Chantilly Lace....

and that's all of those song lyrics I remember!

Lol!

After the last couple of weeks

it's a wonder if I know my own name!

Sick Momma Me-a

sick cats

(tomorrow I get to make 2 vet runs

with 2 different cats---oh joy!)

it's not been fun.

 

BUT...

I did something I rarely do.

In the new Close to My Heart Catalog

I fell in love

with the Chantilly paper line

and it's embellishments.

And a layout that was in the catalog

page 19 to be exact.

You can view the catalog by clicking here

So I had ordered the supplies

and drooled and dreamed

until finally

between coughing fits

I found a few minutes here

and a few minutes there

and created not one page but two.

Both of these were "cased"

(translate: not my original ideas)

although I did change them up a bit.

Here's the first page before I added pictures:

 

And here's the second page and the changed up first page

after adding photos:

I had to move that oval embellishment on the far right

and remove the "friends" after I added my photo---

the embellishment would have been right over my goddaughter's face

it looked "unbalanced" if I put it at the top-

so my only other option was to CAREFULLY

remove the popped-up "friends" and place it there at the bottom.

A word to the wise:

do not permanently attach embellishments before you put

your photos down!

You can always leave them off and add them after or,

if you really want to add them, slip a piece of waxed paper

between the sticky on the embellishment and where it overlaps

that way you can pull it out and tack it down after adding your photo!

 

The left-side page was "cased" from the CTMH bulletin board.

I used a retired stamp set that I think was called

"Mrs. Scrapbooker"

along with the *NEW* Frame Flair stamp set (p. 19 also)

to make this cute little embellishment

Yes, the frame is popped up

with a piece of "glass" (transparency!) added to it!

 

I think part of the reason I may have been so drawn

to these papers and layout

is that I knew exactly what photos I wanted to use.

I simply printed out my journaling on vellum

and overlaid it on the dp blocks.

I even managed to figure out how to

print my journaling on cardstock and then

line it up to cut out the shape from the

Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

I simply printed, cut and then stamped!

My friend "Buzz" and Bad Cat were having a serious conversation about something!

I think "Buzz" may have been trying to coax him to give up the

groupie project that night and he wouldn't talk-

no treats? no talk!

 

BC is the one who goes to the vet tomorrow afternoon.

He's the BEST cat at the vets...

for us he's finicky and foul when it comes to health care

and we're afraid that he, like Poppa Cat, may be diabetic.

Dear God I hope not!

 

Well, tonight is our Groupie Night.

So off to pack my craft bag

feed and care for kitties

and then I am off for a night of fun.

I'll probably have no voice by the time it's over

but who cares!



Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,