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More Take to the Sky pictures for my trip to the Wright Brothers Memorial this week.
Happy Tuesday!
More Take to the Sky pictures for my trip to the Wright Brothers Memorial this week.
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I am back with another Take to the Sky layout. The colors are a little off in this photo, but when I realized it, it was a little too late to retake it without my pictures.
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More pictures from the Wright Memorial.
This time I took the picture on my mats. If you like this layout well enough to copy it, now it's easier to guess at the measurements. I did have some inspiration for this layout - you can find it here.
I really love the colors in this kit. The copper clay and boho blue are from the 2023-2025 additional colors. I added some stitching to the background circles. I probably should have added a circle on the right side as well, but I liked the double mat to pull the green over.Hello!
I am playing with the SU papers Take to the Sky this month. My layout holds 9 photos. It's pretty simple, just some strips placed on white 12X12 paper. The inside Night of Navy paper are two sheets of 8 1/2" by 11" cardstock (which is available in bulk). You cover everything thing up, so this is a great time to use some not-so-favorite paper behind all the good stuff.
I did invest in the Adventurous Sky bundle, because this makes a really neat plane! I used Cajun Craze, Pebble (old CMTH color) and silver foil paper for the propeller.
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Anytime I get the chance, I like to roast hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire. I don't think I've ever had a bad experience with toasted sure and an open fire. Even though it was the middle of the day in the middle of July, I still talked my family into roasting marshmallows over the fire pit when we spent a few days in the Outer Banks.
This paper pack is one of the carry overs, designed by CTMH, sold by SU. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to keep pace. This paper pack has sold out by the time I finished this layout and could get around to posting it.
The giant marshmallows and roasting stick are from an old CTMH Cricut cartridge, and I found the title on Cricut design space. I put the roasting stick in a log design embossing folder and sponged the white marshmallows to 'toast' them. I made the title long before I even took these pictures. But our clothes matched the Soda Pop papers, and I just added some mats in the right colors to pull in my title.
I have hearts on top of the faces of my nephews (just for this post). The layout holds (6) 4x6 photos and one 3X4, but I used (2) 3x4's on some of the photo mats. In order to get the entire story of Kiley catching her roasting stick on fire, I printed 4 smaller photos together in one of the 4x6 mats. My final product holds 12 photos-in a layout designed for 7.
If you love the layout it should be pretty easy to recreate using papers from your stash, that match you photos.
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CTMH has decided to close their doors. My last day as a CTMH consultant will be April 30. If you haven't already, go check out what's on sale (click here before 4/30), and see what's still there! So much as retired, as this event has spurred a lot of stocking up on our favorites.
It is my plan to continue having a monthly crop at my house, and a weekend crop 2-3 times per year. I still have a couple of spots available for the April 26-28, 2024 weekend crop, the crop at my house in May will be Saturday May 25, from 10am until 10pm.
My latest kit is a double with an extra flap, perfect for any road trip adventure.
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These layouts are using the Dream Maker paper pack - and once again - my posts come after the paper pack has sold out. But if you just couldn't resist all the pretty colors and ordered it before it became unavailable (or you have something in your stash you can substitute) I hope these can inspire you.
This layout holds the rest of my Petrified Forest photos. I like the overlapping of the photos in this one. The stamp set is from the Change of Scenery kit (again, gone before you could blink, or at least before I could design anything using the papers!). For the trees, I cut a bunch of different designs and sizes (ranging from 3/4" to 2 1/2") using the Cricut and my older CTMH cartridges. I stamped one of the colorful swirled pages with the background stamp before cutting the trees. I like that distressed look of print on color. I also sprinkled in some cardstock trees that match my matting.
PS Cinnamon (retired) was a great color for matching the Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon, but Desert Rose and Paprika aren't too shabby either.
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This layout uses the quickly unavailable Hey Handsome papers, but if you like the layout, hopefully there is something in your stash you can substitute for it. It's just some strips - 3", 1 1/2, " 1/2" and 1/4" with a strip of ribbon at the bottom. I switched up my strips on the two pages on purpose, but for all you engineer minded scrappers, you can make both sides the same. Before placing any strips, I drew a pencil mark 3 1/2" from the top and bottom, then using stamps, I added the paint details.
Make sure to throw in some tiny print detail after you add the ink blots to add even more distressed detail. Pick an old stamp that makes your heart happy. Mine is just some fine lines from a very old Father's day stamp set.
