June | 2014 | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Both cards today feature CTMH’s June’s Stamp Of The Month, Kaboom!

Card #1

I started by inking up the two smaller firework images in CTMH’s Lagoon Exclusive Ink™, Creme Brulee Exclusive Ink™, Juniper Exclusive Ink™, and Honey Exclusive Ink™ by using the rock ‘n roll technique on piece of CTMH White Daisy Cardstock. {If you’re not familiar with this technique-you stamp the image in the lighter color ink first and then roll the edges in a darker color ink. When you stamp the image it will appear to be two-tone} To keep the White Daisy Cardstock from blending in with the white card base, I used a Sponge Dauber and CTMH Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™ around the edge of the cardstock

I used the CTMH Keyboard Uppercase Stamp Set in Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™ for the happy birthday sentiment. I overlapped the letters slightly to give the appearance that the letters are connected, and I added a strips of 3D Foam Tape to have the sentiment literally pop off the card!! The little star is also from the June SOTM and is stamped in Creme Brulee Exclusive Ink™. For the finishing touch I added a couple CTMH Durables Triangle Studs. {Card inspired by this card by Jocelyn Olson}

Card #2

Starting with a white card base, I added a layer of CTMH Outdoor Denim Cardstock followed by another layer of White Daisy Cardstock. On the top layer of cardstock I used the CTMH Distressed Backgrounds Stamp Set in Champagne Exclusive Ink™ followed by another firework image from June’s SOTM in Sorbet Exclusive Ink™. The tag was cut in White Daisy Cardstock using the Art Philosophy Cricut® Cartridge. I again used a sponge dauber and Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™ around the edges of the tag for more definition. The sentiments come from two different stamp sets; the “congratulations” sentiment and the star are from the Casual Expressions Stamp Set and the “you’re amazing” is from the Cricut® Artiste Collection. To give the tag a little texture I used the Chevron Embossing Folder and tied a bow using the Harvest Baker’s Twine at the top of the tag. {card inspired by this card by Lisa Henke}

Tip: CTMH’s dry embossing folders are 5″x7″ and have a slit cut at the top of the folder making it easy to slide your cardstock through the folder which is what I did with this tag.

CLOSE TO MY HEART JUST RELEASED THEIR RETIRING ITEMS LIST!!!!

A new Idea Book will be released in August and CTMH has to make room for the new!! The retiring items includes stamp sets, paper packets, cardstock, embellisments, etc, etc, etc. CTMH is retiring 5 of their exclusive colors from their color palette. Those colors include: Blush, Buttercup, Twilight, Creme Brulee, and Sky. All coordinating products that include these colors {cardstock, ink pads, re-inkers, markers, etc} will also be retiring!! Be sure to check the list soon!! All items are now while supplies last only!

Thanks for stopping by!!

-Kel

Today I’m going to show you how I used the Later Sk8r Picture My Life™ {PML} kit!! My son’s first year of T-ball was a 3 years ago, and between my mom and myself we have way too many photos!!!! After printing the hundreds {yes, I said hundreds} of photos I had no idea on how I was going to scrapbook these pictures!! They all have been sitting in my photo box since they were printed waiting for me to come up with a creative way to use them!! I knew when I saw the PML kits that was how I would scrapbook all {or at least a large majority} of the photos! The photos below only display a few of the pages that were made just to give you an idea on how I used the kit.

I want to give you specifics on what you get when you purchase a kit. There are 8 different PML Kits available and each kit consists of: 44 – 4″ × 6″ Cards (2 each of 22 designs); 78 – 3″ × 4″ Cards (3 each of 26 designs); 1 – 12″ × 12″ Designed Cover Sheet; 10 – 12″ × 12″ Memory Protectors™ (various designs). There are a few items that you will need to put the kits together, including a paper trimmer, corner rounder, and journaling pen.

Now I did use some additional products {stamp sets, inks, Cricut® cartridge, etc on a few of these pages} to enhance the PML kit, but one of the great benefits of these kits is that you don’t have to use anything other than the kit itself! They look awesome just as they are! Many of the pages above do not have any additional embellishments! Not needing to add extra flair to the pages is a great way to scrapbook a large amount of photos quickly!!

Products Used-all products CTMH unless otherwise stated:

Paper: Later Sk8r Picture My Life™ Kit; Outdoor Denim Cardstock; Slate Cardstock

Stamps: Hopscotch Alphabet Stamp Set; All The Details Stamp Set; Lol Stamp Set

Ink: Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™; White Daisy {Pigment} Exclusive Ink™

Other: Corner Rounder; Journaling Pen {I used a SMASH™ pen}; Surecut™ Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer; Tape Runner Adhesive {I used Elmer’s}; Artbooking Cricut® Cartridge; Non-stick Micro-Tip Scissors; My Acrylix® Blocks; Sponge Dauber; Milepost Shapes {retired}

Are you interested in other ways these kits can be used?!? Click here to see a card I made using this same kit!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly