Everything ABC Blog Hop- letter U

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter U. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their U element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda Norman- Scrappy Therapy

If you came from Jenny Gilbert - Jen's Creative Classroom then you're on the right track!

My "u" project is for Unicorn. When I first joined as a Close To My Heart consultant, the very first stamp set that I HAD to have was Unicorn Dreams.  This stamp set totally reminds me of my oldest daughter who loves unicorns. It was a Hostess Exclusive, so I was so happy that I was able to have a qualifying order that first month so that I could get it. This beautiful stamp set is no longer available, but there are lots of new Hostess Exclusive stamp sets that are pretty great too! And if you aren't into stamps, you can use hostess rewards to get other goodies, like papers or inks.

For the card, unicorns need to have pretty colors and sparkle!  On the base, I used my sponge to apply ink around the edges. 

  I used Canary, Thistle, and Glacier for both the border colors and for stamping the images on the card front. I used Desert Sand for the sentiment.

Finished the card with just a little bit of glitter glue on the horn for sparkle- because you just can't have a unicorn without the sparkle! Actually, it was killing me to JUST glitterfy (that's a word, right?) the horn.  I wanted to go overboard like usual and add sparkle to a bunch of the stars.  Once the glue dried and I saw the finished card, I am really glad I stopped when I did.  The picture does not do this card justice- it is sooo pretty, I just love how it turned out!

The products I used were:
Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads in Canary, Thistle, Glacier, and Desert Sand
Unicorn Dreams Stamp set (retired)
Daisy White cardstock

Just like Unicorn Dreams, don't forget that some stamps and promotions are for limited time only.  This month's Stamp of the Month is this really cute Home for the Holidays! Available for only $5 with a $50 order during the month of October- just in time to start all those Christmas cards. 

 

Another great promo going on this month is our Ribbon Revelry.  With your $50 order, you will get a free roll of chevron ribbon in either Outdoor Denim or Ruby ($6.95 value). Don't miss out on this awesome deal! 

Check out my website to see all of our wonderful products.  There is something for card makers, scrapbookers, stampers, and all papercrafters! You won't want to miss out on these limited time offers.   melissahegwood.ctmh.com

I hope you all enjoyed my Unicorn card. It was a lot of fun to make and it still makes me smile every time I look at it.

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Allie Gower- Chaska Card Company.

In case you get lost along the way…go to Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!

Everything ABC blog hop- letter s

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter S. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their S element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda Norman- Scrappy Therapy

If you came from Jenny Gilbert- Jen's Creative Classroom then you're on the right track!

For my S project, I am finally doing a scrapbook layout! WooHoo! As much as I hate to admit that my oldest is growing up, reality has set in that she really is a Senior in High School.  This time next year, she will have flow the nest and start making her next chapter in life. So my letter S stands for school, senior, scrapbook layout, and shimmer tape.

Please forgive the quality of the pictures. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get the sparkle from the shimmer tape and clear sparkles to show well.  Eventually I will actually get a place set  up with decent lighting for my photos.

I have already put her Kindergarten picture in, but I have to wait for her Senior pics... those are being taken next weekend.

The font for the word "Senior" is from the Cricut Craft Room Basics, cut at 2.5 inches. The "then and now", as well as "class of 2015" are all stamped using the Circus Alphabet stamps that were the stamp of the month in July.

I used the Reflections layout book for ideas for the layout.  Specifically pages 68 and 74. This book is wonderful for new scrappers to get some ideas of how basic patterns can be switched up and changed to create great pages. Even if you are a veteran scrapbooker, Reflections is full of beautiful projects that can't help but inspire you!

Below is a list of all products used and links to check them out in my CTMH site:

Reflections book

Chalk It Up paper pack

Teal Shimmer Trim

Clear Sparkles

Inks: Archival Black & Lagoon

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Stephanie- the Quilted Scrapper.

In case you get lost along the way…go to Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!

Everything ABC Blog Hop- letter R

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter R. This may be the name

of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their R element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda Norman- Scrappy Therapy

If you came from Chantal Pearson- It's a Hoot! then you're on the right track!

This week's R inspired blog hop features a Red and Black mini album cut using the R key on the CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

Ok, so here is the deal with this mini album. It just so happens that I live very close to a college town. A big college town.  With a BIG football team (and lots of crazy football fans).  And it is beginning of football season. So there is red and black and bulldogs everywhere! And risking the possible backlash for admitting this- I am just not a big football fan. So I will never use this mini, but at least I know of dozens of friends and family that will have plenty of pics to fill this up. I just have to figure out who to give it to.

