Cricut | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

It’s time again for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. If you’re new to my blog, I am part of the design team so twice a month I post cards based off of their sketches. This week we are on sketch #156!

My card this week is a true scraps card! Every part of this card was created off of scraps that I had left over from previous projects!

I started with a white card base and cut a second layer of the same white cardstock. Then I added a blue pattern paper that I pulled from my scrap box…and let’s be honest! We all have one! Mine is an entire Iris container full of pieces of paper that are 6×6 and smaller. I try to pull from that box each time I make a card. Once I had the blue paper layered, I tucked in a frame that I cut for a previous project that I never used. The frame is the Picture Perfect Cut File from The Cut Shoppe and is cut on a scrap piece of cardstock that is leftover from the retired CTMH Dream Pop Specialty Paper Pack.

Now for the feathers which are cut from the CTMH Artiste Cricut® Cartridge. When I do any mixed media on other projects I always use a piece of white cardstock to smear any leftover paint, etc so I don’t waste any product. This cardstock will sometimes have multiple colors of paints, texture pastes, etc. I keep adding excess mixed media products until the entire cardstock is full and use it for projects such as this card.

So I positioned the feathers onto my cutting mat so they would hit the pink & yellow mixed media work that was leftover from a previous project. After the feathers were cut and still on my cutting mat I added third generation stamping using a Pink Fresh Studio Stamp and CTMH Black Exclusive Ink™. After the stamping was done I removed the feathers from my cutting mat and smeared Versamark™ Ink on the tip of the feathers and sprinkled with Silver Embossing Powder to add a little more texture to the feathers.

I added the feathers to the background papers and added white stitching around the entire card and through the center of the feathers. My sentiment is from the CTMH Joyful Birthday Stamp Set using the same Versamark™ Ink & Silver Embossing Powder.

I hope you’ll head over to Atlantic Hearts and enter your interpretation of sketch #156.

Thanks for stopping by!!
-Kelly

Spring Break is coming to an end, which mean I will be heading back to work and my creativity time will be greatly reduced. I have had so much fun this week! Hanging out with my kiddo, getting crafty, and staying in my pajamas for as long as I’d like! That is my idea of a great vacation!! Today’s scrapbook layout has a vacation theme as well!! It’s from a vacation that we went on with some dear friends in 2012. Today I’m playing along with the current sketch challenge on the Hip Kit Club Facebook Member Forum. It’s not a requirement to use the kits, but a LARGE majority of my layout is a mix of previous kits.

I started with a CTMH White Daisy cardstock base and added a clear layer of gesso. Then I came in with Tickle Me Turquoise Shimmerz Paint and the packaging technique to create the mixed media background. Next I came in with a couple pieces of pattern papers (the teal circle-Studio Calico-Seven Paper [Goldie-008] & the solid pink stripe from the Crate Paper-Hello Love Collection). Once I had those down I cut an ampersand using the CTMH Artiste Cricut® Cartridge on a piece of yellow dotted paper from Studio Calico-Seven Paper [Elliot-010]. I also tucked Studio Calico-Seven Paper floral washi under the pink layer of paper. I added stitching to the ampersand and both of the patterned papers.

The top cluster consists of a Crate Paper fringed heart, a cork heart from Pink Paislee-C’est la Vie, Simple Stories-Carpe Diem enamel dots, and a tassle from Maggie Holmes-Confetti line. I also added a tiny word sticker from Pink Fresh & the “Best Day” piece is from the Maggie Holmes-Shine Ephemera Pack. I cut a couple photos down to 2.5×2.5 and matted them on a piece of white cardstock. In the sketch it looks as if the photos are rotated but I wanted them so you look at them straight on so I cut them into more of a diamond shape. I added a couple Shimelle-Starshine chipboard embellies, along with a few more enamel dots, and those cork hearts are just beautiful with the gold flecks!

The title comes from a CTMH retired cork alpha set & the “Remember” is an acetate piece from Crate Paper-Maggie Holmes-Shine Collection. I didn’t add any journaling to this layout because I will have an accompanying layout that will house the journaling for this day. I finished the layout with Black Heidi Shine & October Afternoon pink splatters.