Memories in Time Blog Hop- It's All About Spring

Welcome to the Memories in Tyme blog hops - where you will find some seriously talented people who love to share their ideas with you! Our hop today and tomorrow is all things relating to Spring - full of ideas for layouts, cards, décor or whatever else we’ve all decided to make! This is Lynda’s favorite time of the year - where things are starting to look nice, not be too hot, flowers and trees starting to come out, and people in their yards making their surroundings look good!

Now, if you just happened upon my blog, then please go back to the beginning which is at Lynda’s blog (http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/). Besides, the beginning is always the best anyway!!!

Hope you are in a "Springy Mood and ready to see all the great projects. For the hop today I made a double page layout for some future pictures of granddaughters. I so wish you could all see this layout in person as the picture just doesn't do it justice. The pastel and muted colors don't show up that well and yet they are so pretty. I used Elegant Edges, April Showers and one of my all time favorite cartridges A Child's Year.

Here is the double pages

Detail of ACY cuts 

Other detail photo

Recipe:

A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge  page 34 and 36- cuts at  6 inches and cut shadow.  The Flower and grass cut page 35 cut at 1.5.  

Words from April Showers cartridge   Striped background cut from Elegant Edges (Book cut)  page 45 at 11 inches.

MS punch border and EK Sucess Punch for tiny flowers 

Tiny buttons and paper doilies 

Paper- K and Company double sided stack 

For my blog candy I ask that you be a follower and leave a comment. One lucky random winner will receive a goody bag, I am in the hop both days April 7th and 8th so you double your chances if you hop by both days. I will be participating both today and tomorrow so make sure you come back and leave a comment both days to double your chances.

Blog candy from Memories in Tyme…One lucky winner for April will receive a digital album for Spring made especially for them by Lynda! Retail value $150 - in order to get in on the drawing, make sure to:

1. Be a follower of my blog!

2. For extra entries...follow me on Twitter and Facebook Fanpage - information is on my blog!  

3. Please check out everyone's blogs and leave a comment on theirs...the more you do the more entries you will get!

Thank you for checking out my project, now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!!! Next up on the hop is (name of the next person as you link up), make sure you check out her fun project!!!

Finished two cards today for challenges

Did two cards for challenges today.  The first one is for Paper Lovin Gals which had a inspiration picture.   The frame is from Lacey Labels and the eggs are from the Easter cart. The nest is made from gift bag raffi.  

The next card is  based on a Die Cuttin Divas sketch .

 I am also entering it in The Paper Variety make a matching card and envelope and Flutter by Wednesday challenge- used a butterfly.  Blog Quick Quotes- Use a grid.

The card was cut from Wild Card page 24 at 4.5 inches.  Paper is from the DCWV Green Tea Stack.

The flowers are cut from Flower Shoppe and the butterflies are an MS punch.  

Happy Easter "Sundaes"

I saw an idea like this last year somewhere and thought it was so cute but couldn't find the sundae cups in time.  So I bought some this last Summer at a store on clearance.  I made these for my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group last week.  Each Sundae cup Easter grass at the bottom, two little bags of Jelly beans, little chocolate eggs, one Dove egg, plus a reusable straw and spoon.  I used Dots to stick the little red pom pom balls to one of the candy bags.  I then cut out Easter eggs with the Easter 2010 cart and typed up "Happy Easter Sundae " strips to glue on the back side and tied them to the bottom of the cups. 

By the way my Welcome Spring plate was the winner at BBTB2 this week and received an Honorable Mention at Paper Lovin Gals.  Woo hoo.  I was really excited about that. 

Here is the link of  my original write up for the plate Here. 

Cooking with Cricut Easter Challenge- Eggspecially Cute layout

 This weeks challenge at Cooking with Cricut is Easter.  I am trying to get some layout pages done ahead of time so I will be ready for those cute pics of my granddaughters.  This year we will try our first Easter Egg Hunt with the oldest two.  The title is Eggspecially Cute.  For the two g's I used an egg shape. 

 Closeup of title

Second Page 

More closeups

Recipe:

Paper Bella Blvd. 

Easter and Spring Fling Paper

Recollections Embossed Paper 

Mambi sticker and eggs 

Glossy Accents and beads 

Embossing folder and chalk

Rick rack from $1 Michaels rack

Simply Charmed Cartridge 

chick 4 inches bunny 5/5 inches 

Title Nursery Rhymes 2 inches 

Eggs Doodlecharms 5 " and 6 "

Grass border Ms all Ocassions pop dotted 

Also entering my layout in the following challenges

Amanda's Crafts and More Layout Challenge -Use an egg

Getting Cricky with K Andrew- Easter Blessings

Scrappy Mom's Stamps- Easter 

I am looking forward to everyone's entries in the Easter Challenge.  I hope you will join us.  It is so much fun looking at all the entries each week and seeing all the creative ideas.   

Smile and Grin layout

Over the weekend I wanted to do some challenges and  I found some great layout sketches.  I used a different sketch for each page and think they look great together.  I am also entering the pages in the Cricut Circle Magazine challenge  which was to use the Letter Envy Cart and at least two other cuts.

This page is for the Paper Issues- Chevron Challenge

and Creative Scrappers  #202 Challenge

This page is for the Let's Get Sketchy Challenge which I turned side ways.

I also did the exact same layout with a brown background for my daughter.  I do doubles of every layout.

Here are closeups of the titles and butterflies from the brown layout.

I embossed the titles on both pages.

Recipe

Paper DCWV Green Tea stack

Every day Pop up cart for Smile title 2 1/2 inches

Butterflies from Tinkerbell Cartridge  page 51 and 52 cut at 2 and 2 1/2 inches

Background cut from Lacey Labels 10.5 inches 

"Grin" and "and" Cut from Letter Envy Font Cart at 2 inches.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Craftin

Spring has Sprung layout for Cricut Circle challenge

Hi everyone this is a double page layout that I did for the Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge this week which is "Springtime Challenge"- for the challenge you needed to use rick rack, a minimum of two Cricut Cuts and at least one sticker.  

The background paper was from my local LSS for 25 cents a piece and was cut was a book cut from Elegant Edges at 10 inches.  The bunnies and chick are from the Easter cart.  The rosettes were made from Tim Holtz die cuts.  Spring has Sprung was cut from April Showers.  I used a wide MS flower punch for the pink border. The pastel rick rack I bought last year and I used Crochet flowers and puffy flower stickers to complete the layout.  

Thanks for looking 

Sweet Sassy Diva- Rain, Rain with Hello Kitty

This week for Sweet Sassy Diva the Design Team was asked to create a project with an umbrella or rain boots on it.  I decided to make a layout with the cute little Hello Kitty Cricut cart.  The Hello Kitty in her cute little rain slicker and umbrella were cut from page 54 at 6 inches and the rainbow from page 51 at  4 inches.  

The rainbow paper came from a DCWV stack from last year called Flower Power.

I embossed the cloud and some of the Hello Kitty cuts.  

I added a few cardboard phrases and some gems 

Rain, rain was cut from Sesame Street Seasons for the title.   

Also entering this in the Paper Playtime Challenge- use an umbrella. 

I hope you will come back this week to see what all the designers create to share with you.

Happy April and Happy Craftin.