Enchantment Abounds

Enchantment will abound at Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week. I am looking forward to seeing what the design team has come up with! I chose to follow the theme by creating a layout using the Enchantment Fundamentals Packet from Close to My Heart.  The colors in this group are rich and vibrant and the patterns are perfect for your paper crafting.

Design Credit to Page Maps

All products used are Close to My Heart

The bicycle was cut on the Cricut with the Flower Market cartridge.

I hope you will visit Heart 2 Heart Challenges to see more "enchanting" ideas.  We will love it if you also link up your card, layout or paper project!  Remember to use at least one CTMH product.

Graduation Time!

Our oldest grandchild graduated from high school this year and here are a couple layouts to commemorate this event.

The paper with our school name on it came from a local scrapbook shop that closed a couple years ago.  I actually bought all they had as I knew I would be needing it for the kids' books.  The Honey card stock is retired CTMH...again I bought an extra pack!  The star paper is retired also...sorry about that!  However, the die cut stars are new from the 2016-17 Annual Expressions book.  They are cut with the Stars Thin Cuts dies (Z3261).  I love the fun asymmetric look of them!  As for design, I actually put this one together myself!

This layout was created with White Daisy and Black card stock and two "Lemon" papers from the Adventure Fundamentals packet (Z3253).  For accents, I used Black Shimmer Trim (Z1809) and a few blue embellishments from my stash. The title was cut on the Cricut. The design is from Close to My Heart's Charlotte Workshop on the Go.  Yes, I have used this before (see the most recent post)...I love it and it looks different with each paper selection!

Thanks for stopping by again today. Later this week, I will be joining some ladies for stamping, scrapping and card making and will be sharing some of my projects with you.  

Until then,

Sue

Playing with Fundamentals

I took some time this week to play with some of the Fundamentals papers from the 2016-17 Annual Expressions catalog. I also used the Good Life Complements.  They made it so easy to provide embellishment to an otherwise plain layout. Design credit goes to Cheryl Even of Even More Scrapping. While the design is very linear, it does give you the option to scrap a lot of pictures.

This layout is about my granddaughter's graduation from junior high. Our school colors are black and gold and I wanted to highlight those colors.  A little hard to see, the light paper is printed with Saffron letters in a Find a Word style.  I added  the Eggplant patterned paper on the sides to bring out the color of her dress.  The gold shimmer trim and the gold sequins added extra bling.

Close to My Heart Products used:

Enchantment Fundamentals Z3254

Good Life Complements Z3264

Black cardstock 1386

Gold Shimmer Trim Z1985

Gold Assortment Sequins Z2012

Have you checked out the new catalog yet?  It can be viewed on my website http://suebruch.closetomyheart.com

Till next time--

Sue

I have posted this layout on the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog.  This challenge is For the Girls.

http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/08/for-girls.html

Once Again---Missing in Action

A three-way Messenger conversation with my friends and CTMH co-consultants, Lori and Pam, inspired me to come back to blogging. I am not sure why I keep straying away, but once again here I am with good intentions.  For one thing, I have discovered Mojo Monday, a site that offers card sketches each Monday and invites participation by linking one's blog.  Well, I like that idea! With that kind of inspiration and schedule, I just might be able to do this!

So here is my first offering for the Mojo Monday Challenge:

Close to my Heart products used on this project include:
White Daisy Cardstock 1388
Black Cardstock 1386
Lagoon and Cranberry papers from the Adventure Fundamentals Pack Z3125
Honey and white polka dot from Magical Paper Packet X7209B
Beyond Awesome Stamp Set C1644
Magical Sequins Z3214
Thin 3-D Tape Z2060
Cranberry Ink Pad Z2116
Momento Black Ink

I hope you are also inspired to create something awesome with this sketch!