How about some Sunday cards?

I have a few cards for you today. First off I was inspired by the Color Combo over at Color Combo Galore this week to make a card. I made this card last week (different papers) but I love the adorable images from Faith at Designed 2 Delight and I have hoarded this paper from Piggy Tails for "rain" cards and couldn't resist.






Then I found this sketch over at Taylored Expressions this week and decided to combine some of the Core'dination's "Pearls" and a couple of Unity Stamps (which I embossed after stamping), Helmar's adhesive, to make this card.

Then the last card I did for the sketch over at Card Patterns, I used some of the new Core'dinations Black Magic combined with My Mind's Eye papers (which I think this particular sheet is a major favorite of mine) with some of the new Glitter Silk papers. The flower is from My Mind's Eye, the sentiment SRM stickers and the adhesive is Helmar's, Bead Queen's and company and the pin, Maya Road.

Thanks for stopping by - check out more Core'dinations project on my previous post - here!

My Core'dinations Creative Frenzy

What can I say about this fabulous cardstock? It's awesome. I've been honored to be a part of this fabulously creative team for quite awhile now and would love to continue to work with these talented women for even longer. I can't say enough about this cardstock. Over time I find that when I start on a page I hardly ever look for patterned paper - Core'dinations cardstock provides so many options with all their lines that I can create a page with just their product and love it. It's the first thing I grab and most of the time I never touch anything else. Here are my submissions for the DT call. First off I have used some Cosmo Cricket's cardstock for the background and the turquoise and sanded each of those, then embossed red cardstock with a Cuttlebug folder for the red pop and then along the bottom have used the Score-It to score red cardstock along the bottom - sanding the ridges. I embossed brown cardstock with a Tim Holtz folder and then cut out circles to use as to create flowers, used a Martha Stewart punch to create the border and a Jenni Bowlin button. Letter stickers are from Jenni Bowlin. The adorable little subject is my great-nephew, Brayden.

Next I created this from some more Cosmo Cricket Core'dinations cardstock as my background paper. I embossed, sanded and tore some Black Magic for my black on this page, used some embossing folders and sanded them for the swirls, then used a Fiskars crimper to crimp the Black Magic and then sanded and cut leaves from it. The butterflies were punches from Martha Stewart punches, then sanded to show the "core" beneath. The precious little girls are my granddaughter (L) and her best-est friend.

This last page is done with Core'Amour- Sable Collection - LOVE the Core'Amour line! I used one piece for my background page - sanded the underlayer, cut and sanded scrolls from another sheet, cut the title and sanded it from another sheet, stamped a butterfly with a Jenni Bowlin stamp. I used a Cuttlebug kit to cut these flowers - then when I had them together (quilled) I sanded the edges to give them a more textured look. Once again I used a Fiskars crimper to create my leaves, crimping them, sanding them and then free hand cutting them. For the flower in the corner I punches flowers and sanded them and layered them. For the butterflies I punched them from cardstock and Core'Amour and then sanded them.Thanks again for stopping by - please stop over at Core'dinations to see all the wonderful products that they have for you

Saturday again - YEAH!

Couple of cards this morning - please stop by later I will have some Core'dinations pages to show off for you. This first card is for Unscripted Sketches this week. I used one of Faith's images (from Designed2Delight) for this card and a SRM sticker.




This second card is for the challenge at Card Ideas this week and I used another of Faith's adorable Kayla images for this one. Please stop by and play along this week.

Oh and one last card. I love the bright color combo this week over at Color Combo Galore,
and immediate thought of this quote from Designed 2Delight - Faith's adorable digital images. These are some old Piggy Tail papers that I have kept and keep using down to just scraps now. But they have always been perfect for rainy day cards.If you haven't been by the Core'dinations blog this week please stop by the Design Team has put together some awesome work using the 'Core'dination's line of Jenni Bowlin cardstock. Then once again thank you for stopping by.

Card Patterns

Love this beautiful sketch at Card Patterns this week and finally got time to get a picture of the card I did for it. The stamps are from Unity Stamps - papers are some of the new My Mind's Eye I picked up at Achievers in Austin last weekend when I took my Mom out to lunch for her 84th birthday.







Thanks for stopping by - grr this looks crooked in the picture!

