Celebrating a milestone, 100th Birthday Cards

So recently my friend asked me to create some unique birthday cards. Her Great Aunt is turning 100 years old and she wanted 5 cards that would wow.  So she turned to me.  So for the past week I've been busy creating 5 cards using the Flower Market cartridge.

Card A

Card B

Card C

Card D

Card E

So these are the creations I came up with and each one is completely different from the others.  My friend was so impressed and happy with them.  I'm now just waiting to hear if the recipient loved them.  Which card is your favorite?



Always craft with  <3

City Sidewalks Cricut Blog Hop

Welcome to our Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring the new Cricut City Sidewalks digital cartridge.  If you have come here from  Melinda's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog. 

This month we have approximately 17 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this fun Christmas inspired Cartridge and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

So here is the first project that I created using the NEW City Sidewalks Digital Cartridge.  It is a card using the Christmas Tree Cut and Presents.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Fern, Willow, Cranberry, Peacock, Cocoa and White Daisy.
Ink: Cranberry
Cricut: Artbooking and City Sidewalks
Other: 3D foam tape, memories bonding glue pen

I was hoping to be able to show a 2 page layout, but Cricut Design Space has been down for a couple of hours and I wasn't able to finish the layout.

Now "Hop" on over to Cat's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, this cartridge is digital and is only available until December 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

SOTM Blog Hop - It's the Little Things

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is It's the Little Things, a set of 15 stamps.  If you have come here from Melinda's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog.  

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I started with the box cut found on the Artiste Cartridge, page 37.  I cut the box from Kraft paper and then stamped all the images onto White Daisy Cardstock. To create the collage of flowers, I fussy cut everything out and layered it using various colors. The sentiment is stamped on White Daisy and matted on Glacier Cardstock.

Colors used:

Glacier, Pixie, Thistle, Crystal Blue, Canary, Topiary and Twilight(retired)

Now "Hop" on over to Sheila's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, that November's SOTM is only available until the 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

ShinHan Marker Blog Hop

Are you ever in for a treat!!  This blog hop is showcasing the ShinHan Touch Twin Alcohol Markers, and do we have some amazing artwork to share with you.

If you have come from the amazing artwork from Adeline then you are in the right place.  For any reason if you loose your way you can find the entire list here.

There are 24 markers in the collection, and our 42 consultants participating in this hop will be sure to show some amazing artwork.

Now onto my project.  I cut a pop-up card from the New Artfully Sent cartridge....however fun the inside is, the outside still needs some creativity.

Here is the inside of the card:

I have the Cricut Explore cutting machine, and I'm able to resize the cuts and manipulate them.....I changed the size to be an A2 card(4.25 x 5.5). To do this I had to unlock the sizing and edit the width to 5.5" and the height to 8.5".(the size of the card open) Everything sizes accordingly and tells me which mat to load, so it takes all the guess work and figuring out sizes out of the equation.

Here is the front of my card:

The frame is a cut from Art Philosophy, I cut it in Olive(2.5 x 3) and White Daisy(2.25 x 2.75).  The sentiment is stamped in Ruby from the Merriest Christmas stamp set(B1468).

The Snowman is from the stamp Set Christmas Post(D1610). I fussy cut him out and layered him onto the frame which is popped using 3D foam tape.

The colors used are:

Carmine
Cherry Pink
Vivid Green
Sap Green
Leaf Green
Bronze
Clay
Barely Beige
Black
Warm Grey 4 & 7
Cerulean Blue Light 
Tender Pink

Then I used the Colorless Blender Marker to blend some colors together and to remove some colour.

Now keep hopping along and check out the many creations that follow me, your next stop is Sheila.

To purchase any of the supplies used here or along the way, you can do so with your local consultant or you can purchase through me here or contact me.

CTMH is proud to introduce to you a new Cricut Cartridge, Artbooking

ARTBOOKING The New Cricut Cartridge by Close To My Heart

Here are the digital copies of the new Cricut Cartridge called ARTBOOKING.  Exclusively from Close To My Heart.  To Book a party so you can be the first to get your hands on this exclusive cartridge, aswell as all the other amazing NEW products please email me.  The first 2 parties booked will receive a special gift from me.  

With this cartridge, you get:

*151 Layout themes

*700 images - many that coordinate with stamps

*3 D-size Stamp Sets

*3 12x9 Dimensional Elements