National Stamping Month Special - Only $5 - Double "D" Stamp Set

August 15 - September 30, 2012 - National Stamping Month Special

August 15 - September 30, 2012 - "It's Your Day" - Two - "D" size stamp sets for only $5 with a $35 purchase!!! Retail price is $35.90.

Watch my Video demonstrating this double "D" stamp set

Hi fellow crafters and readers!!  I love CTMH as they are so generous!! To celebrate National Stamping month in September, CTMH is offering these two new My Acrylix stamp sets for just $5 with a minimum of $35 purchase in full retail products from August 15 - September 30th. Two D size sets in one envelope - which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set retails for $35.90. Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive double stamp set!!

Close up view of these two stamp sets:

Don't forget - With a purchase of $50; you can also get the August or September stamp of the month - depending on which month you are shopping. August Stamp of the Month in August and September stamp of the month will be available in September. Awesome values!! Check back here on my blog for pictures when they are available!! You can see the new Stamp of the Month in the New Autumn/Winter Idea Book on the right side of my blog.

August Stamp of the Month - Baroque Borders

 

Also - CTMH has lowered the cost to join our team; where you will get discounts and state of the art training. For only $49 - you can now be part of my CTMH team!! The month of August will also offer a special tote bag when you join in August- only while supplies last!! Join early if you want the special tote bag.

Click here to join my team or to get additional information!!

Free Damask Tote Bag (retail value $50) when you join my team in August!! While supplies last!!

When you join my team in August you will receive an exclusive Damask Tote Bag for FREE (retail value $50)! This offer has limited availability, so act quickly to ensure you receive this darling tote bag. This offer is good for both the $49 and $99 New Consultant Kits (while supplies last).

Dates: Offer valid August 1, 2012 (9:00 am MDT) – August 31, 2012 (11:59 pm MDT)

Check out my new videos - Click here for the Cricut Art Philosophy video demonstrating how to use the card feature. Click here for the Cricut Artiste video showing you how to use the two handbooks. Click here for my video using the new Double D stamp set and Cricut Artiste.   

Don't forget to check out the closeout specials - While Supplies Last.  There are some really great deals right now.  Ex: Scrapbook Albums for $2; Stickease $1, Ribbon $2.50 and much more!!

Happy Shopping!! Don't forget to check out the new Cricut Artiste collection. Click on the name for link or check the tab at top of the page on my blog.

Have a wonderful week!!

Remember - Keep On Creating!!

Birthday Card Using Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Hi to all you creative people!  I have been playing with my new Circut Artiste Collection.  I love the doilies on this cartridge; so I decided to play with them on this card.  I created this Birthday card for my granddaughter Lana.  This little girl reminds me so much of her.  She will be 10 years old; so I hope this isn't too young for her.  This is a Whoopsi Daisy girl I purchased several months ago; but didn't know how to use Digi stamps at that time.  This is only my second Digi stamp that I have colored.  I am still learning to use Copic markers. 

Inside my card

Check out my new videos - Click here for the Cricut Art Philosophy video demonstrating how to use the card feature. Click here for the Cricut Artiste video showing you how to use the two handbooks.

Supplies I used for this card:

Doilies - Cut with Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Circle for sentiment - Cut with Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Base cut at 6 x 6

Base cardstock - CTMH Daisy White

Patterned Paper - K & Company Jubiliee - Designer Paper

Doily - Recollections Cardstock

White Cardstock for image and sentiment - The Paper Company

Image on front - Whoosi Daisy

Sentiment Inside - Cricut Artiste Collection Birthday Stamp set (Comes with Artiste Collection) 

Happy Birthday Sentiment - Retired Stamp set - CTMH Birthday Script

Ink - CTMH Gypsy

Ribbon - American Crafts
Pearls - Want2scrap.com

Copic Markers

Dress - V04 Lilac and V17 Amethyst

Skin - E00 Skin White
Hair - Used colored pencils (Didn't have brown Copics at the time I colored this.)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - MIM 102

Catered Crop - White Pages Recipe Swap

One Stitch At A Time - Challenge # 126 - Anything Goes and Freebies

Just Some Lines - Layer It Up

Crafty Catz - Challenge # 145 - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - # 71 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Challenge # 19- Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Challenge # 25 - Seeing Spots and Dots

