Creative Imaginations Blog

God Bless America!

Design team member Jennifer Davis used Helen Dardik's Patriotic Collection of patterned papers and embellishments for showcasing pictures of her daughter, Zoey's, Veteran's Day celebration at Pre-School this past year.  The papers are just so bright and lively and are perfect for capturing those patriotic events shared with family and friends throughout the year!

19746 Helen Dardik's Patriotic Borders Double Sided Paper

19749 Helen Dardik's Liberty DS Paper

19751 Patriotic 12 x 12 Cardstock Sticker Sheet

19753 Patriotic Epoxy Stickers

Fourth of July Fun!

In our home, the fourth of July is more than just celebrating the independence of our country, it is a celebration of family, food and friends. I look forward to the block party we have every year. For this year's celebration I used the Samantha Walker All American line of products along with the Ana Square ribbon plaque. This project will be used to decorate the front entrance of my home to greet my guests!

  

Above project designed by Stayce Dewid

17106 Bare Elements Ana Square Ribbon Plaque

17682 Samantha Walker American Epoxy stickers

 17680 Samantha Walker Blue Bandana DS Cardstock

 17678 Samantha Walker Stars & Stripes DS Cardstock

 21143 White Dot Holey Cardstock

 18366 Creative Cafe Spirit Twill

Red Bazzill Cardstock

Misc Paper flowers 

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy 4th Of July! 233 years ago, Congress approved the Declaration of Independence declaring America's sovereignty. Most people celebrate the National holiday with red, white, and blue, fireworks and parades, stars and stripes, flags and barbecues. Before you go enjoy America to its fullest, take a quick look at some fun 4th of July facts and some great projects just in time for the holiday!

• Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national animal but was outvoted when John Adams and Thomas Jefferson chose the bald eagle.
• Over an estimated 150 million hot dogs will be consumed today.  That's roughly 1 dog for every two people in the U.S.
• Over 211 million has been spent on the importation of fireworks from China
• Oddly, the majority of the nation's flag and patriotic paraphernalia in relation to the 4th of July is produced in China.  Nearly $349 million dollars are used each year to import in the flags, banners, decorations and emblems.
• The first 4th of July party held at the White House was in 1801.
• The words "Under God" were not added to the Pledge of Allegiance until the year 1954.

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Above layout created by design team member, Cheryl Mezzetti

Product used:

Helen Dardik Patriotic Collection

Art Warehouse Pride Collection

Hearts D-mensions chipboard

Baseball!

Baseball is certainly a favorite sport in our home.  Most photos of my oldest son include a bat and/or ball in his hand.  He would play for hours, rain or snow!  With four boys in our family we have spent the past decade of  Spring seasons enjoying baseball games!  With two new grand babies, we may be enjoying many more years of T-ball and Little League!  Creating this layout was really quick and easy using the new Art Warehouse Die Cut Baseball Collection. I added Christine Adolph's Sports Xtreme baseball paper adding some red stitching using a fine line pen to each of the baseballs.

Above layout created by design team member, Cheryl Mezzetti

Supplies:

Christine Adolph Xtreme Sports Baseball Collection

Art Warehouse Die Cut Baseball Collection

Black detail pen

red cardstock

sewing machine {optional)

Swim

Design team member, Patty Lennon created a layout to highlight a recent Swim achievement! 

Journaling reads: Way to go little man!  We were absolutely stunned when Gregory finished swimming the 50 meter backstroke.  We checked his entry time and then checked the time posted on the Colorado timer.  Could it be right?  Could he really have shaved off THAT much time?  If it was true, he had made his very first "A" time in the 9 - 10 boys' age group.  We were still standing there when his coach approached us with a huge smile on her face.  She was absolutely beaming and you could tell she was as excited and as proud as we were!  At the end of the two-day meet, not only was Gregory sporting his very first "A" medal, but he also won sixth place overall in his division.  This day was most definitely a day for celebration of hard work and dedication.

 

Supplies:

 

#19934 Art Warehouse Swim Paper

#14646 Art Warehouse Swim Stickers

White Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Blue Cardstock

Gold Cardstock

Alphabet Punch

Star Punch

Circle Punch