Quick and Easy Layout

CTMH has had quick and easy precut cards for a while now.  In the latest catalog, they have introduced  Cut Above scrapbooking layouts for $15.  This kit includes all the stuff you need to create this layout.  I loved the B&T paper for they have for the background and that is why I got this kit.  Anyone can do this kit; it was designed for the beginning or even non-scrapper.  You don't cut the papers, you punch them out, tape them down and add stickers.  And you still end up with this super cute page.  My baby is 19, but I didn't start scrapping until she was 6.  I have pulled pictures from the old photo albums and scrap them when the right layout comes along.

 

 

The kit comes with two page protectors for this double layout - as well as two divided pocket page protectors and 12 4x6 Picture My Life pocket cards. This is another super simple and fast way to get your photos where you can enjoy them - with journaling!

 

Hello Lovely kit, Casa de Suenos

I used the last kit layout from the Hello Lovely kit to showcase the lovely bed and breakfast we stayed at in St. Augustine, Casa de Suenos.  I always take pictures of the room, including the bathroom and the room number, in this case, the room name.  I love the little plastic sticky embellishments that came with this kit - here your can see the hearts.  They are a matt gold color and quite thin so there is no bulk on the pages.



 

If you follow the instructions and do all the kit pages and cards, you don't have a lot of extras to work with.  I love this, as I have a huge stash of papers.  I feel good when I use up a kit.  If you like to stretch your papers, you can use cardstock as your bases instead of the B&T papers, as two of the layouts suggest.  Consider adding the coordinating cardstock pack if  you like this option.

Hello Lovely Kit, PineWood Estate layout

The Hello Lovely kit has a art deco style to many of the paper designs.  I really like the designs, as some of them are more artistic than simple patterns of dots and lines.
I used another of the kit pattern layouts for pictures of the Pinewood Estate.  This building is located on the Bok Tower Garden grounds.  Mike and I decided we could retire in a place that size in sunny Florida, so even though we didn't tour the inside, the Estate made it into my scrapbook.

Hello Lovely Kit, Bok Towers Layout

 

This month I've been working with the Hello Lovely kit.  When looking through the catalog, this is the paper pack to go with your wedding photos.  Lots of pinks and greens and flowers.

 

I do not have wedding photos to scrap.   I have travel photos that need scrapping.  So how did I use this kit to that end?

 

We (I) like to tour gardens when we go places, as well as the Huntsville Botanical Gardens locally.  In October we visited the Bok Tower Gardens, a lovely place in South Wales, Florida.  The towers themselves are actually from pink and green stone.  It always amazes me how the colors of the CTMH packs manage to go with my pictures. 

 

 

This layout is one from the kit.  I adjusted the pictures sizes a little to accommodate my brochures.  The kit instructions include this layout plus two others.  There are no stamping instructions in these kits for the layouts - just quick and easy paper cutting and embellishments. 

January Card Class

January Card Class is Thursday, January 12, 5:30-7:30pm.  3 cards, $3.  Please RSVP if you are attending!  In this class we are using Hello Lovely papers, Hello Lovely - Scrapbooking stamp set, and a retired sympathy stamp set.  If you are in need of sympathy sentiments, Heartfelt Thoughts is available (C1661, $13.95).

Free National Papercrafting Month Paper Wreath

Every January, CTMH celebrates National Papercrafting Month as a way of acknowledging the pure joy of playing with paper! We scrapbook with it, we make cards with it, we decorate with it—in short, we craft with it! This January, we’ll be celebrating the joys of paper-crafted home décor with the beautiful Welcome Home wreath kit. This kit comes with pre-cut pieces you can simply pop out, shape and attach to the sturdy chipboard wreath base, making a welcoming décor piece for your home.

How can you get it?

Purchase the Welcome Home wreath kit outright for $18.95 with no qualifying purchase, OR earn it FREE with a qualifying $60 purchase!