H2H Tool Time: Vellum...

Another week and another year older for me!!!

This week over at the H2H Challenge Blog we're featuring VELLUM and want you to do the same!

There are a TON of uses for Vellum but I chose to use the most common (to my uses, I guess)...softening a background so your focal piece can stand out more.

I used the soon-to-be-retiring GIMME SOME SUGAR paper pack to create this card and while the wood-grain background piece isn't very overwhelming, I wanted something to break the piece up. This is where the Vellum came in...as you can see, I only used it on the top 1/3 of the card and used my Marvy Journaling Pen to doodle around the edges so you could definitely get the 'break up in pattern' that I wanted.

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Vellum can sometimes be hard to adhere to your artwork..the majority of the adhesive used is hidden behind my flowers but I did put tiny dots of Liquid Glass in the corners...to hide that, I doodled. Stamping on Vellum can also be hard so I chose to use a tiny stamp set available only to CTMH Consultant and stamped my sentiment off the Vellum...

Thanks for stopping by on this GLORIOUS Monday...I hope you'll take the time to go check out all the H2H Design Team Members' blogs and see what they did for this challenge.

Don't forget to play along...

Picture My Life (PML) Blog Hop...

Welcome to the PICTURE MY LIFE (PML) Blog Hop featuring all the nifty things you can do with CTMH's PML Cards.

We have only 20 Consultants participating this month so it won't take you long to hop around to all of them, see their WONDERFUL creations and leave some love along the way!

If you've come from Michelle's Blog, you're on the right track...you'll keep hopping 'till you get back around to where you started!

I decided to remake a card I made a year or so ago...it's such a FUN template and come together soooooo easily with the Summertime PML Cards and a little bit of stamping! Literally, I made this card - START TO FINISH - in 25 minutes during my lunch break!

Ok...here's my card

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Looks like a normal card, right....and look at that CUTE little astronaut from Stargazer. I used my mini-stapler, shin-han markers and journaling pen for the focal piece...

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NOT SO FAST....take a look at this "normal-looking card" when it's open!!!

I used one big PML Card (measures 4x6) and two small ones (each 3x4) to make this fold out card. I used some washi in my stash to attach the smaller cards to the center piece...

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and...look at the little pocket made with some Stargazer B&T and zip-strip...perfect for a gift card or some cold hard cash (yes...I only had a $2 bill...lol)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Don't forget to keep on hopping...your next stop is KRISTA...I'm sure she'll have something super creative to share with you!

Framed with H2H...

This week's H2H Challenge is FRAMED...I love this challenge because you're going to see so many takes on this...I have a feeling!

I decided to use a PML card (Pocket Scrapbooking - CTMH style) to make a recruiting card I'm sending to a sweet lady who has displayed interest in joining my CTMH Team...April is a FABULOUS month to do so by the way!

This card is using one of the FREE stamp sets a NEW Consultant gets when they reach the Straight to the Top Level 1 in their first 30 days. The pre-printed PML card from Gimme Some Sugar made this card come together sooooo easily!

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And...by adding a little SPARKLE to the heart using my Clear Shimmer Brush, the card goes from ehhh to OMGSH...lol. The arrow and squiggly line under the Bashful heart are from this month's SOTM - Color Your Life... 

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And, I even added a sweet little sentiment (LOVE the brushstroke that comes with this stamp set...what a GREAT way to visually close that sentiment off!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Don't forget to head on over to the H2H Challenges Blog and see what the other DT Members created.

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Creative with Cards

Welcome to this month's CTMH Technique Blog Hop featuring artwork from CTMH Consultants! This month's technique is getting Creative with Cards!

If you've come from Michelle John's Blog, you're on the right track...keep on hopping until you've seen all 12 Blogs!

I want to share one of the layouts that is included in my Gimme Some Sugar Layout Workshop. I love to use the PML Cards that come with each Paper Packet to add sentiments, jounaling blocks and embellishments to my layouts...if you're a regular follower of my artwork, I hardly ever use anything as it's intended...lol

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Here are some close-ups of my layout...I always us the photo Placeholders we're able to get as Consultants to show my workshop attendees where their photos will go, along with the dimensions. ***another PERK of becoming a CTMH Consultant***

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I tied a bow using the Peacock Stitched Ribbon that comes with the Gimme Some Sugar WYW - LOVE the feel of this ribbon...it's so soft and ties so easily! I brought over the Gimme Some Sugar Complements and Cork Shapes from the left side to balance the two pages...

Well, you've reached the end of the line...if you started here or haven't seen them all, hop on over to Melissa's Blog to keep on hopping!

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Birthday Bash with H2H...

Welcome to this week's H2H Challenge featuring anything and everything BIRTHDAY!!!

I have a good friend who had a birthday last week and I totally missed out on giving her a card so I made this quick card to give to her this week!

I love the colors...the stars...and of course the CELEBRATE sentiment from this month's SOTM, Color Your Life...the stars came from the soon-to-be-retired Stargazer...

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Here's a close-up of the stars (stamped in Raspberry, Pixie, Blossom & Bashful)...I added dots using my Journaling Pen and some Bashful Pearls for some embellishment. The word "celebrate" is stamped in Pewter Ink and fussy cut using my Micro-Tip Scissors...

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you'll stop on over at the H2H Blog and play along with us this week...only "rules" are that you have to use at least one CTMH Product and it needs to fit our BIRTHDAY BASH theme!