You Make Me Happy!

Hi All! Thought I'd share a card that I made using a variety of media and Close To My Heart's January Stamp Of The Month: Adore You. Let's take a look:

For the base of the card, I used Kraft cardstock cut to 4 1/4 x 11 inches and scored at 5 1/2 inches to make a top folding card. 

For the card front, I cut two stitched ovals from White Daisy and Woodgrain cardstocks. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in gold on the White Daisy cardstock and then replaced it in the Woodgrain frame. I then went to work on the background, blending Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Seedless Preserves, and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks. I followed that up with a sprinkling of water and then blended Picket Fence and Hickory Smoke Distress Crayons into the Woodgrain paper to create a more weathered appearance. 

Since I was making this into a shaker card, I cut the same oval from two layers of craft foam that were slightly smaller than the card front. Since they were white, I went around the edges of the foam layers with an Aged Mahogany Distress Marker. I added the craft foam frames to the card base and fitted the sentiment oval into the frame and attached it to the base as well. I then added a mix of sequins and glitter, attached a piece of acetate to the front, and then layered the Woodgrain cardstock frame to the front. 

To finish off the card, I used metal foliage flowers and leaves hardware that I "sewed" together with hemp twine. I used this element to anchor the second sentiment, which I stamped onto Kraft cardstock in Archival Black ink and then added a distressed feel to the piece with Aged Mahogany and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink along with a little Hickory Smoke and Picket Fence crayons just for fun. I added the sentiment and embellishment to the front of the card with foam tape.

Here's a few close-ups:

And here's a look at the card "mid-shake":

And here are a couple more pictures for good measure:

It's been a while since I've done a card that was this technique heavy. It was so much fun, I really should do more. I hope you've enjoyed it seeing it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Remember, the January Stamp Of The Month retires next week, so get it while you can.

In the meantime, have a wonderfully creative day!

CTMH January 2017 Stamp of The Month: Adore You	CTMH White Daisy Cardstock	CTMH Kraft Cardstock	Ranger Distress Woodgrain Cardstock
CTMH Archival Black Ink	Ranger Distress Ink Peeled Paint	Ranger Distress Ink Faded Jeans	Ranger Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire
Ranger Distress Ink Seedless Preserves	Ranger Distress Ink Aged Mahogany	Ranger Distress Crayon Set 3	Ranger Distress Marker Aged Mahogany
Stitched Oval Thinlit Dies Tim Holtz/Sizzix	Idea-Ology Metal Foliage by Tim Holtz	Craft Foam	CTMH 3D Foam Tape
ATG Gun	SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer	Mocha Java Sequins (Simon Says Stamp)	Darice Gold Sequins
Martha Stewart Hexagonal Glitter

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Tuesday Treats: For Adorable You!

Hi All! Thought I'd share a cute little treat bag I created using Close To My Heart's January Stamp Of The Month: Adore You, and papers from the Sugar Rush collection.

Let's take a look!

To create these little bags, I used a 6x6 inch piece of patterned paper. (I chose patterns that had no obvious direction to them, which makes life oh so much easier.) I scored the paper at 1, 2 3/4, 3 3/4, and 5 1/2 inches. Then rotated my paper 90 degrees and scored at 1 and 5 1/2 inches. (If you use paper with a directional pattern, place it in your scoring tool so that the pattern is in the right direction and then score using the first set of measurements. Rotate the paper 90 degrees to the right, and score using the second set of measurements. That should keep your pattern going the right way for the box.)

I turned my paper so that the last two scores I made now ran horizontally and that the narrowest score line from the edge of the paper (the 5 1/2-inch line) was at the top. I removed the tiny little box at the top right corner where the two 5 1/2-inch score lines cross, added adhesive in the 1/2-inch space between the score line and the edge of the paper,  and then folded the paper back on itself so that the reverse side was showing. 

I then cut up the vertical score lines from the bottom edge of the paper to the 1-inch horizontal score line and removed the little 1-inch x 1/2-inch tab at the bottom right corner. I added adhesive down the right side between the 5 1/2-inch score line and the edge of the paper and sealed the bag together vertically. I then folded in the bottom flaps and sealed the bottom shut. And that's the bag done. 

Here's a look at each bag and how I finished them off:

To decorate this bag, I cut a banner from White Daisy cardstock using the Thin Cuts from the Hello Lovely Cardmaking Bundle. I stamped the sentiment from Adore You a little to the right in Sea Glass ink and added 2 hearts from Hello Lovely in second generation Blossom ink. I finished up the banner by going around the edge with my Gold Shimmer Brush. I then used my Think Cuts Hearts to cut a heart from White Daisy cardstock, fed the banner through the heart, and popped them up on the front with foam tape. I stamped the floral heart on White Daisy in second generation Blossom ink, cut it out by hand, and popped that up off the banner. Finally, I filled the box with Hershey nuggets and closed it up with White & Gold ribbon.

This bag is decorated a little more simply, and, I think, works for a more masculine gift. I cut the XO heart using the Think Cuts Basic Heart dies and then stamped it using the XO stamp from Adore You. I stamped XO in the center of the heart in Whisper ink and then added the XO's around it in second generation Whisper. I also used Whisper ink to ink around the edges to help give the heart more definition. I then cut a label from the Hello Lovely dies and stamped my sentiment in Pomegranate ink. The label was too long, so I ran it back through my die machine and used the same die to cut off the excess. I then edged it with my Gold Shimmer Brush and popped it and the heart onto the front of the bag with foam tape. I closed the bag using a mini bulldog clip from my stash.

And that's it! The finished bag measurements in inches are 4 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1. It easily holds 5 Hershey Nuggets, but you can squeeze in 6.

Here's one more look at the two together:

Remember, the Adore You stamp set is only available through 31 January 2017! I have links to it and all the products I used today in the product list below.

I hope you give these bags a try. They are a fun and simple way to pass along a little kindness on Valentines or any other Day!

Have a wonderfully creative week!

CTMH January 2017 Stamp of The Month: Adore You	CTMH Hello Lovely Cardmaking (Stamp)	CTMH Sugar Rush Paper Pack	CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
CTMH Blossom Ink	CTMH Pomegranate Ink	CTMH Sea Glass Ink	CTMH Gold Shimmer Brush Pen
CTMH White & Gold Ribbon	CTMH Basic Hearts Thin Cuts	CTMH Hearts Thin Cuts	CTMH Hello Lovely Cardmaking (Thin Cuts Bundle)
SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer	CTMH Non-Stick Micro Tip Scissors	CTMH Micro Tip Scissors	ATG Gun
CTMH 3D Foam Tape

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