Technique Hop - "Let's Get Geometrical"

 Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop!  

This month there are about 13 of us highlighting the “Let's Get Geometrical” Techniques!  This blog hop is a great big circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.  

If you get lost along the way Melissa has a complete list of the hop participants.

If you are coming from Cat's Blog, you are on the right track! 

Today, I have a scrapbook layout to share with you. It is my take on a pattern from the Make It From Your Heart Vol.5.  

 I decided dive into my scraps and to incorporate a few different geometrical shapes into my project.  Can you spot them?  

Do you recognize any of the people in this layout?  These photos are over 20 years old.  LOL.

I cut 1/2" x 1.5" strips of Sawyer Paper & the coordinating colours of cardstock.  I inked the edges of all of them with my Harbour ink pad.

I used my Grape ink pad and a plastic bag to smoosh ink on the background.  The flowers are cut using the Layered Flowers Thin Cut set.

How many shapes have you found yet?  There are more circles hidden on the photo mats as I embossed them with the Kaleidoscope embossing folder and then ran my Grape ink pad over the white paper.

I love this layered title that was cut using the Sawyer Digital Art Collection.  It was so easy to put together.

Of course I had to break out the clear shimmer brush and add it to the title & the centers of the flowers.

We got squares, triangles, rectangles and circles all in this layout.  

I still need to add the journaling to this special layout but it is so nice to have this memory from so long ago documented.  I am so blessed to have known and been friends with these 2 sisters for over 30 years now.  

Thanks for stopping by! Please continue onto Haley's Blog where you will find some additional artwork highlighting this technique!  Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you thought of my variation and happy hopping!  If are in Canada and don't have a Maker, I would love to help you.  

Blessings, Kim

January SOTM - Sweet Little Things Blog Hop

 Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! I hope you will hop along with us and check out all of the amazing artwork created using the January SOTM, called Sweet Little Things it is a set of  10 stamps.

 

This set is only available for the month of January.  It is $25.75 or you can get it for $6.75 with a $60 order.  Or for free with a $60 order if you are a VIP customer.)

If you arrived here from My Heartfelt Sentiments, 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's Blog has a complete list of all the participating consultants.  

 This month we have around 11 Close To My Heart Makers/Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

Can you believe that today is the beginning of a new year?  Well with a new year, I have set some creative goals and one of them is to get photos onto my layouts and to get all these photos that I have printed scrapbooked.  So, what started out to be a card turned into a double page layout of my oldest.  This stamp set is perfect for so many things and 1 of those things is recognizing the special people or moments in life.  I will be adding my journaling of these special things to the squares with the flower border.  My almost 15 year old would appreciate not everyone seeing it.  LOL.

I used the new Sweet as Honey paper collection as well as the Sweet as Honey Digital Art collection to create this layout.  I cut the hexagons & the stencil for the inked background with the Digital Art collection.  So, if you have a machine that can cut SVGs you are good to go with this collection.  I love to use our how to books and used pattern 4 from the Make It From Your Heart Vol. 1 book.

I stamped the cute little mouse in Intense Black ink and then used Avocado, Sundance, Mink ink pads and a water brush to colour with.  I stenciled on Mink Cardstock & inked the edges with the Mink ink pad and added doodle lines with the .03 black journaling pen.  The sentiments were stamped in the Sundance ink.  I love the strips of the Black Ore paper.  The title is cut in black cardstock using the New Slim Alphabet Thin cuts.  I also added some bitty sparkles and clear sparkles. 

Here is the Process video for how I created this layout.

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

Now "Hop" on over to Haley Dyer's Blog  to see what she has created! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the January SOTM is only available until the 31th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!  If you are in Canada and don't have a consultant I would be happy to help you.

Blessings,  Kim

A True Classic Cards

Do you ever have a hard time making masculine cards?  

You are in luck today as I am bringing you a bunch of masculine cards.

Right now Close to my Heart has 2 very masculine stamp sets that are perfect for cards or scrapbooking the men in your life. 

They are A True Classic and the Hawthorn-Cardmaking stamp sets.

I used A True Classic, Strokes of an Artist and Say it in Style stamp sets, New England Ivy, Candy Apple and White Daisy cardstock,  0.5 black journalling pen, ShinHan markers, water brush, Candy Apple, Pebble and Intense Black ink,  Flower Market cartridge and the multi square window die.  

For this Christmas card I cut  the multi square window die with Candy Apple cardstock and then trimmed out the insides.  I cut the trees out at 1.25" using the Flower Market cartridge out of the New England Ivy cardstock.  (I am now a Cricut Affiliate and you can order all your Cricut stuff using my Affiliate link.)  I stamped the saying in Intense Black and Candy Apple, I painted the edges with ink from the Candy Apple ink pad lid using a water brush.  I colored the truck using alcohol markers and then fussy cut.  I stamped the background behind the truck using Strokes of an Artist in Pebble ink, I stamped it multiple times.

