Consultant Swap - Make a Wish

The new Seasonal Expressions catalog launches on September 1 and I got a sneak peek at the new products recently.  I made this birthday card featuring the new Boutique Paper Pack and Your Special Day stamp set for a consultant card swap.  I can't wait to see what the other consultants come up with!

This card folds flat for mailing in a regular A4 size envelope.

If you'd like to make this card yourself, here are the instructions for the stand up card.

Color Dare 288 - Happy Birthday

Our son's birthday is this week so I was very happy to see the blues in the Color Dare challenge.  I got some inspiration from a few different Pinterest boards and then tweaked it a bit for this birthday card theme.

For the swirls, I selected some wreaths from the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge and used the weld feature to make them a bit more robust.  Here's the design space file if you want to recreate this yourself.  Here are the supplies I used for this card:

• Peacock paper from Enchantment Fundamentals (Base and stripe)
• Mink paper from Basics Fundamentals (stripe)
• Peacock, Lagoon and Mink cardstock for the swirls
• A few drops of Peacock re-inker on my watercolor brush for the splatter background
• Wise Guy birthday stamp (retired)
• Silver sequins (retired)

This was a really fun card to make and it's off in the mail to bring smiles to the recipient.  Thanks for stopping by.  You can check on the latest specials from Close To My Heart at my website.  Visit the Color Dare blog to see more fun creations made from this color palette.

Color Dare Blog

Color Dare 239 - Thanks Card

For this week's Color Dare challenge, I made a fun Thank You card with the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge.  I haven't played with this one much so thought it would be good for this challenge.  I'm happy with how it turned out and can't wait to send it off in the mail.

Instructions:

• Cut a 4" planter image on Uptown Fundamentals paper using the image found on page 32 of the Flower Market Cricut Manual (cut off the bottom 2" and use it on a second card), wrap the container with slate/white twine.
• Cut flowers on page 24 from Eggplant and Canary paper at 2.25" and 1.5" (remember the keys are linked so you cut the middles at the same size as your flowers and they fit perfectly!)
• Apply Liquid Glass to the flower middles (that way, you can stay true to the color challenge)
• Cut "thanks" from a Thincut and White Glitter paper

Check out my website for these fun Close To My Heart products and much more.  You can also head over to see what other creations are available on the Color Dare blog site.

Color Dare 239

CTS 216 - Happy Easter card

This is my first time participating in Case This Sketch.  I found this site when I was searching for inspiration to make Easter cards to send out to my family and this sketch was just what I needed.

CTS 216

I used Close To My Heart products for this card including:

• Whimsy Fundamentals paper for the stripes cut at 3" x 4.14" and .25" x 4.25"
• Crystal Blue paper for the title cut at 2" with the image found on the Flower Market Cricut cartridge on page 44 
• Finish with Sugar Rush dots 

You can find these supplies on my website if you are looking for a Close To My Heart Consultant or have questions, let me know.  Happy Easter!

Color Dare 234 - Pick your greens

For this week's Color Dare challenge, we get to pick any shades of green to use along with gold and white so I made this card for my mother-in-law for St. Patrick's Day.  I used the Sweet Leaf paper from the Whimsy Fundamentals pack as the background then layered on the gold stripes from the All About the Gold Fundamentals paper pack.  Next, I broke out the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge and cut out the fun cloverleaf from some New England Ivy green paper and the Lucky title that I layered on gold glitter paper.  Final accent is a green gem along with a stamped sentiment inside and I've got a card ready to go in the mail this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Dare 234

Fundamentals Creative Collection

Welcome to the Fundamentals Creative Collections Blog Hop where we are featuring projects made from the paper collections in the CTMH Annual Inspiration catalog. If you are coming from Corinna's blog, you are in the right place.  This is also doing double entry for this week's Color Dare challenge.

I am getting ready to teach a Baby's First Year scrapbook workshop and the Whimsy fundamentals paper collection is perfect for this project.

Supplies used:

• 12" x 12" White Daisy paper
• D1660 Ink Blot Flair stamp set - ink with Pixie around 3 sides of the base scrapbook page
• Cut the banners for BABY from the Cricut Flower Market cartridge
• C1668 Baby Bundle occasions - ink BABY banner with Whisper ink
• 9" x 10.5" Pixie paper, ink Welcome with Pixie pigment ink and heat set
• Attach banner letters to twist tie (I used this from my retired stash) and mount banner on Pixie paper wrapping the twist tie over the edge so it sticks down.
• 2" x 12" strip of Whimsy fundamental paper with the Love words on it
• 1" x 6.5" strip of White Daisy and dove tail the end so you can add journaling details
• Stamp the stars with second generation Saffron ink and fussy cut
• Stamp the heard with Pixie ink and mount with foam tape for a bit of dimension
• Add photo placeholders and you've got yourself a fun layout to welcome baby!

Next up in the blog hop is Terrie, head on over to see what she's created for us or if you want to pause for some shopping and you don't already have a CTMH Consultant, check out my website at:

http://tammylubick.closetomyheart.com/

Thanks for stopping by.

Color Dare 230

Flower Market Blog Hop

This post is part of the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge blog hop.  This is the newest Cricut cartridge from Close To My Heart with 700 fun images to use on your crafty projects. For this blog hop, I am following Jean's blog,

I am working on a desk calendar workshop coming up in early December so thought this would be a perfect time to break out the Flower Market Cricut cartridge and try it out.  This fun wreath is found on page 42 and cut at 4" from Topiary cardstock, then cut a bunch of pink hearts at .25" with the Real Dial Size setting.  Wrap the wreath with pink and white twine from the Adventure Ribbon Pack and add some shimmer trim (or glitter glue if you'd like) behind the leaf openings and you have a nice embellishment for your desktop calendar page. This also is an entry in the Heart 2 Heart challenge for "anything but a card."

Next up is Jacquelin, hop on over to see what she has to share with us.

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Wacky for Watercolor

Welcome to the CTMH Technique Blog Hop, this month we are featuring different watercolor techniques and my post is in line right after Catherine's blog.  I hosted a watercolor workshop recently and want to share a couple of different techniques that we used.

This first card uses the smooshing technique.  Before I got started with the watercolor, I used an archival black ink pad for the fish background.  (Normally you can ink right on top of the watercolor but I found that with the details in this stamp, it worked best to stamp first with a waterproof ink.) Next, cut a piece of a plastic page protector and dab on some different watercolors for the background; then spritz with just a little mist and smoosh it right on the card, move it around a bit to get your colors to blend nicely. Cut out the banner, stamp the title, pop it up with some foam tape and your card is ready to go.

Supplies used:

• Inks: Archival Black and Emerald
• Stamp set: B1535 Hooked on You
• Cricut cartridge: Flower Market (for title banner)
• Watercolor paints

The next card is an embossed resist birthday card.

For this card, emboss your watercolor paper then carefully slide the White Daisy ink cartridge across the raised part of the paper and apply embossing powder then heat set.  Now you can break out the watercolors to fill in the rest of the card spots, use a paper towel to wipe off any color that may sit on top of the embossed area.  Add a ribbon and title to finish the card off and send to a birthday recipient.

Thanks for stopping by, next up on the blog hop is Tonya, continue on to see what she has lined up to share with us.