Totally Buggin- Sketches In Thyme

Hello! I have a new layout to share that I was able to complete over the weekend. I started with this sketch from Sketches In Thyme:

I rotated the sketch to accomodate my vertical 4x6 photo. The other two columns were adjusted slightly for the sizes of my photos. Instead of the arrows, I cut some bugs with my Cricut. Before attaching them to my layout, I used my sewing machine to add some wavy stitching. I also used my Cricut for the title. I used a couple of journaling stickers. I finished off the page with some red Nuvo Drops.

 

Sacrament Cards

Hello again! I have a few more cards to share today. I am part of the card ministry at my church and I was asked to make cards for the people receiving sacraments of initiation at Easter. I put my Cricut to work on these cards!

First up are cards for people who are receiving both First Communion and Confirmation. This cut is perfect for this with the dove and the bread and chalice. I cut the background out of watercolor paper and did the smooshing techinique with yellow, orange and red Distress Inks. As that was drying, I cut the rest of the layers. I then assembled everything. The rest of the card was pretty simple- a patterned paper background and a stamped and heat embossed sentiment on vellum that I wrapped around the bottom of the card.

I made a couple of cards for people who are receiving Baptism, First Communion, and Confirmation. I just copied the card in this post I made for my nephew earlier this year because I liked the design.

I also made a card for someone who is just receiving First Communion. For this one, I cut a chalice and a circle that I scored a cross into the center of. For the background, I dry embossed and sanded some Core-dinations whitewash cardstock. I edged the piece with some gold ink. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed on some vellum and layered under the chalice.

 

May Calendar Page

Hello all! I have my May calendar page today. I used this sketch from Lasting Memories because I worked best with the photos I had:

I divided some of the photo spots into smaller spots so I could get more photos on my page. I used a new collection of paper I found at my local scrapbook store from a company called Paper Rose out of Australia. The colors and designs are so beautiful, I look forward to using this one more! I used strips of cardstock for my journaling. For the title, I used my Cricut. I had a scrap of paper that I had done the smooshing technique on with colors that worked with the colors of the papers on my layout, so I cut "May" from that and found coordinating cardstock for the flowers. This collection has a die cut butterfly pack, so I used some of those to scatter around my page. I decided a couple of the clusters needed a little more, so I splattered some yellow and orange ink on the background. I finished things off with some washi tape and enamel dots.

 

Cards- Using Up Scraps

Hi all! Earlier this week I sat down to create some birthday cards for the month ahead. I decided to pull out my folder of scraps and work with those. For my first card, I started with this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

As I was going through my scraps, I found I had a lot of strips, so I decided to use some of those for the background. Then I used a couple rectangular scraps over the top. I punched the flower from a cardstock scrap and inked the edges for some dimension. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a scrap of vellum and adhered that to my card. I finished things off with some black dimensional paint.

 

For my next card, I had the three pieces of floral paper. I needed something the fill in the center of the card, so I found a scrap of coordinating cardstock to trim down. I edged my background pieces with black ink and adhered them down. I cut the word "birthday" with my Cricut. I stamped "happy" on a scrap of white cardstock and added the cut word below it. "Happy" wasn's fully centered, so I added a small flower stamp to balance it. I edged this piece as well with black ink. I finished this card off with some sequins.

Next, I made a card for one of my nieces. I found this fun cut so I started there. Since that took up most of the card front, I just needed to come up with a background. I pulled out this dot circle stamp (this is definitely a favorite) and stamped and heat embossed it in white on white cardstock. I then inked the whole background with Salty Ocean Distress ink. I glued down the cut pieces. The cut just had holes for the eyes, so I pulled out some googly eyes to add to it. It still needed a little something, so I fussy cut the ladybugs from a border strip in my scrap folder.

For my last card, I started with a strip with the birds on the line. I searched up a cut that said "A little birdie told me...". I cut  the background panel from dot cardstock and layered the bird strips and a slim strip of red plaid over it. I then glued down my sentiment. I finished this card off in the inside with cut words that said "You're 3."

April Calendar Page- Stick It Down

Hi all! I have my April calendar page to share today! I used the March Double page sketch from Stick It Down:

I had lots more photos, so I made them all 3x3 squares and rounded the corners instead of cutting them as circles. I then fussy cut some flowers and used a circle cutter to cut some circles from coordinating patterned paper to layer under the photos. I cut a sheet of the butterfly patterned paper in half diagonally and arranged my photos along the edge. I used my Cricut to cut the title. I used a chunk of lined patterned paper for my journaling block. I wanted a little texture on my cardstock background, so I splattered some teal, pink, and purple inks on it before adhering my title and journaling. I embellished the page with some puffy stickers. I also added a fussy cut butterfly to the title to bring the butterflies to that part of the layout.