CTMH | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Saturday is one of my favorite days!! I usually can sneak away into my craft room for an hour or so to create. My son usually sneaks in there with me pulling some of his toys from his toy room next door, and takes up camp in my craft room with me. We usually take a break from our playing, him with his toys and me with my papercrafting, to read a book he pulls off the bookshelf. I cherish these moments because I know very soon he will outgrow this phase.

Today I was working on the most recent sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

Here is my rendition:

Using Slate Cardstock for the base, I added a layer of Lollydoodle B&T. The sentiment is from the Lollydoodle Workshop On The Go™ Cardmaking Kit stamped in Slate Exclusive Ink™ and Hollyhock Exclusive Ink™. Have you heard the news? CTMH has added dry embossing folders, including a chevron design, to their great products!! I am patiently awaiting my next CTMH order to arrive on my doorstep that contains the NEW embossing folders, but until it arrives I used a Lifestyles Craft dry embossing folder on a layer of Lagoon Cardstock. I also added two strips of Black & Grey Glitter Paper to this card. To finish the card I added a few Aqua Dots!

This is one of my favorite sentiments in the entire Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book, and this card is also linked to the Heart 2 Heart Challenge: Love.

-Kelly

Indiana took another winter weather hit last night. Adult snow days don’t happen very often, but today was one of those days giving me a great excuse to get crafty!!

The Artiste Cricut® Cartridge was essential in making this card!! All of the text balloons where cut using that cartridge in White Daisy Cardstock. The chevron pattern comes from the School Years Stamp Set in Ruby Exclusive Ink™, and the dotted pattern comes from the All The Details Stamp Set in Lagoon Exclusive Ink™. The sentiment is stamped using the Word Balloons Stamp Set {which is included in the Artiste Cricut® Cartridge Bundle} also in Ruby Exclusive Ink™. To fit the theme of the rounded edges I used my corner rounder to soften the edges of the card.

This card is designed to be clean and simple. Oh, what a struggle!!! The definition of CAS makes it seem as if these cards should be made quickly without much thought or design process. Not the case!! When I started editing my photos on the first rendition of this card I sat and stared at it feeling as if something was missing. So I grabbed a few Lagoon sequins from the Lollydoodle Workshop On The Go™ Cardmaking Kit. It’s amazing how such a small embellishment can complete a card, and yet still keep it clean and simple!!

This card is linked to THREE blog challenges. The Handstamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge, the Dynamic Duos color challenge, and the CASology Cue Card Challenge.