Timberline on the Paper Trail

Welcome to the Paper Trail blog hop!  If you came from Diane's blog, The Happy Scrapbooker, you are on the right path.  If you are just getting started, you'll find it's a circular hop and you'll end up right back here. 

This month we are featuring the Timberline papers from Close to my Heart.  Beautiful rich colors reminiscent of being in the deep woods, seeking adventure behind trees and in streams.  My layout this month is made to preserve just such memories. 

 

I've used several cuts from our Artbooking Cricut Collection on this layout.  The woodgrain overlay was cut at a 3.75x3.75." I layered it on a solid piece of cardstock and sanded, it creates a simulated embossed look.  The "Great Outdoors" is also on the Artbooking cartridge.

The Timberline Assortment is a collection of wood embellishments, the travel trailer shown here is just one of them.  The outdoor signs are part of the Timberline Complements.  I love these!

Moving along on the trail your next stop is Trisha Manhire's blog. She has something fabulous for you, I'm sure.

You can order items used in this layout from my website.  They are:
X7182B - Timberline Paper Pack
X7182C - Timberline Complements
Z3005 - Timberline Assortment
Z1906 - Artbooking Cricut Collection

Artbooking Made Easy: Fun In the Sun

Season Finale of Artbooking.  Hope you have enjoyed and learned lots from this series!



Products used in this video are available on my website.  Click the item number to shop!
Z1906 - Cricut Artbooking Collection
Z2274 - Champagne Exclusive Inks Re-inker
Z2295 - Lagoon Exclusive Inks Re-inker 
Z1886 - My Crush Besties Assortment

Artbooking Made Easy: Togetherness

Enjoy this new Artbooking video from Close To My Heart.  


Find the products used in this video on my website:
Z1906 - Artbooking Cricut Collection
Z1812 - Sparkles Clear Flourishes, Small
Z3002 - Ariana Assortment 
Z1934 - Flamingo Dots
Z1935 - Black & Gray Epoxy Bubbles
Z1795 - Quilling Tool

Artbooking Made Easy: Capturing Snapshots

 I love all the information and ideas that I'm getting from these videos.  I hope you are getting lots of ideas, too!

If you've missed any of the videos you can view them by clicking on the Artbooking Made Easy tab above.

Artbooking Made Easy: Capturing Snapshots

You can get your Artbooking Cricut Collection here.

Other products featured:
Z1818 - My Creations 6x6 Canvas Display
Various - Exclusive Inks Mini Pigment Pads Set
Z726 - Sponge Daubers

Artbooking My Life

Using Artbooking and Picture My Life you can so easily make quick albums that are so personal. 



For yourself or for a gift, it's so pretty & perfect!

Find and purchase supplies used in this video here: http://betsy.ctmh.com/
Z1906 - Cricut Artbooking Collection
Various - Picture My Life Programs
Z1953 - Journaling Cards Box

Artbooking Made Easy: All-Star Scrapbooking

More for you from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge. 
You can purchase your cartridge here.

Artbooking Made Easy: Trailblazing Travel Albums

Another cool video featuring our Artbooking cartridge by Cricut.  This is really the go-to cartridge for the scrapbook enthusiast!


You can view more Close To My Heart Artbooking videos by clicking on the Artbooking Tutorial tab above.  

Need a cartridge of your own?  You can purchase yours here. 

Artbooking Made Easy: Fab Frames

Enjoy another video from Close To My Heart about the many features of the Close To My Heart Cricut Artbooking cartridge.   You can find more of these Artbooking videos by clicking my Artbooking Tutorial tab above.

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Don't own the CTMH Artbooking Collection yet?  You can get yours here.

Artbooking Made Easy: Happy Springtime

Springtime is always blossoming, and with the springtime keys on the Artbooking cartridge, you can bring new life to all your layouts, cards, and crafts! The shapes, titles, and layouts are perfect for spring-themed projects, but they’re versatile enough to accent almost anything. You and your customers will be buzzing to make your projects bloom using these keys! 



If you don't have the Cricut Close To My Heart Artbooking cartridge, you can pick it up here.  It's your Lucky Day when you purchase Artbooking in March.  Include your email when you place your order and I will send you a current paper pack of your choice!

Stroll Down Ivy Lane

Come stroll down the Ivy Lane with me on the Paper Trail Blog Hop.  You may have already strolled through Mary's blog, The Road to Peace of Mind or Escape, which means you are on the right trail.  If you are just getting started, then welcome. Our blog hop is circular and once you visit us all you'll find yourself right back here or where ever you started.

A new month, a new Idea Book and an entire new line up of papers is in store for you!  If you haven't seen our new Catalog/Idea Book you can see it online here.  If you'd like one of your own you can also order it right there for just $3.95 (WC1141).  Our Spring/Summer lineup is beautiful!  Be sure to check it out!

We are beginning with Ivy Lane because it's rich colors including Holly Hock, Blush, and Ivy Lane Purple remind me of love and Valentine's Day so that's how I am kicking of February.

