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New Parents Layout

Wendy — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:00:09 +0000

This was a layout from the CTMH Sweet Home Workshop on the Go.

Reach for the Stars layout

Wendy — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:00:20 +0000

Supplies used are all CTMH: You Rock Level 2 Paper Packet, Dimensional Elements – Stars, Outdoor Denim Mini-Medley (includes buttons & ribbon), Goldrush Cardstock, Outdoor Denim & Goldrush ink, and Building Blocks Alphabet stamp set.

Layout Challenge: #52 of 210.

Stephanie was so proud to bring this certificate and trophy home from school. And rightfully s0! For 2 weeks straight she would come home and read, eat, read some more, and go to bed. She even took a timer to school to keep track of when she read during free time. It’s all the kid did was read! So it was great to see that she was rewarded for it. She read the most minutes during that time period out of not only her class but the entire elementary school!

CTMH Acrylic Family Album

Wendy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:51:31 +0000

Supplies used are all CTMH: Floral Tapestry Level 2 Paper Packet (retired), Just Blooms Big Pink Paper Flowers, Love Letters Rub-Ons, Spring Craft Buttons, Nature’s Ambiance Rub-Ons, Clear Sparkles, ribbons, and Liquid Glass as my adhesive.

This was such a fun album to do! The pictures I chose were just random ones from that summer. With the clear pages and different shapes the possibilities are endless!

4th Grade Layout

Wendy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:00:42 +0000

Supplies used: CTMH More to Adore B&T papers, CTMH Blush-Colonial White- & Chocolate Cardstock, CTMH Just Blooms Paper Flowers – Big Pinks, CTMH Chocolate grosgrain ribbon, and unknown alphabet letters.

Layout Challenge: #50 of 210.

Fashion Party Birthday Invites

Wendy — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:17:43 +0000

It’s Stephanie’s year to have a friend birthday party and she wanted to do a fashion show. These are the invitations that we came up with. You will have to overlook the poor picture because I took it after dark but you get the idea. I thought they turned out cute!

Supplies used: (all CTMH unless otherwise noted) Whoops-a-Daisy paper, Watermelon, White Daisy, & Hydrangea cardstock, Watermelon & Hydrangea ink, Be Yourself stamp set, White Daisy grosgrain ribbon, Playful Flourishes stamp set, and Kaiser rhinestones.

Challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge – celebration card
Frosted Designs – Shoe Challenge
Stampavie and More Challenge #96 – Happy Birthday for a Girl

March 2010 CTMH Product Spotlight Blog Hop Featuring Liquid Glass

Wendy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:52 +0000

Welcome to the March 2010 Close to My Heart Product Spotlight Blog Hop. This month we are featuring one of my favorite products – Liquid Glass! I feel this is a must-have for everyone and you will see why in this post and throughout the blog hop. This is a circle hop so if you started here just follow along until you make your way back to the blog you started on. Enjoy!

There are really limitless ways to use Liquid Glass. One of it’s great uses is to add dimension to paper or stamping. The bottle’s fine tip makes it very easy to trace lines. You can also fill in tags for an epoxy look similar to page pebbles. Now I would say the most common use for Liquid Glass is as an adhesive but I hear over and over from customers that they do not realize this. It works great to adhere buttons, metals, ribbon, chipboard, and other ‘hard to stick’ items. One of my favorite uses for it is to apply glitter! It is so easy now to turn some of my older (less loved) paper into something new and sparkly and lovable once again.

Here are some examples of my use of Liquid Glass:

This is a layout I made for a swap and I’ve now added the pictures, title, and journaling. I “dotted” Liquid Glass on the circle paper in the middle of a few of the snowflakes, then sprinkled with Prisma Glitter – bingo I’ve got my own bling paper! BTW, I just love that snowflake stamp!Products used are all CTMH: Creative Basics Jingle Collection, Color Ready Alphabet – Hodge Podge, Sparkles, White Daisy Cardstock, White Daisy Embossing Powder, Versamark ink, Liquid Glass, Prisma Glitter, White Daisy brads, and New Fallen Snow Stamp Set.

To make my title letters I used a Color Ready Alphabet. First I pulled off the outside leaving the letters on the backing. As I went I cut it off so I wasn’t working with a large piece towards the end.
Then I added the liquid glass to the letters I wanted to use and added the glitter. This is the first time that I’ve used this technique on letter stickers before adding them to my layout. What I learned was that but doing them this way (and being sloppy with the Liquid Glass) it also made the letters sloppy in a way – but it was perfect for this layout. You can see what I mean by looking at a closeup of the title (it is especially noticeable on the W). Where I went overboard (out of the lines so to speak) when I added the Liquid Glass – that part stayed with the letter once it was dried and I pulled it off the sheet. I really love the result but it was an accident. I probably couldn’t have made it work if I had been trying!

This next one is a Workshop on the Go layout. Notice how Liquid Glass was added to the dots on the polka dot paper for added dimension and a unique look.
Products used are all CTMH: Dimensional Elements in Color – Organic, Twitterpated Level 2 Paper Pack, Designer Ribbon Rounds Chocolate Collection, Natural Hemp, Brads Basic Assortment, Liquid Glass, Chocolate ink, Friendship Alphabet Large Stamp Set and Hello There Stamp Set.

In addition to the many ways to use Liquid Glass for scrapbooking and cards you can also use it around the house. I have used mine to repair my shower curtain, to fix toys and Christmas ornaments, and it works great to keep those feet pads on the bottom of my dining room chairs!

Preventing clogs: As with any adhesive in a bottle there is a chance that the tip can get clogged. First of all that is easy to fix by poking a pin down the bottle to clear it. Personally I find this step rather annoying so here are some things that you can do to prevent the clog in the first place. When you are finished using it, hold upright and let the glue settle to the bottom, then squeeze the bottle a couple times to make sure that air flows through the tip and it is clear of glue. Another option is to store the bottle upside down (an empty ribbon round container works perfect for this). I’ve used both of these methods and they both work well. I’ve heard you can also keep a push pin in the tip but that’s too messy for me.

One thing is certain – I just love this stuff! I encourage you to give it a try if you haven’t yet. It is an inexpensive, versatile product and a little goes a long way!

Additional tips:
* Drying time varies depending on how much you use.
* Do not shake the bottle! Shaking will cause bubbles.
* When applying try to keep a continual flow – avoid starting and stopping which also causes bubbles.
* You can tint your Liquid Glass by mixing with re-inker.
* Liquid Glass may alter the color of some of the CTMH inks so make sure you test your stamped image before applying it to your final project.
* Use Liquid Glass on the ends of your ribbon to prevent fraying.

To see more projects using Liquid Glass click here.

To purchase Liquid Glass online click here.

To continue the blog hop – visit Mary’s Blog!

For a complete list of participants, go to the previous post.

2010 Layout Challenge: #25 & 26 of 210.

Cousins are Cool Scrapbook Layout

Wendy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:53:02 +0000

Products used: Pebbles, Inc. patterned papers, Pebbles, Inc. stickers, DCWV stickers, unknown ribbon and brads.

We’ve had the flu at my house all week so that is my excuse for the lack of posts and no time to scrapbook. So for now here is another layout I did last year…

This was the last of this paper pack and I felt I got my use out of it. These pictures are 10 years old and I just haven’t been inspired to scrap them so I am extremely happy that they worked with this page and are finished. I got a little creative and used the photo anchor sticker as an exclamation point in my title. I wasn’t sure at first but after adding the brad to accent it I am happy with the result.

Sea Life at Legoland, California

Wendy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:00:15 +0000

Supplies (all CTMH unless otherwise noted): Tinkerin’ paper, Rustic Alphabet stamp set, inks, badge buttons, Liquid Glass, Imagine, and unknown ribbon.

I added Liquid Glass to the top of my stamped letters for the title. It was a good choice for a wet/water theme.

Topstitch Workshop Layouts

Wendy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:46 +0000

Supplies (all CTMH unless otherwise noted): Topstitch Workshop on the Go Basic Kit, Field Trip alphabet stamp set, Dimensional Elements – Hearts, Sparkles, inks, and Cricut cartridge.

Layout Challenge: #19/20 of 210

These are the layouts for the Topstitch Workshop. If you are local and would like to attend, please contact me by February 19, 2010 to place your order. Pages will be completed on March 26.

Princess Birthday Layout

Wendy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:51:42 +0000

Supplies: CTMH Daydream paper & stickease, Cricut Storybook cartridge, Kaiser rhinestones, CTMH Imagine, flowers, and ribbon.

Layout Challenge: #18 of 210

Best Wishes Card with stamping and chalk

Wendy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:58:34 +0000

Products used: Rob and Bob Studio Super Slab by Provo Craft, Art Warehouse Limited Edition stamp set, Versamark ink, Kaisercraft pearls, and unknown vellum sentiment sticker and ribbon.

Challenges:
Stampin’ for the Weekend – Fiona’s sketch
Penny’s Challenge #20 – Chalks
Quixotic Challenge #10 – Ink up an old stamp

I stamped the flower with Versamark ink and then rubbed chalk over the top with an applicator. It is so much fun to see the color appear! I finished the stamped image and really liked it but the paper I had picked out for it just didn’t look right so it took me awhile before I ran across this paper. It’s very different colors than what I was looking for but I love them! I liked the ribbon for this card and added multiple layers for a more solid look. The stamp I used is from a set that I just had to have. It was fun to finally use it!

Glittery Valentine Heart Card

Wendy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:47:04 +0000

Well, it is yet another snow day here today. The kids are playing nicely so I am going to do my own playing. My goal for the day is to see just how many challenges I can complete so I am hoping for multiple posts (the organizer in me likes to keep things filed and neat). So here we go…

Products used: Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer heart and starts stamp set, Fiskars border punch, Colorbok glitter paper, Target Dollar Spot pattern paper, Ranger Stickles (cotton candy), Doodlebug Design sugar coating glitter, CTMH bubblegum marker, CTMH ink (ocean & bubblegum) and unknown ribbon.

Challenges:
Inspired Blueprints Card Sketch #39
Simon Says – Punch It!
Belli Challenge #83 – Hearts
Crafty Creations #51 – Valentines or Hearts
Pretty Pink Papertake
Creative Card Crew – Punch It
Inky Impressions Challenge #28

I found this stamp set in my stash (twice!) so I thought it was a good starting point. I outlined the inside of the small hearts with a marker before adding the stickles. This seemed to change the color a bit for more contrast which turned out better. Since you can’t have too much glitter I added more to the top of the stickles. I had fun making this glittery card!

Basic Grey Girls layout

Wendy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:38:24 +0000

Products used: Basic Grey Aged & Confused Phresh & Phunky papers, unknown ribbons and buttons.

Challenges:
Creative Scrappers Sketch #85
Tuesday Morning Sketches – Buttons & Bows

2010 Layout Challenge: #17 of 210

It looks like I missed the deadline for the buttons & bows challenge but it was part of my inspiration for this page and I don’t think it would have turned out as well if I had taken a different route.

ScrapSketch & Tinkerbell Layout

Wendy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:07:32 +0000

ScrapSketch is back up and running! I am so excited! These are the first 2 sketches for January and my layouts:

Products used: CTMH Stardust paper, CTMH Stardust Stickease, Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge, Accents Essentials Cricut cartridge, Queen & Co. felt fusion, and Kaisercraft rhinestones.

2010 Layout Challenge: #14 of 210

Products used: DCWV Luxury Stack, Disney Jolee’s boutique by EK Success, Cricut Mini Monograms cartridge, Sandylion vellum Disney stickers, Kaisercraft Pearl Strips (pink), and unknown 3D butterflies/flowers and organdy ribbon.

I am very pleased with this layout. I used the Diecuts with a View paper from a stack that I bought online and I didn’t like it as well when I got it so it became buried in my stash. It was the perfect colors for these layouts and I don’t think I noticed before that it had a sheen shine that is very pretty. The pearls I used come in strips and I used them to create my own flourishes and used the remaining pearls as centers for the flowers. I’ll have a layout tomorrow using ScrapSketch #3.

