E is for Elephants

 Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter E. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their E element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Catherine then you're on the right track!

My E is for Elephants- I created some cute items for a baby shower, where the theme was Elephants.
This is of the adorable animals featured on the Georgie Paper Packet and also one of the stamps from this month's SOTM, Balloon Animals, so it made my job a lot easier!

I created a card to celebrate the arrival using the Georgie Paper Packet and the SOTM. The sentiment and elephant were popped up on Foam tape and I added a banner cut from the Artfully Sent cartridge.



These scallops were cut and layered with the paper and a cute elephant to be used as cupcake toppers with toothpicks.



I also made some large rosettes for a centerpiece and the banner. I cut the rosettes from the Georgie paper packet using the elephant design and used another Cricut elephant on top with Slate, Canary and Honey cardstock.



Every party needs cupcakes, so these elephant cupcake wrappers with cut using Slate cardstock.



To make the banner, I cut large circles and layered them with different Georgie papers.



Here is the whole banner, complete with the elephant rosettes on each end.



Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Darlys of Crafty Happy.

In case you get lost along the way…go to Catherine Nowak for a complete list of participants!

Autumn Banner with Amy Mountney

Recently, I was honored to be asked to collaborate with Amy Mountney. Amy is a UK artist who had based herself within a central vacant space, opposite Central Library, so she could collaborate with passers-by, tourists, artists and local initiatives to create a quirky ‘homely’ installation, and sociable environment, in response to experiencing limitations in making new connections as a city newcomer when she first arrived.

Looking at what constitutes ‘home’ for the city, she collected stories and experiences from those she has met along the way and facilitated the chance for local educational programmes, creatives, projects and businesses to come together in a variety of ways inside the miniature home to discuss ideas.

Amy now hopes to use this experience to inform a new series of works based on her explorations of Christchurch as well as writing a blog she is working on to document her time here.

One of the items I created to place in the Microhouse was this Autumn Banner, as to me cosy seasonal home decor is a staple in my house and makes me feel "at home".



I cut the letters on my Cricut, and added some stamps, die cut and embellishments to create some interest.



The colours remind me of Autumn here in New Zealand, and makes me feel warm and cozy just like when I am at home.



I used Baker's Twine to hang the banner up in my house.



Amy displayed it over this painting in her Microhouse, doesn't it look wonderful?

photo courtesy of Amy Mountney

She also displayed some of my cards and other papercraft items, such as this card here.

photo courtesy of Amy Mountney

My wine bottle holders even featured!

photo courtesy of Amy Mountney

Can you spot my card?

photo courtesy of Amy Mountney

 It was so exciting to be a part of this project, and I loved creating pieces to make the Microhouse envoke feelings of being welcome in a homely space.

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Chocolate, Crystal Blue, Goldrush, Kraft, Pear, Topiary
Embellishments: Bronze Shimmer Trim, Metallic Neutrals Baker's Twine, Sparkles Brown and Tan Assortment
Ink: Chocolate
Paper Packet: Pathfinding
Stamp set: Pathfinding Cardmaking WOTG

Think Pink!

This week the challenge at H2H is to Think Pink Ink- Create a project with your favorite shade of CTMH pink, or a combo of several pinks if you are like me and can't pick just one!

Pink is definitely on my mind this month after celebrating my wedding anniversary and Valentines Day, and I got into the swing of things by cutting out the card from page 41 of the Artiste cartridge using Hollyhock cardstock and the Whimsy Paper Fundamentals sheet in Smoothie.



I decorated this by stamping a flower from the February Stamp of the Month using Hollyhock ink on White Daisy cardstock, and then stamped Cotton Candy cardstock with a sentiment from the Sweet Salutations stamp set using Hollyhock ink. I punched these out and then layered them on the band using 3D Foam Tape.



I was puzzling what to do with the finished product as it was too large for my original plan of a bar of chocolate, when my husband suggested it would be great over a bottle of wine!



So there you have it- a way to jazz up a gift of wine by placing this card over the bottle as a sleeve card.



The layers stand out really well in person, and you could write a message on the back portion of the card if wished.

This pink inspired project uses Smoothie, Cotton Candy and Hollyhock- three great Pink CTMH colours, and paired with pink Rose wine it makes a pretty gift.

Share your pink inspired project here with us!

14 Days of Love- Day 12

Each day for 14 days I will be bringing you a project inspired by love!

Today I am sharing a quick and easy Valentines decor idea using the Artiste cartridge. 

The first thing to do is cut the Accent 2 scalloped heart at 5.75" from page 51 of the Artiste cartridge handbook using Ruby cardstock. You will be using the outer layer as your heart- put the inner side away to use on another project if wished. 

You will then need to cut 16 flowers at 3" using yellow Accent 2 on page 54 of the Artiste cartridge handbook. 15 flowers should fit on the finished wreath, but cut one extra just in case!

Use your quilling tool or roll each flower by hand, then adhere to the heart frame using Liquid Glass.

Loop the top of the wreath with a strip of Black Striped Twill Ribbon and hang on your wall!



You could make these bigger or do a few different sized ones to display a collection, or these would also be great as a teacher or neighbour gift.

Come back tomorrow as I will be sharing a pop up Valentines Day card!