Something to Keep You Warm

I’m back today with yes, another Christmas card.  This card is inspired by one I saw by Becky Whitman at  becca-expressions.blogspot.com.  I think this card is adorable.  I don’t remember if the inspiration was embossed or not, but mine is.  I ran it through a cuddlebug folder that I thought resembles a crocheted or knitted mitten.   I got ahead of myself.  A description of what I did is below the picture.

  Using cricut craft room, I cut out the snowflake inside the mitten.  I then trimmed with my scissors the snowflake just leaving the star.  I stitched the mitten with baker’s twine. For the card base,  I cut out two mittens out of White Daisy card stock and scored half an inch on the back one at the top for the card to open. I then glued the tops together at this fold line.  I then glued on my embroidered mitten and cuff onto the front mitten.  I threaded a button and glued it in the center of the star after I attached the star at the center of the snowflake.  I hope this makes sense and doesn’t confuse anyone.

  For the sentiment, I used two different stamps to achieve the greeting that I wanted.  This I stamped on the inside at the cuff.

  Here is a close up of the embossing.  I love the look and am on an embossing kick right now.  Well, embossing is one of the kicks I’m on at this current time.

All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:

paper:  Outdoor Denim and White Daisy cardstock

stamp: Just for the Holiday(retired)

ink: Outdoor Denim, Olive, and Ruby

embellishments:  Harvest Baker’s Twine and White Button(retired)

other stamps: Warm Happiness Too(Papertreyink ) and Creative Cafe

cricut: Art Philosophy and  Simply Charmed(provo craft)

other: embossing folder  Herringbone(cuddlebug)

Cookies, Anyone

  I hope everyone is having a great Sunday before the work week starts.  I know by the title of today’s post you  probably expected pictures of mouth watering cookie goodness.  Sorry, no yummy cookies,  just adorable gingerbread cookies from paper instead.  The inspiration for today’s card comes from a manufactured card that I saw at a store.  The theme of the card was flowers and the “Live, Love, Laugh”.  I had just received the Stamp of the Month for October which had words that I could use for my card instead.  I looked through my cricut cartridges to find a design that I could use.  My good friend, Dianne, had given me the Gingerbread cartridge as a Christmas gift a few years ago, and  I used three images from it.

  I found a sentiment from Close To My Heart that works great with it for the inside.

  Although my inspiration came from a non-Christmas card, it adapts well to becoming one.  Take a few minutes when you are shopping to look at cards and see how you can make one similar with all your card making supplies. 

All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:

paper:  Pear and Partridge(retired), Cranberry, Colonial White and Kraft cardstock

stamps: Scandinavian Wish(October SOTM) and Peace on Earth(retired)

ink: New England Ivy

cricut: Gingerbread and Circuit Craft Room

Season’s Greetings

  I’m back today with another Christmas card as promised.  This card is a little different for me as it has no layers.  I masked off the area to be stamped with a background stamp with masking tape.  I stuck the tape to my clothes a few times to reduce the tackiness.  I then stamped the background stamp onto my card base.  I used a light color for this.  I then stamped the branch and then the cute cardinal.  I went over the leaves and berries with glitter gel. The cardinal got glitter gel around the beak.  I know it’s hard to see but trust me it’s there.  I used a black marker to color in the eye which kind of disappeared in the glitter. I used my white gel pen again to give the eye a highlight.

Here is the envelope that I stamped as well. 

I like the back flap with just the branch.

All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:

stamps:  Universal Backgrounds, Harmony(retired), and Peace on Earth(retired)

inks: Bamboo, Cocoa, Cranberry, and Olive

marker: Black(retired)

embellishments:  Red and Green Glitter Gel

other:  white gel pen--Sakura

Christmas Cards

  I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything in a LONNNNNNG time.  My last time was at Thanksgiving and now we are a couple of weeks away from Christmas.  I have been busy working on Christmas cards and have even sold some.  Yeah!!!  I wanted to share some cards with you.  I took some pictures when the lighting was good and should be sharing them in upcoming days.   Here are the first two.


