52 Tag in 2012

  It is time for our challenge at PauseDreamEnjoy.blogspot.com!!!  The theme for this week's 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge is to make a tag with a water animal...which could be a duck, fish, turtle...anything that resides or partially resides in water!

I made this tag in memory of my Mom.  She died of breast cancer and complications from a wound infection in 1995.  When she found out that the cancer had spread to her brain, she decided to go to Hawaii.  She went scuba diving and dove for coral so she could have a pair of coral earrings made for me.  She told me all about the beautiful fish, sea creatures and seahorses she saw underwater.  My Mom passed away one month after returning from Hawaii and those earrings were the last gift she gave to me.

Do you have a memory like this that you would love to pass on to your children and family?  That is why I love paper crafting.  I have not shared this story with my son....and I remembered it when I found out what Janis' theme was for this week.

Please join us if you can.  This is a great way to record those cherished moments of your life with the people you love.

The prize for the month of April is:

APRIL SPONSOR:

DARLENE OF SIMPLE SOUTHERN BLESSINGS!

Darlene is sponsoring our April Tags!

One lucky USA tag participant will win

Echo Park's SWEET SUMMERTIME paper stack! Awesome! (Wish I could win. LOL)

Thank you so much, Darlene! Someone is going to LOVE this!!

52 Tags in 2012 Week #14

Hello everyone!  Happy April!  Ok...what was the BEST April Fools prank you heard about?  A friend of mine changed her relationship status from single to married on Facebook and kept us guessing all day.  Finally , someone figured out it was April Fool's Day!  She really had us "going" for a few hours!!!

  It is time for our challenge at PauseDreamEnjoy.blogspot.com!!!  The theme for this week's 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge is :  April Showers.  Super fun!  In Texas, with the recent rains we have received, the grass is green, bluebonnets are blooming...and these teenie weenie gnats are flying around everywhere.

Tag was cut at 5 1/2 inches using Tags Bags Boxes and More #1 Cartridge...cute little frog cut at 2.75 inches from the CampinCritters cartridge, paper, ribbon, and flowers are from stash.

The sentiment, "Spring has sprung" is from Mary at Cardztv's "Think Spring Stamp Set.  Her stamps are amazing!

Please submit your tag and play along with us!

52 Tags in 2012

Happy Friday!  It is time for...................52 Tags in 2012!!!  Janis over at Pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com has a weekly challenge  that begins every Friday!  This week is to make a tag and the topic is:    What is your favorite song?  Can you guess what my favorite song is?

Strawberry Wine by Deanna Carter

Oh, the days of summer, hot July nights, sitting on cars by the river bank drinking Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill....those were the days!

Come and join us!  Would love to see what your favorite song is!  This is the last week to enter for the great prize of MY MEMORIES SUITE VERSION 3!!

52 Tags in 2012 Week #11

It is time for our weekly 52 Tags in 2012 Design Team Challenge sponsored by Janis at Pause Dream Enjoy!!

Our theme this week is to make a tag with the primary color of green.  When I think of the color green, I always think of spring.  The trees get little green buds on them, ground starts turning green with grass, weeds...wildflowers start sprouting green leaves and flowers.  Here come the Irises, Tulips, Roses...and hummingbirds with their little green heads come to visit!

I love my tag and I know you can hardly see it because of the super busy background paper but I love all the "bloomin" words on the paper!

If you get a chance, hop on over to Janis' blog and join in the fun with us!

52 Tags in 2012 Challenge #10

Janis over at PauseDreamEnjoy.blogspot.com has a tag challenge every Friday.  It is called 52 Tags in 2012. It is such a fun challenge.  The theme this week is to make a tag about your most recent vacation or a future vacation you plan to go to.  Since I have not had a vacation in many years...I decided to make a tag of my visit to College Station, Texas to celebrate my son's college graduation in 2009.  We stayed in a nice hotel, ate at great restaurants and celebrated the graduation ceremony.

52 Tags in 2012 Week #9

Hello!  I am so happy to announce that I have been selected to be on the 52 Tags in 2012 Design Team sponsored by Janis at Pause Dream Enjoy!!

