National Scrapbooking Month Blog Hop

Live Beautifully Blog Hop

  

May 6th was National Scrapbooking Day, but we are celebrating all month with our Live Beautifully Collection.  Close to My Heart has created a stunning paper collection, a stamp set and a cut above kit. 

If you have come here from Melissa's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog. 

This month we have  approximately 18 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's promotional collection and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I really love this month's promotional paper, and have created quite a few layout using only 1 package of paper and I still have lots of paper yet to plan with. I only used 3 of the patterns here, the gold foil dots are 1 of 2 gold foil designs and it pairs well with all the remaining patterns.

I decided I wanted to use the flowers from the coordinating stamp set, and decided to try stamping them in black ink.  The leaves are stamped in New England Ivy ink.  I fussy cut all the flowers and leaves and then decided to go with a uniform layout, using 2 4x6 photo mats and 2 4x4 photo mats.

To see more of my artwork featuring the Live Beautifully collection you can visit these posts:
Heritage Layout , 2 2-page layouts , 2 page layout

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, this collection is only available until May 31st or while supplies last!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get the Cut Above Kit for FREE!

             Always craft with  <3

Live Beautifully Heritage Layout, with painted flowers

I am totally loving the versatility of the Live Beautifully collection, and anytime I get to head into my craftroom to create I am pulling out this paper.  Our company has challenged us to create heritage style layouts.  So I decided to use a photo of my grandmother and the women in her family.

Here is my layout.

I distressed the mat and the papers used for this layout to give them that aged look.  I had some alphabet stickers left over from the Welcome Home Wreath kit, so decided to use those for my title.  My grandmother's maiden name was Young, and so I thought that was fitting for my title.  My grandmother is on the bottom, along side her twin sister.  My Great Grandmother is directly above her.

I've been asked how I created my flowers since they have a water color appearance.  I've shared a video that my daughter helped me with(it's my first technique shared video, so I'm sorry for the quality).

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I was able to teach you a new technique.

                                       Always craft with  <3

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Blog - Guest Designer

Hey all!  I'm so excited to be sharing this with you, today I'm the featured guest designer over at Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Blog.

Make sure you head over and check things out!

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If you are interested in receiving a new Seasonal Expressions catalog, which is live May 1st, contact your local consultant, or if you don't have a consultant, contact me! I'd be happy to be your CTMH consultant.

Live Beautifully Creations

I just can't get enough of this gorgeous paper collection.  The colors and patterns are very on trend, and there is just so much you can create with them.  There are 16 beautifully designed papers in this collection.

For my second layout I used the word Dream and stamped it in 2nd generation all over my base pages.  I used the gold embossed dots, pink shimmer trim, the pink watercolor paper to create the bottom portion of the page.  The bold flower print is the mats for the photos, and then I added the black and white striped paper for some pop!  The flowers were created the using the same technique as my previous layout, but added some shimmer with the Shimmer Brush. To finish off the layout I added gold sequins and the zipstrips with the gold embossed stripes.

For my third layout, I started with black base pages. I added the scripted pattern paper as my background.  I choose to pull the purple from the flower pattern as my accent color, and my closest color choice was Eggplant. My flowers are also stamped in the stamp color.  I added some compliments from You & Me and Good Life.  I colored in some sequins using purple and black markers to coordinate with the layout.

I still have 9 full sheets of pattern paper to create with out of my package, and lots of partial pieces. Make sure you come back to see what I create next using these stunning patterns.

Live Beautifully 2 Page Layout - May Promotion

National Scrapbooking Month is just around the corner, and we have a Beautiful Promotion for you.

Available May 1st

This year’s National Scrapbooking Month campaign will feature the Live Beautifully paper packet and stamp set, designed to celebrate your beautiful life. This exclusive paper packet and stamp set will be available for purchase outright, with no qualifying purchase required.

Celebrate your beautiful life with this limited time collection!

Your life is full of everyday beauty that deserves to be remembered. This National Scrapbooking Month, celebrate the beauty of your life with our exclusive, Live Beautifully paper packet and stamp set. Featuring rich floral patterns, gold foil designs, and more, this paper collection is only available for a limited time. Order yours, starting May 1st and start preserving your memories today.

I've been busy creating using this paper and stamp set, and today I'm going to share with you the 1st layout I've created using this stunning paper and coordinating stamp.

I stamped the flowers in Pixie Ink, and using both Pixie and Pomegranate Inks and my waterbrush I painted more ink onto the stamped flowers blending the 2 colors to create the beautifully flowers.  Usint the stamp technique I've also painted the leaves using New England Ivy Ink. Staying in the same color, the mats for the photos are Pixie cardstock.  The sentiment is stamped in Black Ink, and then I colored the silver sequins using pink and purple markers to coordinate with the colors in the paper.

We have used these paper and stamp designs to design an exclusive set of Cut Above™ layouts that are designed to make preserving memories faster, simpler, and easier than ever.

A new, easy way to preserve your memories!

This National Scrapbooking Month, we’re offering you a new, easy way to make coordinating layouts to preserve your memories. The Live Beautifully Cut Above™ layout kit comes with everything you need to create five two-page layouts. With pre-printed base pages, die-cut paper pieces, stickers, and gold foil accents, this kit will help you preserve the moments that matter most in practically no time at all. This kit is only available during May, while supplies last. Buy the layout kit alone or get a discount by buying it as part of an album bundle.