Deck the Palms Blog Hop

 Welcome to our Deck the Palms Blog Hop! 

Have you tried creating with the Deck the Palms special?  It has a tropical vibe to it and a tropical Christmas vibe.  But it is also, very versatile. If you haven't I hope you will be inspired to try creating with it after you check out all of the amazing art we have created for this blog hop.

 If you arrived here from Darlys Recker, then you are in the right spot.  The blog hop is a big circle, so you can start here and work your way around.  If you get lost along the way, Melinda Everitt - If You Bling It has a complete list of all the participating consultants.  

 There are about 9 Close To My Heart Makers/Consultants sharing their Deck the Palms creations during this blog hop.

So, originally I was going to use this collection to document some of our family adventures to Mexico but then I remembered that I had pictures from our honeymoon (16 years ago next month 😲) to the Dominican Republic that still weren't scrapbooked yet but they were printed.  So, I grabbed some of those out to use and they are perfect.  On our honeymoon we went on different excursions and at the place we had lunch on the first excursion there was this amazing tree.  

This is going to be a 2 page layout but I haven't finished up the other page yet.  In the photos for the other page you can see more of the tree, it was huge and really cool.

I am using the Deck the Palms paper & sticker sheet, combined with Pattern 2 from the Make from your Heart Vol. 5 book.  I will put a full list of supplies at the end.

 

I love to use Flip Flaps to add lots of photos & journaling. (I still have to add the journaling.)

I love how the thin foam tape & inking edges adds dimension. The flowers on the white cardstock is from the Summer Vibes - Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cut set.

I folded the Mint cardstock & scored it multiple times and then sanded the score lines to bring out the white core.  (That is a technique that I learned at a CTMH Album Retreat, the January one is open for registration.  I highly recommend going to Album Retreats.)

 I then adhered the mint cardstock to a sheet of White Daisy just to give it stability.

The leaves are from the Summer Vibes - Scrapbooking Stamp & Thin Cut set.  The flowers are 1" & 2" and from the Flower Market & You are Here Cricut collections.  I cut them in white and then sponged them with ink and added some clear shimmer brush as well for some sparkle.

Once, I finish the other page I will be posting a process video on my Creativity with Kim - YouTube channel.

I hope you enjoyed this layout and I would love to hear what you think of it.

Supplies Used:

- Deck the Palms Paper & Sticker Sheet

- Make it from Your Heart Volume 5 pattern #2

- Lagoon, Ballerina, Mint, Clover & White Daisy Cardstock

- Clover, Raspberry, Lagoon, Ballerina & Lemonade ink pads

- Summer Vibes - Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cut set

- Summer Vibes - Scrapbooking Stamp & Thin Cut set

-Thin 3-D foam tape

- Adhesive Runner

- White Gel Pen

- Black Journaling Pen .01

- Flower Market & You are Here Cricut Collections

- Blue Tombow Liquid Glue

-Clear Shimmer Brush

- 4" x 6" Flip Flaps

- Round Sponge

-Scissors

- paper trimmer

-stamp shammy

- All-purpose mat

- Versamat

- die cutting machine

- 1" x 1" block

- 2" x 2" block

- bone folder

- sanding paper

Now "Hop" on over to see what Wendy Kessler has created! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can purchase these products!  If you are in Canada and don't have a consultant I would be happy to help you.

Blessings,  Kim