For your Inspiration

Everyone please join us this next two weeks for the current challenge over at For Your Inspiration. This challenge is using this photo for your inspiration - create whatever it inspires you to create and please come share with us. Please check over at our blog and see what awesome inspiration the rest of the Design Team has for you. These girls are really awesome and always blow me away with their work!


I pulled out some older Basic Grey for this, Core'dinations Cardstock and actually just stamped on the backside of my cardstock with a Unity Stamp - then embossed it.Thanks again for stopping by!

How 'bout some Sunday posting?

First I have a page I did with some of the new Core'dination' s Jenni Bowlin Amour line - isn't it awesome - the base is RED! What a perfect choice for this adorable picture of my little great-nephew, Cason.

Then this week's color challenge over at Color Combo Galore had some awesome colors. Since I have been dying to scrap these fabulous pictures taken by Mike Quinn (LA) of my daughter, Brandy, I decided to use these. These were a few of the "Mom or Disney" head shots he took - there are tons more that I can't wait to play with. Cardstock is Core'dinations of course, flowers Prima, punches Martha Stewart, some papers (Crate) from a Noel Mignon kit.

Thanks for stopping by.

Saturday posting - and a blog hop!

First of I want to welcome you to a blog hop over at Unscripted Sketches this week!
This is a very special day for us!
We are celebrating our 2-year anniversary,
AND
this week is our 100th sketch!
So we're having a big ol' BLOG PARTY!

We know that, traditionally, gifts are given to the person having the anniversary, but since every week we already have the pleasure of having so many wonderful participants and followers (you're the reason we're here, after all!), we are going to give YOU something! That's right! YOU get the party gifts! You can qualify several different ways for several great prizes! If you're a stalker, this is the prefect time to come out of hiding and play along with us!

If you are just finding Unscripted Sketches, every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There is no right or wrong way as long as you are using the Unscripted sketch as the inspiration for your creation!

This week is no exception! Plus, we have some special treats for you. Not only do we have another great sketch for you, the design team had adorable sponsor images to use! To follow with our party theme, our sponsor, Sparkle Creations, provided our design team with two super cute party images to work with.
WIN PRIZES!

YOU have a chance to win several prizes! Not only will there be several random drawings from everyone who posts a comment or a project, you can win one of two great rubber stamp prizes from our sponsor, Sparkle Creations! If you're a winner, one of these images will be mailed to you! Check out their website to see all the adorable stamps they have!

You can win one of these adorable rubber stamps from our sponsor in one of two ways:

The first way is to submit a project via Inlinkz at the bottom of the Unscripted Sketches blog by midnight EST on Friday, April 8th. One winner will be chosen at random from those who have posted their projects. (*Please see the prize disclaimer in the center panel.)

AND/OR

The second way is to hop through the designers' blogs for the blog hop and collect the letter clues along the way. Unscramble the letters and email the unscrambled phrase. DO NOT post it as a comment below. (Full details of the blog hop and word scramble game are below.)

You can also win a RAK! Names will be chosen from anyone who posts a comment or a project by Friday. These lucky winners will receive a special gift of goodies!

Post TWO projects (since it's our 2-year anniversary!) by Friday and you could also win a goody!

So, to summarize, here are the ways you can win a prize:

*win a rubber stamp from our sponsor by submitting a project via Inlinkz AND/OR email the correct phrase for the word scramble game.

*win a RAK by posting a comment or project.

*post TWO projects and you could win another goody!

*The deadline for all game entries, comments and links is midnight EST, Friday, April 8th.*

EIGHT NEW DESIGNERS JOIN OUR TEAM!

As you probably saw in the posts the last few weeks, we recently put out a call for new designers. We had a great response and there were so many talented ladies to choose from, the decision was not an easy one. But the decision has been made and we are thrilled to expand our team with eight new designers with a variety of backgrounds and talents. Our talented design team now extends from such exotic places as Australia to Estonia to the Netherlands- even Toledo, Ohio! Please take a moment to acquaint yourselves with our new designers. Click on their names to visit their blogs and find out more about them. Some of them were able to get a jump on it and are able to participate this week, but they will all have their big debut next week with sketch #101! We're excited to have them join us!

Please check on over at Unscripted to start the blog hop from the beginning. Here is the sketch and my card :

My clue is "K"

From here you will go to: Gardenia





Then this week over at Designed to Delight I have two cards for you. These are from a couple of the new images Faith has put out recently - the flowering water can and dancing in the rain.

Thanks for stopping by!