Have you seen the new CM Pumpkin Spice Collection? The printed paper pack has one of the prettiest sunflower prints! It inspired me to create these borders using the Sunshine Border Maker Cartridge.
Items used to make these borders
Sunshine Border Maker Cartridge
Hope these brighten up your day & your pages!!
Welcome to Creative Life Scrapbooking's (CLS) Winter Blog Hop! Bundle up and grab something warm to drink as we celebrate winter!
If you’re hopping in order, you’ve arrived from Karyn’s blog. At the end of my post I’ll send you on your way to Sarah’s blog. Be sure to visit each stop – there are lots of wonderful ideas being shared! (More info, including the complete list of Blog Hop stops, is at the bottom of this post.)
Today I’m sharing a layout using products from Creative Memories and featuring the Glacier Collection.
I love winter and that’s a good thing because here in SE Michigan, we usually get a nice amount of snow each year. Winter usually lasts long enough to get in some snow related fun and then, just when you think you’ll freeze to death – spring arrives!
I am loving the Glacier collection by CM. It features a stunning range of frosty blue hues inspired by a winter wonderland filled with cold temps, warm hearts and snow. 
The Glacier Paper Pack features designs infused with elements such as snowflakes and falling snow, birch tree bark and frosty pine tree branches, as well as watercolor patterns and canvas textures that will be the perfect backdrop for photos of your enchanted winter moments. The paper also has neutral prints in beautiful blue hues that are perfect for everyday photos, too!
To create the snowflakes shown below, use the Original Border Maker System and the Arrow Cartridge. Snip off the head of each punched arrow and also some of the tail pieces. Arrange them in the patterns shown to create snowflakes. Embellish with flowers and gems from the Denim Blues Embellishment pack (available while supplies last).
To create the winter hat, use the Custom Cutting System and the Oval Patterns to cut a 5IR oval from Glacier Patterned Paper. Cut the oval in half and add a strip of coordinating paper to the bottom and a couple of small flowers from the Daisy Bouquet Punch for the pompom.
(If you are not familiar with the system used to label the CCS see this post.)
Making the scarf is as easy as cutting a piece of patterned paper, folding it and cutting the ends for fringe with your All Purpose Scissors!
These cute bundled up birdies and other stickers are from the Glacier Sticker Pack.
I elevated them a bit using Foam Squares.
Photo mats are from the Glacier Variety Mat Pack.
Thanks for stopping by!
I hope these ideas have inspired you and I can’t wait to see your take on them! Please feel free to share what you’ve created in my Lisa’s Workshop Facebook group.
If you’re looking for more winter ideas you’ll find some in this earlier blog post.
Here is the complete line up for today’s
Creative Life Scrapbooking’s Winter Blog Hop:
Please contact your Creative Memories Advisor to purchase any Creative Memories products.
If you don't already have a Creative Memories Advisor, I’m happy to help!
You can find more information about the Creative Memories products used in this project on my CM Advisor site at:
http://www.creativememories.com/user/lisagraham
or if you’d like to contact me directly you can do that by clicking on the “Email me” link at the top of this page.
The post below was from one of our Featured Friday Projects at Creative Life Scrapbooking (CLS) on Facebook.
CLS is a circle of photo lovers, memory keepers, scrapbooking and paper crafting enthusiasts, and bloggers. Our mission is to provide inspiration and education that will encourage people everywhere to celebrate their memories, exercise their crafty talents, and engage in a truly Creative Life!
This project features the Glacier collection and Peekaboo Pockets from Creative Memories. These products were perfect to use with photos I have of a glacier we saw on a recent trip. I took enough photos of that glacier that I think I could fill a whole album!! I didn't really want to do that but I did want to share a lot of photos without tons of pages dedicated to the glacier. Peekaboo Pockets to the rescue!
After I finished the layout, I added a Page Protector and some Peekaboo Pockets containing additional photos on top of that. I used the new Arrow Border Maker Cartridge to indicate where the reader should lift up to see more photos.
Here you can see the Peekaboo Pockets in action. They are a great way to share photos & memorabilia without putting it into a layout. I added one vertical Peekaboo Pocket and 2 Horizontal on this page.
Arrow made with the Original Border Maker System & the new Arrow Border Maker Cartridge.
The Cap & Gown patterned paper was perfect for these cards but often when placing items (photos, stickers, etc.) directly on top of patterned paper they get lost and are hard to see. To help the embellishments stand out a bit, I matted them with solid colored cardstock and cut them out with my Brother ScanNCut. (See the bottom of this blog post for more info about this wonderful machine). You could also freehand this cut using your All Purpose Scissors. 
Welcome to Creative Life Scrapbooking's (CLS) Spring Blog Hop!
At CLS, we are a circle of photo lovers, memory keepers, scrapbooking and paper crafting enthusiasts, and bloggers. Our mission is to provide inspiration and education that will encourage people everywhere to celebrate their memories, exercise their crafty talents, and engage in a truly Creative Life!
Be sure to “Like” and follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CreativeLifeScrapbooking/ for information about upcoming blog hops and more.
