Sonoma "Reflections" Mainframe Tied Up

Well, this is the photo that started it all! isn't it a beautiful layout? I would love to say I was the one who created this, but I didn't the design team at Close To My Heart did. I just replicated it from the Idea Book. I think it is a great layout to showcase my father's parents, people I never met, but I have heard were wonderful. I never heard a bad thing about them. But my faith tells me that when I get to heaven, they will be there too as they believe in Jesus so they'll be there waiting for me with my mom and dad. (For my beliefs on this matter, please see the notes below Products Used.)

Products Used

X7143B Sonoma Paper Pack

E1019 Bohemian Alphabet

C1467 Sweet Moments
Z1686 CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Z2100 Amethyst, Z2103 Bamboo, Z2111 Chocolate, Z2114 Cocoa, Z2137 Olive and Z2147 Smokey Plum

Z1612 Pin Clips
Z1316 CTMH Designer Ribbon Rounds Cocoa Collection
Z1326 Sparkles--Red, Pink, and Purple Assortment

Z1297 Edge Distresser
Z697 Sponge
Z534 Microtip Scissors
Z1471 CTMH Ruler
Z1151 3-D Foam Tape
1772 Glue Dots
9031 Reflections (Check my website for availabilty. These books are being discontinued and are only available while supplies last. They are FANTASTIC resources!)

Other Products

Discontinued CTMH Textured Cardstock: Bamboo

Stampin Up Designer Frames Textured Embossing Frame for my journaling box
 

Thank you Lord that this isn't all life offers; there is so much more through You, and much better too!

The following is what I believe and from the New Living Translation of the Bible.

John 3:16"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,

so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

17God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it."

1 Thessalonians 4:13"And now, dear brothers and sisters,

we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died

so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.

14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again,

we also believe that when Jesus returns,

God will bring back with him the believers who have died."

15"We tell you this directly from the Lord:

We who are still living when the Lord returns

will not meet him ahead of those who have died.

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout,

with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God.

First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.

17Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth

will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

Then we will be with the Lord forever.

18So encourage each other with these words."



Sonoma, Magic "Magic Act"

This was one of the last set of pages I made and I had run out of papers to use, I was truly using scraps, with my friends bringing their own pale lavendar/purle pages since I didn't have anymore.

On the left page I learned that my love for dogs is from my dad! We always had dogs when I was growing up. It is so neat to learn about me from old photos as well as about my father. The right page has photos of him, his dad, and his brothers.

Old pictures are small and what do you do to fill in empty spaces? First I added some fern leaf punchies from the EK Success Corner Adorner. Not enough. The dog paw brads wouldn't work on the right page. I stood in the my craft room and just looked around until I saw the box containing the Making Memories Antique Glitter Deco Brads. They're a Glittery Copper and along with some of the words from Close To My Heart Background and Texture Paper Zip Strips, they filled in blank spots on the right page nicely. I also added some tiny square, clear sparkles, that may not show up online to the leaf punchies.

Products Used
X7143B Sonoma Paper Pack
Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Z2100 Amethyst, Z2147 Smokey Plum
Z697 Sponge
Z534 Microtip Scissors
Z1104 Clear Sparkles
Z1471 CTMH Ruler
Z1612 Pin Clips
1772 Glue Dots
9034 Magic (Check my website for availabilty. These books are being discontinued and are only available while supplies last. They are FANTASTIC resources!)

Additional Items:
Discontinued CTMH Amethyst Textured Cardstock
EK Success Corner Adorner--Fern Leaf
Making Memories paw print brad
Making Memories Antique Glitter Deco Brads
7 Gypsies D is for Dog Stickers
Bazzil cardstock (green)

CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop--Reinkers

Hi all and Welcome!

This month's Blog Hop focus is Reinkers--another useful and inexpensive tool for you. If you have arrived from Corina's Creative Ink Site you are on the right track. The Blog Hop is designed so that you "hop" from one participant's site to another, in a full circle seeing 9 different samples for using your reinkers. I hope you enjoy yourself.

