Happy Times...or something like it- BTF Challenge 21A

Hello everyone

Our Challenge for the next two weeks is using Close To My Heart's Happy Times Paper Packet or its Colour Palette which includes the following Close To My Heart colours: Fern, Juniper, Glacier, Cotton Candy, Hollyhock, Canary, Goldrush, White Daisy & Gold.

We are featuring a beautiful paper pack from CTMH that features Canary, Fern, White Daisy, Pink, Magenta, Mint & Gold. This paper was exclusive to consultants in April and to customers starting in May but since I am just a customer I tried to get a feel for this paper pack using what I had on hand. I hope you like it, I hope you will try and play along as well.

Flip Flops or Fancy Folds - BTF Challenge 20A

Our Challenge for the next two weeks is using Flip Flaps or Fancy Folds.

 

You don't have to use CTMH Flip Flaps to participate, you may choose to use some sort of Fancy Fold and there has to be some CTMH product on your project.

 

Hello Fancy Folds. I really love Easel Cards so when I saw this was an upcoming challenge I got busy and put my thinking cap on.

 

I wanted to do something really special for my boyfriends daughter. She turned 18 recently. I thought it would be a lot of fun to do a birthday cake. For this card I used an older kit from CTMH called Brushed. It is just gorgeous and super girly. I added a little bronze glitter tape to mimic the cake stand.

 

 

Here is a side view. I added a little bling on the inside so that the card had something to hang on to and stay open. While I was working on that I decided I also wanted a banner to go along with it. The sticker sheet that came with this kit had those cute little banners 10 of them. I stuck them back to back and added some waxy flax...oh how I miss being able to get ahold of waxy flax...I made the ends a little knot and then twilled them around so that they hang nicely. I had some chipboard laying around and found two long banners punched a hole in them and made them into the cake sticks to hold the banner.

 

 

I was super excited to find some foam letters in my stash that were also bronze it is literally a perfect match!  I also added some vellum flowers and some more bling so you couldn't tell that the bling was the stand for the easel.

 

 

Here is one last look at the outside. I also added some cute little metal flowers that went along with Brushed and some more bling.

 I got the cake from a cricut cartridge called sweet treats. To do the Easel Card you just cut cardstock 4 1/4 x 11 and fold at 5 1/2 and again at 2 3/4. Then you attach a card front to the Easel and wala a work of art.

We hope you are able to carve out some time in your scrap space to play along with us. We would love to see your projects using Flip Flaps or Fancy Folds.

All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. Please see the right side bar to read all the rules for submitting to our challenges.

You have until Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

Regatta Paper Packet - BTF Challenge 19A

Hi everyone! Our Challenge for the next two weeks is using Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet.

Now if you don't have this paper packet, but you still want to play along, you may use the Regatta Color Palette instead. The Regatta Color Palette is CTMH Colors Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire and White Daisy.

 

More super flattering photos of me LOL sometimes the story is more important than the not so great photo. A few years ago I had to have back surgery. It came out of nowhere but before I had it I was trying therapy because I couldn't sit down so I made a makeshift standing desk with a little box that I keep greeting cards in and a tissue box. haha! From there I would go into the break room and lay on the floor and do my stretches. I was optimistic but I have to say the surgery went so well so I am glad the exercise was not working otherwise I would probably still be messing with an aching back.

 

I also came across a fun scrapbook challenge (I am working on scrapbooking more) I printed photos and everything! I came across this challenge Liftapalooza 2016 Ali and I lifted the layout. I could have also done the colors which I might to later because they were just super cute but here is what I came up with.

 

 

Here are some close ups of my journaling tab. I did some hidden journaling because my inspiration page didn't have a lot of room for a story on it.  Did you see the tearing though...wow have not done that in years!

 

 

I love how versatile the CTMH papers are as you would never know that this paper Regatta is very sea worthy. Perfect for beach or sailing photos. That little blue and white striped paper is actually a cut apart that has a fence on it. I also finally used my new CTMH Cricut Cartridge Artistry. I am loving that font and that cartridge well I adore all of the CTMH Cartridges and seriously cannot craft without them. If you don't have any of them call your gal and get one ASAP you won't regret it.

 

 

We hope you are able to carve out some time in your scrap space to play along with us. We would love to see your projects using CTMH's Regatta Paper Packet or it's color palette.

All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. Please see the right side bar to read all the rules for submitting to our challenges.

You have until Monday, April 26, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Have a great day!



BTF 18A - Using CTMH Embellishments

Our Challenge for the next two weeks is using Close To My Heart Embellishments.

I love CTMH Embellishments and have a lot of examples simply because I could not pin down just one type that I wanted to show you. I will start with this page that I made for my daughters school album. This kit was actually meant for a baby album but I thought the alphabet would be perfect for preschool as well. I love these wooden gems. I also love that I can make my own embellishments by using a stamp or on of the cricut cartridges.

 

I am really in love with the new way CTMH is packaging their accessory packets. They are perfect for the clustering trend.

