Artboooking Made Easy Video: A+ School Layouts

Good Morning!

I have the second Artbooking video from Close To My Heart for you today. It show how to use the Artbooking cartridge to make a school layout. I have already thought of a couple of occasions that these overlays and other elements can be used.


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Let me tell you about the wonderful special that Close To My Heart has for National Stamping Month.

With a qualifying $50.00 order you can get three D size stamp sets for only $10.00!!! 

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This exclusive, whimsical stamp set trio includes three adorable, coordinating stamp sets on three D-size carrier sheets. They will arrive at your home in 2 stamp envelopes, one carrier sheet in one envelope and two carrier sheets in one envelope (so with your coordinating stamp set trio, it’s like you’re getting one D-size and one E-size stamp set). Your trio includes:

·         One alphabet (upper and lowercase)

·         One sheet of 9 encouraging, friendship sentiments

·         One sheet of 15 cheerful images great for a variety of life’s occasions

These three sets have been designed stylistically to work together for creating darling cards, layouts, and 3-D projects.

The full retail value of the set is $47.90.

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So pick out your paper sets, embellishments, Crush Books, Ink pads, whatever you need/want and head over to Grammies Craft Room at Close To My Heart to put in your order.

Congratulations Card

Today I have a super quick and easy card that uses scraps! Don't we all like to be able to use a scrap or two now and then ? :)

This doesn't really need any explanation.. so here it is :)

Let me tell you about the wonderful special that Close To My Heart has for National Stamping Month.

With a qualifying $50.00 order you can get three D size stamp sets for only $10.00!!! 

CC1025

This exclusive, whimsical stamp set trio includes three adorable, coordinating stamp sets on three D-size carrier sheets. They will arrive at your home in 2 stamp envelopes, one carrier sheet in one envelope and two carrier sheets in one envelope (so with your coordinating stamp set trio, it’s like you’re getting one D-size and one E-size stamp set). Your trio includes:

·         One alphabet (upper and lowercase)

·         One sheet of 9 encouraging, friendship sentiments

·         One sheet of 15 cheerful images great for a variety of life’s occasions

These three sets have been designed stylistically to work together for creating darling cards, layouts, and 3-D projects.

The full retail value of the set is $47.90.

The September Stamp of the Month is only $5.00 with a $50.00 qualifying order.

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So pick out your paper sets, embellishments, Crush Books, Ink pads, whatever you need/want and head over to Grammies Craft Room at Close To My Heart to put in your order.

Artbooking Video

Well here we are... another Monday has come around. I had a very busy weekend, like all of them it seems. 

I have a video to share with you all today. It is the first in a series of 22 instructional videos to help us all learn how to get the most out of the Close To My Heart Artbooking cartridge. I am learning to love this versatile cart. I have made cards, a mini album and a couple of scrapbook pages with it. I hope we all are able to find some useful information as I post the videos once a week.

This video gives all the basic information to get started using Artbooking as soon as you receive and open the package !

Let me tell you about the wonderful special that Close To My Heart has for National Stamping Month.

With a qualifying $50.00 order you can get three D size stamp sets for only $10.00!!! 

CC1025

This exclusive, whimsical stamp set trio includes three adorable, coordinating stamp sets on three D-size carrier sheets. They will arrive at your home in 2 stamp envelopes, one carrier sheet in one envelope and two carrier sheets in one envelope (so with your coordinating stamp set trio, it’s like you’re getting one D-size and one E-size stamp set). Your trio includes:

·         One alphabet (upper and lowercase)

·         One sheet of 9 encouraging, friendship sentiments

·         One sheet of 15 cheerful images great for a variety of life’s occasions

These three sets have been designed stylistically to work together for creating darling cards, layouts, and 3-D projects.

The full retail value of the set is $47.90.

  

The September Stamp of the Month is this word art set, perfect for the coming holidays.

You can have this set for only $5.00 with a $50.00 qualifying purchase!

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So pick out your paper sets, embellishments, Crush Books, Ink pads, whatever you need/want and head over to Grammies Craft Room at Close To My Heart to put in your order.

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

Last of the Birthday Cards for Work.

Well, today is my official back to work day. I have been going in for a few hours a day for over a week, but today is my first full - 8 hour -day. I am pretty sure I will be tired when I get home :)

I am sharing the last of the Birthday Cards that I have made to take to work for my boss to give to my coworkers throughout the year. 

I used CTMH C1503 The Best Things and D1187 For Every Occasion

The flowers, ribbon and bling are from my 'collection'

My plans for next week are to have some fun 'Fall' things to share :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

National Stamping Month Special

Let me tell you about the wonderful special that Close To My Heart has for National Stamping Month.

With a qualifying $50.00 order you can get three D size stamp sets for only $10.00!!! 

CC1025

This exclusive, whimsical stamp set trio includes three adorable, coordinating stamp sets on three D-size carrier sheets. They will arrive at your home in 2 stamp envelopes, one carrier sheet in one envelope and two carrier sheets in one envelope (so with your coordinating stamp set trio, it’s like you’re getting one D-size and one E-size stamp set). Your trio includes:

• One alphabet (upper and lowercase)
• One sheet of 9 encouraging, friendship sentiments
• One sheet of 15 cheerful images great for a variety of life’s occasions

These three sets have been designed stylistically to work together for creating darling cards, layouts, and 3-D projects.

The full retail value of the set is $47.90.

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So pick out your paper sets, embellishments, Crush Books, Ink pads, whatever you need/want and head over to Grammies Craft Room at Close To My Heart to put in your order.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Thank You Card 3 x 3 Close To My Heart

Happy Labor Day! It's a bittersweet day for me. It's the unofficial end of summer and school starts on Thursday, but I LOVE fall!! It is by far my favorite season.The air gets crisp, the colors will be changing and it will be time for all things pumpkin !

Very soon, I will be sharing some of my fall themed stuff, but for today I have a quick thank you card :) 

I have never used the smaller cards for anything, not even gift tags. But when I found myself wanting to add a thank you card to a small package. I decided to give it a try. I will be making more of these to have in my card box. It was quick, easy and so cute !

I used Close To My Heart S1205 - which was a Stamp of the Month from May of 2012. with Honey Ink and Buttercup paper. The ribbon and glitter glue are from my 'collection'

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

Thanks for stopping by :) 

Side Step Birthday Card

I don't know why, but this type of card has always intimidated me. But now, I have mastered it! It really isn't hard and makes a great impression on the person who is receiving it.

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I put together to ideas that I found - yup- on Pinterest! They can be found HERE and HERE.

The pitcher and flowers are from Country Life cut at 3 inches and the Sentiment banner is from CTMH Art Philosophy cut at .75 inches. The sentiment is CTMH -  D1187 - For Every Occasion and the paper is Chantilly - X7163B

I am definitely going to make more of this card !

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

One Sheet Wonder Set of Five Cards

Well, it's back to work day for me. I have had a wonderful summer. I got much more done than I usually do and we moved my craft room to the lower level, into a much more open space. It is brighter and more organized than my spare bedroom space and I am finding it much easier to keep 'less messy'. Heehee :)  My hope is that I will be able to keep up with all the projects that I have found that I want to do for the coming months. No promises to you or to myself, but a solemn - I'll try !!
I found this idea on Pinterest, of coarse! -  HERE. I really liked the colors that she put together, but of coarse when I was ready to try it out, I had nothing even close. So I went through my umm rather large selection of pattern paper and found this. But then I couldn't make up my mind on the card base... as you will see... for me to only use 2 different colors is a pretty good thing !

The one sheet of patterned paper I used was a 6" x 6" sheet. I backed all the pieces in black. The stamps are SU and the butterflies are a SU dielet.

As with most of my projects, the hardest and most time consuming part is picking out the papers!

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Masculine Birthday Card

I think this card is going to be okay to give to the only guy who works in a kitchen full of women... I don't really do much in the way of 'Manly' cards but I'm okay with this one.

I used two strips of scrap paper and used my distressing tool on the edges. I stamped the distressed background from Close To My Heart - D1544  on the top part of the card base then used a leave stamp from SU. The sentiment is also from SU. The metal button is from my button jar.

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Baby Gift Bag with Cricut Imagine

I just love simple and I love cute, and when I can accomplish both on one project then I am SOO happy!

I used the Imagine Nursery Tails cartridge and cut the background at 6 inches and the giraffe tag at 4 inches. I cut out the giraffe and the tiny butterflies and used pop dots to attach them to the background.

The name is cut from Birthday Bash at 1 inch using both the font and font shadow.

It took me less than 30 minutes to put this bag together. All i have to do now is add some tissue and the gift and it's all ready for mom and baby!

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

Butterfly Birthday Card with Cricut Expression

Today's project is a set of birthday cards that I am going to add to the card box at work. I found my inspiration on Pinterest HERE.

All the cuts are from the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge. I used a Stampin Up stamp for the background on the card base and the colored butterflies. For the butterflies I used Versa Mark ink and Iridescent Embossing powder. I used a twine that has a silver thread (from Paper Wishes) for the body and antennae. The birthday sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

I absolutely love how great this card is in all the different colors.

Don't forget the August special from Close To My Heart...

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

Bag in a Box for Baby Tutorial

Good Morning!

It seems like there is a baby explosion going on all around me. New grandkids, nieces, nephews and friends... there are going to be babies busting out all over in the next few months. So I decided I had better get ahead of the game and start making a few little somethings. I am starting with this very versatile gift Bag in a Box that I found a few years ago on Splitcoaststampers. If you have a hard time following my directions just click on over there and see the original.

Okay, here goes...

The bottom is a 4.5" x 4.5" piece of cardstock that is scored at 1" on all sides.

Clip up to the score line on each corner as shown.

Put sticky strip on each tab and fold in to form the box.

Remove the tape from the bottom, lay the box along the edge, I started in the middle of the box 

so the seam would be centered in the back.

continue to line up the bottom of the paper with the bottom edge

of the box.

When you get to the end, remove the tape from the side of the designer paper and attach to the opposite side.

Here is what a completed one looks like looking in from the top.

For the scalloped edge border, I  used the Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge cut at 1"

I sponged the edges first...

then added two rows of sticky strip to the back.

I attached to the bottom edge the same way as the designer paper.

For the tabs on the top, I used Artiste and put two small circles in the middle.

Important... DO NOT weld  them together, just group them together.

Score each tab down the middle. Use very strong adhesive

 to attach the tabs to the front and back of the bag.

And here is the finished project...

The sentiments are from the new Artbooking Cartridge from Close To My Heart.

I'm afraid you will get tired of me saying this, but this Artbooking cartridge is fast becoming a favorite!

It is so versatile, great for all kinds of paper crafting ideas.

Don't forget the specials for the month of August from

Close To My Heart

If you would like to see the new CTMH Idea Book for the fall/winter please check it out

HERE

We have a great special for the month of August!

 With every $50.00 order, you will get the 

August Stamp of the Month for

FREE!!!!

Learn more HERE!

And with a $75.00 order I will send you an ink pad of your choice, FREE!!

If you would like to receive the new Idea Book, just leave me a comment with a way to reach you.

As always, thanks for stopping by :)