I have two samples for you that I made. The Butterfly on the first card and the background on the second card were both created with reinkers. (You can click on each card to get a closer view.) I have a list of common products used on both cards at the end of this posting. After each cards, I have listed the products used that were specific to that card. Then after the second card, you will find one more list, a numbered list you can follow to create your own reinker backgrounds. I hope you enjoy this little tutorial.

When finished here, hop on over to Carol's Scrappin in Paradise. She made a really pretty layout with reinkers.

Card design inspired by one I received from a fellow consultant at convention.

It was signed by L. Youngblood on the back.

Products Used

(See Common Products below)

Stamps: B1379 Sophia   D1452 Find Your Style

Paper: 1320 White Daisy   X7141B Elemental Paper Pack   X7142B Dreamin Paper Pack

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Z2164 Sorbet   Z2167 Creme Brulee

Z1104 Clear Sparkles

Products Used

(See Common Products below)

X7144B Mischief Paper Pack

Stamps: D1490 Backdrop--Charmed

             (I loved the play on words with the dangle "charm" in the opposite corner.)

Exclusive Inks: Z2105 Black Stamp Pad     Z2101 Autumn Terracotta Marker

Z269 White Daisy Grosgrain--colored with the Autumn Terracotta Marker

Z1410 Antiqued Copper Embossed Brads (In top Left Corner)

Z1484 Red Glitz Glitter Gel (I put this for the Bats Eyes)

Z1612 Pin Clips

Z1635 Heirloom Assortment (Contains 6 dangle jewels w/brads & 6 adhesive-backed resin flowers. I used a smokey dangle jewel that's hanging from Antiqued Copper Embossed Brad in top left corner.)

What I Did

1. Take a sheet protector and cut all sides but one open.
2. Select Reinker of choice. I used 5 colors. When you put completementary colors beside one another, they will make each other pop. (When you mix them together, however, you get muddy browns. I talk about this later.)
3. I have only tried this with glossy cardstock so cut a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock down into (4) 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" pieces. The ink moves on the plastic and will still move on the glossy cardstock, but doesn't move on regular cardstock.
4. You may want to have some damp paper towels around.
5. Once all materials are gathered, open your sheet protector and drop drips of reinker around in an apx. 5 x 6" oval area.
6. Close the sheet protector and move the ink around. I twisted the top part of the sheet protector a bit.
7. Open the protector back up and place your glossy cardstock face down on the ink, smooshing it around a bit more.
8. Pick the cardstock up. If there is any white, lay it back down on the ink or swipe it across the ink.
9. Set each piece of completely colored cardstock aside to dry.
10. I added more ink as needed to my sheet protector to finish inking my remaining cardstock. As the colors started getting muddy looking, I knew I would be using those for fall cards, but also manipulated the colors by adding a little Sunny Yellow and Cotton Candy to brighten them up. You will see when your cardstock starts looking like one solid color--you're finished.

Common Products Used

Glossy Cardstock

Reinkers: Z2200 Amethyst   Z2231 Key Lime   Z2252 Sunny Yellow   Z2293 Cotton Candy  Z2294 Sky 

Z534 Microtip Scissors

Z697 Sponge

Z1151 3-D Foam Tape

Z1297 Edge Distresser

Crop and Create Project: Memory Game Box

We created this great little box at the recent Close To My Heart Convention. I had so much fun making mine that I thought I'd share it so it's the project at my house on 8/12. Email me for more details.

Supply List
Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Collection
Z1614 My Creations Memory Game Box, complete with 24 3x3 Chipboard cards

C1464 Blue Ribbon My Acrylix stamps

X7141B Elemental Level 2 Paper Pack

X7141C Elemental Complements Dimensional Elements

X5920 Winter Cardstock Combo Pack

1273 Desert Sand Cardstock

Z1375 Kraft Cardstock

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads

    Z2114 Cocoa

    Z2118 Desert Sand

    Z2318 Exclusive Inks Desert Sand Marker

Z697 Sponge

Z1612 Pin Clips

Z1366 Metal Brad Assortment

Z1466 Bling Assortment

Z1151 3-D Foam tape

Z534 Micro-Tip Scissors

1772 Glue Dots

Z1114 Piercing Tool