Forever Young

I'm sooooooooooo excited.....I just received a few new Cricut cartridges I ordered. I got Forever Young; Tie the Knot and Easter 2010. If you got 'em, you best use 'em.......so here is what I made.

I stamped inks in coordinating colours to cardstock, as well as, black. I used paper from Groovy Blossoms for the dress.....this paper pack goes back to at least 2006!

I added our Bitty Sparkles as a necklace and to the White Daisy grosgrain ribbon. Below are the stamp sets and other Close To My Heart materials!

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamps: Intrinsic Backgrounds; Adorable Backgrounds; Boutique Borders; Be Yourself
Cardstock: Sweet Leaf; Breeze; Hollyhock; Black; White Daisy
Inks: Sweet Leaf; Breeze; and Black
Embellishments: Bitty Sparkles; White Daisy grosgrain ribbon
Cricut cartridge: Forever Young

Birthday Workshop

I am hosting a "Birthday" workshop at my home, tomorrow. Each gal will make 4 each of the following cards.

I tried to keep them fairly basic, using our Wishes pattern book. I'm hoping the 7 gals registered will be able to complete all 16 cards in less than 3 hours.

They will use each of our new paper kits including: Veranda; Topstitch; Caboodle and You Rock. All cards are standard size 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

I am hosting my next workshop in early March using our new Creative Basics Veranda paper and 4 new A-sized stamp sets: A Posy; A Paisley; A Tweet; and A Love. I will post pics as soon as I have the cards made.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Paper: Veranda; Topstitch; Caboodle; You Rock

Ink: Chocolate; Cocoa; Creme Brulee; Vineyard Berry

Cardstock: Creme Brulee; Juniper; Colonial White; Crystal Blue; Sweet Leaf; New England Ivy; Autumn Terracotta; Baby Pink

Artwork coming soon

Well, for the past few days I've been "working hard" and "hardly working".....or that is how it seems! I've been creating cards for an upcoming "Birthday" themed card workshop and will post those pics later today or tomorrow.

For all of last week, I was furiously putting together photo cards to sell. I was introduced to a store that was interested in carrying some of my cat and dog cards....so I got almost 200 cards put together to take for them to select what they wanted.

I'm also participating in an upcoming crop, by providing some goodies to 65 croppers. I'm participating with another consultant in my downline, so the duties are shared.

Finally, along with my downline Stephanie, I will be participating in the Sewing and Craft Fair on Fri, Mar 12th and Sat, Mar 13th at the Victoria Convention Centre and Crystal Gardens. We have secured a booth and are excited to be offerring some amazing Close To My Heart packages and products for sale. We will also have make 'n takes at our booth.

We are offerring gifts to any of our customers who visit us at our booth. We will also have an amazing Raffle, with partial proceeds going to Operation Smile and a draw for new customers. So come and see us!

Anniversary card

When this post publishes, I will have celebrated my 15th wedding anniversary!!!!! I muse every year that my husband has actually put up with me this long.....poor thing! Our anniversary is on Jan 29th, so you'll see this a few days later. I may create another card to give to him, but for now, this is it!

I started with my favourite "Veranda" paper kit. I added some January stamp of the month, "True Friends". I sprinkled in some "Love Story" rub ons and inked our amazing new "Irresistibles Lots of Dots" for some more love!

I used my Fiskars edge punch for the holey wave piece. Then I threaded Juniper waxy flax through some Cocoa grosgrain ribbon and pulled, to create a gathered effect. I also threaded Juniper waxy flax through my stamped image, as though it were a hanging sign. Then I poked holes through the stamped flourish and threaded the flax and tied it.

I added a few hearts from our "Love Story" set of rubons, in Colonial White. You know, I have every set of CTMH's Rub-Ons.....but have only used them once! I know this is unbelievable....but there are just so many wonderful products to use!

