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 Holiday Gift Boxes

Good morning, I hope you are all at home enjoying time with your families.  I have a few more last minute projects to inspire you until the current Bitten By the Bug 2 Challenge closes January 4.  I created several boxes to hold my thin mint cookies.  I gave them to my coworkers for the holidays.  

I am just in love with the pie box despite the issues I had.  The glitter paper did not cut and score as well as I would have liked.  It was very thick.  I did manage to clean up the cuts but there are some random creases in the lid. I thought putting a fancy flower on top would distract.  

Then I went crazy.  I used the negatives snowflakes from the box below since they were from the same paper stack.  I layered them on top of some sheer blue flowers.  I added a few floral picks from my stash, icy berries and wispy tiny tan leaves.

Pie Box-

Close to my Heart Artiste

My Mind's Eye Festive & Frost papers

K&Co Smitten White glitter paper

Petaloo flower

assorted floral picks

metallic blue brads

sheer blue flowers

paper snowflakes

Tall Snowflake box-

Cricut Box it Up

My Mind's Eye Festive & Frost papers

K&Co Smitten White glitter paper

Recollections felt ribbon

Cookies box-

Cricut Box it Up

K&Co BW Peppermint Twist

K&Co Smitten White glitter paper pack

eyelash fiber

The top of the box with the glitter paper layered underneath.

Merry and Bright box-

Cricut Merry and Bright 

K&Co BW Peppermint Twist

K&Co Smitten White glitter paper

eyelash fiber

Another view, this snowflake was an intricate cut for a glitter embossed thick card stock.  It ripped in a couple of places but with the help of glue and a the backing layer, I think I managed to put it back together without notice.

The backside.

Snowflake box-

Cricut Box it Up

K&Co BW Peppermint Twist paper pack

K&Co Smitten White glitter paper

lace ribbon

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/12/challenge-194.html until 12.26x

http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2020/12/cic509.html until 12.26

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/12/classic-design-challenge-december-12.html until 12.31x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2020/12/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html until 12.31x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2020/12/december-2020-challenge-anything-vintage.html until 1.2

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2020/12/challenge-6-o-christmas-tree-tentative.html until 1.3 (#4)

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Sailing on Salem Sound-Summer Fun challenge for Bitten By the Bug 2

Welcome to the Bitten By the Bug 2's Summer Fun challenge.  I scrapped a pic from a summer trip to Massachusetts a couple of years ago.  We took a ride on a frigate and learned about the maritime history of the region.

I played around with several anchors and settled on these two. One from Close to My Heart Flower Market and the skinny one is from Stand and Salute.

The waves were super fun to play around with and easy to create a 12" border without pulling out the 24" mat.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Adventure Awaits papers and Powderpuff Chalking inks

Cricut cuts-

Anchor-Close to My Heart Flower Market

Anchor (skinny)-Stand and Salute

Waves-Life at the Beach

Blackletter Original font

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2020/07/402-word-prompt.html until 8/7

http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2020/08/cic499.html until 8/14x

http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/08/august-2020-i-do-like-to-be-beside.html until 8/31x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2020/08/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-august.html until 8/31x

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to play along with us at Bitten By the Bug 2's Summer Fun challenge until August 17.

Alicia

Miss Kate Cuttables Sunshine for Bitten By the Bug 2 Sun Challenge

It is time again for a Bitten By the Bug 2 challenge~Show me the Sun challenge.  Summer Solstice was this past Saturday, the official start of the summer season.  It has more hours of daylight than any day of the year.  I found this great photo of the summer sun over Walden Pond.  I dug out some really old papers with great colors to highlight my photo.

Here are my cuts.  The MKC title was cut with a different sun but I didn't like the colors or style of the sun so I cut another one from Art Philosophy.

I used this sketch from The Scraproom Group on FB.

This is a 3-D embellishment sticker is way more that a year old...from 2013!

Ingredients:

Cricut Close to My Heart Art Philosophy-sun

Miss Kate Cuttables-Summer (title)

Creative Memories Seasons paper and embellishments (2013)

Creative Memories tag punch

Distress. Creative Memories and Bazzill card stock

Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking ink Midnight Confessions

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/06/lm-502-its-celebration-5-patterned.html until 6/30x

Don't forget to play along with Bitten by the Bug 2's Sun challenge until July 6.  Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Sketches in Thyme Vacation layout with Cricut embellishments

One more vacation layout. This time I found the sketch over at Sketches in Thyme fit these photos best.  I was able to use scraps for the mats and Cricut cuts.

Here is the sketch from Sketches in Thyme.  I feel I did a good job at turning the sketch from Christmas looking to tropical.

I used a large circle template and pens to create the circles.  I used my Cricut Maker to cut the clouds...I wanted a variety and each one of these clouds is from a different image set.

Ingredients:

Cricut-Close To My Heart Artiste, CTMH Art Philosophy, Cricut Basics, Bits and Pieces, and Beach Life

DCWV tropical card stock

misc card stock

Recollection pens

Creative Memories large circle template and sticker letters

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/ until 5/31x

Thank you for stopping by

Alicia