CTMH August SOTM Blog Hop

Yep, it's that time of the month again.  

Time to see what creations me and my fellow Close to my Heart consultants have dreamed  up using the August SOTM (available only for the month of August and only through myself or your local CTMH Consultant)
Just before me,  was the talented Tina 

I must be honest the "owls" in this stamp set did nothing for me.  However, I loved the rest of the set.  So I put on my thinking cap and this is what I came up with

This was okay, but not really what I wanted.

So, here's my second attempt

Now, for me, this is more like it.

The first technique that made this candy box work.....stamp the pumpkins on colored cardstock.

duh...my first choice is to always stamp my image on daisy white or colonial white cardstock.

But this doesn't have to be the case.

I cut the container from our new paper fundamentals collection (Z2033)
then sponged the edges with cocoa ink to add some dimension,

I cut the base of the owl from cashmere cardstock and the "wings" from cocoa.

All in all, I think it turned out quite nicely.

Now, hop over to

Kathy's Blog 

to see her creations

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7 days left to order Ariana paper

Only 7 more days to shop from the current idea book. And then, just like Disney, these favorites will be gone.

Luckily Ariana is still available.
This is the awesome paper pack that I used to create this album

Give me a call to order your while you still can, or Click here to order yours, 24/7
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Cross Canada Hop featuring Circus Alphabet & CTMH's Cricut Artbooking

Welcome to our July Blog Hop featuring creations.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

If you have just hopped onto my blog,welcome.  If you came from Deanne's Blog you're in the right place.

I showcased the cover of this mini on the  July SOTM Blog Hop, since then I have tweaked it a bit to make it easier to put together.  So some of my sneak peaks might not be exactly as shown below.

Basic supplies for this project
Skyark paper, Kraft Cardstock & CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge
and June Stamp of the Month and one stamp soon to be released.

Before I begin with page by page details, here is an overview of the base pages

 before I started adding stuff to them.

All of the pages were
cut at 5 1/2"  from the artbooking cartridge
except for
"A" is matted on 5 x 5  kraft cardstock ( I did this to give it a bit more stability as a cover and to make the covers a bit bigger than the pages of the album.)

"F"  (4 1/4"  x 5" sweet leaf cardstock with
      corners trimmed off)

"I" (6x6 kraft cardstock)

Note:I used the holes in the other pages as a guide

The beauty of the Artbooking cartridge is that you can

 pick an album,

 pick a size I chose 5 12"

 (the suggested cutting size for this was 7", I wanted something a bit smaller)

pick some paper and start cutting.

Then, when you have all the pieces cut out

 you can put them together anyway you like.

AND they will fit.

Below is a picture of the pages from the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge that I used to make this album

Pages & accents  cut @ 5 1/2" unless otherwise noted

Now on with the album

cover (A)

Inside cover (A)

Page 1 (B)

Page 2 (B)

Page 3 (G) 

I know, it's not in order

Page 4 (G)

Page 5 (D) 

Page 6 (D) 
sorry, bit of a typo on the photo mat...it should be 3x4

I know it's a mirror image of page 5, 

that's the only way I could make the umbrella work

Page 7 (C)

Page 8 (C)

Page 9 (F)

Page 10 (F)

Page 11 (E)

Page 12 (E)

 Page 13 (H)

Page 14 (H)
"my sun shine" (p. 67 artbooking) 7"

Page 15 (H)

"endless summer"(p. 67 artbooking) 7"

Back Cover (H)

striped 1 x 3 1/2      lagoon 1/2 x 3 1/2

flower # 7    @ 1 3/4" sweet leaf (AP p. 39)

flower # 7    @ 1 1/2 patterned (AP p. 39)

leaves 1 1/4 sweet leaf (p. 62 AP)

one last look at the completed album

Hope you enjoyed this little summer album.  Actually one of the first projects I have made using the Artbooking Cartridge that I made using ONLY two pages (well except for a couple extra's I threw in)

Now, on to Deanne Blog to see what she has created.

This album available as a kit,  pre-cut and ready to assemble $20 (S&H extra)

 Send me a message via my contact box on the side.

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Just a TAD Crafty

You may have noticed, the NEW name at the top of my blog.  I have decided to put myself out there, take a few risks and see if my creativity is marketable.  Over the course of the next few weeks I will be working on designing & scheduling
-- classes & workshops & kits to be offered online and in-house.

You have already had a sneak peek at my first kit

You will have two options.
1. use the July 15th blog post as a guide to re-create your own.
or
2. order the album pre-cut and ready to assemble
                                                        Pre-order yours today for only $20 (S&H extra)


And before I go
one more look at some of the pages

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