November Sketch Winner: Mandi

Congrats to Mandi from Lynden, Washington for creating our winner layout for the November Sketch challenge. 

It was a tough group to pick from this month...it seems every month our layouts get better and better and it makes it very hard for our team to pick a winner. But lucky Mandi, she now gets to pick from $75 worth of product, an i-top product collection assortment OR an i-rock Collection. Just email us your choice and shipping information! Congrats!!

Got Turkey???

How about a little gobble wobble turkey hobble to get this holiday started?

Some of us girls have been working on Thanksgiving Projects with the amazing Apple Cider collection and we have a bit of a challenge for you!

Remember this song from Sesame Street?

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?  

Well... we have been working with the Limited Edition Cricut Thanksgiving cartridge on a few of the projects, but one of the designers did not use it for her project.

Your mission, should you choose it, is to hop to each blog and look closely at what was created and try to decide which projects used this cartridge and which one did not (you can always Google the full image of the cartridge if you think you need some help).  Make sure you leave each of the designers a comment on their blogs.  Then, come back here and tell us who did NOT use the AWESOME Cricut Thanksgiving cartridge and you could be eligible to win your very own Provo Craft Gypsy.  Everyone needs one of these!

Listed below are the names of the design team members who participated in the hop.  Cannot wait to hear what you found out and who was not like the others.  Gobble, Gobble...

Melinda Spinks

Aphra Bolyer

Liz Qualman

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Splendor of Autumn (win a class kit)

I know that many of us are already gearing up for the holidays but I always find myself wishing that autumn would last just a few more weeks longer. It really is my most favorite season. I love the changing color of the leaves and watching them fall gently from the branches. I like breathing in the fresh, crisp air (now don't get me wrong - I don't mean cold air just a bit cooler than the heat of summer!) And, I love the smell of pumpkin pie and scented candles that make me feel all cozy inside.

So, when Imaginisce came out the Apple Cider collection I was in love!!! Truly. They tugged on my heart's strings big time!

I decided to use this collection for one of my classes that I've been teaching throughout this fall. I also incorporated some wonderful Core'dinations cardstock which has been one of our manufacturer partners. They are definitely a perfect match!

So, do you have some fall photos that you need to get scrapbooked? Then this is your lucky day!!

I'm going to be giving away 2 of my "Autumn Spendor" Class kits!!! 1 kit to a lucky reader on this blog and 1 kit to a lucky read on my blog! (kit comes complete with everything you need to create 3 single paged layouts; PDF instructions will be emailed to the lucky winner along with colored photos)

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Here's what you need to do:

1. Leave a comment here on this post telling us your favorite part about Fall.

2. Then hop on over to Cari's blog (CLICK HERE), become a follower of her blog and leave her a comment for another chance to win one of her class kits.

You have until Sunday at midnight to post your comments. Winner will be picked & announced on Monday.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cari

Apple Cider "Love" Tree Template

Do you all remember this gorgeous layout created with the Apple Cider Collection by the talented Melinda Spinks? Well so many people asked how she created the "Love" trunk to the tree in the layout that she decided to create a pattern/template for  us to share with our fans. 

Simply click on the image and then right click to save it to your computer. Bring the image into any photo editing software or even MS Word and print it to size to create a template you can use to cut out your own tree.

And if you own a Silhouette the you can create an outline of this image and cut it out with the Silhouette instead of by hand. Be sure to join us tomorrow to see the awesome Silhouette-Imaginisce Blog Swap and Giveaways!!

Back to School with Liz

Hi everyone! As many of your know, my "real" job is as an educator and this month has been my department's Back to School month, which consists of helping teachers in our district prepare for the return of our students. Since I have been consumed with work, which always encroaches a bit on my hobby (LOL), I thought it would be appropriate to share little desk caddy created with the delicious Apple Cider Collection. Below are just a few directions on what I used to create this special gift for a child's teacher.

First of all, I started with one of these... 

Purchased at Hobby Lobby

Then I painted it with this...

Burnt Sienna Acrylic Paint

Next I covered it with these...

Fall In Love 12x12 Paper

Nature Trails Ribbon

I also used one of these:

Fiskars Scallop Border Punch

Then I cut this...

Using this...

Cricut Country Life Cartridge

With this...

Cricut Expressions Machine

And ended up with this...

Ready for a Giveaway???

Leave a comment and be eligible to win one of these...

Cricut Simply Charmed Cartridge

Thank you so much for stopping by - Liz
My Little Sketch Blook

The Patient Workings of an Artist in Australia: Melinda Spinks

The very patient Melinda Spinks created this beautiful "Love" layout form the new Apple Cider Collection. I say patent because she cuts the little leaves and apples from the pattern papers, she stitches the little blue bird's trail, quills the cloud and then went hunting for twigs to create her darling boarder. For more close-up photos of this beautiful layout, visit Melinda's blog post. Isn't Melinda great!!

Cute Melinda sent me this sketch to share for those of you that might want to create a layout based on Melinda's original layout. I love collecting sketches!