  I stamped the light set to make a longer strand of lights and then colored them in with CTMH alcohol markers.  I then added a line with a white gel pen(probably hard to see in picture) and then applied liquid glass over them.  I then cut them out after everything was dry.  I cut the cat out and then cut the arms apart(a harmless operation) to have the strand fit between them.  For the “Santa Paws”, I stamped the oval which actually says “Santa Claus” and cut it apart to fit the banner and “Santa Paws” that I cut using Cricut Craft Room.
 
  This little doggie is in the Christmas spirit.  For this card, I cut the dog out and then cut a little slit along the mouth line(another painless operation) to insert the baker’s twine.  It is extremely hard to tell, but I did use cocoa embossing powder on his nose and eye to give some dimension.
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
Cat Card
paper:  Jingle(retired), Creme Brulee, White Daisy, Slate, Blush, and Tulip(retired) cardstock
stamp: Cozy Cat, Season Tweetings, Santa Claus, Share the Magic--lights(retired), Evergreen—tree stand and star(retired), Art Philosophy cricut collection—tree
inks: Archival Black, Slate, Blush, and Tulip(retired)
alcohol markers:  Ruby, Outdoor Denim, Pear, and Honey
embellishments:  Liquid Glass
cricut: Artiste and CCR
other: white gel pen-Sakura
Dog Card
paper: Mistletoe(retired) and Colonial White cardstock
stamp: Bowwow and Art Philosophy cricut collection—tree
inks: Cocoa, New England Ivy, and Cranberry
embellishments: Cocoa embossing powder(retired), Cranberry baker’s twine
other: Studio G—ornament
  Stop back tomorrow for more Christmas cards.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

  Today is the day we are allowed to eat too much as we enjoy turkey(not as cute as the one above) and all the trimmings.   In the spirit of Thanksgiving,  I am going to list five things for which I am thankful.  I am thankful for a God that loves me conditionally.  I am thankful for my two wonderful daughters.  I am thankful for my husband who is my biggest fan and believes in me even when I don't.  I am thankful for my sister. I am thankful for a new opportunity I have had in the last two months. 
  There are many, many more that I don't have time to list.   Have a great and safe Thanksgiving  Day travel as you spend the day with family and friends. 

I’m Sorry

  I can’t believe it has been almost a month since my last post.  Time goes by so quickly anymore.  I really don’t even have a good excuse.

  I did hold a cricut class a week ago and spend time preparing for that.   I had five women come, and they made three Christmas cards, two birthday cards, and one thank you card.  I scheduled three hours with them cutting out everything with their machines.  It was a lot of fun, and I hope they learned some new things.  I thought I would share some of the cards.  These are not all of them.  I’m post the last two tomorrow.

  This card shows how you can use the snowflakes cut from the overlay to add dimension to your card.  I got the idea for the baker’s twine smoke coming from the chimney from Aaron at aaronsbooth32.blogspot.com.  She used Close To My Heart’s twist ties. The inside reads “ Merry Christmas from our house to yours”. 

  This card was showing how you make a stamp set work for your cut.  I cut the ornament to fit the stamp from Close To My Heart’s Frosted card workshop.  It also taught them the masking technique.  I learned from Betsy Veldman, a design team member of PaperTreyInk.  I love her stuff. 

  It is hard to see but the circle is really an ornament.  I love the embossing behind it.

  This card was making your own dimensionals.  The button is made by cutting two buttons from white daisy cardstock and then the top layer in the red B&T and gluing all together.   The button is cut from Artiste and has the button holes cut for you.  The white baker’s twine is then threaded through and tied.  The frame and snowflake are cut from Artbooking.

