Are you craftier than a kindergartner?

There’s no shame if you aren’t. 
I have a handsome & extraordinarily crafty kindergartner as your challenger. 
The challenge:
Have you used your Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge yet? 
And have you made any of the 3D flowers? 

Hello October

There’s only a few minutes left of September.  It’s been a busy month, with a vacation, the whole family having colds and kicking off home schooling a kindergartener.  I’ve had to burn the midnight oil to play with my pretty papers and stamps lately. 
The other night, I was invited to help MyScrapChick.com out and be a designer to dress up one of Kristi’s newest releases, “Holiday Card Fronts.”  I created this card using the CTMH Believe paper pack, the October SOTM and a few other items that I had.  It was a fun little adventure and am pleased how this turned out.  (I probably could easily recreate it using Art Philosophy too!)

Close to My Heart’s Stamp of the Month program has been fabulous this year.  They’re now releasing the stamps 2 months before the holiday so you have time to make cards!  Hence the reason that we had Halloween’s Wicked in August.  Our love stamps will be in December! 
This stamp set is so versatile & fun.  I only stamped the sentiment here.  I can’t wait to show you more projects throughout the month.  It is available for only $5 with a $50 purchase or $17.95. 
Here’s some up coming dates to keep in mind
October 10 – Catalog kickoff Everett, WA @ my home 7pm
Come see what CTMH is all about. 
Win fun prizes.
Make 2 very simple projects that you can take home & make more of
Enjoy a night out with girlfriends!
Bring a friend & receive a treat.

October 29 – Fall Card Workshop, 1:30pm or 7pm Saturday

Make 5 cards for $8, 10 cards for $15 or a full of 25 for $30.
Everything is cut & ready for you!  You will receive all embellishments, paper, envelopes and your own copy of instructions so you can quickly stamp and assemble. 

November 18 – Christmas Card Workshop
Get started on your Christmas cards.  Make a dozen or a dozen dozen this workshop is for you.  Create simple, beautiful cards with ease.  More info coming! 
That’s all I have for now.  Thanks for stopping by.

Announcing Cricut Shape-a-Day!

You won’t want to miss Jeanette Linton’s blog this month.  It is featuring a shape a day from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge from Close to My Heart.

There’s a couple different ways to follow her posts: 

Jeanette’s beautiful blog
The Close to My Heart Facebook Page

Whichever way you choose to follow it’s up to you.  For more info about cartridge see my other blog posts. To order, click my website. or contact me laliah@live.com

 

Have a great Saturday!

Hip hip hooray, I broke some rules!

Hooray Bouquet D1491 is a great Cricut Compatible Stamp set.  I love its three sentiments:  “hip hip hooray,” “may this be your grandest year yet,” and “you make me smile.” 

There’s an assortment of flowers and flower centers on this sheet so you can have layered flowers or large & small.  The best part is that it’s Cricut Compatible with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

Each Cricut Compatible stamp set gives you the recommended size to cut your paper.  For this card, I didn’t follow their suggestions.  First, I eliminated the white border by making the flower a 1/4” smaller than the stamp sheet. Next, I added dimension to the center by enlarging it and using a scalloped cut instead of a basic circle.  My favorite way to break the rules is to repurpose a stamp.  The leaves were stamped using the same stamp I used on the petals after cutting the leaf shape with the Cricut.  I don’t need a leaf stamp when you have a great shape to cut on the Cricut! 

This card was finished with a
swirl in Honey ink from the D1482 Love Life 
Z1483 Bronze Glitz™ Glitter Gel
Green papers are from the X7137B Lucky Level 2 Paper Packet (Don’t just stamp on cardstock!)

 

Have a hip hip hooray day!

Daisy Daisy!

I saw this daisy at a leadership meeting a couple weeks ago and knew I had to make some. 

They’re incredibly easy.  After cutting and getting your supplies out, it will take you about 1 minute to assemble. 

Tips:  Stack all three layers of petals and then ink! 

This one I layered the white petals and then inserted it into my Crop-A-Dile Big Bite and punched a small hole all the way through.  I inserted a skewer and secured it with Liquid Glass.  Then I added the Olive Green & Honey colored centers. I dotted Liquid Glass around for a little accent and I was done! 

The rest of the instructions are on Lisa’s Blog.  I want to give her full credit for the project so I’m sending you over to her blog.  Leave her a comment if you stop by!

This is one of the projects at my gathering on 9/24.  Come on by!