Serenity - I "heart" you Layout

Tonight I want to share a layout that I created with our Serenity paper (that I just can't get enough of), the Blue Belle glitter paper and our exclusive Cricut cuts.  I love the elegance of the Gerber Daisy - I think it is my favorite image on the Flower Market Cricut Collection as I keep going back to it time and time.  In my mind it is elegant, sassy and fun all at the same time.  

 The daisies were cut in varying sizes from the ombre' print in the Serenity paper collection.  The paper itself has gold flecks in it but I wanted to add more so I splattered each of the flowers with the Gold Shimmer Brush.  They are layered with Thin Foam Dots between some of the circles for depth.

I added Gold Foil Cricut cuts of the leaves and berry stems and backed them with the Blue Belle and Sapphire cs.  Each is tucked under the flowers and adhered with mini glue dots and Thin Foam Tape.  I love how these enhance the flowers and pop!

The I (heart) you is cut from our new Serenity Cricut Collection.  I think it is effortlessly beautiful.  This collection can be only purchased with a CTMH consultant's affiliate link.  I would love for you to use mine, and I receive a small commission from your order.  Here is my link.

This pre-cut kit may be purchased in my shop at: www.inallsassiness.com.

Supplies used: (X6048) Blue Belle cs, (X5957) Sapphire cs, (1385) White Daisy cs, (Z3365) Gold Foil Paper, (X7263S) Serenity Paper pack with Stickers, (Z3442) Blue Belle Glitter Paper, (Z3676) Blue Belle Loose Sequins, (Z3563) Diamond Clear Stickles, (Z3316) Gold Shimmer Brush, (Z3292) Clear Shimmer Brush, (X5957) Sapphire cs, (Z2060) Thin 3-d Foam tape, (Z3341) Thin 3-d Foam Dots, ((Z3372) Adhesive Runner, (Z341) Mini Glue Dots, (Z3340) Dual Tip Permanent Glue Pen.   All of the current items may be purchased on my Close To My Heart website at: www.tonyasheridan.ctmh.com.

To see more artwork with this combination of the Gerber Daisy and the ombre' Serenity paper, click on the links below:

November in my Sassy Perpetual Calendar

Serenity Sliding Shaker Box

Sassfully Yours,

Tonya

Believe! with Serenity

Featuring a beautiful ombre' print in shades of Sapphire and Blue Belle, Close To My Heart's Serenity paper is in a word: breathtaking!  Actually, everything in this paper collection is breathtaking - from the elegant Gold Foil accents in the stickers to the detail of the zip strips and the patterned paper.  I am so in love with it!

For this particular layout, I focused on incorporating the stickers - (of which, I used about 2/3 of them) they are tucked and layered with foam tape and brushed with the Gold and Clear Shimmer Brushes creating an even more elegant feel.  Loose Blue Belle sequins are placed around the stickers to compliment the patterned stickers.  

Detailed pictures:

If you would like to re-create this layout yourself, here are the supplies used: (X7263S) Serenity Paper pack with Stickers, (Z3442) Blue Belle Glitter Paper, (Z3676) Blue Belle Loose Sequins, (Z3563) Diamond Clear Stickles, (Z3316) Gold Shimmer Brush, (Z3292) Clear Shimmer Brush, (X5957) Sapphire cs, (1385) White Daisy cs (for secondary mats if desired), (Z2060) Thin 3-d Foam tape, (Z3341) Thin 3-d Foam Dots, ((Z3372) Adhesive Runner, (Z341) Mini Glue Dots, (Z3340) Dual Tip Permanent Glue Pen.   All of the current items may be purchased on my Close To My Heart website at: www.tonyasheridan.ctmh.com.

If you prefer kits pre-cut, with placement measurements etc, this kit is available in my In All Sassiness Designs Shop.  You can see this kit, and many others at: www.inallsassiness.com.

Gerber Daisy Sliding Shaker Box

Today I wanted to share an elegant, interactive sliding box that I created using my Cricut and our new Serenity collection.  I previously created a fall variation of this box, and just adore it!  My vision is to use these as plate accents for Thanksgiving - and when the recipient opens the box they will find a little verse of why each member of our family is thankful for them and a few little treats!  But beyond that, they could be used for so many other gift giving possibilities!!

