Santa Cards Using Sketch

My oldest son is in preschool this year. I wanted to make his teachers cards that were a little more kid friendly, since they are part of a gift from a 3yr old. I used a sketch from Heart 2 Heart Challenges to create a fun Santa card.

I created this design using the retired White Pines paper pack and a retired Santa stamp set. I added green shimmer trim and used the shimmer brush on the snowflake to add some sparkle.

For more information on Heart 2 Heart Challenges click here.

Happy scrapping, my artsy friends!

Two Cards, Different Themes

Hello again! Today is my son's 3rd birthday! Last night I made him a birthday card in the color scheme (Topiary, Indian Corn Blue, and Pomegranate)  of his birthday party. His party theme is PJ Masks, which is a show on Disney Junior.

Despite this show being so popular, Disney has not released any merchandise yet, so I just used the CTMH Balloon Animals (retired) stamps to create this fun card.

I also made a Get Well Soon card for my awesome cousin who has been in the hospital. For this card, I used the colors from the Color My Heart Color Dare #185 and the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #151. 

Unfortunately, there are similar cards on both page already submitted. But, I'm going to submit my anyway, since I did participate.

Supplies:

• Topiary Cardstock
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Kiss It Better Stamp Set
• Cotton Candy Ink Pad
• Glacier Ink Pad
• Sweet Leaf Ink Pad
• Pomegranate Ink Pad
• Topiary Ink Pad
• Sapphire Ink Pad
• Pear Ink Pad

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

4th of July Layout

Hello there, papercrafters! So, I am finally getting back into the swing of things. I am six months pregnant with baby number 2, so my free time has been spent sleeping! I'm getting that second trimester energy burst, so while my toddler was napping today, I was scrapping!!!

So, for our 4th of July 2015, I had a lot of fireworks pictures, but sadly not so many family photos. I wanted to showcase the photos, but I really wanted to emphasis this beautiful patterned paper from the Doodlebug Patriotic Parade paper pack. To do that, I chose a layout from the Make It From the Heart Vol. 2 guidebook. I have used this pattern before, if you would like another example. 

For the left page, I used CTMH cardstock to help layer the Doodlebug design. I also added some stamping from a retired CTMH Pinwheel stamp that I cut first with the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

The Cranberry cardstock pictured above is actually part of the Paper Fundamentals Adventure pack. It's hard to see, but this side of the paper is glossy with understated tone on tone circles. The back of the paper (not pictured) has these circles in white.

For the right page, I jazzed things up with some more of the Pinwheels and some stickers included with the Doodlebug paper pack. I also added a bonus 4x4 photo in the negative space to really make this design my own.

To hold the Pinwheel designs together, I used retired CTMH brads that match this paper perfectly.

Shopping List:

• Adventure Paper Fundamentals
• Cranberry Fundamentals Assortment
• Cranberry Ink Pad
• Whisper Ink Pad
• Sapphire Ink Pad
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Cricut Artiste

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Coast Guard Life

So, Heart 2 Heart Challenges' theme for this week is "Home Is". The point was to create something that represented your hometown, even if you no longer live there. As many of you know, I am a Coast Guard Wife. When people ask me where I'm from my response is either, "Everywhere and Nowhere", or "Wherever the Coast Guard sends us". We are currently stationed in Cleveland, and today, I was invited to a tea at the District 9 Admiral's house, hosted by her husband. I decided that I would make a Thank You card that represented what I consider my ultimate "home", the Coast Guard Family.

I used this week's sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge as my inspiration for the design.

I kept the color scheme totally USCG colors, and added a fun anchor cut from a Spellbinders die using my Cuttlebug. The anchor is a great representation for the USCG, and I really love the texture the die creates.

Ingredients:

• Sunset Cardstock
• Whisper Cardstock
• Sunset Chevron Washi Tape
• Sequins Silver Assortment
• White Daisy Card Bases

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Happy Halloween Witching Card

Welcome back, readers! Today, I am going to show you a Halloween card I made based on this sketch from Heart 2 Heart Challenges.

I decided to create a Halloween card, because I've actually never made one. I used my Cricut Artbooking cartridge, and here is what I came up with.

