Damask Divas Nevermore Blog Hop

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Hello!! Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring Nevermore!  If you came here from Jenifer's blog then you are in the right place.  If you've hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the complete list of participants on the Damask Divas Blog. 

For my project this month, I created a treat box for Halloween.  The box, spider, web, and letters are all cut from the Cricut Artiste Cartridge. I used White Daisy for the box, black cardstock for the web, and purple Glitter paper for the spider and "Eek!"  Then I just used pieces of Nevermore to cover the two parts of the box.  

I used the following CTMH products:

White Daisy cardstock

Black cardstock

Glitter Paper purple

Nevermore paper packet

Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Black satin ribbon (from my stash, not CTMH)

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Thanks for stopping by...........

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Damask Divas Zoe Blog Hop

Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring Zoe!!   If you came from Jenifer Benner's blog, then you are in the right place.  If you came here by chance, see the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog. I'm SO excited for the new Idea Book and new paper collections!!  To kick things off, we are featuring the Zoe paper collection.  

FIRST, my small disclaimer.........Yes, I used a retired stamp set for my page layout (butterfly and joy stamps are from the Brushed WOTG kit), so I do apologize and hope that I don't get anyone's hopes up that they can use the same stamps as my layout.  Every stamp set I picked up from my stash that I thought would look good....was not continued in the new book.  So use your imagination to create your own masterpiece.

I found this layout on-line, designed by Leah Cameron, another CTMH Independent Consultant.

I used the following CTMH products to create this page:

Zoe paper packet

Zoe Complements

Cricut Artistry Collection (You & Me stamp) New Cartridge!

Coral Shimmer Trim New Color!

Silver Sequins

Slate cardstock

Glacier cardstock

White Daisy cardstock

Sorbet ink

Black ink

Thanks for taking a look at my project!

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Damask Divas Valentine Blog Hop

Hi! Welcome to the Damask Divas Valentine's Day Blog Hop!  If you came here from Tracy's Blog, then you are in the right place!  If you hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of participants at the Damask Divas Blog.  You'll find all sorts of inspiration for the "season of love." 

For my project, I used the Cricut Artfully Sent cartridge and made a card for my husband.  This cartridge makes it so easy to put a card together that really has your own touch.  Simply cut out the card, adhere various papers behind the cut-outs, add your embellishments and you're done! If you didn't notice, in my doodling around the card edge, I actually added "love" as part of my doodling.  I also love that they are a full 5x7 inch.  

The card base is found on page 35 of the cartridge booklet (sleeve+Shift+b) and was cut at 7 inches.

For the inside, from the same page, I cut the sentiment (sentiment+b) at 5 inches, then I cut it apart to piece the inside  (I wanted a full piece to cover the papers behind the hearts). 

Washi-tape makes it simple to add that extra touch.  The small heart on the inside left is one of the cutouts from the card front that I covered with washi tape.

Close To My Heart products used:

Cricut Artfully Sent cartridge
Heartstrings paper pack
White Daisy card stock
Hollyhock card stock
"You're the Bomb" stamp set  ($3 of proceeds from this stamp sale is donated to Operation Smile)
Exclusive Inks - Black, Lagoon, Hollyhock
Lagoon Hearts Washi Tape
Gold Sequins Assortment
Black Journaling Pen
Foam Tape & adhesive of choice

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!  

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Totes To Go

Rub & Remove™ Eraser

Washi Tape Dispenser

the NEW Arfully Sent Cricut Collection

So if you love to make cards, there is absolutely NO REASON you should not consider getting the new Artfully Sent Cricut Collection!!  It can totally take the guesswork out of designing a card.  I just got my cartridge a few days ago but hadn't really looked through it yet until last night.  I needed a card for a baby shower at work (one of several in the next few months...something's in the water!!), so I browsed through the booklet to find this design.  I had some retired Babycakes paper and Assortments so I put it to good use.  This card was SO easy!!  And it comes with a second booklet that shows you how to assemble your card.  

This particular card is one of the Pop-Up designs but it makes so many other types of cards as well. Scene cards, sleeve cards, pocket cards, gift-card holders....you can make 400 projects with this ONE cartridge!!  (the pennants for "Baby" were some cuts I had leftover from another cartridge, I believe Art Philosophy).

For $99 you get the cartridge, 3 D-size stamp sets (I used the font stamp set to stamp "Baby"), plus a package of White Daisy cardstock. 

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6" x 6" Canvas

Christmas is just around the corner!  Have you thought about what gifts you might give to your friends and family?  Have you thought about making your gifts?  Close To My Heart has many options to create your own gifts that everyone is sure to love.  Like this 6" x 6" canvas display, featuring my cutie-pie granddaughter.  This pattern is actually shown in the current Idea Book on page 128.  I pretty much followed the pattern as seen in the book, but you could easily make it your own....switch up the colors, stamp the hexagons instead of embossing them, even use a different sentiment.  Whatever you choose, you'll end up with a beautiful project that makes a perfect gift.

The hexagons were cut using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge, at 3/4 inch and 1 1/4 inch RDS (real dial size).  Use a VersaMark ink pad to stamp the various designs on the hexagons, then heat emboss using gold embossing powder.  The flowers, leaves and branches were cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge (see keys and sizes below). The leaves were covered with Topiary Striped Washi Tape.  All pieces were adhered with Liquid Glass.

You can find all of these products on my website.

My Acrylix Honeycomb

White Daisy Cardstock

Pear Cardstock

Smoothie Cardstock

Black Exclusive Inks Pad

VersaMark Ink Pad

My Creations 6" x 6" Canvas Display

Yuletide Carol Assortment

Topiary Striped Washi Tape

Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder

Cricut Artbooking Collection

Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

Liquid Glass

Flowers cut from Art Philosophy:

1" and 1 1/4" Shift (cut several, p. 28) - Smoothie

1", 1 1/4", and 1 1/2" Shift (p. 29) - Smoothie

1", 1 1/2", and 2" Shift (cut several, p. 43) - Pear

1 1/2" Shift (p. 50) - Smoothie

3/4", 1", and 1 1/4" Shift (cut several, p. 56) - Pear

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Damask Divas Scaredy Cat Blog Hop

Hello there!  Welcome to the September Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Scaredy Cat paper packet.   If you came here from Sarah's blog, then you are in the right place.  If you hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog.

For this blog hop, I made a one-page layout and a card.  For the one-page layout, I used the Cricut Artbooking cartridge, and all of the cuts were made using the "V" key.  The Artbooking cartridge is designed  for scrapbook layouts, in that for each of the keys, you set your cutting size as indicated on the page and then each item on that page will be cut in proportion to the rest of the items to make your layouts easier than ever.   Now you can still use RDS (Real Dial Size) to make your cuts (which I did to cut the fence pieces), but everything else was cut at 11 inches WITHOUT setting to RDS. (I cut the fence pieces....there are 4 pieces all together....at 1.5 inches RDS). 

Artbooking cartridge

12x12 page

I had some scrap pieces of yellow-orange that I glued behind the windows of the haunted house and I sanded the edges as well.  The fence pieces were cut from the houndstooth pattern of cardstock from the Paper Fundamentals Basics cardstock pack. 

For the card, I cut the "Beware" piece from one of the patterned pieces in the paper pack, and the inside of the card has a sticker from the Complements set. I added a half-circle of purple glitter paper for a little extra color.  The scalloped kraft piece is actually the flap cut off of a 6x6 kraft die-cut card and trimmed down a bit. The black cardstock was embossed with the dot embossing folder and then I sanded the top to bring out the white. 

card inside

The following CTMH products were used:

Pear Cardstock

Black cardstock

Cricut Artbooking collection

Paper Fundamentals Basics collection

Purple Glitter Paper

Thistle Exclusive Ink Pad (for sponging edges)

Frightfully Fun stamp set (ghost in doorway)

Thistle diagonal striped ribbon

Dot embossing folder

Scaredy Cat Paper packet

Scaredy Cat Complements

Scaredy Cat Assortment

Mini Stapler

Thanks for taking a look at my projects and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Your next stop is Jessica Wilson!

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September 2014 Stamp of the Month

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"Hi" card using Scaredy Cat paper packet

Hello there!!  Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  I had some spare time this afternoon so I spent the afternoon making some projects in my scrap room.  I whipped up this card pretty quickly without any stamping.  The only ink I used was to sponge the edges in Black ink.  The "HI" letters are from the Base & Bling style sheet, because once you make those necklaces or bracelets you have all of these extra letters leftover and you're thinking...what am I gonna do with all these extra letters???  Well here's one way to solve that dilemma.  Just stick them on patterned paper, trim the edges and mat on colored cardstock.  Simple, simple!!   All of the papers are the new Scaredy Cat paper packet and I used a 6x6 Kraft card base.

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August 2014 Stamp of the Month

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NEW!!! Mystery Hostess & monthly crops

Be sure to check out my new Mystery Hostess offer (click on tab above). 

Also, if you are in the area, join me for some cropping time!

Monthly crops are FREE and are held from 10am-6pm

August 17, 2014 - my house

September 28, 2014 - Whole Lotta Scrap

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November 9, 2014 - Whole Lotta Scrap
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January 18, 2015 - Whole Lotta Scrap

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Damask Divas Chalk It Up Blog Hop

It's August and you know what that means!!!!  The new Annual Inspirations Idea Book is LIVE!!!  SOOO.......Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Chalk It Up paper pack!  If you came here from Sarah's blog then you are in the right place.  If you've hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog. 

