my Black Magic cardstock and scored and sanded it. I then broke out a TON of my stamps from Hero Arts, Paper Smooches, and Some Odd Girl. I stamped them and then heat embossed them in white. Next, I heat embossed the gold sentiment. Next, I found some white ink in my stash and ever so lightly stamped some random hearts and flowers. Finally I added some gold bling. I LOVE how it turned out plus it was soooo fun to make.
Do you want to see how I made this fun card? Check out my video for Core'dinations.
We are expected to get a snow storm starting tonight into tomorrow. I get as excited as the kids do with the awesome thought of a SNOW DAY!! It is like a little gift that is just soooo wonderful. So if you think abou it tonight Please do a snow dance for us! I would LOVE a day to hang and cuddle with my boys!!
Do you love challenges? You know I go in cycles and right now I am LOVIN" them! They are just what I need! One of the challenges that I like to participate in is the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge. They have changed things up just a bit and this week's challenge is Anything Goes!
So I broke into my Paper Smooches Stamps and found this cute litttle beverage and I stamped it and colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers and added the little snowflakes and I just LOVE the sentiment. I am going to put this in hubby's lunch next week as a surprise! For the banner pieces I used some Bella Blvd. paper and washi tape!
Hey Everyone,
Popping back in today because I was getting crafty and I saw this awesome challenge over at the Sparks Challenge blog! It is a photo inspiration- you know how I love those! So here is the inspiration.
I love the love aspect of this photo and that is what I focused on. Here is my take.
I first picked several hearts from my Paper Smooches stamp collection. I then stamped them in various colors to create my own background paper. I then stamped my two little love bees and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers. Finally I stamped my sentiment and colored my heart with my markers.
supplies
Neenah solar white cardstock
kraft ????
ink- jenni bowlin, memento
stamps- paper smooches
twine- may arts
Please stop by the Sparks Blog to see all the details and to play along!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will see you on Monday! Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp
Did you know that tomorrow (Saturday) is World Cardmaking Day 2013? Yup, it is!! Over at Imaginisce we are celebrating this wonderful day and today I get to share my card. I love to make CAS cards. I love the elegant look that they bring. When I think of elegance and Imaginisce I immediately knew I needed to make a card with the Black Ice Collection. This collection just screams elgegance. So I chose two of the papers and placed them on a diagonal. I then stamped my sentiment and added a touch of color using some hot rocks and my I Rock!
cardstock- neenah solar white
paper and bling- imaginisce
stamp- paper smooches
Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am! I can't wait till the bell rings at 2:40 today. I am heading to the grocery after work and then HELLO weekend! We have a pretty jammed packed schedule with all our sports going on right now but there should still be time to relax just a pinch!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow (yes, on Saturday) with some more cards for World Card Making Day! I can't wait! See you then, Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp
Who is happy it is Friday?? Boy, I am. We have a light weekend planned and I am happy about that. I have tennis drills on Saturday and then I am playing with a group of ladies for fun on Sunday. Then the rest of the time is family time!!! So excited.
I had a bit of time on my hands last night. The guys were out selling Boy Scouts popcorn so what is a girl to do when she is all alone in the house for a 1/2 hour. Yup, that is right-- CRAFT!! I was looking for something fun, quick and easy so I thought I would enter the Sparks weekly challenge. Go HERE for all the details. Here is a look at the inspiration skethc.
Here is my take on it.
I broke out some Core'dinations cardstock and some MME paper. I also used some May Arts ribbon! I think my little owl is just too cute!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back next week with some new projects. See you then and have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp
I am a wife, mother of 2 wonderful boys, teacher, and avid scrapbooker and card maker. I am a member of the Simply Scrapbooks deisgn team in kettering, ohio
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