Busy, Busy Day (and some great scrapbooking deals too!!)

Today was a super busy day!  It was party day for my daughter Paige's 5th birthday and this is the first year that we have had a kid's party and invited a bunch of her friends from school.  It was a lot of fun, but exhausting!  We had the whole Spongebob Squarepants theme (Paige's favourite) we made Spongebob-themed crafts, played a Spongebob-themed game, and had a Spongebob cake! 

Before all the festivities, my friend Lisa and I rushed out of town to go to the annual scrapbooking garage sale at one of our local scrapbooking stores.  It was awesome!  I had never been first thing in the morning before and I couldn't believe how packed it was!  Apparently, people started lining up outside an hour before the store even opened!  There were 100 boxes of all sorts of scrapbooking supplies to go through, and I didn't get through them all with the crowds, so I may have to stop by again tomorrow (the second day of the sale tends to be not as busy).  Anyway, I wanted to share some pics of the goodies I picked up.  I got tons of paper, some embellishments, and one of my favourite finds was a brand new Cricut messenger bag for $20!  In the end, I spend $71 and think I got an awful lot of stuff for that price!  So much fun!!!











Cricut Circle Blog Monthly Challenge: Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle!

This is my first Monthly Challenge through the Cricut Circle Blog!  In this challenge, you must recycle, reuse or repurpose 3 items on your project.  I decided to enter my party decorations that I made for my daughter's birthday (today is her 5th birthday).  My daughter LOVES Spongebob Squarepants so we went with the Spongebob theme and made these decorations.  For each of these characters, I used the Spongebob Squarepants cartridge and printed and cut the layers with my Cricut Imagine.  I repurposed a few things around the house to create these decorations:  the flower pots, BBQ skewers, and the shredded paper in the pots is reused from Easter baskets!  They were a lot of fun to make and a hit at the family party we had this evening, but I think they will be even more of a hit when we have the kid's party this weekend!

Spongebob Squarepants Character Cuts with Cricut Imagine

Tonight, my mom came over to help me assemble these Spongebob Squarepants characters!  I cut each of them with my Imagine and used RGB codes to get the exact colours of each character.  I love how much easier this is than searching through all my scrap papers to find similar colours!  I love the way these turned out!  I will be using them for decorations for my daughter's birthday party.  They will likely all go into a birthday centrepiece, so I will post again with the completed project once finished.

Great Clearance Deals at Stampin' Up & Spring Catalogue Sneak Peak!

Who doesn't love a bargain?!  Right now, you can scoop up the ultimate bargain with Stampin' Up's Grab Bags.  There are three types of grab bags to choose from:

$6.00 grab bag - contains at least $24.00 worth of discontinued products
$12.00 grab bag - contains at least $48.00 worth of discontinued products
$18.00 grab bag - contains at least $72.00 worth of discontinued products

Grab bags contain any combination of products such as the following:  ribbons, Accents & Elements, chipboard, Designer Series Paper, or Simply Sent kit components.  Grab bags do not contain stamp sets or tools.  All grab bag sales are final.  No refunds or exchanges.

There are also plenty of other deals in the 'Clearance Rack' section at the moment.  Please visit my Stampin' Up website to get great products at amazing prices, but only while supplies last!  The clearance items are available online only.

Spring is blossoming at Stampin' Up!  Here's a sneak peak at two brand-new products from the upcoming 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalogue:

My New Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Today, I made a trip to Michael's to check out the sale items.  Right now, cartridges are on for $44.99 and if you buy two, you get a mail in rebate for a third cartridge.  I still think it's a bit pricey for cartridges, compared to most I buy in the states, but I thought I would go for it since I can mail away for a freebie.  When I went to Michael's, I was happy to find that the Imagine cartridges were included in the sale!  I picked up two that I really wanted - Nursery Tails and Best Friends.  Aren't the images just too cute?!  I can't wait to try them out!!

Nursery Tails

Best Friends

Good Times - Cricut Imagine Layout

I was hoping to get this layout done in time to enter into the weekly Circle challenge, but that did not happen!  I had a bit of trouble cutting with my Imagine tonight, so I spent a bit more time scrapbooking than I had planned.  This was the first time I tried to print my own paper and that went really well.  I don't think I will do this too often, just because I don't want to use that much ink, but I really liked this background paper so I thought I'd try it.  The background paper, title, flag banner and tag were all from the Imagine More cartridge.  The brad on the tag is from Stampin' Up.

Stampin' Up Sale-A-Bration - Final Day!

Well, I am back in the scrapbooking/stamping biz!  I decided to become a Stampin' Up Demonstrator!  I've always loved Stampin' Ups products and it was the right time to join with the Sale-a-bration promotion going on.  

If anyone is interested in becoming a demonstrator, today is the last day for the promo!  New demonstrators receive 15% off the starter kit (standard or digital+), plus a special Sale-A-Bration bonus bundle valued up to $60!

There are also great deals for customers!  You will receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $60 you spend (before tax and shipping).  

For more information, please visit my Stampin' Up website.  

Also, I am very excited to announce that I am back in the Cricut Circle!  I had been a member when it first started, but my membership expired and I didn't renew until yesterday.  This time I signed up for the year.  There have been a lot of improvements with the Circle since it started.  There is now an awesome blog with lots of ideas, contests and challenges, the Cricut Circle magazine has really improved and is packed with ideas, and the message board is just awesome!  Plus, I'm really looking forward to receiving the Circle cartridges again. :)