Here's another layout using the Hey Handsome papers. I used some old stamps to decorate the white base pages. I didn't know if I would like the title in a printed paper or in cardstock, so I cut out both - then ended up layering them.
And if you haven't ever tried a hot air balloon ride - I totally recommend it!
This kit uses the Hello Darlin papers. And some now retired Carolina Blue that I had in my stash. This kit is now available. And who doesn't have some Trash Panda photos they need to scrap?
I am really loving the Hey Handsome papers for my travel pages. The oranges go so well with my Antelope Canyon photos!
After I tried and tested a recipe, and know I'm going to be making it on a regular basis, I like to make a 6X6 recipe card. The Kitchen Gnomes work great for this.
This card workshop is now available! If you love it, you can buy the kit from CTMH for $39 and make 4 of each card and keep the stamp set and dies. Or you can attend a workshop and make 1 set of 4 cards for $5.
These hiking pages use the As You Grow paper suite from the September 2021-August 2022 catalog. The paper kit was designed with growing babies in mind, but I was attracted to the mushrooms and ferns. It also used the Are We There Yet set as a border stamp.
CTMH is offering 5 exclusive kits for National Scrapbooking Day. They will be holding Face Book events on May 5-6 if you would like to craft with the CTMH corporate team. The kits are available through May 31 or while supplies last. Kits include a stamp set. Paper packs are not available separately. Check it out!
Easter and Halloween tend to have some really cute stamps. They are not holidays you would typically send cards for, but some years, I just have fun making them and sending them out to my niece and nephews.
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I still like the gnomes! This birthday gnome workshop is now available. You can make 3 cards for $5 on any workshop day. If you are outside of my workshop range, I've listed the marker colors I used. Sometimes deciding which colors is the hardest part.
For the papers, I pulled from my old stash of CTMH birthday suites. I like that I managed to use cute gnomes but created masculine cards.
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This kit is available at any workshop day. I am including detailed instructions on this post, in case you would like to recreate the page from your own stash. At the bottom of blog, there is a list of needed supplies.
Steps:
Trim your base cardstock (2) so you are left with a 1" frame. I have used Mist in my example.
Trim your white cardstock 1/2" on one side, rotate 90 degrees and trim 1/4". Your end product will be 2 sheets of 11 1/2" x 11 3/4".
Place the white sheets on the cut base sheets. The white paper is flush in the center, leaving an even border around the edges. Using a corner rounder, clip the far corners on the left page and the far corners on the right page, but leave the center corners square.
Cut (4) 1/4" x 11 3/4" strips from a stripe pattern.
Cut an 11" circle. I used the Cricut. You can trick the machine into cutting an 11" circle by telling it you have inserted a 24" mat. Cut the circle by placing the edge on the 8" mark of your trimmer.
Cut the center pieces of your base pages to 6 3/8" tall. Trim one of the remaining scraps to 3 1/4" x 8 1/2". From the other leftover piece, stamp the bib-li-o-phile stamp several times in Versamark, and clear emboss. Using an alphabet die set, cut out some letters. Wrap several with string.
From a 3rd piece of matching cardstock, cut a 6" x 8 1/2" mat.
Draw a light pencil line 3" from the top on each of the white pages. Stamp the row of books (I used Sage) starting at the right side on both papers. Stamp 3 times on the left page and 4 times on the right page.
Stamp the open book, the stack of books and the certified tab on white card stock in the same-colored ink (Sage in the example). Then stamp on top of the image with Versamark and clear emboss.
On a 4"x6" piece of white card stock, cut using the notebook die on each long edge. Slide the die from edge to edge, do not turn it around. (Just try to cut it straighter than I did in the video.)
Adhere everything down, sprinkle in a few wooden letters, and add a few dots with liquid pearl (black in the example). You could also use old alphabet stickers to make your ABC clusters, if that works better for you. There is sufficient space on the left page, top or bottom, to stamp an appropriate title - just use different font to keep with the mix and match ABC theme!
Supply list:
If you haven't already subscribed, the Close to My Heart Blog Site has great tips and information about the latest products. Like the Valentine's special paper pack Now & Forever.
With the help of Casey Blake and Christine Robertson, we are offering the following scrapbook workshop. It's an 8-page workshop using the Are We There Yet? papers. The cost is $30.
If you don't need the full set of 4 double layouts, we will be breaking up two of the sets for sale by layout, at $10 each.