Flamingos for a Fabulous Graduation Day!

It's time for a fun little graduation card...this one happens to be a gift card holder turned money holder...

It just so happens that I used several "disappearing" products that Close to My Heart just announced would be retiring at the end of July...or whenever they sell out!  It is rather ironic, because I made the card days before they shared the list with consultants.

I used a Picture My Life Black Overlay on the front of this gift card holder that I cut from the Cricut Artiste Cartridge.  Both are favorites of mine that will soon disappear.  The Tickled Pink My Acrylix and Thin Cuts (back in stock around June 10th) make the CUTEST little flamingos! 

Mine was stamped in Cotton Candy and Pixie Exclusive Ink and then I added a sparkly black glitter paper cap cut with my Lawn Fawn steel dies.

That Pink Shimmer Trim will unfortunately not be returning, and neither will the Clear Sparkles I added to the Calypso Sequins...

 Here is a view of the inside of the card--you can add a gift card OR even cold, hard cash!

I can't wait to see my niece to give this card to her this weekend!  :)

Close to My Heart Perpetual Calendar: April

Mooooooooving right along with my perpetual calendar we come to April...

I reached into my leftover Cricut cut drawer and pulled out spring!  I had a hot air balloon already stamped and some great clouds and grass all ready to go--and all found on the fabulous Cricut Artiste Cartridge.  It doesn't get any easier than that!  I was missing the balloon basket, however, which actually turned out to be a simple and more creative fix.  :)

Stay tuned for the rest of my calendar coming soon!  Have a wonderful week!

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Close to My Heart Pathfinding Workshop on the Go Tag

Happy Hump Day!  I wanted to pop in this week to give you a look at the second project that I am teaching at my All-Day Craft Event on Saturday.  This one is a great little tag to use on something for the hostess with the mostest on Thanksgiving...

I used two of the stamps from the Pathfinding Workshop on the Go Cardmaking Kit for this one.

The rest of the tag comes together very quickly with a few fantastically shiny Close to My Heart products...

The tag shape AND the sentiment shape are both found on the Cricut Artiste Cartridge.

I also used the following...
Bronze Shimmer Trim
Bling Gems Gold Assortment
Sequins Gold Assortment
Pathfinding Assortment
Kraft CS
Chocolate Exclusive Ink

November Stamp of the Month!

A Magical Fairy Wand for CTMH Convention 2014

Hi everyone!  I am having a most magical time here in Disneyland for Close to My Heart's annual convention! 

Our team had a wand making contest--which is kind of tricky when traveling by air with said wand, lol.  UNLESS you have real magic!  ;) 

Anyway, here is mine! (sorry for the blurry pic--my wand was packed by the time I realized it came out like this!)

I started with this awesome shape from the Cricut Artiste Cartridge cut on Grey Glitter Paper.  The silver accent from the retired base and bling line was perfect on each side.

I wanted to be sure to add some of our versatile twist ties to my wand, and I colored them with my Cotton Candy Alcohol Marker to match the retired pink sparkles.  I wrapped the wand (sucker stick) with silver geometric washi...

I just HAD to find a place to add these bells...so this retired grey ribbon was perfect!

Here is a tip for cutting glitter paper on your cricut machine...hold it down nice and steady with some washi!  :)

Bring Back Scrabble! #cricut #imadeit

Hey everyone!  (How many of you can hear your dad saying, "hay is for horses" right now?  LOL!!!)

I have some more fun to share with you from my crafty Scrabble session!

I LOVE this card...hee, hee...

I double matted this baby--swoon!  Any other closet-matters out there? 

I am absolutely in love with the rustic look that the Timberline paper gives my Scrabble tiles too...

I cut the letters and numbers using my Cricut Expression 2 and the Close to My Heart Artiste Cartridge.  The edges of the wood grain paper are distressed with Black Exclusive Ink to help give it some definition. 

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A Fun Shaped Card from the Artiste Cartridge for Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there (if you are reading, lol!)

I made a really fun and easy card for my Father-in-Law this year using the Cricut Artiste Cartridge from Close to My Heart.

I cut this card at 4.25 inches so that it would fit in a standard size envelope.  I am not at home while I am typing up this blogpost, so I don't have the page number--oops!

My FIL is a big Harley guy, so I decided to have some fun and use the Born to Ride My Acrylix Stamp Set to decorate the card.

I love the way it turned out, and hope he does too!  :)

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A Masculine Themed Anniversary Card

I should be working on Father's Day Cards, but I could NOT get this idea out of my head, so I did it anyway, lol.  I used the new ampersand die from MCT and the Cricut Artiste Cartridge Font to make a cute masculine Scrabble themed card for the Designer Challenge at My Creative Time!  :)

I used a small wood grain stamp from the Lollydoodle Card Workshop to create the tiles.  Yep--I sure did check my gameboard to see what the points should be on the different letters, lol.  The ampersand is cut from the red pattern in the Jubilee Paper Packet with my brand new MCT die.

