Mecum Car Auction Comes to Indy.......

A couple of weeks ago the Mecum Car Auction was in Indianapolis.  This was a much anticipated event for my guys who were planning a week of ogling cars from all over the US.  I knew my husband was looking for a new toy, but I was a little surprised when my son came home and told me they needed to go back the next day because he had something to "pick up."

Ah, and there it was, a 1992 Corvette.  That was a great year for cars and kids; my son and the car are the same model year! hahaha

When I saw the challenges over at 1 2 3 Get Scrappy and Bitten by the Bug 2 I knew it was time to scrap the pictures from the big day.  1 2 3 Get Scrappy is like Tic, Tac, Toe; the requirements are in a 9-square grid and you have to complete three in a row.  I chose rectangle shapes, blue background, and gears & cogs.  Bitten by the Bug 2 is challenging us to use a car die-cut.

Material list:

CTMH Cardstocks:  White Daisy, Cranberry, Honey, and Black
Misc Cardstock: silver
CTMH Inks:  Outdoor Denim, Slate, and Black
Cartridges:  CTMH Artiste, CTMH Artbooking, CTMH Art Philosophy, and Paper Dolls for Everyday
CTMH Stamp Sets:  Cricut Artiste Kudos and Take Note
CTMH Embellishments:  Marquee Enamel Shapes and Epoxy Bubbles Black/Gray
Cereal box cardboard to back the gears and lettering

Please stop by KatiesCorner for inspiration, great embellishments, and beautiful paper!

The Kindergarten Graduates!

 This year we have a Pre-K and a Kindergarten graduate!  Yay!  They are both so excited.  (I also have several HS girl grads; you can see their cards here.  I did them  in their school colors.)  Anyway, back to this card!  I cut these little cuties from the Paper Doll Everyday Cartridge.

The cardstock and papers are all from CTMH.  The pattern is Lollydoodle.  The stamps are CTMH You Are My Happy and Artiste Kudos.

Embellishments:  Silk flowers colored with CTMH Glimmer Mist (recipe can be found here), CTMH sequins, CTMH Epoxy Bubbles, CTMH Baker's Twine, Martha Stewart Ribbon, rolled paper for diploma, CTMH Markers and ink.

These darling grads are on their way to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge for the Class of 2014 Party!  ; )


All CTMH from KatiesCorner!

Happy Graduation to all the graduates out there!
May you all be blessed as you go on to the next big adventure awaiting you.

Enjoy the journey!

Remembering......

For me Memorial Day is a day to celebrate all the important people who have passed, military personnel, and first responders.  Sometimes we forget those men and women here at home protecting and serving us everyday:  EMT's, paramedics, police officers, and our firefighters!

My son, much to his mother's dismay, became a firefighter last year.  It's a long story full of deceit!  :)  You see, we have something we call the "Parent Council."  This is a group of very close friends who all look after each other and our kids.  One of my dearest buddies and her husband and son are all on the PTVFD.  The next thing I knew my son was getting phone calls from the chief.  I wondered what it was about, but silly me thought maybe it was for a job reference or something.  Next thing I knew my son was a candidate and then a Probie!  It seems all of the parents on the council knew but me!!  Hmm.....

Needless to say, at this point I am very proud of my son.  He had to overcome great feats to pass the tests--as all firefighters do.  I used the sentiment from the Illuminate because it seemed to sum up the experience for our family.  I'm sure any of you who have family serving understand the faith it takes to watch them walk out the door when the phone rings!  I say a prayer every time.

This picture was taken after he gave his niece a tour of the firetruck!  Now she is talking about being a firefighter........oh my!

Many would have chosen the traditional Red or Yellow for the firefighter
layout, but I was inspired by the Color Dare at Color My Heart:  Sunset, Olive, and Lagoon.  I combined these colors with Chocolate, Slate, Black, and metals.

All of my chipboards were cut from cereal boxes; I then cut them again from Colonial white and inked them with sponges, daubers, etc.  The finished cardstock pieces were then glued onto the cereal box cuts to give them more dimension.

The bricks were created with a stencil cut from Artbooking.  The brown bricks were done with Homemade Texture Paste and a couple of drops of Chocolate re-inker.  The other bricks were done with Colonial White Pigment Ink.

All cuts are from CTMH Artiste, Artbooking, and/or Artiste.

List of Materials:
All CTMH from KatiesCorner except texture paste and cereal boxes (haha); but if CTMH sold cereal, I'm sure I'd buy it!

Papers and Cardstocks:  Olive, Babycakes, Huntington, Lagoon, Dream Pop, and Colonial White

Inks/ Markers:  Sunset, Lagoon, Olive, Chocolate, Slate, Colonial White and Archival Black

Stamp Sets:  Love Life, Illuminate, Cricut Artiste Collection Kudos, and Universal Background

Embellishments:  Mini-Medley Olive, Sparkles Assortment, Mini-Medley Pewter, Memo Assortment, Badge Buttons, Shimmer Trim Bronze, Gold Polka-Dot Washi Tape, and Durables Triangle Studs.

Since there are some cool metal elements in my layout, I'm sending it over to Craft Hoarder Anonymous Challenge.  Scrapbooker PhD challenges us to use die cuts!  Wow, I got those!  Pile It On Challenge Blog has a Metal theme this week, also; so we're going over there, too!

I can't go without saying how incredibly proud I am of my son-in-law who serves with National Guard!  I need to do a layout of him in his uniform for the next patriotic holiday!  Stay tuned.....

Happy Memorial Day!  

So Many Inspirations

As I was checking out the Blog Challenges, I found many of them to be inspirational.  So, I decided to combine them all and see what I could create!

This is my time for "horsing around" and I don't spend nearly as much time up in my studio practicing oboe or crafting!  I'm out in the barn cleaning, ground-working, or riding.  This will be a quick one since the weather is great out there and I have some work to do with a couple of my guys!

Color My Heart - Buttercup and Hollyhock
 Retrosketches - I picked up the long rectangle in my trellis and the circle in the handle!  The dots are represented by my pearl gems.
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Gift Packaging
Heart 2 Heart - In the Garden
Fantabulous Cricut - May Flowers

These sites are so much fun and you have time to play all of these challenges!  Check the sites for due dates on your projects.

The purse is from CTMH Artiste; butterflies and roses are from Art Philosophy.  The trellis is cut from Dura-Lar Acetate Alternative using the Artbooking cartridge.  Ink colors were Buttercup and Hollyhock.

I made the roses with Hollyhock cardstock.  Then I went over the tips with CTMH Create-a-Shade Pearl Paint.  I also used it on the trellis!  I mixed the paint with a drop or 2 of Hollyhock re-inker to get the color/shine.

The butterflies are all a little different.  I stamped a couple of them with flowers on the wings to give them some texture.  I used the Hollyhock pigment to go around them or splatter them.  The vine is CTMH Baker's Twine.

Stamp sets are CTMH Sweet and Lovely and Love Life.  The bow is from CTMH Color Ready Seam Binding (retired.)

Thanks for stopping by!  If you need any CTMH products, please check out Katiescorner!

Out to the barn to horse around for awhile!

Little Girls and Unicorns Are So Magical!

What could be more magical than a little girl's giggle and a unicorn (or a miniature horse who thinks he's a unicorn!)?

Little Lu was over one day all dressed in her tutu and cowboy boots to play with Charlie.  She decided he needed a new hairstyle.  So, Nana Katrina and she played beauty shop with Charlie!

He looks quiet stunning all cleaned with braids and such!  As you can see, Lu is quite pleased with the outcome!

I started with paper from the Ivy Lane and went over the entire sheet with Sky ink.  I laid out the pictures and most of the embellishments and then decided where I wanted any background stamping.  I stamped the music staves from Universal Backgrounds and some stars from the Unicorn Dreams stamp.