If you’re hopping in order, you’ve arrived from Karyn’s blog. At the end of my post I’ll send you on your way to Diana’s blog. Be sure to visit each stop – there are lots of wonderful ideas being shared! (More info, including the complete list of Blog Hop stops, is at the bottom of this post.)
Today I’m sharing some fun Punch Art Pals for your spring pages.
For the project I created for this Blog Hop I used products from 3 of my favorite companies; Creative Memories, Fun Stampers Journey and Kiwi Lane. Most of the papers I used are from CM’s Woodland Whimsy Girl Collection.
Here’s how I made the fun Punch Art Pals
Bunny
~Body Punch out a circle using the CM Shape Maker System with the Circle Cartridge from white cardstock
~Ears and Feet
Using your Custom Cutting System and Oval Patterns Make the following cuts:
White cardstock - 4IG x4
Pink Plaid paper from CMs Woodland Whimsy Girl Paper Pack - 4IB x2 for the inside of the ears
(If you are not familiar with the system used to label the CCS see this post.)
~Punch the following shapes using CMs Border Maker System:
~Lace Flower Chain Cartridge punch one flower from white cardstock and use for tail.
~Heart Chain Cartridge – punch once from the pink plaid paper from CM’s Woodland Whimsy Girl paper pack, saving the “leftover” hearts. Use these hearts on the paws and for the nose.
~Using the Bubble Maker Cartridge punch several times out of black and white cardstock. Use “leftovers” to make eyes.
~Using the Bubble Maker Cartridge punch several times out of the pink plaid paper and use the “leftovers” on the top of the feet.
~Add detail with the fine tip end of CMs Black Dual Tip Pen.
~Assemble as shown below using your CM Tape Runner and the Repositionable Refill for intricate parts.
Chick
~Body Punch out a circle using the CM Shape Maker System with the Circle Cartridge from yellow cardstock (I used the yellow plaid from CM’s Hello Baby Girl paper pack in the layout shown below).
~Wings Use CMs Blossom Place N Punch to punch out one blossom from the same yellow used for the body. Cut this in half and round of the pointy edges.
Punch the following shapes using CMs Border Maker System
~Feet Using the Lace Scallop Cartridge, punch once from orange paper (I used the orange striped paper from the WSL Year to Remember Part 2 paper pack by CM in the layout shown below).
~Comb Use the Blossom Place N Punch to punch one shape out of the orange paper. Trim this to make the shape shown.
Eyes Using the Bubble Maker Cartridge punch several times out of black and white cardstock. Use “leftovers” to make eyes.
~Beak From the leftover piece from the orange blossom, trim a small pointy piece from between two petals.
~Assemble as shown below using your CM Tape Runner and the Repositionable Refill for intricate parts.
Sheep 
~Using the CM Shape Maker System and the 2” Scalloped Circle Punch from Fun Stampers Journey, Punch out one shape from white cardstock
(FSJ punches really do work in the CM Shape Maker System! Check out this blog post for more info!!)
~Using the CM Cherry Blossom Punch and black cardstock, punch one shape. Place it as shown in the CM Shape Maker System with the Circle Cartridge and punch to get the sheep's face/ears.
Punch the following shapes using CMs Border Maker System:
~Legs Using the Filmstrip cartridge, punch once from white cardstock. Cut one of the leftover rectangles in half and use for the legs.
~Eyes Using the Bubble Cartridge punch several times out of black and white cardstock. Use “leftovers” to make eyes.
~Using the Medallion Frame Chain Cartridge punch once out of white and black cardstock. Cut in half one of the leftover black shapes to use for the hooves and use 3 of the white shapes for hair.
~Assemble as shown below using your CM Tape Runner and the Repositionable Refill for intricate parts.
Kiwi Lane Templates
Kiwi Lane Designs (KLD) has a scrapbooking system that is simple, inspirational, and fun called Play-to-Create.
I use this system and Kiwi Lane Designer Templates often to plan out my pages, including the one shown below. You are able to see through the templates so I was able to choose templates and place them so they cover up the deer design on the paper – it’s cute but I didn’t want it to show in this layout. Once I was satisfied with the layout I traced these shapes on to my paper, cut them out and then inked the edges before assembling.
You can learn more about the “Play-to-Create” system here.
I used KLD Designer Templates from the following sets:
Tiny Brackets, Scallops, Large Bracket, Photo Mats and Mini Photo Set.
Here is the finished layout!
Thanks for stopping by!
I hope these ideas have inspired you and I can’t wait to see your take on them! Please feel free to share what you’ve created in my Lisa’s Workshop Facebook group.
Here is the complete line up for today’s
Creative Life Scrapbooking’s Spring Blog Hop:
You can find more information about the products I used in this project from CM, FSJ and KLD on my affiliate websites. I love the products these companies offer so much, and how they all work together so well, that I decided to sell and promote them! Find more information about the products I’ve used and more on the following sites:
Creative Memories:
http://www.creativememories.com/user/lisagraham
Fun Stampers Journey: http://www.funstampersjourney.com/LisaGraham Kiwi Lane Designs: https://lisagraham.kiwilaneinstructor.com/
You’re also welcome to contact me directly by clicking on the “Email me” link at the top of this page.
Happy Spring!
