Heart2Heart Challenges - Retired Products Challenge!

Today at Heart2Heart Challenges we are hosting a "Retired Product" challenge and even though it wasn't my DT group I just had to play along!  After so many years of being a CTMH consultant I have a considerable amount of retired product hanging around my craft room!

One of the things I like using retired product on is experimenting with new styles of cards.  This one is called a Side Stair step card that I found on Pinterest and played around with it in Design Space until I could get it right for my size card.

The papers I've used are from Roxie (probably about 3 years ago) and two different stamp sets - the Brushed WOTG stamp set for the butterfly image that I stamped in Slate and Smoothie and B1400 Beautiful Friendship which is actually still available until 8/1/16! 

I had a blast creating this 3-D card!  Can you tell I'm gearing up to offer a fun fold class?  I'm starting a new job this week so I'm not quite ready yet but I'll be posting information soon!

Don't forget that this month is STAMPGANZA our fabulous Buy 2 Get 1 FREE stamp sale!  You just keep adding stamps to your shopping cart and for every 2 you have they'll give you a third for free! So if you get 6 stamps then the 2 lowest priced sets will be the freebies.  

Shop at: www.Paige.CTMH.com

You can expand your dollars by setting up a party through me and getting Hostess Rewards on your order too!  Just send me a note at Paige@Stampologist.com or give me a call at (425) 260-6965 if you'd like me to help you do that!

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Valentine's Themed Faux Printer Tray with CTMH Mad about You and Roxie

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring December's SOTM called "Mad About You".  If you have come here from Wendy's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.  

My friend Tanya asked me last month if I'd be putting together a Valentine's Day themed 12x12 framed art class and I immediately said YES knowing I wanted to use this month's stamp to create one!  This set is so much fun to play with and it goes so well with our Roxie paper pack! 

I've seen several samples of printer tray artwork online.  I love the look but I wanted to stick with a format that can be switched in and out of my 12x12 deep frame so I came up with this faux tray look created with slim strips of black cardstock.  I adore the bling brads on this piece - so glam and so easy!

Before you hop off my blog I wanted to let you all know that I'll be doing a

12 Days of Christmas Cards celebration starting tomorrow! 

If you aren't already subscribing to my blog via e-mail, pop on up to the top right corner and signup so you won't miss a single day of the celebration!  Be sure to activate your subscription when you get the initial e-mail and you'll get any new blog posts delivered to your inbox!

Now "Hop" on over to Jen's blog to see her work! I know she'll have something wonderful to share!

Remember, the December SOTM is only available until the 31st!  So contact your CTMH consultant or visit my website at www.Paige.MyCTMH.com and order this set for just $17.95 or get it for just $5 with a $50 order!

Altered Journal and Pen set - a great holiday gift!

This is a set I put together for my son to give a friend for her birthday.  It went together fairly quickly as the basic layout of the front with the black stems and roses was based on a project I made a couple of months back.  I love covering composition books for a personalized gift - who doesn't love getting something beautiful with their name on it?

Here is the inspiration piece found on this blog post.

If you'd like to make an altered journal like the one above, get these supplies:

Paper:  Roxie

Other:  Art Philosophy, Silver Glitz Glitter Gel

Roxie Birthday Card

This is my favorite project I've made so far with Roxie.  I love the mixture of sassy prints with the vintage feel stamped tag.  I used Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the two front tags, the border and the leaves.  The rose was stamped in black and tulip and hand cut with a layer of Red Glitz brushed over top while the black pieces were glammed up with Silver Glitz.

For the sentiment tag I stamped the Cricut shape in 2nd generation Desert Sand with the matching stamp and then over-stamped with the music notes from Universal Backgrounds in 2nd generation Desert Sand again.  I like layered stamping as it gives terrific depth to a project.

Links to product if you'd like to make this card:

Paper:  Roxie, Colonial White CS

Stamps:  Cricut Cartridge Bundle Stamps, Card Chatter-Birthday, Universal Backgrounds, Rosy Regards

Inks:  Desert Sand, Black, Tulip

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy Bundle, Red Glitz, Silver Glitz

Thanks for stopping by today!

Paige

Mini Shopping Totes with Roxie and Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge w/ cutting guide

I am so in love with my new Cricut Expression 2 machine and the Art Philosophy CTMH cartridge!  All the pieces for these two adorable Roxie shopping totes were cut using my AP cartridge and they were a snap to put together and sized perfectly for something small like a pair of earrings.

Materials and Cut List:

Paper:  Roxie, Key Lime CS (Bright Green Shade Pack), Colonial White CS

Stamps:  Magic Tabs

Ink:  Black

Cricut:  Art Philosophy Cricut Bundle

Other:  Clear Sparkles (center of rose), Paper Crimper for leaf texture

AP Cricut Cutting Shapes and Dimensions: 

(numerical directions such as Font Layer 1,3 refer to the 5 rows of keys and the ten columns of keys to 1,3 is the first row, third key over using Font Layer )

Bags:  (2 Shopping Tote) Font Layer 1,3  cut at 5.5" or use fit to page

Topper:  (1 Rectangle8) 5,5 Cut at 2" (after Cricut cutting, slice the piece in half to make two bag toppers)

Rose:  (2 Roses) Font Layer 5,8 cut at 1.5"

Leaves (4 Leaf4) 4,6 cut at 1.25"

Tag (2 Tag3) 3,10 cut at 1"

Roxie Friendship Card

Our new Roxie paper pack is such a fun combination of tans, blacks, pinks and reds - not to mention zebra, cheetah and florals!  I made this fun card for my art boards using a stamp that is still available but not in the current Idea Book called "From My Heart".  The big hearts in this set have writing inside and are great for flooding with liquid glass to make an expoxy-look embellishment. 

Don't you just love those giant Bling buttons? Those are the smaller button in the set - the big ones are huge!

Materials Used:

Paper:  Roxie

Stamps:  C1443 From My Heart

Ink:  Black

Other:  Bling Assortment, Black Hemp, Red Glitz Glitter Gel, Liquid Glass