Two for One

A Snowflake Tree Ornament

One project for two challenges at Heart 2 Heart.

Challenge #1: All Framed Up

The snowflake is "all framed up" with the cookie cutter

Challenge #2: Moving On

The snowflake is "moving on" in the cookie cutter with an adhesive spring

So get your move on and see what you can frame up to share at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Frosted

Cardstock: Crystal Blue

Ink: Twilight, Crystal Blue, Blush

Stamps: Perfect Fit- Holidays

Embellishments: Glitter Gems, Seam binding Ribbon, Bitty Sparkles

Other: Snowflake cookie cutter

Color Dare 72

Barn Red

A one color challenge this week at Color My Heart brings out the vintage look.

For my project I used the 6 X 6 Kraft cards cut in fourths to make four

3 X 3 gift cards. A quick and easy project.

Pattern: Originals "Fun Flap"

Pattern: Originals "Pieced Panels"

Pattern: Originals "Stage right"

Pattern: Originals "Squares & Overlay"

Share your Barn Red creations at Color My Heart this week.

B&T Duos: Huntington, Frosted

Cardstock: Kraft, Barn Red

Ink: Cashmere, Champagne, Barn Red

Stamps: Merry & Bright, Perfect fit-Christmas

Embellishments: Bitty Opaques, Hemp Baker Twine

Holiday Tags from CTMH

All Dressed Up With

Ponderosa Pine and Cranberry

Inspiration for these tags come from this week's challenge at Color My Heart.

A window tin full of Christmas tags.

Directions to make tags: Download the free tags from Close to my Heart. 

Cut each tag out. Using the tag from Artiste Cricut cartridge pg.35 

cut 4 tags with Cranberry cardstockand 4 tags with Ponderose Pine 

cardstock at 5 inches. Cut 8 tags from your choice of background B&T

 paper at 4.5 inches. Print two copies of the free tags from CTMH.

Cut each tag out and adhere to the background tags. Cut the greetings from the 

second page of printed tags and pop up on tags.  Embellish as desired.

Another Christmas challenge comes from the Rose Blossom Garden. 

This will be the final challenge before the Rose Blossom Garden closes. 

So share your Christmas creation before the garden is closed. 

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Frosted

Cardstock: Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry

Ink: Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry

Stamps: Tag the Occasion

Embellishments: Seam Binding Ribbon, Bakers Twine, Opaques, Cranberry buttons, Floral Accents, Sparkles

Thanksgiving Blessings

To You and Yours

Card inspired by Color My Heart Challenge #70

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Huntington

Cardstock: Autumn Terracotta, Colonial White, Champagne

Ink: Barn Red, Autumn Terracotta

Stamps: Holiday Tags

Embellishments: Embroidery Thread, Wooden Buttons, Bakers Twine

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #27

Game On

At Heart 2 Heart

It's a Game On challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart. 

So.....Merry Christmas with Bingo

Awhile back, Caroline asked for the "deets" on the poinsettias so here are the deets:

Using Artiste Cricut cartridge cut the two flowers on page 80 at 2.25 inches 

and one flower at 1.75 inch.Score each petal down the center with your

 paper trimmer and stylus. Fold the petals on the score line.

Adhere together in layers and attach a center embellishment.

Now it's your turn to get your game on and share with us at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies: 

B&T Duos: Sparkle & Shine

Cardstock: Ruby, Topiary, Colonial White

Ink: Ruby, Topiary

Stamps: Bingo Alphabet

Embellishments: Wrangler Assortment, Sparkle & Shine Assortment

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #29

Challenge #15 & #16 in the Rose Blossom Garden

A Fall Gratitude Journal

This is the time of the year that I make my annual gratitude journal. 

I wanted to use my favorite paper pack, Frosted, for this project.

 I used the leaves and the title from the "B" key of the Cricut Artbooking booklet.

To customize a spiral notebook just remove the spiral from the notebook and 

cover with your favorite paper pack. Embellish according to your theme.

Inside the journal is a pocket to save any notes to go with your thoughts.

Be sure to check out the great projects at Rose Blossom Garden 

for more Fall and Thanksgiving inspiration.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Frosted

Cardstock: Champagne, Cashmere

Ink: Cashmere, Crystal Blue

Stamps: Card Chatter-Sympathy, Look to the Light

Embellishments: Hemp Twine, Word Accents, Floral Accents

Other: Spiral Notebook

Color Dare #67

Fun with Tag Cards

The challenge this week at Color My Heart is to use black and white 

with a green of your choice. My favorite green to go 

with black and white is Sweet Leaf. 