I then broke out the Texture Paste and decided to make some stencils from Dura-Lar Acetate Alternative.  The patterns came from CTMH Artbooking.  I applied the Texture Paste; the recipe is listed below.  The stars and the left bottom corner are the textured areas.

All of the silk flowers were left over from Katie's wedding and were white.  I colored the blue by simply pressing some Sky ink into the centers.  The pink flowers were colored with a CTMH Glimmer Mist Recipe.  I'll put that in below, also.


Papers:  Ivy Lane, Sweet Leaf, White Daisy, Blush and Hollyhock, scrap of gray

Cricut Cuts:

"Dream" ~ Winter Woodland
Unicorn - Spring Seasonal
Clouds and Crown - Paper Doll Dress Up
Stencils, Stars, and Frame- CTMH Artbooking
Frame Left Pic - CTMH Art Philosophy

Stamps:  CTMH Universal Backgrounds, CTMH Unicorn Dreams and CTMH Illuminate

CTMH Inks and Marker:  Blush, Sky, Chocolate, Twilight, Colonial White, Gypsy, Slate and the marker was Whisper Light

Stars on the clouds were inked with Stampabilities Silver Pigment ink.

CTMH Embellishments:  Opaque gems, Pink Glitter Gems, Blue/Green Epoxy Bubbles, Zipper Lace, Flamingo Dots, Marquee Enamel Shapes, Silver Glitter Tape and Ivy Lane Zip Strip

Other Embellishments:  Glitter, Silk flowers, Blue Gems and Lace

This project was so much fun!  I loved getting out the embellishments for this one.  I have to say the glitter was driving me crazy as I was trying to get the pics for the blog.  There was glitter all over the pictures on the page!  I had to keep brushing them away.  I couldn't help but think of Amie Kiger and her sparkle!  Anyway, I'll leave you with a couple of recipes!

If you are feeling "magical" visit Heart 2 Heart where the Scrapbooking theme is Magical May.  The challenge is to make your own background paper using stamps.  Hmmm...... I altered the paper with stamps and CTMH Stencils....wonder if that counts?  Now if you're feeling "dreamy," you should pop over to Curtain Call where the challenge is Pajama Party!  I was inspired by all the girly colors over there!

Texture Paste:
Combine 1/2 cup of powder, 2 Tbs white glue, and 1-2 Tbs white paint.  Add water for a thinner texture

CTMH Glimmer Mist
Combine warm water, Create a Shade Pearl Paint, and Re-inker in a spray bottle or CTMH Spray Pen.  I didn't have a spray pen, so I combined it in a spray bottle from the barn; I washed it first!  (As many of you know, I hate going into town for errands, so I try to make do with what I have around here!) Anyway, I made way more than I probably needed to make!  If you Youtube it, I'm sure you can find a recipe much more exact.  I sort of guessed til it seemed right.

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day seemed like the perfect time to pull out the Some Bunny Stamp from CTMH!  Seriously, this little girl was hunting eggs at Easter, but now she is picking flowers for Mom or Gram!

I used the stamp and stamped a flower in the basket and on the ground.  I then covered the rest of the eggs with a bow tied from CTMH Baker's Twine.  So, now it looks like she's gathering flowers in that basket.  The flower is from the CTMH Wild About Love stamp; it is the flower the little fox is holding.  I inked up just the flower and added it to the scene.

My card is inspired by the themes at the following:  The theme over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge is Paper fun + a Cricut cut.  Exploring Cricut is all about Mother's Day + a ribbon.  Bitten by the Bug 2 is also Mother's Day!  Over at RetroSketches there is a great sketch to check out!  I sort of stretched that one a little bit, but the main idea is still there......I think!  Anyway, I did use the sketch to design the card!  I started with the sketch and went a bit astray!  Oooops.....

Now, over at Heart 2 Heart the challenge is Take 5!  I have two interpretations of that challenge here! #1 My mom should "take 5" to remember all the Beautiful Memories and smell the flowers!  #2 There are 5 layers to my flower embellishment:  Baker's twine (ribbon), two layers of flower, a sequin, and a mocha gem!