Woo Hoo!  I am so excited!  I love tags!  Thank you, Janis for this amazing opportunity to share my side of life with all of you!

The theme this week is KITES! Use a KITE die cut, sticker, stamp, or drawing on the front of your tag. On the back write whatever you want about what is going on in your life right now. Or maybe write about a time you remember either flying a kite or watching some kites soar.

My tag is cut at five and a half inches using Tags, Bags, Boxes & More and I used Stampin Up cardstock in Chocolate Chip for the base tag.  Then, I cut a light blue tag and a cream color tag at 5 and a half inches using scrap paper from my stash. I embossed the light blue tag with the Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder.  Then,   I cut the two tags at an angle and adhered them to the brown tag.  

The grass is from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and is cut in various sizes from 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch, and 3/4 inch.  I trimmed them and glued them to the tag and trimmed off any excess with my Tim Holtz Scissors. 

The cute adorable girl (me when I was little!) was cut from the Paper Doll DressUp cartridge at 3 1/2 inches using the blackout feature so that I could stamp her face with a Peachy Keen Everyday Face Assortment stamp. 

The kite was cut at 3 inches from the Pop Up Neighborhood cartridge.  It is Layer 1 and Layer 2 on page 29 of the handbook.  I do not know if any of you have looked at this cartridge...it has a lot of nice accessory images on it.

The sentiment, "Celebrate Spring!" is from Mary at CARDZ TV STAMPS.

I really had a lot of fun making this tag!  

Come on over to  Pause Dream Enjoy  and submit your tag! Or, you can submit it at the bottom of this post - whichever is easier for you because it will show up here and on Pause Dream Enjoy. (Oh the internet is a magical place, isn't it? LOL) 

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!

One lucky participant from all tags entered in March is going to win.... wait for it....

MY MEMORIES SUITE VERSION 3!!

This software is FANTASTIC and easy to use!

You can make scrapbook layouts, cards, blog headers, blog buttons, blog hop buttons, post dividers for your blog, and all sorts of other fun & cool stuff. Janis (@ Pause Dream Enjoy) loves this software! There will be several posts throughout March showing off projects created with this software on PAUSE DREAM ENJOY(.blogspot.com). If you decide you don't want to wait to see if you've won it, but want to go ahead and purchase it right away, here's Janis' promotion code that will save you $10 off the purchase price! The promotion code is:
STMMMS22688 
(please copy and paste to avoid errors)

You'll also receive a $10 Gift Certificate to use in their store with the purchase of this software. (As well as tons of FREE downloads you can use with it too!)


So what are you waiting for? Submit your KITE tag! We can't wait to see it!!
//singing Mary Poppins style// 
"Let's go fly a kite! 
Up to the highest height! 
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring! 
Up through the atmosphere! 
Up where the air is clear! 
Oh, let's go fly a kite!
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

//thanks for singing along with me//

... 

52 Tags in 2012 Ch# 5

Welcome back to my post for Pause Dream Enjoy's 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge! I'm so glad you are here!!

If you want to see all previous weeks and enter a tag of your own, you can find links and themes for each week by CLICKING HERE.  

At any time during the year, you can enter any week's Tag challenge!

52 Tags Week #5 Challenge:

For Week #5, Create a tag in your BFF's style... not your style, but their style. :)

Here is my Tag for Ch#5 (Week 5) made in the style of my
BEST FRIEND, MELANIE.
Love you, Melanie!

Tag cut from Cricut cart TAGS, BAGS, BOXES & MORE @ 5".

Birdhouse & Birdcage cut from SENTIMENTALS @ 3".

Dogwood from K&Company.

Pearls & Lace from Recollections.

I hope you will find time to play along in the 52 Tag Series of challenges! Here is a reminder of how to play along....

GUIDELINES:
*New Question or Tag theme posted every Friday.
*Submit your Tag at any time during the year for any week.
*You do NOT have to reveal what you write on the back, but you can if you want to share.
*Please link back to Pause Dream Enjoy (http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/) on your post inviting others to play along.

*One randomly selected winner each month from all participants of that month. 

