Slow Poke!

Good Morning and welcome to Handmade from My Heart. 

If you're looking for Cooking with Cricut's Love Song Blog Hop, click HERE. Today's hop features a different group of designers.  If you'd like to visit the designers participating in yesterday's hop, just scroll down to my blog hop post.  Remember, I will announce my blog candy winner on Valentine's Day so there's still time to leave a comment.

Today begins a week of ideas featuring the Paisley cartridge and stamps from K Andrew Designs.  Getting Cricky's 3rd Friday Blog Hop begins this Friday at 6:00 PST.  The designers thought it would be fun to have a Pre-Hop during which time we'd each select a favorite cartridge and bring you a different project each day leading up to the Hop.

My first project uses the first image on the Paisley cartridge.  I added several layers of grass cut from  Plantin Schoolbook.  The flowers are also from PS.  I sized them to match the grass and cut them out in white so I could color the stems and flowers with Copics.  The sun is from Gypsy Wanderings.  I thought this a perfect sentiment for a belated thank you or birthday card.  "SlowPoke" is from All About Animals.   "I'm" is from Winged Things, and "a" is from Winter Wishes.  See how easy it is to create your own custom sentiment using the stamps from K Andrew Designs?

Be sure to stop by Getting Cricky to see a new Simply Sunday Challenge and also visit the design team members who are participating in this week's Pre Hop.

Tomorrow is my FCCB design team day.  I hope you'll come back to see my Challenge Me Monday project which features also the Paisley cartridge and a K Andrew Designs stamp. 

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn

Anniversary Wishes

In our family we celebrate several anniversaries on the same dates.  My sister-in-law and her husband share their anniversary with their oldest son.  My husband and I share ours with their youngest son!!!  I guess the "boys" thought we had selected great dates to get married :)  One set of anniversaries is this weekend.  I made these cards for my sister-in-law/brother-in-law and my nephew and his wife.

The papers for both cards are from DCWV Linen Closet stacks - so yummy!  The ovals are from George. The inside reads "to wish you Happy Anniversary"

I made this card a little less formal by distressing and inking the base for the hearts and adding a second bow made of hemp.  The hearts are cut from Gypsy Wanderings - they're actually the insides of the heart image.

The layouts for both cards are sketches for Raq's card challenge.

I think it's wonderful when couples share their lives for so many years.  My in-laws are celebrating 45 years of marriage and we'll be looking forward to 42 in June.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn

A Layout! Can You Believe It?

I went to a crop last night and finally completed a few more pages for my daughter's DisneyWorld Marathon scrapbook.  She wanted these pictures in the album to remember her stay at the Disney Jazz Inn. What a cute way to arrange the hand towels and washcloths.

Mickey's "jazz" hands were cut from Mickey and Friends as was the Disney heart.  The font and journaling tag are from Mickey Font

She visited Downtown Disney to pose for a few photos before returning to her home and job in Champaign, IL.  I'm sure there's a lot of pride in those smiles having completed her first (and last!) full marathon!  She's never been a runner, but she's an athlete and decided this would be an amazing personal challenge.

"Smile" was cut from Gypsy Wanderings.  The crown and septer is from 3 Birds on Parade.  I used my new I-Rock to set stones on the crown, septer, and to add bling to the princesses.

I'm asking all of you to keep Monique Griffith in your thoughts and prayers and she undergoes surgery this week.  She hosted the crop last night and displayed such a positive outlook.  There was laughter, jokes, and fun.  She is a beautiful person. 

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn



Loving those Layers

Even the simplest card looks more finished when you use layers.  So many Cricut cartridges have the shadow feature so it's really easy to add depth and dimension to your projects.  I also love to layer the patterned papers with different colored mats.  Today's cards all feature ways to use layers.

This card uses my go-to layout and the shadow feature with the notes and a mat with the patterned paper.  I also added some inking for additional depth.

The butterfly uses the shadow feature and I used ribbon to mat the patterned paper.

Notice all the layers on this card.  Each element has at least three layers including mats and shadow features.

The use of layering just makes all the elements on this card pop.

The only thing not layered is the sentiment.  The purple seemed to stand out better without the shadow.

Layering is a great way to make a simple card look detailed.

Thanks for visiting.  I'd love to hear from you.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn