Pause Dream Enjoy: July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Donut Tag

Happy Sunday to you. I can hardly believe it's already the last day of July. This summer is flying by!

Today's Tag

My Favorite Things, Zig Zag Stitched dies

Some papers from BoBunny #ForeverYoung collection

Miss Kate Cuttables (MKC), Donut Title, print and cut and matted with shadow layer

MKC Donut on plate, die cut and paper pieced

DLArt for beautiful ribbon

I stapled the ribbon between the tag and mat so you couldn't see the staples on the front of the tag.

Mini Stapler at my Close To My Heart store (come shop with me!)

Submitted

Avenue 613 Create - anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
Sisters of Craft - anything goes

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Today's Animal Card

Raccoon, print and cut, Miss Kate Cuttables

Foam tape to adhere Raccoon

Mini Banner Punch

Tiny buttons

Coral & Navy Stack, DCWV 12x12

Kraft card base

Submitted

Little Scrap Pieces - Show if off Saturday
Crafting with Friends - anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Kitty Bee - all about animals

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Friday, July 29, 2016

PDE Linky Party Design Team Call

Hi, everyone! We are now having a Design Team Call! Yay!

We are a weekly themed challenge blog that goes live

every Friday at 12:00am Eastern Time.

Design Team Requirements

***Weekly projects submitted by the team

***Design Team Term is August through December

(I know August is only a weekend away, so the new team can start right away or you can choose which Friday in August would be best for you to start. I'm easy like that. LOL)

***DT will share the commenting weekly

(You will be assigned a commenting number.)

***We have no sponsors and no prizes

(Therefore the Design Team is free to use any product from your favorite companies

to complete your projects.)

***You can create any type of paper project

***You must have an active blog and take good photos of your projects

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If all of this sounds agreeable and doable for you, send an email to Janis (that's me) at

66cricket{at}gmail{dot}com.

Be sure to include:

Your name
Facebook link (so I can friend request you)
Your blog name and link (so I can check out your crafting style and posting frequency

If we are already friends on Facebook,

I'd prefer you to private message me instead of sending an email. :)

I'm excited!!

Can't wait to hear from you!!

:) Janis

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Ch# 131 Christmas in July

Happy Friday, everyone!

Today starts a brand new challenge theme at my PDE Linky Party blog!

(Pause Dream Enjoy ... PDE Linky Party.... Get it?)

PDE Linky Party Theme

Ch# 131 Christmas in July

Click here to link up

My PDE Linky Party Project

Isn't this just darling?

Sil ID# 106063 Santa Claus Clothes Card (say that 3 times fast)

Pink & Main Stamps, Christmas Quotes

Close To My Heart, Pomegranate ink (love this color!)

Click here to link up

Submitted

Fab and Funky - Christmas in July
Dream Valley - Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July
Mod Squad - Christmas in July
Simply Paper Crafters - anything goes
Crafting with Friends - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Enjoy your weekend!

:) Janis

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #49

The new Challenge at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie is this cookie photo....

Our sponsor for this challenge...

Robyn's Fetish

Sherri Baldy

My Design Team Project

For my project, I was inspired by the blue and yellow and those cute bowtie cookies. So I was sure to include a little bow on the deer.

DCWV The Blue Citrus Stack

CTMH cardstock

My Favorite Things, stitched circle dies

Miss Kate Cuttables Girl Deer cut file

Foam Tape to adhere deer

Link up your projects inspired by the cookie photo at

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie!

Submitted

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Scrappy Mini Album

Hi, everyone! Thank you for visiting with me today.

I'm tickled to show you the mini I created last week.

WARNING

Picture Heavy

I used a Lori Whitlock Layered Mini Album file for my mini base.

Each of the layered pages were cut 4 times.

Twice in various pattern papers and twice in kraft cardstock.

Since I used DCWV My Sunshine Stack (love), the backs of those pages were solid white. I adhered each pattern paper to a kraft cardstock piece. This made the pages very sturdy, but also eliminated the whites on the back of the pattern pages. Not that there is anything wrong with white, but I wanted an overall kraft cardstock look to my mini. It went along with other elements I used that I'm about to tell you about.

Hello was die cut with my Silhouette using the ZP Rough & Tumble font from the Silhouette online store.

Ribbon from DL Art.

Jute for binding.

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink for edging all the pages.

My Mind's Eye sticker packs for word stickers throughout mini.

Stars on BINGO cards page from Mrs. Grossman's.

