Picture My Life (Technique Blog Hop)

For the Technique Blog Hop this month, we are showing different ways to use the themed Picture My Life scrapbook programs from Close To My Heart.  

If you arrived from Debi's "The Other Sister" blog, then follow along with the link at the bottom of this post to continue the Technique Blog Hop. 

Do you sometimes need to create a card, and only have about five minutes?  That is all the time this took, using two cards from the Balloon Ride Picture My Life program, a 6"x6" card base, and a strip of Chocolate Woodgrain Washi Tape.  Most of the design is already printed on the Picture My Life cards, and the only stamped image is the cute tandem bicycle from the School Years set.  Since the corners of the Picture My Life cards are rounded, a Corner Rounder was used on the card base to create the same look.

Each Picture My Life scrapbooking program touches on a theme, but also incorporates everyday titles and designs to capture a wide variety of memorable moments.  Mix and match the cards' fronts and backs with your photos to create the perfect groupings for your story.  Each themed program includes 122 double-sided cards in 3"x4" and 4"x6" horizontal and vertical designs, and a 12"x12" cover page to bring it all together. 

Please visit Joy's "....Wow....did you make that?" blog for another entry in this month's Technique Blog Hop featuring a Picture My Life Scrapbooking Program.    

Technique Blog Hop participants:

• The Other Sister
• Sheila's Stamping Stuff (here)
• .....Wow.....did you make that? 
• Show and Tell, with Michelle
• The Inky Scrapper
• Tmorrows Treasures

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

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

Zig-Zag Birthday

Love the simple sketch for CAS(E) this Sketch (CTS79).  For the repeated design, a zig-zag image from the School Years set is stamped using Honey, Olive and New England Ivy inks.  For the fourth color of Color My Heart Color Dare 97, a birthday sentiment from Joyful Birthday was embossed using Outdoor Denim pigment ink and the card base is Outdoor Denim cardstock.  

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

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

Create & Share ~ Shapes with Washi Tape

It is the second week and third lesson in the Create & Share Cardmaking workshop offered at Big Picture Classes.  The challenge for this week is to create "thinking of you" or sympathy cards, and there was a specific sketch to follow.    

To create the colorful butterflies, lay some strips of Washi Tape at an angle on a piece of cardstock, and then use the Artiste cartridge to cut butterflies out of the Washi-decorated cardstock that you created.  Each one turns out a bit different, which is perfect because each butterfly is unique.  To complete the card, I used the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder on both the Lagoon and Honey cardstock.  In order to add some detail around the panel with the butterflies, the Stitch Guide and a Piercing Tool were used to create some uniform holes.  Inside of the card includes a "just because" sentiment from the Zoology stamp set. 

Using the same sketch with Chocolate and Honey results in a completely different look.  A word bubble sentiment from the School Years stamp set is used in the center and two other speech bubbles are cut after Washi Tape has been adhered to a piece of White Daisy cardstock.  Chocolate woodgrain Washi Tape was also added to the front of the card along with a piece of Burlap Ribbon. Trinkets Wooden Shapes decorate the two Washi speech bubbles.    

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

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