Casper, the mostly-friendly cat

This was a project that I created for Jillibean Soup for winter CHA. It features their new line called "Chicken Noodle" collection. The line also has coordinating cardstock stickers and stamps. I had posted it before but without detailed shots of the journaling. Enjoy!


Supplies:Jillibean Soup patterned paper, kraft, cardstock stickers and letter stickers, corrugated alphas, button and twine, Epson Presentation Paper (white), 3L layering tape, Glue Dots (to adhere button), Font: Mason, other: sewing machine, thread. Based on a sketch by Erin Roe for Scrapbooks Etc.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

I used the random number generator thingy and here's what it said:

True Random Number Generator

Result: 16

That means the winner of the two packs of Core'dinations and the five sheets of brand spankin' new Core Impressions is....

little_empresssu said...
Those are super cute Valentine's day cards! And a nice giveaway too.

Wendy

Wendy, if you can please drop me an email at: thehodgees@yahoo.ca and let me know your shipping address that would be swell. I will also need you to check out the new Core Impression collection packs and let me know what five sheets you would like to have as well. You will need to travel to http://www.coredinations.com/ and then click on "Products" and then "Collection Packs".

Core'dinations Valentine's Day giveaway!!!

Alrighty, mighty...
It's a Core'dinations giveaway...and it's pretty sweet.
- one full package of Chocolate Box (fat-free, no calories, guilt-free - 20 sheets in total)
- one full package of Ebony & Ivory (WhiteWash, Black Magic and Core Essentials....60 sheets in total!)
- AND five sheets of brand spankin' new Core Impressions that you get to pick! Yeah. Boo-yah!!!

Here's an image of the two complete collection packs you will win:

Don't worry if you're not located in Canada. All you need to do to enter is comment on this blog entry (not on Facebook) and tell me what you are hoping to get on Valentine's Day....besides a wack of Core'dinations. You have until 12pm EST on Sunday, February 14th.

ETA: Want another chance to win MORE Core'dinations? Head to this fellow Core'dinations' DT member's blog, Heather Bowser. Yeah, baby!

Since tomorrow is the last school day before Valentine's Day I thought I would share what I made for Ema's kindergarten class. Each child gets a little bag with chocolates in it and a card that she signed. The card is yet again based on a super little card that Alicia Thelin had published in the CardMaker's Sketch Book: Birthday Celebration.

Supplies: Core'dinations cardstock, Jillibean Soup patterned paper and kraft, October Afternoon stamps (pig, Hogs & Kisses), American Crafts ribbon, Tsukineko ink (VersaFine), Avery tag rim, EK Success scallop circle punch, 3L layering tape, Glue Dots, other: white paper bags in size 1.

Core'dinations meets Cosmo Cricket

Yesterday was nothing short of devine. Mel and Kim, my two dear friends, over ALL day scrapping. Ema held her own and created quite a few cards once she got home from school. Devine, I say, devine.

Here's what I made:

Supplies: Core'dinations cardstock (Core Impressions / Cosmo Cricket Classics Collection), Cosmo Cricket pattered paper and chipboard, Jillibean Soup kraft and twine, Stampin' Up! heart punch, Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge and Cricut machine (for trunks), 3L layering tape, Making Memories eyelets and sanding block, Tsukineko ink, Font: Mason, EK Success circle punches (large, small) and corner rounder, Fiskars circle punch (medium), other: sewing machine, thread. The layout is based on Sketch #4 from Ella Publishing Co.

Here's the delicious collection that the cardstock came from:

Here's another lookie-lookie at the layout and card separately:

Also, I discovered something quite wonderful yesterday. I had known that you can create a scalloped border using an EK Success corner rounder when you pop off the surrounding paper guide BUT did you know that it cuts Cosmo Cricket Farmer's Market polka dot paper from the Early Bird Collection perfectly? Yeah. Pretty exciting for me. Where was a lot of "Wheee"-ing!

Be sure to visit this blog on Thursday, February 11th. I have a dandy of a giveaway that will end on Valentine's Day. Oooo.... Wonder what it will be???

Some CHA cards

For winter CHA in Anaheim a few weeks ago I was asked to create three cards using a new line of paper by Jillibean Soup. The line is called Chicken Noodle Soup and I think they assigned it to me since I live in the dairy capital of Canada. Moo.

Supplies: Jillibean Soup patterned paper, stamp, kraft and journaling spot, Tsukineko ink, 3L layering tape, Stampin' Up! heart punch, Epson presentation paper for stamping, other: sewing machine, thread.

Supplies: Jillibean Soup patterned paper, letter stickers, kraft, and twine, Xyron Sticker Maker (to adhere twine), We R' Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Font: Mason.

Supplies: Jillibean Soup patterned paper, twine, kraft and cardstock sticker, 3L layering tape, Creative Memories oval shape cutter, Xyron Sticker Maker (to adhere twine).

Hope and love

Here are some projects that I whipped up over the weekend that I can finally share. The projects were made using Core Impressions from the *NEW* Jenni Bowlin Brown and Cream Collection:
The layout is based on Sketch #1 over at Ella Publishing Co. They are running a weekly contest right now (even though it's too late to enter Sketch #1) to win a Cricut Expression. For more details, visit their blog.

Supplies: Core'dinations cardstock, Jenni Bowlin patterned paper, Jillibean Soup kraft paper, Quickutz letter dies (Diesel Grand), Stampin' Up heart punch, 3L photo corners and layering tape, Making Memories sanding block, Font: Mason, other: thread and sewing machine.

The card was made from the scraps that I had left over from the layout. Friggin' love that!

Supplies: Core'dinations cardstock, Jenni Bowlin patterned paper, small letter stickers and coaster, Jillibean Soup kraft paper, We R' Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Quickutz letter dies (Diesel Grand), 3L layering tape, Making Memories sanding block, other: sewing machine, thread, "Deckle" decorative scissors.

ETA: Today, over at 2Peas in a Bucket these projects were selected as Featured Project.

Valentines with Hannah

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of helping Hannah (a grade 6 student) design and create 16 Valentines for her friends and family. Hannah, as some of you may remember, debuted on my blog last year in March with a delightful mini-album that she created about her dog Pete.

First we flipped through this book for inspiration:

We found a great little bird card that Alicia Thelin had made on page 17. Hannah took that idea and changed it into a Valentine using a sheep stamp instead. Perfect!

Supplies: Core'dinations cardstock, Jillibean Soup patterned paper, ribbon and kraft, Epson Photo Presentation Paper (stamping), Hero Arts stamp (sheep), October Afternoon stamp (i love ewe!, heart), Tsukineko VersaFine ink, Avery tags, Crayola pencil crayons, EK Success scalloped circle punch, 3L layering tape, Glue Dots.

I made a layout and card over the weekend as well using the *NEW* Core Impressions and will try and post it within the next few days. Stay tuned! Until then, here is a teaser of one of the photos that I used for the layout. It's a shot I took of our neighbour's dog, Hope, when we babysat her a few weeks ago. This was a gift to our neighbours with a promise to take a shot of her in the spring, summer and fall as well....since she's such a cutie pie!