Mix n Match with Imaginisce!

Happy Wednesday to you!  

I'm so excited that you stopped over today, as I have a fun post to share!!!  All this week at Imaginisce we are mixing it up.  What does that mean?  Taking three collections and blending them to create a project.

Now you know that a challenge like this is always right up my alley!  I went to my Hello Cupcake, Geek is Chic and Animal Crackers lines and created this:

My starting inspiration... the monochromatic blues for my background.

The flourishes are the mustache die cut from Animal Crackers cut in half.  The light blue paper of my vertical layer base is a piece of packaging from Animal Crackers as well.  The black and red of my journaling block from Geek is Chic was a nice compliment to the color scheme.

The star brads are created from Animal Crackers pattern papers and arranged to anchor the right corner of my page.

I sure loved this challenge and we would love to see what you do mixing up our collections as well!  Please be sure to share over on the Imaginisce Facebook wall!!!  

Ingredients:

Hello Cupcake, Geek is Chic and Animal Crackers papers, Imaginisce

Mustache Diecut, Banner Strip, Chipboard Ticket, Packaging, Animal Crackers

Journaling Block, Geek is Chic

I-Top 2.0, I-Top 22mm and 16mm Punches

I-Top Brad Daddies, 1 - 22mm, 2 - 16mm

i-MagiCut 

Maya Road Star Stick Pin

May Arts, Ribbon

Other:  Sewing Machine, Thread, White Star stick pin and Mini Office Binder Clip

Be sure to stop over to the Imaginisce blog and see the other amazing inspiration that the girls have for you.  I promise it's fabulous!!!

  

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping on over and have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

Special Project to Share

Good Morning to all my crafty friends!

I have a fun and special project that I wanted to share with you today!  You may have already seen it if you are a Pagemaps fan.  For the month of August, the design team over at Imaginisce was given the honor and privilege of designing with Becky Fleck's amazing sketches!

The best part about this for me was that I was given a 2 page layout as my sketch!  I don't often create double page layouts so this was an awesome assignment!

Here's my project using Animal Crackers by Imaginisce:

Some details for you:

The cluster of buttons on here was so much fun to do and is one of my favorite things about this layout.  The journaling reads:  "Watching you play at the park is more fun to me than anything!  You love to explore it all and run, climb, slide and hide.  My sweet monkey!" 

You can see that I've used my i-Rock on here to accent the "Greatest Show Ever" diecut. What cracks me up about this layout is the photos with all the sheer intensity on my sweet boys face!  Having fun for him is serious business!  Never fear, I recently snapped some fabulous pics of him actually smiling!!!  lol!

I used my i-Top on the bottom of the page to add additional texture to the circle pattern papers and a bit of bling seemed like the perfect addition.   I've used all three sizes of brads here, 16mm, 22mm and 28mm.  I can't wait for the new larger brad's and I-Top 2.0!!!

Thanks so much for letting me share my fun project with you!  I hope you stop by Pagemaps and check out all the rest of the awesome sketches for August and to see what my fabulous team-mates created!!!

A very special thank you to Becky Fleck for the honor of designing with her wonderful sketch! 

Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

August Already?!!

Greetings and Happy August to you!

Can you believe that we are headed into the home stretch of summer?  I really can't!  Well, the exciting part of a new month is a brand new challenge over at Imaginisce!

This month we were honored to receive an exclusive sketch from Becky Fleck for our challenge!  Here's the sketch:

Here's my take on her sketch using the ever so fabulous - Animal Crackers collection:

I chose this photo because it tells the story of the boys in this time very well.  Is it a perfect photo where they are both gleaming happily at Mommy?  Nope!  It's real and it's just them and for whatever reason, it makes me laugh!  

To further add a little cracked sense of humor, I placed some crackle accents to the little stars.  Some glossy accents on the stars in the Fun and Games chipboard sentiment added just the right extra dimension along with the button cluster. 

We hope you play along with us over at Imaginisce!  Use 75% Imaginisce products and the sketch and let's see what you create!!!

I'll be back tomorrow to share another fun project! 

Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda