I just Love the Chantilly paper pack!!!

 This first layout was taken from the cover of the CTMH Idea Book. I am trying to learn new things on every project I make and this one did just that. I have never used fabric on a layout and making the "sunshine" look strips on a layout were new to me also. So I went to work on figuring out how to reproduce this layout.
 Not only did I stitch a piece of the Chantilly Textiles on the lower portion of the page but I also cut a bow with the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the pink fabric.  It cut beautifully!! If you haven't cut fabric yet with your Cricut you have to give it a try.  I tried two different methods actually. They both worked very well. I used a fabric stiffener and Heat n Bond. The Heat n Bond is the easier and quicker method but either one works. I will say though that the Stiffener method leaves the cut much stiffer than the Heat n Bond.

My settings were Blade 4, Speed low and Pressure 5.

 I will be using fabric again that's for sure. I am also a seamstress which explains my excitement for using fabric I guess. lol  
CTMH has a number of stamps that match with Cricut cuts from the Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges. In this layout I used Girl's Rock for the flowers and the Art Philosophy cartridge.
I cut my title with Lyrical Letters and the Jumbo feature using white CS and chipboard.

The second layout also uses fabric only this time I ran a strip through my sewing machine and gathered it to make a ruffle. I also did some stitching around the page and on the little squares. It was another fun page to make. Like the layout above I used some fun embellishments too. On the title of this page I also used Lyrical Letters and cut in CS and chipboard but this time also inked the letters with Pear ink.

Supply List ( all CTMH products)
Inks- Blush, Pear, Twilight, Ruby, Hollyhock, Black, Cotton Candy
Blush Re-inker
Spray Pen
Chantilly paper
CS colors-white, Buttercup and Champagne
Chantilly Textiles
Pink Glitter Gems
Chantilly assortment
Green & Blue epoxy bubbles
Mini Medley wooden
Bakers Twine-Neutral
Hollyhock zipper ribbon
C1538 Girl's Rock
D1545 Wheels of Life
C1533 Fabulous You
Artiste Cartridge
Art Philosophy Cartridge

I will be back soon with one more Chantilly project. I made a Bracket Frame. Come back and check it out. See you then.

Have fun crafting!!!

More Cards

I had run extremely low on my supply of cards. I have made so many but have sent all of them now also. So I was in need of some quick cards.  I had been on the internet and saw some really pretty cards made by Wizards hangout. I loved them so I just had to give them a try myself. Both of these are almost identical I just did the Butterfly different and the sentiment. One Butterfly is stamped and embossed and the other one is a paper butterfly that has a design on it.  Three ink colors were used in stamping the two largest flowers.  I stamped first in Buttercup, then added Sunset to the outer petals with a dauber and lagoon for the center. The pearls I used for the flower centers started out white but I used one of my Alcohol markers to color them.  They have a bright fresh look for the summer.

All products were CTMH except I used an old wooden stamp for the background on these cards.

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Sympathy card #2

This is another Sympathy card for you.
I used 3 small strips of paper from 3 different paper packs. Don't they look good together? It shows you that many of the CTMH paper packs can be used with each other. I added some Baker's Twine and a stamped flower and leaves from Girl's Rock C 1538 stamp set for the decoration. Lastly I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set Card Chatter -Sympathy D 1476

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Big Picture Classes and CTMH PJ Class

 

Big Picture Classes and CTMH is joining together in a Pajama Party class!!!

 

 Join in the Big Picture Classes (online) Pajama Party hosted by Close To My Heart! It's on May 30th at 6 pm (PT), and there will be prizes, project demos, and loads more! Follow  the link   to register FREE! Then just be at your computer with your supplies (see information below) on May 30th. Be sure to wear your pajamas. It sounds like a lot of FUN!! Plus if you sign up to attend this class on class day you will also get to download some more materials to us with the Project we will be making.

Here is the information from the Big Picture site on the class:



This "Think Happy Thoughts" project features a sturdy kraft tube, bright papers, an inspiring stamped sentiment, and darling accessories brought to us by one of our favorite partners, Close To My Heart—plus 52 awesome downloadable creativity starters to go inside. 


Get your own blank kraft tube today and gather the rest of the supply list now so you can join the party prepared to make your own!  I can help you in getting the items you need at my website.

• My Acrylix® Frame Flair (D1546)
• My Acrylix® Happy Thoughts (C1536)
• 2" x 3 1/2" My Acrylix® block (Y1009)
• 4" x 5" My Acrylix® block (Y1012)
• My Acrylix® spritz cleaner (1778)
• My Acrylix® stamp scrubber (Z1782)
• Cricut® Art Philosophy collection (Z1790)
• Whisper Exclusive Inks® pad (Z2172)
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks® pad (Z2195)
• micro-tip scissors (Z534)
• corner rounder (Z578)
• paper trimmer
• My Creations® kraft container (Z1833)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Crème Brulee cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5754)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Lagoon cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5762)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" White Daisy cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, 1385)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Whisper cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5929)
• one sheet Pink B&T Duos® paper from Chantilly paper packet (comes with 6 sheets, X7163B)
• two yards Grey Wool baker's twine from neutral assortment (comes with ten yards, Z1701)
• three butterflies from Color-Ready Trinkets wooden shapes (comes with 57 shapes, Z1844)
• three grey Sparkles from Sparkles black & grey assortment (comes with 108, Z1754)
• 3-D foam tape

Buzz and Bumble Two

Today I have the second layout using the Buzz and Bumble paper pack. This time I put my Granddaughters pictures on it. So as you can see the colors work good for either male or female pictures.

These pages took a bit of figuring out and a bit more time!! But I really liked the end result, I hope you do too.
The first page has 30 hexagons  in different colors and papers. They were made using the stamp set C1537 Honeycomb. It was fun to layout them out starting at one side and finishing at the other side.
I also did quite a bit of stitching in this layout but instead of the tradition 3 strands I only used 1 strand. It gives it a much finer line and looks a bit like machine stitching.

The photo is raised and has a pull out journal tag. The title is made up using 3 different styles. One is stamped, one used the Keyboard alphabet stickers and the last one used the Cricut.  I also used the Buzz and Bumble assortment for some of the embellishing. It came with really cute wood flowers and dragonfly's and faux wax seals. I cut some of our Glitter paper for the first time using the Cricut and it cut so smoothly!!!  That is going to be fun cutting different images to add that bling to projects.

 

This is the second page. Many of the same elements were used to coordinate with it's matching page.

 

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Buzz and Bumble

Buzz and Bumble is a summery paper pack from CTMH. It has the colors of Cocoa , Sunset, Honey, Crème Brulee, Champagne, Goldrush and Sweet Leaf. The Crème Brulee and Cocoa is so pretty together and then using Sunset as a focal color to give it a little "Pop". I loved a couple of the layouts that are in the current Idea Book using this paper and embellishments that coordinate. They gave me a challenge which I love. I love to try new things and figure new things out too.

I made two (2) page layouts. I will post one set here today and post the other tomorrow.
The layout today I also used the stickease that were a coordinating product.

I had to add pictures of my little Grandson. This layout was not difficult. The second one I post was the challenging one!!! I did do a little stitching and used the Artiste cartridge for the titles. The embellishments are the stickease and the journaling strips were done on the computer using Custom Color to match the layout.

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