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - Use Designer Paper

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge - Challenge # 96 - Use a Digi

Divas By Design - Challenge # 47 - For A Female

Fab & Funky - Challenge # 133 - Pearls or Rhinestones

Waste Not Wednesday - Week 28 (Papers from months ago)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations - Challenge # 71 - Sparkle and Shine 

Love To Create - Challenge # 28 - Sparkle -

Paper Pretties - PPMC # 52 -Anything Goes

Squigglefly - Challenge # 32 - 3 Layer Dip (Pattern paper is first layer on white card base, 2 more)

The Cutie Pie Challenge - # 24 - Spots and Stripes

The Paper Girls - Challenge # 13 - Birthdays

There's Magic In The Air - Magical Monday - Decorate with Doilies

Totally Stampalicious - What Is Your Favorite Color Combo? Purple, Lavender, Pinks and Greens

Victorine Stamps - Challenge # 40 - Bling

Corrosive Challenges - They Say It's Your Birthday

The Ribbon Girl - Bingo - Ribbon, Pearls and Image

Check out my new videos - Click here for the Cricut Art Philosophy video demonstrating how to use the card feature. Click here for the Cricut Artiste video showing you how to use the two handbooks.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I appreciate all your wonderful compliments. Have a fantastic week!!

Remember - Keep On Creating!!

Encouragement Card - Love Conquers All

Hello all you wonderful crafters!!  I think everyone is having to deal with very hot weather all over the map.  It has been over 105 all week and doesn't seem to be cooling down yet.  I have been having fun creating with my new Cricut Artiste Cartridge that I received on Thursday. If you haven't seen it; check out my two videos I just created and put on You Tube.  Click here for the Cricut Art Philosophy video demonstrating how to use the card feature.  Click here for the Cricut Artiste video showing you how to use the two handbooks.

This card was created before I got my new Artiste cartridge.  I actually made this one without using my Cricut; which is amazing.  I rarely make a card without using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I wanted to use this paper and a Digi stamp from Bugaboo stamp - Love Conquers All.  I hope you enjoy this card. 

I didn't finish the inside yet; because I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it.  I am sure I can use it for several different occasions when I need it.  I love Bugaboo Digi stamps, especially the silhouettes.  They are so elegant and so easy to use.  You can change the colors if you want too; but I loved the black on white for this card.

Supplies used for this card:

Card base - 5 1/2 x 6

Patterned Paper - S.E.I. Couture

White cardstock - AC Specialty Paper - Pearl

White Cardstock for stamp - Reflections

Digi Stamp - Bugaboo Digital Stamp - Love Conquers All

Butterfly paper - Coredinations

Bling - Silver - Studio 112 Adhesive gems

Bling - clear - want2scrap.com

Foam Tape

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday - MIM 102 - Digi Doodle Shop

Catered Crop - White Pages Recipe Swap

Gingerloft Challenge - GL 45 - Silhouettes

One Stitch At A Time - Challenge # 126 - Anything Goes and Freebies

Just Some Lines - Layer It Up

Secret Crafter - Challenge # 198 -Gold, Silver or Bronze

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge # 40

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Go Floral

Clearly Inspired - CIC # 57 - Things With Wings

Crafty Catz - Challenge # 145 - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - # 71 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Challenge # 19- Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Challenge # 102 - Up, Up and Away

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Challenge # 75 - Any Sentiment

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Challenge # 25 - Seeing Spots and Dots

Digi Doodle Shops Best  - Challenge 120 - Things With Wings

Moving Along With The Times - Challenge # 157 - Summer

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - Use Designer Paper

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge - Challenge # 96 - Use a Digi

Divas By Design - Challenge # 47 - For A Female

Fab & Funky - Challenge # 133 - Pearls or Rhinestones

Scrapbook Sisters - Card Challenge # 93 - Things With Wings

Simon Says Stamp - Bingo - Punches, Glitter, Blooms (Are Digi Stamps allowed?)

