Urban and Stamps of Approval Center Stair Step Card

This card features our awesome Urban paper pack mixed with our C1637 Stamps of Approval stamp set (coordinates with Artistry) with a scattering of Artbooking images to create fireworks. 

Our foil tapes have become one of my go-to products lately because they add so much shine but don't make a card feel too girly.  They come on 15 yard rolls for $4.95 and are self-adhesive so they are easy to add, economical and they mail flat!

 I really love the way the stars hang over the side steps on this card to enhance the 3-D effect.  I've been on a fancy fold kick lately having lots of fun with my Explore!

If you'd like to order any of the products mentioned in this post you can click on they links or visit my shopping site at:

www.Paige.CTMH.com

Thanks for stopping by today and for your continued support of my business!  Stay crafty my friends!

Paige  

My Dad is Rad Birthday Card - Artistry and Artiste with FREE DS link!

My older son designed this card for his Dad's birthday using My Dad is Rad from Artistry as the focal point and building a background with some cogs cut from Artiste. He is a pretty artistic guy so watching him pick out pieces and colors to create the design he wanted to make was a lot of fun!

Here is the DS file link:  https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/36846915

My younger boy isn't very artsy so he just picks a pre-made card from one of my cartridges and maybe gives a color that he wants on the card before he leaves my craft room for me to make it - LOL. He picked this one is from Classically Modern Cards cartridge for his Dad.

I jazzed this one up with some tone on tone background stamping with an older retired set called Gear Up.  You may notice a mechanical/robotic theme to their selections - my husband was involved with my both the middle school and high school Robotics teams that both went to the state competition this year!  It was really awesome having that moment with both my boys as this is my older son's senior year and the last possible time that both boys would be eligible for state competition.  They didn't win but just being invited to the competition was awesome.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Heart2Heart Challenges - Shades of Red

This is my Design Team project for Heart2Heart Challenge's "Shades of Red, Black and White" challenge this week.  I had one last Valentine to make today - one for my 14 year old son.  His primary interest is video games so I altered a meme from the Skyrim franchise.  I thought I'd explain it because if you don't have a gamer in the house the sentiment on this card probably seems really, really weird!

I used our La Vie En Rose paper pack for all the lovely black and white papers on this card and mixed it with Ruby cardstock.  The arrow card base is from our Artfully Sent cartridge and I had my Explore write the font from the Artiste cartridge so I could fill in with Shinhan Touch Twin markers and empahsize certain words. I outlined the arrows with our Journaling Pen and added some fun Silver Foil Tape to pop things up a bit.

The inside of the card has a fun heart border from Artistry layered with black underneath the stripes to give it a fun 3-D effect.

Hopefully my kiddo will like this one (I know he'll like the chocolate I bought him)! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll hop on over to the Heart2Heart Challenges blog and join the fun in our "Shades of Red, Black and White" challenge!

Stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Happy Valentine's Day! Mad Scientist Love Potion Z Fold Card

Happy Valentine's Day to all you crafty people out there!  Here is the card I made for my teen science guy this year using our Positive Chemistry stamp set along with the mad scientist from "A Frightful Affair" cricut cartridge. The font is from our Artistry cart.

This one is a Z fold card - basically you take a regular card and fold the front back on itself to create a Z shape. 

I used second generation Whisper ink to stamp the background of the paper with the ion stamp.

This shot shows the shine from the Liquid Glass I applied over the Shinhan Touch Twin Marker colored beakers.

I hope you all have a wonderful day full of love and laughter!  Enjoy your Valentine's Day!

Hugs,

Paige

Heart2Heart Challenges - By the Numbers

Heart2Heart Challenges has a "By the Number" challenge this week so I made a fun birthday card to send to my daughter who is celebrating entering into her 20s this month!

Our bright and cheery Kaleidosope paper made the perfect banner background for this chocolate deluxe and sparkly cake!  Most of the cuts for this one came from our awesome Artistry Cricut Cartridge.  I even welded a candle cut to the top of my numbers to make them look like the number candles you buy in the store.

I decorated the inside with a sentiment and some fun presents plus a cute little party hat!

