Showing posts with label Imaginisce: Cottage Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imaginisce: Cottage Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2011

The Magic of Winter

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Hello everyone! Good Monday Morning! Today over at Imaginisce we are showing you Christmas Card inspiration!!! All week we will be showcasing different Christmas inspiration - gift wrapping, home decor, layouts, etc! It's going to be GREAT! Pop on over to the Imaginisce Blog and check it out! :) 

The picture doesn't really show it, but I stickled around the whole thing as well as the snowflakes which are double popped with foam tape. Oh well! You'll have to use your imagination. :) 




Recipe:


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Paper with Pizazz Blog Hop!


Today is the Imaginisce DT i-rock Intensive Paper with Pizazz Blog Hop! We are showing you different ways of using your i-rock on paper! You should have gotten here from the Imaginisce blog. If not start there to join in the fun and find out what the prize is!!!

Hello out there in bloggy world! I find myself just so thankful. Sometimes it's easy to focus on the things that aren't going right in life, but right now I am just looking at all the things that I feel so blessed to be a part of. Being a DT member on the Imaginisce DT is definitely one of them. This group of ladies is SO encouraging and SO kind and my favorite - drama free! :) So thank you so much to Lori for choosing me and thanks to my teammates for making me feel so LUCKY. :) 

I also feel very blessed to be a part of the Cricut Circle. So I thought I would sport some love in my close-up preview. Did any of you know what I was making with this? It was tricky because I turned the photo upside down so that I could get the Circle logo somewhat right side up! Let me know if you have any questions about the Circle. I am happy to answer them to the best of my ability! 
OUT FOR PUBLICATION! :) 


If you guessed a banner, you were right! You can click on the photo to make it bigger.
OUT FOR PUBLICATION! :) 

My tiny lessons: 
  • Don't be afraid to mix and match your gems! 
  • Also, don't be afraid to mix and match your collection lines. This was made using Cottage Christmas and Apple Cider! :) 
  • If your i-rock is not setting the smaller gems in 5 seconds or less, then switch out the batteries. I hold it on the largest ones for about 10-11 seconds each. 
  • Sometimes the top gets a little loose after lots of use, so when it is is cold, screw it on tighter again by twisting it with your fingers.


Recipe:
Imaginisce Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™ (smallest clear gems)
Cricut Cartridges: Designer's Calendar™ and Birthday Bash™ 
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Argyle™ and Cricut Circle (can only be picked up at Circle crops and swarms)
Crop-a-dile
Copper Eyelets
Ribbon is Offray
Glossy Accents
pop-dots


OUT FOR PUBLICATION! :) 

 Thank you so much for stopping by!


Now head on over to the fabulous Marielle's to see what she has created

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

St. Patty's Day Fun with Imaginisce ***Giveaway alert***

Welcome to my blog version of "Click it with Cricut" with Imaginisce! If you haven't come from there, make sure you pop over to the Imaginisce Blog to see what Cari Locken has created as well! She is fabulously talented and classy to boot. I LOVE her work and am so honored to be her partner for this post!

As a redhead and someone who is more Irish than not, I LOVE St. Patrick's Day! On top of the fact that redheads can wear green like nobody's business (don't try to put us in most reds, hot pinks, or oranges... ever!), green is my favorite color and so I LOVE that for one day it is EVERYwhere! 

I wanted to throw some surprising things into the mix with these cards and this is one of them. I used the Halloween seasonal October 31st cartridge for this card. It's not just for Halloween! :) I simply cut off the stick that was coming out of the cauldron to make a pot at the end of the rainbow!
Happy St. Paddy's Day using OCTOBER 31st cartridge.

Recipe:
Cartridge used: October 31st
Imaginisce: i-rock
Solid cardstock from Paper Trey Ink and glitter blue layer from DCWV™
Sentiment from K& Co. 
Ribbon from Paper Trey Ink: Pure Poppy in Saddle-stitch™
White gel pen

Instructions:
Fold one A2 sized card (5.5"x4.5").
Cut the sparkle blue layer at 5 3/8"x 4 1/8".
Cut the Enchanted paper at 5 1/4" x 4".
Cut a piece of ribbon and adhere behind layers.
Cut the cauldron at 4.5" because you are cutting off the stick that is coming out of the top.
Doddle around edges with pen
Use the cauldron to choose the place of your rainbow and adhere Berrylicious canvas rainbow sticker to the card.
Use pop dots to adhere cauldron to the card and fill with Glam Rocks in Metallic Pearl.
Use your i-rock to adhere.
Add blue jewels to the corners and add your sentiment!



