Birthday Card with Art

Hello, friends;

 

I want to share with you a birthday card I made using the

Art Philosophy Collection:

This is a long card, it measures 9-1/4" x 4".

 

Recipe:

* (1) 9-1/4" x 8" piece of Kraft CS fold in half on the 8" side to end up with a 9-1/4" x 4 card.

* (1) 9-1/8" x 3-7/8" piece of Chocolate CS

* (1) 8-7/8" x 3-5/8" piece of newspaper design paper

* Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

* (3) pink flowers

* pink rhinestones

* Art Philosophy Cricut Collection

*stamp set from the same collection

* Blush and Chocolate ink

* Blush, Colonial White, and Chocolate CS

* Ivory Crocheted Ribbon [non CTMH]

* jude twine [non CTMH]

 

These are the pieces you need to cut using the Cricut and the Art Philosophy cartridge:

 * six (6) <Banner5> @ 2" Blush CS [p.59 Art Philosophy]

  * two (2) <Banner5> @ 2" Chocolate CS [p.59 Art Philosophy]

   * four (4) <Banner4> @ 2" Colonial White CS [p.49 Art Philosophy]

    * one (1) <Butterfly1> @ 1" Chocolate CS [p.41 Art Philosophy]

 * one (1) <Butterfly1> @ 1/2" Chocolate CS [p.41 Art Philosophy]

 

Stamp the image using both colors, Blush and Chocolate; cut them in half. Cut in half two Blush and two Chocolate Banner5; keep the other four Blush Banner5 for later.

Adhere the stamped images as pictured, by mixing the colors with the half of the matching Banner5. Adhere the completed piece on a Blush Banner5, from those you have left.

 

Once you cut the butterflies, make dots using a white gel pen.

 

Use this photo as a guide to put your card together.

 

Hope you have fun!

 

Until next time,

 

Rock-n-Roll Technique

Hello, stampers;

 

Using different techniques in your artwork is what really makes a difference.

 

I'm sharing with you a video from Close to my Heart on how to use the rock-n-roll technique to make your creations looking G*O*R*G*E*O*U*S.

 

Enjoy and have FUN creating!

H2H Glitter Challenge

Well, hello there;

I hope each of you had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Celebration with family and friends.

 

I had a great time with my family but also spent the majority of my weekend remodeling and getting my craft room ready...I will have pictures when I finish it :0)

 

But, I do have some photos to share with you today. As you know, every Monday we have a challenge to complete over at the H2H Challenge Blog.

 

For today, we had to make anything using glitter.

 

Here is my triangle box:

The box was made from Cranberry CS @ 5-1/2" size [5.5 as stated in the booklet] using the new ARTISTE cartridge from CTMH. I cut a second box from the Pear & Partridge B&T. I put the Cranberry box together; then, from the second box made using the  Pear & Partridge paper collection, I cut 1/4" from one side and from the bottom edge of each panel to make them a bit smaller and use them to enhance the beauty of this box.

 

The glitter paper used in this box is not from CTMH. I sponged the edges of the glitter strip with Chocolate ink.

 

The poinsettia was made as follow:

Use the AP cartridge <STAR2> on page 25 and cut the following sizes: 2-1/2", 2-1/4", 2", and 1-1/2" from vellum cardstock [non CTMH]. Then, cut the LAYERS for the same <STAR2> in the same sizes from Cranberry CS. Adhere as pictured; to put the poinsettia together, adhere each size using foam tape.

 

Rules to participate

1. Use mostly Close To My Heart products, though it doesn't have to be 100%.
2. Create your Christmas/Holiday project.
3. Post your project to your blog or other online gallery.
4. Come back here and directly link to your blog post, not your blog home page.
5. Mention Heart 2 Heart somewhere in your blog post indicating that you are playing along with us and link to our site.
6. Consider adding the H2H badge to your blog. We'd love to spread the word and see more crafters participating!
7. Finally, you have the whole month of November to join us on any of our November challenges and be eligible for our Top Ten!

 

 Thanks for visiting my blog.

 Until next time;

 

Capture the DATE Card

Hello, stampers;

 

I made a card a while ago for a blog hop that I never got the opportunity to participate; I used the

SOTM for November: Capture the Date!

 

Recipe:

* 6" x 6" Chocolate card [6" x 12" piece of CS folded in half on the 12" side]

*5-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Crystal Blue CS

*1" x 5-1/2" piece of Colonial White CS

*1-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Chocolate CS [punched with a border punch from Friskars]

*scraps of Colonial White to stamp BLESSINGS

 

1. Stamp the numbers from the Capture the Date stamp set using Crystal Blue ink on the piece of Crystal Blue CS.

2. Trace a faux stitch around this piece with Chocolate marker.

3. Punch the piece of Choclate CS using a border punch [optional].

4. Stamp "count your" using the Glamour Lowercase Alphabet set with Chocolate ink.

5. Stamp "BLESSINGS" using the Polka Dot Alphabet set on scraps of Colonial White CS with Chocolate ink; cut and adhere as pictured.

6. Add twine, three gems on the bottom left corner, and a flower.

 

Hope you like this card and that it inkspires you to create your own.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

A Christmas Box for Inking from the Heart...the SCHOOL!

Hi, there friends;

I have been working in different projects that, even when I shared them with the members of my online classes, never had the chance to post them here for you.

 

Here is a Christmas Gift Box:

I used the Pear & Partridge Paper Collection to make the cover of the box.

Artiste and Art Philosophy Cartridges were used to make the embellishments and "hinges" for the box. Striped Dark Chocolate Ribbon was used to keep the box closed.

I used Cranberry CS to make the box inside and more coordinating designs from the same paper collection .

 

Hope you enjoy this and you are still in time to join the classes; please click here for more information!

 

Thanks for stopping by,