All supplies are Close To My Heart unless noted:

House Card

paper:  Frosted Card WOTG, Frosted Turquoise(exclusive to paper pack),  Creme Brulee, Olive, Barn Red, and Olive cardstock

stamp: star stamp is stamp sets from Art Philosophy collection, Enjoy, and Holiday Tags

embellishments:  gems from Frosted Card WOTG and Grey Wool baker’s twine

cricut:  Art Philosophy and Artbooking

Ornament Card

paper:  Sparkle and Shine, White Daisy, Ruby, and Juniper cardstock

stamp(s):  stamps from Frosted Card WOTG

ink: Juniper and Ruby

embellishments:  Cranberry baker’s twine

cricut: Artiste

embossing folder: Thin Ice(Sizzix)

Snowflake Card

paper:  Sparkle and Shine, Ruby, and White Daisy cardstock

stamp: stamp from Frosted Card WOTG

ink: Juniper

embellishments:  White Daisy baker’s twine and Ruby chevron washi tape

cricut:  Artbooking and Artiste

Ready, Set, Go

  Today’s card is a birthday card.  I think it works well for boys of any age.  I know it looks like the car is driving on the sidewalk, but let’s pretend it is driving on the street.  Abbie suggested I add yellow lines, and I haven’t done it yet.  I remembered after I started typing this post that I was to do that.  When I do, I’ll post it.

  For the inside, I used three different stamp sets to make the sentiment that I wanted.  The stop sign is my favorite part.

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper: Slate, White Daisy, Black, Sweet Leaf, Honey, and Cranberry cardstock
stamps: Fast and Furious, Card Word Puzzle, and Card Chatter-Birthday
ink: Outdoor Denim, Black, and Cranberry
cricut cartridge: Aritiste with CCR

It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot like Christmas

  It’s a starting to get cooler outside, and it seems like Christmas is just around the corner.  So, today’s project is a Christmas decoration.  I had this old clock that I got at Jo Ann’s several years ago in the damaged section.  I got it to work, and although it worked, I never really liked the design on the front.  I had always planned on repainting it.

  I decided to do this with it sometime this year, and Close To My Heart had the perfect paper.  Good thing I waited. The circle is cut at 4 1/2 inches and the snowflake is cut at 4 3/4 inches.  The banner is cut at 4 inches.  I covered a strip of Colonial White with Stardust Glitter Gel and glued in behind the “PEACE” banner. I glittered  the snowflake as well.  The snowflake and the banner were then inked with Champagne around the edges.

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Frosted paper pack
ink: Champagne
embellishments:  Stardust Glitter Gel
cricut cartridges:  Art Philosophy and Artiste

Lifting Your Spirits

  I’m back today with a card.  I’m using one of the cute stamps in the Holiday Gift Guide from Close To My Heart.  This promotion runs now until December 31.  If the card looks familiar it is because I used the same design for one of my pastor appreciation cards last week.  Scroll down to find it if you want to refresh your memory.  I thought the design worked well for this card too.  The inside reads "Thanks for the lift!".
 
  It is hard to see, but I stamped clouds from the stamp set with Sky ink.  There are three different size clouds in this set.  The hot air balloon is also from the set.  I stamped it onto White Daisy cardstock and again onto Kraft cardstock for the basket and Bamboo for the sandbags.  The balloon and flag are stamped onto papers from the Sarita paper pack.  I cut them out and then glued them onto the balloon stamped on the White Daisy.  I used the CCR for the house, trees, clouds, and sun.  The hills were already saved in the CCR so I just made the other cuts relative to size with them.
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
paper: Sarita paper pack, Sky, White Daisy, Kraft, Bamboo, Cocoa, Slate, Barn Red, and Garden Green(retired)
stamp: Lifting Spirits
ink: Sky and Black
embossing folder: Swirls(provo craft)
cricut cartridges: Artiste, Art Philosophy, and My Quiet Book(provo craft)

A Cute Clothespin

   Remember the paint that I made for the KEEP CALM frame.  I posted it back in August.  I told you at the time that I was saving the leftover paint to use on something later.  I finally decided to paint a large wooden clothespin that I got at a craft store about four years ago. I painted it and glued on some scrapbook paper.  I used black ink and the September Constant Campaign from Close To My Heart for the “CREATE”.  I am still loving this alphabet stamp set.  I thought it needed some embellishing so I pulled out some retired buttons.  I glued paper over the smaller button, trimmed, and glued onto the larger button.  I then tied a bow using white embroidery floss that I inked with champagne ink to distress.

