Artiste in August Blog Hop–Day 4: Any Shape Day

Welcome to day 4 of the

Let the fun continue with the month-long blog hop featuring 3-D projects from the fabulous *NEW* Cricut Artiste Collection exclusively from Close To My Heart!

If you are coming from Jen Patrick’s blog, you are on the right path. If this is your first stop, then continue on by clicking on the link to the next hopper at the end of this post.

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Today is ‘Any Shape’ day so I decided to share with you a mini-album project I created for my Extravaganza presentation at the Close To My Heart Convention in July. I used the Pear & Partridge collection I was assigned…with a twist.

This is one of the features of the Cricut Artiste Collection that I LOVE! The entire album (cover & pages) are on ONE key, the ‘l’ key featured on pg. 59 of the Cricut Artiste Handbook. You can find THREE keys that feature mini albums!

I only used the Olive B&T Duo paper from the Pear & Partridge paper packet along with Cranberry, Lagoon, Smoothie & White Daisy cardstock.

I cut the entire mini album at 3” as recommended in the handbook. I decorated the album with other Artiste images like the snowflake found on pg. 79 and ‘merry christmas’ found on pg. 80. As you can see, I cut off the ‘merry’.

(Click here to see ALL 700 images on the Artiste cartrdige)

Did you notice that glittery tape? It’s CTMH’s *NEW* Silver Shimmer Trim. Love this stuff so much!

Here is what is so fabulous about THIS mini album…the inside pages progress in length and all have different edges!

I used the Cork Alphabet for my numbers and covered them our *NEW* Exclusive Inks Mini Pigment Pads in the Adventure Collection (Cranberry & Lagoon). I used a heat gun & a ittle baby powder to set the ink.

This mini album was so much fun to create! I’ll be sharing more pages during the month, so don’t forget to check back!

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If you come upon a broken link in blog hop or get lost during the hop, here is a complete list of all the blog hoppers.

Gloria Rogers - http://www.scraptabulousstudio.com/
Lalia Harris - http://craftylalia.blogspot.com/
Rebecca Kings – http://heartfeltcreationsbybecca.blogspot.com
Adeline Brill – http://www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com
Jessica Wilson – http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
Kathy Johnson - http://kathyscreativecorner.com/
Amy Edwards – http://paisleysplayhouse.blogsot.com
Jen Patrick - http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com/
Pamela O’Connor - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com (You are here)
Melinda Everitt - http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/
Denise Hobbs - http://oklahomainker.blogspot.com/

Thank you for joining us today. If you haven’t gotten your hands on the *NEW* Cricut Artiste Collection, click here to visit my CTMH website to shop now!

Well, that’s it for today. Hop on over to Melinda Everitt’s blog and see what she has created for you today. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow!

“Me” Mini Album using *NEW* Cricut Artiste Collection & CTMH Avonlea Collection

I’ve been busy trying to finish up my create & take projects from the Close To My Heart convention this week. Here is a fabulous mini album we created using the *NEW* Cricut Artiste collection with the elegant *NEW* Avonlea collection!

I really love how this mini album turned out and especially love the little details of the Irresistibles Houndstooth Alphabet, Shimmer Trim, Sparkles, Just Blooms Floret Paper Shapes & Slate Satin Polka-Dot Ribbon.

The mini album itself is part of the Cricut Artiste collection. In your collection, you will receive the Dimensional Elements Album Pages and with just one key on the Cricut Artiste cartridge, you can cut all the shapes that fit perfectly onto the album pages!

I’m thrilled I took the time to finish this mini album up with pictures of myself at this time in my life! This will be something my family can cherish when I’m gone someday.

If you have questions about this project, don’t hesitate to contact me.

All the above projects mentioned will be available for purchase beginning August 1st! Click here then to get your hands on them or contact me to pre-order to save you some time.

***Visit this blog post to enter for your chance to win my Cricut Artiste giveaway***

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a great day!

H2H Challenge–Inspiration Photo

This week over at the H2H Challenge blog, we are getting our inspiration from a funky & colorful Christmas photo (see the inspiration photo below my project).

Lucky me, my December Daily album I had already started working on had a lot of the same colors that were in the inspiration photo. So, I chose to work with the colors from the inspiration photo. The black ribbon & glitter also caught my eye so I added some black gingham ribbon and glitter to add some pop of color & sparkle.

What inspiration do you get from this photo?

Now…it’s your turn! I’d love to see what you create with this week’s fun challenge! Check out the details below…

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The Heart 2 Heart Design Team for July – Dec 2011…

Cheryl Even, Debi Barber, Haley Dyer, Jody Gustafson, Mary Vogel (owner), Michelle Auten and Pamela O'Connor (me!).

Please be sure to create a project using MOSTLY Close To My Heart products and then head on over to the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog and post your creation under the appropriate challenge.

I look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations! 

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Camp Friendship 2009

Wow! What an experience this was!

