You And Me - Artbooking Layout

I am finally getting around to working on our 2008 Cruise Vacation to the Caribbean and thought it is a perfect time to pull out my Cricut® Artbooking cartridge and put it to good use. 

Here is a quick video where I explain how I put this together, if you don't have time to read the entire post. But all dimensions are here.

I started out by trimming down our 8" X 10" photo to 7.5" X 9.5". I then took a 7-11/16" X 9-11/16" piece of Indian Corn Blue cardstock and mounted the picture onto that. Next I mounted this panel onto an 8" X 10" piece of from the Sarita Paper Packet. I set this panel aside for later.

Using my Cricut® Artbooking cartridge I took another piece of patterned paper from the Sarita Paper Packet and cut out a 5" X 5" scalloped square found on page 59. Using the Photo Mat 1, Real Dial, Shift, and the 's' keys, I cut this image out. I then cut it in half. I also cut out the "You+Me" from the same piece of paper. This was done by using the Title, Real Dial Size, Shift and 'a' key. I cut this image at 2-1/4".  This image is found on page 58. Next I used a piece of Colonial White cardstock and repeated this same cut three times. I then glued all three together with my glue pen and added the patterned paper piece on top. I did this to create a 'chipboard' effect.

Next I cut out the rectangle heart overlay, found on page 59, using the Overlay, Real Dial Size, Shift and 's' keys. This was cut at 2-1/2" out of the same patterned paper as I used to mount the photo. I then mounted this piece onto a piece of Daisy White cardstock and trimmed it down to the size of the overlay. Then I attached the "You+Me" piece to this overlay.

The two sweetheart birds where cut at 1-1/4" from Indian Corn Blue cardstock and are also found on page 59.

Next I cut the fancy shape (don't really know what to call it) out of piece of Daisy White cardstock at 4". This shape is found on page 81. I used the Icon and "10 Things" keys. I used a stamp from the "Sweet & Lovely" Cricut bundle and stamped it in Outdoor Denim ink. I then wrote my message with a Outdoor Denim marker. To get the same fancy shape in a slightly larger size, I went online to the Cricut Craft Room and sized the shape to create a mat. Then cut it out using my Expression from Indian Corn Blue cardstock. I mounted the first piece onto the second piece with 3D Foam tape.

I cut a piece of 12" X 12" Goldrush cardstock down to 11" X 11" and then attached the two scalloped pieces to opposite corners. The larger piece on top. Next I stamped the "YOU mean the WORLD to me" stamp from the Pemberley Workshop stamp set (no longer available) onto the 12" X 12" Daisy White cardstock. I then lined the Goldrush paper up where I wanted it and figured out where I was going to stamp the second line of the stamp. 

Now I was ready to assemble the page. I attached the Goldrush panel to the Daisy White paper leaving a 1/2" boarder all around. Then I attached the photo panel. I did not apply any adhesive to the area where I was going to put the Love Birds so that I could tuck one end under the photo panel. Next I attached the overlay panel with 3D foam tape only on the left side. I attached the right side with glue. Now I attached the Love Birds. I put 3D foam tape under the birds and used glue at the ends of the branch. Now I took the sentiment panel and attached that with glue keeping it centered between the overlay and the birds.

I had a little booboo when I went to remove the washi tape that I was using to hold the page in place. When I removed the washi tape from the bottom right corner it took off some of the paper. So I attached the flowers to cover that up and then decided to add the flower at the top left-hand corner to balance everything out.

Well that is it. If you have any questions or comments, I would love for you to leave them below. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and in the meantime!
Happy Paper Crafting
Angelina~

All products from Close To My Heart unless otherwise stated.
Stamps:  Sweet & Lovely (Artbooking Cricut Bundle), Pemberley (no longer available)
Papers:  Goldrush, Indian Corn Blue, Sarita Paper Packet, Diasy White, and Coloinial White
Inks/Markers: Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink and Markers
Dies/Punches: Cricut® Artbooking Collection
Accessories:  Recollections flowers, Stampin' Up-Buttons N Blossoms clay molds

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Just a Little Prayer

Welcome back to my paper crafting blog!

Today I want to share with you another card that could be used for either a Sympathy card or for someone going through a hard time.

It seems that lately I am needing to make more and more of these cards.  I like to keep these cards simple yet still express my creativity.

The idea for this card came from two challenge blogs: Deconstructed Jen and CAS-Colours and Sketches.  I used the sketch from DS and the colors from CAS.

I continued the theme on the inside as well.
The colored cardstock are Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, and Pear Pizzazz and are all from Stampin' Up. The stamped images are all from Close To My Heart. The card base is the Reflections series and was purchased from Michael's.

I look forward to reading your comments and thank you in advance for taking the time to leave one. I promise to respond to all comments.

In the meantime, Happy Paper Crafting!  Angelina~

Stamps:  Lovely Lily, Card Chatter-Sympathy (Close To My Heart)
Papers:  Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz-DSP (Stampin' Up); Card Base (Recollections)
Inks/Markers: Marina Mist & Pear Pizzazz (Stampin' Up), Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Dies/Punches:  Circle, Oval & Scalloped Oval punches (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:  Embossing Folders (Stampin' Up)

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Love & Treasure the Memory

Recently a dear friend of mine lost her best friend/husband of over 30 years.  So I have been trying to figure out an appropriate card for her. Here is what I came up with.

I am also submitting this card for two different Challenges.  First is Color My Heart's color dare #80 in which we are to use Ruby, Sunset and Cotton Candy as our colors. I have used these colors not only by making the background paper for the two panels but also as mats. 
The second Challenge is for Nacho Average Challenge sketch #75 (see image below). 

I layered the panels that I created onto a textured card base and then layered the sentiment panel on top of that, all with 3D foam tape. The sentiment was purchased at Hobby Lobby and is an American Art Stamp by Lizzie Anne Designs. I think it is perfect for this purpose. I created the background paper using the Thinking Of You stamp set that came in Simon Says Stamps' February stamp kit. All ink and cardstock is from Close To My Heart. The Framelit is from Stampin' Up.

I feel like a card is never complete unless I also tie the inside to the front, so here it is!

I thank you for visiting my blog. I do this simply to share my love of paper crafting.
I look forward to reading your comments and thank you in advance for taking time out of your busy day to leave one.
Thank you and Happy Paper Crafting!
Angelina

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I Think You're Lovely - Card Concept

I was on Facebook today and saw that The Card Concept has their Challenge up and I just had to join in!  This week the challenge is to make our card monochromatic pink using one of the styles of the Design Team. My style is Clean & Layered. I was inspired by the beautiful pink roses in the vase. I used green on the leaves of my flowers which I took from the background in the picture (see below).

Here is a close-up of the stamp. Unfortunately you can't see the glitter on the word "LOVELY" and the roses. I created the oval dots in the background using an embossing folder and then rubbing some Strawberry Slush ink with a sponge dauber. I stamped the center image on white cardstock and punched it out using a 1-3/4" circle punch. This stamp is from Stampin' Up - You're Lovley and it is part of their Sale-A-Bration promotion. Then I attached it with dimensional tape. I stamped the image a second time on Strawberry Slush cardstock (SSC) with the same ink. I used markers to color the image. I also embossed the bottom of the panel with hearts and then rubbed ink on it using a sponge dauber. I then mounted the panel onto another piece of SSC and finally attached that to my card base. Except for the ribbon, all products are from Stampin' Up.

Here is the inspiration for this challenge.

I hope you like what I came up with. Until the next time, Happy Paper Crafting!
Angelina

A Gift For You Box Card

Last night I ran across a YouTube tutorials for a Box Card by Stamp and Scrap with Frenchie. Now I had never seen them before so I thought I would give it a try. I am also using the colors posted on Color My Heart's color dare.

While this was quite fun, I was not completely happy with the result. I will give these a try again, as I believe that so much can be done.

I used Twilight, Goldrush, Creme Brulee and Olive as outlined by the color dare. I also used the Under The Sea and Enjoy stamp sets. All supplies used are from Close To My Heart.

Here are a few more pictures of my Box Card.

 I would love if you would leave a comment and tell me what you think.  In the meantime, Happy Paper Crafting!
Angelina

Triple Love Valentine's Cards

I am so enjoying reading everyone's comments and I thank you all for taking the time to leave a comment. Honestly, it brightens my day!

I am continuing to have fun working on my Valentine's Day cards.  Here are three of the cards that I put together.

Which one is your favorite?

Love You - Addicted to CAS

I am so happy to welcome February! I love February, especially since I love celebrating friendship and love.  I have been working on my Valentine's cards and have another to add to the collection.

I kept this one Clean And Simple (CAS) and it is my submission to Addicted to CAS Challenge for this week. They use a code word for their challenges and this week the code word is LOVE. How fitting!.

For the background heart  and the "YOU" I used a stamp from Simon Says Stamps called Valentine Spoons. I just received this stamp set and love it. It has a wonderful Happy Valentine's Day sentiment stamp that I shall be putting to good use. I stamped the heart using Gypsy exclusive ink from Close To My Heart and then stamped over it with Dazzle Versamark ink in Champagne onto a piece of Daisy White cardstock. It doesn't show up to well in the photograph (frown). I used my Cricut to cut out the "LOVE" from the Sweethearts cartridge out of Regal Rose cardstock from Stampin Up. The red heart was cut on red felt that I got awhile back and don't remember where. I used a border punch from Stampin Up for the border on the bottom. I mounted this all on a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, also from Stampin Up.

Before you go, I would really appreciate it if you would leave me a quick comment. Thank you so much. In the meantime, Happy Paper Crafting!
Angelina