Waste Not Wednesday - Week 28 (Papers from months ago)

Anything Goes Challenge - Challenge # 73 - Summer Days

The Emerald Fairies Challenge - EFG - Challenge # 29 - Bling

Bearly Mine - Sparkle and Shine

Deep Ocean Challenge - Challenge # 31 - Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday - Challenge # 172 - Recipe 1, 2, 3, 4 

Jackson's Digital Expressions - Challenge # 17 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope to see you again soon.  Thank you to all my followers and everyone who takes time to leave a comment.  I appreciate your support. 

I hope you have time to check out my two videos I created.  I would love to share them with you.   Click here for the Cricut Art Philosophy video demonstrating how to use the card feature. Click here for the Cricut Artiste video showing you how to use the two handbooks. 

Email me if you have any questions.  I am offering FREE shipping for the month of August for either or both of these two wonderful Cricut Cartridges.  Please email me for free shipping. 

Remember - Keep On Creating!! 

Birthday Card for Male - Using CTMH Avonlea Paper

Hi all you beautiful crafters out there!!  It's really hot here in Southern CA; so I have been staying inside trying to stay cool.  We had a few earthquakes here a couple days ago; which is always a frightening experience to me.  I wasn't living here when they had the last big one; but seeing it on TV was enough to know I didn't want to be here when one hits.  Now - I'm living here and where do you go?  It isn't like a hurricane that you have advanced notice and can outrun; which I use to do when I lived in Florida.  Every area has it's fear factor.  We need to have faith and trust everything will work out the way it is supposed to work out. 

I missed Mojo Monday last week.  I don't know how I forgot it; but I did.  I created a birthday card for my son; which was more difficult than I thought it would be.  Trying to find that many layers of coordinating paper can be a challenge.  Plus; trying to figure out what to use for sentiments to fit that person.   He is a dog lover; so I went with using A Bowwow stamp set on the outside.   My coloring for the dog wasn't what I wanted; but it was all I had in brown colors.

Inside card - Used retired set for the Smile sentiment.  (CTMH "Wonderful You") and CTMH "4 My Friend" for Happy Birthday sentiment.

Mojo Monday 253

Supplies Used For This Card:

Card base - 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

Paper - CTMH Avonlea Paper Packet (X7155B)

Dog and Sentiment on Front - CTMH "A Bowwow" (A1126)

Ribbon - American Crafts

Bling - CTMH Durables Round (Z1706)

Colored pencils for dog and collar

Adhesive

Foam Tape

Inside Card

Paper - CTMH Avonlea Paper Packet (X7155B)

Smile Sentiment - Retired - CTMH "Wonderful You"

Happy Birthday - CTMH "4 My Friend" (D1510)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Dog Days of Summer

Mojo Monday 253- Contest 253

Make It Monday - MIM 101 with Bugaboo Stamps

Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes and Rhythm of the Sea - Part 1
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 122 - Anything Goes
Hooked On Crafts - Let's Celebrate!
Love To Create - Challenge # 27 - Punches & Dies
Paper Pretties - PPMC51 - Use Scallops
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Weekly Challenge # 22 - Show Us Your Bling
The Paper Girls - Challenge # 13 - Birthdays
Whoopsi Daisy - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Come And Get It Challenges - Adult Birthday Card
The Corrosive Challenge - Challenge # 155 - They Say It's Your Birthday
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge # 38 - Die Cuts or Punches
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Try Something New
No Matter Which Challenges - Challenge # 1 - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Challenge # 103 - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - August Anything Goes
A & T Emerald Fairies Challenge - EFG #29 - Bling
Deep Ocean Challenge - Challenge # 31 - Anything Goes
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Challenge # 17 - Anything Goes - Optional Brads/Eyelets
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Challenge #27 - Anything Goes

Great Impressions - A Walk On The Wild Side - Anything With Animals

Forever Friends - Fortnightly Challenge # 42 - Something New (Dog stamp - new)

The Pink Elephant - TPE # 160 - Ribbon Galore - Use Ribbon

There She Goes - TSG # 168 - Get Sentimental

Victorine Originals - Challenge # 40 - Bling

Clear It Out - Make A Manly Card; Use 2 or more papers from your stash

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Challenge D - Use things starting with a "D"

Sassy Cheryl's - Challenge # 127 - All About The Boys
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog!! I appreciate the wonderful compliments you leave for my creations.  I would love more followers; so if you haven't joined me - please look on the bar to the right and join my followers.  I am so close to 200 - This is exciting to reach 200!!  It feels like a milestone!

