A little taste of Disney

One of the only itches I have bigger that crafting is DISNEYLAND!  I know you are with me on that.  My family and I went last year.  My Sister-in-law and I have been getting together regularly to scrapbook our time at the most magical place in the world.  I am slowly getting there.  Lets be honest for the over 900 pictures that I took, I may be working in it for a long time.  I am not one of those who can do a 2 page layout of the trip and call it good.  No I make an entire album, perhaps two this time, LOL.  I searched the Internet for inspiration from others pages and didn't find many.  Perhaps I just don't know how to search.  So I thought to post a few of my Disneyland layouts.  Enjoy or not, its up to you.

My First page

I have a pictures of my kids jumping across the hotel beds.  I used CTMH canvas buttons and colored pencil to create the look of a mattress for the page.

Our first day.  I always use our tickets in the layout.  You may need to de-acidify them first if your picky ;)

Nemo ride.  Take pictures of the rides names or cars, very fun to add to a layout.  I also used eyelets for the submarine windows.  So fun.

I use my cricut a lot. Between me and my Sis we have enough options to accent any page.

Character meetings. Because we went at Christmas time, not only did I have a Disney theme but obviously Christmas.  I don't know if that is good or bad.

For this layout I created some of my own paper.  The top piece is done by stamping and embossing snowflakes onto white paper and then using a resist technique I sponged red ink over the paper.  Then I tore the paper to create the rough edge.  The Pluto (and most of the other cutouts ) is cut from Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge.

As shown below I outlined this layout by stitching red and yellow thread all around.

Again with the Cricut, gorsh!

I seriously have a ways to go.  But slow and steady wins the race.  Or at least still enjoys scrapping when its all said and done.

Ingredients:

Many of my layout inspirations came from ideas in Jeanette Lynton's How-to-books.

Paper is from my Disney stash saved over the last umpteen years as well as my CTMH paper

Various Cricut carts were harmed in the making of this movie...

Mainly used Mickey and Friends

Various Close to my Heart Acrylic stamps were also used for this production

If you have any other inquiries just email me.  Thanks!

Is it March already?

Here at the Creative Itch it feels like Spring is peeking around the corner.  Creativity nipping at my heals.  Wish I could play the day away with my crafts and photos but alas that is not the case.

If you have had an itch of your own and wanted to share it with others March is a great time to get started.  Join Close To My Heart as an Independent Consultant in the month of March and receive the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for FREE!!!  Yep.   So if it is something you've been kicking around, take the leap.  The startup kit is only $99 (retail value over $288).  Add in there the free cartridge ($99) and you can't lose!  You won't know where to even stop being creative.

FREE! with sign-up

Close To My Heart is such a great company to sell for.  As a hobbiest or a business builder it can work for you.

Any takers?

Just wanted to know if anyone is interested in a monthly or even quarterly card, scrapbooking or "paper craft" workshop.  Below are the options using the new paper kits.  Let me know if anything gives you the itch.

Footloose 

Victory

Superhero

Stella 

Lucy

Florentine

Cruisin'

PemberleyRandoms using the March Stamp of the Month

Fun ditties using the Art Philosophy Cartridge

Or there is something that caught your eye but you want it done with a different paper kit.  So many options just want to know if there is any interest.

Valentine gifts

I don't get a lot of projects done in order to post here on a regular basis.  Working on raising little people.  But I did get a few Valentines made for my children's teachers and a few neighbor treats.  I know this is a bit late for your Valentine projects but they really show off the great projects that can be made any time of year using the Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cartridge for the Cricut.  I have been wanting to do all of the fun things possible since I purchased it but haven't taken the time. 

I stuffed these little goodies with yummy Ghirardelli chocolates.  

supplies used-

Kraft paper

Art Philosophy Cartridge

Vineyard berry cardstock and ink pad

paper of choice for flowers

your choice of stamps for saying and flourish

twine

  This is a great deal.  Even if you don't scrapbook online you know others that do and who doesn't like gift cards?  Buy one get one free= 10 layouts for $55 dollars,  includes shipping and handling.  That is $2.75 a page. 
   I personally do Classic Scrapbooking but this past year I made two additional scrapbooks, one for my parents and one for my in-laws.  I would never have done those by hand, so much time and work. But with Studio J they were done quickly and beautifully.  Thus making these 5 packs great to have on hand for those times when you want pages done Simply and Beautifully.  
  Or if you have been on the fence about online scrapping this is a great time to try it out with no commitment.  You don't have to be a member to use these.  Create your pages and redeem your card at checkout and you are done.

Its New and fun!

It is February and I can finally let the new Spring/ Summer 2012 Close To My Heart catalog out of the bag.  As we forge through winter it was fun to browse through this catalog and think of warmer days.  I am so excited to use these new products and combine some of them with my older stuff too.
Let me know if you want in on this warm creativity.  Request a catalog or select my  order page and go to the online shopping to browse for yourself and buy directly from there!  Spend $50 and get the Stamp of the Month for $5.