March CTMH SOTM Blog Hop with Timberline paper

Welcome, you should have come here from   Michele's   but if you just joined with me, don't worry.  This is a circular hop and you will end right back here. Now on with the Hop!

This month's stamp "Happy Place" reminds me of my heritage.  I'm Ukrainian-Canadian. And the Matrushka doll images definately pulls at my heart strings.  Here's a little history Matrushka  means nesting, and the first Matrushka doll was carved in Russia in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin.  We will be holding a family reunion next year and I will be using this set a - LOT.
 However, today I chose to use just the one sentiment, in a totally different way.

To see the rest of the ablum click here (will open in a new window)
To continue with the hop  and see what Pam has created click here


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Timberline Mini Album--the rest of it

To see the first part of this album click here
Now for the rest of the album.
This album only has 6 pages.  However it has a multitude of pockets, tags and mini albums within it.

The page below holds two tags, plenty of space for more pictures or journaling.

And since it's a pocket, you can tuck any other memorabilia in.

Here's a couple picture of the album opened up

(sorry about the picture quality)

I cut a multitude of stars at the begining of this project and used them throughout the album.

I also distressed the heck out of all the pages, tags, and embellishments.

This album is for a BOY, so what's a little dirt?

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SSC70 meets Timberline

I really like the new Timberline paper. I made this card

using this sketch

from Sunday Stamps Challenge

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Color my Heart #82 Entry

Well, when inspiration fails me I head over to see what "challenges" are out there.
And at Color my Heart I found one.
The Challenge---use Goldrush and Topiary.
The result....

This uses an retired CTMH stamp set.  But would work well with any "bunny"

What to join in on the fun?  Create a card on your own using these to colors and then add your link to the Color my Heart Blog

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Picture my Life

So what's all the hype about Picture my Life?  It is Close to my Heart's newest option for preserving your memories, your way.  In today's fast paced life not everyone wants to "scrapbook".  But everyone takes tons of pictures (most from their phone).  I have nothing against this.   But I would like to express my opinion...
You need to get some of those pictures PRINTED.
Technology moves so fast, that in 10 or 20 years, your digital device will most likely be so outdated, that you won't be able to retrieve those pictures.  So print some of them.  And then put them in a "Picture my Life" album, so you will be able to share them with your descendents.

Picture my life is a theme based kit comprising 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)

These products are acid-free, lignin-free, and buffered.

All you need to complete your Picture my Life Project is your pictures, and a pen.
below is a sample of what is in the Laughing Lola Kit.

Click here to visit DAT"S My Style and see some more pic's.
Canadains  Click here to order yours today
American's Click here to order yours today
If your Austrailian Click here
And if your from New Zealand click here
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Timberline Mini Album

Created this little mini for my "great" nephew.  This is a tradition I started with him a few years back.  Make him a mini for his Birthday and send it by snail mail.  So he gets a parcel.  I try very hard to time it so the parcel arrives  either on his birthday or a day or so before.
This year he is turning 11and is in 4H wood working.
Here are the first couple of pages.

You may have noticed there is no "R" in construction.  That will be his first job to fix.

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Clean & Simple #280--I think I nailed it.

I think I nailed this one.
I used  sketch #280 from Clean and Simple as inspiration for this card for my nephew.

and here's the sketch.

Need some inspiration?  Clean & Simple has a new sketch every week

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Cross Canada Blog Hop--my Favorite Things--Wild about Love meets balloon ride in a mini album

"My Favorite thing", 

That's the theme for this month's Cross Canada Blog Hop with CTMH Consultants.  You are sure to find something you like and someone close to you so you can order your own supplies to re-create your favorite projects.

You should have hopped here from   Brandy's Blog but if you just joined with me, don't worry.  This is a circular hop and you will end right back here. Now on with the Hop!

My choice is a combo of new & old. 

The album itself features the NEW BALLOON RIDE PAPER PACK

 and the February SOTM--WILD ABOUT LOVE

The main ink color used is SADDLE

might add a bit more to this page once the photo are in.

This page showcases our exclusive ARTBOOKING CRICUT CARTRIDGE , actually all the pages for the album were cut from this cartridge as were most of the paper accents.

These pages feature the November 2013 SOTM

 More with this month's SOTM

Hope you were inspired.  Love to hear what you think.
Now let "Get Scrappin" with Fami.

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sweet sixteen party --invitations

My daughter had this brain wave to throw her BFF a sweet sixteen party (with a little help from me, her BFF's mom and a couple of her friends)
Theme--glamours/hollywood
colors--black/purple and gold (or silver)
my first "job"--you guessed it the invitations
below is my intial one.

 then I tweaked it a bit....

 and then tweaked it a bit more...

Now if my daughter approves, we be making 16 of these.
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CTMH 2014 Spring New Product Blog Hop

Oh my, oh my, oh my.

Close to my Heart has out done itself with this New Idea Book. 

You should have arrived here from Haley's Blog "The Inky Scrapper"

If not don't worry.  This is a circular hop and you will get to her's.

My Card showcases 

the NEW JUBILEE PAPER PACK (X7181B)

At first glance you think this paper is only good for 

down home country stuff.

Not so, it's also great for Birthday Cards.

Cutting templetes are below.  I stamped two cupcakes, one in honey and one in chocolate.

Cut the icing off the honey cupcake and used 3D foam to pop it up a bit.  

Supplies

X7181B      Jubilee paper pack

Z2115         Topiary ink

X5635        Topiary cardstock

Z2111         Chocolate ink

Z2162         Honey ink

Z1812        Sparkles clear--small flourishes

Z1263        Bitty Sparkles

Z1790     Artisite Cricut Cartridge (Stamp set is included with cartridge) 

Now off to see what

Gina has created in her Little Corner of Stampin' Heaven

okay, one more project, this layout uses the NEW Skylark Paper

Okay now let's go see Gina's creation

Check back throughout the month to see more of my new creations with new products.

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Remember--my niece's wedding

So, since I am recovering from some minor surgery, that still prevents me from doing much, I have been playing around on Studio J.  Took me a couple of hours to create this layout, but I think it was worth it.


The inspiration came from the layout below.   I loved the idea of all those layers, wrapped around a central focal point.

Click here to visit the website

If you would like to learn how to create layouts like on Studio J
 contact me via the contact box in the side bar

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