Polka Dots and Stripes

This week's  Heart 2 Heart challenge is Polka Dots and Stripes.   With Close to My Heart's Dotty for You papers,  who could resist this one.   Just so happens,  I had been wanting to try out my round cards from CTMH. So I did.  This is what I came up with.  These little cards are so neat.  They are 4 1/2" Colonial White circle cards. 

All the papers used are from the  Dotty for You paper pack.  The flower and butterfly punches are Martha Stewart.  The layered grey and yellow flower is cut from the AP Cricut cartridge.   The "Thank You" stamp is also a part of the AP Cricut cartridge collection.  The ink is Sunset.  Very simple cards, but fun. 

Thanks for stopping by.  If you  haven't stopped by Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blogspot, you should check them out.  There is always some wonderful and inspiring artwork over there.

Happy Scrapping!

Dance Pictures and Birthday Cards

Each year before her recital they take their pictures in their dance costumes.  We only had pictures done in three out of the four this year.  I haven't gotten around to the group picture yet.  But so far I have tap and clog.  I was so excited to get to use my Roxie paper.  I had been saving it for her clog picture.

They clogged to Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n' Roses.  It was a really awesome routine.  Clog has turned out to be her most favorite of her dance classes.  Who'd a thunk it :)

I used my Cricut AP cartridge and cut the flourish, letters, label at the top, and the flower.  I just cut 2 border pieces,  scored, glued them together, fanfolded, and then ran a string through them to pull it together in a flower.  The instructions are in the 2012 Spring/Summer idea book.  Super simple and fanciful flower.  The ribbon is our inkable seam binding ribbon.  I used Tulip ink and daubed on the ink until I got the right color.  I just love that stuff.

The next is her tap picture.  They danced to Cuban Pete.  It was such a colorful costume. I really liked it. 

You guessed it, more Dotty for You.  I love that yellow.  The stripe is a scrap from the Paper Studio and I'm not sure where the pink came from.  But the green is Sweetleaf.  Again all the letters, flourishes and flowers were cut from the AP Cricut cartridge.  How did live without that thing for so long?  I'm still not sure yet :)  I stamped some faux stitching (Stella workshop stamp) in Sunny Yellow around the edge of the page, although you can hardly see it here. It turned out to be a bright and cheery page.  

I have been collecting random pictures from the recital from facebook.  I feel some Studio J work coming up for that.  I can't wait. If you haven't checked out StudioJ, you really should.  For anyone who loves scrapbooking, but doesn't have the time or place to do classic scrapbooking, Studio J is for you. 

This month has been a busy one...band concerts, recitals, birthdays, and the close of the school year.  Whew...I'm ready for summer.  Speaking of birthdays, I did finish a couple of birthday cards.

I got to use my You Are stamp set that was the stamp of the month for April.  It is a really cool, fun, and original stamp set.  Sorry, I couldn't resist ;)  The "12" card was for my daughter and the sentiment on the inside was " Hope you have a birthday that is as cool, fun, and original as you are."  Then other mushy stuff as we mom's tend to do.   I haven't completed the inside of the "16" card yet.  It's for my best friend's daughter's  upcoming birthday.  Shhhh..don't tell her :)   The paper was some from Paper Studio and then our White Daisy cardstock.  I love how the 16 turned out.  I cut it out from the AP cartridge,  inked the edges, and then coated the entire number with liquid glass.  It turned out to be a really nice effect. 

Ok,  I'm off to watch Dark Shadows with the girls.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.   Remember to take lots of pictures....to scrap of course :)  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Scrapping!

Heart 2 Heart weekly challenge - April showers bring May Flowers

This week's Heart 2 Heart challenge is ...April Showers Bring May Flowers. The challenge is to make something with flowers.  I love flowers! The hardest part for me is picking which one I want to enter in the challenge.    I'm still loving the  Dotty for You papers.   These cards were super simple.  I used some Recollections edge punches and a little Fiskars flower punch.  The cards are the colonial white 4.25 x 5.5 CTMH cards.

 

You punch out three little flowers and then glue them together with their petals offset.  Then bend the petals of your top flower inward, so it gives some dimension.  On the yellow I used the green for the bottom flower.  They kind of remind me of daffodils.  The stamps are CC1014  and the Pemberly WOTG stamp set.  And who could do without the color ready seam binding ribbon?  That is one of my most favorite products.  You never have to worry about finding ribbon that matches, again.  Just to top them off I put a sparkle in the center of each.  Quick and easy.

I'm still working on the dance pictures we just got back.  I have been saving my Roxie papers for her clogging picture.  The tap is going on the Dotty for You I do believe.   I hope to have them posted soon.  Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Scrapping!

H2H April Scrapbook Sketch

The wonderful folks over at Heart to Heart posted their April H2H Scrapbook Sketch.

