A Peachy Blue Birthday Wishes To You

I made my own pattern paper by stamping the peach paper all over with a flower stamp from CTMH's Word Puzzle set.

Yikes, if you ever forget to Cuttlebug emboss your piece of paper before you put adhesive on it, no problem. Just stick it on a piece of wax paper and it will pill right off with out destroying the paper or the adhesive. 

I will enter this card into the celebration challenge that Jovan at Cards By Jovan is having to celebrate her 3 year blogaversary. I will also enter over at Tammy's Scrapin Corner in the anything goes challenge.

10 Things About Me Layout

I am very please at the way this layout turned out. I specially selected this color combo from some inspiration I found at the store in the gift wrap area.
Here is my inspiration:

Here is my layout

I used my Crop-A-Dile to attach the vellum to the paper and used the eyelet holes to create a loop for my ribbon.

I wanted to try something new, so I addes some burlap to my project.

I hand stamped the light coral paper with my CTMH stamp set called Word Puzzle.

I type the words and title on my computer printed it in gray ink and hand colored the letters in the specific color blue in I wanted. 

I curled some hemp around a small circular object to curl it. I added some coordinating ribbon and a button to my pretty bow.

My layout will be entered into these challenges:

1. 3 Girl Jam- beautiful bows

Close To My Heart July Specials

July Special promotion: Free Perfect Pairs!

During July, get a free paper packet and coordinating accessory with a qualifying online purchase.

Place an online order of $75 or more in July and we’ll send you a popular paper packet and coordinating accessory—a Perfect Pair—for free! Different Perfect Pairs are available on different dates throughout the month so you’ll want to place more than one qualifying order to snatch several Perfect Pairs.

 

Order Dates	Perfect Pair	Retail Value
July 1–5	Mischief Paper Packet (X7144B) and Midnight Felt Shapes (Z1462)	$15.90
July 6–10	Dreamin’ Paper Packet (X7142B) and Harvest Charms (Z1633)	$14.90
July 11–15	Fanfare Paper Packet (X7138B) and Fanfare Level 2 Assortment (Z1400)	$17.90
July 16–20	Lucky Paper Packet (X7137B) and Lucky My Stickease®Assortment (X7137C)	$17.90
July 21–25	Mayberry Paper Packet (X7136B) and Mayberry My Stickease®Assortment (X7136C)	$17.90
July 26–29	Sophia Paper Packet (X7131B) and Sophia My Stickease®Assortment (X7131C)	$17.90
July 30–31	Believe Paper Packet (X7145B) and Holiday Pockets (Z1486) OR Wonderland Paper Packet (X7146B) and Wonderland My Stickease® Assortment (X7146C)	$14.90

*Taxes and additional shipping/handling may apply. Offer good during above-specified dates, while supplies last.

The July Stamp of the month is called Live Out Loud and is available July 1–31, 2012 only.
With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your D-size Stamp of the Month set for just $5.00! Add the stamp set to your cart on this page at full retail price or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price.

Spend:	$50.00	No purchase req.
You pay only:	$5.00 (72% Off!)	$17.95 (full retail)

Here are some sample artwork made using the stamp set.

Smile Butterflies Layout

Today I have a BEAUTIFUL layout to share. I seen this idea in a scrapbook magazine and new I had to make one for myself. 

My butterflies are cute at 1.5" from Cricut Art Philosophy. There are two butterflies on the cartridge, this one is #35. The brown background paper under the butterflies was embossed with a wood grain folder and inked for texture and dimension. Some of the butterflies I colored with Faber-Castell pencils and then went over them with a water brush. After doing so, they get a water color effect--LOVE it. I will be found these in one of my shelves...I forgot I ever even bought them. Boy, the treasures I find around here sometimes. LOL. I used a Close To My Heart stamp called Take A Picture #C1440 and embossed it with white embossing powder. The green scallop border was welded and created on my Gypsy. The pretty teal and white polka dot paper is from the Dotty For You CTMH paper pack.

I water brushed the butterflies lightly. I didn't want to wash them out too much. 

