CTMH Grateful Heart Freedom Layout

CTMH Grateful Heart has just got to be the most versatile paper suite ever!  With its pomegranate and sapphire papers, I immediately thought of a patriotic themed layout.  I thought that I could use it for some of our military photos, but it could easily be used for Memorial Day or 4th of July photos too.

Remember that Grateful Heart will be available beginning on September 1st, at which time I will update all of the links to the products that you will need.  You will need ownership of our CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge to make the cuts in the file listed below.  Here is a list of some of the other products used:

Sapphire Cardstock

Gold Foil Cardstock

White Daisy Ink

Pomegranate Ink

Black Ink

Stitched Borders Stamp Set

Snug Borders Stamp Set

Grateful Heart Paper Pack

Here is the Cricut Design Space file link for this Grateful Heart Freedom layout:

https://design.cricut.com/#/design/101927705

CTMH No Worries Home Away From Home for the Joyful Stars Blog Hop

Welcome to my entry for the Joyful Stars July 2017 blog hop.  If you have arrived here from Betty's blog, you are on the right track. 

I have just recently returned from Close To My Heart's annual convention.  I had the privilege of showing off several of my projects with my fellow consultants during a Creativity Showcase.  Here is one of my creations, a one page layout that was inspired by a digital page that I had seen on Pinterest. I was working with CTMH's No Worries paper suite, and I had a full sheet of weathered wood cardstock left that I thought would be the perfect base.  I used cuts from our exclusive CTMH Artbooking and Flower Market Cricut cartridges.

Some stickers from the No Worries Complements along with a few No Worries Sequins provide some little embellishment.

I hope that you like my happy little No Worries page.  I am going to try to post the other 3 two page No Worries layouts as soon as possible. 

To continue with the Joyful Stars blog hop, please hop along to visit the talented Marie's blog.

*****I have had many requests for my Cricut Design Space file for this layout.  I would love to share it with you!  I am going to ask two things of you first though.  1.) Please become a follower of my blog and 2.) Please like my business page on Facebook  Thank you for following me!  I want to make sure that you don't miss out on my projects.  As a reward, here is the link:  https://design.cricut.com/#/design/62807698

CTMH Dreamin' Big Ultimate Flip Flap Layout Workshop

I am so very thrilled to be sharing my CTMH Dreamin' Big Ultimate Flip Flap Workshop with you today.  I was so very proud of the way that it turned out, that I decided to create a detailed workshop guide. The guide includes instructions with supporting full color photos and complete cardstock cutting guides, as well as access to a Cricut Design Space file to create the few Cricut cuts required. 
 

 

This Dreamin' Big Ultimate Flip Flap Workshop uses an entire Dreamin' Big paper pack, a few sheets of solid color cardstock including black white and a sheet of poppy, and entire pack of Dreamin' Big Complements and several sizes of our awesome CTMH Flip Flaps.  You could even add more Flip Flaps to your layout than I have shown, in case you needed to include a few more photos here and there.  There is plenty of opportunity for expansion!

 

*****Workshop Guide Details*****

 

The best part of my workshop guide is all of the time that it will save you.  You will easily be able to see how each cut is made and from which sheets of cardstock, so no guesswork will be required.  You can receive your Dreamin' Big Ultimate Flip Flap Workshop Guide in one of two ways, the choice is yours.  First of all, you can choose to order $25 worth of supplies (before tax and shipping) by shopping with me by clicking here.  I will then email you the workshop.  Or, you can purchase the workshop guide out right for $12 by using the link below.  I will do my best to have the instructions emailed to you as promptly as possible, but certainly within a 24 hour timeframe.

 

 

Consultants are free to use my Dreamin' Big Ultimate Flip Flap Workshop Guide to host and run their own classes once they receive it from either manner outlined above.

 

The Dreamin' Big paper suite is scheduled to be available only through the end of April or while supplies last.  Be sure not to miss out!  Please note that both the CTMH Artbooking and Flower Market Cricut cartridges have been used in this layout for a couple of photo frames and the wreath and vines.  The Cricut Design Space file will only work for you if you own these cartridges.  Don't own them?  That's ok, you can make your 2 photo mats on your own, with the tools you do own.  Substitute my wreath with your own, or leave it off altogether, it's ok!  Your layout will still look amazing!

