You can document that unforgettable vacation, getaway, or outing with the travel
keys on Close To My Heart's Artbooking cartridge. From artsy airplanes
to ticket-like tabs, there are cutouts to accompany any of your
travel-themed crafts. Today's Artbooking Made Easy is
all about the travel mini-album keys. These keys are found on pages 38 and 39
of the Artbooking booklet, so let’s take a look! Contact
ME your Independent Consultant for all the
details!
Products Used:
Cricut Artbooking Collection Z1906
Timberline Assortment Z3005
Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon Z1929
Base & Bling Craft Queen Charms Z1958
Black & Grey Epoxy Bubbles Z1935
I love how versatile the Artbooking
cartridge is—from just two pages of keys, we saw three totally different looks.
Use your favorite colors, embellishments, and shapes to make your projects your
own! Let me show you some of the details to inspire you.
I really love the simplicity of this page. Using kraft
cardstock, the artist cut out the little geolocation icon and the airplane, and
then, using the scallop border punch, created a simple border with the White
Daisy and Goldrush cardstock. I love how the look of the scalloped borders
matches the shape of the clouds on the next page. Sometimes using simple shapes
ties things together nicely. If you have a favorite shape or cutout you’re
using, experiment to see what other shapes or borders might coordinate with it.
This overlay from page 39 of the booklet looks great sized
down for this card, but I especially love how the artist has decorated it with
a unique twist on baker’s twine! These little wheels are easy to create, and I
love the way they match the circles on the overlay, the border, and the
center of the flowers. And of course, baker’s twine is typically used for tying
bows or wrapping around paper, so I love seeing embellishments used in a way
you don’t see very often! All you need to create these wheels is some Liquid
Glass (or Glue Dots). Apply a circle of Liquid Glass to your paper, and then
take your baker’s twine, adhering the end to the center of the circle, and just
wrap your way around. Because the baker’s twine already has a twisted design,
wrapping it into wheels creates a great multi-dimensional look.
From the "Our Vacation" album, these washi tape ruffles are just too adorable! They add such a
fun element to these pages, and they’re so simple to make. Just put two pieces
of washi tape together (so that the adhesive sides stick together), fold to
create the pleat, and staple one side down along the edge. You can hide the
stapled side behind another piece of paper, or just leave it exposed—however
you’d like.
If you love the colors of your plain cardstock but want to
give it more visual interest, you can always use the same color of ink to stamp
backgrounds onto your solid-colored cardstock. The good thing about creating your own
patterned paper using stamps is that you control how it looks—you can stamp
several times to create a lot of contrast, or you can stamp it lightly to just
give a hint of a pattern.
Another thing I love about this page is how the artist used the "Just
Be" title in her own way to create a new title! Use your imagination to
see what new titles you can come up with.
What inspiring artwork! Feel free to adapt and adjust some
of these techniques to work for your own projects.
To see the full list of products used to make these 3 projects visit
Jeanette Lynton's site