To the nitty- gritty of the album.... since long before becoming a Close to My Heart consultant, I have been a paper hoarder. Tryng to use up some of my stash to make room for new CTMH papers, I decided to use the red and black Recollections (look- another R!) cardstock from Michael's. 

I pulled out my new "go to" Cricut cartridge, CTMH's Artbooking, and set to work cutting out the mini album on the R key. This is actually shown as a baby book mini in the booklet that comes with the cartridge. Just by using different colors and changing the titles, this looks nothing like a baby book.  I love the versatility of this cartridge! I added pockets and tabs all over this mini too- so there is a ton of space for pics and journaling. I used Plantin Schoolbook font for the "Go Dawgs" and the Artbooking font for the "Sic 'em".  I used the Cricut Craft Room to weld the letters for easier placement.

I don't know how well you can see from these photos, but I do need to do some touch ups on some of the pages.  When I started embellishing, I felt like it needed some sparkle or bling.  Not wanting to go overboard on the girly (it is football after all!), I decided to add some touches of red glitter glue. I left it out on the table to dry overnight. While I was sleeping, someone decided he needed to supervise my work...

Obviously, Stormageddon is not a "Dawg" fan. During the night, he not only smudged some of the glue before it was dry, but also stole 2 of my binder rings that will hold the mini together. Maybe if the mascot was a panther, he would have left it alone! Anyway, I am just thankful that I haven't added the ribbon to the tags yet- he really likes to play with ribbon!

I hope you enjoyed my R themed project.  I can't wait for letter S, I already have big plans. 

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Darlys Recker- Crafty Happy

In case you get lost along the way…go to Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!

Everything ABC Blog Hop- Letter Q

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter Q. This may be the name

of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their P element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda- Scrappy Therapy

If you came from Wendy Kessler- My Scrapbooking Blog then you're on the right track!

This project has 2 q's in it- Quilted and Quick! The quilted is obvious- this is a quilt inspired design for an A2 card. And quick is for the fact that this card literally took me minutes to complete.  I knew the deadline was coming up and I needed to do my Q hop before midnight. Of course, the crazy long errands I had to do after work today all took longer than expected. When I finally got to sit down at 11pm, I remembered my deadline! Oops! Good thing I work well under pressure!

This card was all done using the Chalk It Up paper pack.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for the "quilt blocks". After attaching the blocks, I ran it quickly through my Sizzix Texture Boutique.  I have a Big Kick, but for most little card things, I find the little TB is much more convenient. The sentiment is from the Artbooking Cricut bundle stamped in Lagoon ink. Add a few clear sparkles, and Voila! A quick, quilted look card from start to finish in 10 minutes!

The paper, ink, stamp, and sparkles can all be found at my CTMH website (link to the right of my blog)

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings

In case you get lost along the way…go to Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!

Everything ABC's- letter P

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter P. This may be the name

of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their P element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda's blog~ Scrappy Therapy

If you came from  Wendy Kessler ~ My Scrapbooking Blog then you're on the right track!

For my "P" project, I went way back to my pre- Cricut days. This card is old school and all about punches and polka dots. I started with a White card base, then layers of lagoon and daisy white, with a final layer of honey embellishments with canary inked polka dots.

Punches:

For the lagoon and white layers, I used an old Fiskars scallop edge punch on both sides (sorry I can't remember the name- I've had it for years). CTMH also has a Scallop Border Punch (item z1851) that would work well for this card too. The honey ribbon was cut using the Martha Stewart punch called Infinite Loop Trim. Finally, the circles were done with 2 1/4 inch and a 2 1/2 inch punches and attached with Pop Dots for dimension.  

Stamping:

The sentiment is stamped in Archival Black. The stamp is from the You Mean the World to Me set that coordinates with the Cut Above kits. Finally, I couldn't find any circle stamps as small as I needed.  Thankfully it is back to school season and the perfect solution was literally right in front of me. I used a pencil eraser with Canary ink to stamp the little dots that finished up the edges on the white layer. 

Hope y'all enjoyed my "P" project! Punches, Polka Dots, and Pre-Cricut cuts.

Here is a list of links to the CTMH products that can be found in my online site:
White cards and envelopes
Lagoon Cardstock
Honey Cardstock
White Daisy Cardstock
Canary Exclusive Inks
You Mean the World to Me stamp set

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Darlys Recker - Crafty Happy. 

In case you get lost along the way…go to Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!