I am going to use it for cards, notes, or pictures.  It is a cute addition to my craft area.
All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Elemental(retired)
ink: Black and Champagne
stamp: You Are My Happy(September CC)
embellishments:  White embroidery floss, Dimensional Elements-Organic(retired)

Pastor Appreciation Thank You Cards

  When I went to church on Sunday, the greeters passed out a note for a secret party for our pastor to celebrate  pastor appreciation.  This is the card that first came to me. 
  
I love a stair step card for cards like this.  It really helps give your card dimension, and I think let’s you tell a story better. Paying attention to detail, his glasses have lenses that are cut with a plastic sheet from an old cricut cutting mat. 

  This is another pastor card.  This card is going to my old pastor.  We occasionally attend his church to hear him preach.  I love the look of an embossed card front.  Some embossing folders are too small for the front of a card.  I got around this by embossing a piece of white cardstock cut 5 1/4 x 4 and adhered it to a card base.  I think it looks great. 
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted
Pastor Card
paper:  Mayberry(retired), White Daisy, Honey, Chocolate, Grey Wool(retired), and Taffy(retired), Bamboo, and Maroon( other) cardstock
ink: Chocolate and Holiday Red marker(retired)
stamp: He Is Risen(retired) and Say It In Style(retired)
embellishments: gold embossing powder(other)
cricut cartridge: Artbooking and Everyday Paper Dolls (provo craft)
Church Card
paper: Sky, Sunny Yellow(retired), Garden Green(retired), and White cardstock
embossing folder: Textile(provo craft)
embellishments: Silver(a’ la mode)
tool: embossing pen
cricut cartridge: Sweethearts and My Quiet Book(provo craft)

Hello everyone.  I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in almost a week.  I need a vacation from my husband's vacation.  He always takes a vacation the week of our anniversary.  It's nice to spend the time together, but I get absolutely NOTHING done.  He went back to work on Saturday, and today I worked on some cards.  I'm planning on taking some pictures tonight or tomorrow to share.  It felt really good to get back into my craft area.  I call it my craft area because it is in a corner of my living room.  A corner that seems to grow and grow.  Maybe someday when it's nice a clean I'll take some pictures to show you.  Don't plan on that being anytime soon.

Happy Anniversary

  Yesterday was my 18th wedding anniversary.  I realized that I don’t make too many anniversary cards and, in honor of my special day, I made some to share with you today.  The first two are anniversary cards and the last is not.  I’ll get to that later. 
  For this card, I used the new Artbooking from Close To My Heart.  I just received it on Saturday and this is my first time using it.  I am quite excited to use it more in the future.  This is more of the traditional elegant card.

  This is a cute card you would give your spouse.  It is using one of my all time favorite paper packs from Close To My Heart called Mayberry.  Sad to say it is retired and happy to say I still have plenty left.  I don’t know about you, but there are some papers that I love and use when I can and some papers that I don’t even touch.  It might be hard to see, but I inked around all the edges with Champagne ink to add some depth. 

  This last card started as an anniversary card and changed by the time I was finished. Pare’ and I decided it worked better for that instead.  I haven’t even started Christmas cards, but now I have a jump start on Valentine’s Day.  Here is your sneak peek at two new stamps from the Close To My Heart’s Constant Campaign.  This campaign runs from mid-October through December. 


  I included photos of the inside of the card and the envelope.  My favorite stamp of the Lots of Love stamp set is the mailbox.  I used it everywhere.
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
LOVE CARD
paper: Sweethearts(retired), Ruby, White Daisy, and Black cardstock
stamp: Say It In Style(retired) “Happy Anniversary”—inside of card not shown
cricut cartridge:  Artbooking
PEAR CARD
paper:  Mayberry(retired), Cocoa, Colonial White, Olive, Garden Green(retired) cardstock
ink: Cocoa and Champagne
stamps: Latte Love(Fiskars) and Fresh Fruit(Fiskars)
cricut cartridge:  Preserves(Provo Craft)
MAILBOX CARD
paper: Ruby, White Daisy, Black, Olive cardstock and Silver(other)
stamp: Lots of Love, Lifting Spirits, and A Little Everything(retired)
ink: Black, Ruby, Blush, and Hollyhock
cricut cartridge: Artiste and Doodlecharms(Provo Craft)

Two Cute Baby Cards

  For today’s card I am showing are two baby cards with the same design for each.  I only changed the the paper and the image. You can easily make these cards in a few minutes.   I made my own ribbon using pigment ink and stamping on CTMH’s  color-ready seam binding.  I love this stuff.  If you remember, I used it and reinker to make my own ribbon for my embroidery hoop card.

