Noel Sparkle & Shine Christmas Card

Noel!

Today I made my second Christmas card for this year.

I used the papers from the Sparkle & Shine paper packet

featured in the Close To My Heart

mini catalog, "Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide."
(To see the Holidays catalog, click here.)

It doesn't look anything like my first Christmas card

I made last week with Sparkle & Shine!
(You can see it here.)

That's the fun of these CTMH papers and embellishments --

each creation looks different!

The card's base is a 6 x 6 inch Kraft card from CTMH.

For the dimensional poinsettia, I used the Artiste Cricut cartridge

to cut the flower die cuts and also the Noel title.

I layered four flower die cuts, and attached them with a sparkle brad.

I free-hand cut the leaves and tucked them underneath.

The white poinsettia is from a retired Mistletoe embellishment packet.

The burlap strip is cut from a length of CTMH's burlap ribbon.

I scanned a Christmas carol book page 
and then printed "The First Noel" onto colonial white cardstock

and trimmed the music to fit the card front.

Inside the card, I layered the Merry Christmas stamped sentiment

on a strip of Sparkle & Shine patterned paper,

and added a small pointsettia and sparkle brad

to the corner.

My inspiration in making this card came from 

a card (see below) created by CTMH Consultant, Sandy Trammel,

which she shared on the Scattered Hearts facebook group page.

Thank you for inspiring me, Sandy!

Happy scrapping, everyone!

A Frosted I Love You

"Frosted" -- one of my all-time favorite paper packets

from Close To My Heart!

I think it made a beautiful "I Love You" card,

don't you?

The doily stamp in these three layers reminds me of a precious quilt pattern--

a mixture of a Scandinavian and Pennsylvania Dutch design.

The tri-fold shutter card pattern is one of my favorites

to make and to give too!

I used:

CTMH Frosted papers

Classy Doily Flair stamp

Pearl stick pin from Bling Assortment

Small sparkle flower from Floral Accents

Sparkles Flourishes

Artiste Cricut Cartridge for "I Love You"

Opaque pearls

Itty Bitty Sparkles

Colored pencils

Sheer ribbon

Thanks for stopping by my blog and looking at my paper art!

Please leave a comment -- each one is so appreciated.

Happy scrapping!

It's Time to Sparkle & Shine!

The new Sparkle & Shine papers

from Close To My Heart's "Holidays from the Heart" gift guide

are so pretty and versatile!

I added strips of shimmer trim between the die cut ornament layers

for extra sparkle ...

Remember to add a surprise INSIDE your cards too!  

More sparkle is layered here on top of a strip of the patterned paper.

I left the inside empty to attach a family photo.

How many of these will I be able to finish before December 10,

the date circled on my calendar to "get cards mailed at the P.O.!" ?

Now--just a reminder--here's the new mini catalog that went live October 15

and you can order from it through December 31st.

When you order $100 or more in retail items from

this new Holidays from the Heart mini catalog,

you'll be able to choose a free "starred item" in the booklet.

Click HERE to see the catalog!

Click HERE to order!

Have fun making beautiful Christmas cards, layouts, 

and dimensional home art projects too!

Autumn Harvest with Apple Pickers

Faithbooking Layout:  Psalm 145 selected verses

The Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, an exclusive product from Close To My Heart,

made this layout a simple task and a pretty autumn-themed story.

I cut the 10 inch tree overlay so I would have extra room 

for the additional gold strip across the top of page 2,

where the words of selected verses of Psalm 145 continue from page 1.

A variety of Fall colored cardstock

along with the die cut leaves, apples, and pumpkins

made this clean and simple layout perfect

for showcasing the grandgirls while apple picking and giggling together.

Because I have more vertical and horizontal photos,

I'll add a few layers of Flip Flaps

once the Memory Protectors are on these pages.

I like to "faithbook" these special times together,

and add Scripture verses to remind us all

how good God is, how abundantly He blesses us,

and how He is always with us, day in and day out,

even as we pick apples and make apple crisps--

gifts from His beautiful world.

We can simply give Him our praise and thanks 

from morning until night!

First Day of School

First Day of School -- Artbooking Layouts

For this "First Day" of school two-page layout, 

I used the CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge to cut the title, photo mats, 

and "Think-Grow-Learn" section.

The primary colors of the retired paper packets, School Zone and Rough & Tumble, 

will compliment the photos of first grader Ella

that her mommy will add to the layouts.

The big yellow bus -- the first day outfit -- the new lunch carrier & backpack ...

so much new Grade 1 FUN!

Have you used your Artbooking cartridge?

Tell me how much you like it!

If you don't have yours yet,

please visit my web site and read more about the 700 images that are included!

It's easy to order and have your items delivered right to your door!

Happy Back to School Days!

 

You're Tweet!

You're so "tweet" that I made this Kraft container for you

to hold a treat of Hershey's Nuggets with almonds.

I promise to keep it filled, too!

Because I know those Nuggets won't last long!

It's ALL CTMH except the goodies in gold inside:

My Creations Kraft Container

Huntington papers

Burlap ribbon

Sheer ribbon 

Brown & Tan Sparkles

Bronze Glitter paper

Barn Red Ink

Brown Bag Ink

April SOTM--My Sunshine