It's About To Get Wild Around Here

Good morning, here is an adorable little card made with Crocs Rule and the Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge that is great for a new baby card or even a friendship card. And it is so simple to make using the CCR or your Gypsy. Grab a cup of coffee and follow along.

Now wasn't that easy?  And you only need two cartridges for a fun little shape card.

Easy to make cards two up using just 1 12x12 sheet of paper for the base and scraps for the balance of the card.

 

Here is a close up of the little croc coming out of his egg. Notice I did ink the edges.

 

 

Finally a close up of our card. Thank you for stopping by today, I sure hope you enjoyed today's post.  Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments inspire me to continue sharing with you. Have a blessed week.

Good Times Ahead Using Art Philosophy And CCR

Good Times Ahead!!! I just love this card but I have to tell you although I made it was designed by Aaron or at Booth 32.  She sent me this card and I liked it so much I bought the workshop that had all the little goodies in it to make. Sadly I have to report that you can no longer purchase this Workshop On The Go from Close To My Heart as they are a limited quantity item. I bought mine last year and then my Dad became very ill and was unable to use it.... Now I wish I bought more! So please if there is a limited quantity item that you are wanting order while quantities last. I hurried up and ordered my Christmas Card kit today!!!

 

Now wasn't that easy? I cut out all the little card set for my party and placed them in little baggies so each of the ladies will have this wonderful card to take home. I have to tell you I am really excited about this party as it is our first card marathon. Each lady is encouraged to bring at least 2 card sets of 8 card packets! I have actually made 4 cards! Fun-Fun-Fun!

Above is a photo of the finished card. I just love the look, don't you?

To learn more about Close To My Heart Cartridges just watch this short little video it will tell you about all three.

Isn't it amazing all the things you can do with these three cartridges, 700 images each! Just click HERE to order yours.

Here is the inside of the card and a close up of the front. Click on the photo to see a larger copy.

 

Well I hope you like today's post and come back and visit more often. We have 24 designers offering a new project daily and I share one every Saturday. We use all types of equipment and encourage you to put your creativity hat on and dig right in and ENJOY your self creating something of your own.

Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments inspire me to continue sharing with you. Have a blessed week.

Have A Dog Gone Good Day!

Good day! I hope you are having a wonderful day today. I am so excited that I finally had a little time to play in the scrap room and get a little work done.  I prepared this little card to share with you today using my Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cart and the little Bow Wow stamp set. I stamped the little doggie image on some scrap paper and then did a little fussy cutting. To finish him up I just colored in his collar and little tongue. Isn't he just too cute?

Here is what the complete card looks like. As you can see it has plenty of detail with the extra stamping I did and the little bit of embossing on the background paper.

Now wasn't that just as easy as can be? I love to try new techniques, and this one was a new one for me. And I love the shape of the card too. The Art Philosophy cart make it so easy to make a card. I just love it.

Here is  another close up of the little doggie as you can see I popped it up with foam tape.

 

 

Well I sure hope you liked today's little card. I enjoyed my time with you. Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments inspire me to continue sharing with you. Have a blessed day and see.

Christmas Tags Made The Old Fashioned Way

 

Good morning.... Sorry but I am away fro home this week... I went on a wonderful trip to Portland, Maine with my handsome hubby and we had the greatest time! But that didn't leave me any time to spend with my Cricut as I had to get back to work when I returned. Sooooooo... this week we are going to have a project that you can do with just paper, a 2 inch scallop punch, some stamps, ink and Zip Dry glue (or whatever your favorite is). You will also need a hole punch of some sort and string or twine for the cute little tags we will make.

Now I made 11 cute little tags on my lunch hour so just think how many you could do in a whole morning or afternoon.... probably enough for all your gifts this year! Oh don't forget to send me your tags so that I can feature them on the first Saturday in November..... Time is running out so get a tag in the mail to me today! (Sheila McShea, 3005 Stonecreek Trace, Helena, AL 35080)

First I used my Close To My Heart Scallop Punch (use what ever kind you have). I folded the paper so that I would have a card like look to the tag.

I turned the punch over so I could see what I was doing so that the tag would be strong at the top.... see the photo above.

After I had cut out the tags and a flat sheet to glue on the top so that the tag would be a circle I proceeded to stamp the parts.

I used my new Flakey Friends Stamp set from Close to my heart and stamped the little images on the plain scallop circle.

Then I used the Perfect Fit - Holidays stamp set and stamped the little HoHoHo on the inside of the folded scallop circle.

This is how that looked. Notice it still leaves plenty of room to place your to and sign your name on the tag.