Using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge cut the tag card 

using Sweet Leaf 5.5 inches. 

For the black and white part I used the 

B&T Duos "For Always"

Add some flowers, a sentiment and embellishments

Quick and easy to put together a set of Thinking of You cards

Tomorrow starts a new challenge at Color My Heart so if you missed

this "green" challenge come play with the new challenge.

CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: For Always
Cardstock: Sweet Leaf, Black, White Daisy
Ink: Black, Sweet Leaf
Stamps: A Blossom, Hello Blooms, Casual Expressions, Frame Flair, Washi Wonder
Embellishments: Seam Binding Ribbon, Bakers Twine, Twist Ties, Base & Bling Floral Accents,Assorted Buttons

Birthday Greetings with Sparkle Chevrons

Make It From Your Heart Vol.II

Use chevrons as a part of the card pattern from Make It From Your Heart Vol.II

Using pattern 25 add chevrons to one of the strips

Use chevrons as parts "D" & "E" with pattern 19

Add chevrons to band "D" on pattern 22

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Sarita

Cardstock: Lagoon, Outdoor Denim, White Daisy

Ink: Outdoor Denim, Lagoon, Creme Brulee

Stamps: Charming Chevrons, Card Chatter- Birthday, Just a Number, Heartfelt Birthday Wish

Embellishments: Sparkle Chevron Shapes, Bakers Twine

Patterns: Make It From Your Heart 19, 22, 25 

It's Halloween Time in the Garden

Challenge #13 in the Rose Blossom Garden

During the month of October at the Rose Blossom Garden will be bringing you ideas for Halloween

Challenge #13

Halloween Theme with Bonus Option

Artbooking "I" Key (page 55)

Halloween Treat Container #1

Using a large tuna can I covered with some lagoon B&T paper from Later Skater

paper pack. Using the "I" key from the Artbooking cartridge I cut a border of

candy treats, the pumpkin and the Trick or Treat title for the tag. Then I filled the

container with fruit flavored tootsie roll treats to match my colors.

Challenge #14 in the Rose Blossom Garden

More Halloween ideas from the Rose Blossom Garden

 Challenge #14

Halloween Theme with Bonus Option

Artbooking "C" Key (page 70)

Halloween Treat Container #2

Using a large tuna can I covered with some pear B&T from the Later Skater paper pack. 

Using the "C" key from Artbooking cricut cartridge I cut some black birds to sit on

the fence from border on page 71 in Artbooking cricut booklet. I used the 4 X 6 Photo Mat

for the tag cutting it at 2.5" real dial size. I added some fall leaves and a little

black bird. Then I filled the container with fruit flavored tootsie roll treats to match my colors.

Now let's see your Halloween creations in the Rose Blossom Garden. You have until

Halloween to share.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Later Skater

Cardstock: Sunset, Pear, Lagoon, Black, Autumn Terracotta, Honey, Topiary

Ink: Topiary, Sunset

Stamps: Tag the Occasion

Embellishments: Black Tulle, Bakers Twine, Twist Ties

Holiday Guide Blog Hop

A Special Christmas Gift

with the new 

Hip Pic Album

Welcome to our very first Holiday Gift Guide Blog Hop. 

If you have come from Georgia's Inkygeorgia Blog you are on the right path.

This very first Holiday Gift Guide comes loaded with special items just for the holidays. 

Be sure to take note that some of the items are "while supplies last" 

because you really don't want to miss your chance to order for the holidays.

The front cover of my Hip Pic album. 

This is a gift for my daughter with all the fun photos of her kids when 

they were little. Kind of a Mom"s brag book. I kept with the color scheme

 that comes in the kit: Creme Brulee, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim, Smoothie, and Kraft.

I was amazed at how the colors went with the photos no mater 

the colors in the photo. Very generic.

First page with inside cover.

I added some photo frames from the Cricut Artbooking cartridge

to coordinate with the photos.

The square photos frames are cut at 4.25 real dial size.

The longer photo frames that hold a 4 X 4 photo is cut at 5.5 real dial size

If you have more than 16 photos for your album you can add 

flip flaps from the small assortment package.

You can add colors behind the cut out sections of you  photo frame.

Flip flap opens to show more photos.

Use the kraft, creme brulee, and outdoor denim for a more masculine look.

