Happiness in Crafting Friday Freebie tags by Gi Kerr

I just posted a video on some tags that I made and they are so cute.  I love the colors and they really do go with just about anything. 

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Just A Tag For My Junk Journal

Here is a tag that I made using the bottom of my box of beads that I got at Hobby Lobby.  I used a free printable from Calico Collage and cut the ruler out.  I applied it to the left side and then applied the paper on the right which was also a free printable.  The paper on the right did not go all the way to the bottom.  I did sponge all the edges of the paper as well as the edges of the tag itself with CTMH Chocolate ink.   It sat on my desk all day and part of the next one, because I could not figure out what to do next.  

My Birthday was coming up in a couple of days and a friend gave me a gift and told me to open it later on.  After I got home I  opened the gift and found a cute mug for my morning Tea.  The mug was wrapped in a beautiful tissue paper that you can see in the photo.  I almost screamed when I saw it, Love when that happens.  I knew instantly that I would use it on my tag.  I tore off a piece and put in in the open spot at the bottom of the tag.  It was bigger than I needed so I tore off more.  I sponged the edges with the CTMH Chocolate ink then I glued the bottom edge and left the top open for a little tuck spot.  

I too the other piece of the tissue paper that I had left and put some glue on the center Rt side, then tore it off on the edge.  I thought it ended up looking like half of a dress form and I liked how it looked.

It still needed something so I added a piece to the top left.  I really like how it was coming together.   

Then I pulled out some lace and a roll of burlap ribbon and used it on the top of the tag in the hole.  It was a bit to long so I cut of a little hunk.  I liked how the little hunk that was left so I placed it down the edge of the ruler and put a dab of glue and stuck it down.
It still needed a bit of something.  I had 5 little roses sitting out that were each different colors and found that the Peach one looked the best.  I then cut out the tickets from the same free printable and tucked them in the little pocket at the bottom

Cant wait for you to see it when I do my final Walk Through!

October Stamp of the Month Twinkle S1510

All the Holidays are rapidly approaching.  This months SOTM with get you ready for Christmas and it will be here before you know it.

It has something for all you needs tags, cards, decorations, labels
Don't forget that when you have a $50.00 or more purchase you get the SOTM for only $5.00.  It is regularly $17.95 and of course if you only want that you can do that too!

You can get yours here.

Starting the Month off Right!

Wow it is already October I can't believe it!  So what does that mean? Well a new Stamp Of The Month of Course.
This month is Home for the Holidays S1410.  When you purchase $50.00 in product you will be able to get this stamp set for only $5.00 reg $17.95.  This is a great deal.

Here are just a couple of things made with this stamp set.  The cute boxes are made with the Art Philosophy Z1686 Cricut cartridge. It uses the Snowhaven Paper Pack X7188B

This cute cupcake box Z2049 is just one of the new items that we carry.  What a cute gift this would make and tasty too!

Here is the stamp set.  You can get all of this for only $5.00 with a $50.00 purchase or more.

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Don't forget that this month when you order $50.00 in product you will get one of the Outdoor Denim or the Cranberry  Chevron Ribbon for FREE.  Which one will you get?  It's a surprise.  How fun is that! This promotion is while supplies last so order early in the month.

Christmas Party Hostess Gift

Here is one of the Hostess gifts that I made for our community Christmas Party.  I make this holders for lots of things and they are very easy to make.

I put peppermint bark and some caramel kisses in a clear Close To My Heart bag and tied a ribbon close to the bark the I cut off the excess.  I use a binder ring to hold the box together and tie tole all around.  I used one of the tags I made from my card swap.

If you need a tutorial on how to make these let me know.  They are so easy.

December Kard Klub Swap

This months card swap was at Erin's.  It was our Christmas gift exchange and that is always fun!  We started the evening off with a little treat holder that Erin made by folding a 6x6 paper, she put a cute and yummy candy in it too.  Each of the holders were different.
Jeannine passed out homemade butter-brittle in a fry box that she cut out from the Artist cartridge. Each holder was different too.   I love butter-brittle and Chocolate !!

Erin had set a beautifully decorated table with a red table cloth and white embroidered with red napkins.  She had a birch centerpiece that was filled with white and green flowers and foliage.  I really need to remember to take more pictures.  Usually that is not my problem.
Then it was time for the card swap. For this month our theme was a Christmas card or a Tag.  Here are Jodie, Donna Jean's, and Erin's.

Next we have Laurie's, Debbie's, Kathy's, mine, and Tamara's.  Laurie's was a mouse house stamp and she used copic markers to color it in.  Mine was done with all Washi tape.  Kathy's was a picture that she found, can you tell she just got back from Hawaii?  Debbie cut out a stamped image and placed it on her embossed card. Tamara's was gold embossed and Martha Stewart punches.

That's it for the cards.  Now for the tags.  I didn't get to make my card for last month so I made a card and a tag for everyone this month.  I cut the tag from the Artist cartridge and the book plate is from Fabulous Finds.  The image is a free printable from google images.  The flowers are from Jo-Ann's and so are the white and gold balls and the silver jingle bell.  Pam made her tag and embossed the Merry Christmas.  Jeannine cut the mitten from the Artist cartridge.  She hide the snowflakes on her Gypsy and then stamped snowflakes where she wanted them.  I love the fur that she used for the cuff.   Lani embossed her tag then went over it with white ink and punch out the snowman.  So cute.

These are the make up cards that Kathy and I brought.  I really love all the colors in Kathy's card.  Don't you?

Next it was the desert, Erin made a Bird Nest Cake and it was delicious we all asked for the recipe.
Check out those plates.

When we finished with desert we did our gift exchange.  We drew numbers and chose gifts with the option to steal something already picked.  I came home with a Bind It All machine.  We had such a great time.  Thanks Ladies!

I forgot to post the ornament that Tamara made.   You can see it here   Sorry Tamara!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Here are just some of the things I have made in the past for this time of year.  The group of cards are from last years Kard Klub Swap.

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Victorian Tea Light Lantern Box

I just have to share this.  I have been thinking about making these Lantern Boxes for a long time now.  When I was looking for something else I came across my stach of velum.  I pulled out this Rose velum and right away I knew what I was going to do with it.
I order a velum pack from QVC about 10 years ago and I think this was one of them.  Who knows after that long but I am using it now.
I was feeling very girly and this is what I came up with.  I made all the layers in my Gypsy so I can make lots of them.  No more Rose velum though but lot of other ones.

I think the tag is so cute too. 

Here it is in the dark with the Tea Light lit.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and taking a look.   These would make great Mother's Day gifts don't you think?
You can see more things I have made using Tea Lights here.

All products used are Close To My Heart except the velum piece.

I used the Art Philosophy and the Artiste Cartridge to make it all.  I love every cut they make.  I keep saying "my Cricut does the work and I take all the credit" I love that I can tell it to auto fill a page a 12 x12 sheet of cardstock and it calculates how many it can put on it.  Works for me!!!
Order your Art Philosophy and Artiste Cartridge here.

I might have to make a youtube video for this one.  Leave me a comment if you would like to see that.

Halloween CTMH Spellbound Cricut WOTG Party Plus

Here is something for Halloween or Birthday Party.  I showed you earlier a video on the Workshops on the Go Spellbound Cricut Kit G1040.  So here is what I made.  What fun it was to make.  I put some of the cards and tags that I made for this month's Card Class and the little Cake Plate is from I made from Happy Hauntings Cricut Cartridge.  Everything else was cut with the Artiste and Art Philosophy from Close To My Heart

The kit looks like this and will make the Banner, Gift Bags, Cupcake Holders, Drink Markers, and Cupcake picks (I forgot to use them in this picture) :(. 

Don't wait to get yours you can order it here.  Just click on the join in button on my website.  Looks like this.

Don't forget to watch the short video too.

Artiste Cricut Cartridge Cuts page 32

Okay well I got a little sidetracked but that is a good thing.  It's the 6th of Aug and I am only on the second page of cuts.  There are so many new things to share with you.  So let's get started.
Here are the cuts I made from page 32 in the Artiste Handbook.  The Card and Envelope are cut at 4", 2 tags cut at 3", Font at 1 1/2", flower and leaves at 1 1/2", Corner piece at 2". 
The Stamp Set I used on the Card is the Stamp of the Month for January 2013 Happy Valentine's S1301.  I use the water color pencils 3505 to color in the Roses and leaves.  I stamped the sentiment from 4 My Friend D1510.  The 3-D project is cut at 2" and stamped with this month's Stamp of the Month Baroque Borders S1208 with the new pigment mini inks set Basic Z2503 in Whisper.  You are going to love these.  You can see them here.  The Happy Birthday is from 4 My Friend D1510.

