Weekend Retreat.....

I'll be gone all weekend...scrapbooking all day and night with little sleep (hopefully) so check back next week for pictures of everything I created!!!

Have a good weekend and enjoy the HEAT if you're in West Texas.....

Hey there CUPCAKE....

Here's a sneak peek at a project I'm working on....it's actually done but as you all know my photo quality is seriously slagging (that's hybrid for slacking and lagging :0) and I'm hoping to get a better picture of it before I do a full post!

YUMMY!!!!!!

True Happiness is.....

.....finishing my SECOND Color Me Monday challenge from our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton!!! She's been having these color challenges for some time now but I've been so busy that I've had to watch everyone else participate....this color combo spoke to me and I just had to do it!!!

This card design comes from Wishes....it's called Collage and I tweaked the measurements for a 5x7 card....I hand drew the 'heart strings' using a black My Legacy Writer.

I cut out each individual tree and adhered on top of the stamped image.
Inside of the card....I hand drew the heart and cut out...then masked the sentiment from the ss True Happiness and stamped "heart" in Tulip.

Products used are all CTMH:

Paper Packet: Animal Cookies (Tulip Heart B&T)

Cardstock: Tulip, Twilight, Sweet Leaf & Textured White Daisy

Stamp Set: True Happiness & Argyle Backgrounds

Inks: Tulip, Twilight & Sweet Leaf

White Grosgrain Ribbon

Adhesive & Glue Dots

My Legacy Writer (black)

Connection Club Rhinestone Frames

Give me MORE....MORE....MORE....

ANIMAL COOKIES!!!!!

I'm so sorry for those of you who check my blog often, but I'm HOOKED, ADDICTED, STRUNG OUT ON....ANIMAL COOKIES paper packet!!! And believe it or not, I still have another project I'm working on with no other than....Animal Cookies :0)

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The inspiration for this card came from Amy Sheffer at Pickled Paper Designs (her original card can be seen <<here>>) and I totally cased it...using ALL CTMH product of course!! I love finding cards/layouts online or in magazines and adapt them to use CTMH goodies which, in turn, allows me to show my customers that CTMH has everything they need! No need to go to their LSS and buy a specific stamp just because they saw a card using it, as long as they have one of ours that is similar, they'll be fine.

Front of the card....for the grass, I used the backside of the large multi-colored polka dot B&T from Animal Cookies pp and the backside of the Dutch Blue flower B&T from Animal Cookies Creative Basics...tore the edges and then sanded. For the sun, I used the backside of the Dutch Blue Stripe B&T and the backside of the Tulip Heart B&T from Animal Cookies pp....

Inside of the card..... I cut out one of the hearts for the Tulip Heart B&T for the tree.....

Products used are all CTMH:
Paper Packet: Animal Cookies & Animal Cookies Creative Basics

Cardstock: Textured White Daisy

Stamp Set: Tree Tops & Childhood

Inks: Clover Meadow, Tulip, Dutch Blue & Desert Sand

Dutch Blue Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)

Dimensional Elements Perennials

Dimensional Elements Basic Shapes (Retired)

Pewter My Accents - small concho (Retired) & small pewter brads

Piercing Tool Kit

Memory Book Glue Dots & Tombow Adhesive

Liquid Glass

Foam Tools & Corner Rounder

I totally apologize for the quality of my photos....my camera is broke so I'm having to use my video camera and the quality isn't that good :0) EDITED TO ADD: maybe these are a little better

Animal Cookies....MY FAVORITE!!!

Who doesn't LOVE animal cookies....now you can enjoy them without all the calories with CTMH's new paper packet!!!

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This is a view of the June Layout Workshop we did this week. I totally cased this from my dear friend, PO, who made these exact layouts using another SUPER CUTE paper packet, Tinkerin'. Thanks, PO, for making this month easy peasy.....

The layouts on the left are using a True Fit Folio (TFF) which flips up to reveal 2 additional layouts (shown below). The layout on the right is using our Photo Storage Pages (PSP) which have 6-4x6 pockets.

This is the 1st layout which is not protected by a page protector and lifts up to reveal additional layouts....
Here's a look at the TFF open....
This is the 2nd layout which is the top portion of the lifted TFF and is not protected by a page protector...

This is the 3rd layout which is the bottom half of the TFF and is also under a page protector...hence the aweful glare (SORRY)....

This is the 4th layout using the PSP. The pieces of Tulip (yes that color is TULIP) and Dutch Blue cardstock are flaps that can open for hidden journaing, pictures, embellishments and more...

Products used are all CTMH:

Paper Packet: Animal Cookies

Inks: Clover Meadow and Deseart Sand

Stamp Set: Sweet Baby (on layouts 1 & 2) and Tree Tops (on layout #3)

True Fit Folios and Photo Storage Pages

White Daisy Ric-Rac Ribbon

Holiday Red Buttons (the pp contains the color Tulip but I thought the HR buttons were close enough)

Adhesive and Glue Dots