Fell behind....

Wow - I just found this post that I never published...slacker...

I just realized that it's been a while since I've put a post up.  Been so busy now that the weather has allowed us to go outside more.

Today I wanted to share with you what we made during April's workshop.  I decided to use the Skylark paper pack, compliments & textiles.  We made a 2-page layout with a pocket page insert, 3 over-sized cards & a cute little pocket mini book.

This cute little mini was made from one piece of pattern paper.  Tags and embellishments were added to the cover and a few of the inside  pages.  It measures 4 inches tall and 3" wide.

This is the first card that we made.  The flower was made by wrapping and pleating a strip of fabric

I wrapped a piece of cardstock with fabric and cut up a chipboard element to create the stand for the bird house.

I just added a strip of double-sided tape to my card and then pleated my fabric along the tape.

I love this block style layout

This is one of the pocket-style page protectors that CTMH offers.  I used it as an insert for my two page layout.  Added a few eyelets to make a closure for it.

This cute little flower was made for the leftover fabric that I had.  I used the Tim Holtz tattered flowers die.

February's Workshop

Happy February Everyone!  I hope you all had a great Heart Day.

This months' workshop features the Sarita paper pack, Sarita Embellishment Assortment and the Pink Glittered Cardstock.  This was a tough workshp for me.  I was trying to do non-traditional, partly masculine Valentine-themed projects.  I'm not sure if I succeeded, but I am happy with the results.  ALL of my inspiration came from the wonderful world wide web.  So the first project I'd like to share with you is the 2-page layout.  I found this layout searching for Valentine-themed layouts which quickly became my inspiration.  I've been calling my layout my"out-of-the-box" layout simply becasue it is so far out of my box.

The layout design comes from CTMH's Frosted WOTG sketch.  I also used the Sarita WOTG exclusive stamp set & All The Details stamp set

All the embellishments were created using CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge except for the wooden ones which came from the Sarita Assortment

What makes this layout so unlike me?  The first thing to note is that there is no distressing what so ever on this layout.  Then there is the color combination.  The Outdoor Denim, Goldrush and Lagoon colors I can work with, but adding Gypsy & Cotton Candy threw me for a loop.  I stared at this layout for days before I put it together because I was completely unsure of how it would look.  In the end, I'm very happy with the results even if I didn't quite get the theme in there.

Ok, next up are the adorable cards.  I'm in love with these cards (not because I made them).  Again, I found these cards on the WWW.  The first card is from Paige Dolecki.  She used a more traditional Valentine theme where I tried to stick with the colors that were provided. 

I used a standard size card base and sized everything accordingly.  The white hearts were all stamped using the Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set along with the "I {HEART} YOU".  The Library pocket was cut from CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.

The next two cards both came from the ever-so-talented Melanie Brown.  I loved her card ideas that I pretty much card-lifted them to a "t".  Both cards feature CTMH's Cloud Nine stamp set which coordinates with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

I didn't have the exact embossing folder that Melanie had used. This folder is from QuickCuts Lifestyle Crafts.

For this card I used the colors from the Sarita Paper pack.  The sun was stamped with the My Sunshine stamp set (it was a SOTM set - my favorite to date) using Goldrush ink.

And last but not least, our final project was a mini album inspired by CTMH.  They have this video on their website that features the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.  I fell in love and had to make one for myself.  The technique they share in their video is amazing.  I had so much fun making this mini.

When doing the color effect on this title, the "u" broke so I simply covered it with glitter paper to give it a whole new look.  The arrows and "noteworthy" are from the All The Details stamp set (which is used throughout the mini).

The "splot" effect is my favorite.  Adds so much with verry little effort.

I used CTMH's new journaling pen to add details around the scalloped cut-out, the heart & the letters.

The papers used in this mini were all left overs from making the other projects.  Plus my girls had full 12x12 papers to spare.  There is another album featured in that same video.  It's on my today list as well.  I just love the colors used.  Probably won't be a workshop mini, but will definitely be in my collection of minis.

Thank you all for stopping by and checking out this month's workshop!

January's Workshop...on a roll now, let's see if I can keep going

I love the first of the year!  My gals were having withdrawls not being able to have a workshop in December.  So to start the year off slow, I decided to go easy on them with a few simple projects.  I used the Babycakes paper packet in some non-baby themed projects.  For this workshop we created a 2-page layout, a display card & mini album.

We created our own corrugated embellies cut from CTMH's Artiste cart

This double tri-fold card was inspired by a youTube video that I came across from Red Cardinal Crafts.  Her tutorial was simple to follow and made putting this card together easy.

I used titles and images from CTMH's Art Philosophy & Artbooking carts

This mini came from an idea that I had to showcase some of the pages available (offered) in the Artbooking cart.  I chose a couple designs from each mini set offered and used my Gypsy to adjust the sizes to this cute 6x6 mini.  If you are interested in seeing all the pages, check out my Instagram @mkgunn31.  This mini was literally put together from all the scraps left over.  I also included CTMH's lagoon herringbone washi tape & some scraps of lagoon cardstock. 

