CTMH | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve entered a card challenge and I immediately had a card come to mind for my 7 year old niece’s birthday when I saw sketch #224 from Freshly Made Sketches!

I started with a traditional white cardstock base and cut a frame from the Artbooking Cricut® Cartridge on Confetti Wishes B&T Paper. I then cut the “happy” from a Heidi Swapp die on Thistle Carstock. I added the “birthday” sentiment from the Happy To Be Friends Stamp Set in Thistle Exclusive™ Ink. My sweet friend Stephanie had given me a tip on using flip flaps as an quick & easy tool for shaker cards so I grabbed a 4×6 Flip Flap and cut it to fit under the frame. Once I had the appropriate size I added sequins and stitched it together. I popped the frame up on 3D Foam Tape and added the shaker to the cardstock base. To add a little bling, I placed a strip of Gold Shimmer Trim along the side of the shaker panel. I used my Corner Chomper to add a little detail to the ends of the shimmer trim.

I’m also linking this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for their Shake It Up Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

My son attended Cub Scout camp last fall and I had a ton of photos. I wanted to fit as many as I could on one layout and I think I achieved my goal! I was able to get 13 photos on 1 layout! I used a cut file that is exclusively available from Big Picture Classes-Old Favorites with a New Twist taught by Ashley Horton.

I used CTMH’s Urban Paper Packet for the base page. I then cut down all of the photos to fit in the triangle slots and then randomly placed patterned papers in the remaining spaces. I used a majority of scraps from Basic Grey & CTMH (Steampunk Paper Packet & more Urban) and another label I’m unsure of to back the cut file.

I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I’m determined to use my stash this year so I’ve been digging deep to find embellishments!! I used random stickers, arrows and alphas for the title and I also threw on a few CTMH Aqua Dots & Timberline Stickers. I didn’t include journaling on this layout because this event will be a two page spread and I designated a journaling area on the second page.

I love how many photos I was able to incorporate on this single layout! The cut file helped to tone down the distractions from the busyness of the background in the photos and focus on the smiles of my boy!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly