Mother's Day card

Here is a Mother's Day card that I am entering in MOJO236.  The paper is discontinued its Paper Garden.  I just love the colors.  The flower is cut and shaped from several layers of different sizes of the same flower.  If you would like to see a tutorial just let me know.
This is part my use it don't collect it.  And getting rid of the good to make room for the better.  Words we learned at last years convention.  Wonder what is in store for us this year in Texas??????

All products are CTMH Unless otherwise noted.  All are discontinued products. *Except for the Forever Young Cricut Cartridge
Paper Pack is Paper Garden
Cardstock is Hydrangea
Stamp Set is In the Month of May C1415
Ribbon Organdy with Satin edges.
*Flowers are cut with my Cricut using the Forever Young cartridge.

Flower Pot Card

I know these have been around for a long time and there are lots of different styles.  But it has been raining and grey for a while around here so I decided I needed some flowers in my life.  So here is my version on the Flower Pot pull out card. 

Here it is with the pull out.  I know you have all seen these but just in case.

These are great for a money holder, gift card, or just a note to someone special.  We made these in class this month and everyone seemed to have fun with it.  I made my first one in a class I was taking back in 2008 and it was made using all punches and it was so cute.  I don't have a picture of it to show you.  But with the Cricut you now can make them any size you want.  You are not limited by the size of the punch or the die. 

All products are CTMH unless otherwise noted:

Flower Pot is cut with the Walk in my Garden Cricut Cartridge.

Flowers and leaves are cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.

Cardstock:  Sunset, Petal, Gypsy, Sunny Yellow, Tulip, Garden green, and Sunflower.

Inks:  Tulip, Autumn Terracotta.

Corner rounder.

Stamp Set is one of the three stamp sets that comes with the Art Philosophy Cartridge.

Art Philosophy Fall Wreath

Here is why I haven't posted in the last couple of days.  I have been working on this fall wreath.  I just love the colors and how it turned out.  It took a long time but I think it was worth it.
I used all the flowers on the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  I designed it on my Gypsy so if I ever wanted to do another one like in Christmas Colors or for a Wedding I wouldn't have to start all over.  I designed it in 7 different layers on my Gypsy.  Each layer is full of flowers or leaves.  I maximized each layer with different sizes to fill my mat.  On the layer with the leaves I used 5 of each leaf in different sizes.  This way I would have a few of each size in one color since i am using 12 x 12 sheets of cardstock.  I can't believe how many flowers and leaves it took.
Here is the start.  After I placed the first few flowers and leaves I thought to myself, "what were you thinking this is going to take forever".  But then I also thought, yes but it will last forever too.

For the flowers I used 4 sheets of 7 different colors.  It is the different colors that make this wreath pop.

I did roll all the flowers first to see what the different shapes and sizes looked like before placing them on the wreath.  I added the leaves as I went along.  I thought about placing them at the end but I could tell right away that it wasn't going to work.

I did use the hot glue gun to attach the flowers and leaves.  I did have fun placing and replacing the flowers and leaves before I glued them down.  I am so glad that I did not choose a larger wreath.

Half way there and I need to cut and roll more flowers. I do love how it is turning out. I guess I should have counted how many flowers and leaves it actually took.  But I bet you can see the answer would be a lot!  LOL!  I really am thinking about doing one for Christmas now.
I just love the Art Philosophy cartridge it has so many useful shapes and goodies on it.  I couldn't live without it.  OK! OK! I could but it makes my life so much easier because it is so versatile.
You can order your Art Philosophy cartridge here if you don't have one yet. 
So here is the finished wreath.

Lots of work I know!  But I do love it.
Let me know what you think.
All products used are CMTH unless stated otherwise

Cardstock colors for the flowers are:
Goldrush
Autumn Terracotta
Sunset
Smoothie
Gypsy
Sunny Yellow
Sunflower
Sizes were 5, 4, 3.5,3,2.5
The leaves:  were from the Mothers Day Bouquet Cartridge
Garden Green
Olive
New England Ivy
Sizes were 2, 1.75 I cut 5 of each color they were on one layer on my Gypsy
The wreath I bought at Beverly's it's 12".
Hot Glue I had on hand.

