Winner of the Karate Tournament!

Hello friends! I'm sorry I'm going to have to put my "Nana" bragging hat on for a moment! It just happens again to coincide with the Circle Challenge once again! I got a new Scrapbook Holder from Michaels! Love it! I can show my pages in a hanging holder instead of sitting in the books on the table! I think more people will look at it than they will pick up an album. This is the front page now! I only got the 8x8, I wasn't as ambitious to get the 12x12 yet! They had a ton of those! I had to wait a couple of weeks and go to different stores to find this size!
Here's a pic if you're interested. Only $14.99 (before coupon!) at Michaels! My DGS won his first Karate tournament! The picture here has a bad glare but it will be featured below.

Now for my challenge pic and submission info:

The Challenge: Create a layout about a recent milestone in your family. Whether it is graduation, a birthday, moving into a new house, losing a tooth, or whatever it may be. Be sure to include at least 2 Cricut cuts and use 2 Cricut fonts in your page title.
Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing.
How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Thursday, May 31st, 2012.
Prize: This month the winner will receive $150.00 in credit to Cricut.com.
My Recipe:
Cricut Imagine Machine
White Colorbok paper from Walmart
Country Carnival Cart (the U)
Cricut Craftroom Basics (the R and #1)
Hannah Montana for the frame around the picture
Greeting cards Inside and Out for the badge!
Imagine TC Black and White cart for the background paper and the ruler
Thanks for stopping by and good luck to my fellow circlets!

Spring/Summer Imagine Blog Hop DAY 2!

Welcome to the Spring Summer Imagine Blog Hop Day 2! Our sponsor for the hop is Erica's Craft Room, you can find Erica's Craft Room shop here: http://shop.ericascraftroom.com/
Erica is offering a $25.00 gift certificate grand prize for the hop! To be entered in the drawing, please leave a comment on all the blogs with your name and a way to contact you.(To help prevent spam, please leave your email address in a safe manner, ie. ssmith at hotmail dot com is best.) The winner will be drawn on May 20, 2012. Please check back at any of the blogs on that day. You do NOT need to follow the blogs to be entered, just leave a comment please. Some of the blogs are also offering blog candy and you can check out the details as you hop.

You should have arrived here from  Cricut Crafty Clare's blog.  And if you are just dropping by and want to start the hop from the beginning please start at Robin's blog here:  http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/

Blog Candy!! The reason you came, right?!! Hope you did come for some inspiration too! These ladies are so talented! I'm giving away the MS Stamp Around the Page with 8 stamp set and 6 inks. I have this set and loved it so much I bought 1 to give to my friend and 1 for this hop!! All you have to do is leave a comment with contact info. You don't have to be a follower, but I'd love it if you became 1! I will draw using random.org Monday! Good luck!

 Here's my Imagine project:

Of course, I made these with the Imagine, this was from All Wrapped Up! IMHO, if you have an Imagine you NEED this cart! its like TBBM! Maybe better, because you don't have to choose your colors and layout different pages or colors! I did cut this in layers. I like the layered look so you KNOW its handmade! The bag is from Imagine Greeting Cards Inside and Out cart, flood filled with same pattern and layered the topnote on that also. I made 4 cards for the set to add to the bag. The flowers on the bag are from Tuesday morning by Making Memories.  The ribbons are from Walmart. Couldn't decide if I liked the ribbon at the top or the bottom so I did both and didn't glue down. Its pretty tight. The embossing on the front is done with Stampendous Gold. I made these for a raffle for the Lions Club! the ladies there all love all my card sets. Everybody now buys more tickets!! Woohoo! They want me to sell them and I may after a few more have been won! Makes the club more money!! Then I'll make some! Its really been fun! Most of the time I make a box with my Cameo but wanted to use a cricut cut with the Imagine.  I was also able to do all this in CCR!!! Love CCR when it works with Imagine!! A match made in heaven. Would like it to work the same way on my Gyspy, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen!! (the main reason I bought the Imagine :(  )

Thanks for hopping with us! Hopefully we have inspired you!

Your next stop on the hop is Janet's Creative World. Below is a list of all the stops on the hop in case you get lost!

1. custom-comforts at http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/
2. LauraLeesDream at www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com 
3. Cricut Crafty Clare at http://www.cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com/
4. Scrappin Nanapuddin at http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com/ You are here!
5. Janet's Creative World at http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/ Next!
6. LadyLuvBug at http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
7. My Bug & Me Create - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com 
8. ScrappinMyStressAway - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
9. Nana's Scrap Spot - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
10. Scrappin' With Chriss and Lou - http://chrissandlou.blogspot.com/

Creative Sharing Challenge!

I can't believe my luck with the circle challenges! another one that correlated with a requested project! The Lions Club asked me to make a sign for the Pancake Supper to show our support for our sponsors. The Monthly challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog:

MARCH MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Creative Sharing Challenge!

March is National Craft Month. Whenever I think about my hobbies, I am so grateful for the opportunity to express myself creatively. It’s a great way to decompress from daily life and feel productive while I create art that means something to me, my family, or the people around me. This month, we want you to display your passion for your craft by creating a piece of wall art to display in your home, office, or wherever! The topic can be whatever you wish . . . just use your craftiness to make something you can display and share with others.
The WINNER of this challenge will receive a $150 Credit to Cricut.com!

This poster was already lightly printed with a grid! I didn't know they had them! That was a huge timesaver! I wanted to add some silverware in between the sponsors but my Imagine started having a "spell" again and cutting was way off! I tried calibrating but after 6 times and at midnight! I gave up! It was going to have to be good enough! they loved it anyway. I used Kate's Kitchen for the pancakes! and all other pictures! That cart is awesome! But of course its still not working in CCR so had to cut and print some practice ones and I just used those for the scrapbook page! The letters were cut with Lyrical Letters. It was  a lot of fun making this! And went pretty fast considering all the CCR and calibraion issues!
Thanks for stopping by and good luck to my Circle friends! Prize is $150 on cricut.com!
Have a great weekend! Hope to be back with a Silhouette project! I'm reading and watching tons of youtube videos! And thank goodness for the Silhouette message board! They saved my hiney already! Just opened it yesterday!! LOL!
Oops! Forgot the milk carton is on the new Greeting Cards Inside and Out for the Imagine!