Wonderful You Card (Authentique Sketch Challenge)

Someone very special to me will be celebrating her birthday in a week and i made her a very special card using the lovely Authentique collection called 'Uncommon'.  Uncommon just like my Mom, the soon-to-be birthday girl! :)  These papers were just perfect for her!

I used the October Authentique card sketch as inspiration:

The crystal flourish and little tiny gems in the center of the flowers (that you can barely see in the picture because my camera doesn't like me sometimes - hehe) are from Zva Creative.

Make sure to come back and visit this week!  I'll have a very special layout to share with you with more Zva Creative bling and Dusty Attic chipboard.  

And Thursday is the DT Reveal for Scrap It with a Song!  I'm going all Halloween for this one!

Thousand Years (SIWAS DT Reveal)

It's Thursday so it's time for another awesome musical reveal from Scrap It with a Song.  This week, the Rock Chicks and i had to get inspired by this popular love song by Christina Perri, A Thousand Years.  This song is sooo beautiful that it's hard not to be inspired by the melody and lyrics.  When you listen to this song, you will just HAVE to create something beautiful and link it up at SIWAS!

The layout i created is based on this month's sketch challenge on the Dusty Attic Ning designed by Mistra.

 

The beautiful paper collection i used is Little Yellow Bicycle's Saturdays.  I decided to feature various Dusty Attic products on this layout, as well as Zva Creative bling.  Laser-cut chipboard and crystal or pearl flourishes are by far my favorite embellishments to use on any project.  

I adore trying different techniques to alter my DA chipboard and my favorite is covering it with gesso and then heating it up until the gesso bubbles and hardens.  I then have fun using all sorts of inks, mists, glitter, powder, chalk, paste, etc to add color and texture to the chipboard.

I urge you to try this trick with gesso and your heatgun.  I guarantee you will enjoy the final result!

 Dusty Attic is not only about laser-cut chipboard - it also offers beautiful blooms (like the ones used here) and leaves (which i have covered with Suede Glimmer Mist).

 And a love-themed layout is never quite complete without some swirls of bling.  I thought Zva Creative's Pearls would be perfect to add a more romantic and elegant feel to my page.

One of my favorite products from DA is the fairly new Lacing Tash (shown above) inspired by and named after the fabulous Natasha Naranjo Aguirre who rates quite high on my top designer list.  Every single piece that she creates is pure creative genius.  Check out her blog HERE!

Here is the list of all DA products used:

Lacing Tash (DA0631)

Nameplate #4 (DA0585)

Chicken Wire Panel (DA0177)

Baroque Frame (DA0542)

Twirly Hearts (DA0455)

Birds Nests #2 (DA0721)

Mini Feathers (DA0650)

Dusty Curls ABC Set (DA0468) 

Dusty in Bloom Celestial White (DA0800)

Dusty in Bloom Leaves (DA0810)

Thank you for visiting! :)

Exciting News!!!

You heard it, i have super exciting news to share with you today!

I have been chosen to be part of the new Creative Scrappers DT.  I am so happy to be part of this amazing team and to be able to promote the wonderful CS sketches for the next 4 months.   It will be an honor to create alongside such talented ladies as Kristine Davidson, Marielle Leblanc, Jenny Evans, Juliana Michaels (all whose blogs i have been following for a long time now) and so many more.  

Do you see my name?!  My term will be starting in November and I will be on Team A.  :)

So, starting today, make sure to be following the Creative Scrappers blog (if you're not already), and visit every Sunday for some awesome sketchy inspiration, the best there is!

Prairie Hill Card Set (Pamela's WCMD sketches)

Happy *belated* World Card Making Day!!!

I hope that all of you took a little time this weekend to create something!  I wasn't able to scrap yesterday as we had company over, but i made sure to spend a couple hours in my scraproom today, after Yves and i went out to breakfast then found a couple beautiful spots for a Fall photoshoot.  Here are just a couple samples:

 I'm always so happy to have new 'colorful' pictures to scrapbook!

Now, let me share with you the 5 cards i created today!!!

I made each one with the lovely Pink Paislee's Prairie Hill collection (my favorite Summer collection of 2012):

Each card was inspired by a sketch from Pamela's World of Scrap challenge.  Her sketches are adorable and as soon as i saw them while browsing through her blog, i was immediately inspired.

Sketch #1

Sketch #2

Sketch #3

Sketch #4

Sketch #5

If you love these sketches as much as i do, click HERE to participate in Pamela's challenge.  The deadline is October 14th!

Also, if you've made a card, or 2, or 10 this weekend, make sure to link them up to the Simon Says Stamp Blog before the end of the day today.  There is an AMAZING prize up for grabs! :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Pamela's huge WCMD Giveaway!

And i say HUGE!!!  Look at this prize pack:

As you probably know, tomorrow is World Card Making Day and there will be many challenges, prizes, blog hops all through the creative web so make sure to take a little time to get crafty!

To celebrate, Pamela from Pamela's World of Scraps is giving away the above prize.  Click HERE to find out how you can win!

Also, she is hosting an awesome card sketch challenge (with 5 different sketches!) for which she is giving away another great prize!  Click HERE for more details.  I know i will be playing along for sure!

Thanks Pamela! :)