I started with the Ivy Lane Workshop On The Go. This is the layout we will use for my Littlest Angels scrap club.  I don't like to give them what they can get by themselves straight from the book, so I amped it up a little bit with some additional Artbooking.  I changed up the stripes on the left hand page, removing the chevron paper and then using it for a romantic overlay.  I kept the Cricut cut flowers in the layout but also added some heart shapes to the right hand side to balance out the left.  We don't meet until next week, but I hope they like it!

Next I have some cards to share.  The first is one I made for my IOD (Ink or Dye) club swap.  I adore how versatile the colors in these papers are.
 

At IOD, Ramona taught us how to make a stair-step card.  I finished mine using more of the Ivy Lane papers.  I really like how the gold glitter tape gives it some sparkle & pop.

Lastly, these two cards are for a card swap I am hosting.  They are alike but not.  Do you see what the difference is?

I have one more project that is not yet complete.  It's not working out as I had hoped so it's yet to be seen if I will be posting photos of it or not.

Yes, I've been called a tease before. 

Now take a gander over to Amy's blog, Pineapple Paper Artist.  I'm sure she has created something wonderful to share!

For more ideas and tips using the Cricut Artbooking Collection, please click on the "Artbooking Tutorials" tab at the top of my page. 

Products used:
G1073 - Ivy Lane Workshop On The Go**
C1574 - Believe in Yourself My Acrylix Stamp Set
D1510 - 4 My Friend (retired 1/31/2014)
D1542 - For a Friend
Z2128 - Holly Hock Exclusive Inks stamp pad
Z2147 - Smokey Plum Exclusive Inks stamp pad
Z1812 - Sparkles Clear Flourishes Small
Pearl Opaques (retired 1/31/2014)
Z1906 - Cricut Artbooking Collection

**Ivy Lane Workshop On The Go includes:
X7178B - Ivy Lane Paper Pack
Z3001 - Ivy Lane Assortment
Z1936 - Purple Glitter Gems
Ivy Lane WOTG Acrylix Stamp Set (not sold separately)

Proplayer, December Paper Trail blog hop

Welcome to the Paper Trail blog hop. First I must apologize if you have tried to do the hop & were interrupted by my absence.  You should be arriving from Karen's Inky Fingers blog if you are not starting here.  We are a small circular hop so you should be able to link right through us and back to your starting point.

For December we decided not to do Christmas paper.  As a paper crafter you are probably already getting tired of green, red & gold or blue, gray & silver.  We are going in another direction!  Pro-Player offers up some lovely dark papers including reds & blues and a touch of neutral. Dark stormy wintry colors.

Trying to think outside the box and yet stay with the Holidays, I saw the dark and dotted paper as an out of focus lighted background, almost like a very distant and dark lit up tree.  I decided to use it as a background on a 6x6 card with an ornament overlay from the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge cut from silver glitter paper.

I paper pieced the lighter blue, red and neutral papers behind some of the ornaments to help give them definition and then filled in those areas with liquid glass.  A stamped and popped sentiment from the Sparkle & Shine Workshop on the Go completes the card. 

In the stamp club I attend monthly we were playing with the sun ray cards.  I'm sure these have another name but I'm not clever enough to think of it.  I wanted to do one of them as well, so I created this card and attached "Congrats!" stamped with our Framework Alphabet and colored in with our alcohol markers.  My daughter graduates from college in less than two weeks, so I think this one is for her.

I hope you've enjoyed what I've done with the Proplayer papers.  Next in our order on the trail is Tracey, the Paper Crafting Princess.  Please continue on and check out what she has done!

Here's a view of the six designs.  The products I used are listed below and you can purchase them on my website by clicking on the item number. 

Products used:
X7172B - Proplayer Paper Packet
E1027 - Framework Alphabet
Z1829 - Black & Gray Glitter Paper
Z679 - Liquid Glass
Z1906 - Artbooking Cricut Collection
G1071 - Sparkle & Shine Workshop on the Go (Celebrate the Season stamp)

Paper Trail Blog Hop Featuring Huntington

Thank you for coming to the September Paper Trail blog hop featuring Close to my Heart's Huntington paper pack.  If you arrived here from Tracey's Paper Crafting Princess blog you are on the right path.  If you are just getting started, just follow the links at the end of each blog and you'll wind your way right back here after visiting us all.    

I decided to use the new Artbooking Cricut cartridge from Close to my Heart to create an 8"x3.5" mini album.  I used a bit of mix & match magic to do it and this is what I ended up with:

The pretty focal papers of Huntington as a focal point on the cover 

All cuts & words are part of the Artbooking cartridge

The zip strip from the Huntington paper cut apart creates the poem

Strands of burlap from our burlap ribbon are used for the hinges

 

I love the overlays in the Artbooking cartridge and had to use one on the back.

I scoured through my photos to add to this mini album but alas, I couldn't find the autumn pics I was looking for. Please feel free to imagine your own autumn photos on the pages.  

Now hop on over to Karen's blog, Inky Fingers, for some more fall inspiration.