Always Coca-Cola

Today I have a layout to share that I created this past weekend at Crop & Create. The challenge was to create a layout about everyday moments including one's guilty pleasure. Well, I can't say that I feel guilty about my diet Coke addiction, but I have been looking for an excuse to create a page about my very favourite thing (excepting my kids & pets of course).

The papers and photo came from the Coke store in Las Vegas. I created the flower by die cutting a cut open diet Coke can (cool, huh?) using Tim Holtz' tattered flowers die. The finishing touch was the addition of a sprinkling of clear dew drops to suggest the bubbles in a freshly opened pop.

Challenges:

• Crafting for all Seasons - layers
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Recycle, Re-purpose, Re-invent - anything goes & metal
• Secret Crafter - anything goes
• Try it on Tuesday - anything goes

Cutie patootie puppy card

Just back from a wonderful weekend at Crop & Create sponsored by Scrapbook & Cards magazine. I took wonderful classes from 3 of the great women in scrapbooking - Becky Fleck, Vicki Boutin and Kimber McGray. The classes were all based on techniques and I learned so much that I'm eager to try.

But first I want to share a card that I made for one of the weekend contests - Why Hello There. And I am so proud to admit that my card was chosen by Kimber McGray as the winner! Being selected as a winner by someone who has published 4 books on scrapbooking and card making was a total thrill! But enough of the bragging ... here is the card:

I used a couple of new toys for this card - the Grand Madison Window die cut from Memory Box and the Flowers & Leaves die cut from Marianne Design Creatables. The cutie patootie puppy is a front & back stamp from Art Impressions - he is so adorable but I have to admit he's being sitting in my drawer because I've been intimidated about colouring him. I've been working on my colouring though and I'm actually pretty pleased with him. The toughest part of this card was aligning the window and dog on either side of the acrylic so front & back matched up. One last thing to add, I didn't want any writing inside the card to show through the window so the inside of the card actually opens up to the right (the buttons are kind of a handle) so that I can write a nice note.

Challenges:

• 2 Sisters - inside & out (show the inside & outside of your card)
• Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
• Crafting for all Seasons - lots of layers
• Cutie Pie Challenge - die cuts/punches
• Die Cuttin' Divas - anything goes
• Divas by Design - anything goes
• Let's Ink it Up - use your favourite embellishments (mine are die cut shapes and flowers)
• Paper Play - use 2 of something (2 buttons)
• Secret Crafter - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Top Tip Tuesday - dig out something old (stamp has been in my stash for ages!)