Welcome to the Joyful Stars Blog Hop for September

Hi Everyone, 

     I have a couple of simple cards I wanted to share with you this month.  This one is a 3x3 card that is made with cuts found in the new Artistry Cricut cartridge from CTMH.  I just thought the little monkey was adorable when I was paging through the booklet for the cartridge.  The "adorable" label is also cut from the Artistry cartridge.

I also used our new gold foil tape and was very pleased with how easy it was to work with.  I was able to re-position it as needed and was able to separate it when I accidentally had it overlap itself.  Here it looks copper but in person it is truly gold.  In person it when very well with our new Fern cardstock paper that I used in this card.

The herringbone paper in the background is actually from the La Vie En Rose paper packet.  To me it seemed fitting for my little monkey friend.

Here is another card that I made.  I took my inspiration directly from the CTMH "Make It from Your Heart" Volume 1 on page 43.  I love to look through those books.  

The striped paper and the floral paper that was used for the flower were part of the La Vie En Rose paper packet too.  I will be presenting more artwork with this paper packet over the next few months.

The flower and the matching leaves were cut from the Artistry cartridge as well.

If you have any questions about any of the CTMH products I used do not hesitate to contact me.  

For your next hop, please go see what Joyce has posted for this month.  I am sure it will be wonderful!

The full rotation is listed below for your hopping pleasure:

Joyce Houck                     Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com .

Nancy Brown                   creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Betty Locco                      scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

 Krista Hershberger          Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

Andrea Sherman               girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

Crystal Davis                    craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

 Marie Flayer                    njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

 Helen Gullett                   helengullett.com       

 Lori Meadows                  craftymeadows.blogspot.com

Welcome to the Joyful Stars Blog Hop for August

I created a card with the new Zoe paper and the August Stamp of the Month.

To create this I started with a White Daisy card base sized 5.5 x 4.25

Zoe paper coordinates with our Sorbet Card Stock.  The next layer is Sorbet and sized at 5.25 x 4.  I embossed a White Daisy piece sized 5 x 3.75 with our Dot Embossing folder.  The Sorbet band is sized at 5 x 1.5.   The Zoe (polka dot) is sized at 5 x 1.25.  The shapes on the August Stamp of the Month can be cut with our new Artistry Cricut Cartridge.  I highly recommend our new cartridge but these shapes could easily be cut by hand.

I think is always gives a card a little extra dimension to add our 3D tape behind the sentiment.

For your next hop please see what Krista has in store for us this month.

         

Krista Hershberger                Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

Joyce Houck                          Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com  .

Nancy Brown                         creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Betty Locco                           scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

Andrea Sherman                    girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

Marie Flayer                          njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Stephanie Huber                     lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com

The August Stamp of the Month is fantastic

This is the August Stamp of The Month.  I love it because I will use it all year long!  As you can see the shapes have a red outline which means it can be cut with the Cricut.  With this stamp set it corresponds with the new Artistry Cricut Cartridge,  

The Cut sizes are (from top down) 

1.75” page 32

2.0” page 13

1.25” page 11 

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August 2015: Framed (S1508)

Spend $50 and get this Stamp of the Month set for just $5.

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Welcome to the Joyful Stars Boghop for July

Here is a simple card that I created while at our consultant retreat.  The picture does not really show the detail.  I created a 4.25 x 5.5 card base using White Daisy card stock,  I then cut 2 pieces of White Daisy cardstock and embossed them with our Damask embossing folder.

I then used the white shimmer trim to cover the seams and added rolled flowers and vines.

Please hop on over to Krista's blog she always has such wonderful creations.

Krista Hershberger         Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

Joyce Houck                   Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Nancy Brown                  creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Crystal Davis                   craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

Andrea Sherman              girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

Marie Flayer                    njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Stephanie Huber              lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com                

   

Close To My Heart Convention is now!

The convention is taking place in Californian this year.  I was not able to go this year but I am cropping with a room full of fellow consultants in Allentown.  We can't wait to hear about all the new goodies that will be in the new catalog.

Next year the convention is in Florida and I am definitely going!  It is so much fun!

Welcome to the Joyful Stars bloghop for May

I had grand plans to complete my "Taste of Summer" scrapbook layouts but instead we went shopping for flowers and herbs.  So instead I will post several cards I made recently.

Here is a very simple and quick card that could accommodate almost any sentiment.  I fussy cut the butterfly, stamped the card with one of the stamps from D1645 Botanical Backgrounds and colored them with our wonderful ShinHan Touch markers.

This is another card that can accommodate almost any sentiment.  It is a type of tri-fold card using the Blossom paper packet.

Here is a sympathy card I made.  It is almost exactly like the card I previously posted.

Your next hop is to a very talented friend Andrea Sherman at GirlPlusPaper.

Andrea Sherman              GirlPlusPaper.blogspot.com

Helen Gullet                    http://helengullett.com

Nickie Hoffer                 nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

Joyce Houck                    Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Betty Locco                     scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com
Krista Hershberger           Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com
Marie Flayer                    njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Nancy Brown                   creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Crystal Davis                   craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

Lori Meadows                  CraftyMeadows.blogspot.com

Bridal Favors

I had a friend join me yesterday for paper crafting and we played around with making Bridal shower favors.

The favor boxes are from Tags, Bags, and Boxes 2.  The favors were cut from Glacier cardstock.  I wanted to cut just the overlay in White Daisy so we played around with Cricut Design Space to slice away what we didn't want.

This smaller one is just under 6 inches so we could cut 2 favors from a 12x12 sheet.  I used our Damask Embossing folder for the white dress.  I used the thin Glacier Washi Tape from the Boardwalk Washi Tape Pack for the waist.  I then embellished it with retired bitty pearls. 

This larger one was cut just over 8 inches.  Because of the proportions I did a double layer of the Glacier washi so it was wider then added the white shimmer trim on top.  

It was quite late when we finished but we had a great time catching up and creating.