Favorite Holiday

Welcome to another week of challenges at Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog!  This week we are scrapbooking our favorite holiday.  The challenge for me.....1st define "scrapbook" then 2nd pick a favorite holiday.  With a bit of discussion with the design team it was decided that anything with a picture on it could be deemed "scrapbooking" - #1 done!  Picking a favorite holiday was a bit more challenging for me....so many to choose from.  I have to admit, Christmas is probably not my most favorite holiday for various reasons, but it is my most favorite holiday to create and decorate for.  I have tons of holiday decorations that I've made over the years, some of which I like so much I don't ever put away when Christmas is over.  

So I'm sharing with you today my 2014 creation to add to the collection.  Here in my area of North Texas these blocks are all the rage.  I really wanted to create some and found this the perfect opportunity.  My blocks tell a story of all the Christmas pj's that my girls have had over the years (new pj's for Christmas is an annual tradition at my house).  The tags are designed to be removed from the blocks and put away....maybe I will. They are created with the Yuletide Carol paper packet from Close To My Heart as well as the stamp set that comes along with the Yuletide Carol Workshop On The Go. The stamp set has become one of my very favorites for Christmas creations - a must have in my books!!  The letters are cut from various Cricut Cartridges and "pj's" was stamped with Framework Alphabet ,one of the best alphabet stamps Close To My Heart has had in my opinion!!

Thanks for stopping by.  Please share your "Favorite Holiday" creation with us at H2H!

debi

Favorite Technique

This week over at Heart 2 Heart challenge blog we are sharing our favorite technique.  Anyone who knows me, or follows my blog can pretty much tell you what MY favorite technique is......I'll admit it....I am a distresser!!  In my creative mind a project is not finished unless it has been distressed somewhere!!  I went all out on this weeks project!

There are several distressing techniques on my layout.  Of course tearing the paper and inking the edges is a standard distressing technique. I always ink the edges with 2 colors of ink, Our new Flaxen ink is perfect for distressing,then I edge it off with some Cocoa ink.  On some of the pieces here I added black as a third color for a bit of contrast.  One of my other favorite distressing techniques is the scrunching up of the paper edge that you see on the left side of the layout.

Have you tried this?  Just spritz the edge of your paper with some water (it needs to be good and saturated) then scrunch it up with your fingers until you get the look you are after.  You will need to go back occasionally while its drying and scrunch some more since it relaxes a bit as it dries.  For a really aged look, ink the edges of you paper before you spritz it with water.  The ink will run into the paper that way.  You can go back after it's dry and add some more ink to sharpen the color if you'd like to.



Don't you just love this piece of paper?  It just screamed "Distress me" !!  It's from the Close To My Heart Yuletide Carol collection. I will be ordering up more of this collection before it's gone....love it!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to share your Favorite Technique with us at H2H Challenges.  You have until the end of the month to post your projects.

debi

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Yuletide Carol Paper Collection
Yuletide Carol Compliments
Bitty Sparkles
Sparkles Collection
Sparkles Chevron Shapes
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A movie

A movie - that's what we are inspired by this week at Heart to Heart Challenges.  The theme could inspire different things for different folks.  Recently while I was cruising Pinterest I saw a layout similar to mine that the creator had shared her favorite movie on a layout - what a great idea, right?  Generations from now nobody will really know what your favorite movie was.

My layout reflects my family's all time favorite Christmas movie.  It just isn't Christmas in the household until we've all curled up together for our annual viewing of the Muppet Christmas Carol.
My layout is created with one of our newest collections at Close To My Heart - Yuletide Carol.  It is gorgeous and I can see a lot of projects from this paper in my future.  This is just one piece - wait until you see the back of it....stinkin' cute!!  I added some images from the coordination Complements and some washi tape from my Tim Holtz collection.  A sprinkling of pearls completed the look.
I'm looking forward to seeing your projects inspired by a movie - you have the entire month of August to post your creations.

Thanks for stopping by today!

debi