Congratulations! (Whovian-style...)

Hi All! Happy Friday!!

I thought I'd pop in and share a card I made for my very Whovian daughter's 8th grade Graduation. What's a Whovian you ask? It's a dedicated fan of all things Dr. Who. My girl is definitely a Whovian. She has her favorite Doctor, her favorite sidekick, her own Tardis lego set, and even an anthology of Dr. Who stories. So when it came time to make a card for her, what's a mom to do? Create a Tardis of course....

So I started with this card from the Close To My Heart Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge:

This card was created by the crazy-talented Brenda Rose of Rose Blossom Legacies.
You definitely want to follow her blog for all kinds of crafty inspiration!

I used the Cricut Design app on my iPad to cut, weld, and otherwise manipulate the image until I came up with something more like a police box than a phone booth. I had originally planned to cut the titles out of the card but my blade wasn't sharp enough to make the cuts, so I improvised using a silver pen. The sentiments are from Close To My Heart's Smarty Pants stamp set, and are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

Here are some close-ups of the outside:

And here's a look at the inside:

The quote is by River Song, one of my daughter's favorite characters who has a rather complicated relationship with the Doctor. I thought about printing it on my laser printer and foiling it with my Minc, but I decided it had a little more meaning written in my own handwriting.

And there you have it! I'm hoping that with school out, my son (the Tech Geek) and I can work on filming some tutorials. This will most definitely be one. :)

Have a wonderfully creative weekend!

CTMH Cricut Artfully Sent Collection	CTMH Smarty Pants Stamp Set	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	CTMH Sapphire Cardstock
CTMH White Daisy Cardstock	CTMH Black Cardstock

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Let's Celebrate!

Hi all! Welcome to the Rose Blossom Blog Hop featuring our favorite Close To My Heart Cricut cartridges. If you've just come from the oh-so-talented Marg Van Patten's blog, I Didn't Have Potatoes, you're in the right place. If you're starting with me or get lost along the way, I'll have a list of hop participants at the end of this post.

In honor of Close To My Heart's "Baby, I'm Worth It" consultant sign up campaign, the Rose Blossoms are featuring projects that you can make with the CTMH Cricut cartridges. So I thought I'd showcase a little birthday card/gift card holder I made for my daughter's birthday this week. Let's take a look:

I was inspired to create this pop-up matchbox by Dawn Griffith at Dawn's Stamping Spot. While I do have an envelope punch board (which is what Dawn used to create her matchbox), I decided to make this quick and easy using my Cricut and Cricut Design iPad app. Since I used the app, I could pick and choose images from all of my cartridges and then some. For this card, I used images from CTMH's Artfully Sent, Artbooking, and Artiste circuit collections. The match box itself is from the Artiste collection and is cut from white daisy cardstock. I layered it inside and out with Kaleidoscope paper. The "celebrate" image (from Artfully Sent) that I used for the shaker front was cut 5 times from White Daisy Cardstock and once from Kaleidoscope paper. I layered the 5 cardstock pieces together and added some glitter to the letters. I then added acetate and Kaleidoscope paper to finish it off. The Happy Birthday sentiment is an Artiste image cut from white glitter paper and the 14 is the Artbooking font cut from gold glitter paper.

Here are some images of the inside:

The flowers, balloons, and Birthday Girl sentiment are all from Artiste and cut from Kaleidoscope paper.

I still wanted a card that I could write in, so I made a little one from White Daisy cardstock that would tuck inside with the gift card. I created the fun birthday cake image using Canary, Gypsy, Cotton Candy, and Pear inks along with stamps from the Build-a-Cake set. "Happy Birthday" is stamped in Crystal ink and gives you a sneak peek of the fabulous Stamp Of The Month for May. I added some doodles at the bottom to give the cake stand a place to...well...stand, and then added diamond and yellow stickles for some added bling. My daughter loved it!