The banner is made by welding a banner cut to a tag in CCR.  The flower and the background for my little girl are all cut from Art Philosophy.  The patterned paper is from CTMH Skylark and the background piece is Colonial White sponged with Sweet Leaf and Sky.

CTMH Materials used:

Art Philosophy Cartridge
Skylark papers
Colonial White CS
Kraft CS
Some Bunny Stamp
Wild About Love Stamp
Universal Backgrounds
Baker's Twine
Sequin from Lollydoodle Card Making Kit
Opaque Mocha gems (retired)
CTMH Inks:  Chocolate, Sweet Leaf, Sky and Lagoon
CTMH Markers:  Sweet Leaf, Autumn Terra Cotta, Whisper, Sky, Twilight, Honey and Topiary
(Copic markers for skin tones)

If you need any of these crafty items, visit Katiescorner!

Hey, all you moms out there, Take 5, relax a bit, and have a wonderful Mother's Day!

What? Beautiful Spring colors and you design...........this?

Yep!  For some strange reason Christmas came to mind!  Whenever I see green and blue together I think Christmas; so I thought I'd do an early Christmas card.

Sweet Leaf and Crystal Blue are the colors over at Color My Heart Color Dare this week.  I'm a bit late, but you still have a couple of days to play with these lovely colors and enter your inspired piece!

I was inspired by Gretchen's use of the Kraft paper.  (Check out the Design Team's creations this week; they are really pretty!)  My embossed background is Colonial White.  The Crystal Blue is stamped in Colonial White Pigment ink using the little flower from the CTMH Love Life stamp set.  I then went back and stamped again with Crystal Blue ink.

The trees are from the CTMH Always Grateful set and stamped in Sweet Leaf.  I sponged around the trees with Crystal Blue.  I embellished with Silver Glitter Tape, Opaque gems (retired), Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon (retired), and some silver ribbon from my "bag o' ribbon"!

The sentiment is from CTMH Scandinavian Wishes and stamped in Slate.  I used a Cuttlebug flourish embossing folder on the background.

Quick post today before I head off to work.  I typed this really quickly; so, if I forgot something and you have a question, please ask!

As always, Katie would love to help you out with any of your CTMH needs!  You can visit her at KatiesCorner!

Ariana Mixed Medium Canvas

Ok, this was more fun than any adult should be allowed to have!  

I have been amazed with all the mixed media/paper crafting videos out there and have wanted to try one for some time.  I just couldn't envision me doing something like that even though I would "ooh" and "ah" over the beautiful pieces out there!  Finally I got up the gumption and gave it a try! My first piece was much simpler and you can see it here.  I decided to go a little further with this one and this is where I was led.  I would say this is what I had planned, but it just seemed to take on a life of its own after I started!  

Color My Heart is challenging us to use the colors from the Ariana Papers/Cardstocks for this week's challenge.  You still have a day to play if you are inspired to use the colors!

The paper is all from the Ariana Paper Pack.   

I cut the shapes including the mat behind the picture with the CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge.  I painted over the mat with a little Daisy White pigment ink to soften it.  

The design in the upper right hand corner was made using a stencil cut from CTMH Artbooking.  I cut it from a piece of Dura-Lar Acetate Alternative.  It cut beautifully on my Cricut.  Then all I had to do was make some Texture Paste from Gabrielle Pollacco's recipe and scrape it onto the paper using a fake credit card.  (You know the cards you get in the mail that have a bogus number on them to try to get you to get the real card.)  Anyway, it was pretty easy!  

Material list:

CTMH Stamp Sets:  Universal Backgrounds, Pick a Posey, and Big Hug

CTMH Cartridges:  Artbooking and Art Philosophy

CTMH Embellishments:  Opaque gems (retired),  Base & Bling Floral Accents (retired), Fond Wishes Acrylic Tags (Connections Club Reward), and Silver Glitter Tape

CTMH Inks and Markers and Liquid Glass

Other stuff all left over from wedding!:  Silk flower, silver glitter, silver tulle, pearls, silver beads, corsage pin, crystal beads, blue rhinestone gems, and a button from stash.

Texture paste, Dura-Lar Acetate Alternative, plastic card, paint brushes, Modge Podge, and jewelry glue.

I loved making this project and I definitely see more mixed media art in my future!  CTMH offers so many beautiful embellishments for this type of art project.  I'm already getting my next order ready with a project in mind!  Off to KatiesCorner to get more goodies for the next piece!

Note to my family:  This piece is up for grabs.......who wants this picture from Katie's wedding?  First one to say something, gets it!  ; )  (I guess I'll see who in the family reads my blogs!  hahaha)

May Flowers

Here we are on the last Monday of April and my last entry as a Guest Designer for the challenges at Heart 2 Heart.  I hope you all have had as much fun with this month's challenges as I have!

This challenge theme is Flowers.  What can be more perfect to prepare cards and gifts for Mother's Day?   Now this holiday falls on May 11; so you still have time to make some beautiful gifts for all the special ladies in your life!

I have a couple of necklaces to share with you from CTMH Base & Bling Collection.  These are so easy to make and the creativity can go as far as you would like!

Check out the video from CTMH here.  

I chose to use the Storyteller Style Sheet for the large square charms in Faux Antique Gold.  The little added charms are from Free Thinker and Storyteller.  The rhinestones are the Base & Bling Rhinestone Charms.  I simply opened the rings that hold the charms, attached them to the chain, and re-closed them.  The little chain hanging from the necklace on the right is the extender from the back of the necklace.    I removed it and reattached it next to the pendant.

I wanted a dash more color and flowers; so I got into my stash and and found some little silver charms.  I placed a piece of gold colored wire through it and bent the ends.  I glued the charm piece on the back of flowers from the Ivy Lane Assortment.   I also had some gold jewelry rings in my box of miscellaneous craft stuff.  I used that to attach the flowers onto the necklace!  As you can see the silver charm does not show, so it didn't matter.  Besides, they are both neutrals and  according to Stacy and Clinton from "What Not to Wear" we can mix them anyway, right?  ; )

The point is, when it comes to designing your CTMH Base & Bling jewelry, you can't go wrong!  Check out the creative Base & Bling Style Sheets or create your own.  It really is up to you and your style!

Materials List

CTMH Base & Bling Faux Antique Gold Chain

CTMH Base & Bling Faux Antique Gold Square Pendant

CTMH Base & Bling Square Glass Cover

CTMH Base & Bling Rhinestone Charms

CTMH Base & Bling Storyteller Charms

CTMH Base & Bling Free Thinker Charms

CTMH Base & Bling Storyteller Style Sheet

Liquid Glass

For the added floral charms I used: 

CTMH Ivy Lane Assortment

Gold jump rings

Silver charms to mount the flowers

Gold covered wire

Aleene's metal and jewelry glue to adhere the flowers onto charms

I so enjoyed my time as a Guest Designer this month!  Thanks so much for inviting me to share my crazy craft ideas!  I'm looking forward to Thursday and the new month of challenges!

For more creative ideas, check out KatiesCorner for CTMH videos and super projects!

Dreamy Blues!

Color My Heart has an interesting Color Challenge this week!  The colors are Honey, Pacifica, Outdoor Denim, and Indian Corn Blue.

This inspired me to start some non-traditional graduation cards.  I have a couple of students graduating from a school where the colors are blue and yellow, so.......

This is a really quick post, but I'll explain how I did the hair on the girl.  I stamped her with Colonial White Pigment ink.  Once the ink was dry, I colored over her hair with a CTMH Honey Marker.  That is the effect I got; sort of cool!

I distressed with the CTMH sanding kit.