I hope you realize your project doesn't have to be perfect to post on your blog or to enter challenges.  You can see mine are a long way from perfect.  I am trying to learn to let go of my perfectionist nature.  I hope you will post something you don't think is good enough.  Have a fantastic week!! 

Remember - Keep On Creating!!

Birthday Card Using Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Hi to all my followers, fellow crafters and readers.  It was a busy and hot weekend here in Southern CA.  I found some free time to finish a couple cards I had started several weeks ago.  My favorite one is this birthday card; which uses my Bugaboo Silhouette Butterfly and Flowers digital stamp.  I love their stamps; especially the silhouettes.  I love black and white cards.  I think they look so elegant.

I used my Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge to cut the base at 5 inches.  I also used the font layer to cut the beautiful doily type cuts.  I completed the inside with the same type of cut.

Inside using two different CTMH stamp sets. The left side is from CTMH "Hooray Bouquet" and on the right is from CTMH "4 My Friend" stamp sets.

Closer view of the left side.

Closer view of the right side.

Supplies used for this card are:

Card base and cuts from Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Base cut - 5 in.  Pg 33 - Using card feature.

Cardstock For Base and Digi Stamp - CTMH Daisy White (High quality - heavy)

Black piece square - 4 1/4 with corners rounded.  I think I cut this from Cricut. 

White doily square- Cut at 4 in. - pg 67 using Font Layer and shift

Digi Stamp - Bugaboo Silhouette Butterfly and Flowers - Cut about 2.6 or 2.8

Pearls - larger ones - Want2scrap.com

Bitty Pearls -  CTMH Bitty Opagues Pearl Adhesive Gems (I use a lot of these.)

Ink - CTMH black ink for around edges inside and out.

Adhesive - Tombow Mono Adhesive

Foam Tape

Inside:

Black doily square - 4 in cut - pg 67 - Font Layer with shift

Sentiment on left - CTMH "Hooray Bouquet" D1491

Sentiment on right - CTMH "4 My Friend" D 1510

Ink - Versa Mark (You can purchase through CTMH)

Embossing Powder - Stampendous Detailed White (CTMH sells this; but I had this on hand.)

Tiny butterflies - American Girl punch by EK  (Border punch.)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday - MIM #101 - With Bugaboo Stamps
Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes and Rhythm of the Sea - Part 1
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 122 - Anything Goes
Hooked On Crafts - Let's Celebrate!
Love To Create - Challenge # 27 - Punches & Dies
Paper Pretties - PPMC51 - Use Scallops
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Weekly Challenge # 22 - Show Us Your Bling
The Paper Girls - Challenge # 13 - Birthdays
Whoopsi Daisy - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Catered Crop - Use The Color White Somewhere In Your Project
Come And Get It Challenges - Adult Birthday Card
The Corrosive Challenge - Challenge # 155 - They Say It's Your Birthday
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge # 38 - Die Cuts or Punches
Gingerloft  - GL 45 - Silhouettes
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Try Something New
No Matter Which Challenges - Challenge # 1 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge # 125 - White + 1
PanPastel UK Challenge - Challenge #30 - Summer Fun
2 Sisters - Challenge # 103 - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - August Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - Bling Bling and an Item From Nature
Speedy & Friends - Challenge # 119 - Getting Back To Nature
Anything Goes Challenge - Challenge # 73 - Summer Days
A & T Emerald Fairies Challenge - EFG #29 - Bling
Bearly Mine - Sparkle and Shine
Deep Ocean Challenge - Challenge # 31 - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Challenge # 172 - Recipe - 1, 2, 3, 4
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Challenge # 17 - Anything Goes - Optional Brads/Eyelets
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
365 Cards - Day 160 - Darling Doily
There's Magic In The Air - Decorate with Doilies

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I appreciate all the wonderful comments everyone leaves here.  Enjoy!!  Email me if you have any questions about any of my creations and I will be glad to share the details.  Have a fabulous week!! 

Remember - Keep On Creating!!

Liebster Award - A Special Blog Award

Thanks so much for the wonderful Liebster Award Carolyn!! I am so honored that you chose me as one of the five recipients for this award.  You can check out Carolyn's awesome blog at: http://craftingwithcarolyn.blogspot.com/.  Carolyn has some very nice creations on her blog; so be sure to check it out. 