For the inside, of the card, I layered white cardstock, because the base was black. Then I added a witch's cauldron from the Cricut Mini Monsters cartridge and some more shimmer trim. I left the rest blank, but a sentiment could be added.

I also entered this card for Color My Heart's Color Dare #164.

 Ingredients:

• Nevermore Paper Pack
• Nevermore Complements
• Little Monsters
• Green Shimmer Trim
• Silver Shimmer Trim
• Black Shimmer Trim

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Cars, Trucks, Boy's Life

Hello again, scrappers! I am a little behind in my posting, because I was attending my upline's mini convention over the weekend. I learned so much about the new catalogs that I cannot wait to share it with all of you in a few short weeks! I am still booking parties for the fall, but I am filling up fast, so if you are interested in earning some awesome hostess rewards please contact me ASAP.

Onto the fun stuff... Last week, the Heart 2 Heart Challenge was Ticket to Ride. Since, H2H gives participants the entire month to complete tasks, I am posting mine today!

I decided to create a layout showcasing my son's awesome playroom that my husband and I created for his 2nd birthday. My son is a busy boy who absolutely loves cars and trucks.

So, for this layout I used CTMH Honey and Cranberry cardstock and Topiary ink, but the bulk of the layout was made using Bo Bunny's On the Go paper pack and accessories. This paper pack had the feel we were going for in the playroom.

To embellish, I used some of the coordinating accessories, a Rub-on from Hobby Lobby, and a stencil from Heidi Swapp. I put it all together using a layout from the Make It From the Heart Vol. 1. This layout is a fun design perfect for this topic!

Ingredients:

• Honey Cardstock
• Cranberry Cardstock
• Topiary Ink Pad
• Make It From the Heart Vol. 1

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Back to Basics: Pizza Party Layout

Although I really enjoy making really intricate pages, sometimes I like to go back to basics. I really love Close to My Heart's Make It From the Heart guides. The layouts are a great springboard for beginning scrappers, but they are also great for when you want to bust out a quick, adorable layout.

My son had the chance to make pizzas with our early childhood PTA group. I used the retired Taste of Summer paper pack to create this spread.

Since, I used a very simple layout, I embellished with a maker colored little boy stamp by Cling Stamps. I believe it's called Toby. The balloon stamp and die is from Stampin' Up.

I am entering this layout in Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week. The theme is Life is Good. And, what is better than pizza?

Ingredients:

• White Daisy Cardstock
• Cashmere Cardstock
• Bodacious Banners
• Sunset Ink Pad
• Honey Ink Pad
• Black Ink Pad
• Red Shimmer Trim
• Sparkle and Shine Washi Tape
• Canival Washi Tape 

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Two Layouts, One Sketch

Hello again! Today I am going to show you two more no stamping pages! I had a good response from my Thanksgiving limited stamping pages, so I am going to show you two different spreads using NO STAMPING!

For both of these layouts, I used a sketch from the challenge blog Let's Scrap. Although, the sketch inspired me on these pages, I did deviate from it.

I'm kind of in love with this first spread. I used the Yuletide Carol paper pack and complements to create these pages.

For the left side, I used an overlay from Cricut Artbooking to create this adorable, vintage ornament design. I embellished with a cluster that has a PML card that I cut down and a Santa from the Holiday Happenings Assortment. It's hard to tell in photos, but I actually added a little bling to the ornaments with Stickles.

For the right page, I used some 4x6 flip flaps, so that I could have more photos on the page. I can never have enough Christmas pictures!

For the second spread, I flipped the sketch and kept everything pretty basic.

The left side features an adorable reindeer that I cut from Cricut Artbooking and some more Complements.

For the right page, I used the beautiful flowers on one of the Yuletide Carol pages to create a cluster and cut a border also from Cricut Artbooking to frame the photo.

Ingredients:

• Yuletide Carol Paper Pack
• Yuletide Carol Complements
• Pear & Partridge PML cards
• Holiday Happenings Assortment
• Gold Shimmer Trim
• Gold Gems
• 4x6 Flip Flaps
• Cricut Artbooking

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Game On: Bowling Party

Hello again! This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge is Game On! For this challenge, I decided to scrapbook my brother's 21st birthday party, which was at a bowling alley. The pictures from the evening were quite dark, because bowling alleys are dark in general. So, I tried to balance the dark photos with bright paper that matched the colors of our balls. I used the retired Year Noted paper pack, and a big mix of stamps.

