I love all the cute cards I make and receive but I find if I put them away in a box I tend to forget I have them and NOT give them away as I should. Recently I started putting my completed cards up on one of our decor frames (this is the colonial white one that comes with a chicken wire insert) and I have to say I love it!!
It looks beautifu
It looks nice
and I now use my cards MUCH more- after all the point is not to accumulate this HUGE pile of cards but to give them away and spread joy and thoughtfulness.
There are so many fun ways to use our decor frames- here are the two styles we currently sell.
Keeping with the post from yesterday I wanted to post another layout – this time using Jubilee paper and complements- that is simple and easy! This one was inspired by some of the artwork released by Close to my Heart for the Jubilee paper and accessories- I adjusted a few things to fit my photos and papers.
My layout uses the following items:
Make it from Your Heart Volume 2, pattern 10
Jubilee paper
Jubilee Complements
Jubilee Assortment
Bakers twine
This paper is fun (and like all our papers it is versatile)- it worked perfectly for pictures I took a few springs ago when we visited a farm over the Easter weekend!
Lollydoodle is certainly one of the most popular paper kits this Idea book- the whimsical and beautiful spring colours work for so many different layouts. Although the kit seems to have a lot of pinks- many of the flip side of those pieces are more neutral colours and one of the patterned pieces is blue with a green flip side- definitely a kit that can be used for boys and girls!
This Lollydoodle layout was created using the following products:
Lollydoodle paper pack
Lollydoodle Complements
Lollydoodle Assortment
Chocolate woodgrain washi tape
pink glitter gems
The layout pattern itself was one I found on pinterest (you can follow my pinterest boards if you look at the bar on the right and click on the pinterest link you see there). The cuts for this layout were all very simple- I did cut the circle on my cricut (all of our cartridges have a circle and square image for simplicity purposes) but you can use whatever tool you have for creating circles.
Earlier this week I introduced you to the Lollydoodle Card Workshop- every Idea book we have two wonderful card kits to chose from (or you can get both because they are so cute and who doesn’t need cards!). This is our Ivy Lane Card workshop kit- you receive the paper, instructions, accessories and exclusive stamp set all for only $24.95. Now the one thing to know about this one is that it does require you to own the CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy if you would like to create it as shown BUT if you don’t have the cartridge yet you can always you straight cuts to finish the card kit OR hand trim some of the images (these ones are not so bad for that). This kit is worth it! The cards are very beautiful!
Here are the images as they appear in the kit- feel free to click on the link if you would like to order this kit!
This workshop on the go kit will not disappoint- the kit includes all the paper, cards and envelopes, accessories, exclusive stamp set and a workshop guide to give you step by step instructions so that you can create the cards seen here (5 of each design)- and all for only $24.95!!
If you would like to order this owl-dorable set- the click on this image to go straight to it!
Today is my last post in the paper fundamentals feature- this one is a layout that I featured on Tuesday for the technique blog post (feel free to click here to visit the how to behind what I did).
This layout used the paper fundamentals quatrefoil pattern (the glossy side) and the ink I added for the ‘ghosting’ affect does not stick to the glossy. This means that if you rub ink in certain spots you will make the pattern POP! I used the white daisy pigment ink on this layout.
The layout also features strips of patterned paper from all of our paper lines. I did some hand-drawn doodling to add the stitches and the lines around the layout. My fan was cut using the cricut Artiste cartridge and covered with the gold polka dot washi tape. A fun layout for my little diva!
Another paper fundamentals project today- this one showing a masculine birthday card. In this project I used the beige paper (it has little embosses hearts on it) to create my pennant and the piece behind the patterned paper from timberline. I stamped happy Birthday and added some epoxy bubbles and natural bakers twine to finish it off.
Come back friday for another project- this one a layout!
This week our technique will be on resist ink- and it will be a little different in that I won’t be sharing a picture of the finished project until Friday so be sure to come back and visit!
To create the resist you can use a few different things- our paper fundamentals line is perfect for this as it already has a glossy image (like you can see here). You can also use heat embossing to create your own image for resist.
The resist piece works when you add ink- in the case of my sample I used our white daisy pigment but any ink will do. I rubbed the ink on with a sponge and wherever the glossy image is will RESIST the ink- hence the name of the technique!
Here is a close up on the resist area on my finished project- your sneak peek until friday….
Welcome to our Emboss it Blog Hop that is celebrating the release of CTMH embossing folders! I am so happy to add these to my stash (I had a few others but rarely used them) and to dig out my cuttlebug once again! If you have hoped over from Melinda’s blog then you are on the correct path and I hope you enjoy the experience!
To create my card I used the Dot embossing folder and one of our new M sized stamp sets- coloured egg. I cut my card base on our Cricut Artiste cartridge and then layered some of our glitter paper (LOVE the glitter papers) with some slate cardstock that I embossed. My egg image was stamped and then coloured with our markers as well as paper piecing some glitter paper onto it. Then to add to the detail of the egg I outlined the image with a black marker (fine tip).
Here is some of what I used:
Now hop on over to Toni’s blog to see what she has in store for you!
Welcome back to another technique tuesday! The week I am going to show you how to colour in an image with our ink and the CTMH blending pen (often referred to as the ‘magic pen’ and you will soon see why!).
This pen can easily help alleviate the need for MANY markers to go with your inks- if you don’t have it in marker form you can use your ink to replace it!
The blending pen does have two tips- a paintbrush one (like in the picture) and a fine tip one as well). To pick up ink with your pen just squeeze your lid into your ink pad (when the pad is closed) and then open it- you should see something similar to my image here. This ink can be used like a palette- just rub your blending pen through it and pick up the ink.
Then take your pen and colour in your image as you would with a marker- you may need to pick up more ink to fill in your image completely.
What is the magic part? When you are done with a colour just drag the tip of your pen on a scrap piece of paper until the ink disappears and no colour comes out of the tip. Then you can pick up a new colour! My whole image was coloured with only one pen- in face I have only owned one for a few years now.
Here is my final image! Love how it all came together- the blending pen and the stamp set are featured below 🙂
