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

CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for April

Welcome to the CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for April.   This month we are featuring the stamp set "My Sunshine"!   

Hope you'll join us this month - we have CTMH consultants from across the US and Canada who have created some great projects for you featuring this month's stamp set.    The variety of ideas are sure to leave you feeling creatively inspired!

If you've come here from Sarita's Blog, then you are on the right path.  If my blog is your first stop, that will work too! Just keep hopping until you get back here again!   You'll find a link at the end of each post to move to the next site.  Enjoy :-)

My project for you this month is a layout featuring the new "Surf's Up" paper pack:

The banners on my layout were cut freehand.   The clouds and sun were cut using CTMH's Cricut cartridge "Artiste".     Page design was inspired by a sketch from The Scrappiest.

The April Stamp of the Month is available from your Consultant (or from me) from April 1st to 30th.   Purchase it for just $17.95 or get it for $5 when you place an order of $50 or more during the month of April.   

To see more great artwork using this stamp set, continue on to Susan's Blog to see what she has created.

Maui Paradise

Woohoo - new artwork for you today!  
I follow so many great blogs/sites, it is hard to single any of them out - but I wanted to mention a site - shimelle.com - that I recently started following that I'm finding has a ton of great content & inspiration.   I just love her approach and challenge prompts.  

I created this layout using CTMH's new summer 'beach' collection for a recent "Scrapbook Starting Points" challenge on Shimelle's site using subtle patterned backgrounds.  

Materials Used:
CTMH patterned paper collection: Surf's Up
CTMH Wooden Seaside shapes (retired)
CTMH Journey journalling tag (retired) 
Alphas: American Crafts Thickers
Cardstock: CTMH White Daisy
Ink: CTMH Black
Journal Pen: CTMH Legacy Writer

I'll be back tomorrow with a new song & layout for Scrap it with a Song!   See you then.

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!