i-bond project week {imaginisce}

I love my i-bond. As a cordless glue gun, it is amazing. Imaginisce even offers packs for colored and glitter glue for the i-bond. That makes it all the more fun! 

A tip when using it — splurge on good batteries. Maybe get the lithium ones, but I like to use the re-chargable kind. Anytime you leave something battery operated on your craft table for a long time, the batteries are going to fade, so you'll want to make sure you have good, fresh batteries in it every time you use it. If you do that — you'll also love your i-bond. 

Today, and all week long,  we are sharing i-bond projects on the Imaginisce blog. You'll want to stop by and see what we've been up to. I made this fabric and paper flower and then stuck it to a plain white pail. And I did it all with my i-bond. 

Stop by the blog all week to be inspired! And thanks for stopping here today!

Happy Place {scrapbook circle}

The Scrapbook Circle main kit, called Happy Place, for April is bright and cheerful — perfect for the approaching warm weather and brighter summertime moments ahead. 

Exclusive Scrapbook Circle tags come in the kit, too. I love the gradient dots and fun phrases.

You'll want to scoop one of these up for sure. Head on over to the site to get one for your very own!

Imaginisce and Good Morning America

How exciting is this?! Imaginisce has teamed up with Good Morning America to bring you the coolest deals on amazing products and prizes! Go to gma.imaginisce.com to see more!

You can watch these videos, too!

http://youtu.be/paGm3ndSd6s

http://youtu.be/Ausv0AwJufc

Make sure to stop by and follow along so you have a chance to win or have a chance to grab the deals before they sell out. 

This week {pink paislee}

Pink Paislee is connecting with their DT all this month with a Craft-n-Connect Event. Today is my day on the blog, and we are chatting it up a little bit about some things you may not know about me. 

We also took the chance to work with some of our favorite products from Pink Paislee. I love the Portfolio collection and jumped at the chance to make another layout using it. This time I mixed in some of the fabulous new Luxe collection with the circle placemat in bronze and the gold dot stars. I love the pop of metallic it adds to my page.

I hope you'll swing on by the Pink Paislee blog and see my answers to the Craft-n-Connect questions. Check in all month to learn more about each member of the team. I know I'm going to enjoy getting to know everyone a little better.

I bet you can't guess what my answer is to "I will never ever..." Check out the blog to see what I said for that answer (and more!).

And thanks for stopping to see my layout. I really appreciate everyone who stops by here.

We're rollin' {paper issues}

I love my #cassiemail! If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen my Paper Issues delivery photos — my #cassiemail. Sometimes I rip right into what I get from the Paper Issues shop, sometimes I have to wait and admire the paper a little longer. 

The Down by the Shore collection from Fancy Pants plopped its way onto my desk via #cassiemail and I did wait a week or so to play with all of the wonderful nautical themed goodness. But once I did, it was so worth the wait. I love these colors and patterns!

The photos are from a few weeks ago. Nate had just gotten a hair cut, so we were sending pics to Daddy at work, and we got a little bit silly (as we tend to do). I just love our weekends together. As a working mom, my Saturdays and Sundays with Nate mean the world to me. I look forward to them all week long and plot how we'll spend every moment having the most fun possible. 

I know these days will be gone soon — he's growing so fast. Nothing beats some crusin' in the car time on the weekends with my boy!

If you are looking to get some of this collection (or any other scrapbooking supply!), make sure to check out the Paper Issues shop. Use my coupon code for 20% off your total order. Enter DIANA20 at checkout!

Thanks for stopping to see my layout today!

April challenge {imaginisce}

The first of the month means it's time to share the next monthly challenge at Imaginisce. We have a sketch for you (see the end of this post) as well as a few little extras to get onto your project.

Make your challenge entry using the sketch and also:

• Pastel colors

• Twine 

• A spring theme

I mixed older and newer collections together to find some pastel colors. That green background is in the Endless Summer collection. Isn't it just the best green color — and I love the texture that's added to it with the scratches of white around the edges.

Here is the sketch for you to see how I used it. Gotta love that swoopy banner, right?! I used a circle scallop punch to make mine and strung it with twine from The Twinery. 

I hope you have time this month to join in! See the Imaginisce blog for more details and to see what the rest of the DT made to inspire you.

Thanks for stopping here today!

Hopping for spring {lily bee}

It's time for spring! The Lily Bee DT is hopping around the bloggy world to celebrate the start of spring and get you inspired for a wonderful Easter weekend — and hopefully some warmer weather to boot!

I made this little basket using a cut file from the Silhouette store and the Cameo. The cute heart paper is from the Sweet Shoppe collection at Lily Bee.

Make sure you stop by each of these blogs to see their work and leave them love. Then head back over to the Lily Bee blog for a chance to win some Lily Bee Design product for yourself!

Adrienne Alvis

Becky Williams

Christine Newman

Cindy Liebel

Diana Fisher (you are here)

Diane Payne

Heather Leopard 

Leslie Ashe

Nicole Nowosad

Patricia Roebuck

Stacey Michaud

Summer Fullerton

Wendy Sue Anderson

GIVEAWAY!

Lily Bee is giving away a Sweet Shoppe paper pack! 

• Comment on the Lily Bee blog post by midnight ET on 3/31/13, letting us know you completed the hop
• FOLLOW the Lily Bee Design blog in the upper right hand corner of their blog
• Like the Lily Bee Facebook page and share the blog hop link with your scrapbooking/cardmaking friends! Be sure to tag @LilyBeeDesign 
• Bonus: Make sure you are on the Lily Bee Newsletter mailing list

Thanks for hopping with us! Have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by here today.

Fun with pie charts {lily bee}

Hello! No particular rhyme or reason for why I made this layout other than I am getting over my fear of pie charts. At the crop I went to in Syracuse with Audrey, Heather and Sara, I mentioned that I didn't get the whole pie chart trend. Sharp lines all contained in a circle just seemed so wrong to me.

Well…I was wrong. :) This wasn't so bad and I might do it again if the mood strikes me. Thanks, ladies, for the nudge (and double dog dare) to make a page using a pie chart.

I used Lily Bee Pinwheel collection to make this page. There are some great summer elements in this collection and the patterns are so colorful and fun.

Thanks for stopping by to support my pie chart debut. (lol)

Spring has sprung {lily bee}

Hi! Today I am working with a sketch challenge for Easter/Spring week at Lily Bee. Make sure to stop by the Lily Bee blog all week long for fun and inspiration.

I used the Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe collections on this layout. I love the green, yellow and blue colors to usher in springtime.

I also used my Cameo to cut the larger title. As you can see in the sketch below, I moved the title to the right side so that it would fit with my photo. 

Stop by the Lily Bee blog to see what the other ladies made with the sketch. And thanks for visiting my blog today!