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.

My take...

Good morning all!  It is Labor day weekend and I thought I'd use this wonderful, relaxing weekend to catch up on some LONG over due posts.

Today I wanted to share with you my take on that beautiful frame that was featured in the Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book .  My attempt was to use all CTMH products.  Except that I chose to use a rustic, burlap ribbon from JoAnn's.

I cut the flowers from CTMH Art Philosophy & Artiste Cart.  I rolled them using my quilling tool and used hot glue to put them together.

I chose to use CTMH's bracket frame (which was quite smaller than the frame used in the idea book...)

I placed all my flowers where I wanted them before gluing.

After I had glued all the flowers down, I added leaves (cut from CTMH Art Philosophy cart), wooden flourishes & fabric covered buttons.  I also added some gems to the center of all the flowers.

Here is the completed frame.  The banner was made from CTMH Artiste cart and the wooden flourish embellishment pack.

I hope you all like my take on this frame.  I had a blast making it.  Once the flowers were all assembled, it came together fairly quickly.

(Sorry about the poor quality pictures.  As I was making this frame, I was taking pictures of the process with my phone.  After the frame was completed, I had given it away to a friend before I had a chance to take any pictures of it.  The last picture was taken at my friends house.)

For Always Projects

Good Morning!

I'd thought I'd share some projects that I made for the For Always Workshop.  The first project I had found on You Tube by Lisa Stenz.  She made a wonderful 3-D cake using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  So I thought I'd give it a try.

The 3 tiers are made using the pillow box shape in 3 different sizes.  I used glitter cardstock by DCWV and the strips from the tops of the For Always papers.

                                                

I inked the chevron patterned paper with Honey before I cut out the flowers.

With the flowers all assembled, I started placing them on the "cake".

I added some swirls in Pear cardstock from the Art Philosophy Cartridge, a banner and coordinating stamp saying and some buttons as "feet" for the finishing touches.

All the dimensions for the beautiful cake are on Lisa's video.  I had so much fun making this, now I have to decide what to do with it....

My next project, of course, is a 2-page layout.  I decided since the For Always paper pack comes with three different colors to work with; Lagoon, Honey & Ruby, that I would make each project using a different color.  As always, the sketch I used for this layout came from my favorite sketch design team Scrapbook Generation.

To finish these pages off, I added CTMH glitter ribbon (LOVE that stuff), coordinating For Always My Stickease, Title and flowers cut from the Artiste cartridge and some sparkles in grey and black.

And last, but not least, I create some cards using the Ruby cardstock, both CTMH cartridges and some random stamps.

This card was made from the You Tube tutorial by Lisa Stenz.  I added some bitty sparkles to give it some dimension.

This card was made using the Artiste cartridge, some sparkles in grey and a few stamp sets.

This card was made using some leftover papers, the Art Philosophy cartridge and coordinating stamps.

That's all the monochromatic projects I have for today.  I am really in the mood to make a project or even a layout using all the colors combined....
Hope you liked the projects and thank you all so much for stopping by!

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!

Album for Melis!

Good morning Everyone!

Today I wanted to share an album with you that I had made last year of one of my good friends' vacation to Arkansas.  I had so much fun designing these layouts.  All of the layout sketches came from Close to my Hearts' idea/sketch books: Cherish, Imagine & Magic.  All of the paper embellishments came from MULTIPLE Cricut cartridges.  I had used my Gypsy to weld & reshape some of the cuts.  The papers used were the Veranda & Olivia paper packets which are from Close to my Heart along with all the ribbons, pearls & various metal embellies.  I had used stickles randomly throughout the album as well.  

The cartridges used for this layout were CM's Reminisce Accents & Robotz for the font.

The cartridges used Home Decor, CTMH's Art Philosophy and Home Accents (welded together) & Robotz for the font.  I had also used a scalloped punch from Stampin' Up! around the large photo mat.

The carts used for this layout were Boys will be Boys and CM's Traveler.   I used foam dimensionals under the tips of the arrows to give them a feel of movement and add some dimension to the page.

I used Wall Decor & More and Robotz for the font on this layout.

The large flourishes are from CM's Reminisce Accents, the  journaling spot is from Lacy Labels along with all the other flowers throughout the pages.  The font was a mix between Robotz and Opposites Attract.

These journaling spots were made with the Gypsy using an image from the Elegant Edges cart.   The borders are from CM's Reminisce Accents (I used the negatives as well as the positive images).  The leaves are from CM's Traveler cart.

This was one of my favorite weld jobs: the oval and flourish are from CTMH's Art Philosophy and they were welded with a scene from Campin' Critters.  The sign is also from Campin' Critters and the font is from Robotz.

The carts used for this layout were Lacy Labels and Opposites Attract for the fonts.

CM's Reminisce Accents and Traveler were used for the flourishes, title and "Photo Op" saying & Elegant Edges for the journaling spot.

The Lacy Labels cart was used for the journaling spot and I honestly cannot remember which carts I used for the border or the title (I thought they were cake carts, but I couldn't find the exact images).

Most of the images used on this layout were from the Ornamental Iron cart.  I welded a shadow to the middle of the gate and added the wording in the center; then used the hide/contour feature to create a blackout for the title gate.  The journaling spot was created using the shadow feature of the title gate and another fence.  The tombstone labels were created using an image from the Elegant edges cart and Lyrical Letters for the font.

I hope you enjoyed these layouts as much as I enjoyed creating them!  Thanks for stopping by!

Editors note:  I went to create a new post today and realized that this post had not been published yet!!  The writer of this blog should be fired!

Girly Layout

Good Morning Everyone!!

This morning I'd like to share a layout for my daughter's album that I had made a few years ago.  I had chosen a sketch from one of Close To My Heart's idea books (Cherish, I think).  Anyways, I was able to create this layout using only 3 sheets of 12x12 paper (plus 2 for the base pages).  I thought it was pretty clever... I thought it was even more clever that I had taken these photos to remind myself how I did it!

The writing says : Cut cardstock down to 10x10.  Cut out center leaving 1 1/2" border all the way around.

Cut remaining cardstock down to 6x6.  Cut center out leaving 1/2" border all the way around.  Then cut center out of remaining cardstock leaving 1/2" border all the way around.  Cut the center of that down to 3x3.  Using the 2" leftover strips, cut  a 2x2 piece.

Cut cardstock down to 9x9.Then cut out center leaving 1" border all around.

Cut cardstock down to 6x6.  Cut center out leaving a 1" border.  Cut a 3x3 & a 2x2 from the leftover strips.

Cut out center of patterned paper leaving 1 1/2" border all the way around.

Cut 3" off remaining patterned paper.  Cut that into one 3x3 piece and one 3x6 piece.

The end result!

This layout was so simple and quick to make that I had to make one for my son's album as well!!

Thank you for stopping by!