I've Been Organizing.......

Beginning August 1 2012 CTMH had a new Idea Book launch. I wanted to be able to keep a record of products I own both stamps and everything else. So I made one book to log any stamps I already own and room for ones I hope to own. I made a second book that lists all the papers, ribbons, brads, chipboard's, rub ons, tools, etc. In other words everything else you can think of.
The picture below is my Supplies Book.

I used mostly CTMH products. They are CTMH unless stated. Papers is from Cherry-O to cover the book. I used 3 different B&T papers.  I added some paper flowers I had in my stash. The button is from the Basic buttons and tied with the Basics Twine. cardstock is Blush and Chocolate for the label. I ound it all together with my Bind-It -All.

These show a couple of my inside pages. The view on the left are where I mark the inks, markers, card stock, and re-inkers I own. I added a card stock circle for each of the colors. That gives me a quick visual of the color when I am looking for one to match what I am working on. The view on the right shows all the different tabs I have throughout the book. I used my Dymo label maker to identify each tab. Some of the tabs I have are Organization products, ribbons, albums, glues, embellishments, Dimensional Elements, My Creations chipboard etc.

The second book below is the book to record the stamps I own.

I again used mostly CTMH products unless stated otherwise. I used the Caprice papers to cover this book. I added a Kraft border strip that I inked with Crystal Blue ink first The flowers are misc from my stash with buttons from CTMH. The label was made from a Milepost shape. It is corrugated on one side and smooth on the other. I used the smooth side and stamped "My Stamps" with Cocoa ink. Again it was bound with the Bind-It-All.


This is a view of the inside. I put in tabs from A_Z and record my stamps alphabetically. I also used a separate tab for Alphabets which I put in first.

The next picture shows all the tabs and my listing on one of the tabs.



The next book I have to go along with my stamp book is an old photo album that I have 3 x 5 pictures of each of my stamps. Again it is in the same alphabetical order.  I log everything in this book except for Christmas/Holiday which are in a smaller book of there own. I also have tabs dividing it in alphabetical order A-Z. It matches the written version of my system. The last part to my system is that I store my stamps in large drawers of a chest I have in my scraproom. I didn't think to add a picture of that here. But it has the alphabetical dividers and all the stamps are in the same order as the books. So if I am working on a project and have something in mind I can flip through my picture book of my stamps and look for the image I want. The name is recorded there as well so I can to my drawers and find it easily. The written part of the book helps both in knowing what I have so I don't buy it again lol.

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Lucy Card

When we celebrated our 25 th Wedding Anniversary I used the colors from the Lucy paper pack in my decorations and invitations. To keep my theme going I made my Thank You cards with the same papers. Cute & Simple.

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"You are my Joy"

I got out one of my older paper packs to make a layout I had planned on making but just never got to it. Do you know what I mean? Time gets away from you and WOW all of a sudden you are days weeks or months down the road.

So today I have a layout from the CTMH paper pack called "Lucy". It has the colors of Blush, Sweet Leaf, and  Grey Wool. I used the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge to make some flowers for some of the embellishments and the mats for the photo. I used a stamp set called "Keepsake Alphabet" for prt of the title. It is an alphabet that you can connect the letters when stamping to look like handwriting. It was a fun way to add interest to the layout. A few other embellishments I used were Bitty Pearls, Paradise Paper flowers, White buttons from the Basic collection , Dimensional Elements for the Hearts, Blush brads, Sweet Leaf ribbon Waxy flax and embroidery floss for stitching.

I used the pictures from my Granddaughter's 4th Birthday. She was dressed in the perfect colors. How often does that happen?? lol My daughter is the talented cake maker. She made the "Pirate" cake totally from scratch. She makes them down to the tiniest detail. I can't wait to see what her cake will be for her 5th Birthday.

Hope you enjoy these layouts. Come back soon for my next post.

 

"Cherish"

I have been back working in my craft room. Sorry for the number of days between posts. I hope to have much more regular posting of projects. Thanks so much for staying with me.

This layout was made with the Stella paper pack from CTMH. The colors are Lagoon, Cocoa, Olive, and Sunset.The colors were perfect to feature my little Grandson on these pages.  I used some stamping techniques to make the embellishments and title. The flowers were made from a lamp shade stamp and the variety of decorative panels for the lamp shade. Then turned  upside down and voila you have flowers. Some other embellishments I used were Dimensional Hearts,and the  Bohemian Assortment which are the crochet flowers and buttons.  title was stamped using the "Token Alphabet" and the 1 1/4" circle punch.  I took the the Art Philosophy cartridge and using Sunset CS cut hearts to cover the Dimensional Hearts.  To finish it off I inked all the papers with Cocoa ink.

