June SOTM

A FLOWERING BUNCH!

Finally....I had some moments to make a new card with the June Stamp of the Month, A Flowering Bunch!  I had used the Thanks sentiment as a preview in May, so I think it's card #3. YAY!

I used the Mojo Monday Sketch #297...but I try not to focus on the samples, and modify it for myself.  Instead, apparently I used the same elements EVERYONE did.  A flower for the central motif.  

But, it's cute as a button (which is a Chantilly fabric covered button, by the way), so I kinda like it :).

The Mojo297 Sketch is:

I adore the Chantilly paper...so it's really no surprise! I even used the Zip Strip off the Chantilly paper for the sentiment.

The Flower is stamped in Cotton Candy Exclusive Ink on a die cut which was cut to size using the Cricut Artiste Cartridge.  I added some glitter gel to the flower to make it pop!







Thanks for looking!

You can get the SOTM for $5 with a $50 qualifying purchase!  Click the Stamp of the Month tab for further information!

Ready for More Gears?

Are you missing the Later Sk8r cards I've been making?  Here's some more.  Absolutely having a blast making "man cards"!

Here are a couple more :) 

They are cased from a design I pinned on Pinterest a couple of weeks ago. (see below for the link).

I found a hexagon shape on one of my Cricut cartridges, and cut a few with the CTMH patterned paper at 1".

Then I used some of the 1" gears I had already made, but added eyelets.


Makes a Great Father's Day card, too. I liked adding the eyelets, and the gears actually spin, rather than being blued down. The eyelets only go through the  top dry-embossed layer, which is also the layer I wrapped with Baker's Twine. 

Different embossing folders give such a different look!  What have you done with your embossing folders?

With so many gears & Later Sk8r papers laying all over my work table the week of Memorial Day, I made 3-4 cards in this same design.

CTMH Materials:
Later Sk8r Paper - X7167B
Cricut Artiste Cartridge - Z1790
Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink - Z2140
White Daisy Cardstock - 1385
Wheel of Life My Acrylix Stamps - D1545

 

Link to the Cased Card:  https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMUgaxhRxDtKpuSDnm57NtyjqJPbfQ5Y9JVSk73ZNz7SZrfXuRngGBYx7Ooo446XZjh7N20MHfFkpIqLdMtwUqyLDaYy1kOBl6VP5nDLlUI-mrrfAyjpqj9qd_prbnCf4ZNlFlXNVO4kF/s1600/HeartsallinaRow1.jpg

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Super Birthday

My nephew's 5th birthday card is featured. I used the CTMH retired Superheros My Acrylix stamp set. 

I liked the look of the hero in blue and white so I didn't add color. It seemed like more of a comicbook-ish look.

The emblem was cut on my Cricut using the Superman cartridge and red and gold cardstock, at 1" real dial size. 

I used a border punch on the blue glitter cardstock, stamped the Superhero sentiment and added blue and white baker's twine.

Inside the card, I used a simple sentiment from the My Acrylix Joyful Birthday set.

Finally, the reason for my lengthy search for the retired Superhero set has happened.  Wanting this set was the  catalyst for me being a CTMH consultant. 

Thanks for looking!

i entered this as a masculine card in the Tip Top Tuesday Challenge #103 here.

 

Super Treats for Super Kids!

Prototype

I haven't posted for a week because we been busy with birthday celebrations and out of town company. The first two weeks of June are like that!  A lot of family time, which is WONDERFUL!

I prepared these adorable CTMH treat containers with assembly line help from grandparents and DH for my nephew's 5th birthday party. The theme was superheroes.  (I posted the invitations I made in previous blog posts.)

We finished 24 treat tubes on an assembly line the night before the party. Nothing like waiting til the last minute!

I used my Superman Cricut cartridge for the emblem, cut from yellow and red cardstock and layered. I found mthe Xyron sticker-maker to be extremely helpful in applying adhesive to the little 1" die cuts. 

The emblem was then adhered to a 1-1/4 inch circle punched from blue glitter paper. The prototype used blue comic strip paper, but we swapped that out for the glitter paper, which looked a lot better.

Then we stamped a starburst from the CTMH Perfect Fit-Birthday set and fussy-cut them out. [I gave that job to Grandma ;) ]

I wrapped the CTMH treat tubes with a 2-1/2 inch strip of superhero patterned paper (prepped by DH) and secured them with double-stick tape. 

We adhered the emblems and Grandpa and I tied red & white baker's twine on each tube.

We punched a 1" circle for the lids and then Grandpa enjoyed filling them.

They turned out great...but the 5-year old partiers didn't fawn all over the packaging..they went right to the yummy chocolate sixlet treats!


CTMH Materials:
My Creations Clear Treat Tubes - Z1823
My Acrylix Perfect Fit-Birthday Stamp Set - B1417
White Daisy Cardstock  - 1385
Baker's Twine Harvest Assortment - Z1751


Other Materials:
SuperHero Paper, Glitter cardstock, red & gold cardstock - from Archiver's
Cricut Superman cartridge
Bulk Sixlets in Red, Pearl White & Blue

Get your treat tubes for your next party!  Shop Here!

DH Birthday

I made this for my husband's birthday. 

I don't have any CTMH ships (YET) so I used a Cape Arago sailing ship stamp in Versamark, heat-embossed with brown embossing powder. I used a zig-zag dry embossing folder for the background.

I did include a round anchor stamp from the CTMH "Sail Away" set. The sentiment is also CTMH, from the "Joyful Birthday" set, which I inked around the banner edges.

It's hard to tell because I cropped a crooked picture, which I took on top of our antique china cabinet, so the brown blends in, but I used a very dark cardstock for the card itself, so I layered white panels inside.  I should really get a photo booth box for my cards. :)

He liked it, and that's what counts, but I think I would add color to the ship if I made another one.


We had a wonderful dinner with son & daughter-in-law & 1 of the grandkids.
It was also the 26th anniversary of our first date. Wow. Where did the time go?

June SOTM

This month's Stamp of the Month is "A Flowering Bunch".

When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for the special Stamp of the Month pricing at $5. 

I gave a little preview of one of the sentiments this past week, here is my first card using one of the flowers.

I stamped the flower with Pear ink and colored it in, then added glitter glue, and layered it with Pear cardstock. The card layers are in Chantilly and I used the Chantilly Complements for the leaf and flower embellishment.  I border-punched some Cotton Candy cardstock for the right side of the card.

The sentiment is from the Perfect Fit-Birthday stamp set, stamped in Cotton Candy and punched with a 1" circle punch.

The fun has just begun with A Flowering Bunch! Stay tuned!

CTMH Banner Days in June!

Make It a Banner Day!

Get a FREE My Creations® Mini Banner!

 

Receive a free My Creations^® mini banner in June! Make it a “banner” day by placing a $25 order that includes a qualifying stamp set to receive your free mini banner. 

The mini banner includes 10 chipboard pennants in 4 different shapes with 9 jump rings for hanging. 

Use the mini banner as a decoration for your parties and get-togethers this summer for many “banner” days!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–30, 2013.

 

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