Birthday Layout Using CTMH Chalk It Up Scraps

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I've been working on my album from 2000 and was able to use up some of my Chalk It Up Scraps on a couple of layouts from my kids birthday party.

Since their birthdays are a day apart (2 years, less a day), we sometimes would combine their parties and take all the kids somewhere fun.  This time was at the local Bowling Alley.

This layout is the 2nd from that day.   I had about a third of the star patterned cardstock leftover from the first layout (still need to add some Cricut cuts - will post soon), so I just divided it up so I could use some on both pages.  I added some Teal Shimmer Trim and some Whisper Twine for accent, with some mini-staples on the ends of the Twine.    I matted all the photos on the coordinating solids and also used up another scrap of patterned Chalk It Up.

I don't usually use lot of Black Cardstock for kids pictures but I found that the mats really popped with the Black background more than white or any of the solids that I had.

I added a couple of Cricut cuts popped up with foam tape and some journaling on White Daisy Cardstock sponged around the edges with Ink.

Cricut Cuts:

Birthday Boy - Photo Booth Props Cricut Cartridge

Birthday Girl - Once Upon A Princess Cricut Cartridge

Close To My Heart Products Used:

CTMH Chalk It Up Patterned Cardstock (retired)

CTMH Black Cardstock

CTMH Flaxen Cardstock

CTMH Lagoon Cardstock

CTMH Sorbet Cardstock

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Glacier Cardstock

CTMH Teal Shimmer Trim

CTMH Whisper Thick Twine

CTMH Mini-Staples

CTMH Mini-Stapler

Cards for Greta's Craft Fair

Just a week and a half until Greta's Craft Fair, a fundraiser to help out a little girl with a rare form of Cancer.

I've been busy working on cards to sell at the craft fair - I will be donating 50% of my sales from all handmade items that day along with 15% of all catalogue or internet orders with Close To My Heart

These cards were made with CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge & CTMH Skylark cardstock (retired).   I used CTMH Desert Sand Ink to stamp the sentiment and sponged around the edges of the tag. 

The Dream Big Sentiment is from CTMH Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set

This card is the other side of the Skylark cardstock,  with a layer of CTMH Kraft cardstock behind the bird cut-out.

I resized the Scottie card in Cricut Design Space Ipad app - the one on the left is slightly smaller than an A2 card.  The one on the right is sized at 5x7.  I used CTMH Ruby cardstock, CTMH Red Enamel Hearts, CTMH White Daisy Cardstock and backed the dog and word bubble with scraps of black and yellow.

On these cards I used the Slice feature in Cricut Design Space to cut off the card front so I could add coloured cardstock behind the cutouts.  I resized it a little smaller than the original card front so it would have a border show around it also.  The card front and the Aliens are all from the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge.  I used CTMH Chalk It Up Cardstock for the card front, CTMH Pear and Sunset Cardstock for the card bases and CTMH Silver Shimmer Trim (cut in half to 1/4 inch) along the top and bottom edges. 

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Cricut Explore Artfully Sent Balloon Scene Card

Here is a quick card that I made with my new Cricut Explore and CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge.   

The Cricut Explore scored and cut the outer card.  Then cut the clouds out the card liner which I then backed with white.

I fastened it with a piece of Flaxen Extra-Thick Twine which co-ordinates with the patterned cardstock.

Here's a really quick video I took with my phone to show how the score and cut feature works.

CTMH products used:

Chalk It Up paper pack

Glacier cardstock

White Daisy cardstock

Flaxen Extra-Thick Twine

Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

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MOJO381 with Artfully Sent and Chalk It Up

Here is my card using Mojo Monday Sketch 381 using CTMH Chalk It Up paper pack with CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge.

Lagoon Base - A2 size

White Daisy with Faux Stitching - 4 x 5.25

Lagoon Chalk It Up Pattern - 3.25 x 4.5 liner, Page 2 CTMH Artfully Sent Pop Up 

White Daisy Circle cut at 3.25, sponged with Lagoon Ink and trimmed.

Chalk It Up circle cut at 3 inches

Artfully Sent Phone - Page 2 Icon Feature, highlighted with white gel pen.

CTMH Silver Shimmer trim behind "ring, ring" cut out.

Inner Liner Chalk It Up Paper cut from CTMH Artfully Sent Page 1, Pop Up Liner.

Speech Bubbles - CTMH Artfully Sent Page 1, cut in CTMH Flaxen & CTMH Sorbet 

Liner was sized in Cricut Craftroom to fit A2 size card.

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