I'm So Sorry

Good morning, and happy Saturday to you!  Do you have something fun planned today? I have no idea what we are going to do. The highlight of our day may be baking brownies. Mmmm...

I have to tell you a boneheaded thing I did. I was working on this tag Thursday night late. When I got up the next morning, I piddled with it some more, then went to Facebook to chat with some friends, went back to piddle with the tag, went to fix lunch, back to the tag... you get the idea. I finally decided to just go take a picture of the thing, get it posted, and be done with it already. So I grabbed the camera, picked up the tag, and I heard, "Ting, ting, ting..." Yep. The dew drops that I had NOT glued down yet went skittering and bouncing all over the table and around the floor. LOL

TAG DETAILS:

• ELEGANT EDGES:
• "Clover" tag p. 62 cut @ 5 1/2" with shadow
• Pattern paper from 6" x 6" This & That "Charming" stack
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Cloud:
• Fiskar's cloud punch
• Embossed using "Juli's Garden"
• Inked with Colorbox "Sky Blue" around the edges
• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP:
• Fence p. 78 cut @ 5 1/2" wide and trimmed to fit
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS:
• Grass p. 77 cut @ 5 1/2" wide and trimmed to fit
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION:
• Tree p. 50 cut @ 4" with shadow
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Adhered with Foam Tape for dimension
• Dew Drops:
• Red dew drops adhered with Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue (first time I've used this stuff - I ran out of micro Glue Dots - It worked well.)
• Shop TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe for Royal Jewels (dew drops)
• Ribbons from The Dollar Tree and Joann's
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Heartfelt Wishes" sentiment set used with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

Card Crafter's Circle - 3E, C10 – #58 Layers

Creative Corner- #3 Sorry

Simply Create Too - 2W - #29 Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - C5 – Embossing wet or dry (cloud)

Totally Papercrafts – Embossing of any kind (cloud)

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - 3E –#107 Punch it (use punched element) (cloud)

For Your Inspiration - 2W, 3E - #38  photo inspiration (used tree from photo)

Happy Campers - 2W, 3E - #8 (W2) Buttons, Beads or Bows (beads)

Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15 - Use Punch (cloud)

Family 8" x 10" Layout Page

Hi! We've made it to Friday. Aren't Fridays fun? Today I'm going to show you the first in a series of 8" x 10" Scrapbook Layout Pages. I normally use 12" x 12", but this is a special album I'm doing this year with a friend of mine. Here's our plan...

• Each month we take a picture or two of something we did or something our family did
• We create 2 layouts exactly alike. Put one in our scrapbook, set the other aside.
• In December, we send the duplicate layouts that we set aside all year to each other as our Christmas gift.
• Then we add those pages to our album.

For my first page, I cheated a little. Instead of using pictures of something we've done in January, I just chose 3 random pictures from the recent past. I wanted to give an overall feel that our family travels near and far often, and that we love having all types and kinds of adventures.  Next time I won't try to squeeze so many photos onto one page though. I would much rather have a lot more die cuts and decorating than I was able to fit on this page, but hey, I've got all year to create more pages. 

I left this image rather large for uploading here. If you'd like a closer look, you can click on the image and see a much larger photo of it.

8x10 LAYOUT PAGE (1):

• Creative Memories 8" x 10" scrapbook page base
• Black cardstock cut to 8" x 10"
• Green pattern paper cut to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" (DCWV The Floral Fair Stack)
• Photos are 4" x 6" untrimmed
• Black cardstock photo mats cut to 4 1/8" x 6 1/8"
• Creative Memories Circle template used to cut one of the pictures.
• CRICUT CRAFT ROOM BASICS:
• Circle Black cardstock mat cut @ 4 1/4"
• 50 STATES:
• Virginia cut @ 1/2"
• Texas cut @ 1"
• DOODLECHARMS:
• Sun p. 96 cut @ 1 1/2" with shadow
• Wave embossing folder
• CAMPIN' CRITTERS:
• Bear looking around tree p. 60 cut @ 3 1/4" with shadow and FLIP feature
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS:
• Grass p. 77 cut @ 5 1/2" wide and trimmed to fit
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• White tag from Walmart:
• Hand written photo descriptions
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint distress ink
• Team Lewis:
• Printed from computer using GEORGIA font
• Black cardstock mat
• Adhesives:
• 2-way Glue Pen
• Micro Glue Dots
• ATG Photo Safe (archival)
• Scotch Photo Splits

That's it! I know the details look like a lot, but it was easy and fun to create. Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again next time. And there will be another 8x10 layout page in February, plus hopefully some 12x12 scrapbook layout pages too for my other scrapbook album.

Oh... almost forgot to tell you.... I'll be doing a give away next week. No challenge involved, just a chance to win a fun crafting item by leaving a comment on that post. I'm not sure what day I will get it posted, but when you see it, be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win. 