You will also see some kraft library pockets throughout the mini interspersed among the layered mini pages. These are from a kit I purchased a couple of years ago. I think it's a SNAP collection.

Inside each library pocket I stuck in various Project Life cards. I had to trim the PL cards a little for them to fit in the pockets, but no real damage was done to the overall feel of the cards or messages that may have been printed on them. Photos can be added to these cards or journaling.

Miss Kate Cuttables, Smile Bundle used throughout with print and cuts.

Thanks for taking the time to read all the info and look at all the pages. I considered not posting every single page, but decided to do it because I know if I was visiting your blog and you were posting a mini album, I'd want to see everything inside it.

Submitted

Allsorts - anything but a card

Simons Says Stamp Wed Ch - anything goes

The Crafty Addicts - friends

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Flower Themed Pocket Letter

I saw a GREAT challenge over at USE YOUR STUFF wanting us to use our floral papers. You know you have some in your stash. Pull it out and create and link up!

I decided to try a Pocket Letter. This is probably just my 3rd one I've ever done. I'm no expert, but it's fun to switch it up and try new things some times.

Flower pattern paper, DCWV Solstice Stack

Stitched Grass Dies, My Creative Time

Bingo Cards and Flower Seed pack from a 6x6 paper pad cut-apart

A couple of print and cuts from Cricut and Silhouette Store

Various other elements added and goodies stuffed in the back of the pockets.

Now..... who am I going to send this to?

Interested? Private message me on Facebook. You may see this arrive in your Happy Mailbox. :)

Submitted

Use Your Stuff - use floral paper

Allsorts - anything but a card

Simons Says Stamp Wed Ch - anything goes

The Crafty Addicts - friends

Craftyhazelnut's Pattern Paper Ch - use pattern paper

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Sunny Days Ahead

Hi, everyone! Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to lately. I love reading all your comments!

Today's Tag

I went through some of my scraps last week and ran them through the Big Shot with some Metal Dies to sort of downsize the beast and have a stash of easy to grab mats and tag bases. I love doing this. Makes it look like I have actual craft supplies at the ready instead of an overflowing scrap mess in my drawer or box.

These were all die cut using My Favorite Things stitched dies.

I grabbed one of these to use for today's tag!

Miss Kate Cuttables (MKC), So Stinkin' Cute (sun and grass layers - die cut and paper pieced)

I did stretch the grass some in the silhouette software. Also, I added a rectangle and welded that to the darker grass in the background to make it taller.

MKC, Apple Tree (print and cut)

My Favorite Things, Zig Zag stitched rectangle die

Green layer added for matting tag

Ribbon stapled between tag and matting layer so that you can't see the staples on the front of the tag.

Mini Stapler from Close To My Heart (find it in my shop here)

Simon Says Stamp, Happy Days stamp set (June 2016 Card Kit)

Submitted

Allsorts - anything but a card

Simons Says Stamp Wed Ch - anything goes

The Crafty Addicts - friends

Crafting by Design - down on the farm

Craftyhazelnut's Pattern Paper Ch - use pattern paper
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Summer Sailing

Hi, everyone!

Today's Sketch Card

My Favorite Things, Zig Zag Stitched Dies

Miss Kate Cuttables, Sailboat

Foam tape to adhere sailboat image

Jaded Blossom, Happy Summer stamp set

Close To My Heart, Sapphire ink

Doodlebug Design, 6x6 paper pad, Anchors Aweigh

Tuesday Morning Sketches, Sketch #361

Submitted

Cut It Up - Red, White, and Blue
Simply Papercraft - anything goes

Enjoy the rest of your day.

:) Janis

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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Washi Storage

Hi, everyone!

I don't have a lot of washi tape, but what I do have is here and there and in that box, on that shelf.... So unorganized. I hate being unorganized. Say hello to my new washi tray.

This is way more fancy than I need for washi organization, but it's pretty. I like pretty. :)

Sil ID# 47683, 3D Ribbon & Washi Tape Storage Tray

Kraft cardstock for insert part of tray

DCWV Honey Chic stack for pattern paper part of tray (and it glitters)

I am in real need of washi. I don't use it often because I forget I have it. But then when I want to use it, it doesn't match. Obviously I like pink and purple. Where are my turquoise, greens, and yellows? Hello. Maybe I should do a swap with someone to increase my color and pattern options. :)

If you don't follow me on Facebook, (and why is that?), here's a photo collage of me and all our girls using the same Snapchat filter. Keri, my oldest daughter, was playing with collages last week. Just wanted to share with you. We have the prettiest girls. Just sayin'.