CTMH Flip Flaps & Lucy!

I loved being able to play with the Lucy paper pack to create this layout of my daughter, Mandy, being crowned Miss Cibolo!  The papers are so feminine and having the crowns mixed in with all the flowers was a perfect touch!

This is how my 2-page layout sits in the album...but of course with all the pictures from the scholarship pageant plus the crowning, I knew I was going to need more pages!

This is the left page, closed.

 The left page of the layout, fully opened, with 2 - 12" Flip Flap additions!  

I cut this bling sparkle flourish so that it could lay across the 2 - 12" Flip Flap pieces and when closed look like it's a single page!

I specifically designed this page so the crown would be visible and prominent...so of course a little extra bling ensures it would pop!

 Here's a close-up of the right page...the top portion opens up using a Close to My Heart 12" Flip Flap.

Heres the right side with the top flipped up...the family coming up to congratulate Mandy on her win!  The boys like to refer to her as "Miss Cibolo" around the house...so funny!  "Good Morning Miss Cibolo", "Dinners Ready Miss Cibolo"...they crack me up!!

 

Our Lucy Glitter Rub-ons (X7149C), with a little "bling" added with our Bitty Buds Assortment (Z1690) and our clear sparkles (Z1104)!

And one of my new favorites...our sparkle flourishes (Z1708)...a quick and easy way to add decorative bling to any project!!

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Lucy Cricut Art Philosophy Cards & What-nots

With over 700 different shapes to play with, you really cannot run out of creativity or ideas with our fabulous Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge!  (Did I mention we have over 45 coordinating stamp sets to go with these 700 shapes?)

So after creating my Lucy layouts and mini-banner, I decided to start playing with the cricut for some ideas and came up with a couple that were fun and easy!

I love the shape of this card, it screams unique, playful and feminine all at once!  Being able to create paper 3-D flowers using the same paper with my cards makes it so easy to coordinate and decorate!  I've added a bit of our swirly flourishes with our NEW Sparkle Flourishes (Z1708), combined with the cricut paper flowers and some extra bling...I think this card turned out quite adorable!

I used some of my remaining Lucy Glittery Rub-ons to add some extra detail to my little 3-D Cricut Heart pocket, so easy to tuck a little gift card, some treats and makes a perfect little "thinking of you" gift!

 Not only does the Lucy Workshop on the Go stamp set have some great flowers and butterflies, it also has some wonderful sentiments!  The glittery button from our Bohemian Assortment (Z1687) along with a big bling button from our Bling Assortment (Z1466) and some 3D foam tape to make the card pop!!

This little pin was a fun stretch for my little brain...so I was happily surprised with the end results and being able to use up some of my scrap papers and extra embellishments to finish it off!!

CTMH Mini Banner - Lucy

I love being able to create 3-D items: banners, boxes, mini-albums and more.  But, I have to admit, I don't much care for trying to file and trim in an attempt to make the paper match the chipboard.  So that fully puts me in L~O~V~E with our new My Creations Mini Banner (Z1736) as it coordinates with our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge making the creation of this little banner super easy!!

Playing with Lucy gives me all kinds of fun embellishments that can be added for a little pizzazz!!  The silver mesh flowers are from our Bitty Buds Assortment (Z1690) with ribbon, buttons and metal embellishments from our Smoothie Mini Medley collection (Z1697)!

The butterflies were of course cut using our Art Philosophy cartridge and stamped with the Lucy Workshop on the Go (G1034) stamp set and the glitter acrylic flowers are also from our Bitty Buds collection!

The paper flowers, both small and large, came from our Paradise Paper Flowers (Z1710), a collection of 68 flowers in 4 styles ranging from 3/4" to 2 1/2" in Lagoon, Creme Brûlée, Smoothie and Sunset colors!  They beautifully go with our Lucy AND Footloose collections, providing tons of versatility and lots of creativity!

CTMH Workshops on the Go: Lucy

WOW, time truly flies by if you so much as blink your eyes!  

We just celebrated my baby girls 18th birthday, unbelievable!

Since she was a tiny little thing, she has always amazed us and continues to make us proud of her every day!  As soon as I opened this Lucy paper pack, I knew Mandy would love it...all the pinks and girlie papers without looking like she's 3 years old (which is where I tried to keep her!)

This layout provided a beautiful way for me to capture some of her "pre-senior" pictures and record some of the amazing accomplishments she has had this year alone.

The Lucy Workshop on the Go is one of our Cricut Art Philosophy (Z1686) coordinating sets, so the butterflies and flowers were a snap to add to this layout, as I only needed to cut them out with my Cricut, then stamp and adhere!  Such a wonderful way to add extra detail to a project!

Of course, being able to add a bit of extra glitz and bling is always fun, so I included the new Lucy Complements Glittery Rub-ons and the Bitty Sparkles, both included in the Lucy Workshop on the Go (G1034)!!

