CRICUT ARTFULLY SENT CARTRIDGE RETIRING 7/31/16

Today I want to let you know that Close To My Heart will be retiring 3 of their Cricut Cartridge Bundles: Artfully Sent, Art Philosophy, and Artiste.  So, if you have been waiting to order one or all of these cartridges, now is the time before they are GONE, that's right, GONE!

With over 700 images available on each cartridge, the options are limitless.  I was in need of a birthday card so I created the following card using the Artfully Sent Cartridge, Calypso Paper Pack, and some flowers from my stash.

Can you say ADORBS!

The other thing this particular cartridge will make are a variety of pocket style cards to add the extra flair to your pocket pages.

I used the cartridge to create the pocket card "Oh Happy Day" and the words "You Rock" in this layout using the Florence Paper Packet (available through August 30th, 2016).  

If you want to order these products before they are gone, head on over to my webpage.  Keep your eyes open for other soon to be retiring items.

CALYPSO SCRAPBOOKING KIT

I recently hosted my first crafting retreat weekend that was themed Pau Hana Retreat.  Pau Hana means "finished works" and yes some of the ladies did finish some of their unfinished projects while the rest of us did a bit more celebrating that our work was finished for the summer (we work for schools).  Anyway, with that theme, how could I not use the Calypso Scrapbooking Kit to create some original artwork.  I thought it would be great to create a mini scrapbook to put all the pictures we took throughout the weekend.  Here's what I created:

Isn't that just too cute?  If you order the Calypso Scrapbooking Kit Workshops Your Way on my webpage by July 31st, I will email you the directions to create this cute mini scrapbook.

Here are the products I used to create this mini album:

• Calypso Scrapbooking Kit Workshops Your Way   G1109*   
• Cricut Artiste Cartridge Z3170 #
• Cricut Artistry Cartridge Z3167
• Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge Z3171 #
• Hawaiian Hibiscus Acrylix Stamp Set B1527*
• Watercolor Paints Z3132
• Watercolor Paintbrush Set Z3188
• 3-D Foam Tape Z1151
• One in a Melon Acrylix Stamp Set C1650*
• Scrapbook Queen Acrylix Stamp Set C1646*
• Tickled Pink Acrylix Stamp Set C1651*
• Tickled Pink Thin Cuts Z3228*
• Twine of your choice
• Black Momento Ink Z899
• Honey, Pear, Cotton Candy, and Pixie Ink

#These items are retiring July 31st and are available while supplies last.

*These items are retiring August 31st and are available while supplies last.

CTMH Paper Blog Hop - Calypso

Welcome,

Today my post is a blog hop for our team using our Calypso product line.  If you came from Tonya Whitehurst's you are in the right place.

I wanted to make a party favor using the Calypso paper pack and the Tickled Pink stamp set.  Have I told you how in love I am with the flamingos and the color palette of this line?  Here I used the pint size container that is now retired and made a little bucket to hold party favors.  I also used our Cricut Artistry to make a 3 dimensional pineapple to top it off.

I am the last of the blog hoppers but if you didn't start at the beginning, go to Melissa Robinson's blog to see the rest.

Mistakes are Opportunities for Embellishments!

First off today, I want to give a shout out to Sara.  Sara hosted a great class for her friends last night and we all went away with learning something new.  And, just in case Tara is checking up on me, I am updating this blog today just for her.

Last night we had some first time stampers.  They learned the hard way not to rock your stamp block and to double check for the ink residue before you stamp.  Miranda ended up with a black line going across the middle of her card.  But, being the creative force that she is, she came up with a great solution that gave the card a whole different vibe.  I love it and I'm going to scraplift it, (she gave me her permission).

See the heartbeat between the two?  And, there was ink smudged that we covered up with beautiful glitter hearts from our Fundamental Assortsment pack.  Everything is better with bling!

If you would like to host a class for you and some of your friends, please contact me.  My May is full and I only have 2 dates left in June so you better grab those dates quick!  the summer will be gone before we know it!