I created my own B&T using the Confetti Wishes Workshop on the Go stamp set. I was trying to mimic the bowling balls again. The original sketch for this layout was from Make It From the Heart Vol. 1, but I have made a significant number of changes, so really only the sizes of the photos are the same.

For the left page, I added three different embellishment sections to balance the negative space of the design. For the first spot, I cut a shoe from the Boys Will Be Boys Cricut cartridge using the same paper pack. And, I used a Heidi Swapp stencil to create the bubble pattern.

For the next one, I used the Documenting Moments stamp set to create a short journaling space.

And, of course, I had to have a banner in the corner. I am seriously obsessed with banners!

For the right page, I mirrored the left page, and added a photo column of 3x3 photos.

I created another cluster embellishment using a retired Hopscotch PML card, another shoe, and the Mini Calendar stamp. And, notice the chevron punch used on both pages. Love it!

The end result was a whimsical spread that captures the night well.

Ingredients:

• Bodacious Banners
• Documenting Moments
• Confetti Wishes Workshop on the Go
• Assorted Edges
• Marquee Uppercase
• Mini Calendar
• Chevron Border Punch
• Black and Grey Epoxy Bubbles
• Sorbet Ink Pad
• Desert Sands Ink Pad
• Black Ink Pad

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Sunsets on the Pier: Another Seaside Layout

As if you haven't noticed, I kind of love the Seaside paper pack! This is my final layout from the pack. I hope you can also see how far this paper really goes. I was able to get quite a few layouts by adding in some extra cardstock and Picture My Life cards.

For this layout, I decided to use a sketch from Make It From the Heart Vol. 2. I have long admired this design, but didn't really have the right pictures for it. This layout calls for really small photos (2.25x2.25 and 1.5x1.5), so the photos need to be easily cropped. I have my own photo printer, so I can resize photos before trimming, but I highly recommend Studio J for this purpose. Studio J allows you to create prints in a variety of sizes. Check it out here.

The original design for this layout is supposed to be a CAS sketch, which uses a lot of white (negative) space. But, that's not really how I roll, so I added some embellishments, a zip tie, and an extra picture.

This family selfie was too hard to size much smaller than this, so I made it part of a cluster embellishment in the black space on the right page, and added a sweet PML card as a caption.

For the left page, I added some journaling and stamping to highlight the event. We were watching the sunset at Pier 60 in Clearwater, Fl, so I hid a little sun to signify the setting. The journaling spot is from the Seaside Complements set.

I also stamped this adorable checklist, because this was the last day of our trip. The stamp originally said "Summer List", but we were in Florida in September. So, I covered the title with masking tape before stamping.

For the right page, I hid another sunset and added some of the new sequins.

Ingredients:

• Seaside Workshop on the Go
• Seaside Complements
• A al Carte Seaside Picture My Life
• Beach Gear
• Hello Summer 
• Framework Alphabet
• Oceanside Sequins
• Coral Reef Sequins
• Chocolate Ink Pad
• Sanding Kit
• Edge Distresser
• Make It From the Heart Vol. 2

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!

Happy Camper: Color and Sketch Challenge

This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge is a sketch challenge.

 I took the opportunity to combine this challenge with my team's Earth Day inspired color challenge: Cocoa, Cashmere, Champagne, Juniper, Pacifica, and Twilight. 

I created a fun friendship card using the Camper Crazy and the new Dizzy Circles stamp sets with a Champagne card base.

I created my own B&T using Dizzy Circles. I love this stamp set! It reminds me of the Spirograph I had as a kid. It is absolutely adorable, and so much fun to play with. I stamped several of the spirals in Cocoa, Pacifica, Juniper, and Twilight on white cardstorck. 

Then, I added a sentiment from the Camper Crazy. Instead of creating a banner, like the original sketch, I added a pop-up camper that I colored with markers to match the rest of the card.

For the inside of the card, I stamped another, smaller camper image in the bottom right corner.

For more information about Heart 2 Heart Challenges, visit them here.

Ingredients:

Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!