World Card Making Day!

Happy World Card Making Day!!!  Do you have any plans to celebrate today?

If you're looking for a couple of challenges to participate in today, head over to the Love Is In The Details Blog!

I made a sketch in honor of today....

I decided I needed to get started on my Christmas cards, so I made these two cards based off my sketch.

Have a great weekend and enjoy some time getting creative!

Layout for Friday

Woohoo it's Friday!!!  I know it's been a short week, but why did it feel so long?

I have another layout to share using products from Love My Tapes......this stuff really rocks, and I'm having a blast using it!

This week I pulled out one of the Fabric Sheets, using it to replace pattern paper, and I love how it adds some extra texture to my page.

I hope you'll head over to the Love My Tapes blog and check out what all the other designers are creating, they have some amazing ideas!

Enjoy the weekend!

CKC September Kit

Fall is almost here, the kids are heading back to school tomorrow and life starts to get quite a bit busier in our house.  With the change of season I knew it was time for me to say goodbye to Counterfeit Kit, so this will be my last month as a Master Forger.  I have really enjoyed working with all the members of CKC, and watching all the wonderful kits pulled together by our followers. 

This month we have taken our inspiration from one of Sweet Peach Crop Shop's past kits from September 2010, you can view the kit here.

I used the Juicy Themed kit as my inspiration, here is the kit I pulled together....

We have a special sponsor this month, you can see all the details here!

CKC August Blog Hop

 Hello & welcome the August Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog hop!

You should have arrived here from Susanne's blog, if not head back to the CKC blog so you don't miss anything.

This month we have a fantastic sponsor Sketch Support with Allison Davis!!  Allison provided this wonderful sketch just for our blog hop.

I'm not much a two page scrapper so I used the left side of the sketch to create my page.

Thank you for joining us on our blog hop today!  Now head over to Gabrielle's blog to see what beautiful project she's created today!

Shapshot

I thought I had this scheduled to post while I was away..oops I guess not.  Anyway a few days late but here it is...

I have another layout today that I created using products from Love My Tapes!

I went masculine for this layout to show you how versatile the Fabric Tapes are and that you can use the Lace Tapes even on a masculine page.

Here's a closer look at the tapes, and that vintage camera is from on of their Canvas Sticker sheets.



Be sure to head over to the Love My Tapes blog for more details about my layout and make sure you check out all the awesome creations from the other Design Team members!

Sketch Play

Our first challenge this month at Counterfeit Kit is to use a sketch from Sketch Support.  But we've added a little twist to the challenge...you need to either make a card based on a layout sketch or a layout based on a card sketch!

I picked one page sketch #5 to create my card

Head over to the Counterfeit Kit Blog to play along and see what the other members of the design team have created!

August Counterfeit Kit

Today all the DT members at Counterfeit Kit revealed their kits for the month, and WOW there are so many amazing looking kits!!

Our inspiration for August came from My Creative Scrapbook where again we choose an older kit to use the September 2010 kit.  I took my inspiration from the main kit, I just loved the colors and slightly vintage feel to it.

Here's my kit......

We also have a fabulous sponsor this month Allison Davis!!!  By playing along with us this month you'll have a chance to win one of her Sketch Books!  You should also check out Allison's sketch blog...Sketch Support.

Kraft Resist

Ever since I saw a sneak peak on Tim Holtz's blog showing is Kraft Resist papers I knew I HAD to have it!

I have actually had it in my possession for a little while now but I finally cracked into it for my July Reveal at Love Is In The Details!  Yay!!

Here are a couple of summery layouts I made....

I also made a mini album using Tim's movers & shapers Vintage Valise die....you know it fits 4x6 photos perfectly!!!  Here are a few images of the album.

You can see the rest of the mini and my reveal on the LIITD Blog!

Well I'm off to work on a little organization project...which I promise to share soon!

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - June Blog Hop!

I don't know about all of you but I love Blog Hops, it's a great chance to visit and find new inspiring blogs!

Here we are ready for our June blog hop, if you're just getting started be sure to head over to the Counterfeit Kit blog....you don't want to miss anything.