 

 

Here are some more details of pages where I have made embellishments with stamps and used some premade ones

 

What is your current favorite embellishment? I think mine must be sequins. I also love how they have a sticky back. Makes them so easy to place.

 

I hope you can join us for this round at Between the Folds. We would love to see your projects using CTMH Embellishments.

All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. Please see the right side bar to read all the rules for submitting to our challenges.

You have until Monday, April 11, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

 

 

 

17a Embossing Folders

It is Between the Folds challenge time!!

You don't have to use CTMH Embossing Folders to participate, but there has to be some CTMH product on your project.

Here is what I came up with. I like to sand the top as well showing off our white inner core paper. Always a fun little extra. 

 

 

We hope you are able to carve out some time in your scrap space to play along with us. We would love to see your projects using Embossing Folders.

All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. Please see the right side bar to read all the rules for submitting to our challenges.

You have until Monday, March 28, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Have a great day!

BTF 16A - Penelope Paper Pack

Hi our Betweent the Folds challenge for  the next couple weeks is going to be using the Penelope Paper Pack it is perfect for spring.

If you have not been lucky enough to get this adorable paper pack yet then you can still play along using the colors featured in the Penelope Paper. Those colors: Crystal Blue, Honey, Pear, Pixie, Thistle & White Daisy.

I decided to make a card, I am in the process or getting my photos organized for scrapbooking and I am a little behind in my cards on hand stash. I saw a really cute sketch in an old issue of Create Magazine and thought this might be a super fun way to feature the zip strips that come in our paper packs.

I always use them for little banners or tags but this was a great idea! I love how it turned out.  I also used the cut apart PML cards and cut it down even further for the cute little birdies. Then I stamped the little saying using Finding the Words.

I found this heart in the Penelope Complements and popped it up with a pop dot. I also added all these adorable little enamel and glitter purple hearts...love those.

I hope you are able to find some time to play along. All submissions must be current (no back dating) and use Close to my Heart products. If it isn't obvious what you used please let us know when you enter your project. You have until Monday, March 14, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Challenge 15A: Technique using Liquid Glass

 

Hello there!! Welcome to another challenge at Between The Folds!! We hope that you will participate in the challenges!  We love seeing the different takes on each project!   Now, let's get started on the fun!  

This week's challenge at Between The Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is using Close to my Heart's Liquid Glass.

I decided to make a PML card using the cut aparts from Charlotte Paper Pack. Here is a close up before I added Liquid Glass.
 

 

Added some banners and layers and then picked an element to add liquid glass to. I wanted that to pop and liquid glass is perfect for that.

 

 

Here is the liquid glass all dry. You can see if is all glossy and clear. When you first add it sometimes it looks a little cloudy.

 



 

 

Here is my finished card. I will be printing up some black and white photos and making some 3" x 4" cards as well. This is the first time I have beefed up my PML cards and I have to say...I loved it!

 

We would love to see your interpretation of this challenge, so please play along with us. All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. You have until Monday, February 29, 2016 at 11:55 pm. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

Between the Folds Challenge 14A: Feturing Charlotte

Hello there!! Here is my first challenge at Between The Folds!! I am so excited to be on the Design Team and hope that you will participate in the challenges!  This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Block is Close to  my Heart's Charlotte Paper Packet.

 

Here is what I came up with

 

This paper packet is really lovely and there are so many different ways to use it! I decided to make up a scrapbook page. I just love the soft colors in this paper pack and really enjoyed working with it.

I also enjoyed making little layered bits all around

We would love to see your interpretation of this challenge, so please play along with us. All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. If you do not have the Charlotte paper packet, you can use the following color scheme from the paper packet which are Close To My Heart colors: Black, Champagne, Slate, Sorbet, Whisper and White Daisy.

You have until Monday, February 15, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

For more information, please visit our blog at: http://btfchallenges.blogspot.ca/

Big news...Big news...

I was on social media a few weeks ago and saw a design team call. I enjoy design teams they motivate me and keep me from getting to lazy in my craft. They also help me keep up a little better on my blog.

I decided to send off an application to Between the Fold Weekly Challenges (BTF) and I got a response back that they would love to have me on the team!

Awesomesauce!!

A little bit about Between the Fold, they are a relatively new challenge blog (July 2015) they had some pretty cool challenges last year Back to School, CTMH Cricut Cuts (love me some cricut!), and Home Décor. Now these are just a few but wow! Fun, adorable...I really hope that you will be able to play along. How do you do that you ask???

Well let me tell you all about it.

The main rules are use a product from CTMH, create a new project following the theme, have fun!

Challenges will run Bi-Weekly on Tuesdays, a member from the Design Team will post a new challenge theme along with our team creations. Scrapbook Layouts, Cards, 3-D Items, etc...the list of possibilities is endless as long as they are new and have at least one CTMH item on it (the more the better...just saying) also if it isn't obvious what is from CTMH please let us know. You will have one week to link up your projects and our Design Team will be back the following week to choose the winners and to post a new challenge.

Please go ahead and follow us by email so that you never miss a challenge. Hope to see you soon! My first project will be up in the very near future. I hope you like it.