Birthday Card for a Hunter

I have been real busy lately and haven't posted much. Had a garage sale and made $680. I am also painting my bedroom and will lay down tile when I get through. Also I have been playing with my new Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridge called Artiste. It has 700 images on it!! I have got around to making everything yet but am trying.

This is a card my next door neighbor asked me to make for her husband's birthday. He is a hunter.
Used Stamping Up Lovely as a Tree. The deer image is from Stampabilities.

CTMH Cricut Artiste Cartridge

I have been playing with my new CTMH Cricut Artiste Cartridge and I am having a ball. I don't even own a Cricut, but a friend of my keeps hers here because she doesn't have room for it. So I decided to buy the Artiste cartridge from Close to My Heart. It has 700 images on it. You can make all sorts of cards, boxes, envelopes, sacks, etc. The list seems endless and it is so easy to use.

Also when you buy the cartridge for $99, you get three CTMH acrylic stamps sets that coordinate with the Artiste cartridge and you also get coordinating chip boards sets that match the cartridge and the stamp sets. Not only do you get a booklet that shows you how to cut, you also get a booklet that shows you how to assemble everything. There are also how to videos on the CTMH website and You tube.

I am a newbie and have never used a Cricut before and this has been so fun. Here's a couple of the things I made this week. I made a whole lot more and am not thru yet.

You can order the Cricut Artiste cartridge from my Close to My Heart website www.meemee.ctmh.com

You will not regret it. I was only going to buy 1 cartridge. They have 2 others. Art Philosphy and Artbooking, but if they are as good as the Artiste, I will have to have all 3.

Top Note Critters

About a month ago, I went to a garage sale and got a Big Shot with a bunch of Sizzix dies for $35. Can't beat bargains like that! One of the dies was a Stamping Up Top Note Die. I have been having fun ever since. Ha!

I got the ideas for these projects from Pinterest and You Tube.

Two New Close To My Heart Cards

Got new goodies from Close To My Heart today. Had to Play!

The first one is using the CTMH Acrylic Stamp Set Remarkable Wreath. The sentiment is from CTMH Always Grateful.

 

 

The Next card was made using the new Laughing Lola Paper Pack. Love the colors. I also used the CTMH Acrylic Stamp Set Hooray Boquet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All these new stamps sets and paper packs can be seen on my Close To My Heart website at www.Meemee.ctmh.com. You can also see the new 2013 Fall/Winter catalogue there also.

Birdie Birthday

My next door neighbor wanted a card for her sister's birthday and she likes birds and birdhouses. This is what I made for her.

Used the Gina K Designs Sweet Friend Stamp Set.

More Christmas Cards

Some people must think I'm crazy, making Christmas cards in the middle of summer. But I have learned from experience that things get really hectic around Christmas and Thanksgiving and I always seem to run out of time, so I am doing it early this year.

The first card is made from a Hero Arts and Sizzix die cut combo called Holiday Cheer. First time I have used this product and I love it. Note that the snowflakes have blue stickles in the center. Hard to see on the scan.

 

 

Next I made another card using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Sorry I don't know the name of it. It is an older one and I borrowed it from a friend and I have looked on line and cannot find the name. The snowflakes are punched with a Martha Stewart punch out of silver glitter paper.

 

 

 

New CTMH Stamps

Got some new Close to My Heart Stamps and had to play. I just love there stamps. Their My Acrylix stamps are great. Unlike some acrylic stamps I have used, they stamp very well. They are really cute stamps and are reasonably priced.

The first stamp set I used is called Snowflakes. Love this set, and for those of you who have a Cricuit, Close to My Heart has exclusive Cricuit cartridges that have basic shapes and also has shapes corresponding to Close to My Heart stamp sets. In other words, if you have a Cricuit and the CTMH cartridge, you can cut these snow flakes out with your Cricuit. I do not have one, so I cut mine out by hand and it was pretty easy.

 

 

 

Next, I used the stamp called Bountiful Season, It is a part of the Close to My Heart Quick Card series, which consists of larger individual stamps that can be used by themselves to make cards quickly. The stamp is only $6.95.

 

These and other great stamp sets and beautiful scrapbooking papers may be found on my Close to My Heart website www.Meemee.ctmh.com