Advent Calendar

I am doing a craft show at the Womens Christmas Program at church on Dec. 6th.  I will be selling cards, resin necklaces and Advent Calendars.  Here is one of the calendars I am selling.  

I used the My Creation Cubby (which has retired), Snowhaven Paper Pack and my Cricut Artiste cartridge to cut the little drawers and tags.  I hope someone falls in love with it:)

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Chalk it up

I had some Chalk It Up Paper and used it to make this card....

I also used the new teal glitter paper and cut my banner using the Artiste Cricut cartridge.  I stamped the sentiment with the Glitter Glam stamp set. 

I love this fun paper.

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Sneak Peek

Here is a little sneak peek at the new Scaredy Cat Paper Pack.  If you are coming to my Open House this will be our Make-n-Take.  

I used the following new products:

X7185B Scaredy Cat Paper Pack

Z3011 Scaredy Cat Embellishments

B1433 Frigthfully Fun Stamp Set

Z1988 Black Striped Twill Ribbon

Z1990 Thistle Diagonal Striped Ribbon

An Assortment of our new Shinhan Markers.

I used the Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut the card and layers.  

Only 3 more days and you will be able to see and order from the new Idea Book....I am so excited:)

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More Swap Cards

Here are a couple more cards I made to swap at convention.  

This first one is another swing card from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  I used the  Ivy Lane paper pack and I have to admit I was not crazy about this paper when I saw it, but I am growing to love it.  

My next card is was inspired by a Christine Adams card.  Her work in just amazing and I was going to make mine just like hers but being the simple and fast kind of girl I just had to simplify it.  Here is my simple take on her gorgeous card.  I used the beautiful Jubilee paper....it is my favorite from this catalog and our Kraft cardstock..another favorite.  I cut the sentiment shape with my Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

Please click on this link to see Christine's amazing artwork!!  


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Oh Snap

I love the camera on the Artiste Cricut cartridge and wanted to make some cards.  I also love rainbows so I combined the 2 to make these cards.  I used Liquid Glass for the lens on the top one and Glitz Glitter Gel on the bottom one...I like the Liquid Glass lens better.  The sentiment is also from the Artiste cartridge. The background was made using the One Way Border Stamp set in a rainbow of colors.

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Cards for Swapping

I am going to be attending the Close to My Heart Convention this year...YAY!! So,  I have been making cards to swap with fellow consultants.  Here is one of my card designs...

It is one of the swing cards from the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge. I used the May Stamp of the Month.....love this stamp set and the Julbilee paper, another favorite.  I love how they turned out and hope others will like them too!

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June 2014 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is Kaboom, a set of 16 stamps. This is a great set for 4th of July or birthdays.

If you have come here from Kathy Burrows's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Miranda's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

Here is a couple of card I made:

I used the following products:

S1406 Kaboom Stamp of the Month

Z1790 Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Z1686 Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

x5637 Barn Red Cardstock

Z2162 Honey Stamp Pad

Z2130 Indian Corn Stamp Pad

X7181B Jubilee Paper Pack

Z1313 Stardut Glitz Glitter Gel

Thanks for hopping by....

Now hop on over to  Keeley Kirwan's Blog to see her amazing artwork:)

April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring Aprils's SOTM, which is Balloon Talk, a set of 24 stamps.  This is a fun set!  

If you have come here from Keeley Kirwan's Blog , you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Miranda's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

Here are a couple of cards I made:

On the following card the bird is in the design of the paper so I just added the word balloon...easy peasy:)

I used the following products:

S1404 Balloon Talk Stamp Set

Z1790 Artiste Cricut Cartridge

X7177B Skylark Paper Pack

X7181B Jubilee Paper Pack

Z2130 Indian Corn Stamp Pad

Z2195 Lagoon Stamp Pad

Z1375 Kraft Cardstock

1385 Daisy White Cardstock

Z1812 Sparkles Clear Flourishes (small)

Z1151 3-D Foam Tape

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Now hop on over to Pam Jarrett's Blog to see her amazing artwork:)

March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring February's SOTM, which is Happy Place, a set of 7 stamps.   I love the sentiments from this set and I have always been fascinated by these stacking dolls.

