I have a some birthday cards to share today.  As usual they are made mostly with CTMH product.  

I love the diamond plate, it is a great way to dress up a masculine card!  Here I covered my card base with aluminum foil tape that I "borrowed" from my husbands truck, then I ran it through  my cuddlebug.  The stamped image is from my CTMH stash and is colored with my CTMH alcohol markers.  

This card was made with papers from the skylark collection, I really love the color scheme on this one.

Last but not least, this is made with CTMH paper fundamentals basic paper collection.  I used my chevron embossing folder on white daisy card stock and sponged on hollyhock ink.  The flowers are recollections black and pink assortment as is the button.

My happy birthday sentiment is embossed with ctmh black embossing powder.

Here is a close up of my flower.

That is all I have to show you for projects today.  Today kicks off the new CTMH, Annual Inspirations idea book.  It is packed with great new product, and paper packs that will all be available for a full year!  Be sure to check it out you won't be sorry. 

A Minibook

Hello

I hope you are enjoying your summer so far.  I have been pretty busy with the kids, but I have managed to get a few projects done.

The first one I have to share is a mini book that I made to honor the first two furbabies that my hubby and I had together, Rocky and Rascal.  We adopted Rocky when he was 8 weeks old he was a Collie, retriever mix heinz 57 he lived to be 15!  We had to say goodbye to our beloved puppy this past April, Rascal crossed the rainbow bridge back in 2011 he was 11 we adopted him when he was 9 months old he was a pure bred golden.

Anyway here are some pictures of my book:

I covered the front cover with chocolate cardstock and then distressed it with sand paper to give it a leather effect.  I also used a lot of flip flaps tthroughout this book so I could use a lot of pictures.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my book.  Stay tuned for my next post whicb will be featuring some cards I recently completed. 

I am also excited to announce that the new Close to My Heart idea book, annual inspirations goes live on August 1! I am so excited and can't wait for you to see it.  Be sure to visit my website on August first to check it out online or contact me to get a copy.

www.sonyaross.ctmh.com

Happy Fathers Day!

Hello!

It has been way too long since my last post!  I worked on fathers day cards tonight.  They are all for my hubby, one from me one from my daughter and one from my son.  I used all CTMH papers and embellishments.  Speaking of CTMH we are celebrating 30 years this month!  In honor of that we have some great collections available for one month only!  They are all $30 with a $50 purchase, there is  something for everyone so head over to my website and check them out.

OK back to my fathers day cards, here they are:

I used an old paper pack for this one called "It's a Guy Thing", the stamp is from the cloud nine card making kit from January's constant campaign.  I used square durables on the top left corner, colonial white ribbon, and a buckle on the bottom.  It is simple but I think it works!

 This one is going to be from my seven year old son.  I used the same paper as I did on the first one, the stamped image is a stamp of the month from a few months ago, I embellished with round durables and chocolate ribbon.

Last but not least, my ten year old daughters.  She may decide to make her own but just in case I made this one.  The paper is from the Dream Pop paper collection (yes I am finally using up my saved paper)!!! The letters are irresistables, the embellishments are clear shapes, I added washi tape  to the love tag, I thought that was super cute!

I hope you like my cards.  I will be posting another project that I have been working on foe a while tomorrow or the next day, it is a mini book to honor the first two dogs my hubby and I had together.  We lost our boy Rascal in 2011 at age 12 and just lost our precious Rocky on April 1 at age 15!  It was an emotional project, I am proud of how it turned out.  I look forward to many more scrapbook projects that include the two dogs we have now!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Baby!

Hey there!  Hope everybody is having a great day today!  After a slight snow setback yesterday I am happy to report that it looks like spring may actually come to New England this year!  Yay!  

It was my wonderful husband's birthday a few days ago.  I had my usual dilemma when making a card for a guy.  I have so many ideas and sketches that suit girls but always seemed to get stumped when it comes to male cards.  Anyway with the help of my trusty Cuttlebug machine I came up with this:

What red blooded male doesn't love diamond plate?  To do the diamond plate, I simply covered a piece of  cardstock with aluminum duct tape that I "borrowed" from my husbands work truck.  (This is sold in all Home Depot type stores it is used on dryer vents and things like that).  Then I ran the covered piece of cardstock through the cuttlebug with my diamond plate embossing folder and there you have it!  This technique is great for cutting out thin metal tags and accents as well.

Here is a close up of the brads I used to attach the sentiment.  The stamps and cardstock were all from my CTMH stash of course!

That is all I have for now, I hope you like this card and are inspired to go an create something!

