CTMH Sparkle N Shine Cards

Sparkle N Shine

Totally worth repeating, I LOVE our WASHI TAPE!!  The Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape adds so much to my projects and unlike many types of washi tape, the CTMH washi tape doesn't roll up, it sticks where it's placed and rocks any project!!!      The Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape includes 3 rolls of washi tape: 1" Juniper, 1/2" Ruby and 1/2" metallic Silver (each with 15 yards*)  *note the Holidays from the Heart gift guide indicates 5 yards; however, each roll actually contains 15 yards of washi tape!! The Ruby mini-medley assortment...I wasn't sure what I thought of those flowers...but it's the perfect addition to this card, along with the glitter buttons!  I put a little juniper reinker with water into one of our spray pens and "spritzed" the white card stock card base to keep it from being plain and a strip of washi tape on the inside of the card to dress it up!    Originally this 2nd card was a standard card, but then I fell in love with the "ticket" card I created, so I used a circle punch to clip the corners off this card to make it another ticket card!  Some silver shimmer trim and pearl opaques add a little extra zing! Do you see the bling around my tree!  Hopefully you know that I wouldn't sit and individually place 25 bitty sparkles around a tree for 1 card!  Nope!!  CTMH has introduced 2 Sparkle Shape assortments that MATCH 2 of our stamp sets!!  The tree is from our Sparkle Holiday Shapes, which includes 18 adhesive-backed rhinestone shapes that coordinate with our Trim the Tree stamp set AND our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge!  Which means you can cut the image from the cricut, stamp and bling!  Or cut the image in patterned paper and bling!  Super quick, easy and so adorable!! Don't forget, when you order $100 in products from the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book or Holiday Gift Guide, you can choose one "star" product FREE (shown below)!!

Magical Days Santa Clause (C1567) Lifting Spirits (C1570)9 Mary and Babe (C1562) Trim the Tree (A1149) Banner Wishes (B1438) Angel Friends (B1435) Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet Sparkle & Shine Complements Dimensional Elements Lots of Love (A1151) Charming Chevrons (A1150)

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CTMH Sparkle N Shine Scrapbook Layout

Close to My Heart has released a NEW Holidays From the Heart Gift Guide that includes newly released products!!  One of these is the beautiful new Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet (X7176B) featuring Juniper, Ruby, Slate, Sparkle & Shine Silver, Whisper and White Daisy!

I used silver from the Black & Grey Glitter Paper (Z1829)...did I mention the Close to My Heart Glitter Paper cuts "like butter" in the Cricut?  LOVE it!!  I cut the images from the CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (images/sizes noted below).

We also have a NEW collection of Washi Tape (while supplies last) the Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape 3-Pack (Z1907) includes 3 rolls of washi tape: 1" Juniper, 1/2" Ruby and 1/2" Metallic Silver each with 15 yards!  I included strips of all 3 as an accent on both sides of the layout and used the silver washi tape as little accents across the photo mats!

The glittery buttons are from the Ruby Mini-Medley Accents Collection (Z1861) and added the extra "pop" the layout needed!


Cricut Artbooking Cuts:
Sparkle & Shine Dots:
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Glitter Paper (cut at 11"):
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As an added BONUS, you can choose one "star" product FREE for every $100 of retail-priced items in your order from the Holiday Gift Guide or the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book!!  You can choose from one of the following as your FREE "star" product:

Magical Days Santa Clause (C1567) Lifting Spirits (C1570)9 Mary and Babe (C1562) Trim the Tree (A1149) Banner Wishes (B1438) Angel Friends (B1435) Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet Sparkle & Shine Complements Dimensional Elements Lots of Love (A1151) Charming Chevrons (A1150)

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CTMH Babycakes Blocks

Don't you love when a typo becomes a fun project?!  So here's the background story...ya'll know how much I LOVE Flip Flaps!  Well, I needed to restock my dwindling supply of the Small Flip Flap Assortment (Z1747) so I ordered 25 packages (yes, I use them a LOT)!  Imagine my surprise when my box arrived and instead I had 25 My Creations Blocks (Z1746).  I re-looked at my order, and YES I typed in the wrong item number by 1 little digit (and NO, I didn't double-check my order before submitting)!

Fortunately, with all the projects I've been creating with Babycakes, I had plenty of scraps leftover to allow me to start playing with these blocks to see what I could come up with!  I used the Babycakes Canvas Shapes (sadly, these are no longer available in canvas, but as Stickease instead)  Same shapes, different texture.  Once I had all the blocks decorated, I used puddles of adhesive to stick them all together, and let dry overnight.  Lots of pictures below as I was rotating the blocks to show all the side (please forgive...I just couldn't get the lighting right, so they're not the greatest pics). Aside from the photo quality, I think the blocks turned out super-cute and am happy that my typo inspired me to create this adorable project!!

 

 

I used some Proplayer Assortment, Artisan Studs, Mocha Opaques and Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon to embellish the blocks...these were all "leftovers" from other projects!  I'll admit to a 1st...I actually used up the very last of my Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon...I can't remember ever using up an entire roll of ribbon (and this isn't a skimpy roll...5 yards), but apparently my fondness for this ribbon had me using it ALOT...I was planning to have the top bow cascade down...but alas, this was the final bit, enough to tie a bow!  (I've since opened another spool and continued playing!!)

CTMH Sarita Cricut Artbooking Layout

Still "playing" with the Cricut Artbooking Collection!  It's such fun and layouts come together so quickly and easily!!  This time I dabbled with our Sarita Paper Pack, the Sarita Assortment and our Burlap Ribbon.  I'll admit, the burlap gives me flashbacks to potato sack races in grade school...but despite those unsuccessful races, I love the texture it adds to projects...definitely an embellishment to have on-hand just in case!

For this layout, the dial size was set to 11" for EVERY cut and I only used 1-Key:  <10things>

I tied a piece of hemp around the burlap to give it a little "bow" effect.  Another option is to unravel some of the burlap and use that to tie off the burlap.

Durable Artisan Studs are self-adhesive and add that extra little something with the etched wooden shapes found in the Sarita Assortment.

Goldrush:
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Lagoon:
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Outdoor Denim:
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CTMH Cricut Artbooking Baby Mini-Album

I was tinkering with the Cricut Artbooking cartridge to create this mini-album using our Close to My Heart BabyCakes papers.  The album is the My Creations Kraft 3-Ring Album (Z1871).  

With the "proportionality" capability in Artbooking, I set the dial size at 8" and cut everything!  I love that I'm able to jump around and grab pages, elements, titles and photo mats from any of the keys and by leaving my dial at 8" it all fits!!

Chocolate Cardstock:		Whisper Cardstock:		Sunset Cardstock:
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<PhotoMat1><q>		<title><e>		<Icon><shift><e>
<PhotoMat1><w>		<Title><shift><e>		<Border><e>
<PhotoMat2><e>		<PhotoMat2><r>		<Overlay><shift><R>
<PhotoMat2><shift><4>		<Border><shift><e>		<Overlay><R>
<Border><w>		<PhotoMat2><shift><w>		<Title><R>
<overlay><shift><w>		<Title><Shift><9>		<PhotoMat2><W>
<icon><r>		<Border><Shift><W>		<PhotoMat1><R>
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<title><q>		Dots Patterned Paper:		<Border><shift><e>
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