 The glittery crowns are from the Lucy Rub-ons and a few bitty sparkles to give a little extra dimension!

CTMH Workshops on the Go: Victory Bonus Layout

We have us some Rough n Tumble boys...love the outdoors and everything BOY!  So we went for a family fishing excursion (last year).  I won't bore you with all the silly stories and details that went along with it...but thankfully, we did actually manage to catch some catfish and boy were they YUMMY!  I took so many pictures, I kept procrastinating scrapbooking them...having to ween them down to just a few?

But with our new Victory Collection, I couldn't wait to jump in and play with these photos...maybe it was fate, that's why I hadn't scrapbooked them before (or I'm just really good at justifying my procrastination!)

 Fortunately, more flip flaps to the rescue!  I was finally able to scrapbook our Fishing pictures, woohoo!

Victory Cards and More!

Once I complete my layouts, I always have a pile of scraps leftover...and waste not, want not!  So I dug up some of these extra acrylic pieces left over from a Mix n Mingle Project (Z1334) and created little Pride Plaques for my boys!

If you haven't already gotten it, can I just say how FABULOUS our Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge is?  CTMH has made so many fabulous new products that coordinate with the shapes on the cartridge AND, you can even look back at some of our "pre-Cricut" products and find they match as well!  Just like the Mix N Mingle pieces below, I was able to find shapes to match and cut them on the Cricut...add a little glue, and wallah, I have a finished project!

 The cork shapes, "Local Legend" and "Triumph" are part of our Tough Tags (Z1692) collection, self-adhesive and ready to go!  I kept a small piece of the backing on the left side of the tag since I had it hanging over the side, that way "sticky" isn't exposed.  Another option is to dust it with baby powder to get rid of the exposed sticky!

Now for the cards...quick and easy!  I used our new Durables Studs Square Assortment (Z1705) which includes 2 sizes in both pewter and antiqued gold, for only $3.95!!  Also, some of our twine and the Evergreen Cork Shapes (Z1719) to add a little texture.  Just stamp right on them and they're ready to go!!!

The leather accent circle is also from our Tough Tags collection!  So many cool pieces!!

Gotta play with the Cricut a little more, so created this little box and card, cut direct from the cricut then lightly embellish!  These are the last 2 of the Tough Tag shapes (so 5 of the 6 on this post and the 6th one was used on the top of the Card Box in my previous post).

Another Binder Clip, to close the treat box, a little twine and a zip strip!  All remnants just waiting to be used...I love coming up with cute things out of scraps!!

Victory Card Box

Our My Creations Card Boxes (Z1647) have been so popular, for storing and gifting cards, photos, mini-albums and so much more...the creativity and possibilities are endless!

While playing with the Victory collection, I created several cards and decided a Card Box would be an appropriate match to this collection!

 Our new Tough Tags Assortment (Z1692) is a great companion to the Victory papers and includes a medley of textures, making it really easy to create artwork with different effects!  On this box, I used one of the canvas tags, which are fully self-adhesive.  I was able to take advantage of the adhesive on the tag and use it to attach one of our new Binder Clip Foundry Accessories (Z1711).  So the binder clip looks like it's hold the tag, but in reality, it's the adhesive on the tag holding the Binder clip!

Our new Pewter Badge Buttons (Z1704) became a quick favorite!  And don't be like me...I thought they were part of our designer brad collections, but nope...these awesome embellies are self-adhesive, making it an easy add-on to the front of my card box!

I also mixed in some of our Victory Stickease shapes and for an extra bit of texture, used a cork star from our new Evergreen Cork Shapes (Z1719).  To add a little something, I also used our Ruler and Piercing Tool to add a frame of holes along the border.  And don't forget our fabulous Zip Strips that are included on the top of each of our patterned papers, the green "ribbon" look around the box is actually a Zip Strip cut from the top of a Victory Paper!

CTMH Workshops on the Go: Victory

I jumped right into playing with this new kit...love the colors and I already had several events I knew I would use this collection to capture!

For starters, I completed the Workshop on the Go Layout, with a few minor changes...mostly the Title and adding some Flip Flaps so I wouldn't have to cut back on the number of photos I wanted to use!

Our friend, Gino (founder of Tomorrow's Hunter, a non-profit organization), gave our boys their first lesson in shooting a gun!  They absolutely loved it and thankfully, hubby snapped almost 100 photos of their lessons!  YEAH, tons for me to play with!!

Have I mentioned how much I love our Flip Flaps?  The ability to add plenty of photos without making the layout cluttered or busy, the versatility of them and not to mention the fabulously low price point!  Gotta have my flip flaps...AND stay tuned, Close to My Heart just introduced NEW 6x6 Flip Flaps...I'll be playing with those soon!!