Base and Bling

These Base & Bling options are so cool.  Now making your own unique jewelry and hair accessories is easy, beautiful, and AFFORDABLE!

To see all of the combinations and options available to make your very own Base & Bling, visit my website at www.scrapapered.ctmh.com.

Want to see how easy and fast it can be to make a necklace?  Watch this video!  Base & Bling Style
See more of the options available when you watch this video, Base & Bling: Wear Your Creativity

Embossing is Boss in February 2014

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During the month of February, you qualify to receive a free embossing folder for every 2 packs of bulk cardstock (single color or combo) you purchase! That is a savings of $8.95! Select from 5 new embossing folder designs—dot, chevron, quatrefoil, damask, or stripe—when you submit a qualifying order.

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*Offer valid February 1–28, 2014. Paper Fundamentals, Colonial White, White Daisy, and kraft cardstock packs do not count toward the qualifying purchase. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price ($8.95) of the free item(s).

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Valentine's Day Kids Craft / Card

Today was a snow day, so no half day preschool. It was the kick in the butt I needed to get the kid's Valentine's Day "cards" made and ready to mail back to grandparents in the States.

I was inspired by a Pinterest post (of course), http://tonsoffunpreschoolactivities.blogspot.com/2011/02/long-distance-hug.html. The saying on the back of the hand I found at another preschool website that had lots of cute Valentine's Day activity ideas, http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/valentines/art.htm.

What I used:

White Poster Board
Red Finger Paint
Paint Brush
Scissors
Red Yarn
Tape
Marker

I painted one hand, stamped it on the poster board the number of "cards" I needed, then after a rinse at the sink, did the same with the other hand. Tips ~ have him / her spread their fingers a little, put their hand straight down, hold it in place as you press down each finger and the palm, paying special attention to the center of the palm, and pick hand straight up.

The poster board then moved to another room to dry on a flat surface while my son continued to finger paint for a little bit freestyle. After the hand prints dried, I cut around them. Put the saying on the back of one hand, and had him write his name. Then I took the yarn and held it up to him, hand to hand, as he stood like a letter 'T' in front of me. I made sure I had a little overlap to tape the yarn to the bottom of the hand. Cut, and used that piece to measure out the rest of the lengths of yarn that I needed. And wahlah! A hug to send to grandparents for Valentine's!

February 2014 Stamp of the Month

 How absolutely adorable is this stamp set???  This is a MUST HAVE.

This set can be yours for the month of February ONLY.  It is $17.95 on it's own, or only $5 with an order of $50 or more.  Order here now!

BOO! Banner

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year.  It was hard for me to decide on a project to feature.  I decided to make a cute little BOO! banner using the Cricut Artiste Cartridge.  It turned out absolutely a'boo'rable (ha ha).

This project was made using the Moonlight Paper Packet, the CTMH exclusive Cricut Artiste Cartridge, Bonding Memories Glue, a hot glue gun, my Xyron sticker machine, paper hole punch, and some twine.

To begin I cut the medallions out on my Cricut using the 'fit to page' option to cut the strips as large as I could (approximately 2 1/4" wide per strip).  I used 'accent 2' on page 77 of the Cricut Artiste pamphlet and cut two strips of each color of paper I wanted to use.  The strips were then accordion folded along the marks, the ends were glued together with the Bonding Memories Glue and held together with clothes pins as the glue dried and secured.  Finally, to finish the medallions, I used the hot glue gun in the center of the medallion.  Squeeze some hot glue in, hold it in place for about 30 seconds and then do the same on the other side of the circle.  The medallions were also hot glued to each other in the zig zag pattern in the picture.

The BOO! was cut using orange cardstock (like Autumn Terracotta) at 2" using the Cricut as found on page 77 also in the Cricut Artiste pamphlet.  The black cardstock was used to cut 2 1/2" webs, found on page 76.  I used my 5" Xyron sticker machine to run the black webs and the BOO!  After rubbing off the excess glue in the openings, I adhered it all together as seen in the picture.  To finish the banner off, I used a single paper hole punch on both ends and tied a good sized knot in the twine to use on both ends to hang the banner.

Wish I was able to get more Halloween projects done with my Cricut Artiste Cartridge before they packed it up to be shipped to Germany.  Did I mention I'm in the process of moving to Germany?  It's exciting and terrifying at the same time.  The good news, the Cricut Artiste has a lot of great Halloween projects on it for treats, cards, decoration.  You must try it!

Thanks and please leave some feedback on my project!

Customer Starter Kit

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The Kit includes:

• 1 My Reflections Paper Pack of your choice  

•  1 Tombow Adhesive tape runner

•  1 3"x3" My Acrylix Block 

•  1 Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad of your choice (single pad) 

•  1 A-sized My Acrylix Stamp Set (the item number begins with A*** for $6.95)

Regular retail of these items separately is $39.60 - $40.60.
Save about $5 by ordering through me and getting this great starter kit for only $35!!!!