Smiles :) Janis

Entered:

Shopping Our Stash - W, C13 - #85 Suits Me To A T (use two items beginning with T) (TAG and TEMPLATE)

Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #154 Get Moving (show something that has someone moving or doing some sort of activity)

Inspire Me Fridays – Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - 1E – #166 Anything But a Card

The Daily Java

Guess who got some new paper? Yep! And here's a postcard using these beautiful colors and patterns. The papers are from DCWV 180 stack "The Floral Fair." 

• A2 size postcard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Corners rounded with Fiskars corner rounder squeeze punch
• Mat sizes are:
• Black 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Floral 4" x 5 1/4"
• Black 3 7/8" x 3 5/8"
• Diagonal Stripes 3 3/4" x 3 1/2
• Black and Pink ribbon from stash
• Dew Drops are Royal Jewels from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• CRICUT ALPHABET:
• Steaming Mug p. 47 cut @ 4" with shadow and adhered with foam tape for dimension
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• Brew Ha Ha for sentiment stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

The BEAR Necessities... like SCHOOL

Hey, guys! I was going through the FELINE PLAYFUL Challenge Index list for some of the challenges that are going on right now and thought it would be fun to try to create a project that would incorporate 10 of those challenges. I managed to work in 9 challenges with this project. That's not bad! Here's my Postcard..... I know... I need to get back to making more tags. Tags will be coming soon; I promise!

Postcard Details:

• A2 size postcard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Mats:
• Black mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Pattern mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• ELEGANT EDGES:
• "Bunny" p. 63 cut @ 4 1/4" Oblong with shadow
• TEDDY BEAR PARADE:
• "School Girl" cut @ 3 1/2"
• Adhered to postcard with ACTION WOBBLE 
• Googlie eyes!
• Blue rhinestone on her bow is a NEW goodie I got for a Christmas gift from Studio G
• I have no idea where that scrap piece of turquoise came from, but I wish I had some more of that color
• Ribbon from stash
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Beary Sweet" stamp set used with Memento Tuxedo black ink

All pattern papers are from DCWV "The Floral Fair Stack." 

Thanks for stopping by today!  :) Janis

Entered:

1. ATCs & Cards With Attitude -3E- 2W - (Week 1) Add a tag or sentiment/Anything Goes (All Cards welcome)
2. Totally Papercrafts – ribbon
3. Crafts and Me - #116 Something New (new blue rhinestones from Christmas!)
4. Divas by Design - 2E - Girly
5. Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E - #110 Teddy Bears
6. The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - Card with encouraging sentiment on front
7. By the Cute & Girly - P1, M, 1E/craft type - Cute and girly
8. Cards Galore - M, P1 - Anything Goes
9. Tuesday Throwdown -W- #130 Frame It

Cricut Cardz Ch#123 "A Banner Year"

Cricut Cardz Ch#123 "A Banner Year" 

Make a card with a banner using any cartridge(s).

Starts: Wed, Jan 16 

Ends: Tues, Jan 29 @ Noon EST
Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps

Here is my project for this challenge:

• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP Fence p. 78 cut @ 5" wide with Cricut Craft Room
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS Grass p. 49 cut @ 5" wide with Cricut Craft Room
• Banner pennants (stickers) from This & That "Graceful" Girl Collection Pack
• Prima and Studio G Flowers and Brad
• Fiskars Cloud punch
• Clouds embossed wtih Cricut Cuttlebug folder "Juli's Garden"
• EK Success Journal punch for sentiment matting and inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Heartfelt Wishes" for sentiment

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis
Come play with us!

Entered:

1. Allsorts - 1E - #189  Dies and Punches
2. Crazy Amigo Challenge - W -  Embossing Folders
3. Cute Card Thursday - C5 - #251 Beat the Blues
4. DRS Designs - 1E, SIO - #55  Buttons
5. Happy Campers - 2W, 3E - #8 (W1) Buttons, Beads or Bows
6. Moving Along With The Times - 3E - (W1 of 3) Floral Delights
7. Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (W1) Anything goes

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B is for BONNIE

Good evening my friends! I went to Joann's and Hobby Lobby today with 2 of our girls, Bonnie and Kati. We were just hanging out and messing around oooo-ing and ahhhh-ing at all the pretty house decorations at Hobby Lobby. Then we decided to get Bonnie a letter "B" for her bedroom door. Kati agreed she'd paint it for me, and I told her I wanted to put some flowers on it.

This is what we started out with... 13" Jumbo Letter B

And after Kati's painting with the flowers I added and some tulle to hang it with, we ended up with this...

I hung it on her bedroom door with a door hanger / wreath hanger thing because I didn't want to put any nails in her door.