Cardstocks in colors plus the lacy honey colored patterned paper from Jubilee

Inks in colors of dare

Baker's Twine

Opaque gem colored with marker

CTMH Stamp sets:  Universal Backgrounds, My Life, Dreamer, and Love Life

All CTMH from KatiesCorner

Sometimes "Once Upon a Time" needs no words when......

............the princess is feeling a bit bored or disgruntled!  

I LOVE this picture!  Her body posture and expression are definitely worth a thousand words.  I suppose a wedding can get a little long when you're looking forward to an ice cream social after the service!  

Once Upon a Time is the theme for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge this week!  How fun is that?!  I'm sure we all have some storybook pictures to scrap or wedding/anniversary cards to make.  This is the perfect challenge for it!

I have been somewhat mesmerized by mixed media tutorials lately and decided to take a very simple approach towards it.  Everything you see here is from CTMH except the Mod Podge.  

First I inked up the sides of the canvas with Smokey Plum, Sky, and Blush.  I chose my papers, tore them on the diagonal and distressed the edges with Smokey Plum ink.  I then coated the canvas with Mod Podge and stuck down the papers.  I coated papers with with Mod Podge and laid down the picture.  I gave it all one more coat of Mod Podge including the photo.

Once it was all dry, I decorated using beautiful embellishments from CTMH.  

My Creations 6" x 6" Canvas 

Papers:  Ivy Lane & Ariana 

Baker's Twine Neutral Metallic 

Sparkle Flourishes Small
 Ivy Lane Assortment 

Licorice Opaque Gems (retired) 

Base and Bling Storyteller and Thinker 

Liquid Glass

Visit KatiesCorner for your scrapbooking, card-making, and mixed-media art supplies!

Tax Time: It doesn't have to be so bad!

 We all dread April 15th and taxes -- at least I do.  I hate having to figure out all of my taxes, keep track of everything I do during the year, figure out what is deductible, find receipts, ugh!  It's all so daunting to me!  So, I decided to make a journal.  I figured I might enjoy keeping records for my therapeutic riding and music businesses if I had a place to put receipts and such.

The challenge over at Heart 2 Heart was the perfect excuse to use the beautiful Skylark colors and papers for my Journal.  I decided to put one month per page for the first 12 pages.

I wrote in a few things as I was making it to give you an example, but most of it is blank right now since I just finished it.  I will give you some of the highlights on the pages and list materials at the end.  If you have any questions about specific stamp sets, please ask!  I won't try to type out all the details and bore everyone!  ; )

My plan is to use the monthly pages for some planning, notes, pictures, etc.  I put in some places for writing some goals and notes.

The calendars were designed in CCR by welding together the grid and font from Artbooking.  The numbers were all stamped in using the Capture the Date set.  The little goal tag is also from that stamp set.

This year the first quarter was all about a recital and Lenten Liturgical music.  I did start the year by posting a couple of goals for the first part of the year to keep myself on track.

April is sort of a pivotal month starting with music and transitioning into my horse life; therefore I needed a larger goals sheet to tuck into the pocket.  I have a lot to get done in the next couple of weeks!  That tag is from Artbooking and stamped from Take Note.  The clip is from Mini Medley Antique Gold.

May - August is all about horsemanship and riding:  goals for me and my students.   I have a couple of little tags to write some ideas I want to keep in the forefront of my mind.  The horse from Horseshoes (retired) is looking at the tag for June!  It is actually printed in the Skylark paper, so that worked out perfectly!  I like how the glitter tape brightened up the page!

July is all about the 4th.  Since we have American Quarter Horses over here, it seemed the perfect month to highlight them!  The mare and foal are from the Country Born stamp set.  August is sort of slow over here since I don't have kids in 4-H anymore!  We sort of take it easy and spend time with friends to reminisce the days we spent at the State Fair and horse shows!


September is a big trail riding month here; I'm
hoping to take off for a Jamboree ride.  The Explore your World is from the Timberline Workshop on the Go.  I actually bought that set to scrap pics from that event!  Sad when we plan our events and clothing around our paper!  Such is the life of a Scrapper!  October is the big show for my therapeutic horsemanship kids!  This is the highlight of the year for all of us!  That page will be stuffed with receipts, notes, evaluations, etc!


