Pinterest!

Yikes, do you have a pinterest account and love everything?  I do.  I have found tons of cute little girl skirts, fabulous scrapbook layouts, my dream home, and tons of quilt patterns.  Well, in all of the pinning I have done, I have decided, it is time to start making something that I have pinned!  In reading a blog today,  I discovered that I need to start bookmarking and making note of where I find things.  In the blog www.every-little-day.blogspot.com, I found a link of 25 different cute skirts - dated 8-27-2011.


Well, I would like to make some of these skirts, so I need to start printing out instructions on how to make them.  I am going to the quilting store in a week and need measurements for all of the fabric.  Looks like I am going to be pretty busy!

 

Studio J - Love Your Layout - 3 - by CTMH

Dino - Mite Pages

Don't know how to make a girl page and a boy page using only one stamp set - watch this video and it will show you how!

It's Here!

Yeah, the new Close to my Heart Spring/Summer 2012 catalog is live!  OMG!  I love all of the papers in the catalog.  I think the papers in this catalog are my favorite so far.  Wait - have I said that before?  I don't know, but I do know, that I do love all of the new papers this time.  I have to pace myself on ordering, or I just might order it all!  YIKES!

Shop on my website, today:  www.ctmh.com/elissa

Studio J - I am a sucker

This is the sweetest layout made in a matter of minutes on the computer, using our FREE to play Studio J.  Click here or www.ctmh.com/elissa and start making your Studio J memories today!

12" × 12" A Sucker for Anything Sweet Layout

Kit: Lucy
Pattern: Monologue™
Photos: 1 horizontal, 1 vertical, 2 square

Colors:  Blush  Colonial White  Crème Brulee  Desert Sand  Sweet Leaf

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Technique

• Converting a photo well to a text well
• Changing a mat from cardstock to B&T paper

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Preparation

1. Select Lucy kit.
2. Select Monologue™ pattern.
3. Select Kit Mix 5.

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Putting the Layout Together

1. Change Blush cardstock to Desert Sand cardstock.
2. Change large floral B&T paper to Colonial White cardstock.
3. Drop pink lace B&T paper onto Grey Flannel cardstock; change color to Desert Sand.
4. Change rightmost photo well to text well and change background to Desert Sand. Add 1/2" mat and drop pink lace B&T paper onto mat; change color to Desert Sand.
5. Delete journaling well on left page.
6. Drop photos into photo wells.

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Finishing Touches

1. Change color of toggle accents as follows:
   • ribbon to Blush
   • photo turns, brads, and buttons to Crème Brulee
   • button threads to Colonial White
2. Add the following My Stickease images to left page, resizing, rotating, and cropping as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
   • three banners (Borders) at 100%
   • scalloped semi-circle (Tags) at 200%
   • word puzzle strip (Borders) at 100%
3. Add the following My Stickease images to right page, resizing, rotating, and cropping as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
   • scalloped semi-circle (Tags) at 200%
   • word puzzle strip (Borders) at 100%
   • banner (Borders) at 85%
4. Create title as follows:
   • new text area: “i am a” in 70 pt. Corner Shop font, no background, Colonial White text, center-aligned
   • quick-title: “sucker” at 120%
   • new text area: “for anything sweet...” in 60 pt. Corner Shop font, no background, Colonial White text, center-aligned
5. Add journaling as desired in scaled Corner Shop font, Desert Sand background, Colonial White text, center-aligned.