Here is the sign that I made from page 32 also.  I hung it around the neck of my soap bottle with some ribbon.  It is a bottle that I have had for years and put an olive oil stopper in it.  Now it is my soap dispenser.

The Accent 4/S piece is on the front of my card box holder here.
So all this is just on 1 key on the overlay.  All these images and we have only just begun. You can see that I did not do much to any of the cuts yet they are so cute.  The sky is the limit!
Keep checking back I am trying to post daily on what you can do with the New Artiste Cricut cartridge..  It is so amazing!!!!
Order yours Here  just click the Join button on the bottom Right.
Thinking of becoming a Consultant and join my Team now.  See all the information here it's a great time to join.

Christmas Tag

Here is one of the Christmas tags that we made in my class last Tuesday.  It uses the November Stamp Of The Month (SOTM), Cherish The Day S1111 on the ticket part of the the tag.  This month when you purschase $50.00 or more you are able to get the SOTM for only $5.00.  That's a great deal.  It has 44 stamps on it.  WOW!  That beats any Black Friday deal out there, I think.  What a great stamp set to have.  I can think of 3 different ways to use the tickets.  Birthday's, Holiday's, and reminder dates.
The Santa is from Christmas Cheer D1494.  The No Peeking!,  To:, and From: are from December 25th C1469.  All of these are fun stamp set for this time of year.
I used the Believe Paper Pack and 3 Bitty Sparkles.  I do love my sparkles!!  The reindeer trim piece is from the cut away on the edge of the Believe Paper.  I just love the trim pieces.  The Santa is water colored in and I used Liquid Applique for all the trim on Santa's suit.  The ticket is a cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (AP).  If you don't have this cartridge you don't know what you are missing.  It is so fun when paired with our coordinating stamp sets.  It truly is a must have.  The tag itself is cut from the AP cartridge too.

All products are Close To My Heart
Cardstock
Daisy White

Believe Paper Pack

Ink:
Holiday Red
Cranberry
New England Ivy

Liquid Applique

Stamp Sets:
Are all listed above.

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Bundle

You can order all of this here

Flashback Friday Challenge

I found a new challenge to try, it is called Flashback Friday.  It is a fun and easy one you just need to use your first tag that was posted to your blog.   I am re- posting this picture that I am using for this challenge.  It is the first tag that I posted to my blog.  I made it with the new Exclusive Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge from Close To My Heart and Provo Craft.  Here is the original post. 

This cartridge is a must have so if you don't have yours yet you can get it here.
Let me know what you have done with your cartridge.  I would love to see your artwork too.

New Exclusive CMTH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

This Cartridge will be available starting Aug 1st.  Be sure to get yours here.
I just got my new exclusive CMTH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge so here are my first cuts.  This one is a tag I made for a page I am doing about the Close To My Heart Convention that I attended at Disneyland last week.  It was inspired from the front of the convention book we got for all our notes.  I also used the stamp set that we were given at the Awards Dinner.  It was themed around Disney.  It was just for attendees sorry.  Very nice stamp set....
I am using this for the Flashback Friday Challenge check it out.  You can play along too.

The tag base is cut from <Tag5> page 70 at 6" I used Baby Pink C/S
The top is cut from Decorative Layer page 70 at 6" I used Gypsy C/S
Speed 2
Pressure 3
Blade 3  (my blade depth might be different from your but 3 cuts just fine for me)
The ribbons are CMTH
Ink Colors are all CMTH
Pacifica
Dutch Blue
Indian Corn Blue
Marker:  Cranberry
I sponged the inside of the frame around the Disney Quote in Sky
I stamped the Dreams come true ribbon in Pacifica on Daisy White C/S and cut that out.
Just had to do this one when I saw the tag....

Now for what you have all been waiting for the Cartridge!!!

The Doily is cut from the
Shift > Font Layer cut at 5 1/2" page 66 in Twilight and sponged with Twilight ink.
Speed 2
Pressure 3
Blade 3
Check back often or become a follower I will have more cuts soon.  Available Aug 1st. here
If there is anything you would like to see let me know?