Evensong Layouts

I am trying really hard to keep a goal I made for myself at the start of the year. I made a deal with myself that when I make a layout it has to be completed with pictures , journaling and all embellishments. In other words totally done and ready to put in the album.

Well I have been working on the Christmas pictures from Dec 2009 and using CTMH's Evensong Level 2 and Stickease. I have been using the guide they made for this paper line and have 3 two page layouts done. I have 2 more double page layouts to do and then WOW I will be caught up for the current photos. Notice I said Current photos. lol  I still have from 1 year of age -college of my daughter's pictures to do!! Along with vacations along the way when she was growing up. Whew!!  When I think about it it is overwhelming. I am going to try my hardest to make some progress in getting them all scrapped.

For my Evensong layouts I used all CTMH products. Please visit my CTMH website if you are interested in buying any of there products.

Supplies:(all CTMH products except where noted)
Evensong Level 2
Evensong Stickease
E size Chocolate Alphabet
Evergreen Stamp set
Cranberry Ink pad
New England Ivy ink pad
Prism glitter
embossing powder- misc diamond white sparkles
Cranberry ribbon
Liquid Glass
Holiday Fabric Tags
Clear Sparkles

You can order from my website.

My Favorite Embellishments

On today's post on the CTMH National Paper Crafting Blog they are talking about clustering embellishments together for a new accent with that WOW factor!!

They have put stamped flourishes, diamond-shaped and round Sparkles, and stamped images that have been cut out  and popped up on 3-D foam tape all together resulting in a new embellishment accent with a powerful effect.

These are the examples they have shown with putting those elements together. Aren't they  beautiful??!! The entire layout can be seen by going to the link highlighted above. You don't want to miss it.

This is something I am surely going to want to try. I have done a little of this type of making my own embellishment by combining various pieces. But this gives me many more ideas.

My favorite embellishments  to use are ribbons, flowers, buttons and those Bitty Sparkles!!! LOVE them.  Also  I use stamps in a variety of ways. Just as they are, masked off  portions making a whole new stamp and cutting them out making them dimensional too. Oh and I can't live without glitter either!!!   I love so many of the embellishments and will be using this "clustering" idea for sure.

Thanks CTMH for a great tip today.

Remember to go Here to check it out and for a chance to win the beautiful Felicity kit!! They are giving one out each and every day in January !! It could be you!!

Everyday Celebration Cards

Last year CTMH had a card kit called Everyday Celebration for one of there monthly specials. In this kit you received the guide, a special stamp set, papers, ribbon, the Mini Medley Chocolate collection,  2 mini ink pads in Chocolate and Dutch Blue, sponge and foam pop up squares to complete 16 cards. You only add your trimmer, scissors and adhesive to complete your supplies. You make two cards each of 8 different designs.
I have the 8 designs completed you can see below.

Aren't they fun looking? I love the edge on these cards. One of the stamps is the curved stitched edge shown in a number of the cards.

Now I will show each of them and see if you can figure out which two are of the same designed card. I just switched up a couple of things so it is pretty easy to figure it out. But I thought it would be fun to see who finds it.  Hopefully CTMH will have another card kit this year. Watch for info about it here or you can contact me at any time. Or check here for more information.

Here we go....

I've missed you...

I have had crafting withdrawal!!!! I am getting back into the swing of things and hope to have some posts up in the next few days. I miss showing projects and giving tips and tricks but I hope I will be able to get back into gear. Thanks for hanging in there with me. See you tomorrow.

How are you doing?

How is everyone doing? Getting a lot of crafting done? I have been busy getting my house back in order after Christmas and other household chores. Boring right?!! Anyway I hope to get crafting and get some posts with my projects up soon.

Since becoming a CTMH consultant I have been busy trying to get that going to. If you want any info or want to order any of the CTMH products you see in  my projects, be sure and let me know. I would love to share my passion with you all. You can get to my website right from my blog and the link  here to.  We have a great special going on right now with a beautiful kit called Felicity.
Check it out!!You might even be one of the lucky winners of this kit too. Go here to see how to win.

I'll be back soon with some crafting to show all of you. Thanks so much for following my blog.

I Have a Tip for Today

Today I have a quick little entry but I think it is very useful information. If you own a Cricut and you love to use CTMH papers here are a couple things to know.

