Dotty For You Blog Hop

Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month in May by mixing and matching to your heart’s content with our new Dotty for You paper packet! This paper pack is great for all your scrapbooking needs. If you have come from Tamytha's blog you are on the right  track.

For my project I made a My Creations Display Album for my Daughter's birthday present. Inside the album hold 12 photos of her gorgeous children Ashley and Zach. This paper pack works for girly pages as well as those masculine ones. Each page is 6X6 and fits into a page protector in the spiral bound album.

 

Be sure to hop on through to enjoy all the amazing projects made with Dotty For You.

Your next stop will be Kim's creative hands blog.

Use It or Lose It Challenge #5

Stress Reliever: Altered Paper Scraps

 With Tax day coming soon if you need a little stress relief just grab some scraps,
stamp on them tone on tone and you're ready to
create that favorite card or scrapbook page.

 In my case I grabbed these scraps out of the trash can.

I had to clean up quickly after a previous  project.

Then I cut the tails to form banners and stamped on each one tone on tone. The longer border is dry embossed using the stylus in the cutting track of my paper trimmer and then sanded to expose the white core. A border stamp was stamped in between each scored line. This process took just 3 minutes. I put my altered scraps away until I had time to create my card.

Now if you need just three minutes of stress relief give this a try. After you've completed your project please share with us at Use It or Lose It. 

Also, if you don't want those scraps to be lost there are many ideas at Use It or Lose It.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Pear, Smoothie, Lagoon, Sunny Yellow

Ink: Pear, Smoothie, Lagoon, Sunny Yellow

Stamps: From the Art Philosophy Collection, Eclectic Edges

Embellishments: Sparkles, Bakers Twine, Black Mini Medley

It's A Dotty Birthday

Our sweet Ashley turned 17 yesterday.

We had a fun filled family gathering to celebrate her.

She loves polka dots so I used the new Dotty For You Collection to make her card.

The Dotty for You Collection is coming soon as we

look forward to celebrating National Scrapbook Month.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Dotty For You

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: Card Chatter-Birthday

Ink: Lagoon

Embellishments: Paradise flowers, Sunset Mini Medley, Bakers Twine

Happy Easter

Happy Spring - and almost, Happy Easter!

That's the challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart Challenges.

Heart 2 Heart has some challenge rules to review and up date - please

check them out at Heart 2 Heart.

5 1/2"  Easter Egg Card made using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge page 57.
Lucy Rub-Ons decorate the egg.

Coordinating 4 1/2 X 5 3/4  envelope made using

 Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge page 30.

Celebrate Spring and Easter with us and post your creations at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Lucy

Cardstock: Sweet Leaf, Colonial White

Lucy Rub-Ons

Embellishments: Paradise Flowers, Bitty Buds

Embossing Techniques at Heart 2 Heart

This week's challenge at Heart 2 Heart is embossing techniques.

My favorite embossing technique is dry embossing to make faux stitching.

This week I wanted to try something different. I'm not to good with the embossing powders so I decided to use the clear embossing powder to make some "cracked glass" images.

Wishes Card Confidence Program is the only place to get 41/2 X 41/2 square card designs. There are ten different designs. This one is called Curtain Call. The card base is cut with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge page 33 in the booklet.

Wishes also has ten circle card designs. This one is called Side Note.

This card base is cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge page 31.

These card designs are very helpful when using the clear circle cards

from the CTMH Idea Book.

Wishes also has six 3 X 6 card designs. This one is called Name Plate.

This card base is cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge page 54.

These three card sizes are only found in Wishes which is available at this time

while supplies last. You can get yours Here.

Now it's your turn to share some embossing creations.

Be sure to post at Heart 2 Heart for all to see.

CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Florentine
Cardstock: Desert Sand, Colonial White, Cocoa
Ink: Cocoa, Brown Bag, Olive
Stamps: Rosy Regards, Live Inspired, Sweet Moments
Embellishments: Filigree Charms, Opaques. Colonial White Ribbon
Technique: Cracked Glass: Stamp your image on the piece of the card you want cracked. Cover the piece with adhesive. I used my Xyron. Pour the clear detail embossing powder on the adhesive. Heat to melt powder. Apply powder again while the image is wet. Do this 8-10 times so a thick layer of powder is melted on your piece. Be sure to add more powder before it dries. Let your piece completely dry. Bend the image to crack the glass.  I added some cocoa ink in the cracks to emphasize the cracks.

Dotty by the Piece

Challenge #4 at Use It or Lose It: Paper Piecing

The paper piecing technique using scraps was used to make this card from Wishes.  This technique uses scraps of BTP or Cardstock to fill an image with color. On this card the petals of the flower from the Just For You stamp set were stamped on different scrap papers, cut out and put back on the stamped flower  image. This technique is used when you don't want to color in an open stamped image. The areas of the image are "colored" in with the pieces of  the paper.

Give this technique a try and share with us at Use it or Lose It.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Dotty for You (Coming soon in April)

Cardstock: Smoothie, Colonial White

Stamps: Just for You

Ink: Black

Embellishments: Bakers Twine, Green Buttons

How to Book: Wishes: available while supplies last. Get Yours today.

It's All in the Magic

If you like interactive pages in your scrapbook this Magic How to Book is for you.

The interactive techniques have patterns and complete

details to put them together with ease.

 Enchantment on page 78 has your memories neatly tucked away in the file flap.

 Left page has the title cut with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

 Right page uses the Irresistible Journaling Spots with a Paradise Flower.

 Mystify on page 36 adds more photos with pull outs.

 Left side hold a large 5.5 X 9.5 special photo

 Right side holds 3 photos with pull out photos behind.

Magic is only available while supplies last. You can get yours here.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Crusin, Superhero

Cardstock: Cranberry, Moonstruck, Sky, Black

Stamps: Card Chatter- Birthday, Checklist

Ink: Cranberry, Moonstruck, Black

Embellishments: Irresistible Journaling spots, Paradise flowers, Glitter buttons, Sparkles

Bunny Treats

I had these treat boxes left over from Valentines so I removed the heart candy

 and added chocolate eggs and redecorated with the My Peeps stamps set.

These little treats will be part of the Easter Egg Hunt so they won't be left over.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Lucy

Cardstock: Sky, Sunny Yellow, Key Lime, Amethyst, Taffy, Pear

Ink: Sky, Sunny Yellow, Key Lime, Amethyst, Taffy, Pear, Cotton Candy

Stamps: My Peeps, Say It In Style

Embellishments: Assorted Ribbon from stash, brads

Other: Chocolate Candy

Spring is Here

Spring has arrived and it's time to celebrate. 

This week's inspiration photo at Inspired By does just that.

 Using the wooden bird from Wooden Garden Shapes and the rustic look of the Florentine B&T Duos was inspired by the photo below. What inspires you?

Use this photo and share some spring with us at Inspired By

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Florentine

Cardstock: 4 1/2 Colonial White Circle Cards

Stamps: Card Chatter-Sympathy

Ink: Cocoa, Desert Sand

Stamps: Card Chatter-Sympathy

Embellishments: Wooden Garden Shapes. Opaques, Just blooms

Imagine the Possibilities

Step up to Imagine with its 7 helpful steps, transforming techniques, and dramatic effects with tearing.

This How to Book for scrapbookers is a recipe for perfect creative freedom.

 I decided not to do the tearing on this Fiesta two page layout on page 60

 With the use of the Glittery Rub-ons I wanted a cleaner look.

 Seam Binding Ribbon accents the look just perfectly.

 I added some faux stitching on the cocoa cardstock
with Turn Up The Tempo on page 64

 Titles came easy with the words on the zip strip from the Florentine B&T Duos.

Adding the Wooden Garden shapes, paradise flowers and the lace flowers

made the embellishments a perfect accent for this layout.

You can purchase Imagine only while supplies last. Don't miss this opportunity.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Lucy, Florentine

Cardstock: Grey Wool, Creme Brulee, Garden Green, Vanilla Cream

Stamps: Enjoy

Ink: Cocoa, Grey Wool

Embellishments: Lucy Glittery Rub-ons, Wooden Garden Shapes, Paradise Flowers, Bohemian Assortment, Seam binding Ribbon, Opaques

How to book: Imagine