I Deserve it All Kit....

Happy friday! hope everyone has had a great week...personally...it feels like i didn't sleep last night, LOL!

I wanted to mention for you to check out the myStampBOX blog here! ;) ;) ;) AND here for a give-a-way. The Passport set is one of my FAVES! but i think i keep saying that about all the sets...

I wanted to share with you a few things I did for Serendipity Scrapbooks this month. I looooved this kit! I will call it...Boys Gone Wild hahaha....no seriously it is the I Deserve it All kit packed with Fancy Pants Rough and Tough, DS Urban Graffiti and other goodies that you will love....

For this first layout, I used the Maya Road Coaster Gears from the kit as a mask {Shimmerz not in kit but available in the Serendipity Store}. Then I cut out circles, embossed some of them with my Cuttlebug and sewed them. I added some journaling about our trials and tribulations of Kindergarden and then added the flippin' awesome American Crafts Letterman Alphas that come in the kit.


Here is a close up of the masking....

First, can we please talk about how much this kid cracks me up? This is H. The Henerator, Henrold and all the other nicknames Henry got b/c of how much fun he is....for this lo, I used the Imaginisce {p.s does anyone else struggle with spelling that? LOL} papers that came in the kit, along with the buttons and fancy pants glitter cuts. Lovin' this kit!

Be Inspired # 56

First, I wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all the amazing comments everyone left for the Caardvarks and Cc&M blog hop! I hope you got some simple and creative ways to add flair to your Holiday decorating. Pls make sure you visit CC&M for your die-cuts. Terry is really wonderful and has a wide variety of boxes, bags, small and large die-cuts for any project.

Over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog we have the wonderful Teresa Collins and Jamie Harper guest designing for us! It is so great having them and using the fun journaling spots and envelope templates that Teresa Collins designs. They make such cute and quick projects.

I made a thankful journal with mine. I used the middle size envelope die-cut and then I cut the journaling spots out and attached them with a staple for my little mini book that goes inside.

Supplies:

Teresa Collins papers and die-cuts

Cuttlebug and Embossing folders {Morracan and Houndstooth}

myStampBox stamps {funky alphas on cover and the Sigh Gush Gasp set}

Core'dinations Color Cardstock {black magic}

This is the envelope....

Then this little guy goes in the envie...

This is one of my FAVE stamps sets from mSB! love the whimsical feel to them....

Welcome to the Caardvarks and CC&M Blog Hop Day THREE!

Welcome to day THREE of the Caardvarks and CC& M blog hop! I just realized now that I forgot my links yesterday. I do apologize for that. I hope you are all having a great time hopping and getting some great ideas for the Holidays!

If you are here for the hop, you are coming from Chris's blog. Don't you love what she has been creating??? Don't forget to hop over to Jennifer's blog when you are done. I know I am...I just loved all of her projects from yesterday.

The one thing I have been focusing on during this crop is simple and cost effective ways to get your Holiday deocrating jump started. You just can't go wrong with Creative Cuts & More die-cuts when it comes to decorating for the holidays. Here are a few things I have done for some easy and inexpensive table decorations.

First off, I created some napkin rings. For this first one, I used some craft wire and wrapped it around my foam snowflake to make a "hook" to attach it to plain napkin ring I already had.

I added a vintage button from my stash {I am SO loving the blue and silver combo right now for the Holidays} with a pop-up dot and then threaded the wire around to the back.

Next, I twisted the wire and bent it down to form a hook to slide it into the napkin ring.

Now you have a clean and simple napkin ring. At 35 cents a piece, if you had 8 people for Christmas dinner, this would cost you $2.80 cents to spruce up your table.

Now for this table setting I used the the Sleigh die-cut. The great thing about the Metallic Cardstock at Creative Cuts & More, is that they don't need a lot of help to look great. I added some holly from my garden, silver balls, pine cones and some gift wrapping ribbon to finish this centerpiece off. Oh, and we can't forget the ambiance ;)

Now you have to check out the Velvet die cuts. They just SCREAM winter and holidays. For this quick napkin ring, I used the velvet snowflake, some hemp and a Jillibean Soup button.

And Don't Forget the Prizes!!!

Halloween Mini Album

Fall Card Kit

Creative Cuts & More $25 Gift Card

So make sure you hit all the blogs listed below to be entered to win!

*Also a 15% Shopping Discount for our readers. Enterholidayhop2009 at checkout.

Discount good from November 1st - 4th.

Now let's get BUSY!

Blog Roll Order

Tanis

Mel

Lucy

Heidi

Kelly

Steph

Sue-ann

Amy

Ashley

Catherine

Peet

Eva

Michelle

Nathalia

Holly Brown

Carla Mayfield

Chris Dickinson {where you came from}

Ellen Sosnoski {you are here}

Jennifer Johnson {your next stop}

Kayla Dupont

Lila Holgate

Lindsay Weirich

Pamela Smerker

Diecut Divas Blog

Creative Cuts & More (sign up for Newsletter):

Caardvarks (leave a comment to let us know you've finished today's hop)

Caardvarks and CC&M Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to day TWO of the hop! If you missed yesterday, click here to see the deets.

