What to do with Cork?

The design team at ScrapCentral was challenged to come up with a project using 2 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of cork. We could do anything with it. I stared at this stuff for a couple of weeks trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with it. I thought about stamping on it, embossing it, painting on it, die cutting it, using it on cards and layouts. Basically, I couldn't seem to decide what I want to make with it.

As usual, it came down to the wire and I basically had two nights to get this done before the dead line. I ended up making a woven basket which I filled with floral grass. I die cut some flowers which I painted with Radiant Rain paints. I, then, used distress Stickles to accent the flowers and leaves.

I am going to make more of these flowers to use on layouts. I really like them and they were fun to make. Spellbinder dies cut the cork reasonably well in the Cuttlebug. I thought the dies might be too shallow but with a little extra shim there was enough pressure.

Back to the Grind

Well, we are back to our normal routine this week -- work, daycare, all the normal stuff. We had a good visit to the Grandparents. The kids were spoilt rotten. I am in the process of unpacking a pile of stuff that we accumulated over the past week.

Love going home since I get to go shopping in the US while I am there. I scored nicely at Joann's. I was able to get 4 DCWV paper packs for $9.99 each. They were the lovely 12x12 glitter packs that I love using for cards and for cutting elements out of for layouts.

Another score was from Fabricland. They were selling lots of Olfray ribbon flowers packs Buy 1 and get 3 Free. I picked up 40 different packages of those little beauties. I also picked up lots of 1 inch ribbon for cards as well. That wasn't on sale but I got to use my mother's discount.

I don't have any projects to post today. I did manage to finish off my ATCs for the ScrapCentral ATC swap this month but I am afraid that I did not take any pics of them. I completely forgot before I mailed them out. This month's theme was transportation. I found a great deck of cards with the San Francisco trolley on them when we were cleaning out my Grandfather's house. They were perfect. Another score!

I am hoping to have something to post tomorrow. I have the day off of work and I have a project that is partially completed for ScrapCentral. I need to have it posted tomorrow...so guess what I am working on tonight.

Ouch...ouch...ouch

After 2 days of "adventures" with the kids, I am sore and stiff. Two days of walking, climbing and running after them has been fun but I feel every single muscle screaming today. Thankfully, today's adventure involves a movie theatre and sitting down. It is suppose to rain for the rest of the week so the rest of our adventures are going to have to be indoors.

Last night, I finally managed to finish Tania's circle journal LO's. Her theme was 25 random things about ourselves. I can't believe how hard it was to come up with 25 random things. Every time I thought of something, it lead to something else and the journalling didn't feel like it was random anymore. I finally just gave up and this is what I ended up completing:


Materials used: Bazzill cardstock, Basic Grey pattern paper, Hambly rubons, KaiserCraft bling, American Craft Thickers, KI Gloo.

I am late on these...very late. I have to incorporate a run to the post office sometime either today or tomorrow.

Vacation Time!!!

Well I am officially on vacation...hurrah!! A whole week without having to go to work. A whole week to scrap and relax....NOT. I wish. Nope this week is going to be keeping my kids occupied since my daycare provider is on vacation too. I am certainly not begruding her the time off. She has certainly earned it with my two monkeys but I can pretty much guarantee that my scrap supplies will not see the light of day next week.

I guess I can't really complain. I have a whole week of day trips planned to keep them entertained and to provide me with photo opportunities. Hee..hee...more photos to scrap.

I did manage to get a chance to make a card last night. This one is for my mother's birthday in August. I scored the new Spellbinder's pendant dies the other day and I have been dying to use them.

Materials used: Bazzill cardstock, Prism Simply Smooth cardstock, Copic Markers, Memento ink, Distress ink, Spica markers, Spellbinder pendant dies, Stamping Barn stamp and Picture Embossing stencil.

A new addiction...

I have become addicted to Twitter. I can't believe how much time I am spending on little bits of nonsense but it is actually fun. I don't tweet much myself. I don't think that I am that interesting but then I am fascinated by other people's mundane stuff so who knows. It is amazing how many people and companies are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon. I have been following lots of CHA sneak peeks through tweets.

Now on to something more craft related....I was able to get my hands on some PTI stamps. Lovely Bonnie brought them with her when she came to ScrapFest and I was able to save a bundle on the shipping. Their shipping to Canada is just outrageous. I don't think I would have gotten them otherwise.

I just love this damask set:

Materials used: Bazzill cs, white embossing powder, misc. ribbon and Spellbinder dies.

They are beautifully designed stamps and their packaging is lovely...it is too bad that I ended up recycling it. I find the CD cases to be too bulky for my limited space. The stamps ended up in my 3 ring binder storage instead.

This card was completed for a card challenge at Paper Passions for their first on-line crop. They have the absolute best prices that I have seen for Spellbinder dies in Canada.