tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54839327486970889802024-03-05T01:28:26.093-08:00Pippa's Crafty WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-33525502399312219212015-03-21T11:43:00.000-07:002015-03-21T11:43:02.065-07:00Love Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2015/03/challenge-247-bye-bye-birdie.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge </a>theme is birds and that brought to mind lovebirds. Since my daughter's anniversary is this week, I decided that would be the theme for her card. <br />
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I used the <i>Heart</i> from the cartridge <i>Love Struck 2010</i> as the design and used the <u>Cuttlebug embossing folder</u><u style="font-style: italic;"> </u>Birds and Swirls on the front of the card to continue the bird theme. I used a <u>Close to My Heart</u> <i>Crystal Blue and Pacifica </i>instead of red and pink. The red and pink looked too much like Valentine's day. I had to be very careful removing this design from the mat as it is very delicate and tended to tear if I was in too much of a hurry. Actually, I had to cut it twice as I tore the first one too much to repair!! <br />
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I used<u> Close to My Heart</u> <i>White Value Pack </i>cards. I like the 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 size for my cards. I hope that my daughter and husband like the card!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-48633479135010775162015-03-05T14:01:00.001-08:002015-03-05T14:01:10.774-08:00Train<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been selling my husband's model trains and want to thank the dealer that is handling the transactions for me. I haven't used trains for a long time so for the <b><a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2015/03/national-old-stuff-day-use-cartridge.html">Bitten by the Bug</a></b> contest I am using the locomotive and coal car <i>Folk art train </i> from the cartridge <i>Folk Art Festival. </i>The thank you is the letters from the cartridge <i>Paper Lace 2.</i> Since I made it in silhouette form black on white I am also entering it in <b><a href="http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/2015/03/opposites-attract.html">Heart to Heart</a></b> contest. I used Black and Daisy White card stocks.<br />
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It is a very simple card, but appropriate for the situation. That is one of the reasons that I love card making. When I make it myself, it is exactly what I want.</div>
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This card is for a young adult that has loved super heros for many years. So much so that he wanted the men in his wedding party, including him, to wear super hero costumes. The bride immediately said no to that idea! So at the reception the groom, best man and other men in the wedding party went up on the stage, took off their tux jackets, black ties, unbuttoned their shirts, and underneath they had on Super Hero tee shirts. <br />
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I am entering it in <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2015/02/challenge-245-use-red-in-project.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.</a><br />
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I used the <b>Cricut </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Create a Friend cartridge</i> for the super hero and Close to My Heart card stock in<br />
cranberry for mask, cape and large lightening bolt, pacifica for body which includes the shirt, black for the pants, eyes and mouth, goldrush for the shoes, belt and small and large lightening bolts, canary for the hair and and bamboo for the face.<br />
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I am sure that everyone laughed when he opened the card. Anyway I hope he has a terrific birthday.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-91999356924325063382015-01-24T07:19:00.000-08:002015-01-24T07:19:29.586-08:00Snowman<br />
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To make this card I used the <b>Cricut Santa's Village </b>print and cut snowman. I highlighted parts of the snowman with white glitter and the carrot and hat band with liquid glass.<br />
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The <b>Cuttlebug Baby's Breath</b> embossing folder was chosen for the light blue background because I thought that looked a little like snow flakes. <br />
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The liquid glass, card stock and note card were from <b>Close to My Heart</b> purchased from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. <br />
