Love is in the Air - Part 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Love is in the Air blog hop!  If you've arrived here from Nicolette's Beyond Scrappin' blog, you are in the right place! If you are just joining the hop and wish to start from the beginning, please visit Lisa's blog.  In case you get lost along the way, the complete blog hop lineup is at the bottom of this post.

Each blogger participating in this hop is featuring a project having to do with Valentine's Day or Love. This super-fun hop will be showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature anything and everything to do with LOVE since that is what Valentine's Day is all about right!! You'll find an array of ideas throughout this hop. From decorations to gift ideas and more, we hope you'll enjoy each and every project along the way!! Be sure to leave a comment at each hop stop to show all the participants a little love. 

 For today's project, I'm showcasing an unusual color combination for my Sugar Shock Valentine's Day layout (and I apologize in advance for the slightly gross photos, lol).  I think it's great fun to add a bit of the unexpected to our layouts, especially when it makes our photos pop.  In this case, I latched onto what was a small bit of color in the photos, but the main topic of my layout, and made it stand out.

 

Yes, my odd children all have blue/green tongues - thanks to Valentines with Fun Dips in them. (You can click on the photo to make it larger and see the details and patterns on the paper more clearly.)  As usual when it's too quiet in the house, I found this disturbing scene: the "sharing" of the Fun Dips by pouring them in a pile on the kitchen table and taking turns licking.  I'm so glad they seem to have outgrown this phase; it's been a few years since this incident and I can just now bring myself to scrap it!

I started with the more traditional (and a little "wild") Valentine colors in the Roxie collection from Close To My Heart, and added some Lagoon cardstock for the base.  The title is cut using my Cricut - "sugar" is from the Nursery Rhymes cartridge and "shock" is from the Cuttin' Up cartridge.  I added a shadow to the "shock" also in Lagoon.

I cut hearts and the bracket shape in my title from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge collection.  I stamped on a few small ones with a coordinating heart stamp, and two pink ones with the "You're Sweet" sentiment.  I colored in the open parts of the sentiment with a Tulip marker to coordinate with the papers.  I attached bling buttons to the small stamped hearts, then adhered all of the hearts to the edge, popping some up with foam adhesive tape.  Finally, I stamped the "You color my world" sentiment on the heart in the center, and again colored in the open letters with the Tulip marker.  (Note: the stamps I used are no longer available, but the technique works for any sentiment with open letters.)

All of the products used in this project are from Close To My Heart.  If you don't have a consultant, I would love to add you to my newsletter list (above left), and invite you to shop on my website 24/7.

Thanks for stopping by again today!  I invite you to become a follower or follow by email (above right).  Make sure you hop on over to Jamie's My Amusing Life blog next to see what she has to share with you! 

The complete blog hop lineup is as follows: 

Lisa Pontious - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Kristy Asche - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/
Doris Parker - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/
Nicolette Simpson- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
Lori Brown - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/ - YOU ARE HERE!
Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/
Scraps To Treasures - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Ashley Townsend - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
Janet Royer- http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Jessi Buehrle- http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/
Angela Urell- http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/
Kimi and Pamela - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Christina - http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
Mindy - http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
Janet Smith - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Graphic 45 Wedding Layout

Just a quick post to share a LO I made at the last minute for a Graphic 45 contest that ends today.

The colors are a little washed out in the picture - in person they're beautiful pastel peachy-pink and greenish-blue, on a light neutral background.  The metal flower layers from G45 are super easy to manipulate with needle-nose pliers and I love the dimension they give!  This layout will be going in a shadowbox frame, since those flowers are too thick for my album.

I started with a sketch from PageMaps, simply rotating it.  In addition to the flowers, I also added machine stitching around all of the squares for a quilt-like feel, and across the strip. My title is cut with my Cricut and the Nursery Rhymes cartridge.  The cardstock is from Close To My Heart.

If the shoe fits... (a few more details)

Just dropping in to give you a few more details on the layout I posted on Wednesday.  Hop on over to the Cutters Creek blog for the post that links you right to products in the Cutters Creek store!

Here's a reminder shot of the entire layout:

And here's a closeup of the title/journaling area:

And  the top of the page:

My two favorite things on this layout are the Steampunk papers (I find something new to love every time I use them!) and the Title font.  If you love the font too, be sure to come back the end of next week and watch for some blog candy!  I have an extra Nursery Rhymes cartridge I'll be giving away, along with some other goodies, for those of us who are unable to attend CHA.  I have to say, I didn't think I needed this cartridge, but the font alone tipped the scales for me during the recent Michael's clearance!  And I was able to get an extra one, since I was sure someone would look at this and kick themselves for not buying it.

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #16 - If the shoe fits...

This week on the Circle blog is a sketch challenge.  The requirements include using at least 2 cuts from any Cricut cartridge, stamping, and buttons along with the sketch.  The challenge is open to Cricut Circle members only.  Here's the sketch:

I don't normally create single-page layouts, but I thought this one would be good for a little "about me" page with pics of my new shoes.

I'll have full details on Friday, both here & on the Cutters Creek blog, but for now here are a few little tidbits:
My title is cut from the font on Nursery Rhymes, welded together on my Gypsy; and my gears are from the Robotz cartridge.  I stamped on my Sorbet cardstock using D1412 Noted Backgrounds, and designs on my gear cuts using D1257 Make It Count and D1330 Connections, using Chocolate ink.  I included Sorbet buttons with my cardstock gears, stamped gears, brass gears & brads, and I-rock crystals.  Here's a closeup:

*All stamps & ink are from Close To My Heart.