A few more Easter projects to share with you

As I said in my last post I am a bit behind in getting some posts up. But even though Easter has come and gone I thought you might still enjoy seeing a few of the projects I had made for Easter.

This first one is another SVG file from www.svgcuts.com. This file is called Egg Hunt.  It is a chocolate bunny card. The bunny has 3 layers to him making it very dimensional. I embossed the top layer with the CTMH Damask embossing folder. I liked the effect it gave the little bunny. Of course I had to make boy & girl bunnies too.

 Here is a close up of the embossing and the multiple layers.

 I also  made a couple of other Easter cards. . This one was cut from my Cricut  Explore and was from the Bunny Hop  file from ww.svgcuts.com. It has multiple layers and is adhered only at the top half of the basket handle. It stands nicely. I cut two of the eggs with glitter paper and they cut like butter. Depending on what papers you used this card could look completely different and you could make a number of them in no time being each piece is cut from the Cricut. I am having so much fun learning about the Cricut Explore and all that can be done with it.

This  one is using CTMH stamps and paper ,add  a little stitching and a little coloring. Then finish it off with  some seam binding ribbon and you have a cute little card.

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Easter has come and gone but.....

Well if you are still following me and I hope you are I am sorry I haven't posted in a while. But I hope things will work out so that I can post regularly. 
Now I know Easter has come and gone but I still wanted to share with you a few things I made for Easter this year.  You can always think about them for next year if you like them.


First I have a Bunny Treat Box. This was made from a SVG file from www.svgcuts.com . They have the cutest projects at that site. This Bunny box was from the group called Bunny Hop. She was so much fun to make.

This was my first time at making a project with a SVG file on my Cricut Explore and I must say it was so easy to do. The cuts came out perfect!! too. I had so much fun making this one that I cut another one out in a pastel yellow to give this one some company. I will be a little bit ready for next years Easter. lol

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Be You

In my quest to use up as much of the Ariana papers and supplies that I could I ended with this card.  It has a combination of just a few small strips of paper and then 4 of the Dimensional Element pieces. A touch of glitter on the glasses and some inking and the card was born.

Ariana layout #3

Today I have a two page layout that I made from ideas in the current CTMH Idea Book. One was pictured in a wooden frame and the other was shown using the chipboard Bracket Frame. I made them into flat regular layouts.

The left page is very detailed. It has machine stitching, making a strip that looks pleated but isn't, 3D embellishments, spray pen splattering with re-inkers and pearl paint, stamping, the Black & Grey assortment of Epoxy Bubbles and using Dimensional Elements.

To start with I mixed up two Spray Pens with re-inker and pearl paint. One was a Outdoor Denim Re-inker and the other was Black. Adding the pearl paint gives it a nice shimmer when it is sprayed on the page. This was done to both base pages first. Then after that had a good chance to dry (very important or it will smear as you do the machine stitching.) I did the machine stitching all around the base page 3/8" in using white thread. Now set this aside.

The strip that appears to be pleated was a group of 3/4" x 3" strips of Ariana B&T. I inked the edges with Whisper ink and then added strip after strip attaching only in the center so I could sew across the top and bottom. I used the white thread again and the 3/8" seam across the top edge and the bottom edge.

The strip alongside the photo was stamped with Sorbet ink and cut out. A stamped flower was added with the D.E. flowers which added more dimension. It was a fun layout to make.

 
The right page has the spray pen splattering , stitching, and stamping also.  It is a little bit subdued because the left page was so full.  Another fun layout to make.

This one has a couple of Cricut cuts using the CTMH cartridges too.

I hope you enjoy.

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Ariana layout with a twist

 I wanted to see if I could use up as much of the Ariana paper and chipboard pieces and it's assortment of bows as I could. So I started with the  WOTG. Then the additional WOTG layouts. Next  I took  two ideas that are in the current CTMH Idea Book and made them into a two page layout.  Which brings me to this two page layout.
I was getting low on the papers and supplies but there were enough still that I thought I could make one more layout. I didn't have quite enough Ariana paper left so I got out an older pack called  Dakota. I felt the wood grain paper coordinated well with Ariana. There is a current paper pack called Timberline that has a wood type paper but I don't own that one so I used one from my stash.  In addition in putting these two pages together I even  used the Zip strips off the top of the B&T papers. It felt good to use up so much of the Ariana supplies and end up with a number of layouts as a result.

This is the left page. Because I ran out of my Ariana bows for this layout I used my Bow Easy Tool and made my own bows. I used  ribbon from my stash again. I had the  Sorbet ribbon rounds and a ribbon from believe it or not a Christmas kit called Mistletoe. I used quite a few of the Dimensional Elements and Epoxy Bubbles to finish it off.

On the right page below I finished much like the left page with a small difference. With the Dimensional Element Camera I added a  little Crystal Glass on the lens. I made another bow using a ribbon from the Sorbet ribbon round and the Bow Easy Tool.

It was fun to take a pattern from one of the How To books and then go to work putting this layout together.

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Another Ariana Layout

 This is my second layout using the beautiful Ariana papers. In this left page the two Sorbet CS piece were Random Stamped making my own B&T paper. I used Sorbet ink for a tone on tone look. There were also stamping right on the base page with a border stamp and Outdoor Denim ink and the stamping of two different stamps together to make an embellishment piece. I used both Outdoor Denim ink and Crystal Blue ink for that. All the papers were edged with Whisper ink along with the base page. To further decorate the layout a cute bow and some Clear & Grey Bubbles were added to the page.

On the right page all the papers were inked in Whisper ink too. The border stamp was used again to carry that feature over and the title was stamped directly on the base page with Sorbet ink.  Another bow and some more bubbles were added to compete the page.

Thanks for stopping by!
I hope you enjoy what you see.
Se you next time with my next project I am working on.

Beautiful Ariana Layouts

 This first page is the left page of the WOTG Ariana layout. This was a fun page to put together with the papers at angles, stamping techniques using Rock n Roll and combing stamps to make an embellishment. Plus the cutest little bows and of course gems. These were some new Epoxy Bubbles in Grey and Black. I used the clear and the light Grey Bubbles.

The right page continues with the stamping bot on the base page and elements to stamp and cut out. More of the cute little bows and of course the Bubbles. The colors used are Outdoor Denim, Crystal Blue, Sorbet, and Whisper. I inked all the papers with Whisper and on the Sorbet papers I added Sorbet over the Whisper ink. It gave them a bit more definition from the B&T paper they were placed on. I even inked the edges of the base pages which are Outdoor Denim in Whisper. That gave them a darker edge as well.

Now I just have to figure out which pictures I am going to use. I try my hardest to get pictures on right when I am making them or as soon as I can after so I don't stack a bunch of layouts with no pictures when I have so many pictures that need layouts. I don't know if any of you are in that same boat but I am trying to make a dent in the process. lol

I will be back tomorrow with my second set of layouts using the Ariana Papers from CTMH.

I hope you enjoy!

You're Tweet Cards

 

This card was made using two of the CTMH Cricut catridges. The Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges.  These  cards were designed by Adeline Brill. Thank you Adeline. Check her out for some more fantastic projects.
In this project she was showing how to use some of the different buttons available to us on our Cricuts that we may forget about or not know how to use. Also both cards are very similar but not exactly the same. The top one is cut with the Artiste cartridge and the bottom one with the Art Philosophy cartridge. Some of the buttons that we don't often think about using like Flip, Portrait, Fit To Length, Repeat Last, Settings to change from 1/4ths to 1/10ths,  Quantity and Real Dial Size, to name a few.  As an example in these cards the stamped frame  comes from a stamp set called Frame Flair D1548. On the carrier sheet for the stamp set it states which Cricut cartridge is used and what size to cut the images for the stamp to fit exactly. So it said to use the Art Philsophy cart and to cut it at 2 1/4". So in the bottom card the stamped image fits nicely on the white daisy CS cut piece. But on the top card the same stamp was used but the image was chosen from the Artiste cartridge and so it doesn't match exactly but yet it still works. 

It is something to try when you are playing around with your different Cricut buttons. Pick a cartridge and a stamp set that has a Cricut image and see if you can make the same card using another cartridge by finding similar images. It helps us to look outside the box a little and expand our knowledge and our supplies. Try out some of the different buttons to see what they do for you. It will be surprising on how much can be done with a change or addition of a few buttons.

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time.

Family Accordion Display Album

I  saw this project and fell in love with it so I bought a  kit from Angela Garcia.  It is made from all Cricut cuts and she used the Craft Room as well.  I made jut a few changes and additions to make it my own. Thank you Angela for this beautiful project.

It stands nicely on a mantel, table or shelf and also folds up if you want to put it away or make it s a gift and mail it to someone.

It is made with the Huntington paper pack, natural hemp and a  Rosewood Mini Medley all from CTMH.

What I did a little different was I added a Cocoa CS letter to the back of each Champagne CS letters and offset them a bit giving it a shadow type look. I liked how the letters stood out from the papers they are placed on. I also cut Cocoa Cs shapes for the mats in the openings and for the back of the frames. This not only gave it a finished look on the back of the display but it also added stability and sturdiness to the project when it is standing up.

The cartridge that was used was CTMH Art Philosophy.

 

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by.

Thank You card #2

Here is my second Thank you card.  This time I used the Artiste cartridge to cut the card and the wrapper along with some of the flowers, leaves and the swirl. I also used a couple of Smoothie flowers from the Floret paper flower pack and pewter brads for the flower centers. The stamps were D 1544 Distressed backgrounds which I used on the Cricut cut flowers that come out from behind the paper flowers. For the Thank You I used the stamp set A1119 A Garden.

I had an older stamp set C1448 Magic Tabs  that has a bunch of very small sayings of "pull here", "note inside" etc. I used it to add a couple of those sayings so the person would know how this card opens. I put "pull here" on the bottom front corner and on the back of the wrapper I put "note inside".
I am really short on cards in general for all occasions so I will be trying to get a variety made and will post them as I get them done.