On this next one, I was trying to show you how versatile the lines are. All the brown paper is from the Cottage Christmas collection and the shamrock is made from the Animal Crackers line. Don't forget about using the paper collections to their full potential! Also, remember you can use all of the Cricut Cake cartridges in your Expression machine like I did here.  
Believe using DESIGNER'S CALENDAR and CAKE BASICS

Recipe: 
Cartridge used: Designer's Calendar™and Cake Basics
Cuttlebug folder: Swiss Dots™
Imaginisce: i-rock
White cardstock from Paper Trey Ink™
Ribbon from my stash
Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa
Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™ and Glue Glider Pro with perma-tac™


Fold one A2 sized card (5.5"x4.5").
Cut the brown layer at 5 3/8"x 4 1/8".
Cut the Berrylicious paper at 5 1/4" x 4".
Cut a piece of ribbon and adhere behind layers.
Tie a bow and adhere using Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares.
Cut brown circle at 3" (mine was actually cut at 2.83" because I did it on my Gypsy)
Cut yellow polka dotted circle at 2.75"
Cut white layer at 2.75"
Cut clover at 2.75"
Run clover through your Cuttlebug™ using the Swiss Dots Emboss Folder™
Adhere together using foam dots to separate the yellow layer and the white layer to give it dimension.
Add your rhinestones using your  i-rock
Voila! You're done! 


Lastly, I didn't want to have a post without another shaped card. You do need a Gypsy so create this exact look, but using an eyelet setter and punching eyelets in the top to connect the front and back half will work just as well and will give you two cute bows at the top after you connect them with ribbon or twine! 
Make a Wish! using DESIGNER'S CALENDAR

Recipe:
Cartridge Used: Designer's Calendar on my Gypsy
Imaginisce: i-rock
Imaginisce: Compact in Crystal
Imaginisce: i-rock Swirls Stencil
Cardstock from Paper Trey Ink™
Gold Embossing Powder: Paper Trey Ink™
Twine
Charm from K & Co.
Ink: Versamark

On your Gypsy, weld two 4.25" shadows of the shamrocks at the top. Make sure they are aligned.
Cut base card out of white cardstock.
Cut another 4.25" shadow shamrock out of white cardstock and adhere to front.
Cut regular 4.25" shamrock out of the Berrylicious Collection: "Just Peachy"™ paper.
Remember that the real dial size is off so that even though they are both cut at "4.25" they layer properly.
Place the i-rock Swirls Stencil over the project and rotate it until you like where the swirls are.
Use your i-rock to set the clear gems.
Add tiny black gems from the compact in pink, black, and clear to places that you would like to highlight.
Heat emboss your sentiment.
Tie twine around the stem of the shamrock and add your "lucky" charm!

Thank you SO much for joining me today for the Click it with Cricut post. Remember to head over to the Imaginisce Blog to see the fabulous cards that Cari came up with and remember to leave a comment over there to win the Give a Hoot cartridge! 

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Valentine using Imaginisce!

So we Design Team girls wanted to create some valentines using paper that you still have. So we are trying to take the lines that you wouldn't think of and turn them into valentines. The girls have some awesome inspiration for you over at the blog and I am just showing you my simple card made from my last remaining scraps of a Cottage Christmas piece of paper! 


Recipe:
Stamp sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Love-alcious
Cuttlebug Folder: Swiss Dots

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Monday, January 10, 2011

10 Things You Didn't Know About Courtney Lee

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If you came from the Imaginisce blog then WELCOME!

When I submitted my DT application, I said that I wanted to be on the Imaginisce Design Team because, "I would like to be part of the Imaginisce team because I think Imaginisce is as on par with innovation as Provo Craft. I love Provo Craft and the fact that your company has teamed up with them is very exciting. The places you could go together are endless."


Now that I have been on the team for a few weeks, I can tell you that it's because of the AMAZING ladies that serve, help each other, encourage each other, and inspire each other as well as our fearless Queen Lori! 

A few of you may have seen this already, but here is what I created for my DT submission. 

Design Notes: 
If you look through the sparkle on the tree - the white parts - you can see the snowflakes underneath. This is a lot more apparent in person, but was hard to photograph. It was my favorite part of the layout! :)



Recipe:
Cartridge: Christmas Noel Solutions™, Cake Basics™ (scalloped circle)
i-rock and lots of Hot Rocks (from the) Compact™ - I admit it... I'm blinging everything!
Stencil for the flourishes: i-rock Swirls Stencil™
Sentiment stamp: MME Holly Jolly™
Embossing powder: a la Mode™
Sparkle: Pixie sparkle - for the red parts: on top of Studio G red glitter glue
Vinyl photo corners from EAD Designs™

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 Next up we were asked to create a card... Of course I chose a shaped card:

Design Notes: I got the jingle bell from Michael's and you may or may not notice that I embossed the green background. I used clear embossing powder to create the shine on the red part of the flower.

