Sheila's Stamping Stuff: Cricut-Artbooking

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Monday, September 18, 2017

Arrr Matey!

Since September 19 is "International Talk Like A Pirate" day, the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog decided to host a pirate challenge. At first, I was stumped on what stamps to use, and decided to just search the Cricut cartridges that Close To My Heart offers to see if there were any appropriate "pirate" goodies. So I was pleased to find this fishing ship on the new Your Are Here cartridge, which certainly reminds me of a pirate ship. The "Arrr Matey!" was cut using the font included with the You Are Here cartridge, and the wave frame is on the Artbooking cartridge. Even though it is difficult to see in the photo, the darker portion of the ship is actually a patterned paper from the Basics Fundamentals packet, and the flags have a bit of sparkle added to them using silver the Shimmer Brush.

So, brush up on your "pirate talk" and share your creation on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog!

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #pirate #talklikeapirate #pirateship

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Pumpkin Wishes

Had a lot of fun playing with the Autumn Wishes stamp set. It comes with these two great pumpkin images and the two sentiments. For a perfectly-cut pumpkin, use the coordinating shape on the Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

You may notice that the two cards are virtually identical, just using different papers and the slightly different stamps available in Autumn Wishes. For the top card, I decided to play with the vivid colors of Jeepers Creepers papers. And was so pleased with how the card turned out, that I re-created it using some woodgrain papers in the Oh Deer! packet. This pumpkin is actually embossed using gold embossing powder, which gives it a nice metallic sheen. It is really interesting to see how completely different the cards look using such drastically different color schemes. Yet the layout and dimensions of the two cards are exactly the same.

With the Fall season upon us, one of this month's themes on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog is "woodgrain".

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhOhDeer #ctmhJeepersCreepers #pumpkin #autumn

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Blessed Beyond Measure (September SOTM Blog Hop)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. Soon the weather will be changing to Autumn, and the Blessed Beyond Measure stamp set contains all the images you need to show your gratitude for the season.

If you have come here from Inky Hearts, you are on the right path! Blog Hopping is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

Starting with an embossed wood grain background from the Rustic Home paper pack, this card just makes you think of Thanksgiving and everything in the Autumn season. The leaf shapes were cut using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge, and they coordinate with the leaf stem images in the Blessed Beyond Measure stamp-of-the-month set. The leaf stem pieces were embossed using Clear Detail Embossing Powder over the pigment ink which matches each of the colors of cardstock used. These are Cranberry, and two brand-new colors of Willow and Lemon. The frame for the sentiment was also cut using the Artbooking cartridge, and then it was embossed using Saddle pigment ink.

Place a $50 minimum order this month (September 2016) and you are eligible to purchase the Blessed Beyond Measure stamp set for only $5. It is also available for $17.95 without a qualifying purchase.

Now "Hop" on over to Priscilla's Paperie blog to see her work. Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting inspiration and other fun ideas.

If you get lost along the way, the complete list of participants is available on Melinda's 'If You Bling It' blog.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhRusticHome #gratitude

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Happy Easter

Wishing you a Happy Easter! For this card, an image from Banner Wishes was embossed using Crystal Blue pigment ink and then cut out from White Daisy cardstock. The Easter sentiment is from the Just To Say stamp set which is included with the Artbooking Cricut collection. Both sides of the Crystal Blue Paper Fundamentals paper were used along with some pink Shimmer Trim.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Scaredy Cat ~ Stampers With An Attitude (Blog Hop)

Welcome to the "Stampers With An Attitude" blog hop. This month we are getting ready for Halloween and featuring papers and stamps from the Scaredy Cat collection.

If you have come here from 'Roxybonds', you are on the right path! Blog Hopping is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one, or visit each blog from the list at the end of this post.

The Trick or Treat Sweets stamp set includes some really adorable images of traditional Halloween costumes. For this card, the Frankenstein was stamped using Black ink, colored green using a Touch Twin Marker, and added behind a cute frame from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge. The 'crazy for candy' sentiment is included in the equally adorable Frightfully Fun stamp set, and a patterned paper from the Scaredy Cat kit is used for the background of the card. On every CTMH patterned paper, there is a ½" strip which includes the paper packet name and colors used. On the reverse side of the product info is always a fun coordinating strip, and one of these from the Scaredy Cat paper packet included the cute 'eek' strip. Some black and green Glitter Paper adds a bit of sparkle to the card.

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Even though the Scaredy Cat paper packet is themed for Halloween, only two of the six patterns available are actually "theme specific," the other four patterns are simply nice designs which can be used for many different projects.