Thank you card

I needed some Thank You cards so sat down and made two different ones. Here is my first one.

I adapted a pattern from the CTMH How To Wishes Card book. The pattern had a piece that wrapped around the card and the card would then slide out from the wrapper. I made the look of that card on my card front but my card is a top open card. Confusing? I hope not.I used B&T paper from Buzz & Bumble and Saddle, Juniper and Colonial White CS colors.
The flower garden was stamped with Olive Pigment ink and the two flowers that were highlighted were with Gyspy and Autumn terracotta pigment inks. The sentiment was stamped with Cocoa ink. I embellished with some twine and a clear button and some Opaques Mocha gems for the flower centers. The stamp set was a SOTM titled "A Flowering Bunch".

2 of a Kind Layout

Back in July I believe it was there was a CTMH project shown on Big Picture Classes website on one of there PJ Party nights. Well I didn't get around to making it back then but have completed it now so I thought I would share it with you. 

It is almost entirely made using the Artbooking Cartridge and a stamp set that that came in the bundle as well. It was a lot of fun to make and a good learning experience in how the Artbooking cartridge works.

This is the left page. One of the interesting features in using the Artbooking cart. is that you can pick a layout for example and anything you cut on the page in the handbook will cut using the same size on your dial. So in this case the suggested size was 11". So the overlay, title, banners and photo mats were all cut using 11" but as you can see they did not all cut at 11" in actual size. They cut in proportion to all the elements for this layout.
*the only change I made was because I wanted to use some stamps that coordinated with the arrow images I needed to change the dial size to what it said on the stamp carrier sheet and use the RDS button. Then they cut to match the stamp and the Dimensional Elements that were also a par of the Artbooking cart. bundle.

This is the right page. One other little trick I did was for the Sweet leaf photo mats instead of using 3 2 x 2 photos I placed a 4 x 6 behind the openings and trimmed the  top and bottom to fit. On the left page I really lucked out in that the kids lined up in the middle opening exactly! Now that doesn't happen very often. On the page above it was a scenery so it worked very easily.

I haven't done a whole lot with the Artbooking cart. yet but after making this layout I am very excited to work with it a lot more. I especially like that you can cut everything the size it says on the handbook page or you can change and cut any size you want. It is so versatile.

Stay tuned for more Cricut projects and more to come.

Sorry I have been absent

Hi everyone,
I am sorry I have been absent for so long. Between the busy Holiday's and some other reasons I haven't been crafting or posting. I am getting back into my groove and will be showing you some projects soon.  Hope to see you then.

Artbooking Made Easy: Inspiration Mini Albums

CTMH has another Artbooking video. Check it out!

It isn’t every day that inspiration comes along, but loved ones have a way of sharing it just when you need it. With cuts from the inspiration–themed keys of the Cricut^® Artbooking cartridge, your pages will say the things you can’t put into words yourself. Watch the video for ideas on combining your most treasured memories with borders, overlays, and other complementary shapes from the cartridge to make inspiring artwork of your own

Trim the tree Card

I am going to try and show some of the Christmas cards and layouts that I have been working on lately. My life has been crazy busy with all the Christmas Projects and gifts and decorating the house!! The time is flying by too! Hopefully I will complete everything on my list. lol

This card uses one of the new CTMH products. They are rhinestone Holiday shapes that match both a stamp set and Cricut cuts. So it is very quick to put such a beautiful card together. The stamp set has the size of the image and the page # where it is found in the Cricut handbook. So all you need to do is cut your images with the Art Philosophy cartridge then stamp the corresponding shapes with the Tim the tree stamp set. Lastly add the Holiday Shape around the outside of the stamped image. In this card both the trees and the star have the Holiday Shape attached to the stamped image.

Along the left side of this card I also used the stitching ruler and stitched a zigzag line using some grey floss. You could leave this step out though if you aren't a stitcher. You could stamp in that area from a stamp set tat has stitching images as another way of getting a similar look.

Finally using the Artbooking cartridge I cut the "Believe" using RDS and 1". This card is a great one for using all those scraps you have.

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time.

Supply List

4." x 5." Believe Card

 

Make It from Your Heart® Vol. 1: Pattern 24

A1149 My Acrylix® Trim the Tree

 

 

X7176B Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet

X5762 Lagoon Cardstock

 

Z2173 Slate Exclusive Inks® Pad

Z2170 Ruby Exclusive Inks® Pad

Z2172 Whisper Exclusive Inks® Pad

 

 

 

Z1701 Baker’s Twine Neutral Assortment

Z1861 Mini-Medley Accents Ruby Collection

Z1910 Sparkle Holiday Shapes

 

Z1906 Cricut® Artbooking Collection

Z1686 Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection

Cricut® Shapes:

Artbooking

 

1" Shift+Title (p. 74)

  

Art Philosophy

 

2" (cut 2, p. 31)

3/4" (p. 40)