Masculine Birthday Card

Just a quick post today. Happy Friday everyone. I needed to make a quick birthday card last night for my nephew that is turning 22 this weekend. I used my Imagine and one of the standard images that come pre-loaded. I filled the image with a blue color from Blast Off and then cut it out at 2 1/2".  The sentiment, the ribbon and the paper are all from Stampin' Up.

For the inside of the card I cut the same image at 4". Very simple and quick card to make. If I had more time (or feeling more creative) I probably would have added something else to it, but it is for a guy so less is probably better.

Sorry for the bad lighting and not so great pictures. I had to use my phone to take the pictures. Have a wonderful weekend. Cindy

My Imagine must go back

I'm so sad. I had just decided to do the updates for my Gypsy and my Imagine so that I could transition to using my Imagine full time instead of my Expression. I did the Gypsy update but the Imagine wouldn't connect. Then my Imagine totally stopped accepting paper. I called customer support at Provo Craft and a very nice gentleman tried to help me. He walked me through trying to update my Imagine with no luck. He then told me I would have to try to do a system restore and update in "safe-mode". Ugh. He got me started and then let me off the phone because he said it could take over an hour to finish. Well, an hour later it still hadn't even gotten the first of three steps started. It was just sitting there refusing to accept anything from my computer. I will have to call PC back when I get home today and probably need to send my Imagine back for a replacement.

I've had my Imagine since March, but I've never done an update on it before. I've only used it a handful of times and only with the Imagine cartridges. Now that I need to update I find out it doesn't work. I'm sure glad I didn't get rid of those huge boxes. Hopefully everything will work out and not take too long.

Have a wonderful week. I have a layout almost finished to post, but wasn't able to finish it last night due to my Imagine fiasco. See you soon, Cindy

It's A Wrap Blog Hop

Welcome to the It’s a Wrap Blog Hop hosted by Cool Beans By L.B. Do you like to receive gifts? How about give them? Well this hop is all about the outside…the wrapping; Gift bags, boxes, baskets and more. There are 22 wonderful stops on this hop and we hope you will take some time to stop in and see everything we have created for you.

You should have arrived here from, Amy from Amy’s Digi-Scrapshttp://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/. If you are just finding our hop in the middle you can go to the beginning at Cool Beans By L.B.

For my project I made a gift bag with my stash. A few weeks ago I posted about a baby brag book I made for my mom. I decided to make a matching gift bag to put it in when I give it to her.Here is a picture of the book and the gift bag together.

The bag was recycled from one I got at my last dentist appointment. It was a nice white handle bag and only needed to be dressed up a bit. Here is a picture of the bag "before".

I used my Cricut Imagine and the Nursery Tails cartridge for the front of the bag. I chose the image I wanted to print and cut in layers and chose fit to page.  Everything was pop dotted and then added to the front of the bag.

For the green and pink background I used the Storybook cartridge and embossed the green with the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. Once that was done I used the Tags Bags Boxes and More cartridge to cut out a tag. Then I added a couple of Imagine - Nursery Tails cuts to the front of it.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my project today and following along the hop.

I am offering some fun blog candy on this hop…

There is a Creative Memories corner rounder, some flowers and brads, some wackytac adhesive for vellum, a cuttlebug cut and embossing folder, a mini chipboard album and a few other things thrown in. I may come across some other things to stick in the box as well. In order to participate I would love for you to be a follower and leave a comment on this post. I will draw a random winner on Sunday night and post next week.

Thanks for stopping by on this fun hop. Your next stop is…TX Scrapper Mom http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

If you get lost, here is the whole list for this hop!

IT’s A WRAP BLOG HOP LINE UP

Cool Beans By L.B.  http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/ (HOST)

Debbie from Deb’s Eclectic Thoughts http://www.debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com/

Cindy from In Love With Paper http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/

Amy from Amy’s Digi-Scraps http://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/

Cindy from Scrap Obsessed http://www.scrap-obsessed.blogspot.com/

TX Scrapper Mom http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

Scrapalette from Around the Block with Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

Suzelle from www.craftsandmorebysuzelle.blogspot.com

Confessions of a Scrapoholic http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/

Stephanie from onceuponapaper  http://onceuponapaper.blogspot.com/

Brenda from Random Thoughts of a Scrapbooker  http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Maria from Stamp Cut Create http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Terri  from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/

Lori Apgar from http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

I Came, I saw, I Created   http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/

Anabel aka cricutaddicted from  http://scrappingformorefun.blogspot.com/

Michele from Green Girl Scraps www.michelegreen.com

Alicat from http://scrappingwithalicat.blogspot.com/

Everything Digital Scrapbooking http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/

Robin, The Scrappin' Delta Diva http://scrappindeltadiva.blogspot.com/

Gamma's Creative Corner  http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Paper Crafting Chic:  http://www.papercraftingchic.com/

Imagine Baby layout

Still working on baby layouts. This one was made with my new Imagine and the Nursery Tails cartridge. I also used a Martha Stewart punch around the page punch. I love this cartridge. The images are so soft and adorable for baby pages.

The layering of these images are also super easy to put together. I think I will be using this cartridge a lot while putting together my son's album.

Ruler Birthday Card with Imagine

As soon as I saw the ruler artwork on the Imagine More cartridge I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. My Dad's birthday is this month and I've been saving this idea in my head for 10 months for just this occasion. I think he'll find the humor in it and enjoy the card. I used Imagine More for all the layers to go with the ruler. Once again I didn't know how to size anything so they were cut at the default size which is 2". I know, I know, I should really learn the sizing thing, but so far it has worked out okay. I promise to learn for my next project. I'm sure it can't be too hard, right? The sentiment was a quote I heard some time last year and I just printed off my computer.

For the inside of the card I finished off the sentiment from my computer and then added a crown cut at 1.75" from the Alphalicious cartridge.

Happy Birthday Dad!

First Imagine project

I got my Imagine last week and I'm slowly learning how to use it. So far I already LOVE it. I made this "get well" card for my little grand-daughter Khloe. She's only 12 weeks old and has her first ear infection. Poor baby. I wish a kiss from Grandma could take it all away. Luckily her mommy took her to the doctor right away and got her some medicine. She is feeling a little better already.
Okay, back to the card. The number one reason I chose to buy an Imagine machine (besides the awesome sale at Cricut.com) was because of my Grand-daughter and the Nursery Tails cartridge. I think the artwork on this cartridge is the most beautiful I have seen. I used it to make this card. I wasn't sure how to set the size so the layers cut out at the default size (I think 2"). The sentiment is from the Fun and Fast Notes stamp set by Stampin' Up.

For the inside of the card I added another butterfly and dragonfly from the Imagine Nursery Tails cartridge. Then I used my Exprssion to cut out "Khloe" with the Feeling Groovy Lite cartridge. I didn't want to spend so much money for a Lite cartridge, but I think it really is my all-time favorite font.

I hope my little Khloe bug feels better quickly and that she likes the card I made her.

Imagine is here!

Oh my gosh my new Imagine machine came today! I really wasn't going to buy one, but then the price was too good to pass up. I just ordered it on Sunday night and it came today. Just 3 days later. I was able to take it out of the box, but I had to leave for school so I wasn't able to plug it in or play with it yet. I will post again once I'm able to actually use it. (I hope I can figure it out). I guess I should watch some videos on using it. Here are a few pictures. It was packed very well - in 3 boxes. The machine came with a mat, a sheet of printable vinyl and the Imagine More cartridge. There was also a DVD (getting to know your Imagine) in the box. I'll watch that before I get started. Stay tuned for lots of updates.