Being Adorable is Dogs Play-SOUS die cut reveal

Suprise!! well, us girls over at SOUS have been pondering up some new ideas on how to get the most out of our die cutting machines and we thought to start having die cut challenges in between the sketch challenges.. Brilliant, yes I know..LOL

You can stop by SOUS for more information, but just quickly wanted to share what I have created for our very first dye cut challenge.. Our theme for this challenge was "PLAY".. you can interpret that  anyway you want to, I used the word "PLAY" on my layout and tried to make it fun.. 

Here is my take on our very first challenge:

The photo is of our pup, Jery aka little Fckr..LOL  and yes, he answers to that name everytime, comes running with his bushy tail a wagging..LOL

But, my daughter snapped this photo of him begging to go out in the back patio one winters day.. He just looks so sweet and innocent, and trust me when I tell you , he is anything but ...I love him regardless..

as for the die cuts, I used my Cricut Imagine and my Nate's ABC's cartridge, except the hollow circle is George and Basic Shapes..

and for a few close ups:

and for supplies used:

Cricut Imagine die cutter

Cricut cartridges:  

Nate's ABC's (dog, dog and wagon, food bowl and ball, font)

George and Basic Shapes (hollow circle)

papers by: Echo Park (Playground collection)

cardstock: green, blue, orange and red

popdots

white gel pen 

wow!! that was a semi short list, but I basically concentrated on one main cartridge and those cuts on the Nate's ABC's are so super cute...will have to play with that one more often...

Okey then everyone, that was my take on our very first dye cut challenge.. Do stop by SOUS and see what the other ladies have created using the same "THEME".. you won't be disappointed!!

Hope everyone has a great and creative weekend..
hugs

Nanné

Sweet Beginnings- Frosted Designs Reveal

Happy Tuesday ladies..  Us ladies over at Frosted Designs are having our Sketch Along Tuesday reveal today..  I was really inspired by this weeks sketch and wanted to dig into my stash of Webster's pages.. and then I found this cute photo of my daughter Amber when she started 1st grade..awwwww!..LOL

and I've noticed that most of my projects this summer either have the words "Sweet! or "Beginnings" in the title..LOL  I must be going through a phase of some kind, wonder if it has anything to do with me hitting 40 last week..argh!! LOL

ok..wont' bore you with my life's tragedies...LOL, and so lets get to the goodies shall we... 

I have a few close ups of the layout...

  and for supplies used:

Webster's pages collection, cant recall name..sorry!!
cream cardstock
Flowers and leaves by Iamroses
string of pearl
lace ribbon

Tim Holtz Distress ink: Rusty Hinge (my new fav ink..LOL)
Martha Stewart deep edge punch

Well my sweets, thats it for me for this Tuesday .. Do stop by Frosted Designs and join in the sketch challenge and win youself some blog candy..
Thank you all so much for stopping by today and hope you all have a great and creative week..
hugs
Nanné

My first DT project for Your Memories Here..

I'm sure you ladies have figured out by now, that I'm such a complete sucker for mini albums and I absolutely love making them.. they are so much fun and you can get many photos of a special occasion in them without having to spend months at a time making one..LOL

and so, for my very first DT project for Your Memories Here, I decided to make a mini album.. Only took me a day to make it and yes, I know the big tags are missing, but I plan on making those when I have the actual photos that will be going in it..LOL

 and lets get to the insides shall we:

 pocket view.. they are empty for now..LOL

 My very first slider pocket..

 Here it is pulled open..

and for supplies used:

chipboard sheets cut to 5"x7"

papers by K&Co

cardstock: brown, white and cream

chipboard stickers by: K&Co

edge punch by Martha Stewart

ribbon

Prima E-line pearl drops

Prima roses- lemon

Prima Hydrangeous

leaves

Tim Holtz distress inks: Rusty Hinge and Scattered Straw

Tim Holtz Hitch Fastner

Eyelets

Tim Holtz(Sizzix) embossing folder-clocks

I also used my crop-a-dile and my Cuttlebug

computer generated journaling..

whew!! I think that about does it for all of the supplies.. Well ladies, do stop by Your Memories Here and check out what a great selection of supplies she has and become a follower of the blog so you can keep up with some of the newest items available and great deals..

thnx so much stopping by today and I hope eveyrone has a great and creative week..
hugs

Nanné

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