Add a little smoothie for a girly look

Be sure to use your bonding memory glue pen to

 adhere those small chevrons and hearts.

If you use a photo frame that has a cut out in the corner you can 

cover the cut out section with a die cut. These photo frames are the same one 

but I covered the heart on the creme brulee frame with an outdoor denim die cut.

Last page with back cover.

For more amazing fun with our new Holiday Gift Guide hop over to 

Vicki's priceof paper blog. Thanks for hopping with us!

If you get off the trail you can find the hopping trail Here.

CTMH Supplies:

Kit: Hip Pic Album Kit

Cardstock: Creme Brulee, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim, Smoothie, and Kraft

Ink: Creme Brulee, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim, Smoothie, Black

Embellishments: Die Cuts from the Kit

Other: Photo frames from Artbooking, Small Assorted Flip Flaps

Cranberry Plus One

Topiary

The Color My Heart challenge this week is to use Cranberry with one other color. 

This gave me the perfect opportunity to work on Christmas cards. I really like the 

cheerful colors of Christmas red(cranberry) and Christmas green(topiary).

To help my project go a little faster I used the Greetings Card Workshop from

Wishes. This workshop uses just three 12 X 12 papers. So I random stamped

a 12 X 12 White Daisy with holly and berries, added a sheet of cranberry and

a sheet topiary. Using the cutting diagrams in Wishes I was able to make 16

(2 of each design) Christmas cards in less and 30 minutes.

Now it's your turn to share your cranberry project with us of Color My Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Cranberry, Topiary, White Daisy

Ink: Cranberry, Topiary

Stamps: A Holiday, Holiday Tags

Embellishments: Glitter Gems

A Sneak Peak

From the CTMH Holiday Gift Guide

Color My Heart color challenge this week gave me a chance to use the new Trim the Tree stamp set with the coordinating Sparkle Holiday Shapes. After making my  Christmas card kit I had two stars left over so I put them to use on this card for Color Dare #63: Outdoor Denim, Pacifica, and Ruby.

Now it's your turn to share your creation with us at Color My Heart

using Outdoor Denim, Pacifica and Ruby.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, Pacifica, White Daisy

Ink: Outdoor Denim, Pacifica, Ruby

Stamps: Trim The Tree, Merry & Bright

Embellishments: Sparkle Holiday Shapes, Ruby Mini Medley

Other: Snowflake embossing folder

Color Dare 62

Sweet Leaf and Olive

It's a monochromatic color scheme at Color My Heart.

Nothing says green like trees and these trees from the Frosted Card Kit

are my favorites. And....nothing says green like Christmas. So......I made a

Christmas bulb with green trees on this card. Tomorrow Color My Heart

will have a new color challenge so if you can't make this one then come back 

tomorrow and check out a new color challenge.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Frosted

Cardstock: Olive, Sweet Leaf, Colonial White

Ink: Olive, Sweet Leaf

Stamps: Frosted Card Making Kit

Embellishments: Bakers Twine, Bitty Sparkles, Glitter gems

Other: Sweet Leaf retired ribbon

Brown Paper Pakages

Tied Up With String

It's that time of year to get out my mini paper bags, fill them with treats,  

and decorate them for my family at Halloween. This year's treats

are tootsie roll candies of all sorts.

Thanks to Heart 2 Heart I tied up all the paper bags up with CTMH

string(black hemp and bakers twine). Today is the last day to share your

Brown Paper Packages at Heart 2 Heart. If you don't have time today

be sure to check out the ideas shared at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Laughing Lola

Cardstock: Colonial White, Lagoon, Pear, Sunset

Ink: Pear, Sunset, Lagoon, Black

Stamps: Holiday Tags, Perfect Fit-Halloween

Embellishments: Black Hemp, Bakers Twine, Black Mini Medley

Other: Assorted mini paper bags, Tootsie roll candies

A Few of My Favorite Things

Embellishments Embellishments and More Embellishments

To showcase my favorites in the Fall/Winter Idea Book I made a sampler

using the 6 X 6 Canvass Display. Each square it made using the

baker's twine from the Wooden Mini Medley.

A Few of My Favorite Things:

1. Word Accents

2. Rosewood Mini Medley

3. Laughing Lola Assortment Satin clip

4. Laughing Lola Assortment Printed Gem

5. Black Mini Medley

6. Floral Accents with Word Accents

7. Frosted Assortment

8. Pro Player Assortment

9. Ruby Mini Medley

One more day to share with Heart 2 Heart 

a Few of Your Favorite Things.

