Regatta Leftovers -- 9 cards

As we wrap-up April and Seasonal Expressions 1, I am also wrapping up my Regatta Workshop Your Way projects.  For some reason, this paper packet seems to be never ending.  In addition to the 3 double-page scrapbook layouts, 1 Picture My Life (pocket scrapbooking) layout, and 8 cards I made using the Workshop Guide, I've also made 3 additional double-page scrapbook layouts, 2 single-page layouts, and 9cards.  I have been sharing these projects over the past few days.

Today, we will continue our look at my "leftover" projects with the 9 cards...

 

 

 

 

**GIVEAWAY**

One of these cards features a sneak peek at a new stamp set which will be released on May 1st.  Can you figure out what card it is?  Leave me a comment below, and I will send a little something to a randomly selected winner. 

The majority of the supplies used came from the Regatta Workshop Your Way along with some solid cardstock and embellishments from my CTMH stash.  If you would like to know any product specifics, please leave a comment below, and I'd be happy to share them with you.

To order the Regatta Workshop Your Way kit or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

Regatta Leftovers -- 2 Single-page Scrapbook Layouts

As we wrap-up April and Seasonal Expressions 1, I am also wrapping up my Regatta Workshop Your Way projects.  For some reason, this paper packet seems to be never ending.  In addition to the 3 double-page scrapbook layouts, 1 Picture My Life (pocket scrapbooking) layout, and 8 cards I made using the Workshop Guide, I've also made 3 additional double-page scrapbook layouts, 2 single-page layouts, and 9 more cards.  I will be sharing these projects over the next few days.

Today, we will continue our look at my "leftover" projects with the 2 single-page layouts...

Layout made from sketch I found online

Layout scraplifted from another CTMH consultant

The majority of the supplies used came from the Regatta Workshop Your Way along with some solid cardstock and embellishments from my CTMH stash.  If you would like to know any product specifics, please leave a comment below, and I'd be happy to share them with you.

To order the Regatta Workshop Your Way kit or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

Regatta Leftovers -- 3 More Double-page Scrapbook Layouts

As we wrap-up April and Seasonal Expressions 1, I am also wrapping up my Regatta Workshop Your Way projects.  For some reason, this paper packet seems to be never ending.  In addition to the 3 double-page scrapbook layouts, 1 Picture My Life (pocket scrapbooking) layout, and 8 cards I made using the Workshop Guide, I've also made 3 additional double-page scrapbook layouts, 2 single-page layouts, and 9 more cards.  I will be sharing these projects over the next few days.

Let's start with the double-page scrapbook layouts...

*Submitted to Heart to Heart Challenges - Regatta

*Submitted to Heart to Heart Challenges - Four

*Submitted to Heart to Heart Challenges - Photo Op

The majority of the supplies used came from the Regatta Workshop Your Way along with some solid cardstock and sequins from my CTMH stash.  If you would like to know any product specifics, please leave a comment below, and I'd be happy to share them with you.

To order the Regatta Workshop Your Way kit or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

Workshops YOUR Way -- Regatta, Part 2: The Leftovers

In yesterday's post, I shared lots of information about the new Workshop Your Way kits.  (If you missed it, please click here to go back and check it out.)  Today, I wanted to share another reason CTMH has released these fabulous new kits.  In its ongoing efforts to help us document our memories, CTMH wants to encourage us all to consume our products and not collect them.  The project guides that coordinate with the new WYW kits do just that!  These guides are designed to use almost all the products included in the kits with very little scraps or leftovers.

To help you remember from yesterday, here is a picture of everything included in the Regatta WYW kit...

And here is a recap of all the projects you can make with the cutting guide...

And lastly, here are the leftovers you will have after making the suggested projects -- 3 double-page traditional layouts, 1 double-page Picture My Life layout and 4 cards (2 each of 4 designs)...

Leftovers - picture #1

Leftovers - picture #2

To recap, there are... 

*5+ zip strips

*Few B&T / cardstock scraps

*1 4x6 PML card

*4 - 3x4 PML cards

*11 stickers plus 1 word/phrase sticker

*several Maritime puffies

*several chipboard shapes

*partial spool white/gold ribbon

Because I am so in love with this collection, I decided to go into paper saver mode when putting together the WYW projects -- meaning I used solid cardstock from my stash instead of the patterned B&T paper included in the WYW kit and I cut apart and saved any extra paper that would be hidden under other layers.

Extra B&T I was able to save using "paper saver" mode.