I used A True Classic stamp set, Hawthorn paper, watercolor paints, Saffron ink, Intense Black ink and a journalling pen on this card.

A True Classic

Hawthorn - Cardmaking Stamp Set and Thin Cuts

Hawthorn - Cardmaking Stamp Set

Next up an other Christmas card.

I used A True Classic, Say It in Style, and Strokes of an Artist  stamp sets on this card. I used Intense Black ink, Pebble ink and Mink ink.  I also used the CTMH Flower Market cricut cartridge, a journalling pen, gold sequins and watercolor paints.

Close up.

Used A True Classic and Strokes of an Artist stamp sets, Hawthorn paper, Intense Black, Pebble and Sapphire inks and ShinHan markers.   I used my scissor blade to edge distress the pattern paper. 

For this card I used A True Classic, Hawthorn - Cardmaking and Strokes of an Artist stamp sets, Hawthorn paper, white daisy cardstock, Multi square windows thin cut, black marker, watercolor paints, Intense Black, Sangria and Saffron inks.

I cut out parts of the multi square windows die cut and then colored it with black marker.  TIP: If you don't have a color of cardstock you can make your own by coloring cardstock.

Here are images of the other stamp set, thin cut and paper used. 

Strokes of an Artist

Say It in Style

Hawthorn paper 

Multi Square Windows Thin Cut

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.  

I would love to know which card is your favorite.  

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask and I will do my best to answer them.

New Workshops and Online Classes

Hi Everyone,

Sorry, I been missing in action on my blog for the past 3 years. A lot of things have changed in my life in the past few years.  I moved up to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.  I am still working on unpacking some stuff and getting it organized.  I also started working full time in a school the spring after moving here.  Now, due to health stuff going on I am not working and have more time to spend being creative again.  So, I will be hopefully bringing you lots of inspiration.

I am still an Independent Consultant with Close to My Heart.  I am starting to create my own workshops & guides as well as offering online classes/workshops on my Facebook page.

The 1st online class I am offering is on Oct. 22nd at 7:30 pm MST.  It is making cards with the Every Little Thing Cardmaking Workshop Kit.  This kit makes 4 different cards and 4 of each design.  I am also going to design a few extra using the scraps from the kit as well.  Check out the event page here and order your supplies so that you can play along.  A complete list of supplies is on the event page.  I hope you can join me as I learnt so much making these and tried techniques that I had never done before.  

Makes 4 of each of these designs.

Kit includes an exclusive stamp and thin cut.  This is my favorite card kit that Close to My Heart has ever put out.

I just created an 18 page workshop using the Every Little Thing line.  I have created a PDF cutting & instruction guide for the workshop.  You can get the guide with a $30 order on my website.  Once you place an order I will email it to you.  

I am also offering a Pre-cut kit option for $120 plus shipping if you are not local to me.  That works out to $13.33 for 2 pages.  What a great deal.   Orders for Pre-cut kits due by October 20, 2019 with payment.  EMT please to scrappinkimberly@gmail.com

Pre- Cut Kit will include:

• Every Little Thing Paper Packet and Sticker Sheet
• Every Little Thing Complements
• Every Little Thing Vellum Die-Cuts
• Every Little Thing Picture My Little Cards
• Julep Loose Sequins
• Clear Shimmer Brush
• 19 sheets of White Daisy cardstock
• 2 sheets of Wisteria cardstock
• 2 sheets of Julep cardstock
• 1 sheet of Sapphire cardstock
• Every Little Thing - Scrapbooking stamp set
• emailed PDF guide for cutting and instructions 

Other supplies used:

• Scissors
• Paper trimmer
• tape and liquid adhesive
• 3-D thin foam tape
• Intense Black ink
• Wisteria ink
• Julep ink
• Mint ink
• Sapphire ink
• paint brush
• All-purpose mat (non-stick mat)
• Sponge daubers
• micro glue dots
• Stitched circles embossing folder (optional)
• die cutting machine
• Mint shimmer brush  (optional)
• Sapphire shimmer brush  (optional)
• Julep shimmer brush (optional)
• Wisteria shimmer brush (optional)
• Stamp shammy  (This is the best thing since sliced bread.  Makes it so easy to clean your stamps.  Say good-bye to baby wipes.  You just need to wet it with water to clean your stamps.)

Stamp of the Month Free Gift

Layout designed by corporate staff using Autumn Air the October Stamp of the Month.

Autumn Air the October Stamp of the Month 
$25.75  or you can get it for $6.75 when you make a order of $67.50.   

  When you order a Stamp of the Month from me I will send you a FREE Gift of a PDF containing the directions and cutting guide to special workshop designed by my upline Chelsey Vorosmarty.  Here is the layout that she designed this month.  It features some different techniques and the gold embossing on it is beautiful.  This workshop uses the Hawthorn paper and wood shapes.

Thanks for visiting me and I hope I have inspired you.  I would love it if you would leave a comment.