« Scrapbook Challenge 45 Using Topstitch | Home | CTMH Product Spotlight »

Scrapbook Challenge 46 – A Mix of Papers

By Helen | February 14, 2010

This week’s Scrapbook Challenge is the Open Forum pattern on page 96 of the Imagine how-to book.

Have you been checking out Jeanette’s Color Me Monday posts on her blog?  If so, then you’ll find that one of the things Jeanette uses frequently is a mix of papers from different CTMH paper packs.  How does she do it?  By taking advantage of the monochromatic pattern on the reverse side of the patterned papers!  Brilliant! 

By looking at the reverse side of the papers, you can start to mix and match papers from different paper packs.  Take a guess at what papers are used in this layout…go on, look closely and see if you can guess.

Did you guess that the patterned papers came from Bella and the Jingle Creative Basics paper packs?  Really!  The Hollyhock paper with the small circles is the reverse side of the Desert Sand paper from the Bella paper pack – here, it looks so soft & feminine.  I hope you start looking at your the reverse side of your patterned papers in a totally new way!

I also added Baby Pink Textured Cardstock.  What’s really nice about CTMH’s textured cardstock is that the front of the paper is full-strength color (used on the photo mats and journaling spot) and the reverse side is a percentage of the color (used for the long vertical piece on the left-hand page, and the top right piece on the right-hand page).

Here you can see how I sanded the edge of the textured cardstock and how it really shows the texture. 

Here’s a closeup of the title.  I love adding little unexpected touches, like the drop shadow title or the bitty sparkles in unexpected places.

Want to learn how to do a drop shadow title like the one I made…I teach you how in my video!  You’ll also learn how easy it is to line up base/shade images and more!

Materials:

• CTMH Jingle Creative Basics X5808
• CTMH Bella Level 2 Paper Pack X7114B
• CTMH Cardstock: White Daisy, Hollyhock, Tulip
• CTMH Spring Harmony Textured Cardstock Combo X5681
• Exclusive stamp set from the Grace Workshop on the Go
• CTMH Tulip Ink Pad Z2166
• CTMH White Grosgrain Ribbon Z270
• CTMH Sparkles Z1104
• CTMH Imagine how-to book - if you love page maps or page sketches, give the CTMH how-to books a try.  Email me for a free PDF to try.

***

Friendly Reminder – Purchase a package of CTMH’s Textured Cardstock and get a second one FREE…and $2 US of your purchase will go toward Operation Smile’s Haiti Relief Efforts.

***

Have fun playing with this layout. I’d love to see what you create!

1. Post the photos on my Facebook Fan Page - you can upload them into the photo album there.
2. Post the photos on your Facebook Wall or in your Facebook Photo Album – friend me so I can see them. In the description, put a link to the scrapbook challenge.
3. Post on a public blog, and link here.
4. Post them on Splitcoaststampers (SCS). For the keywords, please put: HOSSC46 and CTMH.

When you leave your comments, make sure you let us know where we can see YOUR creation!

***

Contact me if you’d like to know more about my no commitment Kit of the Month or my Get More Done Club where you can earn added perks!

You can purchase any of the products you see here or find out more about becoming a CTMH Consultant and a member of my team, the Smile Patrol on my website: http://heleno.myctmh.com.

Topics: Bella, Challenges, Imagine, Jingle, Scrapbook Club, Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbooking, Textured CS | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Scrapbook Challenge 46 – A Mix of Papers”

1. Trish Says:
   February 14th, 2010 at 8:59 pm

   ooooooooooooo……. what a perfect layout!! Love the “mix”…

2. Karen Pedersen Says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 11:39 am

   What a GREAT layout. I love the design, the paper mix and the drop shadow stamping.

Comments