If you have come here from Nikka Geers's Blog , you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Miranda's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

Here are a couple of cards I made.  The first card was cut with the Artiste Cartridge.  I also used one of our new embossing folders......love love love my new CTMH embossing folders!!! I used the one called Dots.

This next card I used all of the dolls and another embossing folder.
This one is called Quatrefoil.

Here are the items I used:

S1403 Happy Place SOTM Stamp Set

Z1790 Artiste Cricut Cartridge 

Z1924 Dots Embossing Folder

Z1926 Quatrefoil Embossing Folder

Z2417 Cotton Candy Alcohol Ink Markers

Z2414 Pear Alcohol Ink Markers

X5764 Pear Cardstock

1385 Daisy White Cardstock

44751 Archival Black Stamp Pad

Glitz Glitter Glue...sad to say this has been discontinued...but I LOVE it and will use it until it is gone!

Now hop on over to Michele Rowley's Blog to see her amazing artwork:)

June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is A Flowering Bunch, a set of 10 stamps. What a fun stamp set.  It also works with the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge, which makes me happy, because I love using my Cricut!!

 

 f you have come here from Karen Fullam's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Helen's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

Here are the cards I made using this set:

I used the following products to make these cards:
S1306 A Flowering Bunch Stamp set
Z2196 Smoothie Stamp Pad
Z2190 Gypsy Stamp Pad
44751 Archival Black Stamp Pad
Dream Pop Cardstock
X7165B For Always Paper Pack
Various Alcohol Inks Pens

 Now hop on over to Priscilla Gotham's Blog to see her amazing artwork!!

May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is Pinwheel, a set of 10 stamps. What a fun stamp set.  It also works with the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge, which makes me happy, because I love using my Cricut!!

If you have come here from Terry Ann Diack's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Helen's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

 Here is a card I made using this set:

I used the following to make this card:
S1305 Pinwheel Stamp of the Month
Z1790 Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Z7167B Later Sk8r Paper Pack
Z2195 Lagoon Stamp Pad
Z2140 Outdoor Denim Stamp Pad
Z2197 Pear Stamp Pad


 I also used this set to make some scrapbook pages. 

Now hop on over to Nancy Womersley's Blog to see her amazing artwork!!

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April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring April's SOTM, which is My Sunshine, a set of 8 stamps. I love this stamp set.  It also works with the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge, which makes me happy, because I love using my Cricut!!

If you have come here from Kim Schnoor's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Helen's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

 Here is a card I made using this set:

 

 I used the following to make this card:

S1304  SOTM My Sunshine

Z1790  Cricut Artiste Cartridge

X5927 Ruby Cardstock

X5761 Sky Cardstock

X5668 Honey Cardstock

1385 Daisy White Cardstock

Z2170 Ruby Stamp Pad

Z2162 Honey Stamp Pad

Z2194 Sky Stamp Pad

Z1313 Stardust Glitz Glitter Glue

Z1151 3D Foam Tape

Now hop on over to Pam Jarrett's Blog to see her amazing artwork!!

Thanks for hopping by:)

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is Capture the Date, a set of 72 stamps. This set works well for jounaling on scrapbook pages and I love it for making personalized birthday cards.  

 

If you have come here from Vicki Price's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Helen's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go.....

I have to admit I was a little stumped when I first got this set out.  My first card I did a random stamping using the numbers for the background.  The next 2 cards are my take on the card sample in the catalog.  I made a card for my father-in-law's birthday on Nov. 24th...I loved it so much I made one for my Mom who's birthday is Dec 10th.