Hey! I only burned myself twice so I thought that was good. He! He!
If you want to see a video tutorial on the how to let me know.  Or even just a more detailed step by step.

Card Making at the Lake

This year we did something new for this holiday my SIL had everyone bring a card to make for 10. If you didn't bring a card to make then you brought snacks for everyone.  Saturday night we had a Turkey Dinner with all the fixing.  I always make at least 10lbs of Mashed Potatoes when we have Turkey.  Sunday the Dads kept all the kids and we spent most of the day card making.  Everyone taught a technique and their card.  I brought my Cricut and my Gypsy so everyone could try it out.  It was so much fun.  Here are the cards we made.
Our first card was made by Kathy.  Her favorite cartridge is Life's a beach.

The Second card was made by Jodie.  She used the Country Life cartridge.

This one was created by SIL Debb this was cut from the Songbird cartridge.

Lani my SIL is a Stampin up consultant and these are the two that she taught us.

Lani forgot her oval punch so we cut out ovals and leaves on the Cricut.  I just love my Cricut.
Jenn my DIL made this card using the September Stamp Of The Month.

I recreated a card from the Idea book on page 32 with the Dreamin Paper Pack and a flower and tag  cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

I also made a paper lunch bag card but I can't find it to take a picture of.  Oh well next time.  Everyone came up with some cute cards I can't wait until next time.

What a fun weekend we had with all the extended family and friends.  It was a great way to end the summer.  It was like a prelude to Thanksgiving with the Turkey Dinner.  "It was the best Turkey I ever ate".  Mike my nephew makes the best Gravy and Tom BBQ's the Turkeys, yes Turkeys they were so tender and juicy.  I hand mashed 10lbs of potatoes.  Everyone brought a side dish and my niece Amy made Pumpkin Pie.  Well lets just say that if you when home hungry it was your own fault. 

The next day we had Turkey sandwiches and they were so good.  I can still taste it.

I hope that you all had a fun and safe holiday too.

Art Phlosophy meets Cherry -O for Mojo Monday #203

Here is the card I made for my first Mojo Monday Challenge # 203.  It is also a sneak peek at one of the cards for Card Class.  Aug 23rd at 6:30.

I used the New Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and the coordinating Stamp Set Hooray Bouquet.  I have want to use it ever since I saw it at Convention.  Now I know why!  I had fun making this card start to finish and it didn't take me long either.  What makes this stamp set so different is that it has a coordinating image that you can cut from the AP cartridge and then stamp on top and it matches. The carrier sheet that has the stamps on it also has the sizes that you need to cut it out at.  Easy enough!!
Here is what I used
The paper pack is Cherry -O  because I am consuming the products not collecting them.
All the cuts are the ones that are on the stamp set.
The leaf - Sweet Leaf C/S is is from page 59 Shift> <leaf4>
The flowers- Blush, Baby Pink, White C/S is from page29 Shift> <flower6>
The center of the flower I stamped and cut out by hand.  Sunny Yellow
The border- Cranberry C/S is from page 64  Font> <Arrow2> cut at 1/2" and I welded 3 of them together with my Gypsy
Stamp Set- Hooray Bouquet D1419
Ribbon- Sweet Leaf
Inks-
Olive
Tulip
Smoothie
Blush
Sunflower
OutDoor Denim
Cocoa

How- to For the 3D Flowers on Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make the cute 3D flowers from our New Art Philosophy Cartridge.  This one is from page 69 and uses the Shift> Font>  <heart3>,  cut @ 4",  pressure 4>, blade 3>, speed 3.

Start at the small outside end.  Use your CMTH tweezers and roll it around the end of the tweezers.  Keeping it tight while you roll.

 Keep going all the way around the flower untill you get to the center.  Keep it tight.

