Yesterday I introduced you to the new embossing folders that CTMH has recently produced! Today I want to share some art with you using the embossing technique at its purest- just plain embossing. I LOVE the look and the FEEL that embossing can give to a project. In these cards I did the same thing for each- I placed the front of my card in the embossing folder (about 3/4 of the card front in the folder). Once I placed the folder through the machine it came out with such a beautiful texture – this pattern is our ‘quatrefoil’- my FAV of all of them!
I then added a small strip of paper and a bow cut on the Cricut Artiste to finish of my card. So simple and yet so pretty! So much so that I had to try it a bunch more times and with glitter paper- these are my new fav cards!!!
Tomorrow be sure to come back to see the sanding technique with embossing!
This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest (you can see it if you follow my pinterest boards in ‘Card Inspiration’)- I loved the simple use of just a bit of burlap. When I went to create this I was surprised though that I did not have ‘even a bit’ left! I love burlap and our burlap ribbon is one of my fav’s- I had to go and borrow a piece from a fiend- crafter problems! I stamped three flowers from one of the stamp sets and then popped them up with some foam tape. I added a simple sentiment and some fabulous bling to finish it all off!
Where do you find your inspiration? I would love to hear so please post in the comments below!
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You know what they say about Birds of a feather….. they usually become the best of friends!
This card was made using the Skylark paper and complements, the feathers stamp set and some natural hemp. The edges of my card were distressed by scissor distressing (carefully running your scissors across the edge of your paper in ONE direction- I don’t recommend a back and forth motion as this tends to cause rips in the paper).
Welcome to the last day! Today I get to sit back and wait to see how much hostess rewards we have to give away to our Grand Prize winner! I cannot wait- be sure to check back tomorrow to see who it is!
Today I wanted to showcase a card and a stamp set- CTMH has some of the cutest stamps! The paper is one you have seen before – maybe it is my actual favourite pack since I seem to use it so much- Skylark! I actually have mixed in two stamp sets on this card- one which is an upcoming stamp of the month (the word bubble) and the ‘Owls’ stamp set. To create my colourful owl I stamped the branch and the owl on a variety of papers (they are from a few different paper packs). I then cut out the pieces I wanted and pieced them together- paper piecing! I love how it all turned out in the end.
Oh my goodness- I am a little excited to show you today’s project and featured items!!! Of course welcome back to Day 7 of the CTMH Idea Book Reveals… and today’s project which not only features one of our great new products BUT an exclusive one!! You read that right- this one is exclusive and you can ONLY get it when you host a party!
WHAT?! NO FAIR!!
Nope, absolutely fair- maybe you don’t realize how easy and fun a party can be? If you live in Central Ontario (or sometimes even other parts as I like to travel) I will come to you and we can have a lovely home party OR a hostess-designed workshop- whatever you like! If you are not local don’t worry! I have something for you too! We could have an online Facebook party- they are sometimes even BETTER than an in house party as no one needs to worry about weather, finding sitters or getting dressed to leave the house! Just contact me (and believe me you will WANT to!) If you want to find out a little bit more about hosting please click on the “Be a Hostess” tab above.
Here is our super sweet project- a card featuring that exclusive item- the ‘Unicorn Dreams’ stamp set… it is too cute for words!!!
The card itself is pretty simple- I stamped the unicorn in hollyhock ink and stamped the sentiment over top in black ink. I added some paper to the top and a strip of paper folded up across that for some dimension. Then I finished it off with a few more of those sequins from the lollydoodle cardmaking workshop on the go kit!
Welcome to Day 5 of the CTMH Idea Book reveal- today I have more in store for you than other days.
I have a winner to announce, a blog hop to share with you AND of course product to reveal with a project!!
First: THE WINNER of the Balloons stamp set featured yesterday is…
Then we have a project and a blog hop (all in one!) The blog hop is one featuring NEW product reveals on my blog (which you know since you are here) and blogs of my team members. To participate all you need to do is follow the link below to the next person on the hop and so on. At the end you will be directed back to this page.
This card was one I made for my Dad’s 56th birthday just a few weeks ago. I love that it was simple yet turned out to be so cute!
I used some of our natural baker’s twine and overlapped pieces of our washi tape- the cut them to be in the shape of a pennant. Since you can never have too much washi tape and it is so easy to use this was a great way to use some up! I also stamped a simple sentiment on the bottom of the card in lagoon ink- the stamp is one of the exclusive stamp sets you receive in the Cricut Artiste collection.
Products featured:
Now HOP (this part actually does not start till 8pm MST so if you are early you might find some of the posts missing) on over to Lucy’s blog to see what she has in store for you! Remember to come back tomorrow for another project and more new goodies – and if you haven’t yet please be sure to subscribe to my blog so that you don’t miss a minute of all the fun!
Welcome back! Day 2 of the CTMH Idea book reveal features a cute card with a oh-so-popular hot air balloon! I am seeing these EVERYWHERE in fashion, home decor and of course papercrafts!
My card is a basic 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 card on lagoon card stock. I used the CTMH Artiste cartridge to cut out my clouds. The hot air balloon was hand cut (it turned out so well I didn’t mind at all) and paper pieced together. I used some of our glitter paper to add some bling to the balloon and then also added a bit to the bottom of the card under the sentiment.
New products featured on this card (click on the image for them to go directly to my SHOP)
Remember- if you shop on my website you will be entered into the draw for the HOSTESS REWARDS!
I love holidays- especially the ones that really allow me to be creative and have fun with my family! Valentine’s Day is 100% one of those holidays!
I have created lots of fun stuff in preparation for the big day (and have a bag of hidden ‘goods’ to surprise my loved ones with that morning).
Here are just a few of the things I have created that I hope will inspire you!
This is the Valentine ‘treat’ for my kids to take to their class (at school for one and daycare for the other). I used the February Stamp of the Month to create the ‘Wild Thing’ image and on the back used a nice black pen and a stamp image to add the phrase “… you are WRITE on”- cute, right?!
Sorry photo removed for publication!
This in the card I intend to give to my sweet hubby! He tends to (really) dislike holidays and usually does not do a whole lot but I LOVE them (and if reads this then I suggest you do a little something for all of us that day… I know you can do it!). This card looks simple (and truly it was) but it took a while. I used our new flamingo dots (you are getting some serious sneak peeks here!) and a heart I cut out on the cricut. The heart was cut out on Kraft paper so that it would blend in and not look like I had a base at all. I then added my flamingo dots one by one. To make sure they stay put I coated the whole heart with a layout of liquid glass- voila!
And last- my ‘I Love You’ decor frame. At Christmas I had my advent calendar set up on this- now I am switching it to Valentines and I plan to list all the reasons I love my family and all the things they do to keep the love going! They can add to this as well. I have a video showing the frame in detail below- enjoy!!