Follow Your Arrow Layout featuring CTMH Hopscotch

The challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart is "Entwined". I decided to use the new Extra Thick Twine in Flaxen to add to my Hopscotch layout for my club this month. The layout design was inspired our hostess who wanted a layout to feature her teenage daughter. I think this layout definitely says "teenage girl". For full details on how I created this layout, check out this KellyCraft blog post.

Supplies:  
Hopscotch Paper Pack - Close To My Heart 
Flaxen Extrea Thick Twine - Close To My Heart
Glacier, Lagoon, Flaxen, Sunset, Smoothie, & Pixie Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
Flaxen, Smoothie, Lagoon, Glacier, & Colonial White Cardstock - Close To My Heart 

Aqua Dots and Flamingo Dots - Close To My Heart

Arrows, Diamonds, & Chevron Embossing Folders - Close To My Heart
Artbooking & Artiste Cricut Cartridge - Close To My Heart 

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

Cuttle Bug

Scotch ATG
Glue Dots
Pop Dots

Birthday Color Challenge

This week for the Heart 2 Heart challenge, we had to use our birth month to create a layout that featured a certain color. Well, since I was born in July, my feature color is Pacifica. It just so happens that the Confetti Wishes paper pack happens to feature Pacifica, so what better way to create a Birthday Color Challenge than by creating a birthday layout! 

Supplies:  

Confetti Wishes Paper Pack - Close To My Heart
Bodacious Banner, Build-A-Cake, & Confetti Wishes WOTG Stamp Set - Close To My Heart 
Purple Shimmer Trim - Close To My Heart
Purple Glitter Gems - Close To My Heart

Thistle Ribbon - Close To My Heart
Black, Pacifica, Canary, Pear, Crystal Blue, & Thistle Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 
Pacifica, Canary, Pear, Crystal Blue, & Thistle Cardstock - Close To My Heart 
Artbooking & Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge  - Close To My Heart

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

Scotch ATG
Glue Dots
Pop Dots

Into the Wild with CTMH Timberline

The CTMH Timberline paper pack is one of my favorites. Having three sons and a husband that love to go camping, fishing, hunting, and hiking makes for a lot of outdoor pictures for me to scrap and more bug bites than I care to remember. :) Anyway, I absolutely love these papers for all things outdoors. I created this layout for my club gathering but I thought it would also work perfectly for the Heart 2 Heart Great Outdoors challenge this week. We would love to have you join us!

Supplies:  

Timberline Paper Pack - Close To My Heart 

Chocolate, Honey, Ponderosa Pine & Lagoon Ink  - Close To My Heart 

Chocolate, Twlight, Bamboo, & Colonial White Cardstock - Close To My Heart

Artbooking and Artiste Alphabet  Cricut Cartridges - Close To My Heart 

Catch You Later & Timberline WOTG Stamp Sets - Close To My Heart 

Triangle Durables & Topiary Chevron Ribbon - Close To My Heart 

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

Pooh Alphabet  Cricut Cartridge

Scotch ATG 

Glue Dots 

Pop Dots

Retirement Card with CTMH Skylark

Continuing on the retirement theme this weekend, I made a second card using the Skylark paper pack and the Give a Lift stamp set. The sentiments on this stamp set seem to work perfectly for a bright, cheerful retirement card. I used the sketch for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I love the colors in the Skylark paper pack and they work perfectly for the color challenge over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week.

Supplies: 

Skylark Paper Pack - Close To My Heart 

Cardstock - Sweet Leaf and White Daisy  - Close To My Heart 

Give a Lift Stamp Set - Close To My Heart 

Sunny Yellow Brads - Close To My Heart

Lagoon & Sweet Leaf Ink Pads - Close To My Heart 

Art Philosophy & Artbooking Cricut Cartridges - Close To My Heart 

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

Scotch ATG 

Glue Dots 

Sassy Girl Layout with Artbooking

Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop!  The blogger in front of me is Barbi Kelley.   The Stampers with an Attitude are excited to show artwork with Shimmer, Sparkle, and Shine, so here we go. I created this layout using the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge for the Shimmer, Sparkle, and Shine Blog Hop and the Heart 2 Heart Spotlight challenge. Our sweet baby girl is always in the spotlight at our house and she certainly has a shining personality. She is the baby of the family by over 10 years and has three big brothers who adore her and are extremely protective. These pictures were taken a couple of years ago, but I had never really found the perfect layout for them yet. I knew they would need some Sparkle and Shine to make them really reflect her personality! I cut the Zebra background using the cartridge out of our Black Glitter Paper. I love that Close To My Hearts Glitter Paper cuts so well on the Cricut! I added lots of hand rolled paper flowers to match the roses in her pictures. Don't you love the quilling tool? It makes creating these paper flowers so quick and easy! I added a sparkle to the center of each of the paper flowers. I really love how everything came together to Shimmer, Sparkle, and Shine! 

Supplies:  

Black Glitter Paper - Close To My Heart 

Cardstock - Ruby and White Daisy  - Close To My Heart 

Sparkles - Close To My Heart

Artbooking, Artiste, and Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges - Close To My Heart 

Quilling Tool - Close To My Heart 

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

Scotch ATG 

Glue Dots 

Pop Dots

Now hop on over to Melissa Robinson  blog to see more Shimmer, Sparkle, and Shine! 

For the Love of Artbooking

When I read the Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this week and thought about choosing a CTMH product that I love, I knew it would be a hard choice. I LOVE everything about CTMH! The paper, stamps, embellishments, well everything, but the product that I use the most are our Cricut Cartridges. No matter if I am making a layout, card, or other project it seems I am always reaching for one of our Cricut Cartridges to add just the right touch, either an overlay, a paper pieced embellishment, or a perfectly cut design to match one of our many stamp sets. The layout I made for this week features the Timberline paper pack and the Artbooking Cartridge. I love the overlays we can cut with these cartridges. What a great way to show off this terrific paper pack!

Supplies:  

Timberline Paper Pack - Close To My Heart 

Chocolate & Lagoon Ink  - Close To My Heart 

Chocolate, Goldrush, Twlight, Lagoon, Bamboo, & Colonial White Cardstock - Close To My Heart

Artbooking, Artiste, and Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges - Close To My Heart 

Catch You Later Stamp Set - Close To My Heart 

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

Scotch ATG 

Glue Dots 

Pop Dots