Lollydoodle

Hello, I have been off the grid for a bit, it has been crazy around here.  The regular crazy day to day and some unforeseen events have had most of my attention.  I have however been scrapping and card making and have a couple projects to share with you.  If the mobile version of Blogger would have cooperated I would have had these up sooner!  Anyway first thing I want to share is a an adorable card kit from CTMH called Lollydoodle.  This is one of the new paper packs available in the Spring/Summer idea book, I have fallen so in love with this paper and all the possible things you can do with it that I made sure to scoop up the card kit, the scrapbook kit and an extra paper pack!  OK so I admit I am a bit of a paper hoarder.  I have promised myself however that I am going to actually use this paper and not "save" it for a really "special" occassion!  

I cut all the cards using the included cutting guide in the kit.  I changed up some of the sentiments and used some additional stamp sets.  I seem to have a need for Birthday cards and Thank You cards the most so I wanted to add some of those to my stash that were made from this great kit.

These cards are so versatile, the sentiment could definitely be changed to suit you needs.  I love love love the color combinations on these!

Here is a close up of the Thank You card, I used the included stamp set for this one.

Here is one variation of two I used for Happy Birthday cards, this was one that I changed and used one of my birthday stamps instead of the one from the kit.  The background of the sentiment was done simply by inking my clear acrylic block with no stamp on it!  I discovered this technique by accident a while ago and love how it looks, great for this application!

Here I only inked the edges of the sentiment making it slightly different that the one above.

Last but not least "Hello There" using the included stamp set.  Pretty cute huh?

There you have it my cute cards made from the Lollydoodle card kit, if you are interested in picking up one of these great kits be sure and visit my website, or click on the "shop with me" link on the right side of this blog.

Happy Scrapping, see you soon!

Lego Card

I have been dying to make a Lego card!  I have a nephew with an upcoming birthday who is a Lego master, so who better to make this card for!  I had a lot of fun doing it, I used all CTMH cardstock.

My dilemma was what to use to cut out the studs, then I remembered a border punch that I have that cuts a scalloped edge with circles above the scallop, low and behold they were the perfect size for my studs!  After I cut them all out I used the coordinating ink color to ink the edges of all the studs to give it some dimension.

The mini figure is a printable I found on Pinterest, I printed it on white daisy cardstock and colored it in with CTMH alcohol markers.

The sentiment was done with a CTMH birthday stamp and moonstruck ink.

I am pretty happy with the way it turned out, I can't wait to give a stab at another Lego card when my sons birthday comes up in May!

That is all I have for today, thank you so much for stopping by.

The Same but Different

Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  We have a couple of kids birthday parties this weekend and I thought I would share the cards that I made for them.  They are as the title to this post suggests the same but different!  Let me explain, I got my CTMH Lolly Doodle card workshop kit the other day and I can not wait to dig into it and my CTMH LollyDoodle Scrapbooking kit which I also can not wait to dig into later tonight.  I love the cards that are included in the kit, so I decided to use the sketch for one of the cards to make by birthday cards.  I used the same sketch for both but as you will see they are both completely different.
The first card is for my daughters friend who is turning 10 and loves owls:

I used Basic Grey pattern paper and cardstock on a CTMH card base.  I used the You're a Hoot stamp set to stamp the owl, the sentiment was done with the Fringed Phrases stamp set, the heart is from the stamp set that comes in the kit, all of these were stamped with CTMH Gypsy ink.  The border around the owl is from the kits stamp set and was stamped with CTMH Pear ink.  To embellish this card I stamped the arrows with gypsy ink and a stamp from the kit.  A small piece of shimmer trim and purple glitter gems finished off the whole thing.

Here is a close up of the owl and embellishment.  Shimmer Trim is one of the worlds greatest inventions!  

And now for the second card which is for a boy who is turning 3.  I used the same sketch and cutting guide as the first card:

Here I used one of my favorite retired CTMH paper packs, Rough and Tumble.  I stocked up before it retired and think I may have a lifetime supply!  Anybody else guilty of doing things like this?  HAHA!  I kept this card a little more simple, the car embellishment is a sticker from the paper pack that I adhered to cardstock and then cut it out.  I used foam tape to stick it to the card for a little dimension.  The sentiment is from the fringed phrases stamp set, stamped with dutch blue ink, and then I added some buttons just for fun!

That is all for now, be sure and check out my website.  There are lots of great card and scrapbook  workshops on the go that include great sketches that you can use again and again!  I am going to start assembling my Lollydoodle card kit tonight, I will share the finished project with you later!

Happy Friday!

