After a seven year hiatus.....I'm happy to say I'm back!

Well...I knew there was a reason why I didn't get rid of all my crafty supplies over the past seven years, 'cause all it took was a weekend reconnecting with my good friend and Jersey Girl, Christine, to get the creative juices flowing again!  One step into her crafty domain....and I was hooked!  

I knew I loved CTMH before, and that love was reborn with the CTMH Seasonal Catalog for September/October 2019....Needless to say, my new CTMH Consultant Kit contained some beautiful papers  (The whole reason why I have gotten back into paper crafting is this catalog!  Thanks to CTMH for keeping the quality products and trends I remembered!)  

The papers are a great for all your fall layouts...but overall I just love the color combinations.  

In doing some research on getting back into the latest and greatest for scrap booking this past week.  I utilized both Youtube and Pintrest as a resource.  I found not only did I step away from paper crafting but a whole lot of my "go to" peeps are no longer  active on their blogs as well.  So I will be updating my "tags" on my blog so bear with me as this may take some time.  So thanks to pinterest I found this great blog for Sketchabilities!  I love their layouts, but unfortunately....they too are no longer active, so I may be utilizing a few older sites until I link to active ones I find! 
 

But honestly aren't these fun layouts!!

To decorate the page, I had fun raiding my stash of goodies from the storage room (aka garage) it was like revisiting with a long lost friend!  I never truly realized how much I have collected over the past few years, until I opened the boxes and was able to create some beautiful embellishments on my own with just paper and a few others!  

Embelishments:

Die cuts - Spellbinders, EK Success punch, Dienamics, Whimsy, and Wooden Die Cuts  

CTMH retired embellisments (button, metalic brads, and corragated star

I also used CTMH Cardstock (Julep, Canary, Sangria, White Daisy and retired Outdoor Navy from my stash) 

Techiniques:

2nd Stage Stamping

CTMH Re-Inkers (Retired Outdoor Navy) 

Retired CTMH Spray Misters

Edge cutting (CTMH retired edger)

Sponge Dabbers edging 

Thanks for looking!  Hoping to post a lot more in the next few weeks...now that I am back to being a CTMH Consultant, I am hoping to post a whole lot more again!  

Have a great weekend!