All supplies Close To My Heart:

Boy Card

paper:  ProPlayer , Pacifica and White Daisy cardstock

ink: Pacifica, Slate, Whisper, and Black and Pacifica pigment ink

stamp: Fast and Furious and Wild Wonders

embellishment: color- ready seam binding

Girl Card

paper:  Chantilly, Cotton Candy, Whisper, and White Daisy cardstock

ink:  Cotton Candy pigment ink

embellishments: color- ready seam binding, pink and silver glitter gel

cricut cartridge:  Artiste-diaper pin

It’s Finally Here

   Here is the card I promised.  It is made with CTMH’s Babycakes paper pack.  The pack has some but not all baby themed paper included.  I used the paper for a birthday card.  The stamp is a Hostess Rewards stamp that I cut apart(gasp).  I only just started doing this recently.  That is what is great about CTMH’s acrylic stamps.  They are easy to cut with scissors or a craft knife.  I cut them apart because I wanted to repeatedly stamp the “Celebrate” and didn’t want to do a lot of masking.
  Please continue reading after the card and supply list.  I have treated you to other cards I have made recently.
    
All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Babycakes paper pack, Sunset and Colonial White
ink: Sunset and Slate
stamp: The Party is On(Hostess Rewards stamp)

  This card was inspired by a card I found in the Stampin’ Up catalog.  I used CTMH products for the same result. 
All supplies Close To My Heart:
  ink: Sky, Pear, Ruby, Twilight, Cotton Candy, and Black
marker: Honey
stamp: The Party is On(Hostess Rewards stamp) and You Are My Happy

    This card was inspired by the checked paper on the lower part of the card.  It is from CTMH’s paper pack, ProPlayer.  It is a gaming themed paper.  I saw golf pants and a card was born.
  All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
paper:  ProPlayer paper pack and Slate, Whisper, Black and White Daisy cardstock
inks:  Ruby, Black, Outdoor Denim, Slate, and Pacifica
stamps: Blue Ribbon, Perfect Fit-Dad, and Joyful Birthday
embossing folder: Distressed Stripes Provo Craft

Long Time No Post

  I haven’t posted in almost a week.   It seems like I post fairly regularly for a few days and then I just can’t seem to have the time to post.  Nothing too eventful happens.  It’s just the everyday of life.  I try to spend the weekends with my girls and not too much time on the computer.  I do have cards too share.  For today’s card, I am using the September constant campaign again.  The name of the set is You Are My Happy.  I have a card pinned on pinterest that I had for inspiration.  It is from stampinconnection.com.  I pinned that I had to find a sentiment stamp so I could make the card.  I think this sentiment in the stamp set works.  Check back tomorrow when I use Baby Cakes( a baby paper) for a non baby card; and you thought I forgot. 

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Laughing Lola, Gypsy, White Daisy, and Black cardstock
inks:  Black, Gypsy, and Pear
stamp:  You Are My Happy

A Butterfly Birthday Card

  Today’s card is using the constant campaign of Close To My Heart for September, You Are My Happy.  This card uses the butterfly.  I used three colors that are in the paper pack Chantilly that I used on yesterday’s card.  I stamped in a row alternating colors as I went.   

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  White Daisy and Cotton Candy cardstock
ink: Twilight, Pear, and Cotton Candy
stamps:  You Are My Happy and Joyful Birthday

Love You To Pieces

It’s a cool morning this morning, and  I haven’t had my coffee.  I might be taking Abbie to the doctor’s and will get a large coffee then.  I can’t wait (for the doctor’s no, for the coffee, yes).  I’ll make this post short.  I wanted to use this stamp and make it look like an embroidery hoop.  I went in to Cricut Craft Room and used an ornament shape and then used a circle placed in the middle.  The Cricut Craft Room cut it perfectly.  I just had to trim a little from the top to get the desired shape.  I colored the ribbon using reinkers.
 