In my haste to get this up I simply forgot to take a picture of the inside of my card!  I used the Love Doily My Acrylix set to stamp, "together forever."  I am thinking about replacing the "for" with a "4" since our scrabble initials actually add up to that!  :)

Thanks for another great challenge to try out my new MCT dies, Emma!  :)

I am celebrating a big number birthday this month, and YOU get the presents!  Don't forget to shop on my website to earn PRESENTS!  :)

June Stamp of the Month

Last Call for Graduation Decor!

Yikes!  I totally forgot to write my post for today!  I have already been consumed by summer, lol and it is only day two of break.  So have my kids by the sound of things...it is already 8 am and no sign of life downstairs yet!  ;)

Well, the very last piece of my daughter's graduation decor is probably one of the most fun for me.  I made a sign to put up outside (and thank you, Jesus, it was gorgeous weather!) to direct people to our house.  Pssssht, let's face it--I was claiming my bragging rights as MOM!  ;)

I used two Cricut Cartridges for this one on my E2...Create A Friend and the Close to My Heart Cricut Artiste Cartridge for the lettering of her name.  I used the tassle on the cap to create her honor cords worn over her shoulders.  :)

 I also used the cap and diploma to make easy-peasy decorations about the house--seriously fun!

Here is what the sign looked like attached to the fence stake.  I used two layers of poster board and attached them to the stake with packaging tape.  It wasn't going anywhere, trust me!  :)

I just heard the water running upstairs, so time to put on my mom hat!  I hope you guys were inspired by my graduation decor this year to make some for your own grads...I have a good four years before I pull them back out of storage!  ;)

A Photo Booth Fit for a Graduate

Welcome back!  I really mean it!  I have finally started to receive email notifications from my blog again!  If you thought I haven't been posting for a while, you might be surprised to look back a few weeks to see that indeed I have been!  The service that sends out email notifications stopped functioning a while back, and, well, I just didn't have time to deal with it because my daughter was graduating.  I was a LITTLE bit busy making this :

AND these...

Don't get me wrong, I WANTED to figure it out, but I don't know the little elf who delivers my mail very well, so there was no way I was going to be able to convince him.  ;)   I had SUCH a fun time making this photo booth for Kaylee and her friends to use at her graduation party.  They really did have a fun time with it, too!

It was not very expensive to make either!  I needed foam board, crepe paper, cardstock, adhesive, ribbon, removable wall hooks,  balloons, Liquid Glass, and long sucker sticks.

The lettering is from the Cricut Artiste Collection.  The fun camera and film strip cuts are found on Artbooking as well as the banner shape.  Some of the fun props are found on other cartridges like Paper Doll Dress Up and Create a Friend.

I figured everyone would have their own camera these days, so no need to supply one!  ;)

I used the Close to My Heart Chalkboard Vinyl to cut a fun reusable word bubble from Artiste...

Make sure you plan ahead for this type of a project!  I started two weeks ahead of time to be sure to get it all ready in time.  :)  Visit my Pinterest board for this and other great graduation party ideas!

More Close to My Heart Balloon Ride!

Hi there!  Still no email notifications going out...sooooo how many of you guys use Bloglovin?  I need to figure this out soon...

In the meantime...I have another card to show you that I made with the Balloon Ride Paper Packet from Close to My Heart.  I chose this sentiment from Verve Stamps because it is near and dear to the card's recipient.

Any Winnie the Pooh fans out there?  I am!!!  This beautiful sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Ink on a word bubble cut from the Artiste Cartridge on my Cricut Expression 2 machine. 

I used a stamp from Lawn Fawn to make the bark in Chocolate Ink on my Saddle CS tree...and a super-cute stitched steel die for the hearts from My Creative Time.  See how the middle heart made of Pink Glitter Paper is attached to the inside of the card?  

This beautiful sentiment is found on the Big Hug My Acrylix Set...

I love combining all my crafty supplies for a project!  They all play nicely together at my house!  ;) 

Throwback Friday! Um, yeah...

Hi everyone!  Oh my goodness, what a crazy week!  I can't keep track of the days right now, so I am making this my throwback day this week for my friend Beth so she isn't alone!  ;)

Anywhooooo, I'm bringing back an oldie but goodie for my Spring Fling Workshop next month!  Who remembers these little cutie pie projects from the Cricut Artiste Collection?  We will be making the Strawberry Sucker Sleeve next month!  :)

I love these easy to assemble candy boxes for Easter baskets.  Here are the supplies you need for each and what size to cut the papers on your cricut machine on relative size.

For more details about the project, with a helpful explanation of the strawberry sizes, click HERE.

For more pics and details of the carrot box, go back in time to THIS POST on the Damask Divas  Blog!  :)

OK, NOW BACK TO THE FUTURE....I mean present!  March won't be present for long though, so enter my Mystery Hostess Giveaway soon!  :)