Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Nesting Dolls Card from Crazy Cute Cards in Cricut Access

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Cricut has added another awesome cartridge available exclusively to Cricut Access subscribers!
It's called Crazy Cute Cards and has great interactive cards on it.




I made this card using the Nesting Dolls Mother's Day Card #MF026EE image.  I love these little dolls, it reminds me of the set of nesting dolls my step-mother had when I was a kid.

I started by putting together my cuts for each of the three dolls.  I couldn't find a handbook online so I used the images in my Design Space Layers Panel for reference.



The file comes with three card bases and the two larger dolls have pockets for the dolls to nest in.



There are two of the larger size - the one without the flap I used as a backing for the large doll so you can't see the flaps from the pocket on the back.




I wrapped the tabs around the back of the piece with the flap then adhered the extra piece on top hiding the pocket strips.



Largest doll, I've attached the top piece so it will fold over to the front of the card.

I followed the same steps with the medium size doll, except I folded the pocket flaps in to hide them instead of wrapping around the back of the base.



Finished dolls ready to nest.





Smallest doll inside Medium pocket





Medium doll inside Large Pocket.




Largest doll with Medium and Small Dolls nested inside. 


This was such a fun project, currently available only for Cricut Access Subscribers.
There are so many great interactive cards on this new cartridge, I will be posting more soon.


Here's a peek at some of the images in Design Space:















Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Layout with CTMH Happy Times Paper Pack and Stamp Set

Have you seen the gorgeous new paper pack and matching stamp set that Close To My Heart has made available this month only for National Scrapbook Month?

It's called Happy Times and has beautiful papers with gold foil accents and pretty floral prints.

One of our talented Consultants created a special workshop just for this exclusive set of papers.  You can see all the layouts included in the workshop here


This is the photo from the original workshop, I made a few changes using supplies that I had on hand.   
I followed the cutting guide and instructions but changed it just a little by heat embossing the sentiments from the matching stamp set instead of using the gold foil Picture My Life cards.

I love Shimmer Trim -  I decided to cut it half lengthwise and use thinner strips on the pieces of White Daisy that have the heat embossed sentiments.   



I used Gold Bling Gems for the centre of the flowers, I love the extra bit of sparkle in them. 




Close To My Heart Products used in this layout:

CTMH Happy Times Paper Pack  (free with a $70 purchase)
(only available May 2016)






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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Grab the May Mystery Box from Cricut before it's gone!


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It's May, It's May
It's time for Spring
This Mystery Box has tons of bling
It will help you with your crafting feats
You may even find some Washi Sheets

There's not that many so order now!

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

CTMH Seasonal Expressions 2 2016 Catalogue Now Available!

It's here! The new Close To My Heart Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalogue for 2016 is now available!







It's full of great new products! I love the new paper packs, and the Calypso Workshops Your Way Kit is one of my all-time favourite CTMH products!  





I absolutely love the Flamingo cardstock and washi and there is a fun stamp set and matching thin cut dies, too!  






And for those of you who love Disney as much as I do, you will be excited to learn that we have a new Workshops Your Way Kit called Magical and fun theme park stamp sets, too. 











These are great kits for hostessing a CTMH Gathering:  
Simply select a date for your Gathering & you and 5 friends purchase this kit to assemble at your Gathering.  A fun night out with friends and you also earn FREE product with 

 Contact me for more information & available dates.  
Online Gathering option also available.


Visit my CTMH website today to see all the new products in the Seasonal Expressions 2!







Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Happy Times Card for May Gathering

One of the card projects I'm putting together for a Gathering next week, using the Happy Times paper pack and stamp set available this month only for National Scrapbook Month. 



Card pattern is from CTMH Wishes How-to Book, Page 40.   I used CTMH Pomegranate Exclusive Ink on the flowers,  full colour on the outer flower and I used the second generation technique to get the lighter flower in the background.  I just stamped it on a scrap piece of paper to get off most of the ink then stamped onto my cardstock leaving a very soft, pretty colour for my card.  I stamped the White Daisy cardstock with a small flower and stem using Canary and Fern Inks, then used second generation stamping for a couple of leaves on the background piece.  I also used Fern Ink to stamp the fussy cut leaves for my larger flower.  I stamped the sentiment and then lightly sponged the edge of the cardstock with Pomegranate Ink.   I cut two small pieces of ribbon and knotted them before attaching to the corner of the White Daisy cardstock.  


Close To My Heart Products Used:






In Canada? You can purchase CTMH products on my website:

Or start your own CTMH business for just $95. 

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by signing up for my Monthly Newsletter.  Link in right-hand column.