Damask Divas Hello Lovely Paper February 2017 Blog Hop

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This month's featured paper is Hello Lovely (Item X7216B).  This paper is gorgeous with great variety in complementing patters and colors.  I love it.  I decided to use this paper to make a cute little bunting of love notes to my boys.  

I had seen several people on Pinterest turn hearts into envelopes.  I thought this was super cute and that my boys would get a kick out of it.  The Hello Lovely Paper Packet is beautiful enough to display so I did!  

Supplies you need include:  

Hello Lovely Paper Packet (Item X7216B)

Blush Shimmer Trim (Item Z3313) 

Non-Stick Micro-tip Scissors (Item Z1836)

Bone Folder (Item Z1204)

I used my Cricut to make a cut file for the hearts with score lines.  However, you certainly do not need a Cricut.  You can simply cut hearts out and fold and press with the bone folder for a smooth edge.

I cut two per page so that I could have one of each patterned paper (the papers are double sided with a different print on each side).

I ended up with a pile of cut and scored hearts.

I then took the bone folder and folded the hearts as follows:

Easy, right???  I then cut a length of Blush Shimmer Trim (Item Z3313), tied the ends up, and hung the envelopes on the ribbon.  

No glue, no fuss.  Just beautiful love notes on hearts!  If you are interested in this project and maybe even embellishing with more paper, stickers, or bling, you may be interested in saving money with the Hello Lovely Workshops Your Way (Item G1119) which comes with two sets of this patterned paper, white cardstock, the Blush Shimmer Trim, gold glitter gems, and coordinating stickers for $26.95.  You can also make scrapbook pages (free instructions available), Everyday Life quick scrapbooking, and cards if you love this paper and want more options.  

Well, you made it to the end of this month's hop.  We hope you had as much fun browsing our creations as we had making them! Thanks so much for hopping with us--now go get your crafty on!

The More You Know....(the easier you craft): CTMH Ink Pads

Ever wonder why CTMH carries different types of Ink Pads? Do you need all of these? What kind do you need most? Read on!

Exclusive Inks™ stamp pads: Our Exclusive Inks™ stamp pads, including our Black Exclusive Inks pads, are water-based dye inks. The dye ink absorbs directly into your paper and allows the colors to blend easily with the material. They dry quickly and blend easily. These inks are recommended for most stamping projects, but not for projects where you plan on using watercolors or coloring with alcohol markers after stamping the image.
 
Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ stamp pad: Our Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ stamp pad is our archival ink offering. This pad quickly sets an image that you can then color in using watercolor pencils, watercolors, or water-based inks with the blending pen.
 
Exclusive Inks™ Mini Pigment Pad Sets: Pigment inks behave differently from dye inks, in that they settle on top of your material rather than soaking into it. This allows you to stamp lighter colors on darker materials and to keep the true color of the ink pad when stamping on another color. Though they take longer to dry, when dried, they work well for coloring in with your markers or watercolor inks, as the pigment inks will form a permanent bond and will resist blending when you color over them.

StazOn™ ink pad: StazOn™ is specifically formulated for stamping on non-porous materials. Because StazOn is solvent-based, this ink works well when stamping an image that you will later color over with watercolors, but it is not ideal for use with alcohol markers.
 
Memento™ Tuxedo Black ink pad: The Memento™ ink pad gives you another archival quality ink pad that works for any stamping project and can be used with alcohol markers, watercolors, or any of our other coloring options.

Now grab your ink pads and stamp some stuff up and get creative.  Try a new technique, and then share your results and images of CTMH products / designs here!

Your CTMH Consultant,
Danielle DeNise

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Ariana Notebook

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I wanted a notebook to have with me for taking notes and planning for my Close To My Heart workshops and projects.  I also wanted to make the neighbor kids a 'good luck at school' gift since they recently went from home schooling to public school.  A boring composition book and pen just were not going to do.  My project then became a paper covered composition book using the Ariana paper packet, some vinyl, ribbon, and the Close To My Heart Cricut collections.  Here is what I did, based on an Oh My Crafts blog project from August 2011.


Supplies from Close To My Heart:  Ariana B&T Duos Paper Packet (X7179B)

White Daisy Cardstock (1385)

Cricut Artbooking Collection (Z1906)

Cricut Art Philosophy Collection (Z1686)

(not pictured but recomended) Outdoor Denim Chevron Ribbon (Z1808)

(or Jute Ribbon Z1867, or Ruby Chevron Ribbon Z1846)

Bonding Memories Glue (1512)

(optional) Tombow Adhesive (1514)

Corner Rounder (Z1912)

Euro Personal Paper Trimmer (Z338) or Supercut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer (Z1783)

You will also use: a composition notebook

hot glue gun

pen or pencil

vinyl (in a coordinating color, pictured is tan but I used grey and brown)

Directions:  

• Cut (2) Ariana B&T Duos Paper to 6 3/4" by 9 3/4" or to the size of the front and back covers of your notebook.  Round two corners on the same side of each page with the Corner Rounder.

• Cut (1) piece of Ariana B&T Duos Paper to 1 1/2" by 6 3/4" 

I simply used the reverse side of the floral print which already coordinated perfectly.  For the boys, I used the Ariana grey with the reverse side of the floral paper.

• Cut (1) piece of vinyl to 4 3/4" by 6 3/4"

• Cut the vinyl using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge.  

To do this, place your vinyl lined up on the bottom left of the cutting mat (longer side vertical).  Move the blade to the top right corner of the vinyl, at 1 1/4" by 5 1/4" and press 'set cut area'.  For the 'CTMH' and 'Rhianna' books, I used the chevron overlay by putting the positive / normal image on one and the negative space on the other (no waste here!).  I cut using 'overlay' and 'fit to page' options, then 'shift' and '7'.  For the 'Grant' book, I used 'overlay' then 'shift' and 'G' at 11".

• Cut your letters in the same vinyl.  I cut the 'CTMH' with Cricut Artbooking cartridge at 1" and 'Rhianna' with the same cartridge at 3/4".  'Grant' was cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge, because it was less girly, at 3/4"

• Cut the White Daisy Cardstock to 2 1/2" by 4".  Round all four corners with the Corner Rounder.

• Place the letters you cut on the White Daisy Cardstock

• Cut two strips of coordinating ribbon to 6".  Adhere these to the front and back of the book using a hot glue gun and leaving enough room for a pen / pencil.  Make sure you have room to fit a larger pen so you aren't stuck with a smaller cheap one only.

• Use the Bonding Memories Glue to adhere the largest pieces of paper to the front and back of your notebook, being careful to line up your top and right edges perfectly.  The bottom is better to trim if you need to.

• Peel and stick your vinyl background on, then add your coordinating piece then white label with the Tombow Adhesive.

• To add the border around the vinyl as I have done for the chevron and floral books, cut the zip strips off of your Ariana B&T Duos paper.  For the positive chevron image you will cut those into (2) 4 6/16" and (2) 6" pieces then adhere with Tombow Adhesive.  The negative chevron zip strip border was cut (2) 3" and (2) 6 3/4"

• Stick your pen / pencil in the ribbon and you are set to tote a beautiful notebook with you everywhere

• Optional finish: use contact paper over the front and back of your book to protect it from damage as you take your notebook in and out of bags.  Just leave the ribbon area open for that pen / pencil holder.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my project!  Please leave some love in the comments below. Now off to The Gypsy Chic blog to see what she has done with the Ariana paper.  I hope you have a great time on our hop and checking out all the creations using Ariana paper packet. If you get lost, just hop on over to Damask Divas Ariana Blog Hop list.