National Wear Red Day

Today is National Wear Red Day!!!!

This is to advocate the knowledge of heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.

I've got my red on do you?

I'm so thankful that I had good doctors taking care of me last summer! It was a HUGE shock to me & my whole family that I had a heart attack so I want to make people (especially women) more aware of our bodies and how we're feeling. We can't just brush it off! It is so important!!

Here is a layout that I made in the summer a few weeks after

my scare.

Supplies used: Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock, Basic Grey papers, stickers, alpha letters, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Ek Success border punch

Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

Hope you'll join us next week!

The Imaginisce Design Team have been busy creating some beautiful 'love' themed projects. So make sure to mark it on your calendars and stop by the Imaginisce blog.

New Challenge

Wow!! Where did January go? Seriously. Where did it go?

This week just seems to be flying by for me as I've have a few field trips to go on, teaching piano, staying home with sick child (2 days), doctor's visits, library duty at school and .... life! But it's all good.

I'm excited to share with you Imaginisce's new Monthly Challenge. It's a sketch challenge designed by Diana Fisher.

Here's her sketch and ...

... here's my take.

Supplies used: Imaginisce (Bon Voyage: papers, die-cuts, stickers; Glam Rocks & i-rock tool), Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock, My Little Bit of Whimsy (bird stick pin), My Little Shoebox (alpha stickers), Divine Twine (twine), American Crafts (marker)

There are a few rules with the challenge though.

You must use at least 3 patterned papers and

3 embellishments and

the sketch as inspiration.

Here's a couple of close-ups.

I love what the Design Team have done with this challenge. Check out their layouts here.

Make sure to check out all of the wonderful layouts on the Imaginisce blog ... and feel free to do this challenge! There's a GREAT prize being offered!

CHA Stuff

I love what Imaginisce & Core'dinations have come out for the Winter CHA. Have you had a chance to see it online yet???

Well, here's some links and some peeks in case you haven't. I'd love to hear what your favorites are!

Imaginisce has come out with some fun new tools. I'm super excited about this i-Magicut Ribbon Cutter and sealer (it will cut the edges of your ribbon and then seal them so you don't have anymore frayed ends! I love that because some of those ribbons ... grrr!! Drive me bonkers!)

There's a rotary hand held cutter called a CutBright- great handle that feels really comfortable and several different sized self-healing cutting mats (12x12, 6x12 and 8x8)

They also came out with a tool called the Clicut - it's like an exacto knife but the blade is retractable just like a pen! So it's safe to put inside your purse!

And then the i-top has a whack load of new accessories ... for the jewellry lovers!!

CLICK HERE to see all the fun new accessories (i.e. bracelet, earrings, necklaces)

Imaginisce has also introduced several new collection:

Sole Sisters (which we just released on the blog a few weeks ago),

Makin' Waves and

Hello, Cupcake!

So what do you like from Imaginisce?? I'd love to hear what your favorites are!

Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock has come out with new Assorted Collection Packs. They still have the same wonderful colors they've just grouped them into color groups from pastels, brights, neutrals and darks. And the Spotted collection now comes in a 6x6 size - so thrilled about that!!

I am in love with the Tim Holtz collection and now there are new sizes in the assorted packs of Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress & Tim Holtz Kraft-Core papers. They are 4.25 x 5.5 and 2.25 x 12 - just perfect for using with all of your die-cuts and machines!

They also used that 4.25 x 5.5 size with the Core Essentials, Glitter Silk, Gemstones, and Core Couture. 15 collection packs just ready to cut and emboss. Perfect for cardmakers!

And the must-have when using Core (I couldn't live without these 2) Core'dinations has now combined the Sand It Gadget & Dust Buddy into 1 package!!! Trust me, if you haven't used either of these with your Core' cardstock then you must give it a try. It makes a huge difference!!

So what are you wishing for from Core'dinations?? I know what I want! ALL OF IT!! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Scrappin'!

Imaginisce Design Team

I'm excited to be a part of the Imaginisce 2012 Design Team and thrilled to be leading the team as DT Coordinator! I'd love for you to pop on over to the Imaginisce blog today as I'm sharing a few things about me that you may not know.

Our team this year is filled with many new faces and it's been fun to get to know them this past month. They are a talented bunch and I'm looking forward to seeing all what they will create over the next few months.

I hope that you'll join us on the Imaginisce blog in February as we've got some fun projects to share. Next week we'll be posting our Monthly challenge - hope you'll play along!

Here's a little peek of my project for the new monthly challenge.

Have a super weekend!

Sole Sisters by Imaginisce

Have you seen it yet? I mentioned this collection at the beginning of the week here on my blog so I hope that you've been able to hop on over to the Imaginisce blog to check it out! It's a fabulous new collection called SOLE SISTERS. It's a give-in that girls just love it!!

Here's a look at what I created with this collection.

First off is this layout about my mom & me.

I altered a little wooden frame for my daughter to add a photo later.

I made a mini album for my daughter to add pictures of all of her school friends.

Here's a look at the inside pages. It has 2 sides with accordian styled pages.

And this little wooden purse I found at Michaels and covered it with paper after painting it first.

And last of all, a couple of simple designed cards. Easy & fun to make!

Please make sure to pop by the Imaginisce blog as you will definitely be inspired by all of the wonderful projects that the Design Team have created!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

New Sketchy Challenge

Canadian Scrapbooker has a new sketch up for January for the Sketchy Challenge. Have you seen it? You can see it HERE on their website. It's a fabulous one!

Here's my take on the sketch.

I used pics from this past weekend when we got our 1st snowfall in a couple of years. The kids woke up & were so delighted that they could hardly wait to get outside and play in it.

As you can see I didn't have an "s" or a "w". So I took the number 8 and cut an 's' shape from it. Then I took two letter "v's" and put the together to make a "w".

It's not perfect but it does the job!

Supplies: Harmonie (patterned paper, peel off stickons), American Crafts Thickers, Paper Trunk (white alpha stickers), Core'dinations Colorcore cardstock, Colorbox Fluid chalk ink pad, white snowflake (Michaels), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

We'd love to see what you come up with using the sketch for inspiration.

Remember if you use one Canadian manufacturer on your layout you can have the chance to get your layout published in an upcoming issue! How fun is that?

Thanks for stopping by!