Hello again I have been eagerly awaiting my order with new products from the new Annual Inspirations book, and after a little glitch and some help from Santa’s sleigh in getting my order through Customs, picked up by the courier company in Auckland and arriving in Wellington in 2 hours, (normally this takes over 24 hours) I have finally started to play with my new toys. My family had to prize me away from the catalogue in order to have tea! There are so many gorgeous products coming and my wish list really does not match my budget. I have bought a couple of new paper packs and I will look at posting my efforts with them at another time. But what I have been waiting so long for is the new ShinHan Touch markers. I have done a lot of research since CTMH announced we would be carrying these markers and I am very pleased to see that the Touch markers are rated as highly as Copic markers, which I have never got around to purchasing. The markers are so easy to use and the tips are fine, yet juicy, for a good control of colouring. I am still playing with different cardstock for these markers but today I would like to show you what the markers can be used on. 
Here are some acrylic flowers that I have coloured. These need to be allowed to dry before using them. 
The markers coloured the sparkles really well and I will always have coloured sparkles to match my projects. 
Here I have used Stazon black ink and stamped butterflies and flowers on the feather vellum from the Free to Be Me paper pack that was a constant campaign a few months ago. I have stamped on the shiny side and when the ink dried I coloured in the back of the image and then fussy cut them out. I love the effect of the colours on the vellum. 
Here is a card that I have made using the flowers, butterflies and sparkles. I have used two new stamp sets that are going to be available next month – Your Own Kind of Wonderful and Pretty Petals. I have stamped the background flowers using the rock and roll technique with the new Canary ink with Pear ink. The leaves are stamped with Pear and Topiary inks using the same technique. I have used the new Thistle cardstock and matching Thistle ribbon on the Pear cardstock. I love the new colours and can’t wait to do more with them. 
Here is another card that I have completed using the markers. My understanding is that Memento ink is the best to use with the markers but with this card I have used the CTMH dye inks and the markers have performed well with the ink. 
Here is a close up of the coloured image. I love the softness of the colouring and the colours matched the papers beautifully. 
Materials used: Cardstock – Pear, White Daisy, Thistle, Sorbet, Creme Brulee, Sky, Colonial White, Saddle Inks – Stazon Black, Saddle, Sky, Thistle Stamps – Your Own Kind of Wonderful, Pretty Petals Papers – Balloon Ride paper packet Acrylic flowers Sparkles ShinHan Touch markers: Butterflies – LavenderP83, Peony Purple P282, Marigold YR24, Golden Yellow Y222 Flowers – Lavender P83, Peony Purple P282, Marigold YR24, Golden Yellow Y222 Balloon Ride – Golden Yellow Y222, Marigold YR24, Light Orange R140, Leaf Green GY234, Vivid Green G46, Sap Green GY235, Clay BR116, Mahogany BR96, Bronze BR99 I am looking forward to playing more with my new markers and will post some of my results here. All these products will be available from the 1st of August. Have a great week. Happy Crafting Patricia
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CTMH Ariana and Ivy Lane purses
Welcome back.
A special warm welcome to my new followers and I hope that you find a lot of inspiration here. I enjoy trying new ideas and techniques and Close to My Heart has been the catalyst for going to the next level for my crafting.
Today I will be showing some purses that I have made out of Ariana and Ivy Lane papers. I love these papers and sorry to see them go but I know that there are some amazing new products coming next month.
The idea for these purses as come from Pinterest here. They were really easy to make up and it took a lot longer to sort out the decorations on them. To hold the purse together I have used the tiny hook and loop dots from CTMH. These are great as they are tiny and unobtrusive and hold really well.
Here is a close up of both purses:
I have used the following materials in making these purses:
Cardstock – Colonial White, Pear
Stamps – Fabulous You, Stitch Wonder
Cricut Cartridge – Art Philosophy
Sparkles Assortment – round Black/Grey
I have been invited to enter this post on a new challenge website called Take Heart Inspirations Challenges here. Please visit this site for lots of different ideas using Close to My Heart products.