Here you can see a close up of my gathered ribbon; my waxy flaxed sign and our cool "Irresistibles Lots of Dots". These are sheets of cardstock alphabets with a polka-dot resist design on them. They are adhesive backed, so all you do is add colour by sponge, marker, chalk or any other way you want. Then lift them and stick them on your project. They are one of my favourite new things in our Spring 2010 cataloge!

All pruducts are Close To My Heart.

Kit: Veranda

Stamp Sets: January SOTM True Friends

Cardstock: Vanilla Creme; Cocoa

Ink: Juniper; Cocoa

Embellishments: Cocoa grosgrain ribbon; Juniper waxy flax; Irresistibles Lots of Dots; Love Story Rub-Ons

Too many stamp sets.....

That is my name for this card.....too many stamp sets! Sometimes, you just have to go overboard with how many stamps get used. I think this card has 5 sets...Let me see if I can remember:
Veranda WOTG kit stamp set
Endless Friendship
Childhood Portraits
Cherished Flourishes
Boutique Borders

I created this card for a friend whose beloved dog passed away over the Christmas break. Since I've finally taken a picture, I can send it now.

I really am tardy with things like this, these days. When I sent out my "late" Christmas cards to all of my relatives, I quoted something my Mom always said to me! "Better late than never".......it surely was/is the case with me of late!

This close up picture shows you my paper pleating; clear sparkles; heart button stamp. The flower is popped up on a foam square, as is the heart button.

All supplies are Close To My Heart

Kit: Veranda WOTG kit

Stamp Sets: Veranda WOTG; Endless Friendship; Cherished Flourishes; Childhood Portraits; Boutique Borders

Cardstock: Garden Green; Cocoa; Vanilla Cream

Inks: Cocoa; Vineyard Berry; Creme Brulee; Juniper

Embellishments: Clear Sparkles; Juniper Waxy Flax

Veranda WOTG kit

In addition to loving our "Veranda" paper kit, I also loved the stamp set that came with the Workshop On The Go kit. What is so unique and wonderful about this flower stamp, is it is only 4 petals! You stamp it several times to make the flower. If you stamp it so the petals are uneven, like me, your last open space is too small for all 4 petals. So, you just wipe the ink off of one of the petals and stamp for a perfect flower!

I stamped the heart, in the set, in Creme Brulee ink. Then I rolled the edges in Juniper, before I stamped it. I also poked two holes, as if it were a button, then threaded Juniper waxy flax through. This heart button is popped up on a foam square for more dimension.

This is another version of the same card. The only real difference, are the papers and I used my scallop punch on the Garden Green strip of cardstock. I also added the poked holes to the scalloped piece and to the edge of one mat.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Kit: Veranda Workshop On The Go Kit with stamp set.

Cardstock: Cocoa; Garden Green; Vanilla Cream; Juniper

Ink: Creme Brulee; Vineyard Berry; Juniper; Cocoa

Embellishments: Juniper Waxy Flax

More Veranda.....

If I haven't said it yet, I LOVE VERANDA! I love all of our new paper packs in our Spring catalogue, but I can't seem to move on from Veranda. So here is another card using this wonderful paper!

The stamp set I have used is also new to our Spring catalogue and is called "One of a Kind". I stamped the flowers and sentiment in Vineyard Berry and the stems in Juniper. I used Vineyard Berry and Cocoa ink to sponge edges of everything!
I also added paper pleating, and then thought I would add ribbon in a similiar design.

I simply added glue dots between the ribbon pleats and underneath to hold it in this shape. I used my handy scallop punch to the edge of the Juniper strip.

I also used my poker to add holes on either side of my stems 'cause I thought it looked neat! I also added our clear sparkles to the base of each stamped flower.

All supplies are Close To My Heart

Kit: Veranda

Cardstock: Cocoa; Juniper; Vanilla Cream

Ink: Vineyard Berry; Cocoa; Juniper

Embellishments: Cocoa grosgrain ribbon; Clear Sparkles