For Always Card Kit

Today I have a couple of cards to show you.
I needed to make a couple of cards and decided to use my (Retired) For Always Card kit. The colors I used were smokey plum, slate and juniper as accents on the back and white B&T papers.

Happy Autumn

Don't you just love the Huntington paper pack from CTMH?! It is such a beautiful line of paper. I made another layout using this paper adding the D1550 Happy Autumn stamp set too. All the stamped flower,leaves,sentiment and title were all from the Happy Autumn stamp set. Adding some bronze trim gave it a bit of sparkle to add even more texture. There were also a couple of Cricut cuts using the Artiste cartridge to make the title /sentiment are on the left page and the  journal area on the right page. To get the variation in colors on the stamped images I used the Rock -n-Roll technique adding a number of colors into each of the images. I can't wait to get some photos on this layout.
Hope you enjoyed this layout.
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My Creations- Craftable Containers

Thanks to the My Creations^® line of products, you can make great projects from the outside in! These stampable, markable, craftable albums, bags, and ring boxes make the perfect packaging for the special projects and gifts you place inside them. Watch the video to get ideas for your own crafty containers.

Clearly the Best- Preserve with Pizzazz

Family history is fun, especially when you add colorful papers and embellishments! There are so many ways to protect your pedigree and make it fun at the same time. Watch the video to learn how to turn a kraft pocket album into an attractive family history book.

Artbooking Made Easy--Everyday Layouts

Compared to holidays and special events, everyday life is where most memories are made. For capturing those seemingly average yet so important days, the Cricut^® Artbooking cartridge has just what you need! Watch the video for ideas on how to rally shapes from a variety of themes to create original artwork celebrating your day-to-day activities.

Project Inspiration- Background Stamps

Don't let the title fool you; background stamps are for far more than just background designs. Transform pieces of cardstock into attractive embellishments for your layouts with just a few easy techniques. On page 97 in the Autumn/Winter CTMH idea book you will find D1559 Geometric Background stamp that is shown in this video.

Another Halloween Treat box

Here is another Halloween treat box using a clear pillow box as the container for the goodies. Add a little B&T paper and Bronze Glitter trim to decorate the box. The Bronze Glitter Trim is adhesive backed and I pleated it to add to the edge of the B&T paper. It pleated so easily because of the adhesive back. The pleats stayed in place with each pleat made. Then I stamped  the Skeleton from the stamp set Creepy Creatures C1522 and the pumpkin and sentiment banner strips from B1413 Perfect Fit-Halloween. The first one was stamped using Cocoa ink and the second box I used Chocolate ink. Fill the box with the candy of your choice and you are set.

Huntington Layout #2

 This is another Huntington Layout I made. There is a wood grain stamp that comes in the WOTG for this paper . I stamped with that stamp and the tone on tone technique on the top banner strip of each page.  Then the stamped leaves that are scattered on the lower left portion of the left page  were stamped with the Rock n Roll technique. I love using that technique especially when stamping leaves, it makes them more natural looking. Don't be afraid of trying the Rock-n-Roll technique. You really can't mess it up. To do Rock-n-Roll first you  stamp in one color and them roll the edges in a second darker color then stamp.

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Designed Decor Frame Kit

Decorating your home is as easy as adding your photos to the Designed Décor frame kit. This wonderful collection of kraft shapes, a B-sized stamp set, mini clothespins, hemp, and the Designed Décor Colonial White frame will allow you to make cozy décor for your walls in no time at all! Also note the tip on stamping with the different inks.

A Burst of Creativity

Learn to make a burst of sunshine on your cards with fun Background & Texture papers.

Check it out in this video.

Huntington layouts

 I just love the Huntington paper pack from CTMH. The colors are Barn Red, Olive, Slate and Autumn Terracotta. They are beautiful papers for a Fall layout or any Family layout too. This layout also uses the Huntington Assortment Canvas shapes and spool wooden buttons. Now I just have to decide which pictures are going on these pages.

Artbooking Made Easy- Designed Decor Flip Stand Album

Making home décor is easy with the Cricut^® Artbooking collection! Watch as various icons, shapes, and titles from the cartridge are used to make adorable pieces of artwork perfect for all the nooks in your home. Check out this video.

Artbooking Made Easy- Fall into Artbooking

You’ll fall for the Cricut^® Artbooking collection when you see what it can do for your autumn-themed projects. Its festive overlays, borders, shapes, and other autumn-themed pieces will give your layouts and cards just the warmth they need for this chilly season. Watch this video to see how.

Birthday cards for the little ones

My first card is for our little Granddaughter who turned 1. I used the Chantilly paper pack and a retired stamp for the giraffe and stamping on the front of the card. The bow was made from the Chantilly fabric and cut from the CTMH Artiste Cartridge on pg 55.

 My second card is for our little Grandson who turned 3!! He loves all trucks and cars so I just had to make him a card that shows his love of wheels!! lol  I used two stamps from the D1544 Distressed  background stamp set on the cardstocks. I love the texture it added. The stamp set D1541 Fast and Furious was used for the truck, sentiment, road and stop sign.

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Halloween Treat Tube Projects

 

This is a 5 treat tube holder. It is a fun to make and looks good on your table for Halloween and/or as a gift. I used all CTMH products. The stamp sets are B1429 Eek & Shriek and C1509 Magic Potions. To jazz it up a little I glittered the cat with black glitter. DO you see the hexagon shapes in the front? They are a new product called Irresistibles. It is chipboard hexagon shapes with a resist pattern on them. When you ink them any color you want the resist pattern shows up. They come in multiple sizes and resist patterns. One other technique used was stamping with Colonial white pigment ink on black cardstock for the spooky look.

 I also made up single treat tube holders. That was a different style of box and decorated simply with a strip of B&T paper around the middle. Add a tag and some candy and you have a cute gift or display item.

 The next 2 pictures show a couple of areas in my home with some Fall and Halloween decorations. You can see the treat tube projects and some others I made last year. The Boo banner was from the Spellbound kit and cut with the Artiste Cricut cartridge. It uses almost all of the images with the Halloween key on pg 77 .If you use the letter and number method for finding the right keys it is E7+ Accent 1 for some of the banner shapes and E7 +shift+ Accent 1 for the other banner shapes, E7 and Shift for the "BOO" title. E7 and Accent 2 for the rosettes and E7 plus Shift plus 3D Object for scallop shapes on each banner front and for the spider webs E7 plus shift plus Accent 2.   The Harvest banner was also cut from the Artiste Cricut cartridge. The banner shape was the same E7 plus Accent 1and the zigzag strips were on pg 75 E5 plus Shift plus Accent2. The Font from this cartridge was used for the title. The cut out leafs were stamped using the stamp set C1504 Fall Harvest.
I made a small  leaf quilt hanging shown  in the center of the table too.

 

I hope you enjoyed these projects. Thanks for stopping by. I have some layouts and cards that will be coming in the following days.

Simply Stitch It

I love stitching on my cards, layouts 3D projects any place I can think to stitch.  CTMH has a new ruler that has multiple patterns for your stitching. Check out this video to see some examples of what can be done with this ruler and mat.