I am very excited to update you on my shop. It is goodbye to Craft Hutt and hello to Gift Hutt (although I am still waiting for Facebook to change the name) and here is the first ad to go into the local paper. I love working with the local artists and crafters and it is a real pleasure having their items in the shop. Most of the items I have been showing on my blog are also for sale at Gift Hutt. So if you are in Lower Hutt then do pop in and say hello, I would love to meet you.
Have a great week and I will be back next week with something different. My order is finally on it’s way with some products from the new Ideas Book and I can’t wait to start playing and showing you what can be done with them.
Happy Crafting
Patricia
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.
Here is a close up of the Artbooking detail on the page.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 
Materials used:
Cardstock – Saddle, Crystal Blue, Colonial White, Sherbet, Cashmere, Creme Brulee, White Daisy
Inks – Sherbet, Saddle, Cocoa,
Cricut Cartridges – Artiste, Artbooking, Art Philosophy
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
Australasian CTMH SOTM Blog Hop – Circus Alphabet
Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Lauren’s blog, CTMH Craftings then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problems, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.
This month’s SOTM set is the Circus Alphabet set. In the past I have never used alphabet stamps so this has been great to challenge me. But they are easy to use in a number of different ways. In today’s blog there are a number of different projects that I have used the Circus Alphabet set to show how versatile these stamps are.
Alphabet stamps suit baby cards so well with spelling out the words baby, boy and girl easily. First up is a baby girl card that I have done with the Lollydoodle papers. I have trimmed the edge of the front card by 1 1/4″ and then used the scallop edge punch to create some interest. I then trimmed the card with a combination of papers from the Lollydoodle range. The sentiment is from the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the crib is from the B is For Baby stamp set. The sparkles have been coloured with Cotton Candy alcohol markers to match the colour scheme.
For the blocks with the letters I have cut out 3 pieces of 1 1/4″ White Daisy cardstock and then I stamped the letters using Cotton Candy and Pear inks. I have used the Pear and Cotton Candy alcohol markers to draw a line around the edges of the blocks. I have tried to make these look like children’s building blocks.
Here is a baby boy card using a building block card technique from Splitcoaststampers here. I have seen a couple of these cards and they are great for baby cards and the lovely blue striped paper from the Ariana paper range is perfect for a boy’s card. Once again I have used the stamp set B is For Baby and fussy cut the images of the pram, crib and rattle. Sparkles have been added to give a little bling.
Here is a close up of the blocks.
Here is another card similar to what I have done in the past using the pattern from the Make It From
Here is another card similar to what I have done in the past from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 1 pattern 19. As you can see I love this paper and also the scallop punch to add a little – well punch… I am not sure it is finished yet so I will keep looking at it, and if I change it I will post it here.
Finally I have made some tea bag dispenser box using Ariana papers and have stamped the word TEA on the back of it. This is another really easy project to do and once again I have got the pattern from Splitcoaststampers here. I must admit I found the instructions for the decorative layers quite complicated and ended up using my method of matting of decreasing by 1/4″ each side to simplify what I was doing. I have distressed everything including the rosette with Cashmere ink to give it a lovely vintage look.
Here is the back of the box with the words from the stamp set.
Materials used:
Cardstock – White Daisy, Outdoor Denim, Colonial White, Pear, Pink glitter cardstock
Stamp sets – Circus Alphabet, B is for Baby, Frame Flair
Inks – Cotton Candy, Pear, Outdoor Denim, Cashmere
Cricut cartidges – Artiste, Art Philosophy
Alcohol markers – Cotton Candy, Pear
Mini medley – rosewood collection
This gorgeous stamp set is available for the month of July only from your CTMH consultant here. I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Denise’s blog, Stamp, Stamp, share.
Have a great month playing with this stamp set.
Happy Crafting
Patricia
CTMH Cricut Cartridges
Welcome back
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.
