Chantilly Framed Layout

My most favorite thing to do with my crafting is making things for the people we love.  If you've received a handmade gift from me, trust me, you are high on my list of friends and family.  We've recently (six days ago, to be exact) welcomed a new little girl into our extended family, my niece's third child. We've been fortunate to live fairly close to them for the past few years, but being an Air Force family, they will be moving soon.

For Amelia, I created a frameable layout that hopefully will feature some of her first photos.  As time goes on and she grows, her mom can remove the layout and add it to her scrapbook.  

Sometimes I don't feel as creative as other times so I looked around for inspiration for this and found it here on my own blog.  Of course I could have gone to many resources through Close to my Heart, but I came across this one first.  My inspiration was from here.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've enjoyed your visit and continue to have a great day!

Close to my Heart products used in this project can be found and purchased from my website.  Just click on the item number: 

X7163B - Chantilly Paper Packet 
Z1814 - Chantilly Assortment
Z1826 - Hollyhock Zipper Lace
Z1811 - For Always Assortment
Z1686 - Art Philosophy Cricut Collection

It's A Pajama Party! Come Join the Fun!

My Creations Kraft Container 5-3/4" tall

I am so excited I can hardly stand it! Close To My Heart is teaming up with Big Picture Classes to bring you a live webcast with step-by-step instructions for making this Happy Thoughts kraft container. The FREE webcast will air Thursday, May 30 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (MDT). During the presentation, you’ll learn to make several projects from a variety of sponsors, including this Close To My Heart Happy Thoughts kraft container, as the presenter walks you through the steps.

Watch the Pajama Party by yourself or with friends for a fun crafting pajama party. Anyone with an Internet connection can watch, so be sure to order your project supplies in advance and then tune in!

The Pajama Party class will be available for FREE at BigPictureClasses.com on May 30. If you would like to interact on the message board, participate in live chat, post to the gallery, download handouts, or enter any contests, you will need to log in to the Pajama Party “classroom” by creating a free account on the Big Picture Classes website.

To make our Happy Thoughts kraft container, you will want to have the following items—or similar products—on hand:

• My Acrylix^® Frame Flair Stamp Set (D1546)
• My Acrylix^® Happy Thoughts Stamp Set (C1536)
• Chantilly Paper Packet (need 1 sheet of B&T, X7163B)
• Crème Brulee Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5754)
• Lagoon Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5762)
• White Daisy Cardstock (need 1 sheet, 1385)
• Whisper Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5929)
• Whisper Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2172)
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2195)
• My Creations^® Kraft Container (Z1833)        
• Baker’s Twine Neutral Assortment (need 3 yards, Z1701)
• Color-Ready Trinkets Wooden Shapes (Z1844)
• Sparkles Black & Grey Assortment (Z1754)
• 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
• Micro-Tip Scissors (Z534)
• Corner Rounder (Z578)
• Paper Trimmer (Z1783)
• My Acrylix^® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• My Acrylix^® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
• 2" × 3½" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1009)
• 4" × 5" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1012)
• Cricut^® Art Philosophy Collection (Z1686)

1-2-3 Craft! Message Secured

Welcome to our little mini hop featuring CTMH designs.  This month our card pattern is from the CTMH how-to book, Originals, page 77 - Message secured.  I hope you enjoy my cards. 

 The white piece with the hearts is a flap that holds the card closed. I sponged the black and white paper from the CTMH For Always paper pack for a bright cheerful background. This card is 5"x7"

 The tulle wrapped around the card front provides a closure to slip the flap under and and hold it closed. 

 Birthday card using the CTMH Chantilly paper pack.  I stamped the cupcake wrappers on the yellow patterned paper from the pack and then cut it out to give the cupcakes more depth.
 

The flap on this card is a tag from our Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  It provides a nice slot for the ribbon to tie the card closed.  

 My whimsical wedding card using For Always.  This card is a standard 5-1/2"x 4-1/4".

The flap on this one is held closed with our tiny hook & loop dots.  Very clever!

And inside is a pocket for a gift card or money for the new couple. 

 Quick and easy graduation card.  Another 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card. 

A simple slit in the flap provides the ribbon access to hold the card closed.  

The securing flap on this card is a bit smaller than the others.  It's is also held closed with a hook and loop dot. 

 My last card is also made using the CTMH For Always papers.  It is 5-1/2" x 4-14".

