Well Hello Mojo!

I'm off to Disneyland next week for the Close To My Heart National Convention. One of the highlights for me is participating in a general card swap in which everyone who wants to participate brings along their handmade cards and we swap. I swapped for some beautiful cards last year! Unfortunately, this year I haven't had a lot of time to make my cards, and I was having a devil of a time coming up with a design. Enter this week's Mojo Monday challenge! Woo HOO! Swaps are done!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on it:

This card actually came together pretty quickly, which is good since I ended up making 26 more. (I ran out of ribbon at 26 so that was the cutoff.) I started with a White Daisy cardstock base layer sized at 4 x 5 1/4 inches. I added 1 7/8 x 2 1/2-inch strips of Cranberry cardstock to the base and then layered on patterned paper from the Jubilee paper pack. I stamped the second generation of the branch/leaf image in Topiary Exclusive ink using a stamp from the Jubilee Workshop On The Go stamp set. (Jubilee is a perfect workshop for your summer scrapbook layouts, by the way.) I then added a strip of Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon to the card using mini glue dots. The Indian Corn Blue cardstock circle is cut at 2 7/8 inches and stamped in Indian Blue Exclusive ink using a stamp from the Jubilee Workshop On The Go.  The "hello"sentiment is from the Patterned Pennants stamp set (retired) and is stamped in Cranberry Exclusive Ink on a 1 3/8-inch White Daisy cardstock circle. The circles are popped up with dimensional adhesive. For the final touch, I added a yellow paper flower with an acrylic flower in the middle and a butterfly cut from Outdoor Denim cardstock.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

And here is the card once again:

I hope you enjoyed a little creative mojo to kick off the weekend. (And I hope that my fellow CTMH consultants like their swap!) Have a wonderful weekend!

Thankful Thursday Mojo

Hi All! Thought I'd share a little thank you note inspired by this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

Here's my take on it:

I used a White Daisy card base and layered it with Kraft cardstock. The pattern paper is from the Jubilee paper pack. I cut a 2-inch scalloped circle from White Daisy cardstock and layered it with a 1 1/2-inch circle cut from Kraft cardstock. All of the stamping was done in Pacifica Exclusive Ink. The "TY" and parentheses are a sneak peek of July's Stamp Of The Month. "Thank You" is from Close To My Heart's Banner Wishes stamp set.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

And here is the card again:

I hope you enjoyed a little Thankful Thursday mojo. Have a wonderful day counting your blessings!

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Kraft-y Hearts Blog Share: The Best Part Of Home....

Hi All! Welcome to the Kraft-y Hearts Blog Share for March. We're celebrating Close To My Heart's March Stamp Of The Month: Happy Place:

 If you haven't been to see what lovely projects Lynn Darda has for you at From My Bungalow, make sure you hop on over. You WON'T be disappointed!

My project today is a little three dimensional wall hanging using Close To My Heart's new My Creations Pennant Frame and elements and paper from the Jubilee Paper Collection. Let's take a look:

The frame and background are covered with Jubilee Paper and inked around the edges with Cranberry Exclusive Ink. The little booklet is made from Kraft Cardstock. I used scraps of the Jubilee paper on the cover and on the inside pages. The sentiment (from the Happy Place set) is stamped on Kraft Cardstock in Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Ink, which I used throughout the project.

The "Details" chipboard element is from the Jubilee Compliments. I altered it a bit to better fit the frame and added the sentiment using a variety of stamps from my collection. The two hearts above it are from the Stamp Of The Month and are stamped in Cranberry Ink on Kraft Cardstock. I fussy cut around them and added them to the frame with Liquid Glass--which I used to attach all of the chipboard pieces as well.

For the banners, I used more of the Jubilee paper and complements. "Happy" is from the Stamp of The Month and the other sentiments were created using retired stamps from my collection. "Together" is stamped in White Daisy Ink on Kraft Cardstock.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Here's another look at the project:

I hope you enjoyed our little Kraft-y Heart project today! Don't forget to stop over and see what the amazingly talented Lynn Darda has for you today at From By Bungalow.

Valentine Countdown: Sweet Little Box

Hi Folks! Just 7 more days (6 if you don't count the 14th) and counting! I mixed it up just a little with today's flip stand page. I thought this would be a great place for my family to record a few things we love. There are two little journaling spots that I added from my stash. How fun is that!?!

I to play along with the folks over at the Kraft Journal, so I'm linking up today's project to their "Here's My Heart" challenge. I liked this project because it is one of those that came together much more quickly than I expected. (That's fairly unusual for me, since I tend to tweak every project I find.) I used this tutorial and went from there. So let's take a look:

Here's My Ingredients List:

Kraft Cardstock

Jubilee Paper Pack

Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Oval Punch

Scallop Oval Punch

Cranberry Exclusive Ink

Pearl Flourishes

Pearl Adhesive Gems

Favorite Adhesive

Dimensional Adhesive

Score Tape (or other really strong dry adhesive) 

The scalloped heart used for the top and bottom of the box is cut at 4 inches from Kraft Cardstock using the Cricut Artiste Cartridge. I cut four of these and adhere them in pairs to make them sturdier. I then inked the edges in Cranberry Exclusive Ink. I cut a heart to layer from Jubilee paper using the same cartridge. I think it's about 3 1/2 inches. (I used my Gypsy [you could use Cricut Craft Room] to adjust the size.) I also cut the flower at 2 inches from Jubilee paper using Artiste. I inked the edges of the heart in Cranberry and layered it on one of the scalloped hearts. I then created a box and lid per the instructions in the tutorial. I centered the box between the two scalloped hearts and attached it with score tape.

To decorate the lid, I added some pearl flourishes, the flower and some opaque pearl gems from my stash. The sentiment is from the Holiday Tags stamp set by Close To My Heart. I stamped it in Cranberry ink on Kraft cardstock and punched it out with my oval punch. I layered it onto the scalloped oval that I punched from Jubilee paper using dimensional adhesive and then popped that onto the top with more dimensional adhesive. I added a couple of pearls to the sentiment to set it off, and because you can NEVER have too much bling!

Here are some close-ups:

And here is a look at the box opened and full of goodies:

I do hope you're enjoying our countdown! We'll see you again tomorrow!

Valentine Countdown with the Rose Blossoms! (Day 12….)

Hi All! 12 days and counting! 

Today we have a special treat: we're joining the Rose Blossoms Blog Hop celebrating the release of Close To My Heart's Spring/Summer 2014 Catalog! Woo Hoo! If you just hopped over from Marg Van Patten's AMAZING blog, you're in the right place. If you're just starting, you can hop on over to Brenda Rose's always-INSPIRING blog and begin at the beginning. Or here's a list of Blog Hop participants if you get lost along the way:

Brenda

Sara

Lynn

Tammie

Kim

Kristine

Marg

Kim {that'll be me}

Today's project is an All-Occasions Cards Set that I created using the new Jubilee Workshop On The Go, along with other elements from the Jubilee collection and the new My Creations Journaling Cards Box. (As you'll see, I didn't use it for journaling cards….) Jubilee is a bright, fun line designed to invoke visions of summer and county fairs! It's full of ginghams and doilies and primary colors. I love working with it!  So let's take a look:

The card box comes in white ready for you to alter. I inked all the edges heavily in Indian Corn Blue Exclusive ink and then covered the outside with Jubilee paper. I used Jubilee chipboard compliments on the top and bottom front sections of the box, and layered strawberry flair from the Jubilee assortment on the top. I added some of the new Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon to the chipboard element on the front of the box and then finished it off with Durables Triangle Studs and Sparkle Flourishes. (I inked around the edges of the yellow doily and red gingham papers with Cranberry Exclusive ink.)

Now lets take a look at what's inside:

The card bases are cut at 5 1/2 x 4 inches from Kraft cardstock. 

The first card is very simple. I layered three pieces of patterned paper to the base of the card, and then added layered chipboard elements from the compliments pack. I finished it off with a little "First Place" flair from the assortments. Inside is a congratulations stamp from the 4 My Friend stamp set.

For the next card, I layered the yellow doily paper with a piece of a zip strip (that's the extra 1/2-inch edge at the top of the paper that has all the color information on one side and a coordinating pattern on the other) from the Jubilee paper. The green and blue ombré doily is from the back side of the yellow paper. I fussy cut it to fit the card front. I added some Sparkle Flourishes and popped up the gingham flag with dimensional adhesive. I stamped the sentiment from the 4 My Friend stamp set in Indian Corn Blue Exclusive ink and then popped that on top of the flag with dimensional adhesive as well. 

This next card is one of my favorites. I started by layering patterned paper that matched the width of the card base. Then I added a strip of Woodgrain Washi Tape at the top and bottom of the layers. The yellow flag, green washi tape and ticket element is cut from one of the patterned papers and adhered to the card. (Love that layered look!) I stamped one of the chipboard complements with a sentiment from a retired stamp set in Indian Corn Blue Exclusive ink and added Topiary Mini and Ruby Chevron ribbons to the chipboard. I popped it up on the front of the card with dimensional adhesive. The final bit of fun comes from the "Yee Haw" flair from the Jubilee assortment.

For this simple card, I inked up a layer of patterned paper with Indian Corn Blue Exclusive ink and added a strip of Woodgrain Washi tape, over which I layered a strip of the Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon. The sentiment is from the Banner Wishes stamp set. I stamped the banner in Saddle Exclusive Ink and the greeting in Indian Corn Blue on Colonial White cardstock. I fussy cut around the banner and popped it up using dimensional adhesive. I added a bow of Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon to the sentiment with Liquid Glass.

All-Occasions cards sets MUST have a thank you note, and this one couldn't be easier to make. I layered two pieces of patterned paper (both inked with Cranberry Exclusive ink) on the base, and added two banners cut from the zip strip of one of the papers. A chipboard element from the Jubilee compliments pack and "Thank You" from the Banner Wishes stamp set stamped in Cranberry Ink round out the sentiment.

 Last, but not least, we come to my most favorite card in the set. It is also our Valentine's Day Countdown project. I couldn't decide if I wanted to put "Valentine" at the top or not…. May have to go back and add it. For this, I layered a piece of patterned paper on the card base. I then stamped the melon image from the Jubilee Workshop On The Go in Indian Corn Blue ink in the middle of a piece of Colonial White cardstock. (I stamped the image again in the same ink on a scrap piece of Colonial White, colored it with my watercolor pencils, and fussy cut around it to use as a decorative element.) I added more watermelon stamps in Saddle Exclusive ink to the Colonial White cardstock to make my own patterned paper. I attached that piece to the middle of the card and cut the sentiment from one of the zip strips on the patterned paper. I added chipboard hearts from the Jubilee compliments collection and then popped up the colorful melon in the middle. Gotta be honest, I like this one for the pun!

All that, and folks I still have enough paper, cardstock, compliments, studs and flair to make at least 6 or 10 more cards. These Workshops On The Go sets are packed with goodies!

I hope you enjoyed today's project! And remember, if you just started, hop on over to Rose Blossom Legacies and begin the hop at the beginning. You'll be so inspired and glad you did!

Pop on by tomorrow as we continue our Valentine's Day Countdown!