Here is a close up of using the piercing tool to create a pattern on the edge.
Here is some small cards made out of the Art Philosophy cartridge. I have cut them all out at 3″ to fit the 3″ envelopes available from CTMH as a bulk order. You can see with these cards how it it so easy to cut different sizes for the tags to layer on top of the cards. I have used 4 different shapes for the cards.
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.
This 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.
Materials used:
Papers – Lollydoodle, Balloon Ride
Inks – Cotton Candy, Pear, Desert Sand, Topiary
Stamps – Distressed Backgrounds,
Cricut Cartridges – Artiste, Art Philosophy, Artbooking
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
CTMH
Welcome back.
Welcome to my new followers and I hope that you enjoy reading my weekly blog showcasing the wonderful CTMH products.
I have realised that I have missed a couple of milestones. One is that my post on the pennant frames made the top 10 for the Heart 2 Heart Challenges in May. I was thrilled to see my name and image on the honour board and when my life settles a little I will try and enter more challenges.
The other milestone I missed was that I have now written over 200 blog posts. I have now been blogging nearly two years and while sometimes it can be a chore it is also challenging me to do different and interesting every week to help inspire others to be more creative.
Today I will show cards that I have made for a craft fair I went to last weekend. I wanted to show the range of papers available and I heard some lovely comments about how beautiful my cards were.
(I do apologise for the quality of the photos but it was getting dark when I took these photos).
This card has been made using the Jubilee paper and the SOTM set which was featured in last weeks blog hop – ‘Karboom’. As I said last week these papers and stamps were meant to be together and this card would be great for a masculine card. I have finished off with a dimensional star which has been distressed with Cashmere ink and then I have topped off with a blue epoxy bubble. Finally the blue epoxy bubbles help to anchor the ‘celebrate’ sentiment onto the card.
This card is another masculine card using the Timberline papers and these papers work so well together with the Bamboo cardstock that has been embossed with the stripe embossing folder from CTMH. I love using the Perfect Fit – Frames 2 and the Holiday Tags stamp sets and here I have used foam tape to raise the Happy Father’s Day image on the frame.
I love the simplicity of this card and I have used the paper and colours from the Balloon Ride papers. This card is a sneak peak of what I have been up to with the Balloon Ride papers for another blog hop at the beginning of next month. Again I have used the stripe embossing folder to emboss the centre panel and have done a variation of my favourite card pattern from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 for a change. I have used Frame Flair stamps and the Happy Birthday is from the Cursive Birthday stamp set.
This Skylark card was easy to do as I used the beautiful papers to their full effect. I have used the corner of one of the B&Ts which already had a lovely pattern with ribbons and stamping. I have added a couple of extra pennant ribbons with one one made from the other side of this paper and a piece of teal shimmer trim. The aqua dots work so well with Skylark as well. I have stamped the corner with the corner stamp from the Believe in Yourself stamp set with Lagoon ink. I then stamped the Believe in Yourself sentiment from the same stamp set onto White Daisy cardstock which has been matted with Lagoon cardstock. I have then finished off with a teal resin flower from the Skylark assortments.
This card has been made using the Ivy Lane papers and this time I have done the pattern from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 book and used the zip strip for the band. I love the Frame Flair stamp set as the stamps are so versatile for different uses. Here I have layered the image with a circle cut out from Pear cardstock and then layered it with a circle from the Perfect-Fit Birthday stamp set and then I have cut the flower from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. The flower has made by cutting three different sizes and then I have sponged the edges with Hollyhock ink and finished off with a flower from the Ivy Lane assortments.
I think this is my favourite paper pack out of all the new seasons papers. The Ariana papers have a very vintage feel and look great distressed with Cashmere ink. This is what I have done here with the papers, sentiment and the butterfly. The butterfly has been cut using the Artbooking cartridge and I have layered the patterned lower image with the Ariana Coral cardstock (which is only available with this paper pack) and finished off with the sparkles from the Sparkle – Flourishes set.
