Paper Trail Blog – Balloon Ride

Welcome to another Paper Trail Blog Hop and this month the focus is on the the Balloon Ride papers.

If you have come from Amy’s blog,  you are in the right place and if you have just popped in to visit then feel free to have a good browse.  The blog hop is circular so once you have visited everyone you will end up where you have started.

I have been doing my son’s album and the Balloon Ride papers have been really great to stretch myself with a different colour palette.  I have also used the Artbooking cartridge to create the first layout.  Once again I have a layout from the Make it From the Heart Volume 2 book (pattern No. 13).  I have used a different overlay to the one in the book and placed strips of different colour behind the layout.  I love the effect it creates and it adds such a pop of colour on the layout.  I have also cut some other shapes out of the Artbooking cartridge to embellish the page.

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Here is a close up of the Artbooking detail on the page.

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I have also showed this page to demonstrate that you don’t need to have a Cricut machine to create layouts.  This is my own design using the front sheets from the Picture Your Life kit to place at the top of the page and a couple of strips down each side of the page.  The photos work in well and I have just added a couple of complements from the Balloon Ride Complement set.

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This is another double layout I have done using the Artist Cartridge as well as the Artbooking cartridge.  I have used the pattern 6e  (Half & Half-Tags) from the Reflections Scrapbook Programme for my inspiration and I am really pleased how it has turned out.

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Here is a close up of both pages of the layout.  I have been admiring the merry go round in the Artiste cartridge for a long time and I am so thrilled that I could use it on this layout. The base is made out of S0rbet cardstock and the second layer is made from the sorbet crackle paper in the paper pack.  I have finished off with Crystal Blue cardstock to create some unity with the colours in the paper and the photos.  I have also made the rosette out from the Artiste cartridge and topped it with the Fun stamp out of the June SOTM set – Kaboom (NLA).  The title and the pocket with the journalling tag is from the Artbooking cartridge.  I have used off cuts from the overlay in the first layout to decorate several layouts to create unity with this album.  The tags have been cut by hand.

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To start with I wasn’t too sure about this paper range as well but the colours are so beautiful and the album is turning out really well.  I have combined traditional layouts with the Balloon Ride Picture Your Life programme to get through the photos quickly.

I couldn’t resist putting in some cards that I have made with the Balloon Ride papers and the coordinating stamp set Give a Lift.  I have not used Creme Brulee cardstock before but it tones beautifully with the Ballon Ride papers.  

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I have paper pieced the image using the blue paper and Sorbet, Crystal Blue and Creme Brulee cardstock.  I have also used the offcuts of the overlay I cut out for the first layout featured at the beginning of the post.

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I love the colour combination here and the three dimensional effect that I have achieved with overlaying the trimmed image over the balloon background paper.  I have sanded the edges of the Sorbet and Creme Brulee cardstocks to give a lovely edge to the matting.  The balloon image has been paper pieced using the patterned paper and Sorbet cardstock.

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This was a quick and easy card and the balloon image has been coloured using the watercolour pencils from CTMH.  I used to do a lot of water colour painting once until I became ill and now I am enjoying doing using these pencils and creating the watercolour effects again.  I have used my watercolour brushes to create the lovely soft effects.  I have also used the paper piercing tool to create a pattern on the trim as seen in the photo below.

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This final card has had the stamped image coloured in using the watercolour pencils and then blended with the watercolour pen available from CTMH.  As you can see it is a much more vibrant colour to the washed look of watercolour.  DSCF1503

 

Materials used:

Cardstock – Saddle, Crystal Blue, Colonial White, Sherbet, Cashmere, Creme Brulee, White Daisy

Paper – Balloon Ride

Inks – Sherbet, Saddle, Cocoa,

Stamps – Take Note – Artbooking Cricut bundle, Laughing Lola Scrapbooking Workshop, Give a Lift, Cricut Art Philosophy Tags

Cricut Cartridges – Artiste, Artbooking, Art Philosophy

Slate Bakers Twine

Balloon Ride Assortments

Balloon Ride Complements

Blue Epoxy bubbles

CTMH  watercolour pencils

Baker’s twine 

 

I hope that you have enjoyed my layouts and please visit Mary’s blog,  Road to Piece of Mind or Escape? to see what masterpiece/s she has created.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

 

CTMH Cricut Cartridges

Welcome back

Cricut cartridges

Since I have started with Close to My Heart I have relished the chance to do lots of different papercrafts.  I have purchased all three Cricut cartridges and I am constantly looking at the booklets that come with the cartridges to do different things.  The Artiste cartridge is great for doing 3 dimensional items such as rolled flowers and lots of different boxes along with an impressive range of embellishments, the Art Philosophy is great for tags and labels while the Artbooking is a very versatile cartridge that does lots of overlays as well as lots of different embellishments for both scrapbooking and cardmaking.  I have used metal dies in the past but rarely use them now as while you can get a clean and crisp image with them you are limited to the size of the die.  With the Cricut machine I can cut each image at whatever size I want plus each cartridge comes with about 700 images, three stamp sets to coordinate with them and dimensional elements to add that little something special to a card or layout.   With all these images on the three cartridges I have not even thought about buying other cartridges.

From the Artiste cartridge I have  made these note boxes from page 65 of the booklet.  They have been cut from Cotton Candy and Buttercup cardstock at 4 1/4″.  (If you love the Buttercup cardstock it is on the retiring list so be in quick to order it).  It is a beautiful colour.  The flowers are cut from the Artiste cartridge as well and the leaves from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

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Here is a close up of using the piercing tool to create a pattern on the edge.

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I love how the stamp sets coordinate with cartridges.  I have used the stamp sets that come with the cartridges.

Finally here are a couple of examples from the Artbooking cartridge.  I have cut the overlay at 2 1/2″ and it made a nice background to layer the tags from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

DSCF1451This is a sneak peak of my next post for the Paper Trail Blog Hop featuring the Balloon Ride papers.  I have cut an overlay as well as the titles from the ArtBooking cartridge.  This is such an amazing cartridge and I use it all the time.  I have placed small strips of different coloured cardstock behind the overlay to make this colourful addition to the overlay.

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Cardstock – Colonial White, Pear, Sherbet, Sky Blue, Creme Brulee, Saddle, Cashmere, Cotton Candy, Buttercup, Hollyhock

Papers – Lollydoodle, Balloon Ride

Inks – Cotton Candy, Pear, Desert Sand, Topiary

Stamps – Distressed Backgrounds,

Cricut Cartridges – Artiste, Art Philosophy, Artbooking

Flamingo dots

Topiary ribbon

Brad from the Embellishment

Bakers Twine

Liquid Glass

Pink polka dot washi tape

Brads from the Extraordinary Embellishments pack for $30 when you spend $75

If you would like to order any of these products please visit my shop here.

Have a great week and I will be back next week with another creation.

Happy Crafting

Patricia