H2H Challenge: Tag, You're It!

Hello! This is my third challenge this month as the guest designer at the H2H Challenge Blog, and it's a fun one called: Tag, You're It! I decided to make a trio of spring time tags that I can use on gifts or even put it on a card.

I used the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the tag and decorative layer from page 50 at 4" out of the beautiful new Chantilly papers. I also cut the flourish from page 50 at 1", and from page 51 I cut the bird and wing out at 1 3/4".

The bird and tag were cut out of Buttercup Cardstock which comes with the Chantilly Paper Packet.  I then used the Universal Backgrounds stamp to add the woodgrain image on the tag and the written words image on the bird with Buttercup ink for a tone on tone look that adds some extra dimension.

I then inked the tag layer with Cotton Candy ink, and added my two favorite accessories: Shimmer Trim and Zipper Lace!  I used 3-D Foam Tape to adhere the layer to the tag.

I then added the flourish to this layered piece.

For the bird, I added a Bitty Sparkle for the eye, and added the wing with 3-D Foam Tape.

I added the bird on top of the flourish with 3-D Foam Tape, and adhered a Trinkets Wooden butterfly shape to the top. Below the bird I added a clear acrylix flower and put some green glitz glitter gel in the center.

The final touch was to add a strip of the green Chantilly Textiles to the top of the tag.

I hope you're inspired to play along with this week's H2H Challenge....Tag, You're It!

Happy Crafting! 

H2H Challenge: Love Is in the Air

I am excited to be the February guest designer over at the H2H Challenge blog, and today I'm sharing my project for this week's challenge: Love Is in the Air. Since Valentine's Day is just a few days away, this was a great time to make a card for my wonderful hubby!

I've been obsessed over the adorable new Mini Clothes Pins from CTMH and couldn't wait to find a way to use them in a project! 

I'm also trying out the trendy 'Polaroid' style that I've seen all over Pinterest.  I put a scrap piece of White Daisy Cardstock into my Cricut and cut a 3 1/4" square from Artiste, page 48.

Then I trimmed around the negative space to make the Polaroid shape. So easy!

Next, I cut the heart shapes from Artiste, page 71, at 1 1/4" and 1".

Here are all the pieces I used to put the card together.

I covered the heart layer with some Chantilly Textile by adhering it to the backside of the fabric and then cutting around it with my super sharp CTMH Micro-Tip Scissors.

I added some Pink Sparkles, and then layered it onto the base piece.

Next, I used my CTMH Piercing Tool  to poke holes in the Polaroid shape for my Red Brads (on sale now for only $1.50!) and strung my Baker's Twine to hang across the opening, and stamped my sentiment on the bottom. I then adhered 3-D Foam Tape around the back of this piece.

Once I layered all the pieces together, I just had to clip my little fabric heart to the twine with the clothes pin and it's done!

I hope you'll play along with the H2H Challenge this week!

Happy Crafting!

H2H Challenge: Home Decor

Hello! Today I'm happy to share my project from the H2H Challenge Blog which is Home Decor this week. I've been looking forward to making a topiary with our new Textiles, and this challenge was the perfect fit for it. Here is how it turned out:

 Isn't that fun?! Plus it's pretty easy to make. I used a 3" round smooth foam ball, a wooden skewer, and a small ceramic pot from Michael's. But the star of the show has to be the awesome Chantilly Textiles, I love them! They are very light and easy to cut and use for all your paper crafts and projects.

I cut out yellow squares approximately 1" and pink squares about 1 1/2" out of the textiles. You'll need a lot of these, but I just cut more as I went on until the ball was completely covered. I used my Inscriblio tool to push the square into the foam since it has a small ball at the tip and didn't push all the way through the fabric.

You could also use an embossing stylus, but I couldn't find mine (lol)! Simply place a square onto the foam ball, and push it into the foam with your stylus!

Continue doing this and space out the larger pink squares into flower clusters and then fill in the space around them with the smaller yellow squares.

Add the wooden skewer to serve as the stem, and wrap a strip of the green fabric around it by using strong double sided tape at the top and the bottom. Tie a strip of the green fabric into a bow on the stem to make the "leaves".

Add foam to the bottom of the pot, and stick the stem into this for stability. Add some candy hearts to make it festive! The final touches include this fun little butterfly at the top.

Now we'll get to use our Cricut by cutting out the butterfly from page 58 of the Artiste booklet. I used the light pink paper from the beautiful new Chantilly Paper Packet and cut it out at 1 1/2".  I got some of my pink craft wire, and cut a piece and twisted it together from the middle but left the ends separated to make the antennae.

On the back side, I used a strong double sided tape to attach the wire which will also be used to attach it to the foam ball.

I embellished the front of the butterfly with some Bitty Pearls. Cute, huh?

The last step is to cut Valentine from page 72 of the Artiste booklet at 1 1/4" and adhere it to the front of the pot. For this, I used the dark pink paper from the same Chantilly Paper Packet.

Once Valentine's Day is over, I can easily remove the candy and Valentine sentiment and replace it with some mini eggs and attach "Spring" or "Happy Easter" to the front! So versatile, and easy, what do you think?

I hope you enjoyed my project and that you're inspired to play along with the H2H Home Decor Challenge! You can shop HERE if you want some of these awesome new textiles to play with.

Happy Crafting!