We bound these cute minis using twist ties

Thank you for stopping by!

November's Workshop...almost caught up

November is typically my last workshop of the year.  One of the main reasons for that is because usually everyone (including me) is super busy with the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season.  So for this workshop I decided to use the Frosted paper pack (retired in January), Black & Grey Glitter paper & Sparkles small flourishes.  We made a 2-page layout, a set of 3 cards & a cute mini album.

I really enjoyed making this layout....The concept is from my favorite sketch gals of all times - Scrapbook Generation, but I did however alter it so I could have more 4x6 pictures.

the title was created using the Gypsy and welding letters from CTMH's Artbooking cart

the snowflake clusters are from Anna Giffins new cart



the technique we were learning was how to get more out of your embellishments.  we were using the mini flourish sparkles and cutting them apart so we could have more to work with



The cards (oddly enough) happen to be my favorite out of all the projects this month...I scoured the internet for ideas because I'm terrible at making cards.  I had some ideas of how I wanted my cards to look and I really couldn't find what I was looking for on the net....so this is what I came up with...

I really wanted to use this "ho, ho, ho" image...

I loved the idea of making the ornaments 3-D...

and this one I did borrow from someones idea that I found via the internet.  they had used greens and reds and it was the cover of a mini for them.  so I took the idea and used what colors I had and created this card...

The mini album was made easily by using a few buttons on CTMH's Artbooking cart.  I swear I could use that cart for everything....there are 14 pages total within this book - some of the pages are half pages just to make the book more interesting.  Each page was decorated using an image found within the Artbooking cart.  Adding a few sparkles here, and some glitter tape there....

We ended up using the Bind-it-all system to put our books together.

So what do you think?  Can you tell my favorite thing to work with is snowflakes, sparkles & glitter?  Thank you for stopping by!

Buzz & Bumble Projects

Good almost-afternoon!

Today I thought I'd share the projects that I put together for one of my workshops made with CTMH's Buzz & Bumble paper pack, Brown Glitter Cardstock and coordinating embellies.  Most of the projects are inspired by photos I found on Pinterest.  I LOVE Pinterest!!

I absolutely loved working with this paper pack.  To be honest, I was shocked that it didn't carry over into the new Idea Book.

Another layout design by the WONDERFUL sketch team Scrapbook Generation.  I tweaked it a bit by making all my photos 4x6.

The title is from the Just Because Cards cart (real dial size on).  The bee is cut from the Art Nouveau cart. 

The hexagons were stamped using the Honeycomb stamp set and then cut out.  Some were attached using 3-D foam.

These were the cards that I came up with with the help of my Pinterest finds.  If you click on the link, see if you can find which cards I used as my inspiration. 

This little box was a very happy mistake.  I created the box to originally be a gift box.  Except that I had cut the lid a little too small.  I didn't want to waste any paper, so I decided to turn my "gift box" into a mini scrapbook that would expand once opened.

I just cut the bottom of the box 2 more times each 1/4" smaller than the original cut.  This adorable cut can be found on the CTMH Artiste cart.  For the base cut I just used my fit to page button on my Cricut Expression.  Then I cut the lid at the same size (I think it was 5.5) which, if making a true gift box I know now it has to be cut a hair larger.

Thank you for stopping by and checking today's post out. I'd love to read what you think.  I'd love to read where you get your inspiration.

Mini Album!

And here is the post that was really supposed to be for today!!

This mini album was made using the Tommy paper packet and embellishments from CTMH and the Artiste Cricut cart also from CTMH.  The album pages were cut @ 4 1/2" using the Artiste cartridge.

I cut the coordinating stickers to create the "My" in my title.  The embelli cluster was made using some cuts from the cartridge that were just too small, but I didn't want to throw them away, along with some coordinating stickers and the coordinating assortment collection.  The pattern papers were cut down 1/4" and inked with outdoor denim.

Pages 1 thru 4 are decorated with a few of the coordinating stickers.

Page 5 was decorated using a folder cut from the Artiste cartridge @ 3" along with a few coordinating stickers and papers.  There is also a tag tucked behind the flap of the folder with a star sticker attached to the top for a pull. (sorry for the blurry pic...I took these using my iPhone and have no clue what happened to this one, it looked just fine on the computer till I uploaded it to here)

These are a few more of the coordinating stickers...

The red bracket at the top of page 9 is a cut from the Artiste cart @ 1.5".  Oh and look!  More stickers!

Surprise!  Stickers!

And of course stickers were used to decorate the last pages.  The back page has an envelope cut @ 4" from the Artiste cartridge with a tag inside also cut @ 4" with a star attached to the top for a pull.  I still don't think I used all the stickers...I'll have to work on that.

I hope you liked my mini album.  Thank you for stopping by!