CTMH Wonder of the Season Cards and Tags

Wonder of the Season - a new holiday stamp set from CTMH.

I was given this elegant set to create with as part of my CTMH Extravaganza products.  I didn't quite know how to handle it.  After all, my initial impression of the Grateful Heart paper suite was that it had everything to do with Autumn and nothing to do with Christmas.  At all.  Nada.  Nothing.

I was so very wrong.  Most of the patterned cardstock in the Grateful Heart paper pack was subtle, and could in fact be easily used for my Christmas projects and beyond.

I also set out to tackle our Watercolor Paper, Watercolor Pencils and Fancy Tags Thin Cuts dies.

I stamped all of the images with our Intense Black ink, onto the Watercolor Paper.

I outlined all of the images of the poinsettia flowers and leaves using the Watercolor Pencils, and I blended the color using either our Clear or Gold Shimmer Brush, depending on whether I wanted to add a little gold accent or not.

Liquid Glass accents were used to create dimension on the golden areas of the poinsettia card and tag.  I did not have access to the Wonder of the Season Thin Cuts that had been available at one point, so I fussy cut the images that were used on the tags.  It was a little work, but I love how they turned out.

On the pinecone tag, I cut a Gold Glitter Paper circle from the Stitched Circle Thin Cuts die, and topped it with another with the Watercolor Paper sentiment.

A bow from some White and Gold Skinny Ribbon was the perfect accent to both of the tags.

And of course, a few Gold-Flecked Gems completed the pinecone card.
I hope that this post inspires you to create your own beautiful tags and cards with the Wonder of the Season stamp set!

CTMH Grateful Heart PML Shaker Card

Oh my goodness!  There are so many other paper suites to play with, but I am stuck on Grateful Heart still!  It’s just too beautiful to stop.

I might need an intervention.

Since I have yet to stop creating with Grateful Heart, here is my latest creation.

For this project, I used:

Grateful Heart Paper pack
Grateful Heart Coordinating Cardstock
Decorative Border Thin Cuts
Shaker Window and Confetti Thin Cuts
Gold Glitter Paper
All About the Gold Fundamentals
Loose Sequins Gold

And here is a video that I made to show how I put my card together.

CTMH Grateful Heart Complements Cards for Joyful Stars September 2018

Hi!  Welcome to my blog, and my entry for the Joyful Stars September 2018 blog hop.  

If you have arrived here from Joyce's blog, Joyful Creations, you are on the correct track.

I would like to share a set of three Grateful Heart cards that are made with beautiful stickers from our Grateful Heart Complements.

To make the cards, I used Grateful Heart paper, Grateful Heart Complements, Stitched Borders stamp set, CTMH Exclusive Ink, Gold Sequin Ribbon, Gold Foil Paper and the Stitched Hearts Thin Cuts.

 You might notice that the round wreath is made by curving one of the Stitched Border stamps on the block.  Don't you just love the My Acrylix stamps and their ability to change shapes?

I hope that you have enjoyed your stop here on the Joyful Stars blog hop.  Please hop along to see what the very talented Debi Brile has created for you over on her blog, That Might Look Good on a Card.

CTMH Grateful Heart - FREE - Workshop Guide Layouts 4-6

How do you make the three layouts featured in the graphic above?  Well, you start by downloading this FREE workshop guide!  

Grateful Heart Layout 4-6 Workshop Guide

Remember, you can find the Cricut Design Space file in each layout post here on the blog.  Each of the links is listed here:

Gather Together

Gather at the Pumpkin Patch

Freedom

CTMH Grateful Heart Gather at the Pumpkin Patch Layout

Welcome to my post for the last of my CTMH Grateful Heart layouts.  This layout is another of my favorites.  It grew out of the pumpkins from both the Grateful Heart Complements and from the pumpkin Picture My Life card from the Grateful Heart paper pack.  

I knew I wanted it to be a curly mess of vines, and I wanted it to have tall, skinny pumpkins as well as shorter, chubby pumpkins.  All pumpkins can't be the same size, right, or the patch would be a boring place!  I loved the pumpkin on the CTMH You Are Here Cricut Cartridge, but it only came in one size.  To fix this issue, I unlocked the proportions of the image in Cricut Design Space and created the pumpkin of my dreams.

The vines were cuts from our CTMH Flower Market Cricut cartridge.  I love how you can play with all of the CTMH Cricut cartridges at once in CDS.