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I am going to use this for a birthday card and write a personal note on the inside.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-11945882937568185992014-10-27T17:13:00.003-07:002014-10-27T17:13:47.400-07:00Halloween at Midnight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the contests at <u><a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/10/challenge-me-monday-234-halloween.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge</a> </u>and <u><a href="http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-is-midnight-this-week-with-h2h.html">Heart 2 Heart </a></u> I am using the pop out card from <b>Cricut Cartridge </b><i>Artfully Close To My Heart. </i>The banner is from <b>Cricut Cartridge</b><i> Formal Occasions. </i>For the Happy Halloween, I used the <i>Cricut print</i> from <b>Cricut Design regular. </b>This is the first time that I have made a pop out card and it really wasn't that hard. Of course my paper comes from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">KatiesCorner </a><b>CTMH.</b> Halloween is such a fun holiday and I wish all of you a very happy and safe one.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-1929572965358372582014-10-27T17:06:00.002-07:002014-10-27T17:06:33.179-07:00Barn scene<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A friend of ours is a retired farmer and still lives on his home place. His birthday is this week. I was so excited that <i><a href="http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/10/pile-it-on-43-create-scene.html">Pile It On</a></i> had a scene for their contest. I'm also submitting to <a href="http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.com/2014/10/ag-ch-no-4.html">Inspiration Destination</a>.<br />
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The barn is made from <b>Cricut Cartridge </b><u>Country Life </u> and the tractor is from <b>Cricut Cartridge </b><u>Boys Will Be Boys</u>. Most of the paper came from <b>Close To My Heart </b>at Katie's Corner. I ran the fences through the C<b>uttlebug </b>using the strip embossing folder to make the boards stand out from the posts. The Happy Birthday stamp is from <b>CTMH </b>set <i>Joyful Birthday Occasios </i>in <b>CTMH </b><i>ruby. </i> Although the weather vein does now show up in the picture, I rubbed silver ink on it to make it stand out a little. Most of the paper is from <b>Close to My Heart</b>, I tried to cut the trim on the barn from some scrap paper and it would not cut clean and tore. I used <b>CTMH </b>paper and it was a very clean cut.<br />
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Halloween is a such a fun holiday, especially since my birthday is the day before. A friend of mine was going to be gone on a trip on my birthday so she had a luncheon party for me yesterday. It was so nice and the soup and salad were delicious as was my birthday cake. I wanted to send a unique thank you card and decided to use <i><a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/10/be-witching-hat-challenge.html">Bitten By The Bug</a> </i>contest for the idea. I used the witch's hat from <b>Cricut </b>cartridge <u>Happy Haunting.</u> I used a font from <b>Cricut Design. </b>I thought that it looked a little like a skull and cross bones. It says "I tip my hat to you." I will write a thank you note on the inside. Most of the paper is from <b>Close to My Heart, </b>which of course came from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">KatiesCorner</a>.<br />
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This week is my daughter's birthday so for <i><a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/10/challenge-me-monday-challenge-231.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge</a></i> I made the balloon card from <b>Cricut cartridge </b><i>Wild Card 2. </i>I used the basic primary colors on a grey base. I used my <b>Cricut Explore</b> and cut and put in the lines for the creases at the same time. There were several changes of mats, but by using the card design, it was a simple but fun project. I felt that the clouds looked a little bland so I used<u> Liquid Pearl baby blue paint</u> and drew scribbles on them. The cardstock that I used is from <b>Close to my Heart. </b>I printed "Fly High on your Birthday" on the inside. <br />
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I was pleased with the outcome and wish her a birthday as wonderful as she is. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-35433987786248208562014-10-10T17:33:00.001-07:002014-10-10T17:33:04.988-07:00leaf wreath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a volunteer for the activities division of the nursing home that my husband resides in and I help come up with ideas for projects that the residents can make each week. It is difficult to pick a project for all as some are able to do advanced work and others are physically or mentally challenged. They love to have a project that can be hung in their rooms or on their doors. When I first saw <i><a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/10/autumn-leaves-are-falling.html">Bitten by the Bug's</a></i> challenge, I immediately thought of making leaves to put on wreath forms, but money is tight and we couldn't afford the forms; so I cut a six inch wreath from the <b>Cricut Christmas</b> in a brown color. Then the Maple leaf from <b> Cricut and Close to my Heart Art Philosophy. </b>I have <b>Cricut Design</b> so I have many designs to choose from. I cut the basic leaf pattern in yellow and orange <b>CTMH</b> Paper. I then drew on the veins of the leave with <b>CTMH art pencil </b>in Oak Brown. I have a very old set of pencils and not sure that they still have Oak Brown. A piece of raffia paper in green was cut, spread out and glued on the top of the wreath. Of course all <b>Close to my Heart</b> items are purchased from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>.<br />
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This card was made from the <b>Cricut </b>cartridge<i> Art Philosophy </i>in lavender paper. The front is also from <i>Art Philosophy</i> using the doily cut. The center is stamped with <b>Close to My Heart </b>stamp from the set <u>Classy Doily Flair.</u> I used <b>CTMH </b>colored pencils for the yellow, blue and red. Topped the stamped area with <i>Liquid Glass. </i>I put the<i> Liquid Glass</i> on before gluing the doily to the card and it caused the center to bow up a little bit. I took advantage of that and glued a small amount of cotton under the center of the bow. The card looks like it is puffy. Since this card has no sentiment on the outside, it can be used for any purpose. I used <b>CTMH </b>paper for this card. I made another similar to this, but the paper was from Walmart and the cut was not nearly as clean. I have found it's always worth it to use good paper for cards. It doesn't cost that much more and makes a much nicer card. As always, my <b>CTMH</b> is purchased from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katies Corner</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-44971385535624396902014-10-03T06:50:00.003-07:002014-10-03T06:50:53.917-07:00Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am having so much fun exploring my new C<b>ricut Explore</b> that I had to enter the contest on <i><a href="http://www.exploringcricut.blogspot.com/2014/09/another-week-of-fun-projects-and.html">Exploring Cricut</a>. </i>I used <b>Cricut Design</b> to get the images. The tombstone and the witch came from <u>Wrap It Up</u> and the hand coming from the grave, the coffin and the pumpkin were from <u>Happy Hauntings.</u><br />
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All were made from the patterns, but I did change the tombstone just a little. The grass I rubbed on the <b>Close to My Heart</b> inkpad <u>Ponderosa Pine</u> and the background to the tombstones were touched to the <b>CTMH </b>ink pad <u>Black,</u> Most of the paper is from <b>Close to My Heart</b> purchased, of course, <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katies Corner</a>.<br />
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I also put a strip of paper which measure the length and width of the sides of the tombstones behind the tombstones as I am going to put a little gift in each one and wanted more of a box. This has no top to it so I will wrap the gift in orange tissue paper and set it in the box.<br />
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I made a couple of each image and am going to use them as favors for a party that will be just before Halloween. I know that my friends will just love them as they all have a weird sense of humor and Halloween is their favorite secular holiday.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-76837522382608439892014-09-16T17:18:00.002-07:002014-09-16T17:18:50.090-07:00Truck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My grandson's birthday is coming up and I wanted to make him a special card to depict what he likes. This was hard as he really loves his horse, but I have used horses for his past several birthdays. He does love trucks and antique vehicles. He is also a senior at Purdue University in the School of Agriculture. So I decided to combine the two for this card. I used <b>The Cricut Explore </b>to cut the designs from the <b>Cricut Design. </b>The cartridge names are: <i> Nifty Fifties</i> for the truck, <i>County Fair</i> for the Barn and<i> Winter Is In The Air</i> for the trees.<br />
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I used mostly <b>Close to My Heart</b> Paper purchased from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. Three different shades of green were used for the trees to show some depth. I used the <b>Cuttlebug</b> with the <b>CTMH</b><i> Woodgrain Embossing Folder </i>to make some texture to the grass. For the driveway, I used course sandpaper. I think that all the colors are obvious so won't list them. I did put some <b>CTMH</b><i> Chocolate Ink Pad</i> on the tree trunks to make them brown. I also used the text <i>Country Life</i> for the <b>Cricut design</b> for the Happy Birthday. Liquid glass was used to make it stand out.<br />
