Babycakes! at Color My Heart #68

The colors for this week's dare at Color My Heart come from one of the current CTMH paper packs, Babycakes.

SUNSET and 

BUTTERCUP

(with optional CHOCOLATE and SLATE)

Babycakes is an adorable set of six coordinating papers, intended for kiddy lay-outs, although the geometric shapes would work for any purpose, as the colours are not traditional pastels. As I needed to make a new-baby gift, using this paper pack was no hardship!

Yep, I made yet ANOTHER name-frame. They are just so cute, fun to embellish, and impress the heck out of the recipient.  (see my previous versions HERE and HERE; I got the idea from Amy Moore and Jayma Malme).

 

   The giraffe was cut using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge, with the addition of Liquid Pearl spots, embroidery floss tail and Memory Thread antlers.

The letters were cut with the Artbooking cartridge as well; cardstock covered with Liquid Glass then sprinkled with glitter. It gives a nice dimensional effect.

This corner was dressed up with some non-CTMH items--Lil'Inker stitched sun die; Paper Smooches cloud dies in cardstock and vellum, and a cute bird die from Memory Box. Plus Stickles!

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Your turn! 

Head on over to the Color My Heart blog to see some more amazing artwork, then get to work with your Sunset & Buttercup (or close colours) and share your project with us. You may be chosen as the weekly Color Dare Diamond, and there are monthly prizes, too!

Happy crafting,

Caroline

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Love the Name Frame!

 The name-frame has got to be one of the most satisfying gifts to make...

You can see my first attempt at it HERE (all the links to the original creators, with cutting, sizes, etc are included there). It was made for my nephew Calvin, in January. His sister's birthday was this month, so she HAD to get one, too...

I used those fabulous Thickers double-sided alphabet stickers, sprinkled with Martha Stewart glitter, an older paper pack from CTMH, lots of bits and bobs from my stash, and some cute Paper Smooches images and dies. Here are some detail shots:

Paper Smooches' "Flap Happy"

Here it is in its final frame:

Lots of babies on the horizon, amongst our friends and co-workers, so you may see another version before too long.

Happy crafting,

Caroline

The NAME frame...featuring SUPER-CAL!

I saw this UBER-cute idea on on Amy's blog (see original post, HERE) for a name-frame she created for her daughter. She's been making them again recently for some new nieces and nephews. HERE is a link to Jayme's' blog, where Amy first saw the frame idea, which gives some instructions and  measurements.

Anyway! My nephew just turned seven (a SUPER age) and his parents threw a wonderful, super-hero theme party, complete with decorate-your-own capes, shooting villains with silly string, obstacle courses and a hot-lava dance (musical chairs, Gangnam-style!). So a super-hero name-frame seemed just the thing!

I used all kinds of goodies from CTMH's Superhero paper pack, along with some double-stick THICKERs letters, and Martha Stewart glitter.

Great glitter and dimension with the THICKER letters.

He also received a matching birthday card, with a slide-up feature, which I constructed according to instructions on a Paper Wishes webisode on making cards with moveable parts (see the video HERE, and make sure to check the link to the Ribbon Slider Treat Pocket card).

Paper rosette trimmed into a POW! starburst shape

LOVE that Gotham-city sky-line stamp!

For the moveable part, you undo the ribbon at the top, and tug on one end, which pulls up a photo of:  SUPER-Cal!

(I tried to hide his face--sort of unsuccessfully--I know there are photo-editing programs out there that allow you to pixilate--any suggestions welcome!). There was also a secret enclosure on the back of the card, with a nice new PLASTIC Canadian $20 bill.

It all made for one happy superhero and a happy aunt, too.

Happy crafting,

Caroline