Close to My Heart Sugar Rush for Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome today.  I am scrapping for Sketches in Thyme on Facebook.  I am continuing to scrap my 2022 trip to Chicago.  This month I printed some of my food pics.  I chose those pics because I picked up the used Close to My Heart scrapbook kit at a recent craft yard sale.  It was only a partial kit but I believe it will still make another couple of layouts.

Here is this week's sketch.

Here is a closer pic of each page.

Yummy ice cream, chocolates and popcorn along our walks downtown.

Ingredients:

Close to My Heart Sugar Rush 12x12 papers

Kindred Stamps shaker bits 

glue dots

Creative Memories circle cutting system

Play along with Sketches in Thyme on Facebook until the end of the month.  We have four different sketches with which to play along.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Close to My Heart Caboodle Stickease Boy Layout for Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome to my blog today.  I am creating for Sketches in Thyme. This week's sketch was perfect for such a striking photo to feature.  I used a variety of papers, embellishments and tools for this seemingly simple layout.

Here's the sketch:

It is faint but I did use a pen to create the border.  I used CTMH embellishments I purchased second hand, I love it when I use it up!

Ingredients:

Park Lane Paperie Prairie Primrose card stock

Bazzil card stock

Close to My Heart Stickease Assortment Caboodle 

Creative Memories Tag punch

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink Feather Gray

Zebra Sarasa .5 pen gray

twine

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along until the end of the month.

Alicia

Tim Holtz Simple Plaid and Kindred Stamps Make Limoncello for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog today.  I was in a bright and cheery mood when I created this card.  I have a friend who makes limoncello regularly.  This would be perfect for her. I had yet to use my Tim Holtz Plaid die and I thought it would be a great twist on the sketch.  I cut this out of white paper which set the way for a small print pattern paper.  I found this lovely lemon paper in my stash.  I have no idea what brand it is.  I searched my stash (on Evernote) and found the lemon's in this Close to my Heart set.

Here is the sketch:

Here's a close up of the details. I stamped the lemons with Stampin Up pens to keep the yellow and green separate.  I used the green to stamp the Kindred Stamps sentiment.  I then die cut it with a stitched sentiment strip. 

Ingredients:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Simple Plaid die

Close to My Heart One in a Melon

Stampin Up Daffodil Delight and Call me Clover ink

Kindred Stamps Sea Monster's sentiment

Kat Scrappiness Stitched Sentiment Strips

papers from stash

I would like to enter this in the following this card in the following challenges:

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2022/07/452-mood-board.html until 7.24x

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-challenge-indoor-hobbies.html until 7.31x

Play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge until Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Kindred Stamps Rock On - Happy Birthday Freddie

Today I want to celebrate what would have been the 75th birthday of this legend. I actually made this card for a friend and he loved it.  I am super happy about the renewed interest in Freddie thanks to the movie, Bohemian Rhapsody.  That reminds me of the scene from Wayne's World in the car...lol  I really wish I owned that Kindred Stamps set.  If you are about my age I don't need to say anymore, if not here's a video.

I colored my image to match a photo, next time I will change up the clothing colors.

I threw it together pretty quickly but I like how it turned out.

Ingredients:

Kindred Stamps Rock On stamp set

Close to my Heart Rock On stamp set

DCWV Rockstar paper stack

Stitched Hex dies

Frantic Stamper Stitched Corner Cut tags

misc alcohol markers including Spectrum Noir Pewter

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

silver card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://intaas.blogspot.com/2021/08/ch116-birthday.html until 9.12x

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2021/09/challenge-129-movie-mania.html until 9.14

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html until 9.26x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/09/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html until 9.30x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2021/09/morgans-artworld-world-of-digital-images.html until 9.30x

Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia

Close to My Heart Artfully Sent Baby card for Bitten by the Bug 2 and Double Trouble collaboration

 Welcome to the latest challenge for Bitten by the Bug 2's Oh Baby challenge.  We are collaborating with Double Trouble using the mood board below.  I made this cute card for the latest addition to our family. I have gotten to hold her yet, but I sent this and a cute set of outfits to tide her over until I can squeeze her little cheeks!

Here is the mood board for inspiration.

I used the Close to my Heart Artfully Sent image set.  This is the front of the card.  

I thought the polka dot yellow and green outfits popped on the pink background.

I used a sweet pink fiber on which to "hang" the outfits. I added some sequins to give it a little more detail. I like to adhere them with perfect pearls.

Ingredients:

Close to My Heart Artfully Sent cut

Bo Bunny polka dot papers

fiber, pearl drops and sequins

card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2021/07/challenge-88-mood-board-oh-baby.html until 7.18x

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2021/06/challenge-251-all-occasions.html until 7.24x

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along with Bitten by the Bug 2 Oh Baby and Double Trouble,

Alicia

Cricut Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Happy New Year!  I am not sure I have ever been so happy to ring in a new year.  Let's hope 2021 is better.  However, I did spend the evening live streaming a concert.  I can't wait to see live music again.  In the meantime, I stay home and craft...

Here's another view.  I added small seed beads as my bubbles.  I also added some gold sequins.

Ingredients:

Cricut carts: Close to My Heart-You are Here and Divine Wedding

Spellbinders Label Eleven and Grand Label Eleven

Recollections Black Card base

misc card stock and papers including metallic, vellum and glitter

sequins and beads

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/12/challenge-195.html until 1.2x

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/12/krafty-chicks-challenge-540-week-5-atg.html until 1.7x

Alicia