A great way to utilize those scraps

The same night I let the kids play in my craft room and create cards for Grandma, I also created the following two cards. It's a great way to utilize those scraps. I find myself hoarding them more often than I use them. (I'm addicted to paper. Even my husband knows this. LOL)

Recipe:
Paper: Sweetheart (retired), Basic Paper Fundamentals, Glacier CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Cutie Pie (retired)
Ink: Black (Versafine)
Tools: Craft Heater, Craft Tray, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Shinhan Alcohol Markers, Chevron Border Punch, Journal Pen, Micro-Tip Scissors, Stitch Guide Ruler (CTMH)

Recipe:
Paper: Twitterpated (retired), Sorbet CS, Sweetleaf CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamp: Hi (retired) CTMH
Ink: Black (Versafine)
Tools: Craft Heater, Craft Tray, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Shinhan Alcohol Markers, Chevron Border Punch, Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors (CTMH)
Other: Foam Tape, Flaxen Twine (CTMH), Green Brads (Jo-Ann Fabrics)

Cooincentally, after making the second card, I decided that I love the thick twine. Go figure. LOL

Casandra

Cards for Grandma

We're trying something new around here, these days. Now that the kids are 8 and 6, they are getting old enough to be trusted with some of my scrapbooking tools and papers. 

Since Grandma sends a couple of gift packages a month from Florida, we thought it would be nice to send her a little love, too. Here are the cards that the kids helped create.

Izzy's card for Grandma

Jack's card for Grandma

Recipe:
Paper: Twitterpated (retired), Sweetheart (retired), Garden Green CS (retired), Sorbet CS, White Daisy CS (CTMH)
Stamps: Cityscape (retired), Card Chatter - Sympathy (retired), You Mean The World To Me (CTMH)
Inks: Garden Green (retired), Hollyhock, Slate, Black (CTMH)
Tools: Paper-Piercer, Chevron Border Punch, Journaling Pen (CTMH)
Other: Assorted Brads (Jo-Ann Fabrics)

Jack made his own border with the journal pen. It took me a lot longer to brave that technique. 

We had fun creating cards together, and it was a bonus to start using up sold old scraps of paper.

Enjoy your day.

Casandra

Autumn Cutie Layout

If you are here for the first time, I have been working on a baby album for a cousin. Following is another layout that I created for it.

I was inspired again by a layout in a previous idea book. I was looking for a pattern to use, and I like this one because it uses mainly 4x6 photos (4 of them can be cut down to 4x4). It was a little painful using some of my hoarded Twitterpated paper, and there was a moment where I wanted to keep it instead of gifting it, but this baby will be a year old before I ever finish it if I use that philosophy. Teehee.

Okay, so this layout uses Imagine: Ensemble Piece template. It is one that I've often dismissed in the book. But gosh, this paper is super cute with it. To highlight the separate photo spots, I added some stitching. I painstakingly pierced each hole using my piercing tool and stitch guide ruler. 

I would like to thank my friend Celina once again for another gift she sent me a while back, but this is the first time I've had the pleasure of using it. The title "Autumn" comes from a new stamp set "Handwritten Print" alphabet. I have many alphabet stamp sets, mostly retired now, and this really was the best fit for this layout. LOVE IT! Thank you again, Celina. You are AWESOME, my crafty friend. 

I added liquid glass to the little dots on the sorbet print paper. It never photographs well, but you get the idea. 

Recipe:
Paper: Twitterpated (retired), Chocolate CS, Sweet Leaf CS, Colonial White CS (CTMH)
Stamps: Keyboard Uppercase Alphabet, Handwritten Print Alphabet, Twitterpated WOTG (retired) (CTMH)
Inks: Chocolate, Sweet Leaf, Sorbet (CTMH)
Tools: Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors, Liquid Glass, Stitch Guide Ruler (CTMH)
Other: Twitterpated Buttons (retired), Chocolate Ribbon (retired), White Daisy Embroidery Floss (retired) (CTMH)

I would like to enter this layout into the Use Your Stuff Challenge #157. Twitterpated is one of my very first Close To My Heart kits dating back to 2009, and of course, I didn't buy just one. Happy Fall, Y'all!

Casandra

MOJO340 Twitterpated Card

This new idea book has so many beautiful kits in it that I am finally beginning to dip into my hoarded stash. Twitterpated is one of my all time favorites. I love every single color in it. I am entering this card into the Mojo Monday Challenge #340.

Recipe:
Paper: Twitterpated (retired), Sorbet CS, Chocolate CS, Colonial White CS (CTMH)
Stamps: Twitterpated WOTG (retired), Feathers (CTMH)
Inks: Crystal Blue, Chocolate, Sorbet (CTMH)
Tools: Chicken Wire Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Sponge, Sweet Leaf Alcohol Marker, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Craft Heater, Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors (CTMH)
Other: Chocolate Bitty Brads (retired) (CTMH)

When I was looking at the circle elements of the sketch, I kept seeing feathers. I giggled a little as I embossed the sorbet cardstock with the chicken wire embossing folder. One of my favorite shows of the past is Dharma & Greg. That episode where Dharma and her hippie parents go to a farm to free the chickens and then accidentally drive over some as they are fleeing the scene..."Well, that's the price you pay for freedom." LOL

Have a great day!

Casandra

Dinosaur Birthday Invitations

For those of you who do not already know this, my little boy is crazy about dinosaurs. On Friday, after the show "Dino Dan" finished, Jack came over to me and said "I can pronounce all the dinosaur names, like brachiosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex and dromaeosaurus". He is not quite 5 years old. LOL Don't ya just love it?!

To celebrate Jack's love of dinosaurs, my awesome friend Dawn tracked down a retired dinosaur stamp set from Close To My Heart. Last night, I finished up Jack's birthday invitations, and he personally approved them. :)

So without further adieu, here they are:

Aren't they cute? The iside of the cards read:

You're Invited to a Dino-Mite Birthday Party!

Jack-O-Saurus is turning 5.

Makes tracks to (Place)

(Date and Time)

for Dino-Cake, fun and games.

Don't be extinct! R.S.V.P. to the prehistoric parents:

(Phone or E-Mail Address)

Now, here is a list of the products used:

Dino Roar stamp set
Cherish the Moment stamp set
Twitterpated Level 2 Paper
Chocolate and Sorbet Ribbon
Chocolate and Sweet Leaf Ink
Green, Orange and Chocolate Brads

Hope your day is dyno-rific!

Casandra