Holes in Her Head

I found a new blog site I like the page maps on - Let's Get Sketchy.  I've used the CTMH Free to Be Me papers to create a layout using their first challenge of the month.

Also used: Black epoxy bubbles, natural hemp, ruby washi tape and stamp set C1584 Feathers in Crème Brulee and some old stickers letters,  I like it a lot because I was able to pull from the color of the owl on her shirt and downplay some of that BRIGHT purple behind her!

May's Free Download

This month's free download at Rediscover CTMH (click the button to the right, under my picture) is a selection of water color squares with sayings in white.  The colors go well with the Free to Be Me special of the month.  It's only available with a $50 purchase, but it's only $5!



This is  what I did with a couple of the freebies:

Paper Basket

I'm donating a Huntington Scrapbooking Kit to a charity fundraiser.  They asked for gift baskets to auction off.  So I made a paper basket to wrap around the kit.  What do you think?

May Workshop

The May workshop is on Thursday the 8th, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.  You will be making these 3 cards; cost $5.00.

If you would like the card kit all cut out and stamped, just ready to assemble, you can purchase it  below and I'll ship it to you!

May Card Workshop

3 Card set $5.00 USD

Mother's Day Nesting dolls

This card uses the Ariana paper and the March stamp of the month.  Stamp the dolls 4 times, once on two different prints and twice on white.  The design is very simple to cut out, and when you finish, you have 2 sets (thus the two white faces).  The clear flower I used was from the retired Claire embellishment pack, but any cute flower will work.

Got Boys?

Think the Ariana kit is just for girls?  Granted, it has some great floral paper.  But the blue and dark gray is another great paper from this kit.  Match it up with the ariana grey and crystal blue and you have a great boy layout.  I used the owl from the Artbooking cartridge, but these pages are minus any other embellishments or title until the perfect pictures are picked.  Space for 8 pictures, 1 journaling spot and a large area for a title or even another picture!

Big as a Cow

I'm entering this post into the Heart 2 Heart Scrapbooking challenge for April.  This photo makes me smile every time.  I've been saving the photo for just the right paper and the CTMH packs of Jubilee and Timberline are perfect.  The wood paper from Timberline is like an old barn, and the cow from the Jubilee pack adds just the right touch.  The ribbon is cut from the Artiste cartridge, with some Outdoor Denim chevron ribbon.  Baker's twine for a mini lasso and a few small brads for nail heads and dotting the I's and my masterpiece is done!

 

Cardinal Card

My goal for this week is to finish up a new paper pack and an old one.  There is always new stuff to buy, and the storage space doesn't seem to grow with my collection!

Here's a card from Ariana - minus the corals.  The top is from a zip strip that blends perfectly into the paper.  The back ground is from Universal Backgrounds (retired), the main graphic is from Fabulous You (C1533).

The color by the YOU is just a shadow!

Color Dare #91

I love this coral color in the Ariana kit.  To incorporate the additional color for the Color My Heart Dare of the week, I stamped the title in Outdoor Denim, with the Vogue Alphabet (E1026).  One of the greatest things about the CTMH stamp sets is that they are clear and you can see through them for proper placement.  That feature lets you hook this script up for a connected title.

The zip strips in this one add great dimension.  I lucked up with the background in the diagonally cut picture.  The triangle piece I cut from the left side could be flipped and added to the right side, letting me put the zip strip at a greater angle.

The Ariana green in this pack is a great match for the greens of spring, letting the colors from your page co-ordinate with background colors in your pictures.

Free Alphabet

Close to My Hearts free download of the month is a great alphabet.  You can get yours by going here. Print your own before the download is gone, you have until April 30.  I used mine to try for that steam punk look with the Balloon Ride paper pack.  It didn't turn out quite like I had in my head, but that's why I make my living as an accountant and not an artist.  But part of the joy of scrapbooking is that it's yours and it doesn't have to perfect - you just need to have fun doing it.

  Side note: I put my date in the banner on the Balloon Ride paper.

Another great idea is to use them as a monogram.  Check out Jody's samples.

Wonderful husband

Many moons ago, we visited Constitution Village in Huntsville, AL. In one of the buildings was an old typeset desk, with a lot of shallow drawers for holding all the metal alphabets.  I said, "Ohh, that would be great for all my scrapping stuff!"

