Lucy layout # 2

Easter is coming soon

I love Easter. Especially now again because of my Grandkids. My memories of how much fun it was going on Easter Egg hunts and looking for my Easter Basket. So while surfing the web at all the crafty people out there I put together this Easter Basket. I'm sorry I don't have the specific name of the main creator of this bunny but I want to thank you very much for your creativity.
I used the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge by CTMH , my Gypsy and a couple of circle punches to make these bunny baskets.
I used white and Cotton Candy CS and inked the edges with Grey Wool ink. A white pen to make her eyes. You can make all different expressions with just a bit of white.

 I made this basket  in two sizes. By changing the ribbon bow to pink or blue you can have a boy bunny or girl bunny. I am going to fill them with a little easter grass and jelly beans etc. The bunny is built onto the front of a box that the treats will go in.

This one is the smaller one. It may be hard to tell in the pictures. But aren't they cute litte  bunnies?

This is the bigger of the two Easte Bunny Baskets.

                     Here is the back of the box/basket. I added a bit of polyfill for her tail.   I love these! I hpe you do to.
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Lucy Layout #1

I love the colors of pink and green and the lucy paper pack from CTMH is just that. This line also has Glittery Rub-Ons that coordinate with it which are easy and fun to use on this layout.

All the embellishments on these pages are from the Glittery Rub Ons. The base page is Sweet leaf pattern paper, Grey Wool CS and two other pattern papers from the Lucy kit. It is a great design for using lot's of photos too.

I hope you enjoy this layout. I wil be back with more from this same kit soon.

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6 Petal Flower

I love making these little 3x3 cards and in doing so I am trying my hand at making different flowers on each one. While browsing the internet I have come across a number of different flowers. I wanted to try my hand at making some of them.  So today I have a 3x3 card that I used the Lucy paper X7149B for the flower and card pieces. For the 1/4" strip I used Pear CS. The flower is made from another B&T in the Lucy paper pack. To make this flower first you need to cut 6 of Petal 1 on page 65 and 1 of Flower 7 on page 39 of the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  The Flower 7 is the cut for the base to build your flower on. The 6 petals will make up your flower. To finish the fower I added a large Cream pearl from the Opaque pearls. The ink colors I used are Sweet Leaf,Pear, and Cotton Candy.
It is an easy flower to make but hard to describe in the written form. If you are interested in making this flower leave me a comment and I will put up step by step pictures for you.

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3x3 Lucy Card

I have a 3x3 card for all of you today. Isn't it Sweet?? I am interested right now in making my own Flowers either with the Cricut or Stamps or whatever way possible. This flower was made using the stamp set,  B1365 Spring Up. One of the stamps included in this set is a polka dot flower. It has lines that after it is stamped you cut along the lines to form the flower. To get the flower full looking like this one you need to stamp the flower twice. One is cut out and left flat. The other is cut along the lines and then rolled up with tweezers. Oh!! before I rolled it up I inked the edges and used a small round stick to curl the flower petal edges.  I added a couple of leaves and a tag stamped with "Spring" attached with Bakers Twine and some Color Ready seam binding ribbon to complete the card. The Color Ready Seam Binding is a ribbon that you can color any color you want or use it as it comes. I used the Pear ink in this example using a dauber. It covered it really nicely. This is going to be a fun product to use.
I will list the CTMH supplies below. If you would like step by step pictures leave me a comment and I will add them to this post.

Supplies (all CTMH):
B1365 Spring Up
Z1732 Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon
X7149B Lucy Level 2 Paper Pack
Z1701 Neutral Baker's Twine
Z2108 Brown Bag Ink
Z2197 Pear Ink
Z2193 Cotton Candy Ink
Z2153 Sweet Leaf Ink
Z1375 Kraft CS
Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge ( tag page 50 cut at 1 1/4")

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XOXO Layout

Sorry for the delay in getting some projects posted. Life got in the way of my crafting!! But I am back in my craft room and hope to get busy with lot's of fun projects. I will post as I get them done.