This past Friday, I taught a scrapbook class to 130+ special education kids. We made a 3-Ring Binder to put pictures in of their week at camp. It was a blast, I tell you!

The process of making it all happen was wild & crazy, but I knew God’s hand was in it all as every aspect fell into place. Whew!

In the 10+ years I’ve been scrapbooking, I have never tackled a project like this. Just to imagine ordering that many of one item from Close To My Heart was wild.

Here is what my original order consisted of…

136 3-Ring Binders

86 Tinkerin’ Level 1 Scrapbook Kits

50 Animal Cookie Level 1 Scrapbook Kits

7 Pkgs Summer Craft Buttons

6 Pkgs Clear Craft Buttons

6 Pkgs Sunflower Waxy Flax

5 Pkgs Memory Book Glue Dots

4 Pkgs Euro Replacement Blads

3 Bottles of Liquid Glass

2 Pkgs 3/8” White Daisy Ricrac Ribbon

Here are a few visuals for you…

CRAZY!!! I was amazed that I could order all this in one order and have absolutely NO backorders! CTMH Rocks!!!

Unfortunately all didn’t go as planned…the 60 Tombow glue sticks I ordered from another company did not arrive…I got a total of 8 glue sticks in the order and the rest were backordered, so I had to shift gears, cancel that order and buy glue sticks locally. All worked out just fine though.

This whole project was under a tight time table. I placed my order on July 3rd and because of the July 4th holiday, didn’t receive my order until July 9th. That gave me only 1 week to prepare everything!

So, you can only imagine how many hours I have put in this past week preparing…long days and long nights…with very little rest! Oh, but it was so worth it! That’s why I love this job so much. :O)

By mid-week, I was beginning to panic a bit…especially when I got a phone call that they had 7 more kids that had not registered…eeekkk! But all turned out fine with help from one of my amazing downline, Sylvia. She helped me out with a few extra binders and kits and she even came over Wednesday evening after working all day and helped cut a few of the kits for me.

On Thursday I managed to have the kits ready for the 57 elementary kids and I delivered those that afternoon. I didn’t end up teaching those kids. Instead, I showed a few of the teachers how to put the binders together and they taught them on Friday as my SIL and myself taught  the 82 junior high through college-aged kids.

So, after dropping those off, I headed back home to work on the 82 Tinkerin’ kits. My SIL followed me home and with her help, we got all the little pieces of the kits made and ready for me to finish up later that evening. This is what I sat down to at 11p to finish…

Keep in mind…to the left of this pile were 82 Level 1 Pre-made layouts which include 4 layouts in each kit…for a total of 328 pieces I had to cut 3 – 5x7 pieces out of…each sheet. I calculated that I cut out 984 - 5x7 pieces.

So, I had a very long night/morning! LOL! I managed to get them all completed and ready to go and get a few winks in before I had to be at my SIL’s house to pick her up at 830a.

Our first stop was at the junior high school all the way across town to teach 29 kids, then 1-1/2 hours later, we were back to the other side of town to teach 14 college students and another 1-1/2 hours later we were in the middle of town teaching 39 high school students. So, in 4-1/2 hours we taught 82 students how to scrapbook. What a joy it was! I hope they enjoy their scrapbooks filled with memories of their week at Camp Friendship 2009!

Have a blessed day and make it from your heart!

P.S. I’ll share some pictures of the finished Tinkerin’ binder in my next post.

Baby Sister

I printed this photo a while ago and just came across it as I was looking for a picture to scrap for a team swap I am doing using the new CTMH Paper Packet, Sarsaprilla.

 

 

This kit leans toward a western theme, but I wanted to challenge myself to create something more feminine. The dimensional element flower idea is a Workshop on the Go project that CTMH provides consultants, so I decided to go with that idea. Here is what I created...

 

I love how it turned out. This is a 9" x 9" layout and I think I may put it into a 'My Favorite Pictures' album.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day, Pamela

Instructions for 9x9 True Fit Folio Mini Album

To view photos of album, click on the labels link at the end of this post called 'Mini Ablums'.

Instructions:

1. Cut folio down to 9" (when open it is 9 x 24).

2. With folio open, score at 2-7/8" from right panel edge (tab should be on the left towards the bottom).

3. Next score at 2-7/8" from the left panel edge (measure from the edge of tab).

4. This should give you two 9" x 9-1/8" layouts in the center.

5. Decorate the inside and outside as desired.

6. Adhere a velcro circle to the inside of the tab flap to close album.

9x9 True Fit Folio MIni Album

I created this 9x9 True Fit Folio Mini Album almost a month ago for my 8 year old niece's birthday party project. It's pretty simple to create and makes a lovely mini album for any occassion.

CTMH's True Fit Folios are very unique to the industry. They measure 12x12 when closed and 12x24 when open. You use them in your 12x12 albums to hold memorabilia inside and you can also make them into flip up pages within your album too.

I created this 9x9 size mini album by simply cutting and scoring. I see I will need to create a tutorial for this project to explain it properly...putting on my to do list. Ü

Pamela