{Pin}spirational Challenge #2

Ooh! I happened upon a new challenge blog, {Pin}spirational Challenges. If you havent heard of Pinterest yet, then you have been living under a rock! So each week, Deanne will post a picture from Pinterest to inspire us. Here is the picture for challenge #2...

Isnt it beautiful?!

I have always loved the cricut cuts with the rainboots, but had never used one. So this was the perfect opportunity. This cut is from Nate's ABC's and the paper is from Bubblegum Strips on the Imagine and Echo Park. I couldnt decide on a sentiment, so I left it blank until I use this card.

Now make sure you go check out the challenge at {Pin}spirational Challenges and enter.

52 Tags in 2012 - Week #15

Another week closer to Summer! Woohoo!

This week over at Pause Dream Enjoy we were supposed to make a tag with a Duck or Water animal. So how about both?!

I used the Cricut Lite Crocs Rule cartridge for my cute little tag. So sweeet.

Make sure you play along with us this month. You can enter any challenge from the month of April to be entered for the Monthly prize drawing. I am sponsoring this month's prize. It will be a 12x12 Echo Park Sweet Summertime collection. I love Echo Park paper. It is so fun and vibrant.

So head on over to Pause Dream Enjoy to get the scoop on entering your tag for this month's prize.

Darlene

PDE 52 Tags in 2012 - week 14

Whew! Not quite sure where the time has gone, but I just haven't been able to craft much. The weather and allergy season has been rough. I just can't seem to get better.

Anyway, my birthday was last week, and dear hubby let me buy a new toy for my craft room - the new Silhouette Cameo! So I have been fiddling with it and watching videos. I used it to make my daughter's bday card, but that is for another post.

Today it is time for Pause Dream Enjoy 52 Tags in 2012. We are on week #14 - April Showers. We have definitely had some showers the past 2 weeks! Hopefully it will rain the whole month of April and wash all this pollen away! I decided to use the Imagine again (can you tell I really love it!) and I knew the Enjoy the Seasons cartridge would be perfect. I combined a few elements from 2 different cuts.

I hope you will take the time to play along with us this week Pause Dream Enjoy and show us what April Showers me to you.

APRIL SPONSOR:
I am sponsoring the prize this month! WooHoo!
One lucky USA tag participant will win



Echo Park's SWEET SUMMERTIME paper stack! Awesome! The winner will be chosen by random.org from all the April participants.

GUIDELINES:

*New Question or Tag Theme posted every Friday.

*Submit your Tag at any time during the year for any week.

*You do NOT have to reveal what you write on the back of your tag, but you can if you want to share.

*Please link back to PAUSE DREAM ENJOY on your post inviting others to play along.

CANDY ALERT!

*One winner each month from all who submitted tags.

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Challenge will remain open until the end of the year, but submit your tag by the end of the month to qualify for April's prize.

PDE 52 Tags in 2012 - week 11

Welcome back to another week of 52 Tags in 2012 at Pause Dream Enjoy. This is week #11 and we were challenged to use green as our main color in honor of St Patrick's Day.

So you can see I decided to use all green!

I must say this tag sums it up for me. I do feel so lucky to be blessed with a caring husband, 2 beautiful daughters, a part time job that I love, and the ability to pursue a hobby I enjoy. I know all this is possible because of God.

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!

One lucky participant from all tags entered in March is going to win.... wait for it....

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You can make scrapbook layouts, cards, blog headers, blog buttons, blog hop buttons, post dividers for your blog, and all sorts of other fun & cool stuff. I love this software! There will be several posts throughout March showing off projects created with this software on PAUSE DREAM ENJOY(.blogspot.com). If you decide you don't want to wait to see if you've won it, but want to go ahead and purchase it right away, here's a promotion code that will save you $10 off the purchase price! The promotion code is:

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You'll also receive a $10 Gift Certificate to use in their store with the purchase of this software. (As well as tons of FREE downloads you can use with it too!)

GUIDELINES:

*New Question or Tag Theme posted every Friday.

*Submit your Tag at any time during the year for any week.

*You do NOT have to reveal what you write on the back of your tag, but you can if you want to share.

*Please link back to PAUSE DREAM ENJOY on your post inviting others to play along.

CANDY ALERT!

*One winner each month from all who submitted tags.

So head on over to Pause Dream Enjoy to enter your tag for this week.

PDE 52 Tags in 2012

I am so excited! I was picked to be on Janis' design team for 52 Tags in 2012. We are now on week #9! Wow! Time is flying!

This week the theme is "Kites". Create a tag with a kite on it. Love it!

When this started in January I used the Big Shot and some Spellbinders' dies to cut my tag shape, so I am planning on all my tags being the same shape for the rest of the year. I used the kite icon from the Imagine More cartridge and cloud paper from Best Friends. I decided to cut of the tail that came with the kite and make my own. Isn't that baker's twine so cute? I felt that the sentiment was perfect. On the back, I shared that I need to take more time to enjoy the moment with my girls because they are growing up so fast.

So make sure you make time to join us this week and Enjoy the Moment! So hop on over to PauseDreamEnjoy and enter your tag for this week.

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!

One lucky participant from all tags entered in March is going to win.... wait for it....

My Memories Suite version 3

This software is FANTASTIC and easy to use!

You can make scrapbook layouts, cards, blog headers, blog buttons, blog hop buttons, post dividers for your blog, and all sorts of other fun & cool stuff. I love this software! There will be several posts throughout March showing off projects created with this software on PAUSE DREAM ENJOY(.blogspot.com). If you decide you don't want to wait to see if you've won it, but want to go ahead and purchase it right away, here's a promotion code that will save you $10 off the purchase price! The promotion code is:

STMMMS22688

(please copy and paste to avoid errors)

You'll also receive a $10 Gift Certificate to use in their store with the purchase of this software. (As well as tons of FREE downloads you can use with it too!)

Live Laugh Scrap

Hi ya! Janis over at Pause Dream Enjoy has started a 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge. Basically, each Friday she will give you a question or a theme for that week's tag. Feel free to jump in and get started anytime throughout the year. Hopefully, I can stay caught up. So here goes...

Tag #1 - What are your 2012 hopes, dreams, goals or resolutions?

I thought this phrase from the Everyday Cricut cartridge was perfect. The patterned paper is from the Imagine, not sure which cartridge. It was a test cut from last month that I scavenged from my leftovers bin. If I can Live and Laugh and Scrap throughout 2012, I will be one happy lady!

Thanks for looking.

Darlene

Happy New Year!

Oh wait! That was over a week ago! Boy, have I missed blogging. I actually have been reading blogs and crafting. Crafting a lot! Just haven't been taking any pictures. So here it is a new year and it is time to set some goals for myself (goals.... NOT the 'R' word).

1. Send make and send birthday cards to my family throughout the year.

2. Finish DD#1's baby album - only have 2 pages left. She is 13 years old.

Start and put a good dent in DD#2's baby album. She is almost 10.

I am not a chronological scrapper, obviously. And I didn't really get serious about papercrafting until almost 3 years ago, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

3. Enter challenges again. I miss it. It was nice to be pushed outside my comfort zone and try something new.

4. Find a new home for some scrappy stuff that I have outgrown. What can I say, my tastes have changed. I have a bunch of stuff that I will probably never use, because it's just not me anymore. I have been giving a little bit away to my monthly scrap club, but I would really like to purge so I don't feel so guilty when I buy new stuff!

5. Join another Design Team - this was another thing that challenged me. I miss being on one.

So, those are a few things I would like to achieve this year. And here is my entry for the Creative Critterz Imaginations DT call.

I LOVE my Imagine. It is so cool to whip a cartridge and lickety split, print and cut a card. I must admit, I haven't used it much for layouts. But for my DD#1's birthday last year, she wanted to go to the ice skating rink. Awesome! Wait! I live in south Louisiana. The nearest one is an hour away and doesn't open until mid October and her birthday is in early September. So we waited and waited and then drove and drove. LOL Anyway, I don't really have much "snowy" paper since it rarely snows here! So the Imagine was perfect. I used the Snow Angel cartridge for all of the patterned paper.

The sweet little ice skater is from Winter Frolic. I chose my cuts and flood filled them with the colors and patterns from the Sno Angel cartridge. It is hard to tell in the picture, but I used some aqua Fun Flock on her cute hat and some Glossy Accents on her skate blades.

The title is from a wonderful cartridge called Phrases using the Snow Angel colors again. I must admit, I hate welding on the Gypsy or Cricut Craft Room when I want to use a shadow with my font. They never seem to line up correctly. So this cartridge is perfect. It has a lot of great, um, phrases!

After skating for two hours the girls definitely needed some hot chocolate. This mug is from Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge. I also used some Glossy Accents on it for the ceramic look.

Well there you have it. My 1st post of the year. And I promise many more....

Darlene