Today I have a layout made with all CTMH products. This one has some of my favorite colors Olive and Smokey Plum. Isn't it a pretty combination? To put this layout together I used a combination of two paper packs., Enchanted and Sonoma. I love to use different techniques when working on my projects  and for this layout I did some tone on tone stamping and making my own flowers. I stamped a cluster of designs on the left page in the upper left of the base page and another one on the Right page in the bottom right corner using Olive Ink. The flowers were made by using a leaf stamp to make a flower. I used Smokey Plum Ink. You take the large outline leaf stamp and stamp it 5 times going around in a circle. Then to fill color to the inside of the leaf outline I turned the stamp around and used the back side with second generation Smokey Plum Ink (which is a flat oval shape now) and stamped over each petal made with the outline leaf stamp.When you are done you end up with Flowers!! I made 3 large ones and 2 using the small outline leaf stamp. Now cut them out and ink the edges with Smokey Plum ink. To embellish the pages and finish the flower centers  I used the Pewter Mini medley collection. Now I just need to get the pictures on and it will be officially finished.

I hope you Enjoyed this post. I'll be back soon with another project.

Love layout

Today I have a 2 page layout using the Roxie paper. It would work really good for Valentine Day pictures.  This layout features  the colors of Tulip, Smoothie, Black and Desert Sand. I used the Cricut cart from CTMH for the circle. There is some second generation stamping with the roses, the bling buttons and stick pins from the Bling Assortment pack, Black Hemp and a title stamped using the alphabet called Chocolate small for all the embellishment parts of the layout. To give the scallop trim a bit more bling I added some clear bitty sparkles to every other printed sparkle. Of course I am missing my pictures which will make the layout look even better and come alive. I will update this post when I get my pictures added.

Thanks for stopping by. I wish everyone a vey Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Here are a few Valentine projects that can hold a sweet treat for that special someone. There are so many talented crafters on the web and I have taken from those that I have seen for making the following.

This is a Treat Box. I used a die and the Cuddlebug to cut the Heart opening and then placed a piece of Transparency over the opening. Then using items from my stash I stamped "Be My Valentine" on a banner which was attached across the Heart. Then I took 3 sizes of Prima flowers in pinks and red to finish the embellishment. (I filled it with JuJu hearts)

Owls are all the rage right now so why not make a Valentine with an Owl. This one was totally cut from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. I used the Roxie paper and Tulip CS to make the pillow box that the Owl is built on.  I finished him off with cream pearls for the eyes and a little card is his hand.This was not my original design and I can't think of who made him but a Big Thank You for your creativity.

These two Heart Boxes came to be after I got looking through the CTMH cartridge and saw the Heart Box shape. I have 2 Grandchildren and thought they would be cute for them. So I made a Pink one for the girl and a red one for the boy. To decorate I again used bits and pieces from my stash. I didn't make these very big. I cut these at 5.5" But you could make these whatever size you wanted. I used one of the border designs for the handle.

My last one is a strip of CS folded in two places to make the shape shown above. I took my Doily Lace Martha Stewart border punch and red CS to make a pretty edging. Then finished it with ribbon and items from my stash again. You open the flap and the next flap where you can put in a small bag of candy. To close the flap I used a small piece of velcro.

I hope you enjoyed these Valentine Treat projects. Thanks for stopping by.
Have a very Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Sonoma Stickease layouts

I made these layouts using the Sonoma papers and the Stickease that were made for it. This is a really fast way to make some pretty layouts. This layout also had a different design t it that i wanted t give a try. The layout is made where it is tilted on the base page. I am such a linear and exacting type scrapper that this was a big challenge for me. But I have to say I really liked how it turned out and will probably try this again. Besides the stickers the only other embellishemnt I added was some ribbon.

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A Beautiful Vintage Sonoma Layout

I had so much fun putting this beautiful Vintage feel layout together using the Sonoma Paper line from CTMH. I love the Smokey Plum, Bamboo and Olive colors together. This layout had quite a bit of stamping. But you know how I LOVE to stamp!! The border strip that looks like lace is actually two rows of stamped images that were layered together. I layered two Cocoa ribbons right above it and a strip of smokey plum CS above that. I used the AP CTMH cricut cartridge for a few of the embellishment cuts.. The grouping in the bottom right corner is a number of stamped and cutout images bundled together and pop dotted for a pretty accent. I also used the new Pin Clips to hold the butterflies and inserted them in both the upper and lower corners. For a little bling I added some light purple sparkles The papers were also distressed with a distressing tool or scissors and then inked..