 I created my closure to for this card using 2 brads and a length of baker's twine wrapped around them.

 I added a little surprise to this card with a pop of color under the flap and a hidden flower.

I wanted to keep the sentiment simple on the inside to allow for lots of room for note writing.  

That's all I have for you today.  Hop on over to Tracey's Paper Crafting Princess blog and Mary's Road to Peace of Mind or Escape blog to see what they have done with this card pattern.  

1, 2, 3 Craft! Playing the Egg Card

My challenge for 1,2,3 Craft is the Egg Card from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. I loved this challenge because it made me really think about ways to use an egg card, which is not so easy!

Below are photos of what I came up with.  I hope you enjoy them.

Traditional Card

 

Candy Tube, Stand Created with Mini-Cards

Traditional Card

Card Made Into Pocket

Card Made Into Pocket

For more Eggciting (sorry, I had to!) ideas of what to do with an Egg Card, check out the other 1,2,3 Craft!ers at The Paper Crafting Princess and The Road to Peace of Mind or Escape. 

Winner!

It's time to announce the winner of last month's 1,2,3 Craft! cards.

Drum roll, please.....

Comment #2 - Victoria!

Victoria, please send me your choice of the 2 cards you'd like from last month's 1,2,3 Craft post, along with your address to StampScrapFever@gmail.com.

Win 2 Cards from this post!

If you like what you see here you can become eligible to win two of these cards simply by leaving me a comment. I'll use a random number generator to select the winner and announce that person on the 15th of April with the next installment of this hop.

Close to my Heart products used:
Z1686 - Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
X7163B - Chantilly Paper Pack
Z1806 - Green & Blue Epoxy Bubbles
Z1326 - Sparkles Red Pink & Purple Assortment
Z1823 - My Creations Clear Treat Tubes  
B1422 - Easter Wishes My Acrylix Stamps

1 - 2 - 3 Craft! A Little Blog Hop

Last summer Close To My Heart introduced a new publication called Make it from Your Heart.  It's filled with sketches and samples of layouts and cards, a wonderful resource for crafters like us!

For this little hop Tracey, Mary and I used pattern #30 from Make it from Your Heart as our inspiration. I hope you enjoy what I've done.  Be sure to read all the way to the end to see how you can win some of my cards.

Pattern #30, Make it from Your Heart

Pattern rotated one quarter turn clockwise

Pattern rotated 180 degrees

Rotated a quarter turn counter clockwise

Original orientation

Quarter turn counter clockwise

Now check out what Mary at The Road to Peace of Mind or Escape and Tracey at the Paper Crafting Princess have done with this card pattern.  I'm sure you will be inspired!

Win 2 Cards from this post!

If you like what you see here you can become eligible to win two of these cards simply by leaving me a comment. I'll use a random number generator to select the winner and announce that person on the 15th of March with the next installment of this hop.

My process.  When Tracey selected the pattern for this hop I immediately wanted to create a card for each orientation, upright, a turn to the right, a turn to the left and completely flipped.  When I chose my paper, the Chantilly pack, and began cutting the three pieces for each card, I decided to cut each piece out of each of the six patterns provided in the packet, which eventually dictated making six cards.  Somewhere I got my papers mixed up and it didn't work out exactly as I planned, but it's close.  My happiest accident was the bird on the last card.  I loved how it fell on the paper and decided I must accent it for the card.  In real life the frame around the bird isn't as dark as it appears in the photo and I love how it turned out.  Close To My Heart papers rock!

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to follow my blog and come back for the Paper Trail blog hop on the 1st of the month.

Links to the Close To My Heart products used in this blog:

9035 "Make It From Your Heart" Volume 1

X7163B "Chantilly" Paper Pack

X254 Cards & Envelopes Value Pack

A1123 "Adore"

D1546 "Frame Flair"

B1410 "A Friend Like You"

B1372 "Circle Together"

D1527 "Perfect Fit-Frames"

B1417 "Perfect Fit-Birthday"

B1422 "Easter Wishes"

B1420 "Hello Tweety"

Z1752 "Sparkles" Clear Assortment

Z1326 "Sparkles" Red, Pink, Purple Assortment

Z1335 "Opaques" Licorice Adhesive Gems

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads

Exclusive Inks Markers

Z1686 "Art Philosophy" Cricut Collection