Oh what Fun- Cookies Layout

At first glance I wrote of the Oh What Fun Paper Packet as being too pink and girly for me- but then I decided to challenge myself and create a layout for my boys.

Every year we bake cookies and give them to family and friends. I have created this layout in advance for our photos, using the sketch challenge from Heart 2 Heart as inspiration.



I used the blue and green papers and accented with Candy Apple Cricut cuts and stamping- even though this is not one of the featured colours in the paper it still made my layout feel more Christmassy.

The Cricut cuts are both from the new Season of Joy cartridge, which I am loving for all my Christmas titles and embellishments. Isn't the gingerbread man cute? I surrounded him with stamped hearts to fill in the white space but otherwise did minimal stamping.

I used a family stamp set to stamp the quote onto one of the PML cards. Now I have a perfect layout for when we bake cookies at Christmas!

Products used:
Cardstock: Candy Apple, Clover, Glacier, White Daisy
Embellishments: Season of Joy Cricut cartridge
Ink: Candy Apple, Clover
Paper: Oh What Fun
Stamp set: Quotable Words

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #106

This year is flying by- we are in May already! The weather has been all over the place, and some of the days have been very gloomy! I decided I needed a bright and cheery card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week.

I lept the layers true to the sketch, and used the flower part as a sentiment tag from one of the new Hostess Rewards stamp sets, tagged with love. I had this scrap of orange Pathfinding paper on my scrap desk and thought it went really well with our new Blossom paper! Some new twine added some extra texture to the card, and I love the end result.



How will you interpret this week's sketch? Join us over at Atlantic Hearts to share your inspired design- card, scrapbook layout our any papercraft project.

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Pear, White Daisy
Embellishments: Aqua Dots, Glacier Extra Thick Twine
Ink: Lagoon, Sunset
Paper Packets: Blossom, Pathfinding
Stamp set: Tagged With Love (Hostess Rewards)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #104

I have been wanting to try the triple layer stamping technique for a while, so this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts was a perfect excuse to have a play at my craft desk!

I also used one of my new favourite stamp sets from SE2- Shower Flowers. This set is one of the best floral stamp sets I have seen in a while, I absolutely love it.

Here is my finished card- please see below for detailed instructions on how to achieve this look and more photos.



This is such a fun technique and we would love to see your interpretation over at Atlantic Hearts!

I started off by cutting three rectangles of white cardstock at 2x3.25, 3x4.25 and 4x5.25 inches. I then cut the mats at 2.25x3.5, 3x25x4.5 and 4.25x5.5 inches.



All you do is adhere the three white cardstocks together with the tiniest bit of temporary adhesive, then start stamping!



Keep stamping until you have your desired design.



Once you have stamped your three layers, carefully separate them then mat them onto coordinating cardstock. You will then be able to complete the card with any sentiments or embellishments you want to add.



Here is the finished card again after adding the sentiment, which is also from the Shower Flowers stamp set.



I would love to see your triple layer stamp designs- be sure to link up with Atlantic Hearts if you do try this!

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Pear, Sorbet, White Daisy
Ink: Pear, Sorbet, Sunset, Topiary
Stamp set: Shower Flowers

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #100

It is a big week for us at Atlantic Hearts, as we are celebrating our 100th sketch! 

I have been trying to use up some of my older paper packs, and so I broke out the last little scraps of Lollydoodle and my old Skylark Complements to create this card.



The sentiment is stamped on Crystal Blue cardstock using Lagoon ink. I really like blue and pink together, and pop of yellow is a fun touch.

Can you believe it; we have reached Sketch 100! Everyone at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge is so excited to celebrate this milestone with all of our followers and participants.

To celebrate Sketch 100 we will be giving our some blog candy and all you have to do is visit our fabulous design team members blogs and leave a comment on their design for Sketch 100 and you are entered. We will be drawing several names at random from the comments. To increase your chances of winning, leave comments for all of the design team members! And to be fair, you can only win 1 time! Please invite your friends and family to join the fun.

Thanks again for being part of our challenge community and we are all looking forward to the next 100 fabulous sketches and your awesome creations!

Happy Crafting!

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team

Lauren Moore
http://laurenctmhcraftings.blogspot.com/…/atlantic-hearts-s…
Marie Flayer
http://njstampingqueen.blogspot.com/…/celebrating-atlantic-…
Lisa Mensing
http://thecraftingcave.blogspot.com/…/sketch-100-with-atlan…
Linda Norman
http://www.scrappytherapy.com/…/atlantic-hearts-sketch-chal…
Brandi Robinson
http://crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.com/…/sketch-100-from-ahs…
Stephanie Keats
http://stephsshoebox.blogspot.com/…/happy-100th-atlantic-he…
Wendy Coffman
http://www.stampingrules.com/…/day-30-atlantic-hearts-sketc…
Jasmina Bursic
http://jazzy-crafts.blogspot.com/2015/03/ahsc-100.html
Michelle Stewart
http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/…/ahsc-100-time…
Kelly Janes
http://papercraftingwithkellyjanes.com/2015/03/23/ahsc-100/
Candra Holmes
http://www.paperdragonfleur.ca/…/atlantic-hearts-sketch-cha…
Lisa Bzibziak
http://www.facebook.com/l.php…
Barbara-Ann Himelman
http://barbarahimelman.blogspot.com/…/03/lets-celebrate.html
Laura Davidson
http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.ca/…/ahs100-birthday-car…

Remember to show us your take on the sketch by linking up here!