If you like the Close To My Heart stamp you seen

You can purchase it here

I will enter this layout into these challenges:

1. Dutch Dare Card Challenge - flutterfly butterly

2. Come and Get It Challenges - Cute As A Bug

Baby You're A Firework Card

Ok, here is the last of my 4th of July, Firework, Patriotic, etc. projects for the year. I was not really sure where I was going with this card, then I started getting one idea after the next. The zigzag circle was cut from Cricut Art Philosophy at 3". I braided red, white and blue embroidery floss and looped it around my card and made a starburst in the same colors and tie it together on my braid. I used stickers and CTMH stamps to create my sentiment. The stamped image is from Close To My Heart and I colored it with Copic Markers and added some glitter gel pen to make it sparkle.

My card is based on this sketch:

Challenges I will enter:

1. Sketches By Carly - #59 sketch

2. My Craft Spot - #62 4th of July and Canada Day

3. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog - Fireworks, sparkler, boom

4. Made Especially For You - 4th of July

5. Paper Playtime - Die cuts red, white, blue

Thanks for stopping by. Hope everyone has a safe, blessed and fun July 4th.

Summer Sunflower Card

I have a summer theme card I made for some challenges. I stamped the sunflower with brown Memento Ink and colored it with Copic markers. I then inked the circle with the new Spring yellow Distress Ink and Tea Dye Distress Ink. I love the way it turned out. I cut the tag from Cricut Art Philosophy. The background is stamped with another stamp from the CTMH Friendship Bouquet stamps set. The sentiment is from CTMH as well.

Inside sentiment

1. Docerela Creations - #15 Summer
2. Sketches By Carly - #58 sketch
2. Heart 2 Heart - ribbon

A Green Thank You

I'm here with my second post for the day. I'm entering this Thank You card into the challenge at D.L. Art for thank you/friends/family cards with the color green on them. I like the way it all came together. The  butterfly was cut from my Cricut Imagine. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart.

Mermaid In The Sun Card

Hello again Crafty friends,
I know its been a while since my last post, but I have been super busy in other areas of life. Therefore, my crafting has been neglected a bit. But I'm getting my motor running again and I made this BEAUTIFUL card today with a really cute mermaid digi image from The Paper Shelter. I have fallen in love with several of their images and I will be buying more. I made this card with a sweet friend in mind. She lives back east and I like to poke fun at how sunny and warm the weather is here on the west coast in sunny Cali, so this card is perfect with it's sunny SMILE sentiment (from Close To My Heart) and fun sea scenery.

I colored the image with Copic markers, added some Stickles for bling and sparkle, added Glossy Accents on the water, some of the starfish have sand paste on them. I also distressed the edge of two of the star fish with brown Distress Ink and two were distressed over the whole thing with orange Distress Ink. I love the way this card turned out.

I will enter this card into the following challenges:
1. Sentimental Sundays
2. Gingerloft Challenge
3. The Paper Shelter
4. Paper Play Time
5. Creative Inspirations
6. Tammy's Scrapin Corner

Close To My Heart- Take Out Box For Teacher

Hello Crafty friends,

I happy to share this super cute take out box (aka Chinese food box) that I cut using my Close To My Heart Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge. This box is one of my favorite things on that cartridge. I just love this cartridge there are so many awesome things on there and this is my go to cartridge most of the time and it stay loaded in my machine. I cut this box at 11" and cut the roses out at 4", 3.50" and 3". I cut the tag out at 2" and stamped it with the coordinating stamp that came with my CTMH Art Philosophy bundle kit. I added some matching brads to secure the box together and to hold the ribbob. I LOVE the way this turned out. I made two of them and will fill them with some treats for my kids teachers.

I will enter this treat box into the challenges at:

1. My Craft Spot -tie a bow

2. Little Scrap Pieces - use a bow

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May Specials

Here is May's beautiful stamp of the month. 

There are some sentiments and some pretty sunflowers. It can be yours for $17.95 or if  you place an order of $50 or more you can get this FABULOUS stamp set for just $5! This is a savings of $12.95!

There is still time to get your hands on this fabulous pack of papers

When you place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, you may add the Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95, for just $5. Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos^® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing.