Core Cards Creative Frenzy

When it comes to card stock, sometimes it is hard to find the perfect match for your projects. Yup I struggled with this ALOT, until I found Core'dinations cardstock. This stuff is truly beautiful to work with and since I do have a soft spot for distressing, there truly is none better!!!

Today I've decided to take the plunge for a shot at the Core'dinations Card Designer Call. Yes I know that I've been making a bunch of layouts and mixed media pieces, but I started this journey with a love for card making, and that has never gone away. I am going to share with you today, a few projects I've created and hopefully these projects with catch the eyes of the good peeps at Core'dinations.

So here we go.... First off a Christmas card I created using Cottage Porch WhiteWash paper. Core'dination papers are beautiful to emboss with aren't they!!!

The second project is this wonderful card, where I used Forest Moss Distress papers

Last but not least is this layout I created using a combination of Cordinations papers. I love how well they heat emboss and those frayed edges....SWOON!!!!!

I think that is it for today. I would love to hear how you like to use Core'dinations products. Until next time

Toodles

A Vintage Noel Card

What can I say, I'm a Timmy fan and his 12 tags of Christmas always gets my attention. So when that first tag came out, I had the perfect piece of canvas goodness to create it with. Hi everyone, I'm here today to share with you my take on Tag 1 this year.

For this card I used the smallest canvas banner and first sprayed it with Vanilla Breeze Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Before it was completely dry, I stamped the banner with a postage stamp I have. The ink ran to really give a vintage feel. LOVE IT!!! Pretty Pretty Pretty I say

I love how easy it is to fold and manipulate these canvas pieces. To create the dimension, I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. This helped lift the folds to give them that height I was looking for.

Isn't the color of that banner sweet? Against all that cool winter colors, it really gives the card a POP. Now take a look at those beautiful silver flower embellishments. The so reminded me of pointsettias, so out they came. They are from Creative Charms and went perfectly on this card. In the Antique Flower Medley pack, there are both gold and silver flowers. YUMMO!!!

One more picture hehe, showing the banner and flower a little closer. You can also see the Glimmer Mist on the foliage too.

The perfect additions to any Vintage card I'm positive. These canvas banners and Vintage Flower Medleys are so pretty to work with and I love how the end result always blows my mind.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Let me know what you think. I adore your comments here on the blog, so don't be shy!!!

Until Next Time

Toodles

Vintage cards

My goodness, almost a week has past without a blog post. Not acceptable Erika!!! How are all of you today? It is raining yet again and today is a crafting day so I'm over the moon excited about that. Wondering if my muse will take me to the land of paints and mixed media or cards and layouts. Time will tell right?

Today I've got a few cards to share with you that I've created using stamps from Scrolls Work. I had the opportunity to be a guest designer for this wonderful company and wanted to share with you the cards I created.

First a beautiful vignette card where I used a spellbinders die to create the look. I adore this stamp and know that I will use it often. The ribbon is a beautiful Shimmer Satin in Silver available at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Next a beautiful card using the stamp Abigail and my favorite Graphic 45 papers Steampunk Debutante. I first used a harlequin background stamp and masked in the face image. Then stamped the face with Versafine in brown. Love how this one turned out.

So if you are a stamper and love working with beautiful images, take a look at Scrolls Work. Unfortunately they are closing their doors, but there is a 60% savings on ALL stamps right now.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

PS- I've got another 4 projects to share over on the Tattered Angels blog today, so hop on by and say hello.

A tag for ya and some WINNERS!!!

A few days ago, I had a little candy for anyone that left a comment about the 80s and its fashion.

I'm feeling generous so I picked 3 winners

Karen Narelle
Kristin
and Penny Kitz.

Please send me your information via my email address and I'll send out a little package of goodies to you.

Next I've got a tag to share with you. There is a wonderfully talented lady out there, that inspires me on a daily basis with her artwork. If you have never hopped over the Jean Franks Beck's Blog Bluebird Paperie, you've just gotta check it out. Jean uses the most beautiful stamps and she is the queen of ink I think. I decided to try my hand at a vintage tag. (thanks so much Jean)

I got these great journaling tags to try out from Debby of HeArt of Scrapbooking, and I'm absolutely loving them.

Here is my tag. I used one of the transparency tags and adhered it by using V2 Vellum Adhesive from Helmar. If you love using transparencies and acrylic, this is the glue for you!!!

Hope you love it.

The paper on the tag, is from the new Parisian Anthology line from Pink Paislee. Can you say DELISH!!! I can't wait to ink this stuff up with some Glimmer Mist. Also, the ribbon is a pink wrinkle ribbon available at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Really Reasonable Ribbon is having a blog hop on the 13th, and there are tonnes of candy prizes along the way, including a big one here. So make sure you mark you calendars and stop by.

Toodles

A VintageLove Note

Hi Everyone and Happy Friday to you all. Today i took our daughter down to Havre Montana for some shopping. Already at 2.5 years old, she loves doing that. It was a great day and the weather, although windy, was good.

Today I've got a quick card to show you. You can find step by step instructions for it, as well as a very in depth supply list on the Frantic Stamper Blog. I love doing Vintage inspired pieces sometimes and this was no exception. All of the supplies are available at Frantic Stamper, so hop on over to the store and take a look at the HUGE selection of products. I can get lost in this store for sure. And in the good sense.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend. Until next time
Toodles