Happy Father's Day!

Hi everyone! I hope you're all having a great Father's Day with the special men in your lives. I hosted a big get-together here at our house & we had a blast. I have my dad & the hubz has a dad & a step-dad, so it's just easier if we can get them all in one place, lol. Anyway, I made this card for our dogs to give to daddy today. Just a little side note.... There are 3 paw print brads to represent each of our 3 dogs....

 

SIZE:  A2

CARTRIDGE:  "Imagine More"

PAPER:  Kraft cardstock, Colorbok white cardstock

INK:  Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut Stain"

RIBBON:  Shibata 

BRADS:  from my stash

For the sentiments I used 2 different K Andrew Designs stamp sets:

  

Guy Talk

 

All About Animals

 

 To purchase these sets, just click on the previews above. Right now at K Andrew Designs, if you spend $25 you will receive this exclusive set for FREE....

This set is actually 3 separate stamps: the border, the title & the verse. Isn't that awesome?!

But wait! It gets even more awesome!...If you spend $50 you will also get this stamp set FREE....

 

This set has 5 separate stamps. I told you it was gonna get more awesome! To check out the K Andrew Designs store, click HERE

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

DL. ART -  Thankful Thursday Challenge, "man card"

Cricut Cardz Challenge -  #110, "I'm So Glad You're My Dad"

Die Cuttin' Diva -  Father's Day

My Craft Spot -  Monday Challenge #59, "King Of The Grill"

Creative Cutter Room -  Design Time Thursday, Father's Day

Simply Create Too -  Challenge #15, "Happy Father's Day"

Joyful Stamper -  Inspire Me Fridays #63, Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts -  Challenge #87, Father's Day

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Imagine Paper Sample Ring Thing-y

Howdy! So the iPhone is here, activated & ready to rock! It's definately gonna take some getting used to but I think it's gonna be more awesome than I can imagine. Speaking of imagine (oohhh.... check out that segway huh?) Today I'm displaying this Imagine paper sample ring I made. I actually lifted this idea from Robyn at My Pink Stamper but I thought I'd show you how mine looks completed. You can check out her video of this project HERE. So here we go!....

This is what it looks like all put together....

I used this snap ring thingy, which you cannot find at WalMart (Robyn mentions getting them at WalMart in her video), at least not at the WalMart in Windsor, CA. I ended up getting these at Beverly's & they're made by 7 Gypsies. I got a pack of 10 for like $7 I think.  

All I did was print out all the patterned paper on each Imagine cartridge I have. They all have 20 patterns per cartridge. I just selected the square shape from the pre-loaded images on my Imagine, set at 2" & popped in each pattern. It's a little time consuming but soooo worth it! At the 2" size all 20 patterns on the cart will fit easily on one page. I wrote the name of the cartridge on the back of each square (you could use computer labels if you want). Then I punched a 1/4" hole in all of them, put them on the ring & voila!! I organized mine by color within each cart but you can obviously do it however you want.

I was a bit skeptical on whether or not this would really help me but it has already helped me so much! I don't have to flip thru the books to coordinate my paper patterns. Plus it makes it super easy to coordinate patterns from different cartridges.

I hope you enjoyed my little OCD project! Lol....

Paws-itively Grateful

Happy Wednesday everyone! I thought this thank you card was appropriate for how I am feeling lately. There are some nice & unexpected developments happening for Vinny & I, which I can't mention here but it's all good! In my dog news today I have great news! Lexi got her cast/splint off - finally! She has a little bit of a limp but it seems to be improving. She is so happy now she can lay out in the sun on the deck without being on a leash. I'm so glad she's pretty much back to normal..... 

Now.... onto the card o' the day! This entire card was done with my Cricut Imagine machine, except for the paw print & bone brads & the ribbon. The phrases are a mixture of 2 different images, both from the Imagine More cartridge. Actually, all the cardstock is from Imagine More too. This is a standard A2 size card. The ribbon is from Shibata Floral & the brads are from Recollections (love these brads!). It's alot cuter & brighter in person - as usual my Blackberry camera sucks! I'm resisting the iphone craze but it might be time to give in (sigh.....). Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful 2nd half of the week!