All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Chantilly, Cotton Candy, White Daisy, and Kraft cardstock
ink: Twilight
stamp: Stitch Wonder
embellishment:  color ready seam binding, Cotton Candy and Twilight reinker,
cricut:  Artiste with Cricut Craft Room

Another week , another card

  Good Monday morning everyone.  I hope you had a great weekend.  My weekend was filled with spending time with Pare’ and Abbie and trying to clean house.  Not too much progress on the house cleaning.  I did work with my camera and found out how to make and watch video.  I’m hoping to have a video made in the coming weeks.  I just have to figure out how to post it here.  I’m not too techy went it comes to computers.  It is more of a trial and error kind of thing.  Abbie does help me a lot, and for that, I am very grateful.  I also worked with taking pictures with natural light(that’s not outside like most of my previous posts).  I think I found the right time of day for taking pictures in my craft area.  I’m sure all this is boring you so I’ll get to the card. 
  Here is the card I made using Close To My Heart’s new constant campaign for September.  It is called You Are My Happy.  It is a three stamp set.  It comes with a cute image sheet, a quote sheet, and a complete alphabet sheet(including large and small letters plus numbers). This is a great set.  I used the bunny, sun, one of the quotes, and the alphabet set for my card.    

  Here is the inside of the card.  I did something a little different.

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper: Chantilly, Sweet leaf, Chocolate, Twilight, Buttercup, and Slate cardstock
ink: Twilight, Slate, and Creme’ Brulee
stamp: You Are My Happy
embellishments: white embroidery floss
cricut cartridge: Art Philosophy and Artiste with Cricut Craft Room

A Sympathy card

  It is gray and gloomy outside this morning.  It is actually the kind of day that I like to stay in my craft area and make cards.  That is what I’m planning to do after I finish this post so I’ll have more to share in the upcoming days.  Today’s card is a sympathy card.  I found a card like it on pinterest from Amy O’Neill at amyoneillblog.com.  I like the way it turn out and am planning on making more with different sentiments.  I have a hard time making the same card twice.  

   It is hard to see, but some of the flowers(solid blue) are embossed with an embossing folder. 
All supplies Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:
paper: Avonlea paper pack(retired) and Colonial White cardstock
ink: Pacifica
stamp: Words of Comfort
embellishments: rhinestone brads(retired) and clear sparkles
cricut cartridge: Art Philosophy
other:  swirl embossing folder provo craft

All Things Fall

  The summer is coming to an end.  I hate to see it go.  I like my children home with me during the summer. I am looking forward to the beautiful colors of fall and talks and laughter around the fire.  Today’s card is a reflection of all things fall.  I used one of my favorite papers from the current  Autumn/Winter Close To My Heart idea book, Huntington.  It is great for fall cards, fall scrapbook pages, and especially masculine cards.

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper: Huntington and Sunset and Desert Sand cardstock
stamps: You Are My Happy(bird), Remarkable Wreath, Happy Autumn
inks: Barn Red,Cocoa, Desert Sand, Olive, and Sunset
embellishments: Stardust glitter gel and Sunset reinker

Babycake Baby Cards

   I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything in over a week.  Life seems to happen way too quickly.  I have been busy making card, and since I haven’t posted anything for so long, I’m giving you two cards today.  These cards are from the new paper Babycakes from Close To My Heart.  Although these cards are baby, I plan on making non-baby cards to show that the name shouldn’t stop someone from using the paper.  The first card is using a technique for the rays I found on a Stampin’ Up(Sh! Don’t tell.) demonstrator’s blog.  Her name is Dawn Olchefske at dostamping.typepad.com. 

Sorry the picture is off center.
All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper: Babycakes, Colonial White, Buttercup, and Slate cardstock
stamps: Baby Carriage and New Baby
ink: Slate
embellishments: Licorice adhesive gems
  The next card was inspired by two cards I found on pinterest.  They were originally pinned from splitcoaststampers.com.  This website is great for inspiration, tips, and techniques.  For my card, I took two cards that were similar and combined into one for my card. 

