Grade 5, 6 & 7 Folios

I got a full day to create on holiday Monday (BC Family Day) when a bunch of friends came over to my place to have a crafty day.

I pulled out Cole's grade 7, 8, 9 and 10 school photos and started playing catch up with the retired True Fit Folios that CTMH used to sell.  (I had previously prepped a bunch to get me through to his graduation).

Today I was just going to share his Grade 7 page, but then I realized that I hadn't shared his Grade 5 or Grade 6 folios yet, like I thought I had.  So I will quickly share those first...

I used retired CTMH Lucky papers on this his Grade 5 layout.

And I used retired CTMH Victory papers on his Grade 6 layout...

Now for my most recent one, this is his Grade 7 folio page.

I used retired CTMH ProPlayer papers and ProPlayer My Stickease on this one.

  These folios are great because I can tuck all of his report cards inside along with any other papers I want to keep.

You can see all the other folios I did for his album from Kindergarten through to Grade 4 HERE,

as well as the school page layout I made for the beginning of his elementary school album.

I will share the Grade 8 folio next time...

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Grade 7 Folio:

Papers:  ProPlayer papers - retired; White Daisy CS
Stamps:  Classmate Alphabet - retired, Chocolate Alphabet Small - retired
Ink:  Black, Slate
Embellishments:  ProPlayer My Stickease Assortment - retired, Pewter Eyelets - retired, Cranberry Brads - retired, DE Simple Numbers - retired
Other:  True Fit Folios - retired, Corner rounder, Craft Knife, Crop-A-Dile (WRMK), Circle Cutter (MS)

3D Heart Balloons Valentine's Card

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I used the Artisty and Artbooking cartridges to cut the Poloroid photo shape and the heart shapes.

I backed the Poloroid photo with a piece of Regatta paper.

The heart shapes were also cut from the Regatta paper.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Papers:  Charlotte, Regatta; White Daisy CS

Stamps:  Kaleidoscope Cardmaking Workshop set, Hello Life National Scrapbooking Month set - retired

Inks:  Black, Pomegranate

Embellishments:  Clear Sparkles, Pink Enamel Gems, Back and White Shimmer Trim

Other:  Artistry and Artbooking Cricut Cartridges, Micro-tip Scissors, Sponge

Sweet 3x3 Valentine's Card

A couple of days ago, I shared a card I made inspired by this card by Kristina Werner.

I kept going with that inspiration and made this sweet 3x3 sized Valentine's card.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  White Daisy and Pixie CS;  Vellum (other)

Stamps:  Lovely Birthday, Say It All

Inks:  Pixie, Cotton Candy, Pomegranate, Versamark

Embellishments:  Red Enamel Hearts - retired, Pink Enamel Gems, Treasured Puffies

Other:  White Embossing Powder, 2 1/2" circle punch (EK), 3D foam tape, Micro-tip scissors

Thinking Of You Card

When I saw this card by Kristina Werner, it inspired me to pull out my stamps and play with my inks.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  White Daisy and Glacier CS; Velum (other)

Stamps: Say It All - Hostess set, Lovely Birthday

Inks:  Glacier, Lagoon, Peacock, Versamark

Embellishments:  Clear Sparkles, Oceanside Sequins, Aqua Dots

Other:  3 1/2" circle punch (Marvy Uchida), White embossing powder, Sponge, Corner rounder

Random Stamped Thanks a Bunch! Card

I really like this color combination and it was fun to do some random stamping again.

(Inspired by this card by Connie Collins.)

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Paper:  Saffron Paper Fundamentals; Black, Pomegranate, White Daisy, Glacier CS

Stamps:  Floral Banners, Blossom WOTG set - retired

Inks:  Black, Pomegranate, Glacier, Saffron; Black ShinHan Marker

Embellishments:  Oceanside Sequins, Bitty Sparkle, Natural Hemp -retired, Red Button - retired

Other:  3D foam tape, Micro-tip Scissors, Scallop Edge Punch

Another Balloon Animals Birthday Card

Love, love, love this Balloon Animal CTMH February stamp of the month set!

Seriously...

 (Inspired by this card by Heather Campbell on the Avery Elle blog.)

Am I right???

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Paper:  White Daisy and Glacier CS

Stamps:  Balloon Animals - Feb SOTM, Kaleidoscope Cardmaking WOTG set

Inks:  Juniper, Glacier, Sweet Leaf, Flaxen, Peacock, Whisper

ShinHan Markers:  Pastel Green. Leaf Green

Embellishments:  Oceanside Sequins, Clear Sparkles

Other:  3D foam tape, Micro-tip Scissors

Balloon Animals Birthday Card

I adore the February Stamp of the Month!  It is called Balloon Animals, and it is full of super cute balloons.

I used just a couple of them on this card.

(Inspired by this card by Elena Roussakis on the Avery Elle blog.)

I cut the large balloon shape out of White Daisy cardstock using the Artistry Cricut cartridge, and then backed it with a piece of Canary Paper Fundamentals paper.

I stamped "It's Your Day", and sprinkled clear embossing powder over top and heat set it, as I find that the ink may smudge on Paper Fundamentals papers.

For the black Bitty Sparkles, I simply colored the clear sparkles with a Black ShinHan marker.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Paper:  Canary Paper Fundamentals; White Daisy and Canary CS

Stamps:  Balloon Animals, Kaleidoscope Cardmaking WOTG set

Inks:  Lagoon, Pomegranate, Black, Whisper; Black ShinHan Marker

Embellishments:  Aqua Dots, Pink Enamel Gems, Bitty Sparkles 

Other:  Artistry Cricut Cartridge, Micro-tip Scissors, 3D foam tape, Clear Embossing Powder

Wavy Blooms Center Step Cards

I am still on a kick with the center step style cards.

(There is a link in my previous post to take you to the instructions for a center step card, although these are a narrower version.)

I really enjoyed making these.  :)

What I did was take some scrap pieces of White Daisy cardstock and painted rough circles in a bright yellow and vibrant blue using my CTMH watercolor paints.

Once they dried, I stamped the Wavy Blooms flower images over top of the painted cardstock.

Then I used my micro-tip scissors to hand cut the flowers out.

I set them on to the White Daisy cardstock rectangular piece, so I could judge where I wanted to stamp the leaves in Whisper ink.  After I stamped the images, I used a waterbrush to lightly color the leaves with Whisper ink.

I simply glued the flowers in place, and added the retired Metal Flowers to the centers of the flowers.

The black and blue gems on both cards are Clear Sparkles that I just colored with my ShinHan markers.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Yellow card:

Paper:  Canary Paper Fundamentals; White Daisy and Canary CS

Stamps:  Wavy Blooms, Springtime Wishes, Balloon Wishes

Inks:  Black, Whisper; Black ShinHan Marker

Embellishments:  Clear Sparkles, Metal Flowers - retired

Other:  Watercolor Paint, Paint Brush, Waterbrush, 3D foam tape, Micro-tip Scissors, 

Blue card:

Paper:  Whisper Paper Fundamentals; White Daisy and Whisper CS

Stamps:  Wavy Blooms, Springtime Wishes, Balloon Wishes

Inks:  Black, Whisper; Cerulean Blue ShinHan Marker

Embellishments:  Clear Sparkles, Metal Flowers - retired

Other:  Watercolor Paint, Paint Brush, Waterbrush, 3D foam tape, Micro-tip Scissors