My next design road block came in the form of which papers would work for the pumpkins.  I wanted variety.  I decided not to go with solid cardstock, and instead went with three of the patterned cardstocks in the Grateful Heart paper pack.  I manipulated their colors by dabbing with some of our soon to be retired, small pigment ink pads.  I also added a little gold shimmer with the help of our Shimmer Brush-Gold.

"Patch" from the title was cut from Gold Glitter Paper using the Block Alphabet Thin Cuts.  The little words "at the" were stamped using the cute little Modern Type Alphabet stamp set.The wooden looking hearts are also from the Grateful Heart Complements, and I added some little cork leaves, which are from the Grateful Heart Cork Shapes.

All of the new products will be available on September 1, 2018, at which time I will update the links.

Finally, let me share with you the Cricut Design Space file for this layout.  Here is the link:

https://design.cricut.com/#/design/97002516

CTMH Grateful Heart Gather Together Layout

This Grateful Heart layout is among my favorite creations.  When I saw that pretty Sapphire lattice paper from the Grateful Heart paper pack, I knew that it needed some pretty flowers and a layout idea was born.  

I drew two points of inspiration from our new CTMH Love of Color book.  First, the circular arrangement of the flowers on the left page was taken from a layout with the occasional hearts placed in the manner, from the book.  Second, the colors were also suggestions to pull together from CMTH Love of Color.  It is a priceless reference book, and should be on the top of your wish list from the new Holiday Expressions 2018.  

 Did you happen to notice the "floral tiles" that are stamped in White Daisy Ink?  Those are from the awesome new Snug Backgrounds stamp set.  I love how they anchor the asters (I call them daisies) from the CTMH Flower Market Cricut Cartridge, to the page.  Just the perfect addition of texture in my opinion.  I relied heavily on the butterflies and little chipboard flowers from the CTMH Complements to round out the layout embellishments.

Some Silver Glitter Gems add just a little more sparkle to the layout, don't you agree?

All of these products will be available on September 1, 2018, when the Holiday Expressions catalog goes live.  I will be back to link to all of the products used at that time.  Thanks for looking!

And here is the link to the Cricut Design Space file:

https://design.cricut.com/#/design/101924255

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 Grateful Heart Butterfly Card Using Watercolor Pencils

Want a sneak peek at the new CTMH Watercolor Pencils and CTMH Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set?  

Both will be available on September 1st by shopping with me on andreasherman.ctmh.com.

Here is one of the cards that I made as part of my CTMH Extravaganza Presentation while at our annual CTMH Convention.  I was among the very first to play with this new Grateful Hearts paper suite.

Below this photo of the card, you will find my YouTube video that will show you my techniques for using the CTMH Watercolor Pencils and Watercolor Paper to create the results that I achieved in my card.

CTMH Grateful Heart - FREE - Workshop Guide Layouts 1-3

Would you like FREE instuctions for my 

CTMH Grateful Heart Layouts 1-3?

Well you are in luck!

Let's see if this works!

Here is the PDF Workshop Guide. 

Grateful Heart Layout 1-3 Workshop Guide

Remember, you can find the Cricut Design Space file in each layout post here on the blog.  Here are the links:

Endless Summer

Fall Blessings

Blessed Beyond Measure

CTMH Grateful Heart - Fall Blessings Layout

As you might remember by my Create layout post, I was given the ultimate honor by Close To My Heart at our Annual Convention this year.  I was chosen to be one of six lucky ladies to unveil a new CTMH paper suite.  Mine is called Grateful Heart, and my heart was very grateful to be able to create the most amazing projects that I could dream up with this paper suite.

I have so much CTMH Grateful Heart goodness to share with you all, including 6 layouts.  I have broken the layouts up into groups of 3, and I have created corresponding cutting guides for each set.  On this post, I will be sharing my third layout, Fall Blessings.  

Below is a list of clickable links of products that I used to create this layout:

Grateful Heart paper pack

Grateful Heart Complements

Grateful Heart Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock

Gold Foil Paper

Liquid Glass

Stitched Oval Thin Cuts

Fancy Tags Thin Cuts

Gold Flecked Gems

White and Gold Skinny Ribbon

Grateful Heart Scrapbooking Stamp Set

CTMH Cricut Collections including Flower Market, Artbooking and Artistry will be required for you to make the correct Cricut cuts.

***You will find that purchasing these supplies, once, will allow you to make all three double layouts in this set***

Here is my Grateful Heart - Fall Blessings layout.

