40:31 Creations Design Team Project

YAY! Today we are officially celebrating the start of 40:31 Creations Design Team. Lauren has started her own stamp line and this week we are using her Love stamps. They are awesome. They really do stamp clean and easy. I made two little treat bags.

My first little box is from the Tie the Knot cartridge. I cut it on my Imagine so I could use the paper from the Better Together cartridge. Sometimes, I really dislike the little handbooks that come with the cartridges. It is really so hard to see what they are going to look like. I don't 'love' this cut. I don't like how the heart is covered partially by the flaps to close the box. The sentiment tag is from the Groovy Times cartridge and the sentiment "kiss me" is so sweet. I love the font. It was just perfect for Valentine's Day.

For the next little treat bag, I used Tags Bags Boxes and More. I actually made 24 of these for my daughters class. But that was one too many than she needed! So this one will be for Hubby! The lips are also from Tie the Knot. The sentiment tag is a stock image on the Imagine. I just have to repeat myself - I love the fonts for the sentiment.

Well, there you go! I hope you have found a little inspiration for your Valentine projects. Thanks for stopping by.

Darlene

Insectarium Layout

Last Fall, Brian and Bailey visited the Audubon Institute's Insectarium. It wasn't exactly on my list of must-do's, so it was a perfect field trip for them! Brian sampled a chocolate covered insect, but Bailey decided she loved insects too much to actually eat one.

My background paper is from My Mind's Eye's Stomp line. I love this paper. Even though I don't have any male children, this paper is just perfect for LO's like this. It has great texture with a little bit of sparkle. The critters are from Create a Critter. This cartridge is awesome and definitely a must have. I decided to use Thickers for my title because well, I had them in my stash and somebody has to use them!

Thanks for looking.

Darlene

Card Creations & More by C Challenge #2

Yay! It's Saturday and that means it's time for Card Creations & More by C's Challenge #2.

This week we were challenged to make something for Valentine's Day. But shoot, we've been seeing Valentine things all over blogland for weeks. I didn't want to do something similar to someone else. So one, night I took a trip to Michael's and Dollar Tree to see if something would jump out at me. Well lo and behold, Dollar tree had some Easter stuff out. These cute little flower pots in pastel colors with branches to add flowers too. AHA! I can work with that.




I love it! Simple, sweet and easy to make. Can you believe the little flower pot was only $1 ! I found the ribbon at Michael's for 99 cents and all the paper is from K and Company. I used my Imagine to cut the hearts because they have a regular heart and a scalloped heart in the stock images. So 52 hearts later, we have a great Valnetine decoration. I think I am going to bring it to work with me to brighten up my office. Of course since we loved it so much, my daughter and I had to go back and buy more pots in other colors. Don't be surprised if this little cutie pops up later this spring.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join us at Card Creations & More by C Challenge ! http://cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/


Darlene

Whew!

Wasn't that a fun Valentine blog hop! I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the comments. This week I will be visiting all the blogs of people who left comments to see what ya'll have been up to!
No on to the winer of my blog candy - it is Linda Mc. Congrats! send me an email through my About Me on the sidebar with your address so I can get it out to you!

Lastly, a BIG Thank You to Ellen for arranging the blog hop and sharing all those awesome and creative cards! Thanks so much!

Darlene

Card Creations & More by C Challenge #1 ends Today

Don't forget to enter Card Creations & More by C challenge today by 7 pm EST. The challenge this week was "Anything but a Card" and the prize is a Cricut cartridge. Click on the button on my sidebar to get there. Now go CREATE!

Darlene

Welcome back to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Hope ya'll had fun yesterday visiting all the stops!

Here is a quick Cricut-less (gasp!) card. I used a chipboard element I had from a calendar stack from Hobby Lobby. The paper is from K and Company and the ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment is My Pink Stamper Lovealicious - perefct for Valentine's Day.

You should have come from Angie's blog at http://www.atuttletime.blogspot.com/. Wasn't her project awesome! If you just happened upon my blog and would like to start and the beginning of the hop, please go to Ellen's at http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/.

Don't forget to become a follower, and leave a comment with a way to contact you to be entered for the blog candy that I posted yesterday.

Now, hop on over to Taylor's at http://southernscrapper2010.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping

Darlene

Welcome to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Hopefully you have hopped over from Angie's blog at http://www.atuttletime.blogspot.com/. Wasn't her project awesome! If you just happened upon my blog and would like to start and the beginning of the hop, please go to Ellen's at http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/.

Now onto my card. I decided to use my new Imagine today. It really is an awesome machine. I chose the Better Together cartridge. It has a lot of great images that will work wonderfully on cards as well as layouts.

The two little birds from the first page were perefct for a Valentine card. I combined it with the background layers from a different page. I cut them out to fit on my 4x6 kraft base. A little twine, flowers and a button and Voila - a super cute card!

Aren't they sweet? Do you know what else is sweet? Blog Candy!

If you would like a chance to win, please become a follower and leave a comment with a way to contact you. Thanks for stopping. Your next stop is my beautiful and crafty daughter, Taylor!http://southernscrapper2010.blogspot.com/

Darlene