Sheila's Stamping Stuff: All the Details

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

My Happy Place

Finally, the last set of pages for the Album Retreat which Close To My Heart held in October. Hope you have enjoyed seeing all of my completed scrapbook layouts!

All of the pages for the Album Retreat were designed by the CTMH Art Department and include multiple cuts from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge as well as papers from different CTMH kits with a mixture of embellishments and stamp sets. Even though each page is very detailed, it was fun and challenging to create each of them. Click on any of the photos for an enlarged view.

My Happy Place

For the 'My Happy Place' layout, I chose photos from many different places that I have visited as well as our home.

My Happy Place (left page)

There are a lot of details on these two pages. The polka-dot paper is from the Sparkle & Shine kit. Circles behind both of the Outdoor Denim overlays include patterned paper from the Frosted and Sarita kits along with a variety of cardstock colors, some of which were stamped with images from the Geometric Backgrounds and Take Note stamp sets. Framework Alphabet was used to stamp the title, and sentiments from All the Details add a small touch to each page.

My Happy Place (right page)

Embellishments include pieces from the My Crush Best Day Ever Assortment, Baker's Twine, Lagoon Houndstooth Washi Tape, Sparkles, Bronze Shimmer Trim, and some of the Base & Bling Word Accents.

Be sure to follow my blog to see all of the completed pages which I will be sharing throughout the month of November.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

10 Things I Love

For the '10 Things I Love' layout at Album Retreat, the "homework" assignment was 10 small photos. Naturally, I selected a variety of Avery photos.

10 Things I Love (left page)

Very little stamping was needed to prepare for these pages, just the arrow from All the Details stamp set. As with several of the pages, a patterned paper from the Sarita kit is used with some colored cardstock.

10 Things I Love (right page)

For the background of both pages, an overlay from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge was used as a 'mask' while some Slate re-inker mixed with water was spritzed on the White Daisy cardstock using a Spray Pen. A journaling pen was used to free-hand an outline around several of the cut pieces. The "I Love" letters are from the My Crush Best Day Ever Assortment.

All of the pages for the Album Retreat were designed by the CTMH Art Department and include multiple cuts from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge as well as papers from different CTMH kits with a mixture of embellishments and stamp sets. Even though each page is very detailed, it was fun and challenging to create each of them. Click on any of the photos for an enlarged view.

Be sure to follow my blog to see all of the completed pages which I will be sharing throughout the month of November.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Hello (layout from Album Retreat)

Hello layout

On this 'Hello' layout, photos of my grandfather and my grandson are used with some Artbooking overlays which create a nice, eye-pleasing pattern.

All of the pages for the Album Retreat were designed by the CTMH Art Department and include multiple cuts from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge as well as papers from different CTMH kits with a mixture of embellishments and stamp sets. Even though each page is very detailed, it was fun and challenging to create each of them. Click on any of the photos for an enlarged view.

Hello (left page)

One of my favorite photos shows my grandfather using an iPad to FaceTime (video phone call) with my grandson (his great-great grandson).

Hello (right page)

Papers from Sarita and Sparkle & Shine kits are combined with White Daisy and Kraft cardstock as well as a little Lagoon and Ruby for color. A couple of the background pieces were stamped using Geometric Backgrounds and All the Details sets. The banner pieces were cut using the Artbooking cartridge and then coordinating stamps from All the Details stamp set were used. On the left page, a small piece was stamped with Ruby ink using an image from One-Way Borders.

Be sure to follow my blog to see all of the completed pages which I will be sharing throughout the month of November.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Monday, November 11, 2013

Real Life Story

'Real Life Story' is a very detailed set of pages from the Close To My Heart Album Retreat. It took me a few hours to complete these, but I am very happy with the finished creation.

All of the pages for the Album Retreat were designed by the CTMH Art Department and include multiple cuts from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge as well as papers from different CTMH kits with a mixture of embellishments and stamp sets. Even though each page is very detailed, it was fun and challenging to create each of them. Click on any of the photos for an enlarged view.

Real Life Story

"Homework" for this set of pages suggested photos with reds, blues, greys to blend with the cardstock. However, black & white was recommended and that is what I chose.

Real Life Story (left page)

Preparation for these pages included quite a bit of stamping. In fact, all five stamps from the Reel Life set were used along with four stamps from All the Details set. Patterned papers from Sarita, Frosted, and Sparkle & Shine are combined with several colors of cardstock.

Real Life Story (right page)

The journaling was completed as part of the "homework" assignment and printed on a Studio J 'No Limits' page. It was nice to be able to format the journaling by specifying the font style, size, and color of the words. Then it was simply cut from the 12"x12" print and adhered to the journaling spaces on the pages. All of the photos for the Album Retreat project were also printed using Studio J so that they could be sized easily and then also cut from the 12"x12" print.

Be sure to follow my blog to see all of the completed pages which I will be sharing throughout the month of November.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Album Retreat ~ Capture the Details

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, then you saw lots of photos posted last month when I attended Close To My Heart's Album Retreat in Salt Lake City. It was a wonderful weekend spent with friends, creating fabulous scrapbook pages designed by CTMH featuring the Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

As they did with the Album Retreat in March (see my completed pages), CTMH sent a "homework" assignment a few weeks prior with specific themes and sizes for photos and journaling on each page. For this event, they even printed the photos and journaling for us. Completing the "homework" included uploading photos into Studio J and placing them into a specially-designed template so that all photos were automatically sized to the correct proportions. Using the 'No Limits' pattern in Studio J is a great way to print photos of any size since you can create an entire two-page layout of just different size photo wells. Since each two-page layout is only $6.95, this is a very economical way to print non-standard size photos.

Each of the pages that we created is very detailed and includes multiple cuts from the Artbooking cartridge as well as papers from different paper packets with a mixture of embellishments and stamp sets.

For the cover page, a black & white 5¼" x 4" photo was suggested. Texture was added to the Colonial White background by spritzing a mixture of Slate reinker and water using a Spray Pen. Stamp sets used for this page include All the Details, along with both the Take Note and My Life stamp sets which are included in the Artbooking Circuit Bundle. Patterned papers are from the Laughing Lola and Frosted kits. Click on the photo for an enlarged view.

Be sure to follow my blog to see all of the completed pages. In addition to the cover page, there are ten 2-page layouts which I will be sharing throughout the month.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355