Happy 4th of July!

Imaginisce is marking the 4th of July holiday this week on their blog. Today is my turn to share some Americana! 

If you know me personally, this is one of my favorite holidays when it comes to decor and celebrating. I love the red, white and blue, it's an excuse to hang out and eat with friends and family, and we take a moment to reflect on what makes this such a great place to live: the people and their spirit!

I made this card using a digital cut from the Silhouette store and my Cameo. The papers are from Endless Summer and Childhood Memories. All that fancy bling was applied using the i-rock tool. 

Stop by the Imaginisce blog to see what some of the rest of the DT made this week to celebrate. Thanks for stopping to see my 4th of July card!

Card tutorial {samantha walker}

Hello! Today on the Samantha Walker blog, I am sharing a Silhouette tutorial on how you can turn a single-cut object digital download into a card file. 

Swing on by the blog and see my step-by-step instructions on how to make this #1 country girl badge card. The process can apply to nearly any shape, though, and worth a glance if you are a beginner at using your Cameo. 

For this card, I used the Giddy Up Girl Carta Bella collection from Samantha Walker. Now I just need to find a country girl in need of a fun shaped card. It's pretty, isn't it?! Love playing around with pink sometimes.

Thanks for stopping by here today!

July sketch challenge {imaginisce}

It's July 1st and time again for another sketch challenge at Imaginisce. This month we are taking a breather from all the extra parts to the challenge and just sharing a sketch with you. 

Play along with us using mostly Imaginisce products, share your work with us on the Imaginisce blog, and you could win this month's prize. Check out the details on the Imaginisce blog for more information and see the bottom of this post for the sketch I made.

It's an easy peasy one this month because we know you are all busy with family, friends and vacations this time of year. I hope you'll have a quick second to play along with this sketch.

For my layout, I used mostly Outdoor Adventure and Childhood Memories papers. I love the blues and greens in those collections.

Thanks for stopping to see my layout and sketch today!

UR•7 and a Scrapbook Circle kit giveaway

I am excited to share this new layout with you from the July kit from Scrapbook Circle: Let's Chat. To make this post even more exciting — I have a Let's Chat kit to give away to one lucky commenter! 

Just leave a comment on this post before July 8th and I'll choose a random winner to receive their very own Let's Chat kit.

As you can see, this kit is chock full of fun tags, alphas, patterns and stickers. I also got the Embellishment Add-on Kit for July, which has flair, a 6x6 paper pad and a stencil to add to all of the fun.

Thanks for stopping here today see my layout. Leave a comment on this post and you could be my lucky kit winner! 

Samantha Walker and JustRite hop

Welcome to day two of the Samantha Walker and JustRite hop. We are sharing some of the best of the JustRite stamps designed by Samantha Walker. You should have come to my blog from Darsie Bruno's blog. If not, you can stop by the JustRite Inspiration blog and start at the beginning.

I have to admit that my jaw hit the floor when I got the newest collections — I love them all — obvious by my choice to use nearly every stamp in the All Boy Clear Stamps Set down the left side of this layout. 

I also used the Pattern Basics Clear Stamps with the dots border stamp. It added fun texture to the edge of the background and to the papers.

The papers I used are from Samantha Walker's Giddy Up boy collection from Carta Bella. I love the mustache paper as well as the blue and green tones in this collection. With a 7-year-old boy to scrap for, I know I'll be using a lot of this collection.

Samantha Walker and JustRite are celebrating this hop with 25% off all of Samantha Walker's stamps and dies. Stop by and grab a few!

Here is the hop order for today...

JustRite Inspiration

Jamie Cripps

Heidi Blankenship 

Michele Kovack 

Kathy Jones

Claudia Harvey

Barb Schram

Kristi Schurr

Darsie Bruno

Diana Fisher --- > you are here

Sheri Holt

Kellie Fortin 

Aimee Maddern

Marisa Job

Margie Higuchi

You can head on over to Sheri Holt's blog to keep hopping along. Below are the prizes up for grabs for the two day hop.

I hope you've been enjoying the hop! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. 

Shaped cards {imaginisce}

This week at Imaginisce we are having fun with shaped cards. I made this sailboat card for the assignment. Don't you just want to sail away on it?!

I used a studio cut file from the Silhouette store. It was for a paper pieced sailboat, but I released the layers, pushed them together so they were touching and then used the weld option to make them all one piece. I resized the original pieces and cut those again for the red and blue accent pieces on the card.  

The fish is a 3-D sticker from Imaginisce's Endless Summer and the Sun is a die cut also from Endless Summer.

I challenge you to look at some of the objects you've downloaded for your digital cutter. Are there any pieces you can alter to be shaped cards? I bet there are! Start playing around with the files and I bet you'll be surprised at how versatile each download really can be.

Thanks for stopping to see my card today!

Telling the story {lily bee}

At the Lily Bee blog this week, we are sharing projects that tell the story and focus on the journaling. If you know me well, you know that this is not my strong suit. One, my handwriting is horrible and no one can read it — I can barely read it myself! Second, I never know what to say.

For me, it's easier to journal when there is an event to talk about. My son went to the USSSA Baseball day at Frontier Field. Some of the Red Wings players were there to talk to the kids, answer their questions and give them tips on how to play the game.

Having the event to talk about, made it so much better to tell the story. I also wanted to make sure I got as many pictures on the page as possible. I used a photo strip along the bottom and then the circles cut from my Cameo for the larger pictures I wanted to focus on.

I am sharing the studio file with you as my gift to you! You can download it HERE. The circles are purposefully set at 4", 3.5" and 2.5" for easily using photos you have printed.  

Thanks for stopping by to see my layout today. Stop by the Lily Bee blog to see what Cindy did today!

Using printables {scrapbook circle}

Scrapbook Circle kit club members receive a free printable with their monthly kit. For June, there was a separate printable for the Let's Celebrate party kit that was offered as a bonus kit this month. I could not pass up using the fun nautical themed party accents on a layout. 

Have you received a printable lately? Take a look at the pieces and see what else you can do with the designs. The best part is that you can print them over and over again and even onto different kinds of paper, making the printable your most versatile supply.

Thanks for stopping by to see my layout today!

Black Ice collection {imaginisce}

This week at Imaginisce we've been sharing work with the latest collection called Black Ice. Every piece in the collection is black and white and combines florals with other simple patterns, like dots or chevrons. 

To really show off the collection, I just couldn't bear to add any color to my work with it. Even the photo had to be black and white.

I just love this sweet moment of my little guy listening intently to his coach after a game. There won't be too many years left where he is adorable and small in the grass like he is here.

I also made a card by fussy-cutting one of the patterned papers in the collection. The stamp is from the Hello Cupcake collection at Imaginisce. It's one of my favorite birthday sentiment stamps and gets plenty of use. 

Thanks for stopping here today to see my work with the new Black Ice collection. Scoot on over to the Imaginisce blog to see what the rest of the DT has been up to.