 Stop rolling when you get to here. 

 Place a dab of Liquid Glass or use a glue dot in the center of the round part.

 At this point you can release the tweezers and let the rose open up some.  The way it looks good to you.

 Holding the rose in your hand push it into the glue dot.  This will hold it in place.

That is it!  You can bend the petals too to give it more shape but it is very easy to do.  Add a couple of green leaves from page 67 and it will be complete.  Check back tomorrow I will have a project using this flower and the muffin box.  See you then.
As you can tell I get lots of use out of my mats.
Hope this helps.  Let me know what you think.

Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and Coordinating Stamp Sets

Quickly cut, stamp and curl pretty 3D flowers using the Close To My Heart's New Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge D1491 that has coordinating cuts you can make with the cartridge.and the new My Acrylix stamp set  Hooray Bouquet D1491 that you can use to stamp on the cut out shape.
In the new Idea Book you will notice a red outline around some of the stamps that means it has a matching image in the Art Philosophy cartridge.  It will have the size on the carrier sheet that you set your Cricut when you cut for the perfect match.  Want to see more of the New Idea Book!
Pick up more ideas for embellishing your layouts, card, and gifts with fun florals' in this how-to video.

Change the colors change the paper and make it your own.  The Greatest thing about having a Cicut is now you are limited only by your imagination.
If you would like to join my WOTG class the third Tuesday of every Month let me know.  This Months class is Aug 16th at 6:30pm.  We will be making some cuts with the Cricut.  I would love to show you how!

Decorate your Flash Drive

Not to long ago my friend Adrienne made me a Flash Drive of all our pictures we took in France.  Between the 3 of us we had over 3,000 pictures and of course we each wanted all the pictures. So she put them all together on 3 Flash Drives one for each of us.  Adrienne decorated them so we could tell them apart and easily know which flash drive was our France pictures.  So here is the one she did for me. I love it.  What a great idea....

My Daughter has had her first child and my 3rd grandchild so I have put all the pictures that I have taken on a Flash Drive for her so that we can keep them all together too. So this is the one I have done for her. I hope she likes it.  They are fun to make.  Can you tell her favorite color is purple.
Thanks Adrienne for the idea.  I can see a lot of these in my future.  It is a great way to use up the oneies that you have too.

I hope she likes it. They can be customised for each person or theme very easily.  This would make a great gift too. Let me know what you come up with....

Flowers for fun

I love to make different kinds of Flowers.  Here is the latest one that I have made.  It is from the button flower that Connie Macfarlane made.  I have been having fun with her flower.  I will put one on hair clip for my granddaughter.  She will love it.  The other is will put on a project for my other granddaughters room a banner that I am working on.

I used the CMTH Sweetheart B&T paper.  I punched a 1 1/4" circle and used that as the base.  Then add a row at a time from the outside in.  It is very easy to do.  You can contact me or leave me a comment if you want to know more.

Photo Holders or in my case Card holders

If you are coming to Card Class on Tuesday June 28th you will see these.  I will be using them to display the cards that will be made in class.  I painted them with CMTH pearl paint and 3 drops of Watermelon re-inker.  The pearl paint adds a shimmer to the color and it is shinny when it dries.  I had fun creating these the only hard part was pulling the spring out to get the sides back in.  I just used scraps that I had from the Sweetheart and Sophia level 2 paper packs Some scraps of Gypsy and Sweet Leaf cardstock.  I made the little button flower that Connie Macfarlane made.  The ribbon rose is just the ribbon flower strip from CMTH and I cut into it and wrapped it tighter to get the look that I wanted. The key is part of the a chipboard set called Irresistibles Villa Die-Cut and when you sponge them there is a pattern that resist the ink.  I love these. I added some pearls and ribbon and tied more ribbon around the edges. Pretty easy other than waiting for the paint to dry.  Can you tell I am not very patient.  But I am learning....

I still have space available if you would like to come to class.  Let me know..