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CTMH August SOTM Blog Hop & Tutorial
By Helen | July 31, 2011
CTMH’s August Stamp of the Month: S1108 Wicked is perfect for all of your Halloween party invitations, decorations and of course for embellishing your scrapbook layouts after the event.
I can see the border used across a page or around the edges. The hexagon shape – how about used with the puddle pad technique, creating your own patterned paper, or border. So many possibilities!
One of the GREAT new things CTMH is doing…putting a full-color insert inside the stamp set. It shows the same artwork from the Idea Book and reminds you to visit the CTMH website for all the instructions for making the projects shown. How cool! Here’s what the insert looks like…
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back and join us on a journey of amazing things you can do with this stamp set. There are over 60 CTMH Consultants joining in on the fun…that’s a LOT of ideas that YOU can take and duplicate with this fun stamp set. If you arrived here from Kathleen’s blog you’re on the right path.
I had these wonderful photos of my niece. I was inspired by a new workshop kit’s layout to create a scrapbook layout. This layout features the August Stamp of the Month, the sueding technique and the new Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (I’m sure you’ll see a lot of projects using this awesome new tool from CTMH).
Materials:
- CTMH Wicked S1108, the August Stamp of the Month
- CTMH Mischief Level 2 Paper Pack X7144B
- CTMH Inks in Autumn Terracotta and Black
- CTMH 3D Foam Tape Z1151
- Added 2 sheets of Autumn Terracotta cardstock for the bases and a sheet of Goldrush cardstock for stamping.
Tutorial follows…
For those that want to skip the tutorial “hop” on over to my friend {Beth} to see what she’s created.
If you get lost along the way…here’s the complete list of all hoppers.
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Tutorial
Using the new Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, designed by CTMH, cut a 10.75″ bracketed square from the Black print paper and a 9″ bracketed square from the Sunset tree print paper. Tip: I flipped the Sunset tree print paper over and positioned it such that the tree was in the corner that the Cricut would start cutting. This way, I had the tree on the bracketed shape.
I love that the booklet shows you exactly where the shape is that you’ll be cutting on the key pad. Look at all these gorgeous shapes. I think this cartridge is going to live in my Cricut for a while…LOL.
Using the Autumn Terracotta Ink Pad and the direct-to-paper technique, swipe the ink pad across the cardstock in circles. This is the sueding technique. Tip: Make sure you go completely off the paper. I find turning the paper and going over a second time gives deeper color. Tip: Set aside and allow to DRY before creating layout.
Cut the following pieces:
(2) 2″ x 11.5″ pieces of Honey cardstock
2.5″ x 5″ and 2.5″ x 10″ pieces of Stripe paper, tear one short end on each piece.
0.5″ x 5″ and 0.5″ x 9″ pieces of Medicine Label paper. Tip: This is the reverse side of the Black print paper. Cut these pieces after cutting the bracketed shape on the Cricut. There’s enough on the edges. Trim the rest and keep for other layouts or cards.
Using a Foam Tool and Black ink, distress the edges of all pieces of paper and the photos.
Using Autumn Terracotta ink and the Hexagon stamp, create your own pattern on the Honey cardstock strips. Tip: Always “season” your stamps by inking and stamping out on scrap paper to get a clean impression. I find cleaning my stamp first helps.
Assemble layout as shown.
Using Black ink and the Cat stamp, stamp to the left of the bracketed square. Stamp the sentiment near the cat. Here’s a close up so you can see the finished sueding technique and stamping.
Using the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, create the title using the Font Layer letters. I set the size to 3.5″. Back the open circles with scraps of the reverse side of the Sunset tree print which is a lovely White Lace type print.
Now “hop” on over to my friend {Beth} to see what she’s created.
Topics: blog hop, Challenges, Mischief, Wicked S1108 | 18 Comments »
July 31st, 2011 at 8:56 pm
This layout is awesome! The pictures are perfect for this! Wow!
July 31st, 2011 at 9:08 pm
I can’t express to you how much I LOVE this layout! I love the suede technique, love the colors, love the Cricut shapes. Fantastic!
July 31st, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Amazing, I love all the techniques. Is this the ‘o’ that gave you so much trouble? Love, love, love it!!
July 31st, 2011 at 10:11 pm
This is a great layout and the technique is wonderful!
July 31st, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Awesome layout Helen! This layout just pops and the details are wonderful! Thank you for the suede technique tutorial.
August 1st, 2011 at 1:40 am
What a STUNNING layout Helen!! I just LOVE everything about it! (including the “perfect” photos of your adorable niece)!
August 1st, 2011 at 3:06 am
Love your layout Helen!
August 1st, 2011 at 9:05 am
Helen love your layout, super cute and great tutorial…
Peggy Lee
(Creative Scraps)
August 1st, 2011 at 9:31 am
Fantastic layout! I will have to try this technique.
August 1st, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Gorgeous layouts Helen!!!
August 1st, 2011 at 7:15 pm
great tut. gotta love the cricut cart WOOOO
August 1st, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Great layout.
August 1st, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Purr-fect! Your niece is adorable, and the layout really showcases the photos of her amazing costume. Thanks for explaing the sueding technique; I will have to try that one.
August 2nd, 2011 at 12:14 pm
What a PERFECT layout…pictures and all!
August 2nd, 2011 at 12:57 pm
This layout is stunning, Helen! I loved meeting you at convention this year, too.
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:34 am
Love this layout and your pictures are adorable. As always, thanks for the tute!
August 7th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
I am in awe of this beautiful layout. The pictures are so amazingly perfect!
August 12th, 2011 at 1:45 am
Thanks so much for doing a scrapbook page with this stamp set. Of the 50ish stampers in this blog hop, you were the only one I found who did a layout. NOW I’m inspired to use this stamp set!