Dreams

Good morning!   Wanted to share with you today the gifts I made for my Orlando roomie, my CTMH bestie, and my downline attending Convention.   

The first gift was this layout.   Sketch is from CTMH's Make it From Your Heart Volume 1 book. 

Materials Used:
CTMH Surf's Up Paper Collection
CTMH For Always Paper Collection
Die Cuts & Title Alpha: CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
CTMH Flutter Paper Shapes
CTMH Black Pearl Flourishes
Stamp Set: An exclusive set given to 2011 Convention Go-ers in Anaheim
CTMH Cardstock:  Black, Lagoon, Sorbet, White Daisy

PS.   Watch my blog coming soon -- I'm going to be creating page kits for sale here on the blog & this layout will be one of them!  Email me if you'd like to reserve yours now.  

In addition to the layout, I also created this little gift canister for each of 'my girls' and filled them with Convention survival supplies (i.e. snacks, kleenex, chocolate, gum, etc.).  

Materials Used:
CTMH My Creations Kraft Canister/Container
CTMH For Always Paper Collection
CTMH Black Tulle Ribbon
CTMH Cardstock: Lagoon
Circle Die Cuts cut with CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

"The Good Stuff" Canvas Wall Decor

Good morning all!   I haven't had a lot of artwork to share over the last 2 weeks, and the reason . . . I was completely obsessed with Downton Abbey.  I just discovered the show recently so I downloaded all three seasons on my laptop and spent every spare minute I had over the last two weeks or so enjoying every minute of every episode!   Fantastic show.     Was so disappointed to find out when I finished that new episodes for Season 4 will not air here in North America until next JANUARY!!! Are you kidding me?   I have to wait a whole year!!  Uuughhh!   Had I known that I think I would have taken my time a bit more catching up on the previous seasons so the wait wouldn't seem so long.  
Oh well- - maybe I'll re-watch them!   Ha ha.

Anyway - - now that life is back to normal, I'm back to the craft room.   Wanted to share with you today my FAVOURITE new item in the Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book.      Check out this great canvas wall decor kit!     There are a ton of pieces to choose from in the kit - so you can decorate your canvas as shown in the workshop guide, or get more creative and design your own.   Mine here is based on the workshop guide layout.   (I've used my 'extra' pieces from the kit on other projects, such as this LAYOUT).  

This kit was super easy and super fast to put together - - took about an hour total to create.     Better buy multiples - keep one for yourself and give one as a gift!  

Materials Used:
CTMH Cocoa Pigment Ink
CTMH Canvas Art Workshop Kit
Glue Dots
Foam Tape

Spring/Summer Releases from CTMH

CTMH launched its' new Spring/Summer collections on February 1st.   I've dug into a few of these packs already and they are fantastic.  (Warning: Photo heavy post!!)

They are:

Chantilly

Tommy

Claire

Surf's Up

Later Sk8r

For Always

Buzz & Bumble

Watch for many new projects using these seven new collections here on my blog in the coming weeks!

You can check out the entire Spring/Summer Idea Book online HERE.   Enjoy!

Happy New Year & My Display Tray Project Kit

Hi everyone!
Happy 2013 to you.   Glad to be back!   I'm in the craft room today and hope to have some new creations to share with you soon!   The new Spring/Summer 2013 CTMH Idea Book has also landed on my desk & it is fantastic!    It goes live to the public on February 1st - - and I'll start sneaking you some peeks of the new products as soon as my order of the new goodies arrives!  

Thought I'd start out the new year by sharing a project I worked on before Christmas, but couldn't share here previously as it was a gift for my Mom & Dad and I didn't want them to see it before they actually opened it!

This is a home decor piece - the CTMH Display Tray:

Materials Used:
CTMH Display Tray
CTMH Paper Packs: Florentine, Cruisin', Dakota, Avonlea
Heart & Flourish cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge
Black & Colonial White Waxy Flax
CTMH Buttons
Family Love stamp set
Love stamp set
Bitty Pearl Opaques
Ink: Archival Black & Black
DE Monograms Chipboard
Rosette Ribbon
Flutter Paper Shapes

Anyone who orders the Display Tray from me can also purchase a pre-cut, pre-stamped 'embellishment kit' to decorate their tray as shown.   (You choose your own monogram letter and add your own photos).   The embellishment kit is just $5 (mailed to you) with the purchase of the display tray.   Email me if you are interested.

Advent Calendar

Look what I did last night!  Such a fun project.  

The Advent Calendar is a brand new kit in the CTMH Fall/Winter Idea Book.   I love how easy this was!  It is a little more time intensive than some projects, (after the Cricut had cut out all my little boxes to fill the CTMH Cubby, it took me about 3 hours to complete the stamping and assembly) but so worth the extra time!   I'm also impressed with how sturdy this is!   The Cubby is really solid and well constructed - - this should last us several years of use!   My kids are quite impressed that 'mom made this' and can't wait until its' time to use it!

Materials Used:
-  CTMH Advent Calendar Kit (includes: full colour instruction guide, 1 My Creations Cubby Box, 1kit-exlcusive Advent Calendar stamp set, 15 sheets of cardstock (3 each of 5 different kit-exclusive colours), 1 package of Bitty Sparkles, 2 sheets of matching Chipboard Frames)
-  Boxes are cut with CTMH Artiste Cricut cartridge
-  Ink for stamping:  Brochure recommends Black Staz-On, I used CTMH Archival Black
-  Ribbon:  CTMH Black Striped Grosgrain (I thought the ribbon added a nice touch to decorate the outside of the box, but it is completely optional to the project).
-  Adhesive to assemble the boxes & adhere your chipboard frames:  Liquid Glass

Be sure to order yours in plenty of time to complete before the Christmas countdown begins in December!

For my local peeps (Calgary & area) - if there is enough interest, I will offer this as a class in November.   Send me an EMAIL if you would be interested in attending!

Avonlea Bracket Frame Home Decor

I absolutely love the new home decor alterable items that CTMH is offering in the Fall/Winter Idea Book.

One example is this great bracket frame.  Made of a very sturdy chipboard - it is completely alterable and extremely affordable!    I finally had a chance to create one this past weekend when I attended the CTMH Regional event in Edmonton - this was one of our many make & take projects:

The accordian-fold rosettes were cut with the CTMH Artiste Cricut cartridge.   The cardstock bracket shape to overlay on top of the frame itself was also cut with the Artiste cartridge & fits perfectly!!

Materials Used:

CTMH Bracket Frame

CTMH Houndstooth Chipboard Alphabet

CTMH Harvest Bakers Twine

CTMH Brown/Tan Sparkles

CTMH Foam Tape

CTMH Avonlea Paper Packet

CTMH Colonial White Cardstock

CTMH Chocolate Cardstock

CTMH Love Blooms Stamp Set

CTMH Inks: Chocolate & Juniper

CTMH Liquid Glass

CTMH Bonding Memories Glue

Mini Glue Dots

I'll be offering this project as a pre-cut kit to all of my local peeps!! Send me an EMAIL if you are interested in that!