So Grateful - Heart 2 Heart Color Challenge

Happy November everyone! The last part of October just seemed to go by at lightning speed!

I unfortunately lost most of my files from my computer due to a virus (even though I do have an anti virus program). The main files I am really missing are my lesson plans from last year so I am having to take some time to rework those. I had just bought a memory stick to back up my files but, of course, didn't! Also some pictures of a couple of projects which I had hoped to post got lost as well. Sigh...I can retake them but I decided to move on and do something new!

This week the challenge at Heart 2 Heart is a color challenge: Terra Cotta, Juniper, Bamboo.

Captured Moments is one of my favorite stamp sets but I haven't pulled it out too much so I thought I would play with it today using these colors. I also used Harvest Happiness with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for the leaves up top. I decided to sponge the Colonial White panel, which has the main image stamped on it, in all three colors. What a nice palette for a fall themed card! 

 Supplies used: (C1423) Captured Moments stamp set, (C1463) Harvest Happiness stamp set, (X7139B) Typeset Level 2 paper pack, (Z1248) Juniper Waxy Flax, (Z1249) Sorbet Waxy Flax, (Z697) Round Sponge, (Z1686) Art Philosophy Cricut CartridgePin It

Happy Hauntings Card

Here's another project I created after being inspired by my scraps. I had a number of those fancy shaped white rectangles left over from experimenting with the Art Philosophy cartridge so I'm using them now! The orange paper on the card is very old CTMH paper and the gray ribbon is very old CTMH ribbon. And I think I've mentioned this before but I just adore that little fence that you can cut out with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. It's so intricate and detailed. I'm still a bit in awe at what the Cricut can do since I'm a new user. After every cut I have to show someone in my family and say, "Look at this! Isn't it amazing?"

Supplies used (all CTMH): (Z1686) Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge for fence and shaped rectangle, (C1423) Captured Moments stamp set, (Z2105) Black stamp pad, (Z726) Sponge Daubers, (1385) White Daisy cardstock, (Z1410) Antiqued Copper Designer Brads, (Z1263) Bitty Sparkles, Gray Organdy ribbonPin It

Warm Winter Wishes

It snowed a bit this morning and it looks so beautiful. I love looking at the tree branches right after the snow has fallen. We're lucky though, since it doen't seem like it will snow much more and we've only gotten less than an inch, enough to be pretty but not enough to cause too many problems.

In the process of organizing the basement and cleaning out some of my scrapbooking materials, I've been taking a more thorough look at some of my CTMH Catalogs/Idea Books and I've come to the realization that I don't really use them as "Idea Books" nearly often enough. I am usually so excited to see the new products that I concentrate on the catalog aspect...even though I often do think to myself, "Oh, I'll have to try that layout," or "What a neat technique!"

With that in mind, I'm trying to use the Idea Books more often for inspiration. So, this first card share is pretty much lifted straight from page 41 in the 2010 Autumn/Winter Idea Book. I simplified the card by not including the embossed Dimensional Element snowflake and changed it to a standard size.

Supplies Used: (X7127B) Magnifique Level 2 paper pack, (C1423) Captured Moments stamp set, (Z669) Silver embossing powder, (Z891) Versamark ink pad, (Z2160) Twilight stamp pad, (Z578) Corner Rounder

I did use the idea of embossing a snowflake on a different card though, but again I just kept it simple (even using a sketch from the cleanandsimple blog without adding any sentiment: http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/2010/12/120.html). You can also compare these two cards to see the difference between Silver embossing powder and Silver Pearl embossing powder. The Silver Pearl is definitely more "pearly," approaching white but not quite.

Supplies Used: (X7127B) Magnifique Level 2 paper pack, (Z678) Silver Pearl embossing powder, (Z1225) Flurry Dimensional Elements, ribbon

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