Outdoor Adventure

Imaginisce is having a release party this week for a new collection called "Outdoor Adventure".

You really should check it out because the Design Team has created some amazing projects.
I get to share some today and love this collection.

My brother & his son love to do activities together and one of them is dirt biking.

I love the die-cuts and alpha stickers.

 Even though we don't have a lot of camping photos I found another way to use it.

I cut up the strip of footprint stickers so that I could have individual prints and then used some foam tape to adhere them to the page.

I used a spellbinders die for the base of the 'happy camper' title.

Supplies: Imaginisce (Happy Camper collection: papers, die cuts, sticker stackers, alpha stickers), i-rock tool, Glam Rocks, foam tape); Core'dinations Colorcore cardstock; The Twinery (twine); Spellbinders die; marker (brown)

Thanks for stopping by.

Make sure to hop on over to the Imaginisce blog too ... there's a chance to win this collection!!!

Some classes

Wow! For the past 2 weeks we've have the best weather in a long time.  Gorgeous & sunny.  I love it!!!

I've been busy sanding down our patio furniture and just oiled it all yesterday so my body is feeling some aches & pains in muscles that I didn't know I had!!!  Maybe when I'm done here a good run will help loosen everything up!! ... hopefully.

Today I'm prepping and getting ready to teach on Saturday up at Loon Lake at The Ultimate Scrapbook Retreat! Love that place and love going there to hang with the ladies.

I'll be teaching these two classes.

"Simply Perfect" 

This class is just perfect for a Mother's Day gift (which just so happens to be this weekend!!). We'll be creating a little box and 4 cards to fit inside.  

If you're in the area and want to come & take the class please let me know & we'll get you signed up.

I may have extra kits after the class as well so if you're interested in purchasing the kit please email me (cari_locken@yahoo.ca)

"Core-delicious"

This class is going to be super fun because we are using only cardstock - NO patterned paper is used at all!!!  We'll be doing lots of fun techniques and creating 3 single paged layouts. We'll be using Core'dinations Cardstock (which I absolutely LOVE) & lots of other goodies!

I may have extra kits after the class as well so if you're interested in purchasing the kit please email me (cari_locken@yahoo.ca)

Hope you have a wonderful day!!!

SImple Stories & Thermo Web

Simple Stories and Thermo Web are having a product swap.  You'll definitely want to check out both of these blogs. This week you will find a ton of inspiration!!!

Today I'm sharing a post on the Simple Stories blog.
I altered this large clothes peg.  A very simple craft but very enjoyable because now I can have constant reminders of how blessed my life is.  I have this sitting on my desk.

I love how easy it is to change the Sn@p Cards and use I'm looking forward to changing these weekly ... maybe even daily!

I added some black & white photos to the 4x6 journaling card.

How true is this? What a great reminder!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and make sure to stop by the Simple Stories & Thermo Web blogs as well.

Also Imaginisce is having a fabulous week of Mother's Day inspiration that you really don't want to miss out on! So hop on over there too.

National Scrapbook Day

Well, today is a super fun day!!
I love that it's a day completely ALL about scrapbooking! (well, ... at least for many of us it is! ;))

Today I'm off teaching a super fun kids class ... and my daughter is coming along to help out too! Very excited.
We'll be creating a Mother's Day card, a Father's Day card and a bookmark.

After the class I'm going to hang out with my best little girl and we'll either go shopping or we'll get some plants because she wants to do some veggie & flower planting this year.  And the weather is supposed to be amazing all weekend so I'm really looking forward to that.
In fact, I took the kids to the park on Friday and I got sunburnt!!! I seriously never learn. Year after year.  The 1st sunburn is because I didn't think I'd get anything. Dumb, dumb, dumb!!


Anyways, back to scrapbooking! ;)
If you're looking for some ideas on what to do OR would like to get in on all the awesome giveaways that are happening right now then I'd like to direct you to a few places.

1.  Imaginisce is having a little Giveaway on their blog.  They are giving away a collection pack of Endless Summer.
There's a bit of a challenge though so make sure to check it out!

2.  Simple Stories -lots of giveaways happening here too!!!
- a copy of the Scrapbook Trends Mini Album Idea Book
- a grand prize of Scrapbook Trends Mini Album Idea book and a fun Sn@p Prize package!
- there's some free printables you can download PLUS other fun stuff!

So make sure to check out the celebrations on the SS blog!


Have a wonderful scrappy day!!!

Imaginisce & The Twinery team up!

