Showing posts with label Cricut-Artiste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricut-Artiste. Show all posts

Monday, November 27, 2017

Wedding Wishes

Congratulations to my daughter and her fiancĂ© who were married this weekend!  For a wedding card, I decided to "alter" their invitation.  This is a way to use your CTMH supplies along with other products to create something personal and unique. 

In order to turn their invitation into a congratulations card for them, I used the Artiste Cricut cartridge to cut the "Mr & Mrs" from Colonial White cardstock.  This was added to a piece of Vellum using 3-D Foam Tape which was placed over the top of the invitation.  This creates a subdued look, while preserving the original.  


Using images from the Wedding Wishes stamp set, I created panels to cover both the Reply and the Details card which had been included in the side pocket.  Some ShinHan Touch Twin markers were used to add additional color, and some Foil Tape and Glitter Gems add a bit of sparkle and sheen.  Initially, I thought that I would just create some new inserts for the pocket, but the decided that it would be nice to be able to see the foliage that was originally printed so just added a stamped panel to the top of each of the insert cards.  

This is a photo of the "unaltered" invitation.  We purchased the bi-fold pocket folders and some custom printables from an Etsy shop to print everything at home.  To complete and finish each invitation, some CTMH colored cardstock was used along with vellum and Glitter Paper to add some pizzazz.  The pocket contained the Reply card, a Details card, and a stamped addressed envelope for the Reply to be returned.  For members of the wedding party who were invited to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, there was an additional card in the pocket.  



The challenge this week on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog is "Anything Goes" so this was perfect timing to share our wedding invitation project.    


All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
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Sheila Bennett
Close To My Heart Independent Consultant
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Monday, November 10, 2014

Pinwheels

A quick birthday card using CAS(E) This Sketch (CTS99) along with Color My Heart Color Dare 118 colors of Smoothie, Honey and Olive.  The pinwheels were cut using the Artiste Cricut cartridge, and a strip of Smoothie Washi Tape was added to the left edge of the card.  The sentiment is from one of my favorite stamp sets, Your Own Kind of Wonderful and the inside of the card has a stamped butterfly from the same set.   




All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
Sheila Bennett
Close To My Heart Independent Consultant
(913) 485-4355
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Three Challenges ... Three Balloons

Three challenges were combined to create a fun birthday card with three balloons.  The colors of Color My Heart Color Dare #100 and images from the Artiste Collection Birthday stamp set were used to create a simple, masculine birthday card.  Inspiration for the card design is CAS(E) this Sketch #83 CTS83, and the balloons fit the theme of Up, Up, and Away! for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog.
  



All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
Sheila Bennett
Close To My Heart Independent Consultant
(913) 485-4355
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Zip Strip Fun ~ "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop


Decided to participate in the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop group, and this month we are using Zip Strips.  These are the ½"x12" border pieces that Close To My Heart includes on the edge of every piece of patterned paper in their My Reflections scrapbooking kits.            

If you have come here from 'Tmorrows Treasures', you are right on track for the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop.  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.  


No stamping is used on this card.  In order to give some pizzazz to the card, a Zip Strip from the Skylark kit was placed on some White Daisy cardstock and the word 'thanks' cut using the Artiste Cricut cartridge.  Another Zip Strip is behind the sentiment and the pattern is actually lined up so that if the rectangle mat was not behind the word, the pattern would blend together.  Inspiration for the card design is Center Charms from the Originals Card Confidence Program 'how-to' book.  


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Skylark paper packet

Now "Hop" on over to 'Mom 'n Me Scrap' for more ideas of using up your Zip Strip stash.   

"Use Your Stash" Blog Hop participants:

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
Sheila Bennett
Close To My Heart Independent Consultant
(913) 485-4355
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Monday, May 19, 2014

Congrats Journal - Maroon & Gold

Recently we had an Open House celebrating my daughter's graduation from college.  She wanted a book so friends could leave her words of wisdom, so we decorated a My Creations Journal.  

Since Stephens College colors are Maroon and Gold, the polka-dot vellum in the Free To Be Me collection was perfect paired with Ruby cardstock.  The 'congrats' and medallion shapes were cut using the Artiste Cricut cartridge, and the "class of 2014" was stamped using images in the Congrats Graduate stamp set.  A gold Metallic Marker was used to add some color to the edges of the largest medallion and the cardstock behind 'Congrats.'

Proud of her Honors medal for graduating Cum Laude.   

Some of the dance shoes she used during her College performances.   

In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, Close To My Heart has created the Free To Be Me paper collection, available during May 2014 for only $5, with a $50 qualifying purchase.    

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
Sheila Bennett
Close To My Heart Independent Consultant
(913) 485-4355
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