A City Girl @ Heart

I am so excited to share this fun layout with you.  It isn't often that I share a layout that tells a bit about me that many people don't know.  We live in a small town of about 2,000 people. While we are so lucky to be surrounded by the ocean, lakes and mountains, I do miss living in a city.

Core'dinations  challenged us Design Team members to use a chalking technique on a project.  I have seen all the projects everyone did and they are fab! So many fantastic and original approaches to the chalkboard trend.  Mine was shared on the Core'dinations Blog the other day, so today I am sharing mine with you.

I started this layout by sanding down Nightfall Core'dinations Cardstock.  The effect looks like a night sky.  So cool!  To create my city buildings, I used a stencil by Crafter's Companion with some Quick Quotes Chalking Ink.  I simply dabbed the ink right over the stencil.  After it sat for a minute, I smeared the chalked image with my finger to make it look a bit smudged.

Journaling in white pen was my last touch for the chalking theme.  It really pops on the Nightfall!

Core'dinations Supplies:
12 x12 Core Essentials - Neutrals
12 x 12 Tim Holtz Kraft-Core - Nostalgic Collection
Sandit Set

Other Supplies:
Quick Quotes Chalking Ink
Crafter's Companion Stencil
Sakura White Pen
American Crafts Thickers
Couture Creations Embossing Folder
KaiserCraft Sparklets

Hard Core {Holiday} Crop

I decided to join in Core'dinations Hard Core {Holiday} Crop this weekend.  Lucky for me I have a slew of Core'dinations cardstock!  Core'dinations is having a ton of fun, easy challenges with lots of fantastic inspiration from their design team and other participating partners.

For "Road Trip" I used Lydia's Sketch Challenge.  It was just perfect for my people Instagram photos from our NYC trip this summer. All the cardstock, even the glitter cardstock, is from Core'dinations.

 
Cards do not have to be overly embellished to be pretty, as you can see in the card I made for Debbie's Ribbon Challenge.

The embossed angel in "Joy" is actually debossed in Core'dinations Cardstock.  I accented the debossed image by swiping it with white ink and fussy cutting around the angel.  Ribbon was used for the angel's belt.

This is all I have time to share right now.  I'll have three more Core'dinations filled projects to share with you tomorrow all done for the Hard Core {Holiday} Crop!