Recipe:
Embossing powder: a la Mode™
Twine:  PaperTreyInk™

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Lastly, we were asked to create something of our choice. My mom really liked my Autumn banner and requested that I make one for her that said, "thankful". This is now inside of her house. 
Recipe:
Imaginisce Apple Cider Collection™
Cartridge: Designer's Calendar™ and  Cake Basics™
Embossing: D'vine Swirls™ and Victoria

A few close-ups. Sorry the colors aren't quite right. It was raining this day too!


I hope you enjoyed this post. Be sure to hang out at the Imaginisce blog all week long to see what quirky things we tell you about ourselves! AND we'll either be showing you our favorite projects or our DT submissions on our personal blogs!

OF COURSE Imaginisce is giving stuff away - they are always giving stuff away! So Lori was great enough to let me choose something that inspires me and I can't tell you how much I love.... the Petal Roller and the Rolie Rosies!!! Thank you Lori and Imaginisce!! Seriously - they are going to be showing up on everything soon! SO leave a comment here and then go back to the Imaginisce blog and let them know you came by to be entered to win it!!! 


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Thursday, December 23, 2010

2011 Imaginisce Design Team Member!

Hello everyone!!! I am absolutely thrilled and honored to have been selected as part of the 2011 Imaginisce Design Team

I have been on cloud 9 and just couldn't wait to tell you all! 

I always consider these kind of successes to be about all of us - as I say - my grandmother was my first "follower" so for those that encouraged me from the beginning, share in the joy! 

I couldn't decide what to put up here as my first project so I just decided to show you what I created for my DT submission. 

Design Notes: 
If you look through the sparkle on the tree - the white parts - you can see the snowflakes underneath. This is a lot more apparent in person, but was hard to photograph. It was my favorite part of the layout! :)



Recipe:
Cartridge: Christmas Noel Solutions™, Cake Basics™ (scalloped circle)
i-rock and lots of Hot Rocks (from the) Compact™ - I admit it... I'm blinging everything!
Stencil for the flourishes: i-rock Swirls Stencil™
Sentiment stamp: MME Holly Jolly™
Embossing powder: a la Mode™
Sparkle: Pixie sparkle - for the red parts: on top of Studio G red glitter glue
Vinyl photo corners from EAD Designs™

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 Next up we were asked to create a card... Of course I chose a shaped card:

Design Notes: I got the jingle bell from Michael's and you may or may not notice that I embossed the green background. I used clear embossing powder to create the shine on the red part of the flower.

Recipe:
Embossing powder: a la Mode™
Twine:  PaperTreyInk™

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Lastly, we were asked to create something of our choice. My mom really liked my Autumn banner and requested that I make one for her that said, "thankful". This is now inside of her house. 
Recipe:
Imaginisce Apple Cider Collection™
Cartridge: Designer's Calendar™ and  Cake Basics™
Embossing: D'vine Swirls™ and Victoria

A few close-ups. Sorry the colors aren't quite right. It was raining this day too!


I hope you enjoyed this post and have a very Merry Christmas! I am really looking forward to joining in such talent and learning a lot from these really talented ladies!

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Imaginisce Sketch Challenge

I had a really tough time getting pictures of these as it has been raining for days. So the colors look washed out to me. :( They will have to do though! 

You all know I don't normally do layouts, but I was making this for another thing... and didn't like how this came out compared to what I was going for. It's so busy. It didn't have to be. Some of the other ladies made it much simpler, but of course I went over the top. Anyway, it's for the Imaginisce Sketch Challenge. I did more work than I would like to admit on this for 2 days. There is a lot of detail once you start to look at it. Okay, enough talking, here it is:





Recipe:
Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas™ line - everything but the white paper which is Bazzill Diamond White card stock
Ribbon: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas™
Chipboard: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas™
Snow Flowers: Jolly™
i-rock and hot rocks - Crystal™
Rub-ons (title): Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Season's Greeting Rub-on words™
Cartridge: Cake Basics™
Embossing: Snowflakes™, D'vine Swirls
Glitter Glue: Studio G™
Button Twine: Paper Trey Ink™



I'm not ready to show it just yet, but here is a sneak peak of the layout that I decided to go with instead. They asked that it be very "me" and the one I decided on is much more "me" :)


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