Sunday, December 29, 2013
Photos to Take Month by Month
Are you thinking about scrapbooking plans for the new year? I love this little month by month photo guide from Creating Keepsakes: http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/content_downloads/PHO-LIST-A.pdf
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Polar Bear Fun!
I love having some time off! It's been very difficult for me to get time to create with my new work schedule. I know, I should make the time, but when I see the dishes and laundry piling up, I figure I should make time for that first!!! I even had time to go and get a bunch of new trimmer blades...I had been cutting with a dull blade for months now! It used to be that I could just pick up a Fiskars blade from Walmart or Target but my local stores don't carry them anymore. The nearest craft store is somewhat of a trek and it's a trek that's better done on a day off! Anyway, like I said, I love having time off!
I decided to do a bunch of cards which I could use as holiday, New Year's, winter birthdays, and thank you's. I picked the cute Polar Bear Holiday stamp set and the lovely To You and Yours set for the sentiment which I put on the inside using Outdoor Denim ink (some I'm leaving blank on the inside, like for the ones I'm saving for birthdays). The Polar Bear Holiday set has some great sentiments on it already but I really love the font on To You and Yours. The nice thing about the polar bear stamps is that I just needed to add a tiny bit of color with my Sky and Whisper CTMH alcohol markers and some colored pencils since they are white!
I also used the Frosted and Sparkle and Shine paper packs and Crystal Blue cardstock for my card bases because I had a lot of it! I don't know if you can tell from my pictures, but the front of my card is cut a little shorter so you can see the gray houndstooth pattern even while the card is closed and my card is slightly smaller than a standard size. It's about a 4" x 5.5" card with the front flap being 4.25" long. The Bronze Shimmer Trim and the Lagoon Houndstooth Washi Tape made for easy embellishments! I also used 3-D Foam Tape to pop up my sledding bears.
Here's a shot of my supplies. I cut out my circles using my Cuttlebug with Spellbinder dies (both regular and scalloped). I used an embossing plate to give some texture to the blue circles and inked them a little with Heavenly Blue ink (retired). In case you haven't heard, we will have embossing plates in the Spring/Summer 2014 CTMH Idea Book! Yay! We'll also have a bulk pack of sponge daubers!
Just for fun, here are my polar bears, cut out. Wheeeee! They look so happy! It really helps to have a good scissors like your handy dandy CTMH Micro Tip scissors.
Here's the outside of my final card...
...and a view of the inside!
I'm linking up with 365 Cards for their Anything Goes Challenge. Seeing as how I always seem to be in need of cards, I think I should visit this challenge blog more often and get inspired!
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
CTMH Gift Tags
Are you in need of some last minute tags? In case you've missed it, the free printables from Close To My Heart for this month are gift tags! Go here to download them. They are only available until December 31st.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Summer Camp Layout with Sparkle and Shine
I had a bit of scrapbooking time today, believe it or not. It's been forever since I've pulled my supplies out! The layout I'm posting is a very simple one but I wanted to show you how I used the Juniper papers from the Sparkle and Shine papers to make a layout that was completely unrelated to a Christmas theme. I love the versatility of these papers!
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Artbooking Made Easy: Wintertime Layouts (S01E14)
Are you working on any winter layouts? Here are some ideas for you using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Artbooking Made Easy: Friendship Layouts (S01E13)
Here's a friendly tip: try the friendship-themed keys of the Cricut® Artbooking cartridge from Close To My Heart for layouts that shout in celebration of your cherished relationships!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
All Play and No Work! Contest: December 2013
It's going to be a snow or rather, an ice day, here tomorrow! No school! I still will probably have to do some work for one of my jobs but since I don't have to get the kids ready and out in the morning, I'm hoping to get some scrapbooking in. Maybe it can be my day of play! What would be your ideal day of play? Watch the video and make a comment on Jeanette Lynton's blog for a chance to win a Workshop on the Go Kit!
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