Make It From Your Heart Blog Hop

Today we will show you how to Make It From Your Heart! Jeanette Lynton has created a brand NEW “how-to” program to not only guide you but also inspire you to create beautiful artwork. This amazing publication has so many different pattern blueprints that you can interpret in ANY WAY you want!

Through our blog hop, we hope to inspire you to use your own artistic instincts to interpret and create your own artwork. Each of our crafty consultants has chosen a different page of this book to create two projects for you – that’s right two projects with the SAME pattern! One project will follow the blueprint pattern as laid out. The second project will use the pattern “with a twist” to show you how versatile the patterns are.

We are having a giveaway – that’s right blog candy for you hoppers! Lucy - Love 2 Create will be giving away a copy of the Make It From Your Heart – Volume 1. All you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on each blog.

If you just happened to come to this blog, you should begin your hop at the beginning with Lucy - Love 2 Create.  If you came from My Creations with Michelle’s blog, you’re in the right place!

My projects today are a 2 page layout and a card.

When I flip through the 2012 Fall/Winter Ideabook, there are many things that I really love.  However, there are 2 items that I feel are a MUST!  One is the new Cricut Artiste Cartridge and the other is the Make It From Your Heart publication.  They are fabulous and I use them frequently.  That is why I am so happy to participate in this hop!

I utilized pattern 15 on pages 34-35.  It is a 2 page layout design.  On the left hand side of the Make It From Your Heart publication (pg. 34), the design digram with cutting directions can be found.  The right side (pg. 35), gives two completed layout examples.  Below you will find my layout example using the new La Belle Vie paperpack.

I love stamping with Create A Shade paint on black cardstock.  The paint gives a fun shimmer to the paper without overpowering the pages.  Another technique that I would like to highlight is the use of the Baroque Borders stamp set to create my own random stamped patterned paper. 

Project Recipe

Cricut Artiste Cartridge 

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

La Belle Vie Paperpack

Black Cardstock

Colonial White Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock (photo placement holders)

Baroque Borders Stamp Set (August Stamp of the Month)

Create A Shade Paint

Blush Stamp Pad

Silver Shimmer Trim

Glitz Glitter Gel

Journaling Spot

My second project is the card inspired by the 2 page layout design.



I have a friend that just had identical twin girls.  So, I wanted to create a

 "Congratulations Baby Card" for her.

 For this card, I was inspired by the right hand scrapbook page of layout 15 (see layout page example above).  You can see that I followed the same geometric pattern with the rectangles on this card.  I used one of my favorite retired stamp sets "Special Delivery" for this card.  The stork with baby was stamped, colored and then pop-dotted on the card.

Project Recipe

La Belle Vie Paperpack

White Daisy Cardstock Card Base

Vineyard Berry Cardstock (retired)

Special Delivery Stamp Set (retired)

Black Ribbon (non-CTMH)

Vineyard Berry Stamp Pad (retired)

Black Stamp Pad

Markers

Sponge

Pop Dots

The next stop to making it from your heart is Theodora from Celebrate Crafts. 
Here is the list of all the talented consultants who are participating in this months blog hop:

1.  Lucy - Love 2 Create

2.  Darla - Caution: Crafting is Contagious 

3.  Michelle - My Creations with Michelle 

4.  Maria - Maria's Paper Craft Place

5.  Theodora - Celebrate Crafts

6.  Bethany - Stamping at Home

7.  Stephanie - The Quilted Scrapbooker

8.  Wendy - My Scrapbooking Blog