Big News!

I have some big news!  We have a new Cricut digital image set and it's call Complete Creativity.  Your going to love it.  Here is just a little sample of what you will get.
I now have an affiliate link so you can just click here and be able to purchase it for an immediate download.  No more waiting for a card with a code on it.  Woo Hoo!
You can also do all your Cricut shopping at the same time at no extra cost to you.  You can also sign up for Cricut Access on my link.

Here is a video showing you all about my affiliate link

Thanks for stopping by!

How To Make Your Own Stencils

I said I would make a video showing you how to make your own stencils using Close To My Heart Stencil Sheet.  So here it is.

If you have any questions just leave me a comment and I will get back to you.

You can see how I use the stencils and our new texture paste here

Close To My Heart Texture Paste and stencils

I made some stencils using Cricut Close To My Heart Artbooking and our Stencil Sheets and my Cricut Maker!  Have I told you today that I love my Cricut Maker and this is just one of the reasons why.

I am having so much fun with this product.  This is becoming one of my favorite products.

Texture Paste Bundle Here

Texture Paste Opaque Matte Here

Texture Paste Trio Here

Stencil Sheets Here

Palette Knives Here

Chelsea Garden File Folder Card

Here is a video on the card that I made using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge and the Chelsea Garden Workshop Your Way.  You can easily follow along if you want.  Just pause the video and then play when you ready to move one.  It is a fun card to make and give out.  Here is what it will look like. 

I go off the screen in a couple of places so if you have any questions just let me know.  The knocking you will hear is my husband hammering out back on our deck.




Cricut Artbooking collection
Chelsea Garden Workshop your way scrapbooking kit G1149
File folder card w 9.5" x h 6.434"
Paper Clips w 1.5"
Doily w 4"

November Kard Swap

Our November Kard Swap theme was Thanksgiving or Fall.  I did mine using the CTMH SOTM from September S1609 Blessed Beyond Measure.  I just love the Fall colors and all the Holidays that come with it too!
I had given out all my card from our swap before I took pictures of all of them.  So you will only get to see my mine.  Sorry about that!  Things just happen so fast sometimes or maybe my brain is just working slower these days.  I know you probably know the feeling.  Well some do anyway.  LOL!

Here are the cards that I made.

Here is the stamp set I used S1609 Blessed Beyond Measure.  Every month is a different stamp set and you can only get it for that month.  If you spend $50.00 or more you can get the SOTM for only $5.00.  This stamp set also has coordinating Cricut cuts from the CTMH Artbooking cartridge Z1906 for the leaves and the pumpkin.

I sponged the Leaves with Saffron, Poppy, Goldrush and Topiary to give them that Fall color look. The pumpkin is stamped with Goldrush.

The Wheat is cut our in Desert Sand and the sash in Glacier

Paper Pack  

                   Z3254 Enchantment Fundamentals

                  1273 Desert Sand

                  X5770 Glacier

Ink

                   Z2850 Fern

                   Z2653 Pomegranate

                   Z2155 Topiary

                   Z2652 Poppy

                   Z2651 Saffron

                   Z2123 Goldrush

You can see other Fall cards I have posted here

 Thanks for stopping by!                 

Getting ready for Halloween

I love Halloween, I love the colors, and Fall, I really love Fall.
Last weekend a group of CTMH consultants and I got together and put this cute Halloween Mini Album.  Lori Scott was the leader on this one.  We had a great time, and as usual lots of laughs.
We are all teaching it as a class with our customers.  So if you would like to make one just let me know.  I am doing a class for it on Tuesday Septermber 29, 2015.  I will be doing more classes too!
Here is just a sneak peek at the album.

Here is the inside.

It has pockets and lots of room for photos too.

It uses the My Creations Album and the Nevermore paper pack all of which you can get on my website

Festival of Tables Luncheon Tea and Fashion Show

Last month I did a tablescape for the Clayton Valley Woman's Club Festival of Tables Luncheon Tea and Fashion Show It was one of our annual fundraisers.  It is a luncheon Tea and Fashion Show. The Fashion Show part was put on by Draper's and Damon's.
Here are just some of the raffle prizes that you could win

There was a good turn out and all the tables were full.  Just to let you know that I won 3 of those baskets.  Here is the room full and ready to chat, eat. and mingle with friends, family, and met lot of new people.

Here is Joan she was the one tasked with setting everything up and what a great job she did.  Everything ran smooth and easy.  Well at least that's the way she made it look!  Great Job Joan!
Joan is the one on the left.

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You sign up to do a table and your theme.  I chose Paris.  My friend Tess helped me.  She had lots of different plates, table settings, napkins, and the chair covers.  I was amazed at what she had.  Thanks Tess for all your help and input.  My DIL helped Tess and I do the set up, as always Jenn is a big help.  Here is my table.  I used my Cricut to cut out all the flowers, leaves, placemats, and gift tags/ name cards.  I use the CTMH Art Philosophy, Artiste, and Artbooking cartridges to make everything,

Here are some of the other tables for you to enjoy.

Here the ladies dressed the part.  Their table was the roaring 20's and I think they did a great job. They had lots of fun too!

Lunch was catered by Rick's On Second in Antioch.  Lunch was served by husbands and son's of the Woman's Club.
It was a great lunch I loved it it was the perfect amount too.  There was dessert too but by the time I remembered to take the picture it was gone.  Imagine that!  LOL  It was very good.   Just before lunch was a raffle and I won one.  Lucky me!

After lunch was another raffle given out.  I won another one. now I have 2.  Lucky me again!
Then it was time for the Fashion Show from Draper's and Damon's.  The models were all club members or family of club members.

They took a break in the middle of the Fashion Show and did another raffle and you guessed it I won another one.  Out of 30+ baskets to win I won 3 of them and here they are.  What a fun day it was.

Be sure to check back and see what I did with everyting from tablescape.  

Seasonal Expression 2 The New Catalog

I am loving the new Seasonal Expressions 2 catalog.  It is 38 pages of goodness!!!

I love the Blossom Cardmaking Kit.  What fun would that be to give as a gift or to get one of them. You get everything  you need to complete 15 cards with envelopes.  The only thing you will need is your inks.  They have such a fun festive and summery feel to them.

The Blossom Paper pack is great for making scrapbook pages too.  You can even add the Blossom Complements and Assortments too.

The Blossom paper pack makes beautiful invitations as well as cards.  You will have lots of fun with this paper pack and all the fun stamp sets that you can use with it..

Lets see what you can do with this fun paper pack.

Welcome to Spring Card with a Sneak Peek to the next Catalog

 I think I say this every time but the upcoming catalog is good one.  You are going to love it.  This is just one on the new stamp sets and it's called Happy Everything. This one will be available on April 1st. no fooling!

Don't forget

Because our stamps are clear and pliable you can fit the to different shapes.  Here I bent it to follow the the banner shape then I applied the block on top.

I love the Pint then Cut on my Cricut Explore.  You can see how beautiful the Butterfly is.  I cut the honeycomb shape from the Cricut Artbooking cartridge.  I use the hide contour and and randomly took out some of the honeycombs.  I really liked how that looks.  The doily shape is cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge and so is the banner shape.

It really is a pretty simple card and not much to it.  But I like the way it came out.  How about you? 

The Butterfly looks like he is ready to fly away.  Humm I think I see another project in my mind...

All products used were Close To My Heart.

Cardstocks are Sweet Leaf, Sunset, Honey, Glaiser

Inks are  Black, Glaiser, Sweet Leaf

Cyber Monday Sale at Close To My Heart

20% off ANY Cricut Collection

​Cyber Monday Sale 

For the first time ever, Close To My Heart is offering a 

Cyber Monday Sale on Monday December 1, 2014

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There has never been a better time to buy Close To My Heart's exclusive Cricut Collections for 20% off retail. price.  Whether you love scrapbooking, cardmaking, or creating 3-D projects, our four exclusive Cricut collections make the perfect addition to any craft room!  Sale starts at midnight (MST) on December 1 and ends at 11:59 pm Monday night.

Click here to see the collections!

Orders must be placed through me or through my website order entry between 12:00 am and 11:59 pm (MST) on Monday, December 1 in order to get the discount on you Cricut collections.  Enjoy extra savings on Close To My Heart's exclusive Cricut collections this Cyber Monday!

Enjoy the sale without the rush of the mall!

Happy Shopping

November Kard Swap group

Well I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week.  This month our group met at Jeannine's house.  She always makes us a little something extra and this time was no exception.
Here is the treat box that held 4 Hersey's Treasures.  Yep mine are gone!  Aw you know you would have eaten them too!!!  They were delicious.
The box is cut from Art Philosophy page 22, the tag is on page 64, the leaf is from page 78

We always do a make-n-take that the hostess will do and Jeannine had us make Gift Card Holders.
The first one I made using a paper that had a horse one it.  Well you know me and my horses!  The card is cut using a Sizzix scallop square die.  You place 2 sheets together and cut them with the die at the same time.  Then you cut it all the way the 2 and tape the sides together leaving the on scallop un taped so it can overlap the bottom piece when you close it.  Use a piercing tool to make a hole and a brad to work like a hinge. The 3-D bow is cut from the Z1790 Artiste Cricut cartridge and so is the flower.

 The second on uses the same Sizzix die you just don't cut through the one side.  The card is cut and then scored and then you run it through the Sizzix machine.  You can also use the Z1790 Artiste Cricut cartridge it has 2 gift card holders

Tamara used Memory Box Die and a Sizzix embossing folder to make this cute christmas tree card.

This is what it looks on the inside how cut is that.

Next was Laurie's card which is a tea bag fold card.

Erin made a faux tri fold card.  I love the colors it uses the stamp set D1550 Happy Autumn

Here is the inside and what makes if a faux tri fold.  The paper is  CTMH too!

Debb used a border punch and then stamped and cut out the fall leaves from CTMH. 

On the in side it is stamped with a retired CTMH stamp set and punched with a scallop oval punch

Kathy's is a center Tri-fold card with a belly band.  I love all the colors.  The rain boot is a Stamps for life stamp and die cut.   

                                           

The inside is stamped with Close to my heart retired C1495 Just chillin and Stamp of life.

Lani made a easel card using Spellbinders.   

Here is is from the side so you can see how it sits.

Jeannine made a snowman card that opens up into a 3 tier snowman.  The snowballs are cut from Spellbinders.  The face is a stamp from Peachy Keen.  The hat is cut from Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge

Here it is opened up and stamped with CTMH C1506 Flakey Friends.  What a fun card to make and get.

Donna made a 60/40 card.  She use a random stamp technique for the front and a strip on the inside.

You never have to worry whether you have a coordinating paper or not because you can make it just the way you want it.

 You can see the strip on the inside as well as the 60/40 opening.  I love the colors she choose.

I made a post-it-note holder that I cut from the Z1790 Artiste Cricut cartridge.  It is a little album but I hid all the holes except the 2 on the flap to put the Z1921 bakers twine in.  I used the Pathfinding paper pack and Kraft paper