ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Marker Chart

This is awesome! If you've been using the ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ markers and have been wondering how to match the Close To My Heart Colors, now there is a handy dandy little chart you can use to help you! Check out Jeanette Lynton's blog to see how it's done and to download your very own marker chart to color!Pin It

Wavy Blooms Notecards

Over the past few weeks, I made a bunch of card sets to give out to various teachers at my daughter's school as well as to some colleagues and friends for the end of the school year. Wavy Blooms is such a great set to color with the Shin Han Touch Twin markers and the images look so striking! Although it took me quite a while to color in all the flowers for all of the various sets of cards I made, it was a no-brainer for me to use this wonderful stamp set to make my cards! Here's just a sample of some of the cards I made.

Since I had so many to make, you can see that even though I changed up the colors, I kept my design fairly simple. I made approximately 30 cards with some sort of variation of this design. Phew! I'm hoping to make some more so I can have some cards on hand if I need them!

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The Many Uses of Studio J - Use Your Reprints to Make Mini Albums!

My good friend, Heather, documented her recent trip to London and Paris using Studio J, Close to My Heart's digital scrapbooking program. As soon as she finished designing her layouts, she decided to purchase and print her 12" x 12" layouts through Close To My Heart, and she automatically received the JPG files for her layouts. She then thought that it would be fun to use these JPG's and print them out in smaller sizes. So she sent them to Persnickety Prints and had them printed in 8" x 8," to put in an album for her friend, and also in 4" x 4," for a  mini album. This past weekend, when we got together for our monthly scrapbooking/crafting time, she worked on this adorable album and kindly gave me permission to photograph and post her pictures!

Heather used CTMH's Artbooking Cricut cartridge to cut pages out of cardboard and pages out of the Wanderful paper packet (which she had used the digital form of in her Studio J layouts). She simply layered the Wanderful papers over the cardboard and then added her 4" x 4" prints of her layouts to each page -- except for the cover. The cover is a section of a patterned paper from Wanderful, plus a sticker from the Wanderful Complements, and a bit of journaling! Simple, elegant, and beautiful!

She put her album together with binder rings and ended up with this cute and sturdy mini album!

 I added my scissors to this picture to give you an idea of the scale. The scissors is about 6" long.

Imagine a few of these types of albums on your bookshelf or in a little basket on your coffee table! It'd be such a fun way to display your travel layouts or event layouts...or any photos you like!

If you haven't ever tried Studio J, I urge you to play around with it. It is free to try out and it is fun! You do not have to purchase any software. You just need an internet connection and digital pictures. The program does all the enlarging and re-sizing of photos according to the layouts you choose. You can sart with a blank canvas or use some premade layouts and add or subtract according to your tastes. The really nice thing is that you can work on a layout, save it, and then go back to it when you have time, without having to clean up! 

If you decide you like your layouts and want to purchase them, they are 6.95 per two-page layout and they include the JPG files. You need to purchase a minimum of 4 double layouts in an order. If you just want to buy the JPG files, they are 2.95 per two-page layout.

Click here to try out Studio J!

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A Little Treat Card - Heart 2 Heart Challenge

Here's my entry for Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Warm vs. Cool Challenge.

Since I wanted it to be a to go cup with tea, I stuck a gold sequin over the stamped coffee bean on my cup. I'll have to make another card with a coffee cup though! That little bean is so cute! I'm just loving the Treats of Friendship stamp set! I used the Paper Fundamentals Basics Assortment and the Jackson paper packet on this card. The orange chevron paper is from a piece I hoarded from Treats of Summer, the special from last month. The tea bag string is retired Colonial White Waxy Flax...remember that?

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retro sketches #165 with Treats of Friendship

I love tea and anything tea themed. In fact, I'm drinking some tea right now! So when I saw retro sketches #165 and the teacups were in the sketch, I was inspired to make a card. Of course, I knew I didn't have to use teacups but I just wanted to! So glad the deadline was extended! Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

I paper pieced the teacups from Treats of Friendship with some leftover Taste of Summer papers and used the Blossom paper pack for the rest. Pacifica is the stamp pad I used for the sentiment and the black is Memento Tuxedo black. If you're looking for some great scissors for paper piecing or any fussy cutting, I highly recommend CTMH's Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors. They are wonderful!

It's been so long since I participated in a card or scrapbook challenge. I'm hoping now that school and work are winding down, I may have more time for them.

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Wavy Blooms Birthday Card

I totally understand the current popularity of adult coloring books. It's a great way to de-stress! Wavy Blooms is a wonderful stamp set for coloring. I used our ShinHan  markers and the Taste of Summer paper pack to make this card. I also added some Pear cardstock, Gold Sequins, 3-D Foam Tape, and used one of the stamp sets from the Artfully Sent Cricut Collection for the Happy Birthday sentiment.

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Graduation Cap Card

My niece is graduating from college this year and I wanted to make her a special card. I've been seeing this type of Graduation Cap Card on the internet and decided to try it out. I used the tutorial found here: http://dostamping.typepad.com/dostamping_with_dawn/2010/06/grads-dads-grad-hat-fun-fold-card.html (there's also a video).  I used the Diploma Day stamp set to embellish my card and retired Cranberry grosgrain ribbon to make my tassel (the video has a great description about making tassels out of grosgrain ribbon). I also used the Cranberry sheet from the Paper Fundamentals Adventure Assortment. The Paper Fundamentals have one side with a colored and white pattern and one side with a subtle glossy pattern. I used the glossy side in my previous post with the Mother's
Day card but it may be difficult to see the pattern in those pictures.

Here is how the card looks when it is open. I used 3-D Foam Tape to pop up the white portion, which is also where I stamped. This gave me a little pocket so that I could include a gift card, money or a check with my card.

I added another white panel to the back of my card so that we could have room to write a message.

 I have a good friend who went back to school after being in the work force for many years and she will be graduating from Law School(!) this year. I thought it would be fun to make her a similar card and try to make a purple tassel to match what she will actually have. So I am looking for purple grosgrain ribbon...but I may end up making her tassel out of embroidery thread.

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