CTMH Tropical Nature

I have several crafting supplies I no longer need or which no longer interests me. Thought I would use them one more time and then sell them on ebay.

Here's the first card.

And the second card.

CTMH Tropical Nature, a set of 6 stamps

My favorite month of the year is January.  Right after the hustle and bustle of the holidays, January is a time for me to relax, spring clean and enjoy the quietness after the storm!!!

Card Share 2

More cards with the same CTMH paper samples.   The left card was using leftover scraps from the other cards.  I embossed some goldrush cardstock and added the prima flower, button and sentiment.   The right card uses some of the striped paper from the paer set so looks pieces without the work.  The chocolate square is embossed.  Added gingham ribbon, prima flower and a paper button cut with Martha Stewart punch (thanks, Brenda, for letting me borrow your punch!).

Enjoy!   Karen

Card Share 1

I had the opportunity to craft with friends again and completed more cards with my CTMH B&T samples.   I got eight cards out of those six 6x6" paper samples (plus cardstock, card bases and embellishments).  Here are my first two cards.

The embellishments on these cards were actually from a swap I did six or seven years ago.  I always thought they were pretty but never used them b/c I don't scrap a lot with purple, olive and gold.  But they were a perfect color match for this CTMH paper so the cards were super easy.

Enjoy!  Karen

Card Share 3

These two cards I will be giving to my Mother.  I make cards for my Mother to give to family and friends.  She doesn't like lumpy or hard embellishment because the postal machines tear the cards.  So the buttons on these cards are made with my friend Brenda's Martha Steward button punch.  I might have to get one of these!   More scraps on right card.  Same set of sample CTMH papers.

Tomorrow will be my last post from this paper line.  Guess I need to get busy of my next set of papers (I've been sewing lately and not card making).

Enjoy!   Karen

Card Share - final two

These are the final two cards that I made using my samples from the CTMH Animal Crackers line.  Would you believe that I made all eight cards using six different patterns of 6x6" papers?  I included card bases and some coordinating cardstock.  I thought that was a great number of cards from so little paper.  And when I think of how many different sets of paper samples I have, I'll be making cards forever!



I decided I needed to make some real baby cards with this line.  I have one pregnant friend that will be having a shower in a few months and it's always good to have a few cards on hand.   I love the jungle animal themed paper the best so I didn't do much to the card - just added a really old CTMH sentiment and some twill ribbon.  On the second card, used same sentiment and my trusty old Martha Steward border punch and bling.

Enjoy!  I hope to have more cards completed with my next line of CTMH papers in the next week or so.   

Card Share - two more

Two more from the CTMH Animal Crackers line (hope you aren't getting tired of them).  As you can tell, I'm still using my Cuttlebug embossing templates. 

On the first card, the blue square is embossed with birthday sayings from Cuttlebug. The sentiment is CTMH.  The stars border is some felt in my stash, along with a prima flower and misc. button.

On the second, I utilized a felt scalloped border and flower.  I used scraps from the CTMH papers.

Enjoy!

Card Share - More Animal Crackers

This set of CTMH papers is quite versatile.  Bright and cheery, it was designed for kids cards and layouts.  I think it works well for general birthday and thank you cards also.

First card is color blocked with scraps from the CTMH Animal Crackers line.  I added an embossed square and stamped sentiment (CTMH).  The chipboard flower is from the Forest Friends set at Michaels.  

For the second card, I used a Martha Stewart border punch, bling and an Cuttlebug embossing folder (red square).  Sentiment is CTMH, using SU punch.

Enjoy - will have more to come.

Card Share - Animal Crackers

Until recently, I was a CTMH consultant.  I have a number of the little booklets of CTMH paper samples that were used for showings.  Since I'm not showing anymore, I decided to use the papers to make some cards.   So, today and over the next few days I will be showing cards made with the CTMH line called "Animal Crackers".

Following are two quick cards.  On the first card, the green spot is actually embossed cardstock bearing birthday greetings (didn't show up well).   The flower is prima and the felt lady bug was in my stash.   On the second card, I incorporated a Martha Steward border punch and SU sentiment.

More cards to follow this week.