Christmas gifts Blog Hop

Welcome to our December Blog Hop featuring creations that we plan to give as gifts this Christmas.   To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I am the first stop on this blog hop so you are in the right stop.  If you came from Candra's blog, Paper Dragon Fleur then you are in the right place! 

 For this project which I have collaborated with my downline, and good friend Lisa, we took glass blocks and drilled a hole in the side, and stuffed a set of white lights inside.  Then taking some pigment inks stamped the images and sentiment on the block.  Taking markers we then colored in the images.  To finish off the block, we stamped lots of random snowflakes from various stamp sets with the White Pigment Ink.  Then we wrapped some Christmas Ribbon around the block and made a loopy bow to dress it all up.

This glass block is overlaid with a piece of Red Vinyl cut with the sentiment Merry Christmas.  I didn't use any CTMH product for this one, but wanted to show it, as the Artbooking has alot of great overlays that would work perfect for this.  

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol of Crafty Carol's Place.

 If you get lost along the way, I've provided the entire blog hop list is featured here.

Michelle ~My Creations With Michelle

Carol ~ Crafty Carol's Place

Cheryl ~ Scrapbooking with Cheryl

Brandy ~ Canadian Scrappers

Janet ~ Jan's works of Heart

Kathy ~ It's a Girl Thing

Chantal ~ It's a Hoot Papercrafts

Nancy ~ Nancy Klein

Karen ~ Karen's Cleary Precious Impression

Candra ~ Paper Dragon Fleur

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in the New Year when we will be featuring some of the products that will be retiring, so if you see anything you would like to create, this could be your last opportunity to purchase them.  We hope you will join us again on January 15th, 2014.

Krafty projects August Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring Close To My Heart Kraft products. You will see creations from our participants that will include our New Kraft 3 Ring binder, the Kraft Container as well as our Kraft paper and cards.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, plus I'm the first stop on this hop as you hop across the country.

For my project, I used the My Creations Kraft Container(Z1833) which is large enough to hold a can of pop, some pens and pencils or some candies, you choose. This container measures 5 3/4" x 3", and is stampable. I chose to cover it with the Huntington Paper Packet(X7174B) and the Jute Ribbon(Z1867).

For the top of the cover, I was able to cut the circle the exact size I needed on the cricut, and just slid it in under the edges.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Rosalynd of In my Scrappin Room.

 If you get lost along the way, you can hop back here and check in with the order of the hop:

Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle  You are Here

Rosalynd ~ In my Scrappin Room  Go here next

Nicola ~ Timeless Cottage NB

Arlene ~ Arlene's Creative Space

Krista ~ Simply Creating Together

Sheri  ~ Sheri says-just scrap it

L Hill ~ Twirl N Time

Carol ~ Crafty Carol's

Brandy ~ Canadian Scrappers

Terry Ann~It's my garage and I can craft in it!

Ashley ~ Be Hootiful Scrapbooking

Janet ~ Jan's Works of Heart

Kathy ~ Kathy-itsagirlthing.blogspot.ca

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in September when we will be featuring Jeanette's Archived Stamps. Jeanette has re-released 5 stamps from her archieves.  We hope you will join us again on September 15th.

2013 Autumn/Winter Idea Book Release and New Product Hop

I am so excited to be able to tell you today is the day you can view the New Idea Book for Autumn/Winter online.  If you would like to receive a copy of the book please email me, and I will get one out to you.

There are so many wonderful New Items and I wanted to create some projects to show you.  I really like the New Huntington Paper Packet(X7174B), and decided with Autumn only a month away that I would use that for today's preview.  Along with the paper I used the Huntington Stickease(X7174C) and the Huntington Assortment (Z1881) to create this super cute and easy Card Box(Z1647).

The great thing about making this card box is that I used less than 2 sheets of paper.  I used about 3/4 of a sheet of Barn Red Cardstock, and 5/6 of a sheet of the Champagne/Cashmere patterned paper.  That leaves me with 5 sheets of Cardstock and 5 sheets of patterned paper that I can make cards with.  Check back in the next 3 days on my blog and I will have cards made to accompany this card box.

So for this card box, I firstly started by inking all the edges, inside and out with reinker and the areas that need a touch up and I went back in with a marker.  The colour used is Barn Red.  While that dried, I started by cutting my papers.  I only needed 2 sheets of paper for this project.  A sheet of Barn Red cardstock.  Once I had the pieces cut I sanded all the edges to bring out the white core.  Then I cut all my pieces of Cashmere/Champagne Patterned Paper.  Once the box was dry I started adhering the paper to the box.

On the top of the box, I added one of the stickease from the collection, as I wanted to keep this a very simple design.

Then I added one of the bottons from the collections Assortment to the flap.  I think it just gives it that finished look.

I also covered the inside of the box, which is why I also had inked the inside.  My hubby liked it and tried to claim it as his cigar box.  

Now don't forget to hop through and check everyone else's projects.  And come on back and check out my collection of cards in the next few days that will coordinate with this box.

***This link will take you to my post containing 3 cards that will match my card box.  Don't forget to return and continue hopping!  Huntington Cards***

Happy Hopping!

End of Year Teacher's Gift Bags

Another school Year is winding to it's end, with less than 15 days of school left.  If you remember my early post with Teacher/Volunteer Gifts, I was also asked to make some gift bags for the end of year.  The principal of the school had seen the gift bag on page 70 of our current Idea Book, and loved it.  She asked if I could make it exactly like in the book.  I told her I would try my hardest to do so.  Did I mention that she wanted 30 of them.

So away I went, planning the supplies I would need, and got the order sent off.  Here is a few photos of my journey in the creative process.  

The first step once I had all my supplies was to grab my Artiste cartridge and select the gift bag, set it to cut at 5" and then cut 30 gift bags.

This is my stack of 30 gift bags.  I then scored all the fold lines.  What is great about the cricut is that it cuts perforated lines for scoring.

Next step was the stamping, inking, and coloring on the gift bag.  I used Crystal Blue Ink for the fold over top of the bag which represents the sky.  The stamp set used is Called Just Chillin'(C1495) and I stamped the sun in Honey Ink and colored the center with our Honey Alcohol Marker.  The Umbrella doubles as the water at the bottom of the gift bag, which I also stamped in Crystal Blue Ink.

 The next set was to create the Umbrella's.  This required 5 colors, Cranberry, Sunset, Honey, Topiary, and Gypsy Ink.  I had to stamp 6 of each color and then cut the umbrella into pieces.  I  then inked all the edges with Black Ink.  Then using my Tombow I adhered each piece onto a white piece of cardstock cut in the shape of the umbrella.  (my fingers are still inked black from inking the edges)

Then I had to get all the banner pieces together, here you see all the pieces that get added to the gift bag.

 This is what 30 gift bags look like.  It was alot of work, but I am really pleased with how well they turned out.

Thank you for reading my post to the end.  Incase I left out any supplies I used the full list is below. Also, if you haven't entered my contest yet, just click here.

Supplied Used:

White Daisy Cardstock

Just Chillin' Stamp Set

Juniper Cardstock

Cranberry Ink

Honey Ink

Sunset Ink

Gypsy Ink

Topiary Ink

Black Ink

Natural Embroidery Floss

Black Buttons Assortment

Black Shimmer Trim

Mini Glue Dots

Tombow Adhesive

Artiste Cartridge

Teacher/Volunteer Gifts

Recently I had been asked by my daughter's principal to stamp some of our Muslim bags for Teacher Appreciation Week.   That came about from me making all the treats to send into my daughter's class at holidays.  Halloween was treat bags, and Christmas I did treat bags too, but done up as Santa's.  Then when we had the Whooo's Your Valentine promotion I made the treat tubes for her class, always making enough for her to give one to her teacher and principal.  Score one for me.

Not only did I have 51 Muslim bags to stamp, but I also got a call from another local Elementary school, and the principal there also wanted me to make some gifts for the teachers and volunteers at her school.  I sent up a current cattie for her to look at so she could see some of the artwork and some items that would make good gifts.  She choose 4 projects and asked me to make samples for her.  She choose 2 items, the first is to be ready for June 7th, but I finished them today.  Yeah....and I also remembered to document a little as I went along.  

The first gift she asked for was 20 pillow boxes, and she decided she didn't want them to be our new clear ones, I cut them from White Daisy Cardstock.  Then using the current promotion, Dream Pop paper packet, I added a layer on top using just a few of the patterns.  The bottom layer was cut on the circut which has a matching Frame from the Perfect Fit - Frames 2 I stamped it in Sunset.  The next layer on the tag is a stamp from a coordinating Stamp that comes with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, so that was cut out using the cricut too.  The middle layer is stamped in Lagoon, and the top layer in Hollyhock. There are pieces of 3D foam tape between each layer, as well as between the tag and the pillow box.

May Blog Hop - Canvas Art

If you are looking for my card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge go HERE, but not before you check out my Canvas Art.

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring our Canvas Display project.  We have 2 sizes available to purchase, the larger one comes in a WOTG Kit and measures 12x12.   The kit is $39.95 (G1062), it comes with directions, an exclusive stamp set and Embellishments to decorate your canvas, you can find this on page 23.  The second size available measures 6x6, it can be found on page 126, and is $4.95(Z1818).

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, then you are at the beginning of our hop and you can now hop across Canada one blog at a time. There are 14 of us on this hop, and you will find the full list at the bottom of this post. If you came from Candra o fPaper Dragon Fleur then you are in the right place!

I decided a while ago that I wanted to make some art pieces for each of my children. I started with my 4 year old son, Nicholaus, who loves SuperHeroes.

For my project I used the 6x6 canvas. I stamped a background Chevron pattern in Outdoor Denim Ink on the canvas. I used the retired Superhero paper as the main focus of the project. Then I stamped his intial in Outdoor Denim and cut it out. I cut a star in Honey and adhered it, and the the Wow! from the Superhero WOTG stamp set in Cranberry and placed it ontop of the Wow!. I took some red embroidery floss and used that for my banner, and cut little mini flags and adhered that to the canvas.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nicola of Timeless Cottage.

Here you will find the full list:

Michelle~My Creations With Michelle You are Here
Nicola~ Timeless Cottage
Arlene~Arlene's Creative Space
Sheri ~ Sheri Says Just Scrap It
Brae~ The Brae-er
Carol~ Welcome to Crafty Carol's Place
Cheryl ~ Scrapbooking with CTMH
Brandy~Canadian Scrappers
Teresa~ Country Crafting Mama
Ashley~ Scrappin' With Ashley
Janet ~ Jan's Works of Heart
Nancy~ Nancy Klein
Karen~ Karen's Clearly Precious Impression
Candra~ Paper Dragonfleur
Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own Canvas projects using some of the designs, paper and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in June when we will be featuring party themed projects.

Happy Mother's Day Arts & Crafts at School

On Friday morning I headed to my daughter's school for the first of 2 arts & crafts classes I would be teaching.  My first class was full of very excited grade 1 students.  They were thrilled that they would get to make their mother's a surprise Mother's Day gift. 

Here you see all the materials that I prepped prior to heading off to the school.  Below you will see the sample that I created to show the class the project we'd be putting together.  

Before I left, the class was already asking if I could come back again, so I think it was a huge hit.  I went home for lunch and returned back in the afternoon to then teach my daughter's split class, Jaymee is in grade 3, but her class is a split class of 2 & 3's.  Boy, were they excited to see me come in.  Most of Jaymee's class had just done crafts with me at Jaymee's birthday party, and yes I know I haven't done the post for that yet, but I'm waiting on the pictures from my brother in-law, he is taking the time to edit them all for me.

These little purses might not seem like much, but each purse was a different color, and they got to color in the flowers any color they wanted, so each child had a creation of their very own.  They all turned out fabulous, and I know, I should of taken photos, but can you believe both times I went, I forgot my camera.  However, I do at least have my daughters creation that I can show you.  I think she did a fabulous job.

Jaymee knows my favorite color is blue, so she colored the flowers blue, and don't they just pop off the pink purse.  I especially love her message that she wrote.....that was another bonus, each kid also got to write their own little message to their mother's.

Happy Mother's Day!

April Blog Hop - Home Decor

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring a Home Decor project of our choosing.  My home decor project features the For Always Paper Packet(X7165B) found on page 32 for $9.95, the Honeycomb Flair Stamp Set(C1537) found on page 28 for $13.95 and the For Always Textiles(Z1820) found on page 117 for $8.95.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, also I am the first stop of the hop, so you are in the right stop.

My grandmother just recently passed away, and I know how deeply my father misses her, so I thought I would make my project revolve on a memory piece of Home Decor that he can look at and remember her fondly. I stamped the Honeycomb stamp set in Black Ink and fussy cut out the shapes, also stamping the shapes on the pattern paper from the For Always Paper Packet. Using the For Always Textiles, I cut strips and twisted them and twirled them into these pretty rosette flowers. Using the Licorice Epoxy Bubbles and the Pearl Badge Buttons, I added centers to the rosettes.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Darla of Caution Crafting is Contagious.

 If you get lost along the way, here is the complete list:,

Michelle ~My Creations With Michelle  YOU ARE HERE!

Darla ~ CAUTION: CRAFTING IS CONTAGIOUS!!!

Rosalynd ~IN MY SCRAPPIN' ROOM

Nicola ~ Timeless Cottage

Arlene~Arlene's Creative Space

Krista ~Simply Creating

Sheri ~SHERI SAYS JUST SCRAP IT

twirlntime ~Twirl N Time

Brae ~The Brae-er

Carol ~Welcome to CraftyCarol's Place

Cheryl ~ Scrapbooking with CTMH

Terry Ann ~Terry Ann Diack --It's my Garage--I Can Craft In It!

Janet ~ Jan's Works of Heart

Kathy ~ IT'S A GIRL THING!

Famida ~ Get Scrappin With Fami

Chantal ~ It's a Hoot Papercrafts

Nancy ~Nancy Klein

Pam ~ p-inks

Karen ~ Karen's Clearly Precious Impression

Candra ~PAPER DRAGONFLEUR

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in May when we will be featuring some Canvas projects.

Upcoming Event - Operation Smile Silent Auction

I am pleased to be hosting an Online Silent Auction to raise awareness and funds for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that repairs childhood facial deformities. This event will be running from 8:00 pm(est) April 19, 2013 to 10:00 pm(est) April 21, 2013 online at My Creations With Michelle .

Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by Dr. William P. Magee Jr., a plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen Magee, a nurse and clinical social worker. Since then Operation Smile volunteers have medically treated more than 100,000 children and young adults around the world. Operation Smile coordinates more than 30 medical mission sites in 25 countries annually.


Since partnering with Operation Smile in 2008, Close To My Heart has provided support to change the lives of over 1,500 children and their families.

Close To My Heart is an industry leader in innovative scrapbooking and stamping products, including the My Acrylix® line of clear stamps, My Reflections® scrapbooking kits and several top-selling How-To Programs. Headquartered in Pleasant Grove, Utah the company distributes its products at home gatherings through thousands of Independent Consultants across Canada and the US. For more information about this event, ordering exclusive CTMH products or becoming a consultant, visit my website, contact me via email or call me at 902-446-5439.




This Silent Auction contains many projects made and donated by fellow Nova Scotian Independent Consultants. All money raised minus shipping will be donated to Operation Smile. My goal is to raise enough to change 1 Child's smile, it takes $240 to change a smile. All other donations will also be excepted.


Here is a sample of one of the consultants donations:

Flowers, flowers and more flowers.....

Good morning everyone, today I'm going to show you what I was up to a few weekends ago with my mother.  She is making one of my dearest friends a cardbox for her wedding this summer, and my mom asked me to make her some paper flowers to decorate the top.  She wanted navy flowers, as my girlfriends colors include navy.  The closest we can come to the navy used, is Outdoor Denim, but did you know that if you ink up the cardstock with the matching color, it darkens the intensity of the blue, turning it almost navy.

Now my mother had me make about 2 dozen flowers, which as you will see she did not use all of them.  This is what she came up with.

Bingo

Welcome to our March Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop!   As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant.  If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog Love 2 Create .  If you came from Jennifer of 4 Hearts Scrapbooking then you are in the right place!

 Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but also a "BINGO" card!

Here is the BINGO card that our Consultants were given:

 

The Consultants were told they could  make anything they wanted using the Artiste OR Art Philosophy cartridge AND you work off the BINGO card posted above. Basically, you make a "BINGO" by going across, down, or diagonally and you have to use everything in that bingo line.

My project uses the center line across: sentiment, 3D & buttons.  I used the Artiste to cut this cute little basket from the Chantilly paper.  This basket can be found on page 55 and assembly instructions can be found on page 29 of the assembly booklet.  The sentiment is from the stamp set and is stamped in Pear Ink.  The Frame is from the stamp set Frame Flair and is stamped in Cotton Candy Ink.  The stamp has a matching cut on the Art Philosophy cartridge, which I cut in White Daisy CS and then 1/4 of an inch larger in Cotton Candy CS.

The buttons are from the Clear Button collection which I inked in pigment ink, then added clear embossing powder and then heat set, so that I had buttons that matched my project.  To do this technique you will need tweezers to hold them in place to heat set them.  I used Sunset for the large, Cotton Candy for the medium and Pear for the small.  I have seen this technique done my a few consultants, but I don't remember where and who, but would like to give credit where credit is due.....

So, I also wanted to make this basket so that it could be versatile, so I stamped a second sentiment from the same stamp set, Happy Mother's Day.  The frames are adhered to a straw which I then adhered to a quarter and placed at the bottom of the basket before filling the basket with Easter Grass and Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Your next stop on our "BINGO" hop is Traci of  Paper Crafting 101.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create 
2.  Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
3. Penny ~ It Makes Total Cents
4. Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
5. Melissa L- MyWatermelonMoon 
6. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking 
7. Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle You Are Here!
8. Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101 
9. Stephanie ~  The Quilted Scrapper 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

March 15/13 Hinged Display Tray Blog Hop - Cross Canada

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring our Hinged Display Tray. This Display Tray is a 5"x7" fold out wooden tray with divided sections. It can be found on page 125 of the 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book for $18.95. You can purchase one from your local CTMH consultant.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you are in the right place, because I'm the first person in the lineup.

For my Hinged Display Tray, I've decided to do a Wedding Display. I've used the For Always paper, as well as Ruby, Honey and Buttercup Cardstock. I've also used the For Always Textiles to create a rolled flower.

The left half of the tray is divided into 3 sections, I'll tell you what I did with the top section below. The large picture I matted onto a piece of Ruby Cardstock which is matted onto For Always Pattern Paper. I wanted to add a little bling, so I added the Licorice Opaques Adhesive Gems in various colors and sizes.
The bottom section is matted on Ruby Cardstock. Both of these pictures are then popped using 3D Foam Tape, just because they are my favorite photos....

On the right side there are 4 sections all of equal size. The top left I layered over a piece of the For Always Pattern Paper which I stamped in Ruby Pigment Ink the sentiment "Wishing you a Lifetime of Happiness" from the Happy Couple Stamp Set. Since Pigment Ink does not dry as fast, I added Clear Embossing Powder and set it. The picture is popped off the paper using 3D Foam Tape. The remaining photos are just adhered to the frame.

