Happy Mother's Day

Welcome to our April Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop! As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant. If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create  If you came from " Lucy's blog" – Love 2 Create then you are in the right place!


Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but we also have a Mother's Day theme since Mother's Day is less than a month away. Have you started your Mother's Day projects yet?

My project is this canvas scrapbook "page". I got the canvas at a scrapbook store a few years ago. It is 12x12, and it came with hanging hardware. I used Art philosophy to cut the back round (10 3/4), and Artiste to cut the flowers. The flowers range in size from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2. The colors of the flowers are black,
lagoon and ruby card stock. The letters are glitter "thickers" stickers which I apparently applied crooked :-)
The other elements are rub ons from my stash, and in the center of the rub ons are sparkles. I plan to put
a photo of each of my girls on here, but I have not quite decided which photo, or if I am going to use one photo with both of them in it. I hope you enjoy my project, and that it will inspire you to create a Mother's
Day gift for your loved one.



Your next stop on our "Mother's Day" hop is "Wendy  " of "  My Scrapbooking Blog".



Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:
Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts <----------- You are here
Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog  <----Go here next
Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Stephanie Feist ~ Quilted Scrapper




Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you in creating your own Mother's Day projects!

The Everything ABC's blog hop letter "H"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!



For this hop we will be featuring the letter H. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their H element will be featured in their post.



If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from Shelly ~ Just One Piece then you're on the right track!

For my project for the letter "H" I chose the word Hero. This is a photo of my father taken in September
2008, at Crater Lake, Oregon. My father was a hero to me, even though I don't think realized it. My father chose to leave us to early, but he will always be my hero. This is the 1st time since he has passed that I have been able to create any kind of project with a picture of him in it. I apologize for the reflection of my head in the glass :). The frame is from either Michaels or the Dollar store, I can't remember which. The paper is from the Victory paper pack from ctmh (retired) the sparkles flourishes (Z1708) frame opposite corners of each other, and the ribbon is ctmh (retired). Also used, Durables artisan studs (Z1816). For the flowers, I cut them on the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge at 1 1/2,  2  1/4, and 3.



Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana



Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
3. Shelly ~ Just One Piece
4. Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
5. Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana
6. Linda-Scrappy Therapy
7. Alicia - Serene Scrapping
8. Kathy Johnson - Kathy's Creative Corner

My Sunshine

Welcome to our April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "My Sunshine" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from April 1 - 30, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

















If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create  If you came from  Jennifer of  4 Hearts Scrapbooking then you are in the right place!




For my project, I got my inspiration from the site splitcoast stampers. The technique
I used is called "bargello" and you can find a link for it HERE. For
my card, I decided to use the Chantilly paper pack. I thought that the
theme of the stamp set went well with the paper.


 Select your patterned paper, and cut it a 3/4" x 6. Once you have done that, line them up on your 5x6 cut it a 3/4" x 6. Once you have done that, line them up on your 5x6 piece of card
stock in a pattern that you like, and adhere them down. Then cut pieces at 1/2"
and 5/8".


 Adhere these to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of card stock, in a staggered manner,
 creating a pattern. Adhere the strips. Trim the edges that may be over hanging,
 then trim the whole thing down to 4 x 5 1/2.


For the bird, I stamp it in Twilight, and fussy (hand) cut him out. I could have used
my Artiste cartridge (pg 51, cut @ 1 1/2) to cut him out, but I wanted his wing left in.
For the sun, I cut it on the Artiste cart @ 3 1/2 inches. I stamped the sun in Sunny Yellow (retired)
and glued ot to the base. The white rectangle is cut at 2 1/2 x 3 3/4, and is popped up. The sun center
is also stamped in Sunny yellow. You're tweet is stamped in Twilight.









Your next stop on our "My Sunshine" hop is Stephanie ~ -The Quilted Scrapper





Here is the complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious
Amber ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
Stephanie ~ -The Quilted Scrapper

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.




















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The Everything's ABC' blog hop letter "G"

If you are looking for the Artiste/Art Philosophy Bingo hop, click  HERE.

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter G. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their G element will be featured in their post.



If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy



If you came from Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy   then you're on the right track!



For my project, I used the letter "G" on the Art philosophy cartridge from Close To My Heart. I cut out the border using an old paper packet called Typeset for the back round, and a piece of  Cashmere card stock for the center. I cut both of  the images at 5 1/2. I decided to make this for my youngest daughter to put on her door. For the letters in her name, I used a green called Sweet Leaf. The letters are cut from Art Philosophy as well, and they are cut at  1 1/2. The purple felt banner at the bottom is from Queen and Co. I got it a few years ago at the CK convention when it was in town. The sparkles are from my stash. I hope you like it!

