4 Generations

Good Morning! This is a layout I made of the 4 generations of my family. My Mom, me, my daughter Amy and my Granddaughter Novalee.
All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted.
Colors are Chocolate, Blush, Sweet Leaf and Lilac Mist.
Life Delights Paper packet X7089B
Celebrate Life Stamp Set C1287
Chocolate Brads Z1108
Nestibilities Tags
Computer journalling
White Daisy Pearls (some is white daisy and some are colored with Copic Markers to look like chocolate and Lilac Mist)
White Thread and sewing machine to sew border
Pink Flowers (unknown)

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Childhood Portrait

Good Morning! Today, this card has one of my favorite stamp sets this catalogue on it...Childhood Portraits. You can see the entire stamp set here. It also uses the Sweet Home paper packet that you can see here.

I cut out some hearts from the stamp set and attached the smaller hearts to the bigger heart by sewing on some embroidery floss. Then I attached them to the card with Foam dots to pop them up. I also went around the piece that I stamped the kids on with the finger daubers using Buttercup ink.

All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:

Colors are Buttercup, Garnet, Heavenly Blue and Indian Corn Blue.

Sweet Home Paper Packet X7116B

Childhood Portrait Stamp Set D1373

3D Foam Tape Z1151

Embroidery Floss Blue and Purple Assortment Z1093

Finger Daubers Z726

Nestibilities Inverted Scallop Squares

Blue Ribbon (Unknown)

Thanks for stopping by...

Laurie

Novalee's Baby Album

This is the front cover of my Granddaughter, Novalee's Baby album. This is a Close to My Heart's 12x12 Linen Album. I really love these albums. They are soft and very well made and will last a lifetime. I also love the new Snapease System that our albums are coming with now. You no longer have to turn out the back screws to add more page protectors, you just lift off the snapease strip and add the pages. What a time saving feature. I do put on an album cover to keep sticky fingerprints off the fabric and to keep dust off it too, (yes, I do have a dust problem.... I don't know how it accumulates so fast...LOL). Anyways, All supplies are Close To My Heart.
That's Amore Paper Packet with colors, Blush, Hollyhock and Chocolate
12x12 Linen Album in Hollyhock
Autumn Daisy Flowers
Clear buttons
Chipboard letters (covered with paper)
Blush Waxy Flax
Sewing machine with White thread

I hope you like it and be sure that I will post many layouts to fill this album.
Take Care
Laurie

Alp Horn

Sorry for the bad scan. These pages really do match up! Last fall my hubby and I went on a Rhine River Cruise through The Netherlands, Germany, France and ended up in Switzerland. It truly was the trip of a lifetime. In the pages above we took a cog train up the Swiss Alps just outside of Lucerne.
For the chipboard I recolored it with 3 different colors of ink. I used Black, Cranberry and Bamboo. I started with the Bamboo (the lightest Color) and sponged the entire Chipboard letter. Then with Cranberry Ink I sponged the bottom 2/3 of the letter going over the bamboo at the bottom. Then with Black I sponged only the bottom 1/3. I adhered them to the layout with glue dots (the greatest invention ever!).
I also used the Stardust paper packet with this layout but I did not want the bright stars so I used the backside of the paper...a really cool feature of Close To My Heart paper...Great multi toned paper on one side and a monochromatic color on the backside...
All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Stardust paper packet X7109B
Black, Cranberry,Bamboo and Desert Sand Cardstock
Cranberry Embroidery Floss
Dimensional Elements Monograms
Desert Sand Ink

Thanks for visiting!
Laurie

This is a quick card made by blending 3 different copic markers together.
First you start with the lightest color (B14) and color in the whole flower petals. Then you start from the outer edge of the petals and color about 50% inward with the middle color (B16) then use the darkest color (B18)and starting from the outer edge color only about 5% inward. Then with the lightest color (B14) color over top of the whole petal to blend the edges from the different colors. You have to work quickly so your color doesn't dry before you get a chance to blend. Practice is the key!

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:

D1247 From me to You

C1361 Buttoned together (for the saying)

Textured white daisy and sunflower cardstock

1/16th hole punch

Moonstruck ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Neenah solar White Cardstock

White thread

White daisy Ric rac colored with Copic G09

Copics B14, B16, B18

Thanks for looking and be sure to leave a comment if you like it.

Laurie

Happy Birthday

I like the color combination on this card. It uses some brights with some muted tones. Did you know that on the side of my blog there is a Color Combo Color generator? This is a cool place that you can computer generate colors that look good together! I can spend hours looking at all the colors that look good together here. Just click on a starter color and the computer does the rest! It is specific for Close To My Heart Colors but if you do not have these yet...hahaha...you can color match with the colors that you do have on hand. Anything that is close will work. So go ahead...and click the CTMH Color Combo button the on the left side of this blog and pick some colors for your next project.

All supplies for this card is CTMH unless otherwise noted:

D1330 Connections

D1299 Thoughtful Season

D1177 No Peaking

Indian Corn Blue, Topiary and Sunny Yellow cardstock

Neenah Solor White Cardstock

Stardust Patterned Paper

EK Success Border Punch

Sunny Yellow Embossing Powder

Versamark Embossing Ink

Sunny Yellow Brads

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

White Thread

Copic Markers: Y02, C1, B93, B95, and O (the colorless blender)



Also just a note: This Birthday card is made with a Christmas stamp set! Yes you can use stamps that are for a different season. This cute little Christmas present can also double for a birthday present too! Or for that matter it can become a shower present or an anniversary present too! The uses are unlimited when you use your imagination.




Have a great day!

Laurie

With Sympathy

My friend's Mom passed away the other day. This is the card I made for them.
All Supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted.
Elegant Bouquet Paper Packet (sorry it is retired now)
Desert Sand, Bamboo and Cranberry Cardstock
Garden Green, Cranberry and Desert Sand Ink
Buttons
Nestibilities Scalloped and Regular Circles
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Cranberry Organdy Ribbon
The Gift Of Love D1198 (Retired now, sorry)
Leaf stamp (I cannot remember which set it came from)
White thread

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is fast approaching and I though I would post the Mother's Day Card I made my Mom this year. I already gave it to her as we celebrated a little early this year. (as you recall I took her to the city to do some shopping!)
All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise stated:
Bamboo, White Daisy and Blush Cardstock
White Daisy Pigment Ink
Blush Ink
Endless Friendship D1354
Say it in Style D1283
Cuttlebug Argyle Embossing Folder
Nestabilities Inverted Scallop Square
Just Blooms Big Pinks Z1033
Hollyhock Bigger Brad
White Thread
For the White Daisy Pigment ink I heat set it with my Heat gun.
I also did some sewing on all the layers with this card too.
I decorated the inside with the stamps and blush ink as well. (Sorry, I never thought to take a photo of it).

Be Yourself D1349

Be Yourself D1349

This is the last sneak peek for today. This is a card made with one of the stamps from the May 2009 Stamp Of The Month. This is a nice set with 8 of the silhouette ladies and a few sayings too. I know you will love this set. If you want to find out how to earn it free just ask me!

Supplies Used are all CTMH Unless otherwise stated

Be Yourself D1349

That's Amore Paper packet X7107B

White Daisy, Black and Tulip Cardstock

Nestabilities Inverted Scalloped Square

Black Ink

White Daisy Flowers Z1300

Black Brads Z1107

Black Bigger Brads Z299

White Thread

Beloved Blossoms B1270

One more card for today. This looks better in person than it does here, sometimes scanners just throw off the colors.
Supplies Used: (all supplies are CTMH unless otherwise stated)
Beloved Blossoms Stamp set B1270
Rustic Trail Paper Packet (sorry this has been retired now)
New England Ivy Ribbon
Blue Buttons
Bamboo Waxy Flax
Desert Sand, Bamboo and Dutch Blue Cardstock
Desert Sand, Dutch Blue and Olive Ink
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Nestabilities Scalloped Circle and Classic Circles
Foam Dots
White Thread

MS Gardner D1344

I had a lot of fun making this card up. I dug out my sewing machine, dusted it off and actually done some sewing on paper. I will say I am not a seamstress ( I actually have never sewn on material before) but maybe with a little practise...you never know...

Supplies Used: (all CTMH unless otherwise noted)

Ms Gardner D1344

Classmate Alphabet D1303 (for the happy hello saying)

CTMH Cardstock in White Daisy, Honey and Cocoa Brown.

B&T Papers from Caprice (X7086B)

Black CTMH Ink

EK Success Scalloped Scallop Border Punch

Autumn Sunflowers Z818

Colonial White Brads Z1106

Prismacolor Pencils