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This deal is only available by contacting me (you won't find it listed on my website).  But please look through the selections to see what you would put in your Starter Kit.

Happy Labor Day!!!

Patchwork Card with Clementine Paper

Welcome to my page on the September Blog Hop!  If you came from Crissy Scraps blog, you are in the right place!  If you have just happened upon this page here and just discovered our blog hop, feel free to check the list at Damask Divas blog to find the complete list of blog hop participants.

For the September Blog Hop, with the Close To My Heart Damask Divas team, I was presented with a challenge.  I am traveling in Michigan visiting family and did not bring any of my craft goods with me.  However, I did receive my Close To My Heart Master Kit very quickly and it included the Clementine Paper Packet as samples (the 6"x6" papers below are two sided designs you'll see more of in the pictures). 

I thought, I DO need a wedding card for my cousin very soon. So, always up for a challenge, I pulled out some other products that I also received in my kit.

For the list of products used, with item numbers, scroll to the end of this project.

(I ended up not using the Chocolate (Z2111) CTMH exclusive Inks or a few of the 2"x2" sample papers of the Clementine Paper Packet colors)

I thought the paper would benefit from being on a card base but I did not have any blank cards with me.  Nor did I have a straight paper cutter with me to ensure a nice shaped card out of cardstock I had on hand.  I did however have a cheap, I mean CHEAP, eight pack of money holder cards from the $1 store in my trunk organizer for those "just in case" moments.  The cards are thin and usually dinged and scratched right out of the packaging.  They do in a "Thank You" pinch but not for a nice wedding card.  This became the base for my Clementine Patchwork Card.

(*for some great blank card and envelope selections, see page 123 in the Autumn / Winter 2012 CTMH Idea Book & Catalog)

I grabbed the CTMH Bonding Memories Broad Tip Glue Pen, got the blue glue flowing by pumping the tip in and out, and started gluing paper onto sections of the card.

Then, sticking with what I could find on hand instead of running to the store (which was WAY tempting), I grabbed my metal ruler that my sister had just returned to me after forgetting it at her house...in Indiana...back in January, and used it as a bone folder to get nice folds in the Clementine paper.         

*side note ~ I thought that the metal edge of the ruler would work best but it was scraping the beautiful print off of the paper.  So I found out why bone folders aren't metal and I used the cork lined side instead.  Get the right tools with the CTMH Bone Folder and find out how handy a ruler can be with the CTMH Ruler (Z1471)

The pieced edges are still a little rough here, but you can see how I patched the different patterns of Clementine Paper onto the card.  I continued to work with the glue and the cork lined ruler, turned bone folder, to get cleaner looking edges.  I also put the card, folded, under a stack of books to help the folds and glue set in place.

I very carefully trimmed the scallop edge of the paper using the CTMH Micro-Tip Scissors.  These scissors are sharp and were great for getting in these scallop corners.  Just be careful not to scrape your beautiful Clementine Paper patterns off with such great scissors as you are maneuvering it around turns and corners.

I also lined the inside of the card with a little of the Clementine Paper and CTMH Off-White Paper that comes with the Avonlea Paper Packet (X7155B) because I wanted a nice large area of paper to write a message instead of piecing smaller scrap pieces of paper together.  Cheating?  Maybe, but I could have used any of the solid colors that come in the Clementine Paper Packet and had similar, coordinating results - if I had the actual Packet to work with :)

Then I used the 2" x 3 1/2" My Acrylix Block, Glamour Lowercase Alphabet Stamps, and Slate Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad to stamp the word "congrats" on the inside of the card.

The front of the card was embellished with a Parlor Velvet Rub-ons flower on top of a Champagne Cardstock rectangle cut to approximately 1 3/4" x 2", glued about center front of the card, and stamped with My Acrylix Perfect Fit Frames{striped} in the Slate Ink again. I finished the front by embellishing the middles of many of the flowers with the Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems.  The sides of the card were carefully trimmed down, and wah la!  A Patchwork Clementine Paper Card fit for a wedding card. 

Materials Used:

Clementine Paper Packet  (X7156B)

Bone Folder (Z1204)

Card (what shape / size you want, simply cut paper to fit)

Bonding Memories Broad Tip Glue Pen (1512)

Micro-Tip Scissors (Z534)

2" x 3 1/2" My Acrylix Block (Y1009)

Glamour Lowercase Alphabet Stamps (D1522)

Slate Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2173)

Parlor Velvet Rub-ons (Z1742)

My Acrylix Perfect Fit Frames (D1527)

Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems (Z1333)

Thanks for visiting my Clementine Paper Packet project and I hope that you are having a great time on our hop viewing everyone's creations! The next blog on the list is Janines World blog. If you get lost, just hop on over to Damask Divas blog for the full list.

  

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