CANDY ALERT!
There will be one winner each month randomly selected from all participants of that month.
The winner will be posted the following month & will have 1 week to email Janis their USA snail mail address or the prize will go back in the pot for a give-away at another time.

This is a very fun challenge.  I have enjoyed the topics and love the variety of themes.

52 Tags in 2012 - Week #3

Janis over at Pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com has a fun challenge series going on.  It is called 52 Tags in 2012.  The guidelines are listed below my project and recipe:

Isn't this just the cutest?  The theme this week is "warm and cozy".  These words make me think of my grandma's house and the cat sitting in the chair.  The tag I chose to make is cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More at 5 1/4 inches for both the shadow and base cut.  I also used the flip feature to cut a tag for the back of the card.  The chair was cut from the Country Life cartridge at 4 inches.  All papers used are from Basic Grey.

I wrote things on the back of the tag that reminded me of the warm and cozy things in my life.  I just love this series....it has helped me stay more in tune to what is important in my life.

I hope you will find time to play along with Janis in her 52 Tag Series of challenges! Here is a reminder of how to play along....

GUIDELINES:

*New Question or Tag theme posted every Friday.

*Submit your Tag at any time during the year for any week.

*You do NOT have to reveal what you write on the back, but you can if you want to share.

*Please link back to Pause Dream Enjoy on your post inviting others to play along.

*One randomly selected winner each month from all participants of that month. 

CANDY ALERT!

Each week, 1 submission will be selected and added to the monthly drawing.

There will be one winner each month randomly selected.

The winner will be posted the following month & will have 1 week to email me their USA snail mail address or the prize will go back in the pot for a give-away at another time.

If you win, Janis' email address is Janis  at  slowar  dot  com.

52 Tags in 2012 - Week #2!!

Welcome back to Boots and Bling Time for my 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge Project entry! I'm so glad you are here!!  I'd love it if you would play along in the Tag Challenges over at PAUSE DREAM ENJOY!

If you want to see all previous weeks and enter a tag of your own, you can find links and themes for each week on the Page Tab under Pause Dream Enjoy's blog header or by CLICKING HERE.  

At any time during the year, you can enter any week's Tag challenge!

52 Tags Week #2 Challenge:

For Week #2, Create a tag in any style you'd like. On the back write the title and author of the last book you read. If you have room and feel like it, you can also write a brief description or write why you did or did not like the book.

Here is a picture of the cover of the last book I read :

And here's the TAG I created for Week #2's Challenge:

Front

Back

Tag was cut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge at 5 inches.  All papers are from Recollections. The stickers are from a set of stickers that I purchased from Michaels on clearance for 29 cents.  I thought they were perfect for the theme of this challenge.

Come play with us!  I would love too see what you have read lately!

52 Tags in 2012 Series #1

Janis over at Pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com is starting a new, fun, FABULOUS series on her blog.  

GUIDELINES:
*New Question or Tag theme posted every Friday.
*Submit your Tag at any time during the year for any week.
*You do NOT have to reveal what you write on the back, but you can if you want to share.
*Please link back to Pause Dream Enjoy on your post inviting others to play along.
*One randomly selected winner each month from all participants of that month.

52 TAGS WEEK #1:
"WHAT ARE YOUR 2012 
HOPES, DREAMS, GOALS, RESOLUTIONS?"

52 TAGS IN 2012 SERIES - #1

Each week, 1 submission will be selected and added to the monthly drawing.
There will be one winner each month randomly selected.
The winner will be posted the following month & will have 1 week to email Janis at PauseDreamEnjoy their USA snail mail address or the prize will go back in the pot for a give-away at another time.

My biggest goal for 2012 is to live a joyful life.  No matter what....to be joyful.

Tag was cut from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge at 5 inches.  All cardstock for the tag is from a Martha Stewart Cardstock stack.

The bee was cut at 2.75 inches from the Live Simply cartridge.  I inked around all the edges and used Martha Stewart chalk ink.

The sentiment "Be Happy" is from Cardztv Encouraging Thoughts Stamp Set.

Sentiment Stamp from "Encouraging Thoughts" stamp set from Mary's Cardz TV Stamps! Click Here to see all her stamps she has to offer. I love them!

If you get a chance, play along with us!