I hope you'll hop on over to Heart2Heart Challenges and have some fun with numbers this week!  Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

Materials Used:

Kaleidosope Paper

Pixie Cardstock

Chocolate Cardstock

Gold Glitter Cardstock

Gold Sequin Assortment

Artistry Cartridge

Art Philosophy Cartridge (small gift on the inside)

Artbooking (numbers)

Heart 2 Heart Challenges - Create with Your Cricut!

Today's challenge at Heart2Heart Challenges is to create with your Cricut!  By now you all know that I adore my Cricut Explore and all our amazing CTMH cartridges.  They are my go-to carts for just about every project I create.  There are SO many amazing cuts I almost didn't know what to make but I finally decided on a fun halloween pop up card mixing Artfully Sent with Artistry to send to my daughter for dorm decor.

I mixed our new Nevermore papers with some fun glitter paper and vellum for a textural treat!

I added a few squares of vellum for the spooky ghosts and some glitter paper for the moon and the tiny crows.

I think she's going to get a kick out of this one!  I love sending her happy mail - I always get a text the day she receives it and she keeps the cards on her desk for a couple of weeks to decorate her space.

I hope you'll join us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week and break out your Cricut or your die cuts for some challenge fun!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Paige

Ticket to Ride - Heart 2 Heart Challenges

This week's challenge at Heart2Heart Challenges is called "Ticket to Ride". When I started thinking about this challenge I focused on a big drive we have coming up - taking my daughter back to college. After an incredibly fun and enjoyable summer home the time has come for me to take my girl back to school (giant Mommy tears being wiped off my keyboard). 

With the exception of the curvy arrow and the school house, all other pieces were cut from our new Artistry cartridge!  The font on this cartridge is just AWESOME for cutting tiny little letters into things - some of the letters in the word Sophomore are an eighth of an inch!

This card is kind of a map from our house to Pullman going through the Cascade Mountains and driving the curvy roads in the palouse. I'll give it to her just before as I say goodbye at the dorms so we can tell her one more time how proud we are of the amazing young woman she is and that we are looking forward to a fabulous Sophomore year for her at Washing State!  Go Cougs!

I hope you'll join us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week and create your own interpretation of "Ticket to Ride"!

Stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Products Used in this Card:

Artistry Cricut Cartridge

Wanderful Paper Pack (Blue mountains)

Crystal Blue Ink

Cardstock: Ruby, Slate, Sweet Leaf, Honey, Black, White Daisy

Zoe 7 Card Class - Thursday, 7th August

Come join me and make 7 beautiful shimmery cards with our new Zoe paper pack and our Framed August Stamp of the Month!

When:  Thursday, 20th August 7-9PM

Where:  Paige's House in Snoqualmie 

Cost:  $15 

Bring:  Adhesive for card making and pop dots.  If you have a .5 Journaling Pen bring it too!

RSVP:  to Paige@Stampologist.com

Class Description:

Each person will receive a kit that contains each of the 7 cards individually bagged up and ready to assemble.  There is no cutting required!  Simply stamp and assemble for a night full of crafty fun!  

If you can't make the local class, you can pick up your pre-paid kit at your convenience or I can ship pre-cut and pre-stamped kits long distance for $6 USPS Flat Rate.  

Explore Users and CTMH Consultants:  You can purchase the 7 card Zoe DS Cut file from me for $5 (Uses Artistry and Artfully Sent).  This file uses Zoe Bulk for all cards except the bonus card.  I'll send separate instructions for how to create the starburst card using a paper trimmer.  To purchase this option send a note to Paige@Stampologist.com.

Here are close ups of this lovely sparkly set!

Bonus Card!

I hope you'll be able to join me for a wonderful fun night of card making!  

Paige

Artistry Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop - BRAND NEW CTMH CARTRIDGE!

Welcome to the Artistry Blog Hop!  I am THRILLED to introduce you to the newest CTMH cart called Artistry which is filled to the brim with icons, banners, detailed sentiments, overlays and more! If you've come here from Melinda's Blog you are on the right track! 

Today I'm sharing something a little bit different and hopefully as funny to you all as my family found it.  My college girl had a cruddy start to her day today so when I sat down to create for this blog hop I decided to make her a card to cheer her up.  Let's face it, not every day is sunshine and roses and sometimes we need cards for those rough days too!

I've used the font from the new Artistry cartridge as well as the topping to this coffee image. I'm not sure if its because it's sparkly or because of the eyes but I just can't help laughing at this one.

The font on this new cartridge is AWESOME for making cards and layouts with negative cuts.  It is designed to have open holes in the letters so you don't have to save little bits and pieces from your mats to insert back into your letters. The font alone on the Artistry cartridge makes it a must have to me!

Remember, now with Artistry you can order the physical cartridge through me for $99 OR you can get a Digital Download code bundle for just $79!  Both bundles come with the same 3 fabulous D size stamp sets PLUS a package of our new Enchantment Palette Cardstock  - $68.35 in total of add ons!  That is like getting the digital cartridge for as low as $10.35!!!  If you mainly use CCR or DS then this is a great way to go!  You can see all the fun images on a blog post and video I made by clicking here.

Ready to order your copy?  I know you'll love it! Shop my store here:

www.Paige.CTMH.com

Other CTMH products used on this card:

Jackson Paper Pack

Gold Sequin Assortment

Brown and Tan Glitter Paper Assortment

Now hop on over to my sweet friend Darlys Recker's Blog and see what she has created for us!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for supporting my Close to my Heart business!  Your sweet comments and product orders are what keep me creating!

Paige

August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Framed

Welcome to the August SOTM Blog Hop!  Today we are featuring the extremely useful Framed stamp set.  This set has three fab frames and 9 different sentiments. If you've come here from Jilena's blog you are on the right track.  This hop is one big circle so eventually you'll come back here but if you happen to get lost along the way the complete listing of participating CTMH Consultant bloggers is available HERE.

 

Both the beautiful frame shape and the sweet mason jar filled with flowers are on our latest CTMH Cricut Cartridge - Artistry!  This wonderful cartridge is full of icons, sentiments, banners, frames and overlays - almost like an Art Philosophy 2.0! You can see the images on the cart by clicking HERE.

 If the papers look new too it's because they are!  Our Zoe paper pack will bridge August until the new Idea Book is released in September.  The cartridge and papers JUST became available to order today August 1 so you can check them out on my website:

www.Paige.CTMH.com

When you purchase the new cartridge you'll also be able to get the August SOTM for just $5!  While the shapes aren't circled on the set it DOES coordinate with Artistry cuts at the following sizes:

Now hop on over to Carol's blog and see what she has created to share with us today!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Artistry - Brand New CTMH Cartridge - see the images HERE!

CTMH just unveiled their latest Cricut offering at the 2015 Convention and I was THRILLED to get my hands on it!  This cartridge is full of icons, detailed sentiment cuts, banners, shapes and more!  It's almost like an Art Philosophy 2.0 cartridge - chock full of all kinds of useful shapes, icons, banners and phrases!

Shop NOW at:

www.Paige.CTMH.com

What's New with this Cartridge:
1.  The physical cartridge comes with the brand new Enchantment Palette Color cardstock (we used to do White Daisy) plus three awesome D size stamp sets for $99!
2.  You can now do a DOWNLOAD CODE bundle for just $79!  You'll get a code for the cart PLUS the Enchantment Cardstock and the same D size sets but save $20!  Ladies - the stamps and cardstock ALONE are worth $68.35 so its like you are paying $10.65 for this cartridge!
3.  The August SOTM does coordinate with the cartridge!  In my video I'll show you the sizes and the page numbers for each cut PLUS I'll post a photo in a blog post later today featuring the August SOTM with the stamp cuts.

If you are like me, the black and white images of the handbook just don't do it justice so here is a quick video I did showing the handbook page by page.  Don't worry, if you like just the black and white images you can see that too at the bottom of the post!  

If you are receiving this via e-mail you won't see the video unless you click out to the title of this post and visit my blog.  It's worth it so come visit!

Here is the link to the handbook so you can see the images and fall in love!
http://cdn.closetomyheart.com/global/oba/docs/products/1509-cricut-artistry-shape-index.pdf 

Are you as excited as I am?  YAY!  If you have any questions you can contact me at Paige@Stampologist.com.  If you'd like to set up a party ($150 level gets rewards and $250 gets a half off item) let me know as I'm happy to help get you going with that too!

Shop today at:

www.Paige.CTMH.com

Thanks so much for supporting my business!  I hope you enjoyed the video!

Paige