CTMH Calypso Cards

The summery, cheerful Calypso paper suite will only be here for a few more days.  And since I will be leaving tomorrow for CKC in Lancaster, PA, I wanted to share quite a few Calypso cards with you.  I won't run through every single product with you, but I do want to mention the Art Philosophy, Artfully Sent, and even the Artiste Cricut cartridges.  They will be leaving us in just four days, and I used AP and AS in my cards below. 

 

 

 

 

 

CTMH Calypso Hello Relax & Enjoy Summer Layout for the Joyful Stars July 2016 Blog Hop

 

Welcome to my stop on the Joyful Stars Blog Hop for July 2016.  If you have arrived here from Joyce's blog, you are on the right track.  Continuing on with my Calypso themed projects for this month, I would like to share my "hello RELAX & enjoy summer" layout with you.

 Although the Calypso paper pack has lots of opportunity for projects with the color pink, I set out to create a layout that I could use for photos of my son as well as my girls.  In other words, I tried to stay away from the pink!  In addition to the Calypso paper pack, I incorporated the Calypso Complements heavily when making the title for this layout. 

And what kind of a layout would it be without using my CTMH Cricut Artbooking cartridge.  I just LOVE those wave frames, cut out both big and small.  Oh, and I almost forgot the green overlay in the background of the left page.  Some Calypso Sequins scattered here and there and some Calypso Washi Tape just up the fun level. 

I hope that you enjoyed my layout!  Feel free to come back and browse the other Calypso projects that I will be sharing throughout the month of July and maybe even beyond.  Next up on the Joyful Stars blog hop is the very talented Debi's blog.  See you soon!

 

Close To My Heart Magical Convention Contest Layout 2016

I am just back from the Close To My Heart annual convention for 2016, and I have so very much to share.  So, first up is my layout contest entry.  I designed a page that centered around a core memory, my husband's return home after a very long deployment to Iraq.  We were supposed to create a layout around a core memory, like in the movie Inside Out.  Deployment can bring you through all of those emotions that come into play in the movie, including sadness and joy just to name a few.  Do you see the celebrate flip flap in the upper right corner?  That contained our deployment story. 

 

To complete my layout, I began with a pattern from the CTMH Magic pattern Book.  It served as my jumping off point.  As I mentioned before, I used the CTMH Magical paper packet, black cardstock for the circle overlay, and Red Glitter Paper for the streaming stars and the word "complete".  The stamped words were all from stamps that can be earned by new CTMH consultants.  All of my Cricut cuts were created with my beloved CTMH Artbooking cartridge, which can only be purchased through a consultant like me!

And that Celebrate overlay...that was a series of 3 - 3"x4" flip flaps layered together to hold my journaling.

 

I hope that you like my layout.  It was fun to create using my Magic book and Artbooking cartridge.  Although I did not win the contest, I am so very proud of how it turned out, and most of all that our journey was captured in the journaling for my children to look back on in the future.

 

Easter Layout featuring CTMH Penelope Paper

Happy Easter everyone!  Today I would like to share a layout that I just finished.  It is made entirely out of the Penelope paper line from Close To My Heart.  I have featured many Cricut cuts from our exclusive line of cartridges from CTMH.  The pear colored photo mat was embossed with a CTMH embossing folder called Confetti.  A couple of Gold Bling Gems to dot my "I"s in Hippity, and I was done.  I hope you like the layout!  Be sure to order your Penelope paper before it is gone, it is scheduled to depart at the end of April, or when quantities run out, whichever comes first!!!

 

CTMH Sangria "Look Whoos Here" Layout for the Joyful Stars October Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars Blog Hop for October!  If you have arrived here from Helen's blog, you are on the right track.

 

Today I am sharing a layout that features these adorable little owls that were originally created and shared by another very talented CTMH consultant, Carrie Ekeroth.  Carrie created her owls with two CTMH stamp sets and I fell head over heals for these little guys.  I used only one stamp set, So Many Smiles, to create my owls.  Additionally, I used the CTMH Artbooking and Artistry Cricut Cartridges to make my mats, trees, flowers and title for this layout.  I used CTMH Sangria paper, along with some very old Flirty paper for the gold frames.  I like the contrast that paper provided.

 

 

I hope that you enjoyed my layout.  If you haven't done so, become one of my followers so that you don't miss any of my projects featured between the Blog Hops.  Thanks for visiting, and hop along to the oh so talented Krista at Krista's Crafty Corner to see what she has created for you!