Challenges:
Flutter by Wednesday – any butterfly, fairy, or angel
Cupcake Craft Challenge #73 – Going Girly
SSDS Week 23 – Girly
Raise the Bar – Debut Day!

2010 Layout Challenge: #15 of 210

CTMH New Product Blog Hop – Spring 2010

Wendy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:00:20 +0000

Welcome to the Close to My Heart New Product Blog Hop. Throughout this hop you will find a variety of items all created using new products from the Close to My Heart 2010 Spring Idea Book. You can click here to view the new Idea book or to shop online.

This is part 2 from today’s earlier post where I showed you how to use the Caboodle Workshop on the Go guide to make 4 scrapbook pages and 12 cards. The layouts and cards in this post were used with the papers that were left from the Caboodle paper pack! To extend the paper I added 2 sheets of 12×12 vanilla cream cardstock for one of my layout bases and 2 sheets of 12×12 vanilla cream cardstock for my card bases.

Here are my projects all created with the new Caboodle Paper Packet:

Notice on the Joy Rides layout I added “fun” to the B&T Background paper. It was a great way to personalize the paper to fit my layout perfectly. Also, the title is stamped with the Field Trip Alphabet on the back of the paper and then cut out. To do this, place your acrylic stamp the wrong way on your block and stamp the flat side to your paper. The letters will appear backwards when you stamp them but will be correct when you cut them out and flip them over.

And something for those who do not do any girly pages – the Sweet Leaf Ribbon Rounds is a great accent to this paper. Don’t like the printed floral ribbon that comes with it? Simply flip it over and you’ve got a solid grosgrain ribbon! I used the ribbon in this way on the 1 Cool Dude layout and the Buddies layout.

These are standard A2-size cards:

These are 3×3 cards:
For the first 3×3 card I cut the oval Dimensional Element in half and attached. To make the stamped frame on the third 3×3 Thank You card I used one of the bracket-like stamps from the Fringed Phrases stamp set and stamped it on each side.

Products used are all CTMH: Caboodle Paper Packet, Imagine, Cherish – Portrait Collection (right) & Dreamy Look, Wishes – Simplicity, Field Trip Alphabet stamp set, Caboodle WOTG stamp set, Sweet Leaf Ribbon Rounds Collection, Caboodle WOTG stamp set, 3D foam tape, Solo 1 stamp set, Fringed Phrases stamp set, and Posterboard Alphabet stamp set.

You can purchase any of these items by contacting me directly, or ordering through my CTMH website.

One more thing I have to add – I can’t remember the last time I changed the refill in my ATG gun but I can tell you it was before I started all of this. If you look at all I’ve created in this post and the Caboodle Workshop post you can see that it’s a lot and I still have a about 1/4 inch of adhesive left on the roll that is currently loaded. I do not go light on the adhesive so this is a great test and it just amazed me so much when I realized it that I had to share!

Now to continue the CTMH New Product Blog Hop visit DAWN ROSS’ BLOG to see her creation! Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs for some great crafting ideas and see the great new paper packs, My Acrylix stamp sets, and amazing new embellishments! If you get lost along the way you can view a complete list of the blog hop participants in the previous post.

If you enjoyed this blog hop be sure to come back here this Friday, January 15 for a new CTMH Product Spotlight Blog Hop featuring a different product each month. It may be something that you already have in your stash or something new you haven’t tried yet. This month we will be featuring Imagine so you can expect to see some amazing layouts!

This is 3 more towards my layout goal. I am now at 12 of 210.

Caboodle Workshop

Wendy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:15:53 +0000

Welcome back to my blog in case you tried within the last day and were unable to bring it up. It has been technically difficulties beyond my control and I am hoping things are back to normal. Here is what I have had waiting for you:

Products used are all CTMH: Caboodle Workshop on the Go Basic Kit (includes Caboodle Level 2 Paper Packet, stamp set, and Dimensional Elements – Frames), Colonial White cardstock, Friendship Alphabet Large stamp set, Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set, Hodgepodge Alphabet stamp set, Tiny Typewriter Alphabet stamp set, Dimensional Elements Framed Fun, inks (Sorbet, Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue), Tiny Tabs, silver brads, and Sweet Leaf Ribbon Rounds Collection.