Here is a ink to the Cricut Design Space File.  You will need to own and have linked to your CDS account - CTMH Artbooking, CTMH Artistry and CTMH Flower Market to be able to cut the images for the six layouts that I will be sharing.

https://design.cricut.com/#/design/101852344

And here is a link to the blog post that contains the corresponding Grateful Heart Workshop Cutting Guide:

https://girlpluspaper.blogspot.com/2018/08/ctmh-grateful-heart-free-workshop-guide.html

Be sure to become a blog follower so that you don't miss out on any of the CTMH Grateful Heart projects coming soon!

CTMH Grateful Heart - Blessed Beyond Measure Layout

As you might remember by my Create layout post, I was given the ultimate honor by Close To My Heart at our Annual Convention this year.  I was chosen to be one of six lucky ladies to unveil a new CTMH paper suite.  Mine is called Grateful Heart, and my heart was very grateful to be able to create the most amazing projects that I could dream up with this paper suite.

I have so much CTMH Grateful Heart goodness to share with you all, including 6 layouts.  I have broken the layouts up into groups of 3, and I have created two corresponding cutting guides, all which I will be sharing in separate blog posts.  On this post, I will be sharing my second layout, Blessed Beyond Measure.  

Below is a list of clickable links of products that I used to create this layout:

Grateful Heart paper pack

Grateful Heart Complements

Grateful Heart Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock

Bronze ShinHan Marker

Gold Foil Paper

Gold Sequin Ribbon

Stitched Heart Thin Cuts

Clear Shimmer Brush

Liquid Glass

White and Gold Skinny Ribbon

CTMH Cricut Collections including Flower Market, Artbooking and Artistry will be required for you to make the correct Cricut cuts.

***You will find that purchasing these supplies, once, will allow you to make all three double layouts in this set***

Here is my Grateful Heart - Blessed Beyond Measure layout.

Here is a ink to the Cricut Design Space File.  You will need to own and have linked to your CDS account - CTMH Artbooking, CTMH Artistry and CTMH Flower Market to be able to cut the images for the six layouts that I will be sharing.

https://design.cricut.com/#/design/101845921

Here is the link to the blog post featuring the FREE workshop cutting guide:

https://girlpluspaper.blogspot.com/2018/08/ctmh-grateful-heart-free-workshop-guide.html

Be sure to become a blog follower so that you don't miss out on any of the CTMH Grateful Heart projects!

CTMH Grateful Heart - Endless Summer Layout

As you might remember by my Create layout post, I was given the ultimate honor by Close To My Heart at our Annual Convention this year.  I was chosen to be one of six lucky ladies to unveil a new CTMH paper suite.  Mine is called Grateful Heart, and my heart was very grateful to be able to create the most amazing projects that I could dream up with this paper suite.

I have so much CTMH Grateful Heart goodness to share with you all, including 6 layouts.  I have broken the layouts up into groups of 3, and I have created corresponding cutting guides for each set.  On this post, I will be sharing my first layout, Endless Summer.  

Below is a list of clickable links of products that I used to create this layout:

Grateful Heart paper pack

Grateful Heart Complements

Grateful Heart Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock

Bronze ShinHan Marker

Gold Foil Paper

Gold Sequin Ribbon

Stitched Heart Thin Cuts

Clear Shimmer Brush

Liquid Glass

White and Gold Skinny Ribbon

CTMH Cricut Collections including Flower Market, Artbooking and Artistry will be required for you to make the correct Cricut cuts.

***You will find that purchasing these supplies, once, will allow you to make all three double layouts in this set***

Here is my Grateful Heart - Endless Summer layout.

One little side note...the Cricut file has a second cloud for the layer behind the Endless Summer title.  If you would like to achieve my title layer, I am afraid fussy cutting is in your future :)  The little cloud will need to be flipped to the darker side once removed from your mat, to make it pop off the base cloud.

Here is a ink to the Cricut Design Space File.  You will need to own and have linked to your CDS account - CTMH Artbooking, CTMH Artistry and CTMH Flower Market to be able to cut the images for the six layouts that I will be sharing.

https://design.cricut.com/#/design/105763379

And here is a link to the blog post that contains the corresponding Grateful Heart Workshop Cutting Guide:

https://girlpluspaper.blogspot.com/2018/08/ctmh-grateful-heart-free-workshop-guide.html

Be sure to become a blog follower so that you don't miss out on any of the CTMH Grateful Heart projects coming soon!