Alphabet Soup at Heart 2 Heart

Wish U a Happy Birthday

Making a Heart 2 Heart Alphabet soup with Vintage Type, 

Polka Dot Alphabet, Keyboard Uppercase and A Typeface.  

Mixing up letters from different stamp sets makes really good alphabet soup.

Add a little texture and character with stitching using the new

stitching guide. View the new stitching video from Close to My Heart

for more stitching inspiration and creative composition.

Be sure to visit Heart 2 Heart and share your Alphabet Soup Recipe.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Laughing Lola

Cardstock: Lagoon, white Daisy

Stamps: Vintage Type, Polka Dot Alphabet, Keyboard Uppercase, A Typeface, 

Holiday Tags, Sweet and Lovely from Artbooking Cricut Collection

Ink: Black, Lagoon

Embellishments: Black Mini Medley, Bakers Twine, Embroidery Thread, Paradise Flowers

Pattern: Make It From Your Hear Vol.II #27

Artbooking With the "X" Key

In the Rose Blossom Garden

It's that time of year when I make my teachers back to school Post It Note holder.

Playing along in the Rose blossom Garden made this project easier and some

what more fun. The color scheme for this back to school project is 

Red(Ruby), Blue(Pacifica)Green(Olive), and Yellow(Honey). 

Directions: Using the "real dial size" cut the following  parts for the the cover

1. Photo mat 1 on the  "Z" key cut at 5 inches 

2. Cut White Daisy according to directions on Take Note stamp set

3. Cut a green apple and red apple on the "X" key 1 1/2 inches. 

Cut leaf off red apple and attach to to green apple.

4. Cut "Think grow learn" on the "X" key 1 1/4 inch.

5. Embellish with "note" stamped and some washi wonder.

Directions for inside: Using "real dial size" cut the following parts

1. Cut two pieces of cardstock 4 X 5 and cover with B&T paper.

2. Attach Photo mat 2 on the "X" key cut at 4 inches. 

Insert a piece of cardstock in the opening.

3. Shift Title on "Z" key for the "Notes" mat and cut at 4 1/4 inches.

Attach to the covered cardstock.

4. Embellish the "ABC" frame with your choice of 

stamped images and some washi wonder.

5. Attach a Post It Note pad to the "Notes" mat.

Bind it all together with a Bind It All or you can use rings to put it together.

Get ready for back to school and play with us in the Rose Blossom Garden.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Tommy

Cardstock: Pacifica, Ruby, Olive, Honey

Stamps: Take Note, Washi Wonder, All the Details

Ink: Honey, Ruby, Olive, Pacifica

Other: 4 X 5 Coasters, Bind It All, Ribbon from stash 

CAS(E) this sketch #45

A Tweet Holiday Card

The sketch at CAS(E) this sketch with the two branches and a fluttery

critter just reminded me of  the "Merry & Bright" stamp set.

This card is inspired by the sketch below. 

See what you can create with this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Cranberry, Topiary, White Daisy

Ink: Cranberry, Smoothie, Topiary

Stamps: Merry & Bright

Embellishments: Bitty Opaques.

School Time in the Rose Blossom Garden

With Artbooking School Layout

Rose Blossom Garden Challenge #11: School theme using the

 "Z" key in Cricut Artbooking booklet page 68.

Ten years ago, Zachary started Kindergarten and had his 5th birthday all in

September 2003. Fast forward ten years, school started in August and his

15th birthday is today September 17. Happy Birthday Zach.

This layout is inspired by the layout I made ten years ago. 

It was fun to up date with current scrapbooking trends.

Page 1 uses the calendar overlay for the background of the

first day of tenth grade. The calendar title uses the border piece.

Page 2 uses the Photo Mat for this layout with "Ready" photos (getting ready),

a "Set" photo with books and backpack all set, and a "Go" photo getting 

in the car to go to school. I used the icon to say "Hello, grade 10."

Now you have until the end of the month to play with us in the Rose Blossom Garden 

and share your school themed idea. Come play with us in the garden.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Babycakes

Cardstock: Garden Green, Sky, Sorbet, White Daisy

Ink: Garden Green, Sky, Sorbet, Black

Stamps: Take Note, Washi Wonder, School Years

Cricut Layout: "School Layout" page 68 Artbooking booklet