I used the following products:
S1211 Capture the Moment November SOTM
D1525 Casual Expressions Stamp Set 
Z1790 Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Card 1
X7156B Clementine Paper Pack 
Z2191 Sunset Stamp Pad
Z1702 Paradise Baker's Twine
Z1752 Clear Sparkles 
Card 2
X7157B Dakota Paper Pack
Z1701 Neutral Baker's Twine
Z2130 Indian Corn Blue Stamp Pad
Card 3
X7155B Avonlea Paper Pack
Z1751 Harvest Baker's Twine
Z2137 Olive Stamp Pad
Z2192 Pacifica Stamp Pad

Now hop on over to Kathleen Androlewicz's Blog  to see her amazing artwork!!

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Christmas is coming!!!!

I know not the news you really wanted to hear but it is coming and coming fast!!  Here are a couple of cards I made using the October Stamp of the Month.  I used the Cricut Artiste Cartirdge to make this first swing card.   It makes it easy peasy to make swing cards.

 This next card also incoporates the Artiste cartridge to to cut the mittens and sentiment tag.

Okay something a little more timely, here is a Halloween tag made with the Artiste cartridge.  The spider has Martha Stewert "glow in the dark" glitter so it doesn't show up so good in the picture.

Thanks for hopping by:)  Now go and do something creative!!!!!

Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts

I saw this on Mindy Leahy's Blog and just had to make one of my own.  It is a layered heart card made with the CTMH Artiste cartridge (I actually used the Art Philosophy cartridge) 

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Sometimes Life Just gets too Busy!

Boy, these past couple of weeks have been crazy busy.....I have not had much time to create just for me...I have had projects I was working on but no time to just chill and roll with the creative mojo.

Here are a couple of cards I made on Sunday at my monthly scrappin with friends.

This first card is made with the Flirty Paper....I have to admit I was not that fond of this paper when I first saw it but I am growing to love it!!

 

Okay so this next "swing" card is cut with the Artiste cartridge and I was not even aware that this was on the cartridge until I saw in on Rebecca Brown's blog  !!!!  I think I need more time to make one of everything on this amazing cartridge;)  Please go and check out Rebecca's cards..they are gorgeous and given some more time I am going to lift many of her amazing ideas. 

 
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Creative Fun Weekend

I had a wonderful weekend spent with friends creating, laughing, chatting and eating:)  It just doesn't get much better than that...except it could have been a few more days!!!  

Here are some of the items I created:

First up is a gift card holder using the Artists Cricut cartridge and B1404 Cup of Cheer stamp set and the new alcohol ink markers...so much fun:)

The next card is using the markers, C1511 Love Blooms Stamp set, and Stardust Glitter Gel.

Next up is a card using the the new Slate Satin Polka Dot Ribbon, a pin from the Slate Mini-Melody Collection and D1525 Casual Expressions Stamp set.

Next is the new Black Striped Grossgrain Ribbon and the National Stamping Month Special Double D stamp set "It's Your Day".     

Next is a card made using the Artiste Cricut Cartrige.  I cut the butterflies and glued them to a black card.  I love the simplicity:)

This last card is again made using Artiste..it is a 3x3 card 

 If you would like to purchase any of the products above just visit my website.  Thanks for hopping by...now go and create:)

Creating

I am having my New Catalog Open House tonight so I have been making samples to display and have been busy playing with the new Close To My Heart products...I am having so much fun!!  I love the new Cricut Artiste cartridge..there are so many fun things on it.  Here are a few of the things I have been creating...

This first card is using the new Flirty Paper and our new alcohol ink pens. 

On this one I used the Stamp of the Month and the burlap ribbon...love love love that ribbon:)

This layout also uses the Stamp of the Month and another favorite..Kraft Cardstock.

Another using the Stamp of the Month

The next 2 cards and the layout use the National Stamping Month Special Double D stamp sets.

The next few projects are using the Scholastic Paper and of course the Artiste cartridge and the one of the stamp sets included with the Artiste collection.

You can order any of the items on my website.

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