Get Well Soon

This get well card is for a coworker who has been out sick recently.  It was made with the CTMH Expedition paper pack, Rustic Flowers stamp set, and Say It In Style stamp set.  I copied the layout from MOJO Monday 166 and will also submit it in the Fabulous Friday Challenge which required some distressing (I distressed the flowers).  The following CTMH stamp sets were used:  Rustic Flowers and Say It In Style.

Hope you enjoy!

Happy Retirement

One of my co-workers is retiring and I made this cute little card for her.  I am submitting it in the MOJO Monday 165 and Case Study #15 challenges. I used the CTMH Silhouette paper pack, inked up some white daisy flowers, and stamped the saying from CTMH Curly Sentiments stamp set.  The flourish is from CTMH Doodle Alphabet stamp set.

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Thankful! part 2

Yeah! My Thankful! layout was selected in the top 3 for the Sketch Along Tuesday challenge at Frosted Designs!  I am so excited, this is my first winning submission.  And I hope just the first of many more....

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Thankful!

This layout was made for Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesday challenge (SATC), as well as, the Fabulous Friday challenge (FFC).  I had a lot of fun with this because I love the pictures.  My nephew and I ran in the annual Veteran's Day Midpoint Madness 5k.  My husband, daughter, granddaughter, and my mom (who is not shown because she is behind the camera, thank you mom!) were there to cheer us on.  I am so thankful to have my family support me in my two favorite hobbies running and crafting.  My husband has attended all (but one) of my races, but this was the first time for the rest of my family.  It made reaching the finish line that much sweeter!

Back to the crafty stuff...the layout followed the SATC sketch and used the word "Thankful" which was required of the FFC.  The paper pack and stickers are from CTMH's Olivia kit. 

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Case Study Challenge #14

This card was made for the Case Study Challenge #14.  I used CTMH's floral tapestry paper pack, sparkles, and holiday red organdy ribbon.  The stamps sets used were Share the Magic and Oh Christmas Tree.   The tree was stamped with silver embossing powder, which gives it a nice sparkly look, and then cut out.  The garland and ornaments were colored in with a tulip marker. The stars and "believe" were stamped with star spangled blue ink.

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Growing Up

Studio J Design:  Stars Above
Paper Pack:  Sarsaparilla
Colors:  barn red, black, desert sand, twilight

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Case Study Challenge #12

This card was made using the design from the Case Study Challenge #12.  I varied from the Christmas theme to make a birthday card.  The background paper is CTMH Rustic Trails, with the remaining cream and brown cardstock from my generic pile (with no fancy names).  I used CTMH ribbon.  The motorcycle and the "extreme" are from Cricut's Dude lite cartridge cut at heights of 3" and 1". The "Have a", "birthday" and the brackets are from CTMH's A Little Everything stamp set in chocolate ink.  I distressed the motorcycle to make it look like it's a little dirty. (I know it's grammatically incorrect, as my daughter pointed out, but I was in a big hurry to give this card away today, so I didn't have time to find an "n" to match the size and font and was hoping no one would notice!).

I've been playing around in photoshop elements and added a gradient background, a beveled edge, and the signature.  I've also been switching between taking photos and scanning my projects.  I'm no expert and spend just as much time digitizing it as I spend making it.  So please bear with me as I continue playing around until I find my style :-)

Hope you enjoy!

In the Groove

Here's the 3rd layout in the Imagine book.  The bathtub is made from the Cricut Imagine, it was my friends and I can't remember the name of the cartridge (Nursery something?), but I see one of these in my future!  The bath time words were made from the Sugar and Spice cricut lite cartridge.

CTMH Imagine how-to book design:  In the Groove, page 20-21

Paper Pack:  Topstitch

Colors:  Baby Pink, Chocolate, Heavenly Blue, Vineyard Berry

Hope you enjoy!

Case Study Challenge #11

This card was made for the Case Study Challenge #11.  The muse for the month/week is Barbara. Her card was great and provided a lot of inspiration for my submission.  The goal is to use an element from the muse's creation whether it is the design, embellishments, color pallette, or any other aspect that inspires.  I used the design, the bling, and the star.  The tree and joy were cut out from the Cricut Create A Critter cartridge.  The bling are CTMH sparkles, the black and silver star paper is from the Rock Star Stack from DCWV, and the rest are just miscellaneous supplies I had laying around waiting for the right inspiration to come along.

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Sideline Surprise

Since this layout has so many pictures, very little paper and embellishments were needed to make it cute.  To make the diaganal cuts, I created a template with scrap cardstock and used them to cut the photos.  The  dimensions for the slanted photos are all 4" wide and the Left x Right dimensions from top to bottom are:

Left side- 4x3; 2x4; 6x5;

Right side - 2x3; 4x2; 2x4; 4x3

CTMH Imagine how-to book design: Sideline Surprise, page 18-19

Paper Pack: Floral Tapestry
Colors: Garden Green, Orchid Bouquet, Twilight, Vanilla Cream

Hope you enjoy!