So this is the top section of the left side of the display tray. Here I started with a Piece of For Always Pattern Paper, which was stamped again with Ruby Pigment Ink and Embossed. The Sentiment comes from the Happy Couple Stamp Set. Then I cut a strip of For Always Textile and adhered one end to a circle scrap of Cardstock and began to twist the fabric. As I twisted the fabric, I also twirled it into a rosette. I then cut some flowers from off the Art Philosophy Cartridge. The Red is from Ruby cardstock distressed with Cranberry Ink, and the Yellow flowers are cut from Buttercup Cardstock and distressed with Honey Ink. The centers were further distressed with Chocolate Ink. The Orange rose, is actually cut from Honey Cardstock then distressed with Sunset Ink. I was trying to match the colors as closely to the flowers from the bouquet as possible. Then to add a little bling, I used the 2 largest sizes of the Licorice Opaques Adhesive Gems.

If you want to check out some of the other ways you can incooperate fabric into your projects check out the link here.....it is where I discovered how to make the rosette flower out of fabric.

Fabric Basics

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Krista of Simply Creating.

Here is the complete lineup of our hoppers, so if you get lost just hop back here to find your way.

1. Michelle ~ My Creations With Michelle   You are Here
2. Krista ~ Simply Creating
3. Michelle M ~ TwirlnTime
4. Brae ~ The Brae-er
5. Carol ~ Welcome to Crafty Carol's Place
6. Cheryl ~ Scrapbooking With CTMH
7. Terry Ann ~ Terry Ann Diack -- It's my garage --I can create in it.
8. Janet ~ Jan's Works of Heart
9. Chantal ~ It's a Hoot Papercrafts
10. Nancy ~ Nancy Klein
11. Candra ~ PAPER DRAGONFLEUR

The best thing yet is that Jeanette is running a contest on her blog.....what is she giving away? It's the Hinged Display Tray that we are using; So hop on over to her site and find out how you can enter her contest for a chance to win a Hinged Display Tray. Visit Jeanette here.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own project using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in April when we will be featuring Home Decor Projects.

Girls Rock Teachers Gift

So Jaymee's teacher from last year and her teacher this year both got some great news just last week.  They both got permanent teaching positions.  Yeah!

So as I'm designing a project for both classes to make for Mother's Day which isn't all that far away, I decided to make demo's to send in and use them also as congratulation gifts. Jaymee helped make the projects, we used the Girls Rock stamp set, and some bright colors to decorate these cute little purses that I cut from the Artiste cartridge.

 In this close up, you can see that the flowers are popped using 3D Foam Tape.  Each a level up,we just added an extra layer of 3D Foam Tape to add dimension.  

I also made this little 4x3 card that fits nicely inside. Jaymee colored in the letters, and did a fabulous job!

For Always

Welcome to our February Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop!   As you know, these cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant.  If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!

Our theme this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but also a brand NEW paper pack from Close to My Heart - "For Always".   In this hop, you will see projects featuring one (or both!) of our versatile Cricut cartridges with this paper pack from many talented crafty ladies!  Enjoy our blog hop!  

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create.   If you came from Thedora of  Celebrate Crafts then you are in the right place!

For my project I used the Art Philosophy Cartridge for cut a pillow box.  All my cuts came from this awesome cartridge.  The frame for the sentiment is layered cardstock, I wanted it to look as though it were chipboard.  I used Smoothie Cardstock for the rolled 3D flowers, as well as the outside of the frame.  The sentiment is stamped with Versamark, and then I used Black Embossing Powder  and my heat gun to set the embossing.  I just love the shine.  I also added some Almond Glitz Glitter Gel to the Pearl Adhesives and the edges of the flowers.  

Your next stop on our "For Always Priscilla of Priscilla's Paperie

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
2. Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious
3. Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
4. Michelle ~ My Creations With Michelle You Are Here
5. Priscilla~  Priscilla's Paperie
6. Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog
7. Stephanie-The Quilted Scrapper 
8. Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
9. Ellen ~ CardMonkey's Paper Jungle 
10. Melissa Lind~ MyWatermelonMoon
11. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
12. Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.