1. Cut using the "Flip" mode if you don't want the white to show on your raw edge.
2. Use these settings as a guide when cutting CTMH papers with your Cricut.
    a. For Basic style cuts >1" use the Regular blade
      blade depth-5  speed-5 and  pressure-4
    b. For Intricate cuts < 1" in size use the Regular blade
       blade depth-3  speed-1  pressure-2

All of our machines are different so check yours but this at least gives you a guide that works in many cases.

Look what my Cricut and I made!!!

My Granddaughter is crazy about Mickey Mouse right now. She calls both Mickey and Minnie , Mickey but loves them both. We gave her a stuffed Minnie Mouse for Christmas and she loves to carry it around with her.

I got playing with my Cricut and the cartridge Mickey and Friends. So far I have just cut some different poses of Minnie Mouse. I plan on cutting Mickey and Pluto etc. also.

  I made a door hanger with a pouch for my Granddaughter to hang on her bedroom door. It is decorated with Minnie and in the pouch the other Minnie's. I will be adding the other character's to the pouch too. All were made at 3 1/4" except for the one larger one and she was 6". The one on the front of the pouch is 3 1/4" also.

I think they turned out so cute so far. I can't wait to get the others cut. I hope she has fun with having this on her door.  I am going to try cutting them in vinyl also. I'll let you know how that goes.

Thanks for stopping by.

I know Christmas is over but....

I have vowed to work on at least 1 Christmas project each month in hopes that I will be well prepared by next year. A girl can hope and dream right?! Well today I have a layout I did using CTMH Evensong paper line and Stickease.

I used Liquid Glass in some of my embellishments and a combination of glitter and liquid glass on my trees. By using the liquid glass as the adhesive for the glitter it also gives a raised look when it dries.
I know I don't have pictures on yet but I am doing that next so I do have a completed project.

Supplies: All CTMH
Evensong Level 2
Evensong Stickease
Prisma Glitter
Evergreen stamp set
Liquid glass
E size Chocolate alphabet
Cranberry ribbon
Cranberry ink pad
New England Ivy ink pad

Follow this blog for a chance to WIN!!!

Follow that blog and you can WIN!!!
To celebrate National Papercrafting Month, Close To My Heart has created a blog and EVERY SINGLE DAY they are giving away our National Papercrafting Month kit - The Felicity Collection!!  Participation is FREE!!  All you have to do is read the blog daily and leave a comment and you will be entered into the daily drawing.  YES, that's right!  CTMH is GIVING AWAY a Felicity Collection every day for the entire month of January!
Click here:  http://www.nationalpapercraftingmonth.blogspot.com/

 
Good Luck to you all!!!

A Very Cute Binder Clip

This is a quick and cute project to make.

It is a binder clip.  In this case I placed a 2010 calendar in the top but you could put a photo  or a memo, recipe card, notes to name a few other uses. The ribbon tied around the silver portion of the clip is what holds what is placed between these clip legs.

To make the calender like mine you need:

•   2" binder clip
•  2 x 3 1/4" patterned paper (cardstock weight) to cover binder clip
• 2 1/4" x 2 3/4" cardstock to attach calendar to
  
• 8" piece of ribbon
• Hollyhock ink, chocolate ink
  
• 2" and 1 1/2" scallop circle Fiskars punches
• 3 brads
• 1/2" corner rounder
• CTMH B1306 Cottage Floral Stamp set
• Scor-Tape
• Glue Dots
  

Instructions:

1. Distress all paper pieces with the Chocolate ink
2.  Using the 2"x3 1/4" strip apply a piece of Scor-Tape at each end. Place one end up under lip of black port.ion of the clip and wrap around to the other side and insert under the lip again. Crease as you fold it around along the edges
3. Punch your  scallop circles, distress with chocolate ink.  Stamp the first flower image using the Second Generation technique and then the second image on top with First Generation using Hollyhock ink and the Cottage Floral stamp set. 
4. Insert a brad through the center of both scallop circles and adhere to bottom portion of the clip with a glue dot.
5. Use the corner rounder on the upper sides only of the  2 1/4 x 2 3/4 cardstock piece. Also do the same on the calender pieces.
6. With a paper piercer make a hole through all 12 calendar pages in the top two corners and insert a brad to keep them together. Apply a strip of Scor-Tape on the back of this group and attach to the cardstock piece.
7. Tie a ribbon around the stem in a double knot.
8. Insert calendar between the stem legs and place on your desk.

Give it a try. They would be cute favors at a party also.