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Fall is starting here in Indiana. It is cooler and the days are getting shorter. Thoughts of Halloween and Thanksgiving are coming to life.<br />
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I am a volunteer for an organization that sends birthday cards to their employees and boards. They had been printing them on a computer and I thought that they looked cheap, so I volunteered to make the cards for each month. I was going to keep them simple and quick to make! I can make them all alike for each month, which makes them quicker. <br />
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I thought the fall theme for<b> <a href="http://www.exploringcricut.blogspot.com/2014/09/fall-is-in-air-and-so-is-new-challenge.html">Exploring Cricut</a></b><a href="http://www.exploringcricut.blogspot.com/2014/09/fall-is-in-air-and-so-is-new-challenge.html"> </a>would be perfect for November Birthdays. By using my wonderful<u> Cricut Explore,</u> I cut out a cornucopia from the cartridge<i> Celebrate wit Flourish. </i>There are 4 layers to it and I used <u>Close to My Heart </u>Paper purchased from Katie's Corner for most of it. <br />
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The flower pot is from the cartridge <i>Freshly Picked.</i> I cut off the flowers that were on it. Cut it out of light brown paper and then colored with<u> CTMH </u><i>Sunset</i> marker to get the color I wanted. The stems of the flowers are from <i>Mother's Day 2010 </i> also from<i> </i><u>CTMH.</u> The blooms are from the cartridge <i>Mother's Day Bouquet.</i> I cut two for each flower. Then after putting three on the eraser end of a pencil and folding down the petals, I placed one on each unfolded bloom that had a spot of glue in the center. The wording came from Text on the <u>Cricut Explore.</u><br />
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I haven't put a verse inside yet as I am not sure just what I am going to say, but I plan on putting it on a pumpkin and gluing it to the inside.<br />
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I'm also sending this to <a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/09/celebrate-cricut-challenge-use-any.html">Bitten by the Bug 2</a> where the theme is Cricut cuts! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-55979639930669475642014-09-14T16:51:00.001-07:002014-09-14T16:51:50.322-07:00Purse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxytp1z4yBWfgUPah39dFMb3ke4azhw5uiUVCOP4lhQnP2hMDkv17oCR5zyWHzfvEghxv0PXde0E5CcgPU2RFfusG392H5yeLSuhyphenhyphen8KpozAcdq2v-SW7mnvak_QXJvdPbza34Ppf-72eD/s1600/Photo+Sep+14,+4+08+04+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxytp1z4yBWfgUPah39dFMb3ke4azhw5uiUVCOP4lhQnP2hMDkv17oCR5zyWHzfvEghxv0PXde0E5CcgPU2RFfusG392H5yeLSuhyphenhyphen8KpozAcdq2v-SW7mnvak_QXJvdPbza34Ppf-72eD/s1600/Photo+Sep+14,+4+08+04+PM.jpg" height="400" width="332" /></a>The challenge for <b><a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/09/stylish-purse-challenge.html">Bitten By The Bug 2 </a></b>this week is a purse. My brother's wife is having a birthday this week and thought that this card would be perfect for her. It was fun to make and took a little customizing.<br />
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I used <i>Suburbia </i>for the girl and <i>Kate's A B Cs</i> for the purse. I got both from <i>Cricut Design </i>and cut them out on my <u>Cricut Explore.</u> I cut one figure of the girl out of black and then the second figure with collar and button holes out of black. I cut off the arms, legs and head from second figure, then glued a small piece of white under the button holes. I cut the collar from that and cut by hand out of white. For the purse and flowers, I used light and dark pink, for the leaves I used light green. The words "Stepping Out On Your Special Day" I used the text from <i>Cricut Design. </i>For "Happy Birthday" I used the stamp set <i>Joyous Birthday Occasions</i> in black ink. Most of the paper and the ink and stamp were <u>Close To My Heart</u> purchased from<a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/"> Katie's Corner. </a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-72042361868251247492014-09-12T18:45:00.001-07:002014-09-12T18:45:14.187-07:00Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My brother and his wife have an anniversary coming up and so I wanted to make something special. <i><a href="http://atlanticheartschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/09/sketch-72.html#">Atlantic Hearts Challenge </a></i> had a very nice sketch that I thought would suit the bill. I used the<b> Cricut Explore</b> and the <b>Designs Space </b>to cut out all shapes. I printed Happy Anniversary on the dark blue in Silver pen. I do love the <b>Cricut Explore</b> as I can print and cut out in the same step. I used red and pink paper for the rose and green for the stem. <br />