You should be joining me here from Susanne's blog.

The challenge for this month's blog hop was to create a layout 'All About I'...I decided to go with the statement 'I Am...'

Thank you for hopping on by!!!  Now it's time for you to hop on over to Gabrielle's blog and see what beautiful creation she's come up with!

LIITD Product Spotlight

On the Love Is In The Details blog today I have a product spotlight up.  This month I choose to spotlight the Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers dies!  Lori had just brought these in and of course my addiction to all things Tim took over!

Here are a couple of cards I made...

And here's a fun little mixed media canvas using the Artful Dwellings...

 

 I've been busy creating this weekend, how about you??  Of course now I have another giant mess to clean up.

Get In Shape

It's time for another challenge at Counterfeit Challenge!  Our challenge this time is to choose a shape to take centre stage on your layout.

When I looked at my kit I realized I saw a bunch of circle embellishments staring me in the face...it was an obvious choice to have circles take centre stage!

Here is my layout!

I did add a piece of Core'dinations cardstock to this layout...but keeping with my theme it's from one of the new Basic Grey collections!

I hope you'll play along and show us how you Get In Shape!

June Counterfeit Kit

I am so behind, where has this week gone to...it's already Wednesday!!!  Well at least that means it's almost the weekend again!

This month at Counterfeit Kit our inspiration came from a new kit club called Burlap and Buttercups! 

You can check out their main kit HERE.

The kit was full of Basic Grey, so I just had to dig through my BG stash to see what I could come up with for my kit!

All the papers are from Basic Grey, along with the paper ribbons & wheels.  I also pulled out some Heidi Swapp chipboard hearts, some Elle's Studio tags and a Maya road kraft envelope.

I hope you'll join us and create your own kit this month, if you do be sure to link us up using Mister Linky!

I'm off to clean my table so I can get creative!

LIITD - June Reveal

It's time for my monthly reveal at Love Is In The Details!! This month I picked Crate Paper's Emma's Shoppe pack to work with. This paper was very girly....not something I use alot but I loved it!!

To go along with the Crate Paper I also picked some Maya Road chipboard, Maya Road canvas banners and Ranger's Shrink Plastic.  If you have not used the shrink plastic I recommend it...so much fun!!!  Seriously it's like being a kid again and watching Shrinky Dinks through the oven window!

I made the butterfly on this layout using the Shrink Plastic and the Tim Holtz Fanciful Flight sizzix die.  I even pulled out the alcohol inks to color it!

Once I opened up this paper pack I knew that this line was perfect for these fairy photos!  This girl was just beautiful, her wings & backdrop are absolutely gorgeous!  She gave the kids each a little glass stone and then sprinkled them with some Fairy Dust.

I snapped this photo of my Mom sewing a few years back, actually she had no idea I'd even taken it! LOL  Watching my Mom sew holds a lot of memories for me going back to being a little girl.  Sewing is not a passion that I've picked up, but I do enjoy stitching on my layouts...so it's not totally lost on me. ha ha ha

Out For Publication 

These are just a few things from my reveal, you can head over to the LIITD Blog to see the rest.

Thanks for stopping by!!

A little Core'dinations

May was quite the busy month at http://www.loveisinthedetails.ca/scrapbookingcanada/index.php , we had the NSD online crop and then the big Vegas in Miami crop....which was a blast!!! (you can see some highlights HERE.....http://loveisinthedetails.ca/blog/2011/05/30/vegas-liitd-style/).

With all the crop planning, work being crazy and soccer season starting there was very little time to get crafty. So with all that instead of doing a full reveal I decided to do a product spotlight!

I have a great love for Core'dinations cardstock, but sometimes I just forget to pull it out (making mental note to use it more). Here are a couple of cards I made....

I used my Cuttlebug cut & emboss butterfly die set for the card above. Once I had the butterflies embossed all it took was a little sanding to bring out that embossed image!