Although I'm still teaching in November, things are winding down!  December is a time for reflection and back into performance groove for the Christmas season.



The last six pages will be used for over-all notes, receipts, mileage sheet, plans in detail, etc.

Ok, here is a Materials List.  I'm sure I'll miss something.  Again, if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer if you leave me a note in the comment box!

My Creations Kraft Pocket Album
Paper:  Skylark, Colonial White, Lagoon, Sweet Leaf, Buttercup, Juniper
Cartridges:  Artbooking, Art Philosophy, Artiste
Inks:  Chocolate, Archival Black, Lagoon, Slate, Sweet Leaf

(Ok, get a cup of coffee for this one!)

Stamp Sets:  My Life/Cricut Bundle, You are my Happy Alphabet, Capture the Date, Horseshoes, Timberline Scrapbooking Workshop, Country Born, Take Note/Cricut Bundle, Universal Backgrounds, Yeehaw, Kudos/Cricut Collection, Skylark Scrapbooking Workshop, Home of the Brave, You are my Happy Sentiments, and Huntington Workshop.

Embelishments:  Twist Ties, Teal Glitter Tape, Antique Gold Mini Medley, Sparkles Assortment, Baker's Twine, Polka Dot Washi Tape, Sequins, Skylark Assortment, Aqua Dots, Mocha Opaque Gems, and the button closure is from Rosewood Mini-Medley.

Of course, there's Liquid Glass, glue gun, Tape Runner, etc.  Clothes pins are for photo purposes only.

Visit KatiesCorner for inspiration, beautiful paper, and many of the stamp sets used here!  Some are retired......

Charlie and Snoopy make me happy!

Growing up in the 60's / 70's, I was a real Peanuts fan!  I loved Charles Schultz and always seemed to love everything about this group of dysfunctional kids.  It wasn't until I was an adult with my own ASD son that I realized just how important growing up with Charlie Brown and the gang would be.  

My wonderful son is a cross between Charlie and Schroeder.  Although Keith is not into music, he had a one track mind for horses.  His whole world revolved around them and their behaviors.  Most Science Fair, 4-H and FFA projects were horse related and our weekends were filled with horse activities.  Like Charlie, he tried to be social, but it was so hard for him.  He was terrible at sports and very unpopular----well, until he started hanging around horse kids.  Then it was a different story!

He had such a difficult time, we had to take him out of school and I home-schooled him for a few years.  It was a long, confusing, twisted road we travelled; but now Keith is a Junior at Purdue University studying Agriculture.  We are so proud of this kid who was told he would never read, write, graduate HS, or go to a major university.

Ok, enough bragging on my ASD kid.....back to Peanuts and this card!  I was inspired to do this card by the color challenge over at Color My Heart.  The colors are Juniper, Creme Brulee, and Sorbet.

Now, believe it or not, Charlie and Snoopy are made from CTMH Cricut shapes.  I think they were all from Art Philosophy and Artiste!

You can get an idea from the pictures how I put images together to make the characters.  I have done this before and if you would like to see others I have done, go to CTMH Cricut Cuts with a Twist and you can view them there.

The card base is Creme Brulee as well as Charlie's shirt.  The CTMH Baker's Twine is also a sort of Creme Brulee color.  The doghouse is done in Sorbet and the background is sort of a variegated Juniper color.  My neutrals are black, white, champagne, and brown.

I put Dimensional Tape under the top of the doghouse and behind Charlie to pop them off a bit.  The sentiment is from the CTMH You Are My Happy stamp set.

All of my CTMH goodies are from KatiesCorner.  She is a great consultant and puts up with all my crazy questions!  I guess she should, I put up with her questions for a lot of years -- she's my daughter!  Anyway, if you need anything visit her site or correspond with her; she'd be happy to help you, too!