Christmas Card Sketch 1

Well, as promised Nov. 1st starts my 30 day of Christmas card Sketches.  I'll post my made cards at the end of each day.  To give you a day to look at my grayscale sketches and hope it helps you with your mojo.  If your like me and see a sketch then see it done, you want to recreate with the same papers and stuff and we all have different papers so alot of time your like ugh!  I want this to be fun! And for you to be ahead of the game and get those cards done!  Make one or 2 cards a day and by the end of the month you'll have at least 30 cards!

Here are my 2 finished samples!

So many more uses!

The Close to My Heart Acrylix Organizer, on pg. 99 of the Winter 2009 catalog. (z1038) is meant to store the acrylix stamp sets.  Well, my friend Kathy wanted to know if the emboss folders would fit!  They do! here's a pic of 48 cuttlebug A2 emboss folders ( i put some standing up and on their sides to show how they can fit either way!), 49 small emboss folders, 7 old sizzix embosslits and 15 tall border cuttlebug emboss folders.  As you can see they fit great with room.  Though because of its depth, I have to say i don't like the little emboss folders in there.  There is two dividers in the box too, so it will help from them sliding forward.  I have a few other nifty ideas for the box too, which once i get them decorated i will post.  So watch for those too!

lot's Happening over the next month or so!  I've found my Mojo and going with it while it lasts!!

30 Day of Christmas card Sketches.

I am going to start on Nov. 1st, 30 Days of Christmas card Sketches.  With Christmas coming up and we all like to make cards for family and friends. I thought it would be great to have some inspiration for those days that your mojo is just not there but you want to creat a christmas card or two! I will post a sketch, and then do one or more actual cards done with the sketch!

CTMH Deals

Starting Nov. 3rd to Nov. 30th is buy 2 stamps set get 1 free.  I will also put your name in a drawing for one of the 2 alphabet stamp sets for each $25 you spend.

If you spend $25 you will recieve this cute lil stamp set.

If you spend $50 you will recieve the lil stamp set and the set of 48 flat back adhesive pearls

Don't forget any oder amount you spend counts towards a discount for the Stamp of the Month stamp set if you spend $100 you can get it for free.

To order, shoot me an email at artisanx@sbcglobal.net subject : CTMH

I accept money orders and paypal (credit cards accepted w/paypal too)

Any questions please feel free to ask.

My Recyled projects

So, i'm not go all Green, but i do agree with recycling alot!  This is my cheap version of the paint pails. i am making alot for gifts to fill with lil goodies.  The kids are helping making some to sell to help raise money for their homeschool feildtrips. These are just mayo jars and salsa jars. i spray painted the covers. We are working on tags to add to wrap ribbon or fibers around the tops and have the tags hanging.

   

More CTMH Ms. holiday Cheer cards

I made more cards today....


This is a closer look at the stamp and the berries, that i died the flat back adhesive pearls with cranberry alcohol inks.

CTMH Ms. Holiday Cheer card

i've been trying to come up with a card for my NY ladies stamps (thats what i call them) they are actually Ms. holiday Cheer. I used my CTMH inks and blending bend to color in everything. The background is kinda yucky. I also used red stickles on her dress and white stickles on the hat and adhesive backed pearls for the pom pom on her hat and around the corners. I also, used them on the tree after i dyed them with cranberry alcohol inks . even with the alcohol inks the pearlyness is still there!! The backgreen paper is from back country and the pink is from Bella. And just plain old pink grossgrain ribbon.

Scrapbook Expo Classes

I took 2 classes at the scrapbbok expo

the first one was by Down to Details (downtodetails.net)

tis is what the first layout was to look like:

this is my spin on it:


this is what the 2nd layout was to look like

this is my spin on it:

The2nd one was by basic Gray "eerie Album"

i havent finished it. i have a few things i want to cut from the cricut before finishing but once i'm all done i'll post the finished product.

My Christmas Countdown calendar

Yes, I'm thinking Christmas already! This is a 6x9 Clipboard. I painted it red and edged it with white. I'm still working on the number cards. i think i have the right size now, but do you think i remember what size i cut them at NO! I'm still playing with the combination of numbers so theres an even # of cards but dont want 24. Once i get that figured out I'm going to laminate them so they don't wear out and can be used year after year. I plan on making quite a few to sell either at a fair or on-line. I'm going to do different designs, i'll post when i get them done.

Cricut CDS Astro Blaster .cut file

The top one in the picture is the Cricut Design Studio (CDS), i have to go check which cartidges were used. The bottom in with Sure Cuts Alot (SCAL) .

For CDS .cut file click HERE

For SCAL .scut file click HERE

Cards I made with the Free promo kit

The top cards are to the cutting guide, sketch and directions given. the bottom cards are my twists to the top cards. Sorry about the coloring of the first picture, don't know what happen.






I made this LO with the scraps and extra peices i had leftover from the kit. The only thing that wasn't in the kit is the background papers.

National Stamping Month Campaign Is in Full Swing!
September is National Stamping Month and CTMH is celebrating early and in a big way, with something for everyone! Between now and September 30 when you purchase a minimum of $60 US / $75 CAN in stamp sets (A, B, C, D, and E-size; some exclusions apply), you’ll receive a FREE Everyday Celebration card kit containing materials to handcraft 16 exquisite cards. For complete information, or to place an order you can email me at artisanx@sbcglobal.net i dont have a CTMH website yet, just baby steps since i'm just getting started! Pics below are of the free card set!!

This stamp set is included in the free card kit!!

you can view the summer cataloge here :
http://www.closetomyheart.com/Ideabooks/Summer09US.aspx

the new fall/winter cataloge will be available Sept. 1, 2009

Chelsie's BF's b-day card

This was made out of a posterboard. We used Cricut expression and used Celebrations to cut the cupcake and happy birthday and all the birthday cuts inside. we used Mini Monograms to cut the scallop squares for the inside.

"Giggle" Chipboard book

This took me a lil under a month to do. i use to be able to whip something like this out in a few hours, still learning my limitations! very frustrating but i do love how it turned out. Just simple and colorful!

I used DCWV 4.5 x 6.5 chipboard for cover and few pages inside. i also used green CS cut down to size for insert pages too! Different coordinating printed papers and textured CS from the paper company, DCWV and my mind eye papers.

These are not all the pages, just what i "think" are the best ones:

Front cover:

inside pages:

Last page:

Cinderella Layouts

Not that i have any pictures for these, but was inspired to be creative and made these yesterday. Since, i dont have any pictures for myself, i'll be listing on my etsy store once i re-open it next week

Day at Disney!

New LO for My Friends Disney Book

This is my favorite LO so far for my Friends Disney Book. They came down from Washington last March for spring break and we took them to Disneyland for their B-days for the first time since all their B-days are in Feb and March. I just love the colors in this one! Even my husband commented on how the colors were nice!

While waiting in line to see Minnie Pluto came out so i snapped some pics of him!!

Pluto, the bones and the scallop paper were cut from the cricut machine!

The charatcers encounters and arrows cuts are from a disney swap on the Cricut MB from ThePartyFairy