Paper with Pizazz Blog Hop!

Today is the Imaginisce DT i-rock Intensive Paper with Pizazz Blog Hop! We are showing you different ways of using your i-rock on paper! You should have gotten here from the Imaginisce blog. If not start there to join in the fun and find out what the prize is!!!

Hello out there in bloggy world! I find myself just so thankful. Sometimes it's easy to focus on the things that aren't going right in life, but right now I am just looking at all the things that I feel so blessed to be a part of. Being a DT member on the Imaginisce DT is definitely one of them. This group of ladies is SO encouraging and SO kind and my favorite - drama free! :) So thank you so much to Lori for choosing me and thanks to my teammates for making me feel so LUCKY. :) 

I also feel very blessed to be a part of the Cricut Circle. So I thought I would sport some love in my close-up preview. Did any of you know what I was making with this? It was tricky because I turned the photo upside down so that I could get the Circle logo somewhat right side up! Let me know if you have any questions about the Circle. I am happy to answer them to the best of my ability! 

OUT FOR PUBLICATION! :) 

If you guessed a banner, you were right! You can click on the photo to make it bigger.

OUT FOR PUBLICATION! :) 

My tiny lessons: 

• Don't be afraid to mix and match your gems! 
• Also, don't be afraid to mix and match your collection lines. This was made using Cottage Christmas and Apple Cider! :) 
• If your i-rock is not setting the smaller gems in 5 seconds or less, then switch out the batteries. I hold it on the largest ones for about 10-11 seconds each. 
• Sometimes the top gets a little loose after lots of use, so when it is is cold, screw it on tighter again by twisting it with your fingers.

Recipe:

Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas and Apple Cider™

i-rock by Imaginisce™

Imaginisce Hot Rocks Compact in Crystal™

Imaginisce Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™ (smallest clear gems)

Imaginisce Hot Rocks Compact in Jewel™

Imaginisce Swirls Stencil that comes with pink and green hot rocks (and flowers)™

Cricut Cartridges: Designer's Calendar™ and Birthday Bash™ 

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Argyle™ and Cricut Circle (can only be picked up at Circle crops and swarms)

Crop-a-dile

Copper Eyelets

Ribbon is Offray

Glossy Accents

pop-dots

OUT FOR PUBLICATION! :) 

 Thank you so much for stopping by!


Now head on over to the fabulous Marielle's to see what she has created! 

10 Things You Didn't Know About Courtney Lee

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Head on over to the Imaginisce blog to see the: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Courtney Lee


If you came from the Imaginisce blog then WELCOME!

When I submitted my DT application, I said that I wanted to be on the Imaginisce Design Team because, "I would like to be part of the Imaginisce team because I think Imaginisce is as on par with innovation as Provo Craft. I love Provo Craft and the fact that your company has teamed up with them is very exciting. The places you could go together are endless."


Now that I have been on the team for a few weeks, I can tell you that it's because of the AMAZING ladies that serve, help each other, encourage each other, and inspire each other as well as our fearless Queen Lori! 

A few of you may have seen this already, but here is what I created for my DT submission. 

Design Notes: 

If you look through the sparkle on the tree - the white parts - you can see the snowflakes underneath. This is a lot more apparent in person, but was hard to photograph. It was my favorite part of the layout! :)

Recipe:

Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Collection™

Flowers: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Snow Flowers Merry™

Cartridge: Christmas Noel Solutions™, Cake Basics™ (scalloped circle)

i-rock and lots of Hot Rocks (from the) Compact™ - I admit it... I'm blinging everything!

Stencil for the flourishes: i-rock Swirls Stencil™

Sentiment stamp: MME Holly Jolly™

Embossing powder: a la Mode™

Ribbon: PaperTreyInk™

Sparkle: Pixie sparkle - for the red parts: on top of Studio G red glitter glue

Vinyl photo corners from EAD Designs™

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 Next up we were asked to create a card... Of course I chose a shaped card:

Design Notes: I got the jingle bell from Michael's and you may or may not notice that I embossed the green background. I used clear embossing powder to create the shine on the red part of the flower.

Recipe:

Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Collection™

Flowers: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Snow Flowers Merry™

Cartridge: Winter Woodland™

Embossing: Holly Ribbons Emboss Folder™

Embossing powder: a la Mode™

Twine:  PaperTreyInk™

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Lastly, we were asked to create something of our choice. My mom really liked my Autumn banner and requested that I make one for her that said, "thankful". This is now inside of her house. 

Recipe:
Imaginisce Apple Cider Collection™
Cartridge: Designer's Calendar™ and  Cake Basics™
Embossing: D'vine Swirls™ and Victoria™

A few close-ups. Sorry the colors aren't quite right. It was raining this day too!

I hope you enjoyed this post. Be sure to hang out at the Imaginisce blog all week long to see what quirky things we tell you about ourselves! AND we'll either be showing you our favorite projects or our DT submissions on our personal blogs!

OF COURSE Imaginisce is giving stuff away - they are always giving stuff away! So Lori was great enough to let me choose something that inspires me and I can't tell you how much I love.... the Petal Roller and the Rolie Rosies!!! Thank you Lori and Imaginisce!! Seriously - they are going to be showing up on everything soon! SO leave a comment here and then go back to the Imaginisce blog and let them know you came by to be entered to win it!!! 


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2011 Imaginisce Design Team Member!

Hello everyone!!! I am absolutely thrilled and honored to have been selected as part of the 2011 Imaginisce Design Team! 

I have been on cloud 9 and just couldn't wait to tell you all! 

I always consider these kind of successes to be about all of us - as I say - my grandmother was my first "follower" so for those that encouraged me from the beginning, share in the joy! 

I couldn't decide what to put up here as my first project so I just decided to show you what I created for my DT submission. 

Design Notes: 

If you look through the sparkle on the tree - the white parts - you can see the snowflakes underneath. This is a lot more apparent in person, but was hard to photograph. It was my favorite part of the layout! :)

Recipe:

Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Collection™

Flowers: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Snow Flowers Merry™

Cartridge: Christmas Noel Solutions™, Cake Basics™ (scalloped circle)

i-rock and lots of Hot Rocks (from the) Compact™ - I admit it... I'm blinging everything!

Stencil for the flourishes: i-rock Swirls Stencil™

Sentiment stamp: MME Holly Jolly™

Embossing powder: a la Mode™

Ribbon: PaperTreyInk™

Sparkle: Pixie sparkle - for the red parts: on top of Studio G red glitter glue

Vinyl photo corners from EAD Designs™

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 Next up we were asked to create a card... Of course I chose a shaped card:

Design Notes: I got the jingle bell from Michael's and you may or may not notice that I embossed the green background. I used clear embossing powder to create the shine on the red part of the flower.

Recipe:

Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Collection™

Flowers: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Snow Flowers Merry™

Cartridge: Winter Woodland™

Embossing: Holly Ribbons Emboss Folder™

Embossing powder: a la Mode™

Twine:  PaperTreyInk™

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Lastly, we were asked to create something of our choice. My mom really liked my Autumn banner and requested that I make one for her that said, "thankful". This is now inside of her house. 

Recipe:
Imaginisce Apple Cider Collection™
Cartridge: Designer's Calendar™ and  Cake Basics™
Embossing: D'vine Swirls™ and Victoria™

A few close-ups. Sorry the colors aren't quite right. It was raining this day too!

I hope you enjoyed this post and have a very Merry Christmas! I am really looking forward to joining in such talent and learning a lot from these really talented ladies!

Honey Bee Wednesdays!

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So on Wednesdays the HoneyBees are invited to show our versions of whatever the tutorial was on Monday! Last Monday Roe gave an awesome tutorial on place setting cards for your Thanksgiving Table (or any table). 

I found myself saying, "Thank you Roe for making my life so easy." out loud while I was doing this project. So THANKS ROE!

Anyway, here is my version of it. Jim is my dad so this will be his place-setting for Thanksgiving! 

Recipe:
Paper: Imaginisce Apple Cider Line: Changing Leaves™
Card Stock: Paper Trey Ink Pure Poppy™
Stamp: Imaginisce Apple Cider Line: Snag 'em Ups: Frame™, Martha Stewart Alpha Stamps™
Cartridge: Thanksgiving™
Filigree Gold Heat Embossing Powder from Paper Trey Ink™
Heat tool by EK Success™
Glossy Accents™
Button Twine by Paper Trey Ink™

Now head on over to Betty Bee's Buzz and see what all of the other Honey Bees have created for your inspirational delight! :)

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Thanksgiving Favor Box!

Hello my blogger friends! :)

Today at Passionately Artistic we were given the option to do several projects. I chose to do a favor box.

I used the tutorial found here:

It was really easy and quick and how cute they come out! 

Recipe:
Paper: Cosmo Cricket: Earth Love: "Recycle", "Repeat", "Relive"™
Cartridge: Thanksgiving™
Glossy Accents™
Rub-ons: Imaginisce™ Apple Cider Collecton™
Leather Straps that came out of my stash from some old gift packaging (up-cycling!)
Grunge Tags I won from a contest on Mad Hatter Stamps™

Now hop on over to Passionately Artistic to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team came up with! Don't forget our 12 days of Christmas are coming up December 1-12! You will be filled with inspiration for the holidays! :)