  I have to show you the back of the envelope.  I think this is my favorite envelope I have ever made.

  Isn’t the monkey hanging from the vine just the cutest thing ever?
All supplies Close To My Heart
papers: Babycakes, Colonial White, Chocolate, and Sunset cardstock
stamps: New Baby and Wild Wonders
inks: Sunset, Chocolate, Olive

All That Glitters

  Hello everyone.  Pare’ and Abbie are back to school after a three day weekend, and the house is back to being quiet.  We did have some excitement this weekend.  Our momma cat, a stray from two years ago, had kittens.  We were able to see them being born.  This wasn’t the first time, but it is still something amazing to watch.  You never know, they might be the youngest Super Cat Sunday on my blog. 
  On to today’s card.  I used the cricut craft room again.  I used it to cut the circle out of the frame.  I then mix CTMH’s Stardust glitter gel and twilight reinker to make my own glitter and painted on the frame.  I had extra glitter and added it to various parts of the paper.  I used the zip strip(FUN-FILLED DAY  You’re Sweet) also on the card.  The zip strip the is on top of all CTMH’s background and texture papers.  This strip is an extra element you can use in your paper crafts.  The stamp I used is called Holiday Tags.  I love this stamp.  It has all the major holidays, two birthdays, and two “to and from” stamps(great for making tags).

All supplies are Close To My Heart:
paper: Chantilly
stamp: Holiday Tags 
embellishments: Twilight reinker and Stardust glitter gel
cricut: Artiste

Wall Art

  Do you remember my corkboard from Friday?  Scroll down to find it if you haven’t seen it already.  At the end of that post, I told you I was going to do something with the scrap foam core board.  I have seen inspiration on pinterest on wall art in craft rooms.  I decided I could do this with the foam core board, scrapbooking paper, and my trusty cricut.  So, I got to work.
  I have been playing with the cricut craft room.  Oh! It is so much fun and a great design tool.  With cricut craft room you can build layers to assemble it to see how it will look cut and finished.  I am a very visual person so this is great feature of the cricut craft room.   I pulled up CTMH Art Philosophy and picked the square.  I enlarged it to six inches by six inches, the size of my board for layer one.  I then pulled up CTMH Artiste and picked the scissors for layer two.  I then enlarged the scissors to where I thought that they were an appropriate size by dragging the scissors(layer 2) over onto the square(layer 1).   I then did the same for the spool (layer 3), the thread(layer 4) and button(layer 5).   The button is found on the Artiste cartridge, and I used the outer circle layer from Art Philosophy.  I love that you can use different cartridges on one item. Note:  I did not cut out the square because this was only used for sizing. 
  This is it on the wall.  I cut a seven by seven square of three different  scrapbooking paper and wrapped the foam core board. I then attached the scissors, spool, and button with foam tape.  I inked around the edges of the squares and cutouts to give an aged look.  Below are individual pictures.
I cut out the scissors twice in the silver paper and trimmed to make two blades.  I cut the circle with a large hole punch.
I used Herringbone cuddlebug folder to represent thread.

The outer circle layer adds dimension to the button.
All supplies are Close To My Heart including silver paper and embossing folder:
paper:  Elemental (retired), Black, Colonial White, Lagoon, and Cranberry cardstock
cricut cartridges:  Art Philosophy and Artiste

SUPER CAT SUNDAY

  Do you believe that cats can fall in love?  I do.  The below picture captures the love of  two cats Mater and Buttons.  Buttons is a year younger than Mater, but she has liked him since she was a little kitten.  She would cuddle with him to sleep and play with him.  He is always so patient and kind.  They spend a lot of time together.  I have always said that Mater was Button’s boyfriend. 
  My husband was going outside and called me over to the door.  I went to get the camera and took a picture.  Cats are like kids.  They don’t cooperate.  Mater has laying down but chose to stand up for the picture.  Buttons has excellent taste.  Mater is very handsome.