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Another Pemberley card

I really love the colors and patterns in the Pemberley paper pack and wanted to show you another card I had made using this paper pack. This one is a 3 1/2 x 8 card. I used the stamp called Card Word Puzzle for the stamped flowers and part of the sentiment. There are a few techniques in this card.
1. Stamping and cutting out of elements.
2 Layering on the blue flower and the card itself.
3.Using other elements, such as a flower in the wood shapes.
4. To add a bit of bling some bitty pearls were added to the wood shaped flower.
5. Hand stitching along the Outdoor Denim strip.
6. Adding a unique element by cutting out 3 of the octagon shapes in the B&T paper and having just one edge of them peeking out from the Outdoor Denim strip.
The colors use in this card are Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand, Indian Corn Blue on a White Daisy card base.

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Pemberley Card

I am so sorry for the delay in posting some projects for all of you. I hope to be posting much more frequently. Today I have a card made from the Pemberley paper pack from CTMH. I am going to talk about 2 techniques I used in making this card. First  I had fun coloring the sunflower stamp with 3 different inks and my waterbrush. To make the flower center  I added some Bronze Stardust Glitter glue. Secondly, do you see the circle with Happy Anniversary on it? The piece around it is one of the irresistibles from CTMH. They are shapes in white chipboard with a resist design on them called Persnickety Jounaling Spots. When you take the color ink you want to use and rub over the shape a beautiful design emerges. The sheet comes with a number of different shapes and designs on them. They are lot's of fun to add to all different projects.
The colors used in this card are Outdoor Denim, Olive, Sunflower, Goldrush,  Sunkiss Yellow and Bamboo for the card base.

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Life is Tweet!!

The June SOTM is packed with a number of fun stamps. I made up this card to show just a few of the stamps that are a part of this stamp set.  Isn't it a cute set?

It also has a couple of Cricut cuts that match up with two of the stamps. That is always a fun addition to the stamp set.

Now on to how I made this little card. It is a 4 x 4 card cut using Kraft CS and the Art Philosophy cartridge. Note : I inked all the papers with Cocoa ink.

First  I took two B&T papers from an older kit I have called Magnifique to make the cream colored layer and the strip going across the front of the card. The cream B&T was Cricut cut at 3 1/2" using the same design as the card. The strip is a 3/4" x 4" and cut to match the shape of the card on the right side.

 Next I did another  Cricut cut for the scalloped flower shape. I used  Kraft CS paper and then stamped the matching design from the stamp set with Cocoa ink. I stamped this design again on Colonial White CS with Tulip ink and used only the center portion. Attach it to the center of the flower with some foam tape. Set this aside.

Attach the cream piece centered on the front of the card. Then add your 3/4" strip across the center of the card.

Stamp with Cocoa ink the following on the cream B&T. The small bird in the bottom right corner and the small set of flowers in the upper left. Add just the tiny little flower just below the 3/4" strip and above the little bird. 

Attach the large flower towards the left centered over the strip. The last couple of steps are thread a chocolate flower button with colonial white floss and attach to the strip at the far right and sing a while pen I made stitch lines around the cream B&T paper. * You can do actual stitching if you prefer and then cut another shape to to place on the inside cover to hide your stitching. I love to stitch and usually do but I needed to get these done in  hurry so used the pen.

Hope you enjoy!! See you next time.

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Beautiful Florentine

There are a number of beautiful papers in the CTMH line but the one named Florentine is absolutely gorgeous!!. It has shades of Garden Green, Brown Bag, Twilight and Vanilla Cream.  I really liked how one of the pages  in the Idea book using this paper was made, so I got busy and made it up. Then to make a companion page for it I used another layout featured in the Idea Book and tweaked it a bit.

Both of these layouts have  a lot of BLING!!! I used Liquid Glass, Bitty Buds, Sparkle Flourishes, Pearls, Timeless Charms, Wood shapes and Crochet Flowers. The Cricut was used for the Title and some of the stamped pieces. I still have to finish my journaling but then it will be completely done. These were a bit time consuming to make but I enjoyed every step of the way.

A couple of the techniques I used were the Liquid Glass was added to all the hearts on both layouts. Stamping with the masking technique, Stitching with a double row, and stamping on the wood shapes. I love using new techniques when I scrap and some of the tried and true ones too.

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 I will be back with a few more projects for you soon.

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!!!

I want to wish everyone a very Happy Mother's Day tomorrow.  I am fortunate in that I will be able to spend my Mother's Day with my only child, my daughter and her family. Have a great Day!!!