I then used my colored pencils and colored all the little snowmen.... note I had fun with this as I don't get to color very often and I felt a great sense of accomplishment as it went so fast.... the good news was I didn't have to shade anything just color!

After I had all my little guys colored all I did was glue them to the base of the tag and waited a minute for them to dry.

Then I signed the back of each tag and dated them and punched a little hole to ready them for the twine or ribbon I was going to use....

I forgot that at home so I will have to finish this little project tonight! But I thought I better get this blog post ready as it is Friday and this is running in the morning.... See what happens when you are running behind!

 

 

I do have to tell you it was great just being able to create something.... It has been 3 weeks since I walked in my craft room to get supplies. The last time I was in there was to make the video to show you my Christmas papers and I still havent' put them away! I can't believe it is the end of October!

 

 

Oh well I will add the photos of the finished tags and I sure hope you like my little project. I know I am thrilled that I will have tags for the children's gifts and I was thrilled to be able to spend a little time with you!

 

 

Have a blessed day and thank you for joining me today. Thank you also for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. You comments brighten my day!

Fall Favorites Card...

Hey Ya'll,

Sassy Dude here from Cricut Couple today with a fun card project for you. I am sorry, but even with a brand new laptop, I can not get my Gypsy files transfered so that I can share them, but I wanted to share the card with you today, just the same.

I used the "Fall Favorites" stamp of the month for this design. It's still available for a couple more days. It's my favorite fall stamp set to date and lots of fun to color. If I could figure out how to use markers, I would probably love it even more. Hee! Hee!

For the scarecrow, I cut a label shape from CTMH Artiste cartridge. It's just a basic shape. I also used a label shape from the same cartridge for the pumpkin stamping on the inside and that's it with the cricut. Everything else is cut with a straight cutter and punch.

I stamped the image with chocolate ink and then used my colored pencils to color all the details. I stamped the word "fall" twice. Once with Olive and once with Autumn Terra Cotta. I cut out the "a" from the terra cotta one and then popped it in the center of the word. I used a straight cutter and cut out a rectangle and then used a rounded corner punch for the corners. The border on the bottom is also stamped repeatedly with chocolate and then colored in the same way as the scarecrow. I also used a border punch on chocolate card stock to make the lacy border on the bottom. For the piece behind the scarecrow, I simply stuck the scarecrow on the paper and then used the straight cutter to cut a 1/4" border around the edge. Then used the rounded corner punch on it as well.

I added a couple of just regular silk autumn leaves behind the word fall. The rest of the papers are from a recollections paper stack that I got a Michael's last year.

For the inside, I just added another label shape with pumpkins stamped and colored the same way as above. The entire card and all layers are edge inked with Autumn Terra Cotta as well.

Well, I hope you enjoyed today's project. I was hoping to have something a little more advanced than this, but time has just not been something I can get my hands around lately. Hee! Hee! Thanks so much to Sheila for letting play again today.

Utilize Your Scraps To Make Tags

Good day. I thought I would share with you what I have been doing as of late... My scraps are accumulating so I have decided to use the scraps up when I make them to make another project. I just made a birthday card for my grandson Justin with the paper that you see, and had a 6x6 scrap sheet left from the card I cut. so I decided to make a couple of tags with the left overs.

Emma from My Creative Time has a few die sets and I actually utilized them as I had already shut off my machine. My Cuttlebug was sitting right behind me so I finally used the tag set I bought and the little flower set. Boy was it easy, in no time at all my pieces were cut and I was stamping to finish it up.

Now wasn't that easy? I didn't get really creative I just stuck with the basic tag as one was for a little boy and the other can be used for any birthday occasion. I just placed it in my stash. I really think that I am going to make a tag stash to go along with my card stash. Tags are something I always have to stop and make or they just don't get any. Yup, scraps will be great for this.

Along with my scrap paper I used the Card Chatter - Birthday stamp set and some Moonstruck ink from Close To My Heart.

This is what the tags looked like when they were completed. I love that the paper and ribbon were just scraps that I was able to put to use right away. Justin's tag is the one on the right. Just a simple tag that I can sign our names on that will go along with his gift. And the one on the left is the one that I am starting my stash with. I think I will start making my Christmas tags out of scraps that I have on hand now.... that sure will put me ahead of the game as you know we all use a ton of them for Christmas!

Here is a close up of the flowered tag....

I hope you enjoyed today's post and that I inspired you to look at your scraps in a new creative way.

Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments inspire me to continue sharing with you. Have a blessed day.