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The rectangles are all the same design, just different sizes. The banners are a lighter blue and the background for the rose is white. It is so easy to use the Cricut Design as I only need to type in what I want and several designs for that image come up and I can select the one that I like best. All paper was from<b> Close to My Heart</b> purchased from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. I used the CTMH <b>The Giving Hand</b> stamp set for my inside sentiment. There is a lovely quote by Mother Theresa in this set. <br />
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Fall is approaching: the smell of bonfires, the rustle of fallen leaves and clean crisp air. My favorite time of the year. Of course, when the other seasons come around, I will say that they are my favorite time of year. I complain about Indiana, but I love the changing seasons and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. <br />
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I was inspired by the beautiful creations at <a href="http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/09/curtain-call-inspiration-challenge.html">Curtain Call Challenge - Leaves</a>. Click the link to see them. <br />
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This card is made with <b>The Cricut Explore</b> and mostly<b> Close To My Heart </b>paper, ink and stamp.<br />
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All CTMH papers, inks, and cartridges are from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katiescorner</a>. I'm told there are some great deals going on to celebrate National Stamping Month and 30 Years of Happy!<br />
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This card is for <a href="http://atlanticheartschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/08/sketch-70.html">Atlantic Hearts</a>. I have so many birthdays coming up in September and October that I hope that I can get all the cards made. This card is made on the <u>Cricut Explore</u> using the rectangle frame from <b>Close to My Heart Artbooking</b> and the lace corner from <b>Picturessque</b>. The center of the rectangle is made from the piece that was cut out of the rectangle only turned over. I used the <b>Daisy White</b> ink <u>Close to My Heart </u> stamp <b>Joyful Birthday Occasions</b> using <u>CTMH </u>Inkpad <b>Topiary</b>. I added rick rack and a lace butterfly.<b> </b><br />
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I am using this card for<b> Exploring Cricut</b> and<b> Bitten by the Bug.</b> It was so much fun to make, but more difficult that I thought it would be. I do have the <u>Cricut Explore </u>and the design package and it took a long time to decide which girl and which dress I wanted to use. The girl is from <i>Block Party, </i>the dress from <i>Formal Occasion </i>and the mirror is from <i>Forever Young. </i>The lips on the formal girl were cut freehand.<br />
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I added a flower for her hair and sequins and glitter to the dress. The straps of the dress and the tiara are made with rhinestones. The background is striped wallpaper. All other cardstock is from <u>Close to My Heart </u> through <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. The writing on the front is Mirror Mirror who is fairest of them all. (Not enough room to include on the wall.) On the inside is You Are Of Course. Happy Birthday. The Happy Birthday is from the stamp <i>Joyful Birthday Occasions, </i>and the color of the ink pad is <i>Topiary. </i><br />
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This card is going off to <a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/08/dressing-up-dress-form-or-dress.html">Bitten by the Bug 2</a> ~ Dressing Up and <a href="http://www.exploringcricut.blogspot.com/2014/08/time-for-new-challenge.html">Exploring Cricut and More</a> ~ Happy Birthday with sparkle!<br />
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Since camping is the theme for this week's contest at <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/08/challenge-224-camp-out.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge,</a> I thought that I would have to skip this contest as I would rather stay in a nice Holiday Inn with a pool than outdoors with the bugs! Then I thought about my great-granddaughter and she talks about camping out at the horse shows. She says that she gets to stay in the trailer with the horses! Truth is Grandpa and Grandma have a horse trailer with living quarters in the front and the horses are in the back. They have a kitchen, air-conditioning, bedroom and bathroom; so it is not much of a hardship. <br />
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Great granddaughter's birthday is this week, so I made her a card to represent her on her horse at the show's campground. I used the<i> Cricut Explore</i> <b>Rearing Cowgirl </b>from the cartridge <b>YeeHaw. </b><br />
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I used <i>Close to My Heart</i> paper from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner </a>for the girl and horse: black, saddle, sky blue, pacifica and colonial white. Since my great-granddaughter has red hair, I traced around the hair part from the pattern on the colonial white, cut it out and colored it with colored pencils, blending oak brown and holiday red. (Pencils are old so may not be same names as now.) I did the same for the cowgirl hat, but used sky blue marker to color the hat. Exact match to the sky blue paper used in the shirt. I used a barn siding paper for the background. I also put rhinestones on the hat and shirt. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-35672383064491030092014-08-14T09:32:00.002-07:002014-08-14T09:32:54.944-07:00Thank you<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The colors from <u><a href="http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com/2014/08/color-dare-105-sunset-pear-barn-red.html">Color My Heart</a>,</u> were perfect for the thank you note that I need to send. Everything I used was from <b>Close To My Heart<i> </i>and Cricut. </b><i> </i>Color pencils for the sunset-pear-barn red. I used the floral stamp from <i>A friend is..</i>.and the butterfly stamp from <i>Love This Seasons and Nature.</i> The banner is from the<b> Cricut-Close To My Heart </b>cartridge Artiste. Of course my CTMH came from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. Just received my first order from the new catalog and am very excited. So many great new things.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-42575049141159397212014-08-07T12:11:00.000-07:002014-08-07T12:11:22.283-07:00butterfly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My daughter invited me to her home to see and try out her new<u> Cricut Explore</u>. I used it to cut out the butterfly card using <u>Close to My Heart </u>paper from the <i>Balloon Ride Packet.</i> I used one reversed butterfly shadow and one not reversed, put them wingtips to wingtips and welded them together. I then cut one shadow in white paper to glue on the inside so that I could write on it. I cut out the filigreed layer just a bit smaller from black paper and glued it to the front. I also put rhinestones on the body of the butterfly. I now have a very pretty note card to send to a special friend. <br />
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I loved her <u> Cricut Explore</u> so much, I came home and ordered one for me. I also ordered quite a lot of the new products from the <u>Close To My Heart</u> <i>Annual Inspirations Catalog </i> from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. When everything arrives I am gong to have such a fun time!<br />
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I'm sending this off to <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/08/challenge-222-bug-out_4.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge</a> ~ Bug Out!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-76460956002803124132014-07-19T17:43:00.000-07:002014-07-19T17:46:49.075-07:00Sweet Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As you can probably tell by my cards, I love to have a scene on mine. I thought that this card would fit in <i><a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-dog-days-of-summer.html">Bitten By The Bug 2</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.exploringcricut.blogspot.com/2014/07/time-for-challenge_14.html">Exploring Cricut</a></i>. <br />
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I used the cartridges <span style="color: red;">A Child"s Life </span>for the little boy fishing and <span style="color: red;">Animal Kingdom </span>for the dog. I decided to alter the cut slightly by cutting the fishing line off the pole and using 3 strands of black embroidery thread instead. I also cut the grass apart to be able to put it where I wanted it. I used <u>Close to My Heart</u> pencils in the shades of<span style="color: red;"> Grey, Holiday Red, Star Spangled Blue, Sunny Yellow</span> <span style="color: red;">and Pink</span> to color the boy and <span style="color: red;">Oak Brown </span>to put the spots on the dog. I used <u>CTMH</u> <span style="color: red;">New E</span><span style="color: red;">ngland Ivy </span>for the grass and <span style="color: red;">White</span> for fish and boy. I used <span style="color: red;">Cashmere</span> for the dog. For the stamp, I used <u>CTMH </u><span style="color: red;">Sweet Life.</span><br />
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This card reminds me of when I was little (many, many years ago);<u>CTMH</u> products came from Katie's Corner. <br />
my cousin and I would go back to our farm pond and fish. He always caught the most fish and after every one he would yell at me "Hey Cuz, ain't this the sweetest life!" Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-35183311433256554802014-07-10T10:34:00.002-07:002014-07-10T10:34:29.982-07:00Friendship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although I am not an artist, I have been taking classes in watercolor. I decided to do something a little different for the<span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com/2014/06/color-dare-100-crystal-blue-pacifica.html">Color My Heart</a> challenge.</span> <br />
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I didn't have the right colors in Close to My Heart pencils to color my girl, but did have Barn Red, and Pacifica in the ink. I substituted Sky for the Crystal Blue. I used a small paint brush and different amounts of water to make the different shades. For the pink on the skin I used a fairly wet brush and just lightly touched the barn red ink pad then blotted with a paper towel. The dryer the brush and the more times I painted over it the darker the color. I used the Pacifica on the patches and Sky for the dress. <br />
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The pinwheel is CTMH Sky paper on a toothpick with a sparkle in the middle. I did use brown for the hair and black for the shoes. I used the CTMH stamp "Stitches with Love" and CTMH Liquid Glass to cover after painting. I let it dry over night and cut is out and glued it to the card. <br />
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Katie, my CTMH consultant from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">KatiesCorner</a>, suggested that I make cards and leave the inside blank. All I have to do is either stamp the inside or write on the inside to use for any occasion. <br />
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This painting technique was fun to do, and I got to use the stamp pads in a different way.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446518282566488471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483932748697088980.post-66409376674425241832014-06-11T16:10:00.001-07:002014-06-11T16:10:10.092-07:00Butterflies<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I used </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>Close to My Heart Paper </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> in the colors of Denim Blue and Honey for the butterflies and New England Ivy for letter shadows, with Olive for the letters. I used the <i>Cricut cartridge Art Philosophy</i> for all of the cut outs. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This cards is very simple, but took some time to make, as it was hard to place letters on top of the shadow letters in just the right way. <i> </i>This card will fit in several contests this week;</span><span style="color: #ff2500; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> <a href="http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com/2014/06/color-dare-97-honey-new-england-ivy.html">Color My Heart,</a> <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/06/challenge-214-celebrate-dad.html">Fantabulous Cricut Challenge,</a> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and</span><span style="color: #ff2500; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> <a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/06/fathers-day-challenge_9.html">Bitten by the Bug 2. </a> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I wish all the fathers out there a very happy Father's Day. </span></div>
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My favorite younger grandson (I also have a favorite older grandson) will be 16 this month. He loves music and plays a mean trumpet. So for his birthday card, I used the <i>Cricut Quarter Note Cartridge </i> to cut the trumpet and the notes and the <i>Cricut Craft Room Basics</i> to cut the heart. To keep with the <a href="http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/2014/06/rhapsody-in-blue_2.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Heart to Heart</span> </a>contest, I used Blue for the heart. For the embossing on the heart, I used the <i>Cricut Cuttlebug Floral Bouquet</i> and sanded over the top with <i>Close to my Heart </i>fine sandpaper purchased from <a href="http://katiescorner.ctmh.com/">Katie's Corner</a>. All of this altering means it fits the <a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2014/06/alter-cricut-cut.html">Bitten by the Bug 2 Challenge</a> this week, also! On the inside of the card I used the <i>Music of Life Close to my Heart </i>stamp "Music is Love in Search of a Word with C<i>lose to my Heart Outdoor denim ink. </i> Since my card includes so many die cuts, I'm also sending it over to <a href="http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.com/2014/05/challenge-11-use-your-die-cuts_22.html">Scrapbooker PhD </a>where the challenge is to use your die cuts!<br />
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