Today I am showcasing probably my favorite die-cut, the Candy box. You can fit your favorite candies in here and they are just perfect favors and little holiday gifts. And you can get them in the gorgeous metallic cardstock that CC&M carries if you wanted to make the a bit more fancy.

So for this one, I added a journal spot and a stamp from myStampBOX. I also sprayed it with Glimmer Mist but I couldn't get a good photo of it...it has rained here for 2 weeks straight.

I added a small 2" x 2" card to coordinate. I just had to use my new Cuttlebug embossing folder! Again, more myStampBOX stamps and a bit of Core'dinations.

Welcome to the Caardvarks and CC&M Blog Hop

I am so glad you stopped by for the blog hop. For today's hop, I made a festive Holiday card using the Christmas Tree die-cut #4 found here. If you search the store go to Holidays, then Christmas you will find all the holiday die-cuts.

For this card, I ran the Tree through the my Cuttlebug. I love embossing Creative Cuts & More die-cuts because it is an easy way to add some pizazz to them. I also wanted to show you that you don't need a lot of patterned paper for your holiday cards. All you need are some die-cuts, cardstock and ribbon to make a great card. I know we have been on a budget for some time so this is a great way to save some money.

Next, I added some of my favorite stamps from myStampBOX. You can find the HoHoHo stamp set here.

Okay...now for the good stuff! Here is the DL on on the blog hop...first off...

Prizes!!!

Halloween Mini Album

Fall Card Kit

Creative Cuts & More $25 Gift Card

So make sure you hit all the blogs listed below to be entered to win!

*Also a 15% Shopping Discount for our readers. Enter holidayhop2009 at checkout.

Discount good from November 1st - 4th.

Now let's get BUSY!

Blog Roll Order

Tanis

Mel

Lucy

Heidi

Kelly

Steph

Sue-ann

Amy

Ashley

Catherine

Peet

Eva

Michelle

Nathalia

Holly Brown

Carla Mayfield

Chris Dickinson

Ellen Sosnoski {you are here}

Jennifer Johnson

Kayla Dupont

Lila Holgate

Lindsay Weirich

Pamela Smerker

Diecut Divas Blog

Creative Cuts & More (sign up for Newsletter):

Caardvarks (leave a comment to let us know you've finished today's hop)

Creative Cuts and More and Caardvarcks Blog Hop and Core....

Could I get anymore C's in that title, LOL!?

I hope ya'll are ready for the big day on Sunday! I know we have been gearing up for this for awhile now....ready for some serious Holiday inspo? Well make sure you come back here Sunday ;) We are going to be doin' it right!

Here a few sneaks of some goodies i made with my die-cuts from Creative Cuts & More. I also whipped out my Christmas stamps from myStampBOX! So get ready for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday!! We are ready to go and so are the girls from Caardvarks!

Here is a layout I did for the Pimp Your Bra crop over at Serendipity Scrapbooks the other week. There is still a few days to order your Bra mini chipboard album...remember...it's exclusive so once they are gone...they're gone. My challenge was based on the extraordinary Dr. Maya Angelou so the poem I have on there is Phenomenal Woman and the layout is about celebrating ourselves. And she has 30 honorary doctorates so I included that you needed to have at least 30 buttons.

I loaded it with some fun buttons, a myStampBOX date stamp and some Core'dinations. I am in LOVE with grey! it's the new black for me...even got some grey nail polish!!

S.A.V.E and a Holiday Bazaar

I am teaching my first Core'dinations Class in January at S.A.V.E and I am super excited! If you live in northeast PA or in the Jersey area you should come to this fun weekend!

I will be teaching a class on this frame loaded with Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions along with Mimi {we got to meet last year which was so fun!}

AND I got an email for one of my projects from my Guest Spot over at Websters Pages..it is going to be in Somerset! It is an altered journal I made...yeah! Oh and make sure you head over there...they are having a fun crop/online thing {no that's not the technical term, lol} over at their Ning site Inspire me starting November 12th.






I just wanted to tell you about the annual Holiday Bizaar on Saturday, November 14th at Serendipity Scrapbooks. We are focusing the weekend on easy cards, ornaments and gift giving ideas. We will have exclusive sketches from Becky Fleck and 2Sketches4you has graciously allowed to use some of their sketches for inspiration as well. But it gets better! Lydia Jackson and Ellen Sosnoski {me ;} from Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock and Tanish Long from the Shimmerz Education team will be providing exclusive online tutorials with wonderful holiday projects utilizing unique techniques with their product lines. There will be online specials, loads of inspiration and a tons of fun so make sure mark your calendars for November 14th. Also, Becky Fleck will be joining us for an online chat on Tuesday, November 10th prior to the Bazarre.