Four Challenges! Two page Summer Layout.

I love when I can take a two page layout and work it into a bunch of my favorite challenges! It does take a bit of thinking and planing to make it work, but I always love the finished project.

The first challenge is over at Fantabulous Cricut. This weeks challenge me Monday is "Remember Me", this could be a special person, time, anniversary or just a wonderful memory.

These pictures were taken in July of 2007, it was a beautiful hot summer day and hubby was at work and just out of the blue I decided it would be a good day for a picnic. So I called my daughter in law to see if it would be O.K for me to take the kids for a few hours. I packed up a lunch and went and picked the kids up and took them to a neighbor hood water park. It was a lovely day and we laid the blanket out and went and played for a while, when we came back to the blanket the pigeons were eating the kids lunch right through the baggies! We still managed to have a wonderful time! and all had a good laugh over the silly birds!



The next challenge is another favorite of mine. Whimisical Wednesday, there challenge this week create a tag and add some bling!


The next is Bug Bites Grillin and Chillin Bug hop challenge. If you have not done this hop you should, there is so much wonderful talent to inspire you and then a super fun challenge at the end. Create a project with at least one cricut cut and one of the hidden bug which can be found a long the hop.


For this layout I was able to use up some of my old stash, which is a bonus! My cricut cut is the darling Caterpillar border which was cut at 2 inches from A Walk in My Garden.


I add a few fun buttons to bring in the summer theme a little bit better. These cute pictures are of my Grand daughter Jasmine. She is just so funny. All those really cute water things to run through and she found a pop bottle and played in a puddle. Gotta love them!

For the last challenge, I found another really cool blog hop with many talented ladies, It was the Summer Fun Blog Hop and can be found over at Blessed on the Bright Side you should check it out, once again there was tons of many wonderful summer layout, cards and projects along the way! At the end of this hop there was a challenge for you to create a summer project!
Thank you for stopping by my blog. Hope you enjoyed yourself, have a wonderful week.

Nicolette's Birthday Blog Hop!

Welcome to my blog, and Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop. If you've come from visiting Paula Blog , you are in the right place. If you were just looking at my blog and want to join in on the Birthday Bash blog hopping fun you can go Here to the start at the beginning. This blog hop is in honor of Nicolette's Birthday.
For my project

I decided to make another layout, I will add the pictures later of one of my Little Princess 5Th Birthday Party.

The Sentiment is from My Craft Spot Sentiment #2 inside and out Stamp Set.

I used Tinkerbell Cricut Cartridge to cut Tinkerbell . I couldn't find the perfect birthday cake so I found a paper piece pattern and cut it by hand.

I added some bling and glitter, inked all the edges , added a few brads and a bow and there it was !

Now for the fun stuff!

BLOG CANDY!


One lucky follower with win this Disney Set of Tinkerbell Stamps and Disney Cinderella's set . Please leave a comment and a way to get in touch with you.

But wait!!!

Just a reminder!

On May 24Th my blog was one years old so it is time to celebrate! So with this being said.....I will take all the comments from this hop and all the comments from the the Grillin & Chillin Bug Hop I was in last weekend and put the two sets of comments together and draw 1 lucky winner to win a Paper Doll Dressup Cricut Cartridge.
So if you comment on both hops, it will give you two chances!
I will draw for the winner on my Birthday which is

June 10Th!
So make sure you our a follower!


Thanks for stopping by my blog. Now it is time to send you off to the amazing talented Kimmarie Blog.

Grillin & Chillin Bug Hop Winner!

Just a quick post with the winner from the Grillin & Chillin Bug Hop!

Wasn't that a great hop with so many amazing layout , cards and projects? It is hard to believe there is just so much amazing talent out there and I was very honor to hop right along with each and everyone of you!

I would also like to thank everyone who left me a comment, I enjoyed reading each and everyone of them, I know a lot of you had trouble leaving comments. Thank you to all my new and old followers, with out you I would not have a blog.

So with that being said the winner is........

Sandy S

Please email me with your mailing information and I will get you goodies out to you!

Also

don't forget if you were unable to comment with all the blogger issues....there is still time to leave a comment for the Everyday Cricut Cartridge I am giving away. I will be picking a winner on June 10th!

Which just happens to be my Birthday!

Comment from the Grillin & Chillin Hop and Nicolette's Birthday Bash (which is this weekend ) will be combined and then a winner will be pick!

Don't forget you must be a follower! LOL!
This is my thank you blog candy to celebrate my 1 year Blog Anniversary and reaching 600 followers to you!

Grillin & Chillin Bug Hop Challenge

Just a quick post so I can get this into the Bug Hop challenge before it is to late!

