Chantilly Workshops On The Go

 For the June Workshop, we will be using Chantilly Workshop On The Go.  This is one of the two 2-page layouts we will be working on. (If we can get enough interest in these workshops, I will be making a third 2-page layout for us to do)  We will be holding the workshop for this one on Saturday, June 15th at 10:00 AM or on Tuesday June 18th at 10:00 AM or 4:00 PM to try to accommodate peoples' schedules. 

This is the other 2-page layout we will be working on that day.

 

 You may call me at 570-396-3080 to make your order for this workshop, or go directly to my website and join the Chantilly Workshop on the Go Gathering to order your kit directly. Once you are shopping, make sure you order the Scrapbooking Kit (G1053).  If you do a search for Chantilly it will show you all the different items that will go with your kit in case you want to be a little more creative.  :0) 

You may order the kit and do it at your home (make sure you have some matching inks if you like this option)  Or, you can come to Jem's Ice Cream Shoppe on June 15 or 18 and use my inks and blocks to make your pages.  I do ask that you bring your own adhesives to these workshops.  I will have some available there for you to purchase if needed.

Now for the card workshop.

The Chantilly Workshop on the Go Cardmaking Kit comes with a fantastic Birthday Stamp Set and enough cards and envelopes to make 15 Birthday Cards!  Great Deal!  We will be having this workshop at Jem's Ice Cream Shoppe on June 11th at 10:00. (If that time doesn't work for you, let me know and I will try to squeeze you in with one of the scrapbook workshops.)  This one can be done at home too if you like, but remember to have some matching inks available.  You can purchase this one on my page as well, just click on the Chantilly Workshop on the Go Gathering and make sure you order kit G1061.  You may want to do a search of Chantilly to see all the items that would match with this kit, in case you want to make them a little more girlie, I think they're pretty gender neutral in the kit, which works out fabulous for me.

National Scrapbooking Month~~Dream Pop Paper Packet

This dream of a deal is only while supplies last.  Combine it with the May Stamp of the Month, Pinwheel, and you've got an even dreamier deal of over $80 worth of fabulous Close To My Heart product for only $50!  Click here to check it out!

A Time Canvas

This colorful mixed media canvas was made for my Mother for Mother's Day.  Ecclesiastes 3 is one of her favorite passages.

 

I had a lot of fun doing this one, lots of messiness.  I took a couple of pictures to sort of show the process, but then the creativity took over and I completely forgot about the camera till the end, sorry.

 

 I started out with a blank 12"x12" canvas and added a layer of gesso (Golden) for a base.  I then added the sheet music.  Here's a good link to show how to print on tissue paper.  I used Mod Podge to adhere it down.

 Next came the butterflies,  I used a Heidi Swapp mask that I just got at Michael's.  I used Golden Modeling Paste for the butterflies.

 Next came tons of color, my Mom loves lots of color.  I used tattered angels patina and pink lemonade. As well as some of Heidi Swapp's new color shines, Mustard and Peach.  Then I added some more gesso to tone down some of the brightness.  I also added some of Tim Holtz new distress paint, mustard seed, to the butterflies, but then used some color shine on top, so I'm not sure if you can see it all that well.

Here's where I had some fun and skipped a lot of pics I did add some more mask painting with Ranger acrylic paint, shell pink.

 The flowers are some old Prima flowers that were gesso'd and then sprayed with patina, and then gesso'd again, lol.  Then to give a little more sparkle, I added some distress Denim stickles to them.  The violinist and trumpet player are stamps from Close To My Heart, Sweet Music.  I used Chocolate ink, and then some copper stickles on the edges.  I used some cheese cloth sprayed with Heidi Swapp's Mustard Color Shine behind the flowers and some lace from my stash.  The little metal curly-q's are from my stash too, not sure which company.  The little glass bottle is from Tim Holtz and it has the Title of the sheet music written in it.  "It Is Well, With My Soul". 

 The tag was cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge on some retired Close to My Heart Garden Green Cardstock.  It's distressed with the shell pink acrylic paint, and the mustard seed distress paint.  The stamps are from that same Close To My Heart stamp set, Sweet Music,  It's retiring soon, so you'll want to get it while you can.

The butterflies were all cut with the Artiste cartridge.  The brown one was painted with Ranger's Vintage Photo distress crackle paint and then some Distress Stickles on top.  The pink and yellow butterflies were colored by the new Distress mustard seed paint and the pink lemonade tattered angels spray.  I puddled the distress paint and sprayed it.  Then swiped the butterflies through the puddle, I love how they came out.  I also added some distress stickles to them as well. 

For the bottom line of piano keys, I used that same Close To My Heart Stamp set, Sweet Music.  Yes, it comes with quite a few gorgeous stamps.  the verse was printed on my computer then I cut it apart and distressed all the edges with the Close To My Heart edge distresser tool, then used my sponge daubers and some Close To My Heart Blush ink on them.  I think that was about all.  If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below.  Thank you.

Quotable Thursday

A sweet poem for Mother's Day.  I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day with your loved ones.

Once upon a memory,

Someone wiped away a tear,

Held me close and loved me.

Thank you Mother dear.

~~Unknown

Perfect Fit For Mother's Day and Father's Day!

I absolutely love the ideas in this video!  Those little mustaches are adorable!

Quotable Thursday~~

 Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. ~~ C.S. Lewis

May's Pinwheel Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is Pinwheel, a set of 10 stamps.  If you have come here from Kim's Blog, Creative Hands and Hearts, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

The Pinwheel stamp set is very whimsical, and a lot of fun. I combined it with this months special Dream Pop Paper with more fun and vibrant colors.

 I made what is called a sidestep card, it's a little tricky, but I love how you can stand it up and display it.  Perfect for all my lovely pinwheels. 

 I didn't use my Artiste Cricut cartridge to cut these because it basically cuts out the shape of the stamp.  I wanted to make them more 3-D to pop on the card.  It's actually pretty simple to do, instead of fussy cutting the shape, you simply cut it in a square.

 I used Cotton Candy on the back of CTMH's Silver Glitter paper.  I did have to use my heat gun on this to dry the ink because the back is a little glossy like.  I wasn't expecting that step, but otherwise it would have smeared some.

 I cut out the square around the pinwheel stamp.

 Next I cut in diagonally from each corner, and then I used my paper piercer to make a little hole in the middle and each of the blank corners.

 Then I used a brad entered in on the glitter side and curled the paper corner to the middle.  I continued this with each of the 4 corners.

 Next I put the brad through the middle hole to make a total of five layers for that tiny little brad.  No, I'm not perfect, one of my corners did tear :0(  No problem though, I just cut a tiny piece of a glue dot and put it over the entire corner and stuck my brad through anyway.  It seems to be holding just fine  :0)

And here you can see my little pinwheel in place.

I hope you enjoyed my cute little card, be sure to leave a comment :0)

Now "Hop" on over to Judy Faye's Place to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the May SOTM is only available until May 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for only $5.