And you know me, I couldn't let those scraps just hang around... so I created several more projects to finish up all the paper and the majority of the embellishments.  The remaining embellishments I was comfortable putting in my stash for future use.  I will be sharing those projects this week so stay tuned!

To order the Regatta Workshop Your Way kit or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

Workshops YOUR Way - Regatta

April 30th is just around the corner, and the products in Seasonal Expressions 1 will be retiring forever -- including the nautical-themed Regatta.  This collection is one of my personal favorites.  I have had so much fun playing with it this month.  So much fun in fact that I realized today, I never shared my Regatta YouTube videos and other projects with you all.

Therefore, I'm declaring this week -- Regatta week.  I will be sharing posts every day with Regatta projects.

Let's get started with the awesome Regatta Workshop Your Way.  The products in this kit are never ending.  The kit itself makes 3 suggested double-page layouts, 1 pocket scrapbooking layout, and 8 cards.  With a little paper saving along the way, I've been able to create 3 additional double-page layouts and 2 single-page layouts plus 2 cards and I still have scraps left I'm using to making more cards!  Wow... that's a lot of projects from one kit!

Regatta Featured Colors: Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire, White Daisy

Regatta Workshop Your Way Kit includes:

1 – Regatta Paper Packet (X7206B)

1 – Regatta Complements (X7206C)

3 – Cardstock Sheets (2 Glacier, 1 Flaxen)

1 – White & Gold Ribbon (Z3189)

1 – Maritime Puffies (Z3204)

To help you get better acquainted with Regatta and the WYW kit, I put together the following video.

To order the Regatta Workshop Your Way kit or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

God Bless You

Last week, I had a co-worker ask me if I would make her a card for a first communion.  Would I?  Would I??  Of course, I would!  I typically prefer more than one day's notice, but challenge accepted.  :-)  Her only request was that it be boy-ish and not girlie as the card was for her nephew.

Knowing I was short on time, I turned to the Seasonal Expressions 1 idea book and decided to scraplift the card on page 20.  This card uses the nautical-themed Regatta paper packet, but does not look nautical at all.  I thought I had the Rejoice stamp set in my collection, but I couldn't find it.  So I ended up pulling an old set from my pre-CTMH stash.

Supplies used:

*Regatta paper packet
*12" x 12" White Daisy cardstock
*Glacier Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Whisper Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Bitty Sparkles

*White thread

*Crosses of Hope stamp set (non-CTMH)

To order these or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

April Spotlight Collection -- Regatta

This month's spotlight collection is the bold, ready-for-Summer Regatta.

To order these or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Stay tuned throughout the month to my blog and my Facebook page for lots of fabulous Regatta inspiration.  And be sure to follow #ctmhregatta and #ctmhwyw all month long for all the Regatta fun!

Until next time, design with {heart}!

Seasonal Expressions 1 New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to the Seasonal Expressions 1 New Product Blog Hop!

If you came from visiting Katie Skiff, then you are in the right place.  If you just happened upon my little corner of the blog world, simply start here and continue hopping until you return here -- our fun hop is one big loop for your viewing pleasure. 

This hop features a variety of products from the newly released Seasonal Expressions 1 idea book.  I am so excited for this hop because there are so many fun new products in this release.  I couldn't wait to play!!  Back in November, when Monica from CTMH shared a sneak peak look at the SE1 book during a Periscope from Creative Life, I immediately fell in LOVE with the sweet little pirate in the Pirate Birthday stamp set.  He is so cute!!  And the Regatta collection... *sigh*... be still my heart!!  I have had a major soft spot for all things nautical since I was younger.

So it should come as no surprise that for today's project, I chose to play with the new Regatta paper packet and the new Pirate birthday stamp set.  To color the pirate, I used one of my favorite stamping techniques -- watercoloring with a blending pen.  This technique allows me to perfectly match any color without having to have a full set of markers.  I simply use my stamp pads and the blending pen.  For more details on how I achieve this technique, please visit my December 6th post where I talked it through in length.

Supplies used:

*Pirate Birthday stamp set
*Regatta paper packet
*12" x 12" Flaxen cardstock
*12" x 12" Sapphire cardstock
*12" x 12" White Daisy cardstock
*White Daisy card bases
*Black Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Flaxen Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Sapphire Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Black Memento ink pad
*Blending Pen
*Enamel & Glitter Duos Blue Dots

To order these or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Thank you for visiting me at jd designs and for hopping with us on the Seasonal Expressions 1 New Product Blog Hop!  Next up on the hop is Gina Brandstetter. I hope you'll hop on over to her blog for more inspiration.

Until next time, remember to design with {heart}!