It is finally Friday, we survived the latest snow storm here in the Northeast and I hear there is another one coming tomorrow! sigh!
Today is also Valentines Day, I hope everyone has a very Happy Valentines Day and you get to spend some quality time with the one that you love.  This brings me to the first thing I wanted to share with you today, the Valentine that I made for my Valentine, my wonderful hubby!  When it comes to cards, I typically use a sketch or scraplift and add my own personal touches.  I did something a little different with this one, no sketch and no scraplifting!  Instead I challenged myself to come up with a card that used no more than three different techniques.  What I came up with was a card with two techniques, matting and heat embossing!  Yay for me, here it is:

This card was made using all CTMH products.  The stamp set I used was Hearthrob, the card and mats are made from white daisy and cranberry cardstock.  I used clear embossing powder to emboss the first cranberry mat with a flourish from the stamp set, and silver embossing powder to emboss the top cranberry mat.  

The second thing I have to share is a birthday card I made for my nieces birthday, my family has lots of birthdays in March and April so I figured I would get a head start:

The little princess is turning 5 this year, so I thought it was appropriate that her card have a princess front and center!  The princess was from the Happy Endings stamp set.  I stamped it on white daisy cardstock.  I colored the skin with copics markers and the rest with ctmh exclusive inks alcohol markers.  I used the CTMH birthday stamp for the sentiment.  The patterned paper is and oldie but goodie from CTMH that I stocked up on before it was retired called Day Dream.  I topped it off with color ready ribbon and some clear sparkles, because after all it is all about the bling!  That's it I hope she likes it.

I have one more thing to share with you today, I got my later sk8r picture my life kit from the new spring/summer ctmh catalog and I couldn't wait to use it.  I am telling you, you have to get one of these.  I tried to get into the whole project life thing because I loved the idea of doing something with all those extra pictures that we all take that don't make the traditional scrapbook, but I just wasn't feeling the love!  These new picture my life kits from ctmh are a whole different story, same concept but done so much better!  They all coordinate with ctmh paper packs, they all use the ctmh color pallet they are such good value.  I am going to put these layouts in my traditional scrapbooks to get all those extra pictures in the book!  Here are the layouts I did last night.  

this first one uses the 12 X 12 page as well as one with one of the included memory protector and cards.  I did mat these pictures with some plain project life 4 x 6 cards due to these pictures being an odd size.

One great thing about these kits is there are not a million repeats of the same card designs, so you can make your layout unique.

This is the backside of one of my pages that I haven't completed yet, when I do this layout I can cover some of the cards with pictures and then it will be done!  Very simple very easy! 

Here is the last one.  I can't believe how fast these went together and how great they look!  As I said this is a great way to catch up and to use extra pictures.  

I am going to get a couple more of these kits to have on hand for my daughters scrapbook and the family scrapbook.  

That is all I have for today I hope everyone has a great weekend and a very Happy Valentines Day!

Chow for now!

                                                                       

                                                                   

                                 

Footloose and Fancy Free!

Here I go again, there is no school tomorrow for the kids becasue of yet another snow storm and here I am scrapping the beach!  I used CTMH Footloose paper this layout is for my son's book:

I had a bunch of pictures of this fun day so I added them all using 4 x 12 flipflaps:

thats all I have for tonight, I hope you like my layout!  See you soon!

Birthday Girl

Hello
My daughter is turning 10 tomorrow, I am in complete denial and have been cursing father time all day!  I wanted to share the birthday card that I made for her.  As usual CTMH were my supplies of choice:

I used paper from the Roxie paper pack from CTMH.  I cut the cupcake out with the Artiste cricut cartridge, the words were cut with Artiste as well.  I embellished the frosting with CTMH clear sparkles, of course I had to get some blunt on here!  I wrapped smoothie bakers twine around it and added a black sparkle button. I used a bigger sparkle to dot the "I" and inked all the edged with smoothie ink.

Here is a close up of the bakers twine and button.

Ya gotta love the blunt! LOL!

There it is I hope you like my card.  Hopefully my daughter will like it to!

Until next time Happy Scrapping!

My new favorite thing

Hello!  I finally finished the bracket frame that I was working on.  These are becoming my new favorite thing!  I had a lot of fun working on it.  Hope you like it.

I used the CTMH bracket frame, I covered it with paper from the Roxie Paperpack.  I love this paper!  The flourishes are CTMH small flourishes, the flowers are rolled flowers cut from the Artiste cricut cartridge.  The leaves were cut using the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge.  They were on a branch, I cut out two branches one at 2 inches and one at 2 and a half inches and then trimmed them off the branch.

Here is a close up of the rolled flowers, after you cut them you use a quilling tool to roll them aren't they the cutest thing you have ever seen!

I used the Aspire stamp set to stamp one of my favorite quotes in the whole world!
Now my daughters recital picture can be displayed and showcased!  I hope you like it!
Until next time Happy Scrapping!