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is "  Shelly Nemitz Of Just One Piece



Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:



1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
2. Theodora Diamantopoulos-Stacey~ Celebrate Crafts
3. Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece
4. Lucy Kelleher ~ Love 2 Create
5. Linda Norman ~ Scrappy Therapy
6. Kathy Johnson ~ Kathy's Creative Corner

For Always

Welcome to our February Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop! As you know, these cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant. If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!



Our theme this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but also a brand NEW paper pack from Close to My Heart - "For Always". In this hop, you will see projects featuring one (or both!) of our versatile Cricut cartridges with this paper pack from many talented crafty ladies! Enjoy our blog hop!



If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create

 If you came from " Darla " of " Caution: Stamping is Contagious " (the person before you in the lineup) then you are in the right place!

What I have made is this card box. I got the idea from Pinterest. This is a rough draft of my project, but I wanted to show it to you all anyway. The base if the box is made using one sheet of 12x12 gray card stock. The inside pockets are made using the patterned paper from the For Always paper packet. On the front of the box, I cut the flourishes at 2 1/4 inches  in Ruby card stock using the Artiste cartridge. This image is found under the number 2 and the accent 4 button. The word cards was also
cut using Artiste in black card stock, cut at 1". The flowers on the bottom left corner were cut using Art Philosophy, using one of the floral sheets. 2 of the flowers were cut at 1 3/4 using font <tag5>, and the larger flower was cut using the paper with the writing in it, cut at 2 3/4 using font <tag5>. I embellished the lid with the strip that I cut from the edge of the b&t, and I placed a bit of bling every few spaces or so. I also placed a bit of bling inside of the flowers too.

The inside of the box has a pen holder, a place to hold stamps, post it notes, and spaces for cards. I have not yet designed the cards for the inside of this box. Stay tuned for that!  I also embossed the black piece of card stock using the cuttlebug. I do not know the name of the embossing folder. I have had it forever.


Supplies:

For Always paper pack :  X7165b
Artiste Cricut cartridge: Z1790
Art Philosophy "  "      : Z1686
Sparkles                      : Z1752
Black card stock          : 1386

Your next stop on our "For Always" hop is " Michelle " of " My Creations With Michelle"



Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:


Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
Michelle ~ My Creations With Michelle
Priscilla~ Priscilla's Paperie
Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog
Stephanie-The Quilted Scrapper
Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
Ellen ~ CardMonkey's Paper Jungle
Melissa Lind~ MyWatermelonMoon
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

It's your birthday

If you are looking for The Everything's ABC's blog hop, go HERE.

Welcome to our January Art Philosophy Blog Hop! We are starting a new year of blog hops for you all featuring Close to My Heart's exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. The Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge is available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant.

This month we are featuring a "birthday" theme for you. In this hop, you will see projects featuring this versatile cartridge from many talented crafty ladies! Enjoy our blog hop! 



If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create 

 If you came from Kindred Hearts ~ It Makes Total Cents  then you are in the right place!

For my card, I used Saddle card stock. I cut the card using Art Philosophy cricut cartridge, page 26. To cut the card, make sure to choose the card button, then the button for this card is in the top row of the over lay with the heart on it.  I cut the card at 5 1/2, and stamped the sentiment in White Daisy pigment ink. I then added bitty sparkles around the edge of the cut out, as well as on the i in birthday, and the exclamation point. The Happy Birthday was stamped using the Part stamp set that comes with the Art Philosophy collection. I also used a sponge dauber to ink the edges of the card in White Daisy ink.

Supply list:

Saddle card stock:   X5928

White Daisy ink:     Z2163

Bitty Sparkles         Z1263

Art Philosophy       Z1686Z

Sponge daubers     Z726

Your next stop on our birthday hop is Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper



Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:


Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie
Kindred Hearts ~ It Makes Total Cents
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper
Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101


Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

The Everything ABC's Blog Hop Letter A

 

Welcome to our very first Everything ABC's Blog Hop! This will be the first of many throughout the year so make sure to check out what we have new for you about every two weeks. Happy New Year and Happy Hopping!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter A. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their A element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Amber La Mons ~  Scrapper's Therapy then you're on the right track!

