Silhouette Cutting

This was my workshop layout for this weekend. I confess, I am REALLY partial to this page and enjoyed putting it together. This is Mari's take on the concept. Let me run it down for you. We used 2 sheets of the floral design paper from the Unforgettable set and 2 sheets of the blue print design paper from the same set. On the left page, the floral was the base. We cut 3 1/2 inches of the blue print and another 1/2 inch of it. We layered the two about 1/2 inch from the left side with the pink side showing on the 1/2 inch strip.

Also on this page, we used part of the floral design page. We cut 3 inches off of the right side of the page and then silhouette cut the branches and flowers. We laid this piece over the blue (5 x 7) mats and the pictures to create an overlay.

We used a couple of silhouetted overlays on the right hand page, too. First, starting at the cut we made before, we cut a silhouette around the flower that we cut through part of, then cut down the stem to the bottom of the page. This cut went into the bottom right corner. After that, we cut alont the large branch on the left hand side of the page and let that section create the left border for the page. Mari added a flip collection using either the CTMH Flip Flaps or clear envelopes and she attached a dated cover to the top of the stack. She added brads and stickease to complete the page including a few extra flowers.

Unforgettable Layout

Don't the off-set pictures on a page draw your eye to them? And it is all about setting up the pictures! In this case, Linda Swisher silhouetted the pictures of her girls. That means she cut closely around them. I know . . . you probably already knew that, but just in case! She then matted the pics onto Ocean cardstock (or at least it looks like ocean) which seems to be matted on a slightly larger rectangle of blush, and finally matted again on more Ocean - this last piece trimmed with deckle trimmer, maybe? I like the effect! The letters were done on her Cricut with some stickease accents and the stripe on the right hand page wass also done with cardstock and stickease. GREAT PAGES! By the way, the Unforgettable sets are all retiring and are on sale at my website, marji.myctmh.com.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! - Don't Tell My MOM!!!

This is my Heart2Heart Challenge entry for this week, but it's also my mom's gift - so don't tell her!

I started with a chipboard base that was 11 x 9 and I covered it with a B&T from the Unforgettable paper pack. The 3x12 inch strip that I cut off, I used as a second layer on the right hand side, after silhouette-cutting it. I also used a different B&T as torn corner accents. I also inked the edges of the tear in Sorbet to highlight it. For the most part, I layered flowers from the base print with punched flowers and our Just Blooms.

Some of the Just blooms I inked to match the paper, and I sponged the edges of most of the punches. I used many different things for the centers including buttons and brads. I used the Hollyhock corduroy covered brads as well as some of the pearl embellishments.

The teal and pink flower is made with 8 circles from our new circle punch. I sponged the edges of the Juniper side of the circle in Juniper and the pink side, I sponged in Hollyhock. I really like the way that turned out, but I wasn't pleased that one of my petals got moved before it dried, so it's a little askew. Still, sometimes the petals have to be overlapped to fit as a flower. I added a chocolate flower from the chocolate mini medley and a square brad from the same set to finish it off.

This last flower was made with 4 circles. For each petal, I folded a circle punch in half and then in half again. I unfolded the punch one time, back to half way and then folded the corners in to the center. Those folds are inportant with this flower so that the ultimate fold can be made. Unfolding it all the way, I collapsed the circle in on itself, folding in the sides until they met in the middle. Once that fold was made, I turned down the edge of the petal, revealing most of the Juniper color and covering most of the Hollyhock that showed on the outside of this petal. I know that's pretty involved, but does it make any sence at all?

This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge is a Mother's Day project - any project. It can be a card or a gift. You can see all the projects at the Heart 2 Heart blog site.