I left this one right to the last minute. I made this card for the Grillin & Chillin challenge over at Bug Bites.

Project must include at least one cricut cut ( clouds and sun) and one hidden critter!

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for poping in and leaving me some LOVE!

My Craft Spots Mondays Challenge #10: Cute Critters!

It's time for another fun challenge over at My Craft Spot. This weeks challenge is:

Cute Critters!

I think my Granddaughter Jasmine is a cutie and I also thought this would be the perfect picture for this challenge! If you look in the background of the picture, you will see many cute little critters in one of my many flower beds.
Yes! I have a addiction to garden ornaments, which is just about as bad as my Scrap booking addiction!

The matting and background papers are both from Bo Bunny. The Birds and Branches are a SVG File which I picked up for a couple of bucks a few months back, but I will be darned if I can remember which blog I purchased it from. ( Who says I am getting old! )

If anyone knows who created this daring file please let me know so credit can be given where it belongs.

I picked up the flowers and charms from the Buck or Two Store. Then a used button brads for the center of the flowers.

I cut the tag at 4 inches from Tags Bags and More Cricut Cartridge. I inked all the edges, then added some ribbon and twine.
I used Sweet Sentiments #2 ( which you can purchase at My Craft Spot )

Now it is your turn to see what you can come up with for this weeks challenge! Head on over to My Craft Spot and check out the other girls amazing projects! This weeks prize: All 11 Brand New Colours of Baker Twine from the Twinery!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week.

Grillin' & Chillin' Bug Hop!

Welcome to BugBites first ever Grillin’ & Chillin’ Bug Hop!
To celebrate the beginning of summer, Barb over at BugBites is hosting two consecutive weekends of Bug Hops.
This weekend it is all about the Grillin’, May 28-30.
If you've come from visiting Barb, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Grillin’ & Chillin’ Bug Hop, click HERE to start from the beginning.
Each designer along the bug trail is featuring a project based on the Grillin’ & Chillin’ theme. What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at BugBites for a chance to win a Big Prize.
But, there’s a twist. Your project must included at least one Cricut cut and at least one of the critters that have been hidden within some of the bug stop blogs. Be sure to visit all the bug stops to find all your critter choices.
While you are looking for the critters, be sure to check out the blog candy that each designer has to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it!

For my project I decided to make a two page layout, from one of the many summer gathering we had last year.

When I was in Florida in January I was able to pick up the Cricut Cartridge Block Party for a really good price. Most of the cuts for this layouts were cut from it.

The beer tub was cut from Country life the ovals were from George and Basic Shapes.

The bottles and ants are both brads ( which will be part of the blog candy)

I used my Cri-Kits Gel pen, and also inked the edges.

The beach ball is from Life a Beach and I added glitter.

The grass was cut from Zooballo and the font from ?

Now for the fun stuff! BLOG CANDY!

One lucky follower with win these BBQ items to make your own page. Please leave a comment and a way to get in touch with you. I know my last winner didn't and I still have not heard from her.

But Wait!

there's more!
On May 24th my blog was one years old so it is time to celebrate! So with this being said.....I will take all the comments from this hop and all the comments from the Nicoletts Birthday Bash Hop that I am also in on June 1st, put the two sets of comments together and draw 1 lucky winner to win a Paper Doll Dressup Cricut Cartridge.

So if you comment on both hops, it will give you two chances!

I will draw for the winner on my Birthday which is

June 10th!

So make sure you comment and make sure you our a follower!

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Now it is time to send you of to
the amazing Kerie blog so lets go see what she has in store for you today.
Remember, once you have hopped to all the bug stops, it's your turn to show us your Grillin’ & Chillin’ project.
Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project, include one of the hidden critters and link up your project over at BugBites by Midnight CST May 30 to be eligible for the big prize.

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #7: Friends Forever!

This weeks challenge at Whimsical Wednesday is Back to Basic! Make a cricutless card or project! and include something old school. I used printed images which I cut out and then pop up using pop ups for dimension. I think I picked this up about 8 years ago at one of the Scrap Booking Stores and I forgot I even had it.



I had these great photos of my grand kids from my Hubby's Birthday from a couple of years ago and decided it was time to get them scrapped. These are my sons four children.



The papers was a deal I picked up at Costco many moons ago and I think I could live to be 110 and never even make a dint in the box.



I do love Costco!




I did a bit of paper tearing and chalking to finish the edges off, added a few brads and then found the sayings on the computer and just printed them off.


I love that saying Sisters by chance Friends forever........but I should tell you that little guy is my grandson with those big beautiful eyes.



As always thanks for stopping by and have a great week.