Berry Sweet- SOUS reveal Aug 5th

Oh god!! I'm another year older.. yes, yesterday was my  birthday, the BIG 40.. oh no!! LOL

maybe that only means I will be a bit wiser and more creative the coming year.. one can only hope, right ?..LOL and with that said.. our sweet Leah over at SOUS has been busy creating some super cute  and original sketches for us girls and this is my take on her sketch:

I had so much fun playing with my Cricut Imagine.. One of the best and cleverest features I have to say is being able to combine your old cartridges with the Imagine cartridges.. meaning, you can now join the prints off of the imagine cartridge onto your original cartridges.. What I did was, cut the sun image from my Doodlcharms cartridge, but added the background print off of the Imagine More cartridge..this way, everything matches..Wooo Hooo, go Provocraft!!  I did go through like 6 sheets of white cardstock though..LOL

and before I forget, here is the sketch leah made for us girls...

and for some close ups of the layout:

My sweet little Amber when she was just a tot.. she had the deepest blue eyes and the cutest little pouty lips.. miss her being so small..  Here you can see a close up of the sun cut with the background print..

The basket I also cut using the Doodlcharms cartridge, added the background print and then the strawberries are cut using the Country Life cartridge.. all cut using white cardstock and my Cricut Imagine..

The title I cut the same way, using my Country Life Cartridge.. First printing the color onto the white cardstock and then cutting it all out with my Imagine

This is a close up of the stamping I did on the side and then added some Distressed stickle dots to it.. love the way it came out.. :)

and another close up of my darling Amber.. She was a little chunky monkey back then...LOL  You'd never believe she was a preemie and only weighed  4 lbs 12oz when she was born..

and for supplies used:

Cricut Imagine

marquee and all printed paper

Cricut cartridges:

Country Life: Strawberries and title

Doodlecharms: Basket and Sun

Tags, Bags & Boxes: Hidden Tag

All cuts were combined with background prints from Imagine More cartridge

cardstock: white

Tim Holtz distress Ink: Peeled Paint and Rusty Hinge

Flowers by. no clue: bought from craft store

Stickles: Distressed Shabby Shutters

Whtie Liquid pearl

Stamps by: Tim Holtz

Fiskars : Tiny Flower Punch

popdots

Whew! I certainly hope I didn't leave anything off of that list.. but, I tend to at times..oopsy!! on my part..LOL

thank you ladies all so much for stopping by today and taking a look at what I've been able to create using my new Cricut Imagine!  I have to admit, at first I wasn't too sure about how I felt about my I, but so far I am deeply in love with it!!

do stop by SOUS and see what our other DT members have been busy creating!! Just click HERE and you will be on your way...

Hope everyone has a wonderfully creative weekend..
hugs

Nanné

U R A Barrel Of Laughs-Whimsical Wednesday Reveal

happy hump day everyone.. Wednesdays are such a nice break in the week, aren't they? and well, I like Wednesdays since we get to reveal out Whimsical Wednesday projects to you all... This time were asked to had " HUMOR!" to the layout by either using a funny photo or the words: Laugh, funny, etc.. or even combine the two..

I combined.. the photo is of my daughter Amber goofing around a portrait studio and it was taken about 5 yrs ago.. I thought the photo was so funny and wanted to make a layout with it and no time like the present, right?.. 

Here is my take on our Challenge:

You all should know by now, that I luv the " Old West!" cartridge and I think its very versatile even if being just country style cuts...

and for a few close ups of the layout:

The words "HA-HA" in the barrel...LOL

and I did some embossing on this layout.. I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix embossing folder "Woodgrain!" on the barrel and the photomat..

and for supplies used:

Cricut Expression

Cricut Cartridges: 

Old West: Barrel, photomat, snake, hay, wagon wheels, font, hat, feed sack and rope

Heritage: scroll

Design Studio software

papers by: K & Co

Cardstock: black, white and cream

Edge Distress Tool

Tim Holtz Distress inks: rusty Hinge, Vintage photo and Black Soot

pop dots

chalks

and before I forget I wanted announce my blog candy winnder from last weekends blog hop end the winner was comment #3..

Congratulations to the winner !!
email me your address to: breadesi9er@hotmail.com and I will get your mini album shipped out as soon as possible..

well ladies.. that does it for me for this Wednesday... do stop by Whimsical Wednesdays and check out what the rest of the Design Team has created using this same Theme.. 

Thank you all so much for stopping by today and taking a look

Hope everyone has a great and creative week..
hugs

Nanné

Summer Mini Album- Blog Hop July 29th

Happy hopping ladies and I certainly hope you have been inspired by the mini's you have seen so far.. You should of arrived here from Melisa Waldorf's blog !

The mini album I chose to work with is a 6x6 light weight chipboard mini.. You can check this out by clicking HERE..  There were lots of pages to work with and I also chose one page element and it was the film roll.. I  was only able to incorporate one onto my mini album because I chose so many different dye cuts to decoreate it with..

so, here is the mini I created for out hop:

The cover.. 

