Artfully Sent "Merry Christmas" Card

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Before we say goodbye to Christmas 2014, I want to share a card that I made for a few friends.  I was happy to get to pull out my Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge once again.  The instructions for this card indicate that it should be cut at 7", but I wanted something a bit smaller and I cut the card components at 5 inches.  I have the Cricut Expression machine and felt that even at this smaller size, the card cut beautifully!

What is wonderful about this cartridge, is that with many of these cards, the inside of the cards a loaded with interesting, creative and fun details...

And finally I will show you a close up of some of details...

Now for the list of supplies used to make the card...

• Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, pg 47, Pop-Up Card, 5" (additional card components also cut at 5 inches)
• CTMH Exclusive Cardstock:  Cranberry, Juniper, White Daisy
• Baker's Twine, Cranberry, retired
• Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, pg 60, Gift, 2"
• Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, pg 60, Bow, 2"
• 3D Foam Tape
• Prisma Glitter, retired.

Joy-ful Christmas Card - Artfully Sent Style

We are in full Christmas mode and I am finally getting around to sharing a Christmas card that I made using Artfully Sent!  That cartridge is just loaded with wonderful possibilities, so the hardest part was deciding what to make.  I was making this card for a sweet lady and just had to use pins and green rather than the traditional red and green, which amped up the fun level of this card...

How fun is that?   While the outside of the card is great, with Artfully Sent, the inside is equally amazing!

I also wanted to include a closeup of some of the details on this card...

This is the list of what went into this card...

• Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, p49, Joy Pop-Up Card, 3"
• Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, p57, Deer Icon, 2.25"
• Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, p75, Merry, 0.75"
• Artfully Cricut Cartridge, p75, Christmas, 0.75"
• Sparkles Clear Assortment
• ShinHan Twin Touch Marker, Cherry Pink
• Topiary Striped Washi Tape
• CTMH Exclusive Cardstock:  Hollyhock, Whisper, Topiary

Just a quick note,  I colored the Sparkles with the ShinHan marker.  

Gift Basket

My oldest daughter recently celebrated a birthday.  Since she is attending school in Oklahoma, which is over 15 hours away, it was the first time we were unable to celebrate her birthday in person with her.  I have known that this day was coming, but I was still not prepared for how sad I'd be.  In all honesty, I had a much more difficult time with the whole thing than she did!

Since she is a poor college student, all she really wanted for her birthday was money.  Being the practical person that I am, I had no problem giving her money, but I did feel that I wanted to do something that would add a bit more fun to her day.  Although not an original idea, I did make it my own - I shopped for inexpensive gifts that were small enough to be individually wrapped and light enough not to cost me a fortune to ship.  I was shooting for 7 so that she could open one each day for the week leading up to her birthday, but somehow I ended up with 8 which just added to her fun.   I was very pleased with the results and the feedback I received from her indicated that she enjoyed her gift basket.  Also, since she received it several days before she needed to start opening the gifts, she actually had several days to enjoy the pretty gift basket and remember how much her family loves and misses her!

I wrapped each gift in some Kraft wrapping paper that I had on hand and used some assorted tulle and ribbon as added embellishments.  Here is the result...

and here is a close up of a couple of the stamped tags....

Now for the list of Close to my Heart products that I used on this project...

• Magical Days Stamp Set, D1552
• Enchantment Mini Pigment Ink, Ruby
• Adventure Mini Pigment Ink, Topiary
• 2" Scallop Circle Punch, retired
• Season's Tweetings Gift Bags, retired
• Topiary Cardstock
• Ruby Cardstock
• White Daisy Cardstock
• 3D Foam Tape
• Ranger Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder

Thanks for spending time with my blog and I hope you enjoyed this project :-)

New Close to my Heart Totes!

Close to my Heart has introduced a new Rolling Tote and a Shoulder Tote.  They are a wonderful way to carry your supplies to a crop.  For the times between crops, they can serve double duty as beautiful storage containers,  or, if you prefer,  the rolling tote can be collapsed for easy storage. 

They are not only functional, but the slate and lagoon color pallet is quite fashionable with the chevron pattern and the accent charms/bling .  They were designed with your favorite Close to my Heart tools in mind, including the score board, paper trimmer, the storage containers, 12x12 papers...the list goes on. 


The rolling tote (Z3032) is priced at $149.95 and the shoulder tote (Z3031) at $26.95.  If you'd like to get them at 50% off, consider hosting a gathering, I'd be happy to talk to you about it.  Learn more about these exciting new additions to the CTMH product line in the following video....

Deal of the Decade

I am excited to tell you about the December constant campaign – Deal of the Decade – to celebrate CTMH’s 10 year anniversary of the introduction of the My Acrylix clear polymer stamps.  Here are the details:

Place a qualifying purchase of $50 during the month of December, and in addition to getting a great deal on the sweet Cutie Pie stamp of the month set, you will ALSO be eligible to purchase ANY C- or D-size stamp set from the Annual Inspirations idea book for only $10! That’s up to $7.95 USD/$9.75 CAD of savings on a single stamp! Even better, once you have achieved the qualifying order, there is no limit to the number of eligible stamps you can purchase at this discounted price.

So ladies, if you find a C or D size stamp or two that you’d like to add to your collection, December may be a great time to get it. While only stamps that are in the Annual Inspirations Idea Book are available for the special December constant campaign pricing, stamps from the new Seasonal Inspirations Vol 1 Idea Book can be used to reach the $50 qualifying purchase amount.  

Skylark Birthday Card

My oldest daughter recently celebrated a birthday and, of course, I wanted to make a special birthday card for her.  My goal was a quick, but beautiful, card so I turned to the Skylark Picture My Life Kit.  Here is the results...

Here is a peek inside...

And finally, a close up of some of the details....

Here are the details of how this card was made:

• Skylark Paper Pack, B&T Duos paper scrap, 2 x 4" segment and 4 x 4" segment for card front plus additional paper scraps used to make paper strips shown in the close up shot above.
• Skylark Picture My Life Kit
• Desert Sand Exclusive Ink Pad
• Sweet Leaf Card Stock, 4 x 6" segment for inside of card
• Colonial White Card Stock, cut 4 x 12" folded to a 4 x 6 card base with a 2" left side and a 4" right side
• Card Chatter - Birthday, D1475 (Retired)

Thanks for stopping by!

Anniversary Card

I recently celebrated a 26 year anniversary with my husband.  It held personal significance to me because my parents had been married 26 years when my husband and I married.  It is hard to wrap my mind around the idea that all those years have passed and how incredibly quickly they flew by...but I digress...

Since I love making cards, I could not let something as wonderful as an anniversary slip by without making a card.  While I wanted it to convey my love for my husband but I also wanted it to be a bit masculine.  Here is the result of my creative effort...

This is a peek inside....

And finally, a close look at some of the details included on this card...

Here are the details of what was used to complete this card:

• Circle Spin Card
• Cocoa Cardstock
• Paper Fundamentals, Basic
• White Daisy Pigment Ink
• Cocoa Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad
• Bitty Sparkles
• You Mean the World to Me Stamp Set, B1467
• Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set, D1627
• Card Word Puzzle Stamp Set, C1494 (Retired)
• Ranger Clear Super Fine Ebossing Powder 
• Craft Heater
• Misc Ribbon

December News

December 2014 has arrived!  And with it, a new Stamp of the Month and a new Constant Campaign.

Let's start with the Stamp of the Month, Cutie Pie.  It contains 11 stamps and is great for children's scrapbook pages, can serve double duty on a birthday card/layout and is also perfect to the young at heart.  It is whimsical and perfect for using the new ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.

These are the images included in this stamp set:

Here are a couple of sample projects made by corporate using this stamp set: 

Now to talk about the December Constant Campaign - Deal of the Decade -which was designed to celebrate CTMH’s 10 year anniversary of the introduction of the My Acrylix clear polymer stamps.  Here are the details:

Place a qualifying purchase of $50 during the month of December, and in addition to getting a great deal on the sweet Cutie Pie stamp of the month set, you will ALSO be eligible to purchase ANY C- or D-size stamp set from the Annual Inspirations idea book for only $10! That’s up to $7.95 USD/$9.75 CAD of savings on a single stamp! Even better, once you have achieved the qualifying order, there is no limit to the number of eligible stamps you can purchase at this discounted price. 

Thanks for stopping by :-)