Jess's 22nd Bday - Mixing Paper Packs

I made this busy LO with pics from Jess's 22nd Bday.  I used three different CTMH paper packs (Cherry-O, Sweetheart, and Daydream) to make this playful, girlie look. 

White mats around the pages and photos tie it all together.  The banner was made with CTMH's "Pennant Alphabet" stamps, and "November 10" was made with the the "Vintage Type" stamps, which punch out perfectly with a 1/2" circle punch.  The numbers "22" on the flower are CTMH Dimensional Elements Numbers.  I used flowers, pearls, rhinestones, pins, and tabs for embellishments.  EK Success edge punches were used for the scalloped and birthday candle borders.

Mostly more of the same materials.  "Celebrate" is from a set of CTMH Irresistibles, covered in coordinating ink.  The two hearts toward the bottom center were punched, then I crinkled the all the edges up.  The long strip of pearl embellishments is from Recollections.

Pin It

Lots of Cards

I went crafting at a friend's this weekend and got a lot of cards done:

These were probably my favorite cards of the day.  I like the whimsical feel.  I used paper from CTMH's retired "Daydream" paper and an old wooden stamp from American Art Stamp.

Not sure of the papers on these--just some from my large stash.  The drink images on these two are from SU.

Both these cards were made from CTMH's "Fanfare" paper pack.  The butterflies are from CTMH's "Pair-a-Phrase" stamp set, and the ballplayer is from the "All Star" stamp set.

Some more with the "Daydream" papers.  The owl stamp is from Hero Arts and the leggy bird is from Whipper Snapper Designs.

Lastly, I made a couple birthday cards for crossword puzzle fans.  Not sure of the papers, but the cup is from CTMH's "Wonderland" workshop on the go stamp set.

Beach Card / H2H Challenge

This week's H2H Challenge was a sketch:

I turned the card horizontal and took the word "image" literally for this beach card--the photo is from my 2010 gulf coast vacation.  I used papers from CTMH's Magnifique paper pack and stamps from CTMH's Daydream stamp set.  The umbrella is paper-pieced and fringed with paper from Magnifique.  The top of the umbrella is raised.  I used watercolor pencils to color the shovel & pail image and the sun.  All the papers are edged in CTMH's Pacifica ink.

National Margarita Day February 22 & H2H Challenge

This card is perfect for today for two purposes:  (1) National Margarita Day, which is tomorrow, February 22; and (2) this week's Heart2Heart Challenge.  This week's challenge was "Cold." --what better than an on-the-rocks margarita to represent that?!  The photo is one I took on our recent vacation.  I was enjoying this margarita in Frank & Lola's restaurant at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Beach Hotel in Pensacola, Florida.  I think the colors work great with CTMH's Miracle papers.  I stamped right on the photo with an image from the Live Inspired stamp set.  The sentiment is from the Daydream stamp set.  I edge distressed the sentiment with water, then added some prisma glitter to the edges.  I also added just a bit of prisma glitter to the salt around the glass, although it's hard to see in the photo.  The bling in the lower right is leftover from a CTMH connections club set.

Another Beach Layout

One last layout from Orange Beach:  I used Daydream B&T papers and the stamp sets A Tweet and Key to My Heart.  The white shells were cut with the Cricut.  The layout is Leading Lady from the Imagine book.