It just so happened that I had 2 sets of pictures that I thought would work nicely in it, so I gave it a shot.   I had a set of black and whites of my daughter from last year after her dance pictures. I had done a layout with the colored ones, but not the black and white.  I had tried a bunch of different papers with them, but I just couldn't make up my mind.  To be honest, I just wanted to stamp..lol.  So that's what I did.  Some days you just feel like stamping.   Here's what I ended up with.  The color in this photograph is not quite as crisp as it should be.  Hopefully I will master the art of taking a picture of scrapbook layouts.  Until then .....

Because I am not brave enough to stamp directly on my base, I cut my cardstock pieces and then stamped them.   Of course, I changed some things from the original sketch.  I left off the circle on this one and replaced a photo with embellishments.  My pictures are not all 4 x6.  The four on the bottom are 3.5 x5.   Aside from that it's very close.

For supplies I used: 
Cardstock:  white, black
CTMH Inks:  Black and Tulip
CTMH Stamps:  Enjoy; You've Got Flair; Potential; C1492; C1491
Punches:  Martha Stewart, EK Success, Fiskars
CTMH Sparkles..all over the place :)

I hope I didn't leave anything out.  I really didn't have a lot of supplies in this, just stamps.  I must say I had loads of fun stamping my heart out. I love the idea of being able to create my own papers.

The next layout is using the same sketch (and the same little girl only when she was sweeter :) ).  I actually have her permission to post this sketch.  That doesn't happen very often.  She thought it was cute enough, so I'm running with it.  This one is pretty much the same layout as the sketch. 

The green Dotty for You paper is what drew me to these pictures I think.  The rest of the paper is from Oriental Trading Company and miscellaneous buttons from my stash.   I realized after I took the picture of the layout, that I don't have a title.  So, a title will come later. It will probably read "Little Girl" since that's what my father always called her.  As with most of her toddling pictures, those are his legs behind her.  

Thank you Cheryl for putting together this sketch.  I love the challenges over at Heart 2 Heart.  If you haven't checked them out, you should.  It's full of inspiration.

Remember there is only one more week left to get the April's stamp of the month for $5 with a $50 purchase.  May brings some wonderful sunflower stamps, which I will post in just a bit.   You still have a chance to get your Dotty for You paper packs until the end of May.  These paper packs are 24 sheets of cardstock and with every $35 in products you can get a pack for only $5.   I posted a video on it below.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope to be posting more soon.   Happy Scrapping!

 

Heart 2 Heart April Sketch Challenge

Here is the Heart 2 Heart April's Sketch Challenge.

 I have found I love these challenges.  They make you put your thinking cap on and give a bit of directive. I always need some directive :) Here is my card I made for the April Heart 2 Heart Sketch Challenge.

I'm still having fun with my Dotty for You paper pack.  I cut the tag and the dragonfly with the AP Cricut cartridge.  I used Lagoon and Sweetleaf inks.  I'm still in love with liquid glass.  I cut my dragonfly out and then used the liquid glass as a resist to make the lines in the wings.  After it dried then I daubed on the ink and tissued over it to remove the ink from the liquid glass.   The note is from the stamp set Just for You.   Simple little card and fun to do. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Scrapping!

Heart2Heart Challenge - Springtime Gift Holder

Happy Easter!  I took some time this weekend to continue to play with the Cricut AP cartridge.  Oh,  the possiblities :)  I made this cute little gift holder from the new Dotty for You papers from Close to My Heart's April campaign (more info below).  Just so happened that it fit the Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this week. 

I thought it would make a cute little Thank You gift for upcoming gatherings.  I used the Cricut AP cartridge to cut the holder, flower, butterfly and flourish.  The stamp is from "Enjoy".  I cut all the embellishments from white cardstock and then daubed on Hollyhock, Sweetleaf, and Lagoon inks to color them.  I love using the daubers to color with, it gives an almost airbrushed effect.  I added a little bling for the flower center and some bitty pearls on my butterfly.  I layered the butterfly and folded up his wings for added dimension.  Voila!  Super simple, cute and Springy!

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Scrapping!

Fun Boxes from Cricut Art Phiolosophy Cartridge

Thought I would share my first attempt at 3D shapes with my new Cricut AP cartridge from Close to My Heart.  I'm still learning.  The cartridge has so many images to cut.   I made these cute little boxes for thank you's for the last gathering I had.  

The one on the left is made with paper from the new Dotty for You paper pack that will be available from April 1, through May 31.  These are flat open boxes.  You fill them and then fold the four flaps down and secure them closed.  I punched a hold in both of my top flaps and threaded through some seam binding ribbon, that I inked to match the box, and tied a neat little bow to close it.  The one on the right is just white cardstock with random stamping from a flower stamp in the Hooray Bouquet collection.  I used the Cricut to cut out the large flower, stamped it, and then glued one side to a flap.  I used a glue dot on the opposite side to secure it.    I cut these on 10 3/4" and they turned out a perfect size to stash an ink pad inside.  You could make these in varying sizes. You could make them tiny for little gifts like earrings or gift cards.  These were very fun to make and the possibilities are limitless.

Well, I'm off to cut out more stuff on my Cricut.  I hope to have more posted soon, so drop back by.  

For more information on the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection you can click here .  I believe there is a video out there that I will try to post, as well.

Happy Scrapping!