We were also very excited when we learned the Kristina at 2Peas featured the Apple Cider Collection in her weekly product picks. In fact, she even mentioned Melinda's layout above.  If you want to see the product in action...well sort of in real life, then you'll love this video. 

Apple Cider Collection: Inspiration RIPE for the PICKING!

We have received such great feedback on the Apple Cider Collection from all our fans. I know you'll be inspired to create amazing things with this fun collection and not just for fall...the colors are perfect for home, family...really any season. Here's some more great inspiration from our Design Team. 

Welcome Autumn Card 

by Melinda

Treasure Box 

by Aida

So Blessed Card
by Aphra

Blessed Gift Box
by Erin

Cornucopia Home Decor
by Heather 

A+ Teacher Card
by Kim

Fall Birdhouse
by Shemaine

Welcome Autumn Card
by Liz 

Yesterday's winner is ShoppingTamii...congrats!! Just email us your address!!

Still wanna WIN a sample set of Apple Cider Collection? All you need to do today is to go visit our Apple Cider Gallery (which we're trying to fill up) and tell us which project you'd love to get "downloadable instruction sheets" for so you can make it too!! 

Me & My Cricut with Apple Cider Collection

I've read a ton the past few days from our awesome fans and designers about how much you all LOVE the colors in this collection. I AGREE! The colors are prefect for my personal style, not just fall themed projects. And I normally don't have time to create samples to show on the blog, but when I received samples of the new Apple Cider Collection papers I could not resist pulling out one of my favorite Cricut Cartridges and started to play.

In fact, I don't know how to make just one card...so I made a bunch of each style of card just altering the bird colors. 

I created these cards with the Home Decor & More Cricut Cartridge. I loved all the birds this cartridge has...in fact I stayed up one night until 3:45am just inking and piecing the birds together...no idea what I would end up making with them either.

Now you have to admit the wood grain paper that's on the backside of the Autumn Splendor paper is perfect for the branches on my card. Love it!!

Here's some more of my bird cards using the Apple Cider collection:

FREE STUFF!?
Thanks again to random.org, we have selected yesterdays winner. Congrats goes out to SILLYPEA. From what I can tell this is Jenn from Just Jenn blog.

Just email us your shipping address at contactimaginiscegmailcom.

NEW GIVEAWAY: A little birdie told me that you'd like to win more of the Apple Cider Collection...right? Since I worked so hard to create these fun cards for you...toWIN, simply jump over and follow my blog!! I'm often over here at Imaginisce keeping the blog going, but sometimes I find time to post on my own blog and I'd love to have all my friends following me to! And I'm giving away a Cricut Cartridge to one of my followers!

More Juicey Apple Cider Collection Inspiration!

Thanks everyone for the awesome comments about our new Apple Cider Collection! We were very excited to read all your comments and know you will love playing with this collection. I thought we'd try something new and post the winner from yesterday on today's post...so to see if you win today, stop by tomorrow (get it)?? Congrats go outs to CINDYN (her comment below). We selected using random.org and are very excited she'll be the first to play with this collection. Just email us your address at contactimaginiscegmailcom

Now for today's juicy inspirations using the Apple Cider Collection. Our amazing design team girls barely received their samples last week and worked up some AMAZING layouts to share with all of you. Check them out and if you like a designer, be sure to jump over to her blog and say HI! Scroll to the bottom to learn how you can win!

Home School by Kim

Falling for You by Renata

Our Family by Sam

Gathering Hazelnuts by Cari

Warm Memories by Aphra

Beautiful World by Akiko

Love of Baking by Pinky

Autumn by Tomomi

Are you falling in LOVE with Apple Cider Collection yet? Would you like to win some free samples? Go check out the entire collection on our website and tell us which product is your favorite! Then come back and leave a comment. We'll announce today's winner on our blog tomorrow...see you then!!

Apple Cider Pre-Release P-A-R-T-Y...all week long!!

We are so excited for the release of the new Apple Cider Collection which will start shipping to stores next week. That calls for another pre-release party here on the Imaginisce blog!

Check back each day this week for inspiration from our amazing design team and learn how YOU can win free samples of this new collection. We're not giving away just one pack of samples, we're giving away a pack EACH day this entire week. We might even throw in some extra goodies (i-rock or i-top tools...wink). Read at the end of this post to find out how to enter today! 

The following project was created by the awesome Liz Qualman. She used new Country Life Cricut Cartridge (due out in August) to create the darling banner across her layout and we couldn't wait to show this project off to all of you. Be sure to check out her blog to see more close-ups of this project.

How to be a WINNER!! Aside from just being "YOU"...we'd like to give you an opportunity to win. And since we're madly trying to get our first official e-newsletter launched this week, we wanted to make sure that you're signed up for our e-newsletters. If you liked the Country Life Cricut cartridge (not due out until August) Liz used and you follow our newsletter you could win not only the cartridge, but also Cricut Expressions machine. So jump over and register for the newsletter today and leave a comment that you registered!! If you're already registered...then just let us know in your comment (feel free to give us some Apple Cider love too if you want).