Good afternoon scrappy friends!
I hope you are all well! I had to go grocery shopping today so, I guess I start a new two weeks at home! Thank God I have this beautiful place to craft and enough supplies to take me into eternity!
I wanted to share one of the most wonderful things about Close to My Heart products! EVERYTHING MATCHES! You might look at this photo and say, Bonnie, you are crazy! How do these things match?
Maybe match is not the correct word for this! Coordinate might be a better word!
There are 2 paper suites and a Mix-In collection featured here. The paper suites were created to work together as one unit! All the paper themes and embellishments work together to create the theme.
“Seas the Day” has a beach theme! This collection on its own would be perfect for documenting a trip to the beach. If you didn’t go to the beach, this collection might not interest you, right?
Similarly, the “Yesterday & Today” paper suite is very anituque looking. It is perfect, and I mean perfect for those of you that are working on Heritage Albums. The collection is stunning! But, you might not see its potential if you aren’t working with old photos.
The Mix-Ins are just that, papers designed to mix in with these two paper suites to help you extend your crafting possibilities. These papers work with both collections!
There was a layout featured in the current CTMH Idea Book that I absolutely loved! I wanted to make it! And it used papers from all 3 collections. So, that was a perfect time for me to show you the potential that these 3 collections have outside of their “themes”! So, I pulled out all the papers in each collection, along with their coordinating sticker sheets and some coordinating cardstock. (Yep…the paper, the cardsrock, and the inks all match! They all coordinate!!.) And I began to mix and match and create beautiful pages!
I had so much FUN!! I have created 8 layouts already and am completing two more!! And guess what? They are not “theme” specific!
Here is one example. The page on the left was the layout I fell in love with. This was designed by Close to My Heart and was featured in the current Idea Book. I modified it slightly and created a second page to complete the two page spread. And I love it!!
So…don’t be afraid to work outside a “theme”. Go outside your comfort zone and try something new! Pattern and color mixing is FUN!!
Have a great evening my friends!! Happy Scrappin’!!