Finally here is the Lollydoodle papers. I love pink and it is so easy to make cards with this paper packet. Here I have used the Charming Chevrons stamp set and stamped the images using Cotton Candy ink and then trimmed the chevrons out with scissors and then I have finished them with the coordinating sparkle shapes. I have used the Frame Flair stamp and then layered the smaller image from the Cricut Art Philosophy Tags stamp set. This stamp is great as you can chose who you give this card too. I have used a Flamingo dot to the top of the tag. I love combining different patterns and shapes and stretching the rules with patterns and shapes.
Materials used:
Papers – Ivy Lane, Jubilee, Timberline, Lollydoodle, Ariana, Ballon Ride, Skylark
Inks – Saddle, Twilight, Chocolate, Ponderosa Pine, Cotton Candy, Hollyhock, Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, Lagoon
Cricut Cartridges – Art Philosophy, Artbooking
I can’t believe how quickly time is flying and in less than 2 months CTMH will be releasing their new Idea Book. Most of these papers and patterns will no longer be available so if you would like to purchase some you will need to be in quick. Click on any of the highlighted links to go straight to my website where you can browse through all the products that are available. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
I have just realised that I have balanced the cards with a good mix of masculine and feminine cards which is really pleasing. I hope that you have enjoyed these and I will now have to put my creative cap on for next week’s blog.
Happy Crafting
Patricia
Paper Trail Blog Hop – Jubilee
Welcome to another Paper Trail Blog Hop and this month the focus is on the Jubilee papers.
If you have come from Connie’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 found this paper range very challenging because it really encapsulates America to me and not so much New Zealand. The papers are beautiful and as usual with Close to My Heart papers there is a wide range of colours and patterns for all occasions. For this layout I have picked out the beautiful green toned papers as these colours and patterns did remind me a little of New Zealand and the photos I have chosen went well with the blues and reds of the cardstock.
For this layout I have used the Bottom Border – Triple Combination from the Reflections Scrapbooking Programme book. I love this pattern and use it a lot as it is great for both landscape and portrait photos which I have shown here. One side is completed with using landscape photos and the other side with portrait photos and I have used different elements for the triple combination.
I have used my Artbooking Cricut cartridges to cut out the photo frames from Indian Corn Blue for the photos. This was quite important as both the photos and the background paper are really busy and I needed a solid colour to make the photos stand out more. This cartridge is great and easy to use and I don’t know what I would do without it now. I adhered the frames to the photos and then onto the background paper. I also placed some blue patterned papers to cover the bottom of the portrait photos and also tie in with the patterned paper on the other side.
I have used a combination of zip strips and patterned paper to edge the panels of Cranberry cardstock. These have been distressed with Cashmere ink and then placed on the background paper.
I have discovered dimensional elements and how they can add something a little extra to my work. You can stamp them, distress them, paint them, cover them with paper and much more. Here I have used the dimensional elements that match with the Artbooking cartridge set and stamped them using both Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue inks. The arrows have been finished off using blue epoxy bubbles. The rosette dimensional element has been stamped using the stamp set from the Artiste Cricut cartridge bundle using Outdoor Denim ink.
To add some interest to the page I have embossed some Indian Corn Blue cardstock with the Quatrafoil embossing folder and distressed it with Cashmere ink. I then cut the pinwheels out of the Artiste Cricut cartridge and stamped them with Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue inks and then topped it off with a blue epoxy bubble.
This page features my son doing demonstration of Taiha – this is a wooden spear type weapon that Maori men train very hard to use in warfare. A Maori Kaumatua (respected elder) came to the school and taught the children how to wield this weapon. The children also had moko printed on their faces to make them look more fierce. The sentiment ‘Sweet As’ has come from the New Zealand Greetings stamp set and is a very popular one in New Zealand. Also to keep with the theme of New Zealand I have added a stamped kiwi and some leaves that have been stamped using Topiary ink and fussy cut out and then distressed with Cashmere ink and then placed on the page.