I hope you enjoy this layout as much as I enjoyed making it. I have a couple more pages to show you . Stop back in a couple of days to see them.

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CTMH Retiring Items

A favorite scrapbook,card making, 3D and Home Dec company of mine is CTMH. On Feb 1st they will be coming out with their new Spring/Summer Catalog with lot's of New products. So because of that they will need to Retire some of the "old" products. These items will be available until January 31st. You can go online to order. I want to give A BIG thank you to Tamytha Jenkins for putting this slideshow together.

More " Elemental " layouts

I am updating this post with new pictures of the layouts. I added machine stitching and some more embellishements. I still need to get the pictures on. Soon I hope.

Today I have another 2 page layout using the Elemental paper line again. I don't have my pictures on yet but I will be putting some more of my Grandson's photos on them. I used a new product, to me at least,  to accent the pages. They are called Journaling Pockets. I also used a Cork alphabet which gives it a different texture. Plus a couple  of Kraft border strips. I left them in the kraft color this time but you can ink them , stamp on them , add glitter etc.

It was a fun layout to put together. Lot's of stamping, which I love to do!!

See you next time.
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A FUN layout with "Elemental"

One of the many beautiful paper packs offered by CTMH is one called Elemental. I feel it is a very neutral line. Everything from babies, children, events, Christmas etc can be scrapped using this line. I had made some Christmas cards with this paper and now am showing you a layout featuring my little Grandson.
This layout uses the Dimensional Element Chipboard that is a coordinating product for Elemental. I haven't used a set like this previously and wanted to try it out.  Very little paper is used which is not my usual. The Dimensional Elements are what make these pages shine. Circles galore!!! All different sizes, colors, plain and decorated. A few brads and of course CUTE pictures and the layouts are completed.
I hope you enjoy this post.
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A few more Christmas Projects

I have just a few ore projects I had made for Christmas but didn't get posted. So here we go.

First I have another box similar to the boxes I posted earlier.I just did a variation in the decorating. This one is also pictured  in the current  CTMH Idea Book . It was fun to make all different styles and there are so many more that can be made.  This one I cut  a window in the front panel and placed a piece of transparency across the opening I stamped on the front and added a scallop trim. I then stamped some ornaments and holly leaves and cut them out to decorate the front even more. There are so many ways to decorate this style box and for any occasion. I'm sure I will be making more of these.

Another project I made was Candy Cane Covers.

Aren't they CUTE??!!! They were all cut completely on the Cricut with the Art Philosophy CTMH cartridge. Add some inking,glitter and a white pen for that twinkle in there eyes.I put them on candy canes but you could also use them as a box front. I saw this idea on the web. There are so many great projects out there!! I have so much fun seeing all the talented crafters out there. I enjoy this hobby so much!! I can't wait to start my next card, layout, or 3D project.

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time with something new.

Christmas Banner

I previously had made a Halloween Banner posted here out of a chipboard banner package from CTMH. To be able to use it for more than one holiday I made the other side to hang at Christmas. So I took Christmas papers, stamps, buttons, glitter, and doo dads to decorate each banner section on the opposite side. Because there are 8 pieces  in this package, and I was tying to come up with a  word or words that I would use to spell across it. I thought of Believe, Joy, Merry to name  few but  I wanted an evenness to it so I decided on HO HO HO. This gave me two that I could use between each Ho Ho. I am showing them in groups of two with the last picture the whole banner. I have it in my entry way above a wooden bench . I used a number of different materials to decorate each banner. Because my papers are in an off white tone I had to alter some of the buttons that were white to an off white color. What I ended up doing was taking a dauber and rubbing an ink color like Desert Sand or Chocolate so it would blend in better. Remember when working on project you can always alter different elements to match what you are working on. Ink, covering with papers, embossing powders, glitter, rub-ons,etc. It was lot's of fun to go through my stash and just play. I really like how it turned out. What do you think?

This last picture shows the complete banner on my wall. I also made the wreath hanging above it. This was done primarily with my Embroidery sewing machine. I stitched out various cacti designs first. Then I put together a background with 3 different fabrics stitched together and attached to the wreath base. Then I made my scene with the stitched out embroidery pieces,  adding some sequins, button light strands etc.

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