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I am so excited about the May Trio Kit  from  3 Scrappy Boys. It has all sorts of October Afternoon and some really great elements from Maya Rd and New Core-dinations not to mention dear lizzy and basic grey.  I have been loveing creating with it.

Here is what I have done so far

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and the winner is.....

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23

Timestamp: 2010-04-30 03:15:40 UTC

Which means Lorraine, you are the winner of a pad of Jenni Bowlin Core-impressions, please email me your address and I will get it out to you.

What a great way to start the National Scrapbooking Day weekend.

Here is a little, "did you know" straight from wikipedia.
Over 25 million people in the United States alone consider themselves to be scrapbookers.
Almost 30% of all U.S. households have at least one family member who scrapbooks.
Scrapbooking is the fastest growing sector of the craft and hobby industry and now considered to be the third most popular craft in the nation.
It has also been said that there are now more scrapbookers than there are golfers, as it is estimated 1 in every 4 households plays golf and 1 in every 3 households scrapbooks.
 
I THINK THAT IS AWESOME!! I am so proud to be a part of this industry, it has brought so much joy to my life including  tons of new friends and many incredible memories.

I will leave you with this card, it was one of those stamps {by the greeting farm} that I just could not resist and the perfect sentiment by SRM stickers. To all you crafty ladies out there have a Happy Scrappy Day.

Products used *new* Core- amour Onyx and Core-dinations Cardstock, stickers by SRM and Cheeky Shooter stamp by the greeting farm.

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It's almost here

National Scrapbooking Day that is, I am so so excited, I am going to be participating in an online crop at 3 Scrappy Boys, they have a ton of great challenges coming up and a big sale. I got my first kit from them yesterday at it is loaded with all sort of wonderful goodness. I can't share the whole thing yet, but here is a sneaky peak of what I did with it.

and since I don't like to torture you with out some sort of full reveal, here is the layout from the class that I taught at River Scrapbook Room. Actual this is slightly different from the one that I taught, there are butterflies on each of the circles. But because of my Scrap lifting thief, I do not have a photo of that one.

Product used, Core-dinations Cardstock, Crate paper, queen n co bling, Basic grey letters

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Calming cardstock

Sometimes I find it incredibly calming to just pull solid colors together and build a layout from there. Then I don't have to match colors to patterns or worry about things being to busy. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my pattern papers, but I find some of my favorite creations are the ones I create from solid cardstock. This is one such layout. This is one of my favorite color combos.

Core-dination Cardstock Color Core and Gemstones

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Calming cardstock

Wanna be a Core-dinations guest designer?

If you 've ever wanted a guest designer position than you'll be excited to hear about this.
Core'dinations Cardstock & Caardvarks have teamed up for an exciting challenge.

Here's the info:

THE PRIZE: You can be a part of the Core’dinations talented design team! The winner will receive a 3 month guest designer spot on the design team, and receive a generous variety of Core’dinations cardstock to work with.

THE CHALLENGE: Create a *new* monochromatic card and enter it via Mr. Linky {via the Caardvarks blog} at the end of this post by May 3rd at Midnight, PST.

You must head over to the Caardvarks blog for more information on where to post your finished card by May 3rd midnight PST.

Also, make sure you check out the Caardvarks/Core’dinations Gallery here for tons of awesome inspiration. Their design team did some AmaZinG things with Core’dinations!

Today I have this layout to share with you, This was part of  a class that I taught ages ago, using 4x6 photos only. Oh my baby was so little, time goes by to fast.

Products used Core-dinations Cardstock, Pattern paper by Rusty Pickle, foof fa la buttons

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Wanna be a Core-dinations guest designer?

I {heart} mail!!

I just got this in the mail and I have to tell you it is FABULOUS, There is a ton of fresh talent and great ideas. I have several layouts in both this book and the second one to come out later!!!

Volume One hit the stores on March 31st. In the UK, you’ll find it at WHSmiths, Sainsbury’s and newsagents. It is on its way to the Canada and the U.S. as well, so keep an eye in the magazine section at your local Barnes and Noble and some other stores too. But even easier, you can order it online and have it delivered right to your door. Click here to order your copy. The prices include postage: £10.99 for the UK, £11.99 to Europe and £12.99 to the rest of the world. (If your buying it  in the UK, it will be £9.99)

Also in the mail this week was these babies, as I am sure many of you have guessed I am a huge fan of fiskars, I think a lot of there stuff is awesome, not only scrapping, but I also love thier sewing stuff and I have a whole bunch of thier gardening tools! It was a complete and wonderful surprize to recieve these groovy Fiskateer scissors, even with my fiskateer number on them {hah, just try and steal my scissors now!}

To become a Fiskateer all you have to do is go here. http://www.fiskateers.com/ and follow the steps. They are a warm and welcomeing bunch with lots of great give aways, ideas and inspiration.

Hope you all get something wonderful in your mail box today!

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I {heart} mail!!

Be one with the Earth

Happy Earth Day everyone, I hope each of you do something special for our earth today, whether it is turn out your lights for an hour, plant a tree or just spend some quality time outdoors. We need to take care of this planet of ours. This is what my boys did to celebrate.

You thought it was something really really epic didn't you???

Today I will go and work in my garden, do my part and plant some herbs and flowers. The layout that I have to share with you today is a different sort of Earth layout, my favorite season is fall and I am still working on some of the photos that I took then. A neat piece of info about this is that I used the new Core-Amour but I used the back side, I had this paper sitting on my desk and I just discovered  the debossed waves on the back. I love double sided papers, So why not use both sides of my cardstock. 

Products Used: Core-dinations Cardstock, Core'Amour, Pattern Paper by Jillibean soup, leaves by Maya Rd, Chipboard by Urban Lily and american craft brads

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Be one with the Earth