This other page features my son dancing around the maypole. They were having a cultural day and doing different dances and traditions from different cultures. I have used the Pinwheel SOTM from last year to keep with the motif of movement and stamped with both Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue which incidentally picked up the colours of the clothes the children are wearing. The pinwheels have been adhered to Indian Corn Blue cardstock that has been embossed using the Quatrefoil embossing folder and distressed with Cashmere ink.
I have cut the journalling tag out of Colonial White cardstock using the Artbooking Cricut cartridge and stamped with the coordinating stamp set in Cocoa. I then distressed with Cashmere ink and completed the journalling. I love this little tag as the ruled lines make it so easy to write the journalling neatly.
To complete the layout I have stamped onto the dimensional elements using the coordinating stamp sets from the Artbooking cartridge and distressed them with Cashmere ink and placed them on the layout.
Materials used:
Cardstock – Colonial White, Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue,
Inks – Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry, Cocoa, Cashmere
Stamps – New Zealand Greetings, Pinwheel SOTM (NLA), Artbookimg
Cricut Cartridges – Artbooking, Artiste
I hope you have enjoyed your visit here and seen how much fun the Jubilee papers are. Now hop on over to Karen’s blog here to check out her fabulous creations.
Happy Crafting
Patricia
Australasian CTMH SOTM Blog Hop – ‘Kaboom’
Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Monika’s Blog A Glitter of Sprinke then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.
Today I would like to share with you a layout which features June Stamp of the Month ‘Kaboom’ available exclusively throughout June for $29 or for just $5 when you spend $75
The Jubilee range of papers go so well with the ‘Kaboom’ stamp set especially as the ticket image actually says ‘Admit One to a Real Jubilee’ I have got my inspiration from the WOTG for Jubilee but then added my own twist. I loved how the patterned paper edged the layout and I have copied it here but I have used the kraft cardstock as base instead of the blue cardstock base.
I have then used the big star burst and one of the smaller star burst stamps and stamped the background with Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry and Honey randomly. (I have got this idea from another CTMH consultant on Facebook).
I have basically followed the Front & Centre – Accent Band pattern in the Reflections Scrapbook Programme with a band along the centre. I love these books as they give all the instructions on cutting the pieces as well as showing alternatives to suit your photos.
For the centre band I have used Indian Corn Blue and Cranberry cardstock. I then matted the photos with Indian Corn Blue cardstock and placed them on the above and below the centre band. I have been wanting to do the cute owl in the Artbooking Cricut cartridge for ages and thought it would go great with the school theme.
The owl has been cut out using Slate as the base of the cut, Cashmere for the top layer and then I have laid it all on Cocoa cardstock and trimmed the cardstock around the owl. The tree branch has been cut using Olive cardstock and the leaves from Topiary. The apples have been cut out of Cranberry cardstock and distressed with Cranberry ink. All cut pieces have been distressed with Cashmere ink.
I have also used the Artbooking Cricut cartridge to cut the title on the left ‘think, grow, learn’ out of Topiary cardstock as well. The letters on the right layout is from Art Philosophy and I have cut them out Topiary. Again they have been distressed with Cashmere ink.
To embellish the layouts I have stamped the movie ticket image several times to make the two tickets. The first ticket I stamped the image with Cocoa ink on Colonial White cardstock and trimmed it with scissors. I then stamped the same image with Indian Corn Blue on Colonial White cardstock and I then trimmed the middle part out and adhered it to the first image. The second ticket was created by stamping the image with Cocoa onto Indian Corn Blue and then fussy cut out. I then stamped the image with Cranberry onto Colonial White cardstock and trimmed out the middle and adhered it onto the the blue ticket. I then placed them over the ticket image already on the paper to create some dimension. The ‘fun’ image has also come from the ‘Kaboom‘ stamp set and I have stamped this with Indian Corn Blue ink onto a round dimensional element and then distressed with Cashmere ink. This was then placed over the tickets.