On this card the first thing I did was using my scorpal I made a little frame on the black base and sanded it to bring it out. I also did the same thing to create the lines on the leaves for an extra touch. The flowers were hand cut and the edges were torn (Core'dinations tears beautifully), then wound up with a gem in the centre.....easy peasy!!

I see blogger is still not cooperating with me, so please ignore the formatting and spelling errors. I'll be back on the weekend with my June Reveal for LIITD!

Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Counterfiet Kit May blog hop!

http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

You should be joining me here from Susanne's blog (http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/), if not be sure to head over to the Counterfeit blog so you can start from the beginning and see what all the designers have created wit their kits!

Our challenge for this months blog hop was to pick inspiration from a Manufacturer's blog. I love pretty much all of the companies blogs and visit many of them daily so this was not an easy choice for me.....lots of time surfing that's for sure. Finally I found a layout created by Janis Medina-Maghinay, on the Fancy Pants blog and fell in love with the design, so much that I had to lift it!

You can see my inspriation here: http://missfancypants.typepad.com/little_miss_fancy_pants/2011/05/fancy-this-a-perfecr-gift-layout.html

Here is my layout I created....

Thanks for hopping by!!! Now head on over to Gabrielle's blog to see what inspiration she found and her gorgeous creation!

Gabrielle's blog: http://nomorelittlemonkeys.blogspot.com/

Mini Challenge #1 - Counterfeit Kit

Our first mini challenge went up at Counterfeit Kit and you're not going to want to miss what all the Master Forger's have done!

For out first challenge this month we used a card sketch from Sketch Support, you can see it HERE!

Here is my card using my May kit!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Happy NSD!!

Happy National Scrapbook day to all my scrappy friends! I hope you are spending at least some time getting crafty today!

I've been spending my day over at Love Is In The Details, we're having an online crop in honor of NSD!

I did a color challenge for the crop today, here is the color palette I came up with....

I actually got inspiration for the colors from the photo I used on my layout. When we were in AZ we visited a ghost town and they had all these really cool looking rusted old vehicles.

This old tow truck kind of reminds me of Mater from the Cars movie! LOL

Whatever you do this weekend have fun!

May Counterfeit Kit

The Counterfeit Kit inspiration for May is by Work In Progress (WIP)! This kit was released on April 15th and is sold out all ready.....all the more reason to Counterfeit it!

Here is the WIP kit.

I really liked the bright reds, greens & yellows in this kit so I went with that and added a bit more of a masculine feel to it.

Here is the kit I put together.

Supplies:

Pattern Paper - Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Basic Grey, Studio Calico

Maya Road Chipboard

Jenni Bowlin Tickets

Sassfrass Cardstock Alpha Stickers

Misc. Making Memories

Scenic Route Chipboard

I am can't wait to dig into and start creating!!

It's a snow day!

It seems that winter has shown it's ugly face again, wind, snow, icy cold temperatures. Thankfully this weather isn't expected to last we should be back to spring in a couple of days.

The one good thing about a weekend like this is I don't feel guilty spending lots of time at the scrap table!! Which is where I really need to be right now, lots of projects need to get done this month.

So while I work away I thought I'd share a sketch & layout with you today!!! I did this sketch for my monthly mystery sketch challenge at Love Is In The Details.

I have lots of fun with this challenge, I post a new piece of the sketch each day of the week...the members (and sometimes myself) have no idea what the final results will be until we all reveal on Sundays!

Next weekend is National Scrapbook Day, I'll be at LIITD for our annual NSD online crop! What will you be doing? I hope you join us for some fun!

Countfeit Kit - April Blog Hop

Welcome to the Counterfeit Kit April Blog Hop!

If you're joining me here I hope you've come from Suzzane's blog, if not then hop on over to the Counterfeit Kit blog to get started!

Our challenge for this months blog hop was to create a project inspired from something created by one of the Master Forgers. I chose a layout from the very talented Kim Strother!

Here is Kim's page that I choose for my inspiration...

I took her page and flipped it upside down...this is what I came up with....

Thank you Kim for the great inspiration!

Now it's time to head over to Gabrielle's blog and see what she has created!

Thanks for hopping by and joining us for our blog hop!