Showing posts with label CTMH Art Philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CTMH Art Philosophy. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge - Birthday card

Hi you wonderful bloggers out there!!!  Another Spring day in Southern CA and it is gorgeous outside.  Can't wait to get out there.  My 14 yr old grandson is visiting from MO and we are having a blast!!  I have to get up at 5 AM in order to get my cards and scrapbooking done.  Not much sleep this week; but it is so worth it to have him here.  We spent the afternoon yesterday just visiting high end car dealerships in Beverly Hills.  What an experience.  I didn't know there were so many expensive cars out there.  He is a walking fact machine for cars.  Knows everything about them.  He could sell all of them.  :)  Rodeo drive is always a hot spot for expensive cars as well. 

I used three different sketches this week and I think I was able to pull it off.  I entered this card in my 1st, 2nd and 3rd sketch challenges.  This was my 2nd entry for the 1st sketch.  I think I am getting the hang of it now.  Here is my "Happy Birthday" card using three sketches, dots/spots, stripes, pastels, never inked stamp, Spring and flowers.  Wow!! That was fun putting them all together.  I like combining my challenges.  This paper is very shiny and pretty; but the shine doesn't show up on the pictures for some reason.

This is a view trying to show you the shiny paper.  Everything on here shines.  It was hard to capture.  Click to enlarge. 


This sketch is from Cards & Things Sketch Challenge #114. See list below for link to this challenge. 



This is the sketch from unscriptedsketches.com.  You can flip it, rotate it, create a card, a scrapbook page; whatever you want to do and it is fine with them.  I love this.  See below for link.



This is my second entry into the sketch challenge seen below.  I think this card is pretty close to the same sketch as this one; so I decided to enter another one. 

 



I love the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut collection!!  You can create so many fun things for your cards and scrapbooking.  It has become my favorite cricut cartridge.  I used it for my flowers in 3 different sizes as well as the tag for the Happy Birthday stamp.  This is a closer view.  Click on the pictures to enlarge. 



The Happy Birthday stamp was made with my new Acrylix CTMH Card Word Puzzle Stamp Set which was part of the Pemberley Add-On selection that I purchased with my kit when I joined CTMH the end of March.  It has several words you can select and put together to create whatever you want to say.  They are small; but very clear.  I was very impressed with these stamp sets.

Supplies used for this card:

Card - Reflections 6 1/2 X 5 white
Paper - S-e-i Couture (Shiny cardstock)
Ribbon - American Crafts
Flower Shapes (3 sizes) and tag - CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Collection
Stamp - CTMH Card Word Puzzle Stamp Set
Ink - VersaMark dazzle
Embossing powder - Stampendous - Pearlustre Rubellite
Bling - want2scrap.com
Foam mounting tape
I am entering my card into the following challenges:

krista-kris-challenges.blogspot.com - Cards & Things Challenges - Sketch Challenge #114
unscriptedsketches.com - Unscripted Sketches #152
www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com - Challenge 41 - You Got Something You Wanna Say?
useittuesday.blogspot.com - Challenge #28 - Uninked stamp
stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk - April Monthly Challenge - Spring
partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com - PTT#62 - Flowers
sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.com - Challenge #109 - Soft Pastels
craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com - Challenge #104 Dots and Stripes
ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com - Challenge #57 - Spots and Stripes
tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com - Tuesday Throwdown #92 Pastels
stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com - Challenge #157 Playin' with Pastels
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk - #7 Spring
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - Spring or Easter
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Challenge to "use your favorite tool"
http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/04/bring-it-onspring.html - Spring
thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com -Clean &  Simple
http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com/ - Something Happy, green, any stamp and ribbon
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com.au/ - Anything goes
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/challenge-84-flowers.html - Flowers
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything goes
http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2012/03/monthly-challenge-3-marchapril.html - 1-2-3
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything goes
http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/ Birthday
http://thecraftgarden.blogspot.com/2012/04/april-challenge.html - Pastels

Check out the fun challenges this week and enter as many as you like.  Have fun!!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I hope you enjoyed my card today.  I always like to get ideas from other bloggers.  It helps to get your own creativity in high gear when you see someone else's work.  :)

Have a fantastic day.  I would appreciate as many followers as possible.  Thanks.:)


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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge - New CTMH Dotty Paper packet - Easter Card

Hello Fellow Bloggers.  It is another great Spring morning in Southern California.  I love it!  The birds are singing and Spring is in the air.

I chose to do an Easter - Spring card combo. I used the new "Dotty Paper packet" from CTMH. Isn't it beautiful? I love how they create paper packets that coordinate so well with each other. It takes the guesswork out of matching. It is available free when you join as a consultant this month; or you can also purchase these paper packets from April 17 - May 31 for only $5 when you place a $50 order with CTMH. Click on button to the right to order yours on April 17. They are beautiful colors and include 24 double sided pages (2 each of 12 designs). I am so in love with this paper. It was a dream to cut using my Cricut.

This is the first card I have ever created from a sketch.  It was a fun challenge and I loved putting all the colors together.  The challenge is for "Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog".  This is the sketch we were to follow for our challenge this week.


I used my CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to make the circles and the scalloped border.  I used Cricut Kate's ABC's Cartridge to create the little rabbit and Happy Easter.  It came with the butterfly on the right and the little flowers.  This paper is such a high quality I was able to cut very small letters without them tearing.   



  

Supplies used for this card:

All the paper except the rabbit cut out is from the new "CTMH Dotty Paper packet"
Happy Easter and Rabbit - Cricut Kate's ABC's Cartridge
Circles and scallops - CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Butterfly Stamp - Fiskars
Butterfly stamp ink - CTMH Goldrush
Ribbon - Offray - Joann Fabrics
Bling - K & Company
Foam Mounting tape - CTMH

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - Spring or Easter
Cutecardthursday.blogspot.com - Challenge 210 Happy Easter
Oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com - Easter Wishes - For this I used a base card over 6 months old, ribbon that was several years old and bling that was over 6 months old.
Anythingchallenge.blogspot.com - Challenge 63 - Get Ready For Easter
Cutecardthursday.blogspot.com - Challenge 210 Happy Easter

Dotty For You Paper Packet






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