March Is National Craft Month!!! Graphic 45's Secret Garden with Kim B

Happy National Craft Month everyone!  For the first week of March, the Cutters Creek Design Team will be bringing you a project every day to inspire you to get crafting.  Hopefully we have a good mix of projects that will appeal to all levels and types of crafters.  I will be kicking off the week with a scrapbook page using the newly released Secret Garden by Graphic 45.  So, on to my project!

 

 

I first have to say, this new release is awesome!  I love French Country and Secret Garden by Graphic 45, although Secret Garden was really calling my name.  I used my new favorite subject for my page.  This is Oliver, the kitten I received from my mom for Christmas.  He is approx. 10 weeks old in this photo and one of my favorite photos to date.  (He is now 15 weeks old.)  Since Oliver is a boy, I decided to pick up some of the blue in the patterned paper I chose.  I did the matting using my favorite tool, Perfect Layers (see my coupon code on the right side bar to get a discount!).  I also used some lavender because let's face it, I like girly, girl stuff.  I cut a 4" piece for my border on the left and then I punched a few butterflies with the leftover piece and ran them through my xyron and added crystal glitter to them to tone down the paper a bit and add some bling so it would not take away from my border piece.  I added some pearls to each of them and used micro foam squares to attach them to my layout so they look like they are in flight.  Also, in the right top corner, I used a pocket and tag from the tags and pocket set that came out with this release to do some hidden journaling and inked the edges of both the pocket and tag a bit. 

I used my Perfect Pearls Mist to color some Color Me White Cutters Creek Branded Flowers and then attached some Cutters Creek Branded Micro Roses in purple to them.  I put down some rhinestone flourishes for some more bling!  I also attached one of the chipboard tags from one of the chipboard die cut sets, added some peel offs around the edge of the photo (you can find additional peel off stickers HERE), and then added a pretty blue bow.

I hope you enjoyed my project as I sure enjoyed making it!  Please leave a comment regarding my project and tell our readers what you are doing for National Scrapbook Month.

 

Another Ecstasy Craft Project by Deanna

Isn't this Morehead Ecstasy Craft just the cutest! Kim has some of these in the Ecstasy Craft section of the store and I believe there are new ones still be be loaded to the CHA section so be sure you shop both places. I have for you today a quick Get Well card I made for friend recovering from knee replacement surgery.

My card base is white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. This card is a portrait card. My patterned paper is from the My Minds Eye On the Bright Side One paper pad. I cut the blue mat at 4" X 5 1/4". I then used my Elegant Edges cartridge to cut the mat my Image is sitting on. I cut the shadow and top layer using the Oblong creative feature at 3 1/5". I adhered the mat with some foam tape to my card front.

I put my little kitty together using  the Joy! Foam pads. I strongly recommend that you get at least one package of each of the sizes of these foam pads. They work great with the Ecstasy Craft images for layering. I used some Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to attach my kitty image to the mat.

To dress up my card a bit I used some of the Peel Off Flourishes. The ones I have are gold with an iridescent look to the leaves. Here is a close up of just one of the flourishes.

Aren't they beautiful? And still this picture does not sow of the shimmer and shine of the flourish. You will have to get some for yourself to really see their loveliness.

Flower Soft Peel Off Stickers with Kim B

I find that not all card makers are scrapbooks and not all scrapbookers are card makers, however there is a group of us scrapbookers who love using our supplies and extra scraps and turn them into cards and other paper crafts. I am one of those people. Scrapping is my "thing" and I will never make stunning cards like the cardmakers on my Design Team. Although once in a while, I will knock one out of the park................lol! At first glance, you may think what does this project have to do with Flower Soft Peel Off Stickers. Well, this is one of those cross over projects, that yes, I mostly use my peel off stickers to make cards, but I will also use them in my scrapbooking. (After all, you do get a ton of them on one sheet for a couple of dollars!) And what is a peel off? It is a delicate border sticker! One of the things that I love about peel off stickers is, if you don't get it on straight, you can pick it up and put it back down until it is just so. I sure do hate when I put down stickers and they are not straight. So here is a close up of where I used my peel off stickers:

I just love how that delicate gold peel off sticker sets off my photo and gives a bit of elegance to my double scrapbook page layout. What do you think? Do any of you out there use your peel off stickers in your scrapbooking? I would love to hear from you! 

If you are interested in the peel off stickers that Cutters Creek carries, you can find the ones from Flower Soft ones HERE. Also, we carry peel off stickers from Ecstasy Crafts in the form of sayings and shapes. You can find those HERE & HERE. And one more tip, you can use your copic markers to color your peel off stickers to match your projects!

It's A Flower Soft Christmas with Kim B

For my project, I used two of my most favorite products, Flower Soft & Ecstasy Crafts.  My card base is a 6x6 piece of white cardstock and then I cut a piece of brown cardstock and layered that on top of my card base and then added four cardstock squares to add some interest.  I made that cute koala bear from one of the Ecstasy Crafts decoupage kits and added some gorgeous Polar White to his pom pom and hat detail.  I know it does not convey well in the photo, however Polar White Flower Soft has glitter in it and gives you a beautiful sparkle to where ever you add it, not to mention that fluffy white look.  I used Flower Soft Peel Offs around the edges of the card base and corners in the red squares and then used the Ecstasy Crafts peel offs for my sentiment.  This card is clean and simple and not only the look but also making it.  Both Ecstasy Crafts and Flower Soft products are inexpensive and just make anyone from beginner crafter to the most experience crafter look like a Rock Star!  I hope you love my project!  Please leave me a comment if you like what you see or have any questions.  All these products can be found at Cutters Creek.

Products Used:

Cardstock (from my stash)

Ecstasy Crafts Item #11052345

Polar White Flower Soft

Ecstasy Craft Peel Offs Item #353G

Flower Soft Peel Offs Item #06501333GOL