This only cost a few dollars for the letter. I already had the paint, door hanger, flowers, brads, and it gives Bonnie such a huge smile on her face! Very much worth more than the few dollars spent on it. And big thanks to Kati for painting it for me!! In case the colors aren't showing up well in the photos, it's brown and pink. Pretty!

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

1. Vickie's Challenges -M- Anything Goes
2. Through The Craft Room Door 3E, W - Always Anything Goes!
3. Everybody-Art-Challenge - #219 Girl
4. Can You Digi It - 2W- #27 Getting Girly (Week 1)
5. Cupcake Craft - W - (deadline Jan 20) anything but a card

Love You Friend

Happy Tuesday! Today's postcard was designed to fit the Mojo Monday Sketch #275 from last week. The challenge is already closed, but projects can be uploaded to photo galleries at any time using the TAG / KEYWORD Mojo275. So do you guys upload to photo galleries and tag your photos for Mojo Monday? I've never done that, but I'm very interested in learning how to do it. Sketches are very tough for me, so I'm trying my best to do the Mojo Monday Sketch challenges and overcome that little hurdle of mine. :)

Here is the Mojo Monday Sketch #275 from last Monday (Jan 7th):

That looks very complicated and overwhelming to me. Don't laugh. Okay, you can laugh. But it really does look HARD! So this is a BIG challenge for me. I looked at several of the entries (you ladies just WOW me!), and for some reason, seeing those made this look more of an obtainable feat.

Here's what I came up with:

I'm not real sure how much freedom we have with the sketches since I've only done a few of these challenges sporadically in the past.

POSTCARD DETAILS:

• A2 size postcard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Mat sizes:
• Black mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Purple flower mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Black mat cut @ 1 3/4" x 4"
• Green mat cut @ 1 5/8" x 3 7/8"
• Black mat cut @ 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
• Pink rose mat cut @ 2 3/8" x 4 3/8"
• Black mat cut @ 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
• Black pattern mat cut @ 2 3/8" x 2 3/8"
• Ivory ribbon was folded to 4 times smaller than it's original width
• Canvas Ivory flower from Recollections
• 3D Yellow Butterflies from Recollections
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Good Friends" set used for sentiment stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Thanks for stopping by today! Smiles :) Janis

Entered:

1. Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3C - Always Anything Goes
2. Come and Get It Challenges - Tie Ribbon Around It (ends Fri 18th Jan) 
3. Crafting When We Can - 2W, 2E, C5 - (2nd week) Favourite Things (ends 19th Jan)
4. Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Anything Goes (ends 19th Jan) 
5. Red Carpet Studio - movie inspired, layout, card - Inspired by "Butterfly Effect"(Card Challenge) 
6. Scrapper`s Delights Paper Crafts - 2W - (1st week) Ribbons and Ruffles (ends 26th Jan) (+DT Call) 
7. Our Creative Corner - 4C - Shabby Chic

Girl's Night Out

Hi!! I was looking through the Monday challenges via Feline Playful and saw some really fun, easy ideas for projects. Don't you just love challenge inspired ideas?

POSTCARD DETAILS:

• A2 size postcard 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Black mat cut @ 5 1/4" x 4"
• Stripe mat cut @ 4" x 2 1/4" (paper from GCD Studios "Funhouse" 12x12 page from Hobby Lobby)
• Star mat cut @ 4" x 2" (paper from BasicGrey "Life of the Party" 6x6 pad)
• Both were punched with the Fiskar's Treading Water punch down the side
• Tickets are from pattern paper and cut out; edged with Tim Holtz Fired Brick distress ink (new from Mary for Christmas! Thanks, Mary!)
• CRICUT CRAFT ROOM BASICS:
• Scallop Circle cut @ 3 1/2"
• Circle cut @ 3 1/4"
• COUNTY FAIR:
• Popcorn box cut @ 3" with shadow and adhered with an Action Wobble from TSQ's Royal Castle shoppe. Popcorn pieces are inked around edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Good Friends" set for "Girl's Night Out" stamped on tickets with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and faced out as if old tickets 

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

• Fashionista Challenge - M, (Runs 3wks + voting week) - Ch# 11 Red as main color
• Mojo Monday - Sketch* #276
• Action Wobble Wednesday #38 - Anything you Celebrate (does Girl's Night Out count? I celebrate that?)
• http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/ Ch# 85 New Beginnings / Something New
  (new Tim Holtz Fired Brick distress ink)

What's for Dinner?

It's Monday! A brand new start to a brand new week full of possibilities, opportunities, and who knows what.

Remember Scooby Doo sharing a HUGE burger with Shaggy? Or Dagwood's tall sandwiches? Or Archie Comics big sandwiches at the Deli Shoppe?  This Tall Card today reminds me of those things.