I made this cute little book using one sheet of Avonlea paper! I was cruising youtube for some inspiration, and I came across a video
on how to make a little booklet. The video and the booklet were made by CreationsbyChristie. You can watch the video here.

This is so easy to make, you could make a ton of them.

I would give you step by step instructions on how to make this cute album, but the video does such a great job.

These would be great as party favors, gift cards, a project to make with kids, teacher gifts... they would be great for little notes too.

I used Avonlea Paper X7155B
Chocolate Ribbbon Z1617
Sparkles Z1263
Just Blooms Z1709 (this item is retiring. If you would like to purchase it, you wil need to do this by 01/31/2013)
Liquid glass Z679 (to glue down the ribbon)

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Lucy of Love 2 Create

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Amber La Mons ~  Scrapper's Therapy
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Linda Norman - Scrappy Therapy
Shalana Glass - Scrappin with Shalana
Kathy Johnson ~ Kathy's Creative Corner
Joanne Barnes - Josie's Joy
Kelly Lane ~ Paper Petal Memories
Jen Patrick- Roxybonds
Alicia Olson~ lovestamping.com
Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

Capture The Date

Welcome to our November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month Close to My Heart is offering a stamp set called "Capture the Date" throughout the month of November.  This versatile set can be purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant for only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50.  (That’s a $17.95 value!)

We are also proud to announce that Close to My Heart wants to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.

In this hop, you will see projects featuring this fun stamp set from many talented crafty ladies!  

Enjoy  our blog hop.  

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create

 If you came from " Jennifer " of " 4 Hearts Scrapbooking"  then you are in the right place!

For my project, I decided to make a birthday card. I used the names of the months as my back round stamp. I just loaded all of the stamps on one block, and then randomly stamped the stamp around the card. I used a piece of black card stock, a couple pieces of Shimmer trim (love this!!), 3 rolled flowers, and bling. For the flowers, I cut them at 3", and they are on the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. The flower is on pg 70.. font<tag5>

I stamped Happy Birthday using White Daisy pigment ink. The birthday stamp is from the Art Philosophy bundle.

Supplies:
card base (I buy them at Joanns using a coupon. This is an A2 size card)
Black card stock (1386)
Shimmer trim (Z1799)
Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Bundle (Z1686)
White Daisy Ink (1385)
Sparkles (Z1752)
Autumn Terracotta card Stock (1270) (3rd flower)

Your next stop on our Capture the Date blog hop is " Stephanie " of "The Quilted Scrapper".

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create 
2. Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious
3. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking (you came from here)
4. Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts (you are here)
5. Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper (go here next)

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

The Artiste in 3D blog hop

Welcome to our The Artiste in 3D Blog Hop!  There are so many fun features  in our Artiste Cricut cartridge that we decided to showcase many of the 3D Objects

In this hop, you will see a variety of projects featuring the 3D Object key of the Artiste but don’t worry, you won’t need special glasses to see them!  (But we do hope our projects will “stand out” to you.)

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create If you came from Kindred Hearts of It Makes Total Cents then you are in the right place!

My project is this cute little 3D box, that is found on page 78 in the Artiste cutting guide, and the assembly instructions can be found in the assembly instructions guide on page 60. (The assembly instructions guide comes with the cartridge!) (3D object <thnkgvng>)
to cut the flower: shift 3D object <thnkgvng>


I used a piece of Flirty paper for both the box and the flower. In fact, I used one sheet of paper to cut both pieces. This is actually the second box I cut. On the first box, my cricut did not cut the little dashes at the bottom to allow the center bottom to fold in. (pic 2)

Next I folded in the petals, and secured them with glue dots to hold them in place. I used the handle side of my paper piercing tool to go through the hole in the bottom to help push the dots together.

I decided that my box could use a little bling, so I used Sparkle Flourishes to decorate the sides, and a little bling in the center of the leaf on the top.

Thank you for stopping by!



Supply list:

Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Flirty Paper Pack
Sparkle Flourishes

Sparkles
Glue Dots

Your next stop on the Artiste in 3D blog hop is Priscilla of Priscilla’s Paperie

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create

 Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious 

Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper
Wendy Kessler ~ My Scrapbooking Blog
Laura Wolff- ~ Scrappinsweetie’s Escape
Kindred Hearts ~ It Makes Total Cents (you came from here)
Theodora Stacey ~ Celebrate Crafts (you are here)
Priscilla ~ Priscilla’s Paperie  (go here next)
Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own 3D projects with the Artiste.