Ticket 2 Ride

Good Morning! I've been playing with CTMH's new Cricut cartridge called Art Philosophy and I am having FUN! Granted, I haven't really played with the Cricut like most people have...but I took my girlfriend's machine when she wasn't looking so I could do some experimenting with it!

While I can't show you the full layout yet, (it's a sketch for the coming weeks at Let's Scrap) I thought I'd show you some of it...this 'sun' is actually the 'award' from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge (took that too while my GF wasn't lookin')

This ticket tag is from the Art Philosophy cartridge...I had a little trouble writing the journalling, forgetting words etc. but you can see the ticket...the centre part is actually the reverse side of the paper...I just lifted out the centre as it was cut and flipped it over, stamped the lines and journaled in Pacifica ink.

Ok...these banners are quite the rage right now, but with the banner setting on this cartridge, it sure made short work of it! I literally set it to cut and did something else while it was working away...nothing like a machine working on your layout at the same time as you are! Love it! Can you tell this Cricut thing is new to me!??

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the Lazy Days of summer!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

I'm just putting the finishing touches on my second Swap layout and I thought I'd show you how I work when I'm stamping...I spent under 10 minutes stamping these two 12x12 sheets of Colonial White cardstock...most of the time was spent making sure each row of the rainbow was lining up with the colour before it...I will machine stitch between the rainbow colours and cut all these guys out! I'll need to do some blending with the Sky ink on the clouds to make them look nicely 'Sky' like as well as the sunshine...now I realize that I am stamping multiple images many times, but I do this with stamp sets that I like and can see going with certain paper collections...I usually will pull out a compatible base coloured cardstock and start stamping the images in the compatible coloured inks for a specific paper collection...sometimes I'll trim them all out, sometimes I'll just tuck the sheet of stamped images into the zippee of it's coordinating paper collection. The next time I dip into my paper collections, I just might incorporate one of the previously stamped images...I find I can quickly create layouts this way and when I'm at a day crop or weekend retreat, I won't need to pull out all my inks and stamps to get some embellished layouts using stamps.

 

I've been playing with CTMH's Honey, Smoothie, Sky and Olive Exclusive Inks and they work fantastically with the Mayberry paper collection...these little images are going to be featured in my 'Female Child' Swap layout...

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for the finish products...

Hello January!!!

I have to say that after seeing our newest promotion in the Inspirations Brochure, that I was beyond excited about what was coming next with the Company...now that I have flipped through the *new* Spring/Summer 2011 catalog I can't wait to start sharing some bits with all of you...but not just yet...let's start you all off slowly with CTMH's newest addition to 2011 

and this beautiful 'Wings' paper collection.

It is available to purchase right now, one month prior to the release 

of our Spring/Summer 2011 catalog. 

G1016 Wings Workshop on the Go

 






 Wings Workshop on the Go™ Kit contains:
Wings Level 2 Paper Packet
My Acrylix Wings Workshop B-size Stamp set
Mini-Medley Accents Black Collection
Spray Pen (1)
Workshop Guide


Follow the included step-by-step instructions to create the two workshop projects featured in the workshop guide: a two-page layout and six cards (2 each of 3 designs). Layout and card patterns are Jeanette Lynton originals created exclusively for this workshop.

Here's a look at some more artwork created by some talented CTMH consultants

Thursday is looking Magnifique

Well this week has gone by in a blur of sorting school supplies, packing lunches, missing school buses, picture day already and homework! New Hockey schedules and Dance schedules...take-out dinners and back-logged laundry piles...hopefully next week will run a little smoother!

Today (evening) Mr. Purolator Dude finally arrived with some more goodies from my CTMH order...Workshop kits, Shimmery Brads, a 12X12 work-in-progress Album, stamps and the long awaited newest addition to our Scrapbook Program, the 'Magic' layout Book...loaded with brand new original design patterns by Jeanette Lynton!

We will be starting a new session of Workshop Club's where we will be creating 3- two page layouts and a card...at least that's my goal...

This month's featured Workshop kit is Magnifique and it is more fabulous than I thought it would be! I worked on the featured 2 page layout from the WOTG kit this afternoon and totally loved it! It doesn't even have photos in it yet! I will be cutting for the two Bonus layouts this evening, now that I have the 'Magic' scrapbook pattern book and will hopefully have some actual photos posted sometime tomorrow...but to wet your whistle...here's a look at some of the art created by some of the fabulous designers at CTMH...

This layout is highlighting some of our newest color additions, Lagoon and Pacifica as well as two fantastic stamp sets Unity and Circle of Love...I played a little today with the gorgeous peacock and the swirl you see in the above layout...you are going to love this one, guaranteed!

How about a Sneak Peek???

Have a look at some of the new* colours added to the CTMH colour wheel! I am loving Pear and Lagoon...I thought I'd let you have a look at a couple of the new B&T duos paper collections too...

This one is called 'Magnifique' and I've seen it used in more masculine layouts as well as winter themed and elegant ones as well...can't wait to start playing with this one. There are a few additions to the Sparkles, Blue & Green Asst. (shown below) and a Red, Pink, & Purple Asst.

This one is called Hooligans...they have also added some Mini-Medleys in Pear, Lagoon and Sunset...and you might just see a little tidbit of something felt to the left of this picture...

I really love this one...might have something to do with the name...'Olivia'...it reminds me a lot of the Basic Grey paper style...of course you'll notice that the new ink colours go beautifully with the new paper collections...they have even added some snazzy new 'Opaques' in Licorice, Mocha and Pearl as well...

Now, there are many new stamp sets to help bring all these new products together and I hope to keep things going here with some pictures soon...

Feel free to contact me to get your hands on the new Autumn/Winter 2010 catalog...you can always look to your hearts content...but you'll have to wait till September 1st to make any orders...sorry about the teaser, but I couldn't resist ;)