Since this mini is mainly of my boys, I wanted it to look masculine and fun.. there are no flowers in this mini..LOL (I can hardley believe it myself...LOL)

On these pages I have added the photos of us first leaving the dock.. we sat outside and watched the scenery.. It was a beautiful day out that day, but as always a bit windy on deck..LOL

 

the photo on the left is of my boys and my niece Kristiina.. then I have just photos of my boys that I took while we were on the cruise..

 

On the very top floor of the ship, was a play area for the kids.. they had a pirate theme Guitar Hero challenge going.. all the boys stood in line waiting for the chance to play.. This was the first time my boys had ever played Guitar Hero!!  these photos are of Aaron

and these are of Adam.. 

 

it got boring standing in line waiting for your turn.. so, I got lucky enough and snapped a funny photo of Adam pretending to be pouting and then some more of him playing..

 

and then finally some mixed matched photos that I really wasnt' sure what to do with it, but wanted to add them to the mini album anyway.. My mom is on the right and behind her photo is a pull out tag with a photo of Aaron on it playing...

Well ladies.. Thank you all so much for hopping on by.

.. remember to leave a comment and become a follower to be eligle for the fabulous candy give away ..

 Which has been generously sponsored to us by: Creative Cuts and More.. All of our mini's were also sponsored to all of the girls by CCandM..

 and I am also giving away a little something for one lucky person, but to qualify you have to become a follower and leave a comment..

 its a cute little mini album kit..  but to be eligable for the candy ,you have to become a follower and leave a comment!!

Good luck everyone!!

Just incase you stopped by just to say "HI" and really want to hop along with us.:

You want to go to Stuck On U Sketches and start your hop from there.

Your next stop will be: Noelle Reese blog.

We certainly hope that we have inspired you to want to create a summer mini album of your own and if you, please link it back to us at SOUS and do stop by Creative Cuts & More and see what an amazing selection of goodies she has there for you to choose from..

thank you all so much for stopping by today and I hope everyone has a wonderfully creative weekend..

Hugs

Nanné

BBQ-Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesday Reveal

Hi ladies... I was in a silly mood when I came up with this layout for my hubby..  the actual photo on the layout isn't that good, since I'm still out of inks for my printer..LOL  talk about a lazy...

so anywho..LOL  The girls over at Frosted Designs is having their Sketch Along Tuesday's reveal today and this is my silly take on their awesome sketch.. I absolutely love putting my own twist to the sketches and seeing them differently and being able to share the verstility that these sketches offer..

I added a hidden tag behind the photo mat and here it is with the tag pulled out:

 and yes, the tag is shaped like an oven mitt..LOL  just another cute and silly detail to the layout.. and by the way,  hubby loved it!! he likes seeing my humor in layouts and loves it when I dont' make them too girly..LOL

Here is the sketch that inspired me to make this layout:

here are some close ups of the layout:

as for the journaling on the tag, Cathie is my sister-in-law and we were visiting family in Florida a few summers ago and decided to grill some bratwurst !!

and for supplies used.

Papers by. 

ATD:

Recipe time collection

and 

Graphic45:

Domestic Goddess.

cardstock:

blue, white, red and dark yellow

cream, brown, green and black

Cricut cartridges:

George and Basic Shapes:

Stars

Block Party:

lady, man, hamburger, hotdog , oven mitt and title

Tim Holtz distress inks:

Rusty Hinge and Peeled Paint

white gel pen for faux stitching

chalks

popdots

computer generated journaling

okey dokey ladies.. thats it for me for today.. this was such a fun layout to make and I hope I inspired you to get yoru silly bug out and create a little something that makes you giggle out loud when you look at it...LOL

do stop by Frosted Designs today and join in on the sketch challenge and win yourself some amazing blog candy  and at the same time, check out what the rest of the design team members have created using this same sketch..

hope everyone has a wonderfully creative week..
hugs

Nanné

Sunshine Sleeper- SOUS reveal July 22nd

I'm in absolute shock at how fast this summer is flying by.. its already at the end July.. But, with the passing weeks also comes the happy things, like reveal days over at SOUS and I'm extra excited since the sketches we are doing this month, are ones that I actually made myself... GO ME!!..LOL 

so, here is my take on this weeks sketch.

There I am.. We went to Spain on vacay when I was about 4 yrs old and I found this photo in my grandmothers things.. My moms told me, that I was taking my daily nap at pool side at the hotel we were staying at.. so glad my mom snapped this photo... and yes, that photo is really yellow, but its cause its so old..LOL  <--can't beleive those words came out of my mouth..LOL

here is my sketch:

here are a few close ups of the layout:

and for supplies used:

papers by. K&Company

cardstock: white and cream

Tim Holtz distress ink. Rusty Hinge

and peeled paint

Inking tool

computer generated text

Sure Cuts A Lot:

Font: RAVIE

Cricut Imagine:

Scalloped circle

Big Circle

Cindy Loo: Greenery

Accent Essentials: Sun (replacing letter U)

hand made pinwheel florettes

Hydrangeas: Iamroses

paper punch: small flowers

and small circles on florettes

prima E line pearls

Liquid pearl: gold

White gel pen for faux stitching

I hope you ladies have time to stop SOUS and see what the other DT members have created using my original sketch.. and we have some awesome news to share with everyone as well...

Thank you all so much for stopping by and checking out what I've been up to..

Hope everyone has a wonderfully creative weekend..
Hugs

Nanné