Stella Layout

Oh my gosh it has been  a while since I have posted any artwork for all of you. I have been so busy with other things that my scrapping has taken a back seat. Well sort of.... I was busy making things just no time to post anything. So today I have a layout to show you using the Stella paper pack from CTMH. This was a really fast layout to make because I used the canvas shapes that were an added embellishment to the Stella collection.. I also used the Bohemian Assortment to further embellish the pages. This assortment comes with crochet flowers and a variety of buttons.

I hope you like these pages. I should be posting more projects in a timely manner in the coming days.
ENJOY!!!

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Pemberley Layout

Another really paper pack from CTMH is one called Pemberley. It has beautiful blues and browns with a touch of a soft yellow. The color names are Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand, Creme Brulee. This particular layout comes from the Magic How To Book . The pattern name is Enchantment.
The stickease that corrdinate with this paper pack are the embellishments long with The Just Blooms paper Flowers and the Bouquet Assortment. It uses all 4 x 6 pictures. To finish it off  I added a bit of stitching across the Outdoor Denim CS. Because there is a scallop border sticker above this piece it makes it gives it a double embellishment.

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Easter card # 2

This is the card I used the "Adhesive Springs" on. It probably is hard to tell but the middle bunny is the one with the spring attached. So he is sitting up from his brothers and sisters. What is so nice about these springs is that they flatten down flat to the card for putting git in the envelope and mailing. But when the card is removed it will spring into action.
I used the stamp set "My Peeps". I used the border strip that says- Happy Easter to my peeps with Baby Pink ink and stamped it over and over on the base white card. Then I used a Fiskars border punch and Smoothie CS to add a  bit of an accent. The bottom paper is a textured Sweet Leaf CS piece. Then I stamped the eggs and colored them with CTMH colored pencils and a waterbrush. I stamped the bunny with Smoothie ink on Baby Pink CS three times and cut them out. The center one like I said has the spring attached and I added Licorice Opaque Pearls for the eyes and nose. The other two bunnies I used a black marker for their eyes and nose. Before adding that center piece to the card I added the flower embellishment from the Just Blooms Paradise collection and a sweet leaf button from the Spring Button collection to the top left corner of the card.

I hope you enjoy this card. Thanks for stopping by.
I wish all of you a very Happy Easter!!

Easter Card #1

I wanted to share a couple of Easter Cards I have been able to get made amongst all those Bunnies!! LOL I used a stamp set called "My Peeps" for the egg border. To color the eggs I used colored pencils and my waterbrush. The papers are from "Lucy" and Sweet Leaf & Smoothie Card stocks. To embellish I added some Sorbet ribbon and I used a Fiskars Border punch called "Apron Lace".

I have another Easter card I will post tomorrow. In that one I used a new product to me called "adhesive springs". Come back to see how I used them.

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It started with TWO and then....

What I mean by my title is that Easter has taken over my craft room! I have bunnies multiplying like crazy. I am having so much fun making these little bunnies come to life. I have made a few different styles and sizes.  I used my Cricut, my Gypsy  and the AP CTMH cricut cartridge to make each and every one.
First up I have shown previously but wanted to include them again with all of there companions.

These two bunnies have a basket thy are attached to so you can add a little candy treat. I made a little girl bunny and a little boy bunny. By using ovals and circles along with a body shape and a few strips for whiskers, when all put together you get a CUTE Bunny.

My next group of Bunnies has a Mom and two little children shown here. These bunnies double as a card also. I took a heart and attached another heart at the pointed ends welding the two together with my Gypsy. So they open up and you can have an Easter message inside. They are also attached to a basket you can fill with goodies. Don't they all of there own look even though they are all made using the same pieces?

Oh MY!!! Mom and Dad sure were busy!! LOL Now to explain just why I made so many bunnies. I decided for Easter dinner they would make cute place cards at the table. Because the front piece flips open I was able to stamp Happy Easter and add each persons name that will be at Easter Dinner. Like the one above they are attached to a basket which I will add jelly beans, foil chocolate eggs, Robin Bird eggs etc as a little treat for each person.

Because I was having so much fun making bunnies I added a couple more to the group. This one was made just a bit different adding some teeth, making it with only white card stock and giving it color and character with Hollyhock sponging. I added two Licorice Opaque Gems for her eyes and cut into the face for some whiskers. Again it is attached to a basket so you include some treats. 

My last bunny is a full standing up bunny. I used Desert Sand Card stock, White Daisy CS and Blush for the inner ears. I added some white pen markings to give him a little personality.

I want to give thanks to all the other creative people on the web that I got my inspiration from. It was so much fun to do. I thought I was done but I  need to make a few more for the Easter Dinner table.  Then I will be done.

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Lucy layout # 2