I am so excited to once again be a part of the Color My Heart Dare Design Team. This is my first week and our colors are Glacier, Charcoal, and Bashful.
My project for this Color Dare is an Impossible Box. I saw a video and, as you will soon learn about me, had to create a Design Space file so I can cut out many, many, many more.
The box is cut in Charcoal with silver foil paper matted Chelsea Gardens Glacier striped pattern paper. A Bashful glitter paper scallop circle is the base for a silver foil matted White Daisy sentiment piece. 'just for YOu' comes from the Chelsea Gardens cardmaking stamp set and Thin Cut bundle as does the butterflies.
The box is finished by coloring the butterflies with the NEW Bashful shimmer pen.
Enjoy and remember you have two weeks to play along, click HERE
Chelsea Gardens is perfect for helping me finally finish my 2016 trip to visit my daughter and family in Victoria. The Butchart Gardens was one of my favorite stops.
Stamping the title and several of the embellishments directly on the base page are so fun! This layout is one of the classes I am teaching in January.
Printing on vellum is a cool way to add journaling.
Stamping directly on the base page or stamping and cutting out are some of the techniques used to create this layout and will be shared in my upcoming classes.
The soft colors of Spring are showcased in the paper collection of the month, Chelsea Gardens.
These are two of the cards that will be part of one of my January card classes.
The beautiful butterfly image from the Chelsea Gardens cardmaking stamp set is easily cut out using the Thin Cuts (you can purchase as a bundle). Stamped in Archival Black makes it perfect for coloring using the clear shimmer pen and Glacier ink.
The Chelsea Gardens scrapbooking stamp set is used for the floral random stamped background seen below the vellum overlay piece (card on the right). The sentiment is stamped in Glacier pigment ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.
The accent dot embellishments are white dots colored with the ShinHan markers.
Envelopes are stamped to coordinate with each card and don't forget to add a little something to the inside.
Each week I will share my version of a layout, card, or other project found in the pages of the NEW Seasonal Expression 1. Our Idea Books are full of IDEAS to make your crafting experience less stressful. Let me share with you how easy it is to be INSPIRED by and create your version from the ideas shared in the pages of our idea books
. My challenge to you is to give it a try!
From page 12, a Chelsea Garden springy layout becomes a black, charcoal, and white snow layout
A black pattern from the retired Silver & Gold paper collection is the base for this 12"x 12" single page layout. The word pattern paper from the same collection was cut at 11" x 11". giving a 1/2" border. White Daisy cardstock cut to 10 3/4" x 10 3/4" is the next layer. The striped zip strip is trimmed to 1/2" x 10 3/4" and placed 1" from the bottom of the White Daisy piece. A 1" strip of the same pattern paper as the second layer (it was actually the leftover from the 11" cut) is placed a top of the zip strip. It was so cool how 'let it snow' was one of the phrases on this paper. I used 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" portrait photos instead of the Picture My Life cards as shown in the inspiration artwork. I did stamp directly on the White Daisy piece 'something WONDERFUL' as the title and added the 'Happy Thoughts' sentiment piece to the right side of the layout, stamped on a piece of 1 1/4" x 2" scrap of White Daisy flagged on the left side. A few black dots from the Black and White Dots collection finished the page.
I am thinking of adding a vellum piece of journaling along the bottom, what do you think?
Enjoy and comment below if you will be trying your hand at this layout.
It is a NEW YEAR and a NEW Seasonal Expression 1 catalog!! After snow in the South, just looking at the cover makes me think of Spring.
I have been working with Chelsea Gardens paper collection, the color scheme and several of the patterns are shared here on the cover of the Seasonal Expression 1! And a 'garden' inspired Stamp of the Month, with a little seed packet border and beautiful sentiments adds to the promise of Spring.
January is National Papercrafting Month and to celebrate we have these beautiful LOVE LETTERS! Kickstart the New Year with DIY monogram décor
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Welcome to our Featured Paper Blog Hop! We will be showcasing items from our Basics Fundamentals Paper Pack with various projects created by talented Close to my Heart consultants. If you are visiting from RaNae’sblog then you are on the right track, if not please start at the CTMH Blog Challenge and Support Group Blog Hop Guidelines beginning with our hostess Carol, oh wait, that is where you are going next. Basic Fundamentals are my FAVORITE of the Fundamental collections (that is today, it may change tomorrow depending on the project I am working on). And this month the Basic Fundamentals are featured in our monthly special, Through The Year calendar kit! And it has been so much FUN creating the layouts, stamping and embellishing each calendar month.
Here is June, see how wonderful the Basic Fundamental Pebble stripe coordinates with all the wonderful Close To My Heart cardstock!!
And the leftovers work great to embellish the calendar page, too!!
Today I am sharing several of the cards I created while learning more about alcohol markers and vellum.
Here are the three samples, each a little different. Lessons learned, cut the small circle first if you plan to create a matted look, stamp very carefully on vellum and be careful not to add to much alcohol ink.
And, always remember to add some love to the inside.
One of my favorite things is alphabet stamps. It is like having stickers but better cause you don't end up with all those extra 'q' and 'u' stickers.
Today's project is a simple card created using the Make It From Your Heart Volume 1 recipe 22, Silver & Gold paper collection, Lagoon, Black and White Daisy cardstock, Black and White Dots, Black Ink, and Jennifer's Hand alphabet stamp set.
Here are the current Close To My Heart alphabets available!
I love vellum and am so glad Close To My Heart has brought it back and in celebration, I am sharing a technique I used a few years ago to create a vellum overlay for a flower using an ornament image.
Here are two of the cards we created in a class
And here is a little close up of the flowers. The vellum is not cut through so it looks etched. Enjoy!
