Damask Divas Scaredy Cat Blog Hop

Hello there!  Welcome to the September Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Scaredy Cat paper packet.   If you came here from Sarah's blog, then you are in the right place.  If you hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog.

For this blog hop, I made a one-page layout and a card.  For the one-page layout, I used the Cricut Artbooking cartridge, and all of the cuts were made using the "V" key.  The Artbooking cartridge is designed  for scrapbook layouts, in that for each of the keys, you set your cutting size as indicated on the page and then each item on that page will be cut in proportion to the rest of the items to make your layouts easier than ever.   Now you can still use RDS (Real Dial Size) to make your cuts (which I did to cut the fence pieces), but everything else was cut at 11 inches WITHOUT setting to RDS. (I cut the fence pieces....there are 4 pieces all together....at 1.5 inches RDS). 

Artbooking cartridge

12x12 page

I had some scrap pieces of yellow-orange that I glued behind the windows of the haunted house and I sanded the edges as well.  The fence pieces were cut from the houndstooth pattern of cardstock from the Paper Fundamentals Basics cardstock pack. 

For the card, I cut the "Beware" piece from one of the patterned pieces in the paper pack, and the inside of the card has a sticker from the Complements set. I added a half-circle of purple glitter paper for a little extra color.  The scalloped kraft piece is actually the flap cut off of a 6x6 kraft die-cut card and trimmed down a bit. The black cardstock was embossed with the dot embossing folder and then I sanded the top to bring out the white. 

card inside

The following CTMH products were used:

Pear Cardstock

Black cardstock

Cricut Artbooking collection

Paper Fundamentals Basics collection

Purple Glitter Paper

Thistle Exclusive Ink Pad (for sponging edges)

Frightfully Fun stamp set (ghost in doorway)

Thistle diagonal striped ribbon

Dot embossing folder

Scaredy Cat Paper packet

Scaredy Cat Complements

Scaredy Cat Assortment

Mini Stapler

Thanks for taking a look at my projects and enjoy the rest of the hop!

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"Hi" card using Scaredy Cat paper packet

Hello there!!  Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  I had some spare time this afternoon so I spent the afternoon making some projects in my scrap room.  I whipped up this card pretty quickly without any stamping.  The only ink I used was to sponge the edges in Black ink.  The "HI" letters are from the Base & Bling style sheet, because once you make those necklaces or bracelets you have all of these extra letters leftover and you're thinking...what am I gonna do with all these extra letters???  Well here's one way to solve that dilemma.  Just stick them on patterned paper, trim the edges and mat on colored cardstock.  Simple, simple!!   All of the papers are the new Scaredy Cat paper packet and I used a 6x6 Kraft card base.

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August 2014 Stamp of the Month

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Damask Divas Chalk It Up Blog Hop

It's August and you know what that means!!!!  The new Annual Inspirations Idea Book is LIVE!!!  SOOO.......Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Chalk It Up paper pack!  If you came here from Sarah's blog then you are in the right place.  If you've hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog. 

I've seen a new technique all over YouTube and Facebook.......the "masking tape stamping" technique.  So I took a stab at it and made this 5x5in card....which surprisingly went together very quickly!!  Don't you just love the effect?! You simply press a strip of masking tape (must use the blue painter's tape kind, the regular kind is too sticky) across your ink pad and then press it onto your cardstock. Then stamp your sentiment and other designs over that, using black ink.  SO Easy!!!

I hope you have a blast seeing all the great projects with this new paper pack....and an even MORE blast checking out the new Idea Book.  You'll be in awe for days! :)

Close to My Heart products used:

Kraft die-cut card (I cut a 6x6in card down to 5x5in)
Chalk It Up paper
White Daisy cardstock
Glitter Glam stamp set
Exclusive Inks in Lagoon, Sorbet, Flaxen, Champagne & Black

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Radiate Beauty - July Stamp of the Month Circus Alphabet

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July Stamp of the Month "Circus Alphabet"

Happy 4th of July everyone!!  I've had a relatively quiet day at home....except for the neighbors testing their fireworks!  Maybe we'll get a free show from our front porch?? Anyway, since I had some free time today, I spent the afternoon in my scrap room.

I used the My Creations Hip Pics Album, the Free To Be Me paper pack, and the July Stamp of the Month "Circus Alphabet."  You can get this stamp set for $5 with any $50 qualifying purchase, but only until July 31st!  This is any easy album to embellish as little or as much as you want...then just add pictures! I used various other stamp sets to embellish the pages. I colored the title piece using Copic markers. The pages have a slot in the top to put the pictures into the pages.  All products used are Close to My Heart except for the metal arrows (those are Tim Holtz).

Bow is from Ariana Assortment; stamp on right is from Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in Lagoon ink

right page uses Feathers stamp set in Cranberry and Flaxen (new color!!) inks

These pages were stamped using the Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in Cotton Candy, Pacifica, Honey, Cranberry & Topiary inks

Lagoon washi tape & Durables Triangle Studs

Bow is from Ariana assortment

Left page uses Feathers stamp set in Cranberry & Flaxen (new color!!!) inks

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