Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Love love love

I love love but then again who doesn't? It always makes me happy when I make cards to have on hand to give to my sweetie maybe for an anniversary, for a lunchbox surprise or a just because.

Recently I was putting some scraps away and had a pile that was perfect for cards or for pocket scrapbooking. I cute apart the papers and came up with this adorable little card. I have to say it ended up being one of my favorites. I just love how the colors came together.

These papers are from a scrapbook generation kit that I recently got. I also used some Juniper paper from CTMH and stamped that You & Me. Then I fussy cut some flowers and made a little bow out of waxy flax.



Here is a little close up. I popped up the stamped image and just added a glue dot to the middle of the flowers and pushed the petals up.

 
I did something a little different on the inside of the card. They had this little strip cut apart and I thought it was something fun and a little different. I also added another little fussy cut flower there.

 
One last look.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Flip Flops or Fancy Folds - BTF Challenge 20A

Our Challenge for the next two weeks is using Flip Flaps or Fancy Folds.
 

You don't have to use CTMH Flip Flaps to participate, you may choose to use some sort of Fancy Fold and there has to be some CTMH product on your project.
 
Hello Fancy Folds. I really love Easel Cards so when I saw this was an upcoming challenge I got busy and put my thinking cap on.
 
I wanted to do something really special for my boyfriends daughter. She turned 18 recently. I thought it would be a lot of fun to do a birthday cake. For this card I used an older kit from CTMH called Brushed. It is just gorgeous and super girly. I added a little bronze glitter tape to mimic the cake stand.
 
 
Here is a side view. I added a little bling on the inside so that the card had something to hang on to and stay open. While I was working on that I decided I also wanted a banner to go along with it. The sticker sheet that came with this kit had those cute little banners 10 of them. I stuck them back to back and added some waxy flax...oh how I miss being able to get ahold of waxy flax...I made the ends a little knot and then twilled them around so that they hang nicely. I had some chipboard laying around and found two long banners punched a hole in them and made them into the cake sticks to hold the banner.
 
 
I was super excited to find some foam letters in my stash that were also bronze it is literally a perfect match!  I also added some vellum flowers and some more bling so you couldn't tell that the bling was the stand for the easel.
 
 

Here is one last look at the outside. I also added some cute little metal flowers that went along with Brushed and some more bling.


 I got the cake from a cricut cartridge called sweet treats. To do the Easel Card you just cut cardstock 4 1/4 x 11 and fold at 5 1/2 and again at 2 3/4. Then you attach a card front to the Easel and wala a work of art.

We hope you are able to carve out some time in your scrap space to play along with us. We would love to see your projects using Flip Flaps or Fancy Folds.

All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. Please see the right side bar to read all the rules for submitting to our challenges.

You have until Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Have a great day!

 
 
 
 


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Hello

A friend of mine recently had to put down a beloved pet and so I wanted to send her a little card to cheer her up. She loves vintage phones...you know the kind we used to talk on when we met 30 years ago...yikes when did the 80s become vintage.

I used to be on the Sketch N Scrap team and am always saving the sketches to play along and never seem to actually follow through. I am trying to participate in more challenges these days to get me into the studio using my products and pretty fun things. Well I finally followed through and I am pretty happy with how it all came together.



For this card I used the Penelope Paper Pack from CTMH and one the Nifty Fifty's Cricut cartridge. Those purple hearts are one of my favorite little embellishments. Adorable!!



I changed the placement of the sentiment a little but I just couldn't make it work next to the phone. I also always finish the insides of my cards with a little something something. Usually something simple.


Here is the original sketch #71 the challenge runs until the end of April if you would like to play along.





Thursday, April 14, 2016

Limitless

A long long time ago I was planning on doing the Scripture Challenges over at Triple the Scraps. I did a couple and forgot all about it. Then I cam across Bible Journaling. I made some Pinterest board but just thought about it and then I made a page this past winter. I loved it but again set it aside. Well Triple the Scraps is still doing scripture Challenges and I thought that would be a great way to combine my desire to do some Bible Journaling and play along with the Scripture Challenges. They are on challenge #4 but I am starting a the beginning with challenge #1 Limitless.

Patter has a lovely little study and then she shares her art work. It isn't always the same it is just whatever has inspired her. Here is what I came up with


 
As I read through the study and read through my Bible that I journal in and my NIV Life Application Bible I decided that I wanted to express myself using a well and just how limitless the bottom of the well is. When I looked up wishing well photos I mostly found decorative ones and a few that had a different perspective of looking up. Well I wanted to look down into a well and do you know what...I couldn't find anything with that angle out there.
 
Then I stumbled upon this album cover from Jennifer Knapp. I really enjoy her music so I was even more excited at how that was coming together. I missed the perspective a little in my version but it has been a long time since I have drawn freehand.

 
I added some words from the bible study that kept repeating in my own study into the well and repeating at the bottom as well. sort of running off and down the page.
 
 
For this challenge I just used my colored pencils, some alphabet stickers, and a cute little Illustrated Faith sticker that I recently got.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Regatta Paper Packet - BTF Challenge 19A

Hi everyone! Our Challenge for the next two weeks is using Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet.


Now if you don't have this paper packet, but you still want to play along, you may use the Regatta Color Palette instead. The Regatta Color Palette is CTMH Colors Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire and White Daisy.
 
More super flattering photos of me LOL sometimes the story is more important than the not so great photo. A few years ago I had to have back surgery. It came out of nowhere but before I had it I was trying therapy because I couldn't sit down so I made a makeshift standing desk with a little box that I keep greeting cards in and a tissue box. haha! From there I would go into the break room and lay on the floor and do my stretches. I was optimistic but I have to say the surgery went so well so I am glad the exercise was not working otherwise I would probably still be messing with an aching back.
 
I also came across a fun scrapbook challenge (I am working on scrapbooking more) I printed photos and everything! I came across this challenge Liftapalooza 2016 Ali and I lifted the layout. I could have also done the colors which I might to later because they were just super cute but here is what I came up with.
 
 
Here are some close ups of my journaling tab. I did some hidden journaling because my inspiration page didn't have a lot of room for a story on it.  Did you see the tearing though...wow have not done that in years!
 
 
I love how versatile the CTMH papers are as you would never know that this paper Regatta is very sea worthy. Perfect for beach or sailing photos. That little blue and white striped paper is actually a cut apart that has a fence on it. I also finally used my new CTMH Cricut Cartridge Artistry. I am loving that font and that cartridge well I adore all of the CTMH Cartridges and seriously cannot craft without them. If you don't have any of them call your gal and get one ASAP you won't regret it.
 
 
We hope you are able to carve out some time in your scrap space to play along with us. We would love to see your projects using CTMH's Regatta Paper Packet or it's color palette.

All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. Please see the right side bar to read all the rules for submitting to our challenges.

You have until Monday, April 26, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Have a great day!