The ‘Lets Celebrate’ image has been stamped with Cocoa ink on Colonial White cardstock. I then stamped the same image with Cranberry ink on Colonial White cardstock and just trimmed the ribbon and then adhered it onto the original image. I then placed it over the corner of the top photo.
The gingham button has been created by gluing the paper onto a dimensional element using the Bonding Memories glue. I trimmed around the edge and then used a sanding tool to sand the inside to reveal the star shape. I then glued some Cranberry cardstock underneath and then trimmed closely. To finish off I have distressed again with Cashmere ink.
The mini starbursts have been cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge using varying sizes. The small size was ideal for the mini starburst image and I have stamped several using Honey, Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue ink. I have distressed them all and then added them randomly throughout the layout.
The ‘What a Blast’ image has been stamped using both Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue Ink onto the medium sized cuts and edged with the same colour ink before placing over another slightly larger cut which had already been distressed with Cashmere ink. This created an illusion of a dimensional element and went well with the layout.
I have actually finished the journalling as well by using a hidden tag under the last photo. Normally, I find the journalling the most difficult part but for this layout it was quite easy as the photos were really fun and I can remember it like it was yesterday (in reality it was too many years ago to count!). I have cut the tag from the same page that I have cut the ticket shape from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge so there is some continuity within the layout. I have distressed again with Cashmere ink and wrote the journalling with a marker. I have cut strips of gingham paper to make some tags and then placed the tag behind the photo. This is a great way to put journalling on a page without disrupting the layout.
Finally I have placed some strips of patterned paper and dove tailed them for some added colour.
This was a fun layout to do as the photos were interesting and the ‘Kaboom‘ stamp set and Jubilee papers went so well with the colours and theme of the photos.
Materials used:
Cardstock – Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry, Kraft, Colonial White, Olive, Topiary, Slate, Cashmere
Inks – Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, Cashmere, Honey
Cricut Cartridges – Artbooking, Art Philosophy
Reflections Scrapbook Programme
‘Kaboom‘ is only available until 30 June from your CTMH consultant and if you would like to purchase it please visit my website here. I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Shaunna’s Blog Passionate About Pages
Happy Crafting
Patricia
CTMH Fabulously You
Welcome back.
I apologise for being MIA again but I was spending last weekend working on my next blog hops featuring the June SOTM set and the Jubilee paper pack. After scrapbooking I needed to get back to my cardmaking.
So today I have made some cards using the gorgeous stamp set Fabulously You ((C1533). This set is so versatile and I have tried to do three different versions to demonstrate this.
This card has been made using the basic pattern from Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 page 46. I have stamped the main image using Olive ink onto White Daisy cardstock and then distressed the image with Cashmere ink. I have done the same with the diamond patterned stamp on the band. The main image has been matted with Olive cardstock. I had a leaf left over from the Timberline layout and it fitted beautifully with the Olive ink and cardstock. The card was completed with a bow made with the Topiary mini chevron ribbon and a couple of green epoxy bubbles. The card base I have used is Colonial White despite using White Daisy cardstock for stamping the images. But because I have distressed the White Daisy cardstock with Cashmere ink it has given it an aged vintagey look.
This card has been made using the beautiful blue striped paper from the Ariana paper pack and the zip strip from the paper. The image of the cardinal has been stamped using Outdoor Denim on a base card measuring 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches and then stamped another three times on scrap White Daisy cardstock. I have cut out three flowers from one of the images, then the two top images from the second image and finally the top flower out of the final image. These have been layered on the original image using the Tombow adhesive – I have not used foam tape as I did not want too much height on the image. I have used the light Indian Corn Blue marker to colour the petals and a Buttercup marker for the centre. I then placed sparkles in the middle and just touched them with the Buttercup marker. The image was then matted onto Outdoor Denim cardstock and placed on the card base. I have stamped the sentiment from the Fabulous You stamp set onto White Daisy cardstock and then matted it with Outdoor Denim cardstock.