This weekend, my wonderful husband finished a smaller version of it for me.  21 shallow drawers perfect for holding a single layer of the old wood stamps, a new kit from CTMH or a page in progress I can't finish at the moment.

Lots of lovely storage space!  Thanks, Honey!!

Paper Pansies

I've been seeing paper pansies on some of the blog sites I visit, and wanted to come up with a version using our great CTMH Cricut cartridges.  I flower designed I liked best is on the Artiste cartridge, page 54, accent 3, shift F.  I made my pansies two layers, one cut at 1.5" and the smaller one cut at 1".

 

 

I stamped the middle of the smaller flower with a half starburst from the April 2013 SOTM kit.  I found I liked just a cross stamp better than trying to fill all five points of the flower.  If you don't have this stamp or something compatible, you can draw some lines coming out from the center of your flower.

Stamp set I used.

Stamp the half starburst through 2 of the petals.

Then stamp again, crossways, to create and X.

Place you smaller flower in the center of the larger flower and attach with a brad.  You can mix and match your colors.

This is one I tried to put spikes in each of the petals.

I used Gypsy in the middle of my yellows and black in the middle of the Gypsy paper.  Black faces definitely had more pop. 

April Workshop

For our workshop we'll be making a small gift bag that looks like a purse.  This idea is from Kristin Wilson and  you can find her tutorial here.  My sample:

The papers I'm using at the workshop are all retired, so you will have some new colors to play with.  There will be a selection of paper choices.  Workshop is from 5:30-7:30 pm, on Thursday, April 17.  Cost of workshop is $3.

Sugar and Spice

Add some Glitz and sponge on some ink for added dimension to a Art Booking title.

Color My Heart #86

The colors of this week's challenge - New England Ivy, Ponderosa Pine and Goldrush, spoke to me of the outdoors.

Since my background was Ponderosa Pine, with my inks being New England Ivy and Goldrush.  The Goldrush paper is from the retired Surf's Up kit.  The stamp set is A1127, A Journey (retired). 

Ribbon tip

This may be an old tip, but it's one I hadn't heard (recently enough to remember anyway).  I was keeping my ribbon from unwinding by using a pin or a piece of tape, but took a tip this weekend from your regular spool of thread.  I snipped a small cut in the surrounding cardboard and looped the end of my smaller ribbons through to hold it.

Cards from the March workshop

First Layout

Meet Teresa, showing off her first scrapbook layout ever!

Ladies, I think we've got another one hooked on Scrapping!

Unicorns and Glitter

Got Girls?  Check out the magical unicorn stamp set, available with your hostess rewards credits for only $10.

I cut a strip of glitter trim in half to outline the main frame here.

So, I clean my stamps with wet wipes.  And after a while I have this very pretty colorful wet wipe.  I laid one across some white cardstock, pressed and left it for about 10 minutes; a nice amount of the ink transferred to the paper, in the water color style of the wet wipe.  On the unicorn, it was a clear print of the small unicorn, but I laid a wet wipe on it, pressed and lifted immediately.  The ink bled a little with the addition moisture for the effect you see. 

A Big Thanks

Thanks to all the great scrapping buddies who have sent get well cards to my sister.  She has been tickled pink to receive them - and the nice pillow case!  She is still recovering but doing well.

Color Dare #84

Topiary - card stock, ink and chevron ribbon
Sky - Balloon ride paper pack, paper and zip strip.
Sweet Leaf - card stock and plastic flower from Skylark kit
Champagne cardstock.
Sentiment - Give a Lift (D1581)
Bicycle - La Belle Vie Scrapbooking stamp set (retired)
Some clear Glitz in the flowers

Check out the other entries at Color My Heart.

Lagoon

A quick card with left overs from the Skylark kit.

Using the negative space

I did a double layout a while back, and left the negative space on my Cricut mat. (It was not a new Cricut mat.  Paper left on a new mat becomes a permanent part of the mat.)  I finally got around to putting some tape on the hexagons and lifting them onto cards.

I was able to embellish 8 card with the negative space, five of which I will show you.

Get well card

Just a simple card. 

The butterfly is cut from the Artbooking cartridge, page 62.  I left it on the 11" setting.  The gold strip is from the Ivy Lane Card making kit.  It's the only place to get gold shimmer trim right now, but you could use a cut strip from the Brown and Tan Glitter paper.  The washi tape is from the Sparkle and Shine kit (retired).  I used a strip of the washi tape on the back of the envelope, like an envelope seal.