It's been a super fun week of amazing projects from both the Imaginisce DT and The Twinery DT.  Both companies teamed up this past week for a Blog Hop and if you missed out you can go to both of the blogs and check out the amazing projects.

Each company has a great giveaway and it's open to enter until Sat., April 27th midnight!!
All you have to do is leave a comment on all the blogs that you visit throughout the week and you'll be automatically entered. There are a few extra ways to enter that are listed on the Imaginisce blog. See HERE to learn more.

So start hopping!!

Here's the Blog Hop order for today (Friday) , the last day of the Hop. :(

Imaginisce DT

Aimee Kidd

Marcia Dehn-Nix

Cari Locken

The Twinery DT

Jamie Cripps

Kathy Skou

Monika Wright

Here's what I created for the hop.

I used product from the Imaginisce Childhood Memories collection. A Core'dinations tag, which I embossed, was used for my title area.

"Special Little Moments with Grand People"

Supplies used: Imaginisce (Childhood Memories collection: patterned papers, Sticker Stackers, chipboard embellishments, i-rock tool and Glam Rocks (red & white), Foam Tape & Squares, square alpha stickers); Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock (cardstock & tags); The Twinery (colored twine); Fiskars (border punch); black pen (Uniball)

I used some twine to tie around the eyelet on the tag.

.... a close-up shot.

The main use of the twine on my layout was a diamond design.

• I made scored lines (using my score board) on a blank sheet of paper (printer paper works just fine).
• I then adhered that scrap paper (using temporary adhesive) to my white cardstock (everything cut to size already).
• I used a paper piercer and poked holes at the points of interesection throughout the entire design.
• After all of the holes had been made I began sewing the twine and creating the diamond design.
• When the twine was finished I used my i-rock tool and adhered both small & larger red Glimmer Glam Rocks to add a bit of 'pizazz'! ;)

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out the other fabulous projects!! You will definitely find a lot of inspiration and a variety of ways to use twine & the fun Imaginisce collections!

Have a super weekend!

Got Sketch? #155

I love Valerie Salmon's sketches.  They make creating so easy. And, of course, when I'm using Simple Stories product it's even easier!!

If you hop on over to Got Sketch? you can see the recent sketch #155 ... plus there's some great 'takes' on this sketch as well.

Here's what I came up with this sketch.
Photos are from my Dad's 70th birthday last fall.

I basically followed the sketch throughout. The only change I made was cutting out the banner strip from some patterned paper instead of using the circles as Valerie had in her sketch.

I moved things here & there just to fit my photos and journaling strips. I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Make sure to stop by Got Sketch blog too to check out the sketch and other interpretations of this awesome sketch.

They're Amigos 24/7!

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing some projects on the Simple Stories blog.  I just love the new releases. So much color and so many super fun and cute patterns & designs to choose from.
I created 2 single pages layouts and a card.

As I was going through my photos I came across some of my boys and their cousin. They love hanging out together. I thought the colors in the pictures went great with the 24/7 collection ... plus the theme of the whole collection was a good fit as well. I decided to create a more 'grid' style layout and cut various pieces of patterned paper forming 3 rows of paper and photos.

 I created the sombrero and #3 using my Cricut Expression 2, ....

... and used lots of fun stickers & chipboard embellishments from the 24/7 colleciton.

I then looked through my photos again and came across some pictures of my husband and boys playing in the pool while away on a mini summer vacation.  I decided to use Urban Traveler for this layout.

I love the rich colors in this collection and kept the circle theme throughout by cutting my photos into circular shapes as well.  (trust me ... this was no easy task as I haven't cut my photos up like that in a loooooong time! But I like how it turned out.)

I love the new embellishments (brads and layered stickers) as they add so much visual interest & texture to my projects.

I also created a little card using some of the 24/7 collection. (Love that little phone.)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Here's a list of the supplies that I used.

Supplies used:
Urban Traveler (Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers |#2902, Expressions Cardstock Stickers |#2903, Decorative Brads |#2926, Layered Stickers |#2928, 4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements |#2912, Bingo Cards/Colored Arrow Dots |#2916, Navy Dots/Ledger |#2918, Orange Stripes/Map |#2921

24/7 Collection: Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers |#3102 ,Expressions Cardstock Stickers |#3103, Chipboard Stickers |#3128, Decorative Brads |#3126, Layered Stickers |#3128, Take Note |#3105, 3x4 Journaling Card Elements |#3110, Cork/Ephemera |#3117,  Red Tweed/Calendar |#3118, Blue Chevron/Grid |#3120

Other: Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock, May Arts Ribbon, The Twinery (twine)