Happy February! Spruced Up!

Well it is a new year and a new month!  What have you all been working on?  I made a couple of layouts with Close to my Hearts Spruced Up!  My Grandson and I went sledding in our side yard and I got some really great shots.  It was challenging with a 20 month old.  I don't want to say that I hope we get more snow but it would be fun to get out there one more time.  It has bee such a mild winter.  I think my Husband only used Frosty (snow blower) twice so far.

I have to get the photo's printed yet but here are the layouts I did.

On the first one I used Some of the stickers from the sticker sheet you can get with the paper pack.  The wooden snow flakes you can buy with an assorted pack to go with the paper pack.  I used Julep shimmer trim.  The picture mats are Julep and Sangria.  I also used stickles on the snow flakes to make them shimmer like snow.

On the Second one I used some stickers from the paper pack sheet, a couple of PML cards that match the pack and wooden shapes again.  I put some texture paste on the right side of the right page to make it look like snow and I placed the wood house and trees on them.  I painted the trees with the Julep shimmer brush, the snow flakes with the clear shimmer brush and the house I painted with our water brush and espresso ink.  I added texture paste to those pieces too!  I used French Vanilla under Espresso card stock for the mats on this one.

I hope you enjoyed my layouts and will come back and visit soon.  Visit my website for all of the supplies I used here!  paperdivas.ctmh.com.

Have a great day!

Ronda

Every Little Thing!

If you love Purple and butterflies then this paper sweet is for you!  It is so beautiful with the Purple, Black and Julep (color of the year)!  I have had so much fun playing with these products and I'm sure that you would too!  Take a look here:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/retail/search.aspx?searchvalue=Every+Little+Thing.

I would like to share some of the cards I have made with it!  These are Thank you cards that I sent to my customers this month!  I used the PML cards from the set.

This one is a shaker card I made!  I stamped on top of the acetate using Stazon ink.

This one is from the special we had in September called Share the Seasons.  It came with 2 thin cuts and 2 stamp sets.  You can still get them while supplies last with or without the stamp sets here:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12787&ci=14378
It is so much fun to play with!

 On this one I stamped the butterflies in Wisteria on the lighter side of the wisteria paper!

I just love this one using some Sapphire in the paper pack and an old stamp set!  Also using the Thin cut from Share the Seasons which can also be purchased by itself through the year!  Here is the link:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12773&ci=14883.  There is also one with circles.

And then one more using the same thin cut.  You cut away where ever you want to make bigger stamping or embellishing areas!

I really love this one!

That is it for today!  I hope you all have a great week and stay warm!  Happy crafting!

Ronda

PML cards take 2

Today I want to show you a group of cards I made using the PML cards from the Every Little Thing products that we have on sale now through October 31.  To see the entire pack of these cards just scroll a couple of posts back!

I just love how they turned out and it was so quick to do them.  I just used white card bases, trimmed down the PML card to 4 x 5.25 to leave just a little white edge showing.  I used our stitched circle thin cuts to cut out a circle of the Every Day Life paper and then used a smaller size in Wisteria to layer on top with my sentiment on it.  I used a little wisteria ribbon, a bit of Julep velvet ribbon and our Julep Sequins to embellish!  Julep is out color of the year!

To find all of the products used here just visit my website at paperdivas.ctmh.com.

I sure hope you enjoy your day and please follow my blog and visit my website soon!

For the love of paper.  Ronda