I was also nominated by Jeannie at http://scrapnjeannie.blogspot.com/ for this same award.  Thanks so much for this honor Jeannie.  I really appreciate it.  Check out her blog for more inspiration. 

About The Award 

The Leibster Blog Award is used to show appreciation of smaller blogs (under 200 followers) and to help spread joy to fellow bloggers.

'Leibster' comes from the German word meaning 'Dearest' or 'Beloved' but can also mean 'Favourite/Favorite'.  This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers present the award to their favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers. The origins of this award is unclear, but it is believed to have originated by a German blogger. This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion to share your dearest and most beloved blogs that have less than 200 followers.  

As part of the tradition, the award is to be passed along to 5 other blogs that have motivated and inspired me.

 Rules for Acceptance

• Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog.
• Post the award onto your blog.
• Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have less than 200 followers.
• Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award.

I have selected the following blogs of 5 women I admire who have given me inspiration when I needed it the most. They are beautiful blogs and their creativity has given me hope and courage to create and post on my own blog to inspire others.

Karen - http://kaleidoscopicsparkles.blogspot.com/

Kim - http://kimcreate.blogspot.com/

Marsha - http://grammasroom.blogspot.com/

Pat - http://pat-stamppaperandink.blogspot.com/

Sue - http://suescrafthaven.blogspot.co.uk/

Thank you so much ladies for the inspiration you have provided me and many other people.  I appreciate all of the bloggers and crafters out there in the crafting world.  You inspire me to learn and to create more!!

Choose one of these awesome Liebster Award badges and place on your website.  Please follow this tradition and pass this award to five other deserving winners.  I know they will appreciate the honor of receiving this award.

I will be notifying each of these lovely ladies and passing the Liebster Blog Award to them. I hope they enjoy it and pass it on to five other blogs as directed in the rules noted above. Thanks again Carolyn.  It was truly an honor to receive this award.

Join My Kit Of The Month Club With FREE CTMH Products

Hello to all my wonderful followers and fellow creators out there. I hope everyone is doing well. I am so excited!! I am starting a Kit Of The Month Club which will earn you lots of free products!! Check out the tab at the top of my page for full details and a form to enroll. 

This got lost in another email; so I wanted to send it again to make sure everyone got to see it.  Sometimes the emails get sent out with two posts rather than one.  Sorry for the duplicate if you have already seen this one. 

CTMH currently has 13 new Workshops on The Go in our new Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book; which starts Wednesday - August 1st. It includes two card making kits, two home decor kits, one Cricut kit and eight scrapbooking kits. You choose which ones you like and order one each month for five months.

Benefits For Joining My Kit of The Month Club are:

• FREE Close To My Heart Idea Book
• FREE Ink Pad from me each month (you choose the color). Start building your CTMH ink collection today!!
• FREE My Acrylic Clear Stamp Set when you complete your 5 month membership!
• FREE $10 product credit when you refer a friend (No limit) and they complete the club term.
• Earn $25 FREE Hostess Rewards by placing $150 order through me for any given month. This order must be placed through me, not through your regular order. You will need to Email me with your order to earn the $25 in Hostess Rewards. This is another added benefit of belonging to my Kit of The Month Club.

All these wonderful FREE products are yours when you join my Kit Of The Month Club. For more information, click here. The form to join is found at the bottom of that page.

Here are just a few pictures of your 13 choices. I plan to buy the two card kits as soon as I can. Other consultants have been able to make several additional cards with these kits by using the scraps and a couple pages of cardstock. I love the stamp sets found in both the card kits.

Avonlea Cardmaking Kit - (G1041)

Pear & Partridge Cardmaking Kit - (G1043) - Christmas cards

Flirty Scrapbooking Kit - (G1050)

Clementine Scrapbooking Kit - (G1046)

CTMH Video to show you some fun things to do with a few of the Kit of the Month Club Choices

These are just a few sneak peeks for you to see. For more information or to join - Click here for Kit Of The Month Club. Email me if you have any questions at purpleglocreations@socal.rr.com.

Have a fabulous day!! 

Remember - Keep On Creating!!