These cards and pages were made using the Caboodle Workshop on the Go kit. These kits are so fun to do! You can chose to make the cards or the scrapbook layouts or both! To make both you may need to add additional cardstock. For this kit specifically, I added 4 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 paper for my card bases. With the 4 extra sheets and by substituting some of the papers within the kit I was able to make 4 scrapbook pages and 12 cards using the workshop guide and I had paper left over! The kit is designed to make two 2-page layouts but made mine into four 1-page layouts. Check back later today for another post where I will show you what I have created with the rest of the Caboodle Paper Pack in the CTMH New Product Blog Hop!
I will be hosting this workshop in February. If you are local and would like to participate you can contact me through the About Me link on the top of this page. If you are not local, you can still contact me to purchase the kit.
I am now at 9 of 210 completed layouts for the year.

Grandpa Owl Card

Wendy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:46:01 +0000

Product used: CTMH cardstock and markers, All My Memories sticker, CTMH ribbon, and unknown stamp and brads.

Challenges:
Stamps & Smiles – sketch
My Time to Craft – Blue & Brown

I liked my Grandma owl that I made the other day on this card that I decided to use the same colors for a Grandpa owl. I didn’t have any patterned paper that I wanted to use (or cared to try matching since I wasn’t thinking and colored first). So I just used cardstock. I needed something more than plain cardstock though so I embossed lines on the blue paper and then inked them in brown with a sponge. I just did this free style with my trimmer and stylus and eyeballed the measurements. I used my marker for the faux stitching. I typically don’t do color challenges but the timing of the My Time to Craft post fit with my plans to make this card and the direction I wanted to go with it.

Pink Wish Birthday Card

Wendy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:31:47 +0000

Products used: KI Memories patterned paper, Prima flowers, Studio 18 rhinestone word, Kaiser pearls, and unknown ribbon.

Challenges:
Clean & Simple Blast from the Past
Simon Says…Party!
Cupcake Craft Challenges – Challenge #71
Rosie-D’s Challenge #61
My Time to Craft Challenge #72 – Anything Goes

I have been telling myself all week that I am going to get to some crafting. It’s Wednesday night already and I am just getting started, and it’s late. Better late than never right? This sketch from Clean & Simple was perfect for a simple card. It also served as a confidence builder that I was able to finally get something done. I’m planning to set aside more time tomorrow. I found the ‘Wish’ rhinestone word on clearance yesterday at Michael’s. Great turnaround time on buying and using, don’t you think!

Evensong Christmas cards

Wendy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:48:54 +0000

Products used are all CTMH: Evensong Paper Packet, Sparkles, Evergreen stamp set, Cranberry Ribbon Round, corner rounder, December Word Puzzle stamp set, brads, I Am stamp set, Card Chatter – Christmas stamp set, Say It In Style stamp set, Picture Perfect stamp set, and the flourish stamp set is from the Grace Workshop on the Go kit.

Challenges:
Simon Says – Merry Christmas
Scrap Our Stash – December Stash Challenge
The Pink Elephant – Challenge #45
Creative Card Crew – Anything Goes
Crafty Creations – Traditional Christmas
OCC Challenge – The Holidays are Here!
Practical Scrappers – Anything Christmas
My Grafico – Red/Green (not Christmas) - smile card

I’ve used the CTMH Evensong Paper Pack and you can see how versatile it is and how you can use it with many different stamp sets. I made a bunch of layouts with this set and then made cards with the scraps. It’s amazing how far scraps will go when you try using them up by making cards. This is a great way to use up paper and I love “finishing” an entire paper pack.

All Girl Scrapbook Layout

Wendy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:16 +0000

Products used: My Mind’s Eye Bohemia Transfer Title, Stampin’ Up! grosgrain ribbon, Say It In Crystals by Prima, Deja Views Die-cut paper, background paper unknown, and quote from unknown book.

This was a very different layout for me inspired by Scrap Sketch #187. I like the variety that it will add to the pages in my scrapbook.