Sheila's Stamping Stuff: Sarita

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Monday, March 31, 2014

Balloon Talk (April SOTM Blog Hop)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop featuring the Balloon Talk stamp set. This set of 24 images includes many different, fun "word bubbles" and frames to create your own. See all the images in the stamp set in the picture at the bottom of this post.

If you have come here from Tamytha's Paper HeARTIST blog, you are on the right path! Blog Hopping is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

Using papers from the Jubilee kit and Pattern #28 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2, this card on Kraft paper has a down-to-earth feel. The 'miss you' and square 'talk bubble' from the Balloon Talk stamp set are used along with a wooden heart from the Sarita Assortment and a bit of Jute Ribbon.

Place a $50 minimum order this month (April 2014) and you are eligible to purchase the Balloon Talk stamp set for only $5.

Now "Hop" on over to Vicki's 'The Price of Paper' blog to see her work. Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting inspiration and other fun ideas.

If you get lost along the way, the complete list of participants is available on Melinda's 'If You Bling It' blog.

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

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

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Pattern Switch (Technique Blog Hop)

For the Technique Blog Hop this month, we are doing a "pattern switch." Each participant selected an example in the current CTMH Idea Book and 'switched' their project to either a card or layout ... opposite of the example in the Idea Book.

If you arrived from Shirley's "Mom 'n Me Scrap" blog, then follow along with the link at the bottom of this post to continue the Technique Blog Hop.

When I first saw the Unicorn Dreams stamp set, I wasn't sure what I thought about it. But I have seen some cute cards created with it, so I ordered it. For this card, the sentiment and small unicorn are paired with bright, fun papers from the Sarita kit and a modified version of Pattern #15 in the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide. A strip of Purple Shimmer Trim and a few small Sparkles add some glitz to the unicorn card.

Inspiration for my card was the layout using Skylark paper on page 21 of the Spring/Summer 2014 CTMH Idea Book. The page layout is Pattern #15 in the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide, and is also used for the Jubilee WOTG Scrapbooking Kit which is shown on page 46 of the Idea Book.

CTMH Skylark (Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book, page 21)

CTMH Jubilee (Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book, page 46)

Please visit Joy's "....Wow....did you make that?" blog for another entry in this month's Technique Blog Hop featuring a "pattern switch."

Technique Blog Hop participants:

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

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

Friday, January 17, 2014

Crop Tuesday!

Have you been trying to find time to create scrapbook pages? If so, then join us for Crop Tuesday on the first Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be February 4 at 10:00 am. If that day and time is not convenient and you would like to create this layout, contact me and we can schedule a time for you.

For our first Crop Tuesday in January, everyone created a fun birthday layout using the <'makea'> key on the Artbooking Cricut cartridge. Thanks to Pamela for sharing her awesome 'Make A Wish' Scrapbook Layout using Babycakes paper, which we created using papers from the Sarita kit.

Left page of the layout includes a 5"x7" photo and some accent stamping with the Geometric Backgrounds set. The 'good times' sentiment is in the Take Note stamp set which is included in the Artbooking Collection.

On the right page, there is more accent stamping with the Geometric Backgrounds 'ikat' image along with four photos.

If you would like to join us for Crop Tuesday in February, or if you would like to schedule a time to create this layout, please contact me via email or phone. All of the pieces will be pre-cut and ready for you to stamp, assemble and embellish. The cost is $10 per kit, or the fee is waived if you order $30 or more in CTMH products.

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

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

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Create & Share ~ Birthday Cards

For the second lesson in the Create & Share Cardmaking workshop offered at Big Picture Classes., we were challenged to create some birthday cards appropriate for guys.

Instead of stamping or using a patterned paper, the bottom portion of this card is actually strips from the Sarita My Stickease Assortment layered together. Adding the fun sentiment from Card Chatter-Birthday and a Charming Chevrons image made a quick card. The inside is completed with the "and many, many more" sentiment.

The second "man" card this week uses a patterned paper from Sarita along with another piece from the Sarita My Stickease Assortment for the top portion of the card. The geometric shape is also a Stickease and the sentiment is in the Holiday Tags stamp set.

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

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

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Create & Share ~ Chalkboard Technique

In order to learn new creative ideas, I enrolled in the Create & Share Cardmaking workshop offered at Big Picture Classes. This online class includes 12 lessons with inspiration and instruction to complete 36 cards during the 6 week workshop. The classes are informative and it is very easy to adapt the sample project using supplies already on hand. So not only will I learn new techniques and create a variety of cards to use during the year - but I will also clear out some of my "stash" of supplies and embellishments. It's a win-win situation!

Lesson 1 introduced a Chalkboard technique. It is a fun technique combining white embossing with some white school chalk and a white paint pen. In place of the white paint pen, I used the Chalk Marker available from Close To My Heart.

My first sample uses an image from Cross-Stitch Wishes and is combined with papers from the Sarita kit.

My second card uses Banner Wishes for the chalkboard technique. A small Paper Pouch is used on the front of the card, which is the perfect size to hold a gift card. Sarita papers are used for the card base.

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

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

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.