I've seen a new technique all over YouTube and Facebook.......the "masking tape stamping" technique.  So I took a stab at it and made this 5x5in card....which surprisingly went together very quickly!!  Don't you just love the effect?! You simply press a strip of masking tape (must use the blue painter's tape kind, the regular kind is too sticky) across your ink pad and then press it onto your cardstock. Then stamp your sentiment and other designs over that, using black ink.  SO Easy!!!

I hope you have a blast seeing all the great projects with this new paper pack....and an even MORE blast checking out the new Idea Book.  You'll be in awe for days! :)

Close to My Heart products used:

Kraft die-cut card (I cut a 6x6in card down to 5x5in)
Chalk It Up paper
White Daisy cardstock
Glitter Glam stamp set
Exclusive Inks in Lagoon, Sorbet, Flaxen, Champagne & Black

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Get the August Stamp of the Month "What a Hoot" for only $5 with your $50 qualifying purchase!

Monthly Club options now available!!

I'm so excited!!!!  I now have 2 monthly club options you can join and each one comes with free goodies!  Check them out in the "Monthly Clubs" tab above.  Thanks for all your support!!

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Radiate Beauty - July Stamp of the Month Circus Alphabet

Get this stamp of the month until July 31st for only $5 when you spend $50.  Such a versatile stamp set!  Be sure and see my post of a Hip Pics album that I made using this stamp set.

July Stamp of the Month "Circus Alphabet"

Happy 4th of July everyone!!  I've had a relatively quiet day at home....except for the neighbors testing their fireworks!  Maybe we'll get a free show from our front porch?? Anyway, since I had some free time today, I spent the afternoon in my scrap room.

I used the My Creations Hip Pics Album, the Free To Be Me paper pack, and the July Stamp of the Month "Circus Alphabet."  You can get this stamp set for $5 with any $50 qualifying purchase, but only until July 31st!  This is any easy album to embellish as little or as much as you want...then just add pictures! I used various other stamp sets to embellish the pages. I colored the title piece using Copic markers. The pages have a slot in the top to put the pictures into the pages.  All products used are Close to My Heart except for the metal arrows (those are Tim Holtz).

Bow is from Ariana Assortment; stamp on right is from Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in Lagoon ink

right page uses Feathers stamp set in Cranberry and Flaxen (new color!!) inks

These pages were stamped using the Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in Cotton Candy, Pacifica, Honey, Cranberry & Topiary inks

Lagoon washi tape & Durables Triangle Studs

Bow is from Ariana assortment

Left page uses Feathers stamp set in Cranberry & Flaxen (new color!!!) inks

Get the stamp of the month for only $5 with your qualifying $50 purchase

Place a $50 order in July or August and get a free Annual Inspirations Idea Book Free!! 

(Retail value $6; Idea Book will be mailed to you after placing your order)

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Timberline Blog Hop

 
Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Timberline paper pack. If you came here from Traci's blog, then you are in the right place.  If you've hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog. This paper is perfect for masculine cards, layouts, and Father's Day!  Camping season is upon is and this paper is also perfect for showcasing those fun pics of your trips!  Plus, there are some adorable stamp sets that also go very well with this paper.

However............I chose to do something a little different from the outdoor theme and so I made a baby card. I got the idea of a baby card after cutting one of the zip strips off of the paper (star pattern). It immediately reminded me of babies.  I used the Artbooking cartridge and cut the overlay (I love this overlay!!) from a piece of lagoon cardstock (set your Cricut to real-dial size. I cut the overlay at 5 1/2 inches for this 6x6 inch Kraft card). Then I just used pieces of the Timberline paper to adhere to the back of the overlay, plus Colonial White, before adhering the whole piece to the card front.  The giraffe is also cut from the Artbooking cartridge.  The tag is cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge and stamped using "B is for Baby," in Chocolate ink.  Teal & Bronze shimmer trim along with a couple of Aqua Dots finished it off.

I also wanted to show how you can mix & match paper collections.  This BFF card uses Timberline as well as the Skylark Picture My Life collection. "Sweet" was cut using the Artbooking cartridge, add some Teal shimmer trim and teal resin flowers from the Skylark assortment.  A quick, easy card!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Your next stop is Brenda

June is celebration time!  To mark 30 years of Close To My Heart, there are some awesome collections you can get this month! Spend $50 and you can choose a collection for $30.  Each is packed with great products to get you inspired.  

With your qualifying $50 order, add the June Stamp of the Month for only $5!

 

National Scrapbook Month Promotion

Check out these fun cards you can make using the Free To Be Me paper pack and the May Stamp of the Month!! Both are only $5 when you place a qualifying $50 order....but only available May 1-31!   I used Lagoon and Cocoa inks to stamp the images.  Add a few Aqua Dots and Durables Triangle Studs and you're done!!