CTMH Technique Blog Hop - In Love with Vellum

Welcome friends to the CTMH Techniques Blog Hop for February 2018 featuring all we need to know about VELLUM! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying the inspiration found at each of the nine blogs that are participating in this Hop. Every participating consultant brings something different to the crafty venue in hopes of educating and inspiring you! 

SHOW and TELL with MICHELLE

was your previous stop on the Hop. 

I've been in love with the uses of vellum in Cardmaking and scrapbooking for many years. Incorporating vellum into your projects is pretty simple and yet timeless and fun. 

Let's get to the pictures, shall we?!

First, as always, a scrapbook page. 

I used the piece of vellum to give an offset area behind the pictures and lighten up a small portion of the patterned paper that was used as the background. 

The title is stamped directly onto the vellum using Saphire ink and I used my handwriting for the brief journaling. The title is a stamp from A New Adventure (stamp set of 9) on page 63 of the Annual Inspirations catalog. 

Two notes.

1. Everyone worries about how to secure the vellum in a way that doesn't allow the adhesive to show through. My first choice option is always to create a layer that leaves a hidden area so that the adhesive can be applied under some other element. 

2. Vellum is a fantastic medium for handwritten journaling because you can easily lay it over a sheet of lined notebook paper and write your journaling using the lines to keep everything straight and well-aligned. 

When you're done, simply slide the notebook paper out from under the vellum. 

I'm in love with stars lately and this outlined star image has been getting quiet a lot of use in my projects. It comes to us from a cute stamp set from the Stargazer product suite. 

The Stargazer Suite can 

can be seen here!

I have some young friends who will be graduating from high school in just a few months so I've started working on graduation cards. 

The "reach for the stars" sentiment is another stamp from A New Adventure. 

When using vellum on a card, sometimes the easiest way to attach it is to cut it with extra length and wrap the ends around to the back and secure there, like you probably also do when using ribbon.

I stamped the background using the Constellations stamp set--see Constellations Here. 

For the sentiment, I combined two sentiments from two sets--A New Adventure and Many Congratulations (found on page 56 of the Annual Inspiration catalog) and can be  SEEN HERE. 

For the above card, I used vellum for the card base. (Can you tell? It kinda looks like a gray cardstock.) The key to getting a crisp fold with vellum is scoring. Be sure to score before folding and crease with a bone folder. 

I used quite a few Bitty Sparkles in these projects but they are tricky to photograph. You can never go wrong with bling...am I right?! 

Vellum! There really are so many wonderful crafty qualities about it. You can shop for 12x12 sheets of vellum. RIGHT HERE. 

Thanks for hopping by. The next stop on the February Technique Blog Hop is PAPERCRAFTING WITH REBECCA. by Rebecca Coombs. Enjoy!

Until next time,

--Sarah

Big Bold Flowers

I don't know about you, but I find big bold floral stamps so happy and easy to use! Pair a bold ink color with a big flower and you have all the ingredients for a snappy set of cards. A bold flower grabs attention! 

The Chelsea Garden Scrapbooking set from Close to my Heart has a couple of big bold flowers in it and I'm loving them! I used the full flower with Glacier ink to make a few cards this week. 

Here's the Chelsea Garden Scrapbooking stamp set, available for purchase here! 

By changing up think color, this stamp set could be good for many occasions. I'm seeing it in pink and purple for Easter, red for Independence Day, and a golden yellow for fall! Lots of potential here.

Until next time,

Sarah

CTMH Stamp of the Month - Sunny Thoughts

Welcome friends to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for February 2018 featuring the lovely Sunny Thoughts stamp set! 

I appreciate you hopping by--this is my first time to participate in the Stamp of the Month Hop. 

This is the Sunny Thoughts stamp set:

Sunny Thoughts (a set of 11 photopolymer stamps) can be yours for just $5 if you place a $50 order during the month of February at my CTMH site. GO SHOPPING HERE! 

I'm sure you enjoyed your stop at Carol Taggio's blog! 

For the Hop, I created a scrapbook page featuring the medallion from the set as the title of my page and papers from the Stargazer Collection. 

Although it's not obvious from the pictures, these photos were taken in the summer while school was out and I wanted that to be reflected in the page. The sun is made using a circle and a bunch of die cut Vs from the Block Alphabet set. There's a slight pattern on the paper from the Stargazer Collection.

These are some of those everyday kind of pictures that I really like to scrapbook. Nothing monumental or earth-shattering here...just ordinary days and little details of life I want to remember. Little boys doing little boy things with fantastic, little boy spirit. 

So your next stop on the Hop is the Blog of Priscilla Gotham. 

To see the entire list of participating blogs, go to Melinda Everitt's blog! 

Thanks for stopping by. See you again soon!

--Sarah