Valentine Workshop

This past Saturday was a great day for a workshop!  The featured stamp set was the Stamp of the Month, Beloved Bouquet.  We did 5 standard size cards, a treat box, and a 5" x 7" popup card that was cut from Dreaming Tree Site.  I used the La Vie En Rose paper pack.  It is so much lovelier when you see it.  Pictures never do it justice! 

The first item is the treat box filled with Hugs and Kisses:

 

 

This box was created from the Cricut CTMH Artiste cartridge.  It's on page 37.  If you want to download the Handbook for this cartridge, you can find it on Cricut's site here:  http://content.cricut.com/b/pdfs/res/handbooks/Artiste_Handbook_web.pdf

 

 

Recipe:

 

Papers:  La Vie En Rose Paper Pack, Black and White Daisy Cardstocks;

Stamps:  S1601 Beloved Bouquet

Inks:  Pomegranate Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  Z3075 Red Glitter Paper; Hershey's Hugs & Kisses

 

If you would like to download my Design Space file for this treat box, you can find it here: https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/35857500.  Anyway I think that is the link.  If not I will correct and repost.

 

Stay tuned tomorrow for the rest of the workshop.

 

Happy Crafting my friends!

 

  

 

#CTMHMailbox

The World's Most Interesting Man

I've always enjoyed the quotes I've seen from the World's most interesting man and the quote you see today is Oh, so true!

 

 

Do you ever have those kind of days?

 

Happy crafting my friends!

 

 

 

January 2016 Stamp of the Month & Mojo Monday!

Have you seen the January Stamp of the Month -Beloved Bouquet  with 14 lovely images for your Valentine Card stamping?  It is beautiful and is only available through January 31, 2016.  With a qualified purchase of $50 you can get this lovely set for $5 or $17.95 at the regular price.  Be sure to click on the graphic for a larger view:

 

 

I decided that I would try my hand at this weeks MojoMonday 431 because it was begging me to be used with this stampset.  When you look at the image, don't you think so too?

 

So here is what I did with this sketch:

 

 

And one more view -- a side view:

 

 

 

Papers:  La Vie En Rose Paper Pack, Pomegranate, Black and White Daisy Cardstocks;

Stamps:  S1601 Beloved Bouquet

Inks:  Pomegranate Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  Z1809 Black Shimmer Trim; Z3075 Red Glitter Paper; Spellbinder scallop and circle dies; Opaques Licorice Adhesive Gems (Ret.)

 

This is one of the cards we will make in my Saturday workshop this month for Valentine's Day.

 

Happy New Year and Happy Crafting!

 

 

One Last Sangria Card

Okay, I'm sure I've worn you out on Sangria but I am so enamoured of the rich jewel tones in the Chevron pattern, in particular.  I was inspired by a card a saw on Pinterest and turned it into a Close To My Heart card.  Here is the results:

 

 

Papers:  Sangria Paper Pack, Pomegranate, Champagne, and Colonial White Cardstocks;

Stamps:  D1560 Holiday Tags; D1109 Gingerbread (retired)

Inks:  Pomegranate Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  Bitty Pearls and White Pearls (ret.); Liquid Applique puffed by heat gun

Other:  Lace (probably from Walmart); CTMH Cricut Artiste cartridge (Holiday Tag); Spellbinder scallop and circle dies; CTMH Confetti embossing folder; StampinUp snowflakes embossing folder; Fiskars border punch.

 

D1560 Holiday Tag stamp set:

 

 

Happy 10th day of Christmas.  By the way, did you know that the 10 Lords a Leaping actually represent the Ten Commandments? 

 

 



Cricut Artistry Collection

There was a discussion on the consultant bulletin board today about the frames that come with the new Cricut Artistry collection.  One of the consultant thought the frames external shapes would be the shape that was cut with the Cricut but as it turns out, the inside of the frame is what is cut for a different type of creativity.  Below is the stamp set from the Artistry collection.

 

 

 

So, I thought you all might be interrested in learning a little more about the new Cricut Artistry Collection and stamp sets.  Here is Carly to tell us more:

 

 

You can see more information about purchasing this amazing cartridge on my Shop Online site here: 

http://kattisch.ctmh.com/retail/product.aspx?sku=Z3167

 

You can find a shape index here:  http://cdn.closetomyheart.com/global/oba/docs/products/1509-cricut-artistry-shape-index.pdf 

Chistmas Nativity Paperscape Box Card

Still loving Sangria papers and cut out this great Nativity Paperscape Box Card from Dreaming Tree 3D SVGs.

 

Here are photos of a Paperscape Christmas Nativity with all the pieces put together.  It is approximately 10" tall, and about an inch wide:

 

 

The next picture has the little tea light that sets perfectly in the back of the Paperscape to light the box.

 

I love the way this looks with the Sangria Papers!

 

Happy Ninth day of Chrismas!  The gift of the Ninth Day of Christmas is Nine Ladies Dancing!  Did you know that those nine ladies dancing represent the Nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit?  Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Generosity, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.

 

Today, I pray that you will be able to share these gifts!

 

Christmas Treat Holder

For Christmas treats for those at my office, I decided to whip up a quick little treat holder from my Cricut.  It wasn't a lot but it was something to let them know I was thinking of them.  This is what I did with Christmas WOTG called Mistletoe (Retired):

 

 

This has a little more of the a view from the top so you can see how wide it is:

 

 

A close up of a single treat box:

 

 

Papers:  Mistletoe WOTG Paper Pack, Cranberry, and Kraft Cardstocks;

Stamps:  None

Inks:  None Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  Cranberry Baker's String (Retired); Green Sequins from the Dollar Store

Other:  CTMH Cricket Artiste Cartridge 

 

These were quick to whip up and I just love how the yo-yo flowers look.  I scored the B&T paper every 1/4" and cut a strip of paper at 3/4" wide x 12".

 

I hope everyone had a super Christmas and full of sweets!