Hugs Card

I used the Ivy Lane Paper, once again, to create this card.  I chose to use Pattern #19 from the Make It From Your Heart, Volume 2.  This is my version...

Front of Card

Inside of Card

These are the basics of what was used to make this card:

• Ivy Lane Paper Pack
• Hollyhock, Kraft and Bamboo Cardstock
• Hollyhock Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad
• Burlap Ribbon
• Acrylic Flower (retired)
• Sparkles Brown and Tan Assortment
• Bohemian Alphabet My Acrylix Stamp Set (retired)
• Card Chatter - Sympathy (retired)
• CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (page 81 cut at 4 inches)
• Make It From You Heart, Volume 2

Peace and Comfort Card

I used Ivy Lane B&T Duos as a starting point for this card.  I also used Pattern number 22 from Make It From Your Heat, Volume 2.

Front of the Card

Inside of the Card

Close up of Card Detail

These are the basics that were used to complete this card:

• Ivy Lane Paper Pack
• Hollyhock, Bamboo and Kraft cardstock
• Smokey Plum Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad
• Purple Glitter Gems
• Stitch Guide
• Piercing Tool Kit
• Embroidery Floss (retired)
• 3-D Foam Tape
• Words of Comfort My Acrylix Stamp Set, C1524
• CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (page 51 cut at 3 inches)
• Make It From Your Heart, Volume 2

Artbooking Made Easy: Capturing Snapshots

The lastest installment of the CTMH Artbooking Made Easy video series explores some creative uses for elements found on the Snapshots Mini Album Keys, which are found on pages 40 & 41 of the handbook.  Enjoy the peek inside this cute mini album and the fun inking technique that Jill demonstrates using sponge daubers and our pigment inks....

 

Remake - Birthday Card

I was drawn to the "just because" bard shown on page 94 of the 2014 Spring Summer Idea Book.  I love the color combination and the fresh feel that the card conveys.  I needed a birthday card and decided that I would adapt this card.  I was very pleased with the results...

Card Front

Inside of Card

Close up view of some design details.

Additional view of design details

 These are the basics that were used to complete this page:

• Daisy White, Sky, Topiary, Champagne Cardstock
• Sky Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad
• Topiary Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad
• Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon
• Green and Blue Epoxy Bubbles
• Trinkets Wooden Shapes Color Ready Accents
• In the Background My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1540
• Frame Flair My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1546
• Holiday Tags My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1560
• Card Chatter - Sympathy My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1476 (retired)
• Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (cut from page 54 of handbook, 2")

Artbooking Made Easy: Artbooking My Life

Take your no-hassle, ready-to-use Picture My Life™ scrapbooking to the next level by incorporating various cutouts from the Artbooking cartridge! You will be thrilled with the infinite possibilities available when pairing Artbooking shapes with the easy, ready-to-use cards from the Picture My Life scrapbooking programs. Check it out here, along with charming Mother’s Day gift ideas.

Project Inspiration: Hip Pics Album

Create a heartfelt gift for your mother using the My Creations™ Hip Pics album and the My Acrylix™ Mother’s Day stamp set. Decorate the pocket photo pages with sentimental photos, stylish embellishments, and memorable words of gratitude to show her how much she means to you.

Lagoon - Just a Little Prayer Card

I wanted to send a card to a friend to remind her that I was praying for her and to brighten her day.  This was the result.  I simply started with the idea that I wanted to use Lagoon cardstock and the Quatrefoil Embossing Folder from CTMH.  This is where the creative path led...

Front of card

Close up of embossing and rosette

Inside of the Card

There are the basics that were used to create this card:

• Lagoon  and Daisy White Cardstock
• Quatrefoil Embossing Folder
• Lagoon Exclusive Ink
• Sarita Paper Pack
•  Artiste Cricut Cartridge
• Card Chatter - Sympathy My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1476, retired
• Washi Wonder My Acrylix Stamps, D1558 (retired)
• Sparkles Clear Flourishes - Small
• Button and Ribbon, retired CTMH products

Floating Your Fancy

Wow!  I so love both of these ideas and they are so simple to make.  Watch the video as Monica shows you how to create unique home decor items that are not only beautiful but that can easily be tailored to fit any decor.

Lollydoodle - You're Amazing

Being a lover of everything pink, I was drawn to this pink B&T paper in the Lollydoodle paper pack.  It made the perfect background for this page, even though pink was no where to be found in my pictures.  Our schools have school uniforms, which severely limits the wardrobe choices to three main colors.  For my daughter's elementary school the colors were red, white and blue.  These are truly wonderful colors, but sometimes a girl just needs a little pink.

These are the basics that were used to complete this page:

• Lollydoodle B&T paper, as the base of this layout
• Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
• Artiste Cricut Cartridge
• Slate, Cotton Candy, Daisy White cardstock
• Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
• Word Balloons, D1531, one of the Artiste Cricut Cartridge stamp sets
• Kudos, D1530, one of the Artiste Cricut Cartridge stamp sets
• Hooray Bouquet, D1491
• In the Background, D1340, retired
• Universal Borders, D1477, retired
• Bitty Sparkles
• misc contraband flowers from my stash
• 2 inch Scallop punch, retired 

The CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge cuts:

• <Flower6> at 1.25 and 2 inches, page 29, from White Daisy cardstock
• <Flower3> at 1 and 1.5 inches, page 57, from White Daisy cardstock

The CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge cuts:

• Accent 2 <shift> at 1.75 inches, page 65, from White Daisy cardstock

 Here are a couple of close up pictures of the some of the stamped cricut cuts...

Artbooking Made Easy: All-Star Scrapbooking

In this video, Hannah gives us a close up view of the Teamwork Keys, which are found on pages 82-83 of the CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge.  She also offers several examples of projects created using these sports-themed keys.  With footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, and teamwork sentiments, these cutouts are the perfect accent to any team photos, whether it be sports, dance, or other activities. Yet the pennant banner, chevron overlays, and star border are just the thing for any theme!

Lollydoodle - Be Yourself

The Lollydoodle paper is full of fun colors and you can easily emphasize whichever one suits your mood and the colors featured in your pictures. The subject matter of this layout was my daughter's mis-matched clothes day for school and she was wearing practically every color in her closet. Because I simply love pink and orange, they were the colors I chose to emphasize. 

This was a fun layout to make and it came together really quickly without a lot of fuss.  I used a couple of cuts from my CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge, stamped a few images/sentiments and added a couple of items from the Lollydoodle Assortment.  Easy, peasy...my page was done :-)

These are the basics that were used to complete this page:

• Lollydoodle B&T paper, as the base of my layout
• Lollydoodle Assortment
• Artiste Cricut Cartridge
• Cotton Candy, Sorbet and Juiper cardstock
• Dimensional Elements (which are packaged with the Artiste Cricut Collection) 
• Pear Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad 
• Enjoy the Little Things, B1451, only available as a Hostess Reward

The Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut Cuts used on this layout:

• Overlay, page 42, from Cotton Candy cardstock.  Used the Hide/Contour feature (which is available in the Cricut Craft room) to tell my machine not to cut the 3 holes, that are in the original overlay.
• Border, page 48, from Sorbet cardstock.  Used the Weld feature (which is also available in the Cricut Craft Room) to get a segment wide enough to cover the 12 inch page width.
• Title <shift> (my journalling box), page 41, from Sorbet cardstock.  Used the Hide/Contour feature to only cut the exterior of the word balloon.  
• Title, page 41,  from Cotton Candy cardstock to cut my title.
• Title <shift>, page 79, from Sorbet cardstock. 

Detail of the dimensional element arrow that has been covered with a stamped cricut cut.  The stamp is from Enjoy the Little Things, B1451, which is currently available as a Hostess Rewards Stamp.

Detail of additional stamped images from Enjoy the Little Things, B145.