Here's one more look at the shaker:

I hope you enjoyed this little matchbox. You can find out about the fantastic Baby, I'm Worth It! sign up deal right here. And now hop on over to see what the incredibly talented Morgan Vogt has for your inspiration at TweetScraps!

And, as promised, here's a list of blog participants:

Brenda

Lynn

Marg

Kim {that's ME}

Morgan

Mary 

Kristine

Kim

Margot

Have a wonderfully creative weekend!

CTMH Cricut Artiste Cartridge Collection	CTMH Cricut Artfully Sent Collection	CTMH Cricut Artbooking Collection	CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
CTMH Kaleidoscope Paper Pack	CTMH Gold Glitter Paper	Martha Stewart Glitter	CTMH Canary Ink
Gypsy Exclusive Ink	CTMH Pixie Exclusive Ink	CTMH Pear Ink	CTMH Crystal Blue Ink
CTMH Build-a-Cake Stamp Set	Micron Black Ink Pen

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CYBER MONDAY!

Hi All! We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog share for this FABULOUS, NEVER BEFORE SEEN Cyber Monday Special from Close To My Heart!

Today only, ALL CRICUT COLLECTIONS are 20% OFF!!! Yep, it's true! From now until 11:59 PM MST (Mountain Standard Time), you can get any of the fantastic Close To My Heart Cricut collections for 20% off. Been wanting to make some boxes and bags to package your Holiday goodies? You'll be wanting the Artiste Collection then. Hoping to create spectacular 3 dimensional cards for every occasion? Pick up the Artfully Sent Collection. Are mini albums and brag books on your to-make list? The Artbooking Collection is for you. And if you need a general cartridge that can be used to embellish any or all of the above and more, then grab the Art Philosophy Collection. 

These collections make the perfect gift for the Cricut crafter on your list! And remember, pumpkin hour is 11:59 PM MST tonight! 

That is all.

We now return you to your blog share already in progress....

Rose Blossom Blog Hop: Artfully Merry

Hi All! Welcome to the Rose Blossom Blog Hop featuring Close To My Heart's Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge. If you've hopped over from Rose Blossom Legacies, you're in the right place. (If you're just joining in, you can hop back to Rose Blossom Legacies and start at the beginning. There is a complete list of participants at the end of this post as well.) Now, on with the hop!

Today I decided to make two Christmas cards for you that highlight one of my favorite features of this cartridge: the sentiment cards. These are cards that have sentiments cut into (or out of ) the card bases. Let's take a look:

The base of this card is cut at 5 1/4 inches from Glacier Cardstock. I cut a second card from Tan Glitter Paper and interrupted the cutting after the angel was finished (saves on paper). I then adhered the glittered angel over the angel on the base card. To give the card extra dimension, I added mats to the front of the card in Ruby and White Daisy Cardstocks. The sentiment is from the card sentiments stamp set that is included in the Artfully Sent Collection, and is stamped in Glacier Exclusive Ink on White Daisy Cardstock. Three Gold Sequins add a little extra bling.

Here's a close-up:

Now for something a little different:

This fun card is cut at 5 1/2 inches from Kraft Cardstock. I backed the star with Tan Glitter Paper and the tree and "merry" with patterned papers from the Pear & Partridge Picture My Life collection. I used a white gel pen to color in "CHRISTMAS" and add some doodle accents to the front and inside of the card. The red patterned diamonds and sentiment layer are fussy cut from Pear & Partridge PML cards. The sentiment is once again from the card making stamp set, and is stamped in Ruby Exclusive Ink on Kraft Cardstock. A large glitter gem from the Yuletide Carol Assortment Pack adds a final bit of bling.

Here are some close-ups:

And here are the cards together:

I hope I've given you a little inspiration to grab your Artfully Sent cartridge and play. Now hop on over to Tweet Scraps and see what inspiration the extraordinary Morgan Vogt has created for you!

If you get lost along the way, here is a list of participants:

Brenda

Kim H. {that's me!}

Morgan

Shelly

Lynn

Marg

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