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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

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.

Monday, April 1, 2013

April Showers Brings Claire Flowers

Welcome to the Paper Trail blog hop! It's April and we are featuring the Close To My Heart Claire paper packet.

Our blog hop is circular - if you arrived from Connie's blog, Scraps & Stories you are right on track. If you are just getting started just follow the links until you come back to me. Enjoy the trip!

In order to add just a little dimension to the shells I used a daub of liquid glass on the back and gently laid it down on the card allowing it to dry without pushing the shell down. This added a little lift without being overwhelming like mounting tape would have been for these small embellishments.

I'm calling this my "thing" card. The card technique was an IOD project which I decided to use Claire on and our cute spinners. I like my results, but I have no idea what I would use it for - an anniversary card perhaps?

Next on our trail is the Pineapple Paper Artist, Amy. Hop on over to her blog for more inspiration. Then join my followers and come back to visit often!

Close To My Heart products used for these projects:
X7166B - Claire Paper Pack
D1538 - Bright Sunshiny Day (My Acrylix Stamp Set)
Z1333 - Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems
D1545 - Wheel of Life (My Acrylix Stamp Set)
Z1832 - Spinner
Z1326 - Sparkles: Purple, Red, Pink Assortment

Friday, March 15, 2013

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

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

Friday, March 1, 2013

Here's the Buzz - A Paper Trail Blog Hop

Welcome back to the Paper Trail blog hop. This month we are featuring the fabulous CTMH Buzz & Bumble paper packet.

You may have arrived here from The Wizard's Hangout or you may just be getting started. We are a circular hop so no matter where you start you'll end up back here after visiting us all. Enjoy!

Buzz & Bumble two page layout

Left page

Right page

Right page detail

Buzz & Bumble telescoping card, closed

Telescoping card, open

It was so much fun creating with these beautiful warm colors. Thanks for letting me share! Now hop on over to The Road to Peace of Mind or Escape for some more inspiration!

Products used in my projects - click the item number to see them up close & personal:

X7164B - Buzz & Bumble Paper Packet
Z1831 - Buzz & Bumble Assortment
G1054 - Buzz & Bumble Workshop on the Go (stamps)
Z1830 - Brown & Tan Glitter Paper
Z1753 - Sparkles - Brown & Tan Assortment

Friday, February 15, 2013

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: