Think Happy Thoughts

Hi everyone!  Happy Monday!  I took the day off of work to spend one last full day with my son before school starts on Wednesday.  Time goes by quicker and quicker with every year and I want to take advantage of these days while he still wants to hang with his mom!  

With school starting and summer coming to an end, I thought I would do one last summer card before I immerse myself in fall projects.

I started with a sketch from Sweet Stop Sketches:

And here is my card:

The pattern paper is from My Mind's Eye, Everyday Flair 6 x 6 paper pad.  I used both sides of one sheet to cut down on scraps.  I distressed the edges of all the pieces.  The middle blue piece I ran through the Cuddlebug with the Spots and Dots folder and  I wrapped some orange/white bakers twine around it.

The sentiment is from the CTMH set called Happy Thoughts.  The beach scene is from Formal Occasion cricut cartridge.  I didn't even know these little scenes were on this cart.  I love finding new stuff on old cartridges!!  I sized it at 2.75" and used all the layers.  The water border was added from Best of 2010 cartridge.  I sized it at 1" and then in CCR stretched it until I liked how it looked.  I popped the scene up with foam tape for dimension.

I left the inside blank because I'm not sure what this card will be used for yet and added the one little scrap piece left over from the 6x6 paper I used on the front.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!!

Linking to:

The Sweet Stop - sketch

Rose Blossom Garden - summer

Jo's Scrap Shack - H2O

Little Scrap Pieces - Day at the Beach

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Beach - altered picture frame

Welcome friends!  I have a fun altered picture frame to share today!

I started with one of those dollar frames from Michaels, painted it blue and you can't see it in the pic, but I added a layer of glitter paint as well.  Then I tore some strips of kraft cardstock and layered it on the bottom for sand.  I only glued down the bottom part of the strips so I could distress the edges a bit and then went over it with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

I cut the chair from the Life's a Beach cartridge at 3" and sponged it with a bit of indian corn blue ink.  It's adhered with foam tape to pop it up a bit. The pail and shovel were also cut from Life's a Beach at 1.153".  The flip flops were cut from the Best of 2010 cartridge at 1.361".  I used scrap paper for all my pieces.

The umbrella was cut from Life's a Beach at 3".  The sun was also cut from Life's a Beach at 3".  I inked the edges with tea dye distress ink and raised the center on foam tape.  The bird was cut from Indie Art at 1.5".  This bird doesn't have a solid layer and I wanted the white underneath so I used CCR hide option to erase the lines and cut the piece solid.

I think it turned out pretty cute!  What do you think??

Linking to: BBTB2, Little Scrap Pieces, Jo's Scrap Shack and KraftyGirls

Altered Purse Box

So a few months ago I found these absolutely hideous purse boxes on clearance at Hobby Lobby.  I wish, wish, wish I had a before pic!  They were only $1.79 and I saw potential.  I worked on this over the course of a few days.

I so love how this turned out!!

Inside

The first thing I did was spray paint the boxes with Rustoleum Hammered Brown spray paint.

Once that was dry I started adding paper.  All paper used was from the Avonlea collection from Close to my Heart - Unfortunately this paper is sold out, but just wait!  There's some great new collections coming out Aug 1st!

Back view

Sides with faux stitching using a white gel pen - the ribbon handle is ribbon from the Close to my Heart green collection

I hot glued some layered flowers with brad centers to the top.

I used multiple Cricut carts on this project.  The green flourishes are from Cindy Loo and the brown flourishes are from Home Decor.  The small butterfly is from Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art and the large butterfly is from Best Images of 2010.  And finally, the birdcage and the bird are from Bloom.

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  Have a great day!

Gift for Mom

We finally celebrated Mother's Day with my Mom and family this past weekend.  It was such a great day, I love when the family ~ or at least most of the family can get together.

Now that my Mom has her card and gift I can finally share  :)

Center Step Card using CTMH Chantilly papers

 I was watching You Tube videos/tutorials one night and came across one for a center step card.  I thought it would be so pretty to show off the beautiful Chantilly paper from Close to my Heart.  The center scallop oval is from Elegant Edges, all layers cut at 4.75".  I used flower 2 image, using the oblong feature on shift for the Lagoon color background, then I cut the flower 2 image twice using the oblong feature without the shift, one for the layer in Buttercup yellow and one for the layer in White Daisy.  I cut the open scallops off the white layer and ran just the oval through the cuddlebug to emboss it and lightly inked the raised embossing with Buttercup yellow ink.

The butterfly came from the cricut cartridge Best Images of 2010 cut at 2".  I added some glitter glue for the antennae and body, papers used are from Close to my Heart Buttercup and Cotton Candy.

The Happy Mother's Day stamp is from Studio G and the rhinestones are from Close to my Heart, they are the pink glitter gems that come with the Chantilly Scrapbooking Kit.  

For the gift, I found a recipe on Pinterest for a Gardener's Sugar Scrub.

This was super easy to mix up.  If you're interested, please go visit One Good Thing by Jillee - she has some amazing stuff!  I just picked up a cheap glass jar at Walmart to mix it in.

Using the same Chantilly paper pack, I cut a tag from Doodlecharms.  I used Cricut Craft Room and to make it double sided I hid the flower on one of the tags to make it solid and adhered the two together.  I switched out the cutting blade for the markers and added a text box to the solid tag to print "Gardener's Hand Scrub" and sized it to fit the tag.  I used some pink/white bakers twine to hang it from the jar.

I used a 3" circle punch to cut a piece of Chantilly paper and used some liquid quick dry glue to attach to the top of the jar lid.

I found a coordinating ribbon and adhered it around the jar with glue dots, using Mini Monograms I cut a scallop circle at 1 1/2" and a circle at 1 1/4" with the Cricut.  The stamps are from My Favorite Things.

Mother's Day 2013

I think this made a great Mother's Day gift, and would be great to add into a spa gift basket, or using a smaller jar, favors for a bridal shower.

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  If you have any comments or suggestions on things you'd like to see, please leave a comment and I would love if you would subscribe!  Have a great day!!