Tall POSTCARD Details:

• Postcard base cut @ 4" x 7 1/4"
• Blue mat cut @ 3 3/4" x 7"
• Pattern mat cut @ 6 3/4" x 3 1/2"
• This will fit into a regular Business Size #10 envelope!!!!
• Prima and Recollection flowers with Recollections brad in the middle
• American Crafts Premium Ribbon for blue fiber at bottom
• FAST FOOD:
• Hamburger cut @ 5 1/2"
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• FAQ's for "What's for Dinner?"
• Ticket Talk 2 for Ticket stamped image
• Both inked and stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

• Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoe's Crafts - M, 1E - (Dec, ends 13th January) Anything Goes
• Cards by Lady Anne / Monday Anything Goes Challenge - M, E4 - Anything Goes
• *NEW* Creative Creations Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, C10 -  Anything Goes

CraftWork Cards: Thank you CHERRY much!

Hi! It's Janis from Pause Dream Enjoy 
here today to show you a project using the CraftWork Cards CANDI product.

I did a GOOGLE image search for "Cricut Preserves Projects" and saw a card I knew I wanted to make. That card was posted to the Die Cuttin' Diva's blog on April 12, 2011 and says that Tammy created it. There is no link to Tammy and no blog name. I really wanted to link to her blog and give her credit for this idea, but I have not been able to find out who she is yet. If you know Tammy who was on the Design Team for Die Cuttin' Divas in April of 2011, please give me her blog name and link so I can thank  her for inspiring my card below.

#3 Outside

• CTMH ART PHILOSOPHY (Thanks, Lucy) page 41 (Circle 3) used for card base cut @ 5.431"
• Cricut Craft Room Basics Circle cut @ 4 1/2" in solid red
• Cricut Craft Room Basics Circle cut @ 4 1/4" in pink gingham and Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink used on edges
• Pink Gingham paper from Authentique "Delightful" 6x6 Bundle
• PRESERVES Cricut cartridge Cherries p. 48 cut @ 3 3/4"
• White Tulle for bow and string pearls added for enhancement
• Cardz TV Stamps "Garden Greetings" for sentiment
• Sentiment Red cut @ 2 3/4" x 1 3/8"
• Sentiment Green cut @ 2 5/8" x 1 1/4"
• Sentiment White cut @ 2 1/2" x 1 1/8"
• CANDI "Regal Silver" used for accents



Regal Silver

Inside

• Cricut Craft Room Basics Circle cut @ 4 1/4" in Red
• Cricut Craft Room Basics Circle cut @ 4" in pink gingham and Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink used on edges
• Pink Gingham paper from Authentique "Delightful" 6x6 Bundle
• Sentiment White cut @ 3" x 2 1/2" and Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink used on edges
• Cardz TV Stamps "Heartfelt Wishes" for sentiment stamp
• CANDI "Very Merry Silver" for accent

Very Merry Silver

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Thanks for stopping by today!
:) Janis

Entered:

• 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes 
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3C - Always Anything Goes
• Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Anything Goes (ends 19th Jan) 

Boys & Their Toys

Happy Saturday! What are you going to do today? We will probably go to the lake and see my hubby's brother's new lake house that they moved into last Thursday. I bet it's awesome to walk out of your door and sit on the dock watching the world go by. I'm thinking it won't be too long and he'll have a boat tied to that dock for summer time skiing and fishing.

Speaking of boys and their toys...

My husband is an avid outdoor adventurer. He bicycles, motorcycles, runs races (his first Marathon is in March), participates in adventure races with canoing, navigating, biking, running, climbing.... he hikes.... if it's an outdoor sport, he probably either does it, has done it, or is on his bucket list to do.

In honor of all the men (and women) in our lives who are outdoor adventurers, this card is for you. :)

CARD DETAILS:

• CTMH ART PHILOSOPHY: 
• "Circle 2" for card base cut @ 5 1/2"
• "Circle 2" base cut @ 5" twice - once in green (Stampin' Up) and once in blue (American Crafts "with Love" 6x6 pad from Target)
• shop CTMH with Lucy
• B IS FOR BOY:
• Tricycle cut @ 3 1/2" (only used base layer and shift on base layer)
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS:
• Grass p. 77 cut @ 0.931"
• TAGS, BAGS, BOXES, AND MORE:
• Price tag p. 89 cut @ 1"
• Handwritten sale
• Attached to bike with burgundy fibers from American Crafts Premium Ribbon
• DOODLECHARMS:
• Sun p. 96 cut @ 1 1/2"
• 3D epoxy sticker bug from Walmart
• White gel pen around edge of card and on handlebars and bike seat
• Background inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "It's a Guy Thing" stamp set used for sentiment inked with Memento Tuxedo black ink
• Black buttons added to wheel centers just for fun

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

• Allsorts - 1E - #189  Dies and Punches
• Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C168 Shape it up (Shaped cards)
• My Sheri Crafts  -  2W -  #101 (W2 of 2) All Sports