Note how sophisticated, and elegant, the stitched design transfers to the Gold Foil paper.

Beautiful and quite the finishing touch in my mind.

Love this box and want to create your own?  I invite you to watch a how-to instructional video that I have created taking you step by step through the process:  https://youtu.be/SMUTR99qEfk.  If you would like to create one just like mine, you can order the supplies in my CTMH shop, or I have pre-cut kits available in my In All Sassiness Designs Shop.

Supplies used:

(Z3840) Sapphire Glitter Paper, (Z3342) Blue Belle Glitter Paper, (Z3676) Blue Belle Loose Sequins, (Z3800) Blue Belle Shimmer Trim, (Z3365) Gold Foil Paper, (Z3316) Gold Shimmer Brush, (X7263B) Serenity Paper Pack, (X5957) Sapphire Cardstock, (X6048) Blue Belle Cardstock, (Z4314) Rectangle Window Foam & Acetate, (Z3440) Tombow Liquid Glue, (Z3563) Diamond Stickles.  Close To My Heart's Flower Market Cricut Collection (to add this to your digital collection, use my Cricut Affiliate link by clicking here).  Supplies may be purchased on my Close To My Heart site at: www.tonyasheridan.ctmh.com.

The Design Space File to create this box can be found here.  You will need Close To My Heart's Artiste' and Flower Market Cricut Collection for the file to cut.  If you do not have that file, you may purchase it using my CTMH Cricut Affiliate link.

Have a great day and make it sassy!

Serenity Gnome Card

In spite of the craziness in this world all around us, there is still cuteness to be found!  Have you noticed that Gnomes are everywhere and so on trend right now?  Close To My Heart has kept up with this trend and has now given us FOUR gnome sets each as equally adorable as the last one.  Today, I am featuring the Garden Gnome Set (paired with the coordinating Thin Cuts) and showing how it can be used with our new Serenity paper collection.

Rarely will you find me using shades of deep blues, deep yellows and gold during football season (they remind me too much of that team up north - and after all I am a Buckeye) but I could not resist with this collection.  They are just so beautiful.

To create the back ground of the card, I trimmed down a Serenity Picture My Life Card, centered and adhered it to a piece of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Sapphire cs.  I used the zip strip from the paper collection as an accent piece to help ground the gnome.  Next, I stamped his little ax with Sapphire Exclusive ink on a scrap of the background paper.  Then I stamped the sentiment on a piece of scrap White Daisy and made the ax into a little sign post. This is adhere to the left lower side of the card.

For my little gnome, I Thin Cut out him out of the White Daisy cs.  I then stamped him with our Intense Black Exclusive Ink Pad and colored him with the Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers Gold Brown, True Blue Shades, Fair Skin Blends and added Black for his shoes.  He is then popped up with Thin Foam Tape to my card.

Once the card front was complete, I used the Gold Shimmer Brush to gently add a dot of Gold to each of the golden dots in the PML card and allowed to dry.  Finally, as a finishing touch, I added three of the Blue Belle Glitter gems around the post of the sign.

Featured Stamp Set & Thun Cuts - Garden Gnomes 

Supplies used:  (Z7001) Blue Belle Glitter Gems, (X7263B) Serenity Paper Pack or (X7263S) Serenity Paper Pack with Stickers, (X7263D) Serenity Picture My Life Cards, (Z2848) Sapphire Exclusive Ink, (Z4189) Intense Black Exclusive Ink Pad, (1385) White Daisy cs, (Z3781) Garden Gnomes Stamp Set & Thin Cuts, (Z3316) Gold Shimmer Brush, (Z2526) True Blue Shades Tri-Blend Marker, (Z2516) Gold Brown Blend Marker, (Z2476) Fair Skin Blend Tri-Blend Marker, (Z2498) Black Tri-Blend Marker, (Z2060) Thin 3-d Foam tape, (Z3341) Thin 3-d Foam Dots, (Z3372) Adhesive Runner, (Z341) Mini Glue Dots, (Z3340) Dual Tip Permanent Glue Pen.  These supplies can be purchased on my Close To My Heart website by clicking here.

Have a great day and make it sassy!