I have kept this card deliberately two-toned. I finally got the Stripe embossing folder and I love the fact that it has a split in the centre and I can partially emboss the cardstock. Here I have left 2 inches un-embossed and then matted the White Daisy cardstock onto Outdoor Denim cardstock. The band has been stamped with Outdoor Denim using the diamond stamp from the Fabulous You stamp set and then matted with Outdoor Denim and placed just above the edge of the embossing. The bird image has been stamped with Outdoor Denim ink on White Daisy cardstock and matted with Outdoor Denim cardstock. The Happy Birthday from the Holiday Tags stamp set was stamp on a banner that I had cut using my Cricut machine using the Art Philosophy cartridge. I then matted it with some Outdoor Denim cardstock and placed on the card. I finished this off with some blue epoxy bubbles.
Materials used:
Cardstock – Olive, White Daisy, Outdoor Denim, Ponderosa Green,
Stamp Sets – Fabulous You, Holiday Tags
Inks – Outdoor Denim, Olive, Cashmere
Markers – Buttercup, Indian Corn Blue
Cricut cartridge – Art Philosophy
I hope that you all have a good week.
Happy Crafting
Patricia
CTMH Lollydoodle cards
Welcome back
I would like to wish all mothers a Happy Mother’s Day and I hope that you all had a good day.
This week I have been playing with Lollydoodle papers which I love because there is PINK in the papers. Plus I won some White Marquee Enamel shapes and wanted to show my upline how I would use them. This paper pack is gorgeous and so versatile that while most of the cards are feminine I have changed the colour way and make them more masculine.
Here they are:
I love the simplicity of this card. The flower has been cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge (page 50) in three different sizes and then I have sponged the edges with Cotton Candy ink. The centre and leaf has been cut out of the patterned paper and finished off with a Flamingo dot. I have stamped the sentiment with Pear ink first on White Daisy cardstock and then placed the enamel shape over it and then trimmed around the edge. This was then adhered to the card. I love how it pops the sentiment out of the background paper.
This card happened by accident. The grey trim on either side of the spotty paper is actually part of the patterned paper and I just happened to put the paper against the grey and it looked just like a rope edge and I was able to trim it to fit. I have also used Topiary ribbon as a trim.
Once again I had to use this pattern from Make it From Your Heart Volume 2. I am getting to know this pattern very well and was able to make it without the book in front of me. I have used the enamel shapes on pink glitter card to add some impact. The sentiment has been fussy cut out and placed on Pear cardstock and then matted onto Cotton Candy.
This is a very simple card and I have placed the heart marque shape onto spare pink patterned paper and trimmed around the edge. I then placed it onto the pink strip of paper and it looks like a buckle. I am still enjoying using the SOTM set – You’ve Got a Friend’
Here is another flower using the Art Philosophy cartridge. I have teamed it up with some bling with pink glitter cardstock and some Sparkles – Flourish. The Thank You is from the New Zealands Greetings stamp set.
This is a different coloured card yet using the Lollydoodle paper. I have gone with the Juniper and Slate colours and used Juniper and Slate ink for the sentiment. I have added a pop of Cotton Candy for a lift and finished off with Aqua dots.
I used the pattern from Make it From Your Heart Volume 1 page 46 and I have used the marquee shapes on pink patterned paper to add some oomph to the card. The Juniper spots on the left provide some relief from the overall pink scheme.
Materials used:
Cardstock – Cotton Candy, White Daisy, Juniper, Slate, Pink Glitter
Inks – Cotton Candy, Juniper, Slate
Stamps – You’ve Got a Friend in Me, For a Friend, New Zealand Greetings
Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
I hope that you have enjoyed my cards as much as I had in making them.
Have a good week.
Happy Crafting.
Patricia