Charmed, I'm Sure

Welcome to a new month of the Technique Blog Hop!  This month we are sharing creations using the assortment of Close To My Heart jewelry charms as shown on page 133 of the Annual Inspirations Ideabook in different projects that are not jewelry.  If you are coming from Catherine's blog then you are on the right track.  Be sure to visit all our designers' blogs to get tons of inspiration!

For my layout I used one of the Circle Pennants to feature a picture of my great grandmother and I.  It's so simple to punch out a 1" circle and pop it right into the pennant.

A clear glass cover is available to keep your picture securely in the pennant and give it some protection from the elements.  I added a piece from the Thinker and Rhinestone charms collection on the ribbon for some added effect. Here's a close up of the pennant area of the layout.  Because I didn't want the pennant and charms to move around on my layout, I secured each of them to the paper with a glue dot.

I chose to use the retired Timberline Collection paper because it is so rustic and antique looking - which goes perfectly with my photo of the cafe.  You'd never guess this was a camping/outdoors focused paper line. I was really sad when this paper retired, but rest assured I got plenty of it so I could use the wood looking piece on many more projects!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Now hop on over to Judy Faye's blog to see her fabulous creation!!

debi

Heartfelt Sentiments Team Paper Focus - Timberline

Welcome to another round of our Paper Packet blog hop.  This month we are splitting up between two different packets - Skylark or Timberline.  Such a hard decision to make!!  If you are coming from Joy's blog then you are on the right track.

In then end I chose to use the Timberline paper for my project.  I think this is one of my favorite paper packets in the ideabook.....ok, well I probably have said that about most of the paper packets in the spring/summer book, but they are all so nice!

My project is totally lifted....well almost totally lifted from a pin I saw by Gina Brandstetter.  I thought this frame was too adorable and fit my home decor perfectly.  I started with the My Creations Pennant Frame (found here) and covered it entirely with the wood grain piece of the paper.  Then I added some of the Timberline Assortment shapes and Timberline Compliments shapes (sold out....sorry, but I believe you could recreate the shapes I used with the additional paper and a cricut cartridge).  It was the perfect frame for this photo of my kids at Mt. Rushmore.  I have a few more shots of our trip so I will probably make a few more of these frames to hang in a cluster on a wall!
Now, hop on over to Judy Faye's blog and see which paper she picked!  If you really like this paper packet visit my website and order some more up - it will be retired at the end of June and is a "while it lasts" product so get your's soon.

Thanks for stopping by!

debi

Base & Bling

Welcome to May's edition of the Technique Blog Hop.  This month we are featuring Close To My Heart's Base and Bling products.  If you are coming from Lisa's blog, then you are on the right path.  Be sure to visit all the designer's blogs for some really great ideas on creating with the Base & Bling.

If you haven't seen it, the Base and Bling is a line of DIY jewelry products but we thought it would be fun to show you ways to use it other than just jewelry.

For my layout I used one of the Circle Pennants to feature a picture of my great grandmother and I.  It's so simple to punch out a 1" circle and pop it right into the pennant.

A clear glass cover is available to keep your picture securely in the pennant and give it some protection from the elements.  I added a piece from the Thinker and Rhinestone charms collection on the ribbon for some added effect. Here's a close up of the pennant area of the layout.  Because I didn't want the pennant and charms to move around on my layout, I secured each of them to the paper with a glue dot.


I chose to use our Timberline Collection paper because it is so rustic and antique looking - which goes perfectly with my photo of the cafe.  You'd never guess this was a camping/outdoors focused paper line.  The barn wood piece I used for my base is fabulous....I will be getting more of this line just to have ample of that piece!

One last thing I'd like to share with you is the journaling on my layout.  I took a cue from one of the zip strips off the paper and created the journaling strip with plain colonial white cardstock (the zip strip had a list of camping gear on it and that just wouldn't do)  It's funny that this is the only photo I've ever seen where I was close to my great grandmother (I'm the baby in the photo).  If you read the journaling you will understand why!

Now, hop on over to Sheila's blog for more creative ideas!  If you get lost along the way, or would like to refer back to a specific blog, an entire list of this month's designers is below.

Thanks for stopping by,
debi

Our May designers:
1. debi - http://debiistheothersister.blogspot.com/2014/05/base-bling.html
2. Sheila Bennett - http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com 
3. Joy McHargue- http://www.studiowowjoy.com
4. Michelle Loncar- http://michelleloncar.blogspot.com
5. Terry Morrow- http://tmorrowstreasures.blogspot.com/
6. Lisa Plummer - http://flauntyourcreativity.blogspot.com/2014/05/technique-blog-hop-base-bling.html