Valentine Countdown featuring cuts from CTMH Cricut Cartridges

Every once in a while I design a project that I love, love, love... and this is one of them.  I wish my picture could do it justice!!!  I used the Designed Decor frame from Close to My Heart

I love this frame.  It's quick and easy to switch it out for different holidays.  Just wait until you see what I have planned for St. Patrick's day!!

I created the countdown with some quick and easy cuts from all three of our Cricut cartridges.

• Art Philosophy - fry boxes, lacy hearts
• Artiste - labels on the boxes
• Artbooking - heart swag

The tags are created with one of my new favorite sets - D1560 Holiday Tags.  (I have several posts lined up featuring this set so if its not on your wish list yet....I think it will be soon!!)

CTMH Cricut Artiste - Pop-Up Cards

One of the keys I was assigned to use for my Extravaganza Presentation at the Close To My Heart 2012 Convention was the "A" key and it contains fun pop-up cards.

You can create a card that says "Hello" or one that says "love," but as you can see on my board below... I came up with a third option.  Simply flip the card insert over, or cover it with paper and you can have a blank canvas to create whatever kind of pop-up card you'd like!

I'll post a better picture later...but can you tell what part of the key I used to create the little gift with the eiffel tower on the tag?  It's the adorable mailbox!  I put two mailboxes together to create something new.  Stay tuned and I'll post a better picture and more details.

Supplies Used:

• La Belle Vie Paper Pack
• CTMH Cricut Artiste Cartridge - A Key as well as a few cuts from other keys.
• Glamour Glitter Alphabet
• Birthday Stamps/Balloons are from set included in Artiste Bundle
• D1528 Jardin Stamp Set
• La Belle Vie My Stickease Assortment
• Black, Smokey Plum, Desert Sand and Blush inks

Are you ready to add the Artiste Cartridge to your collection?  You can purchase it, or any of the other Close To My Heart products I've featured, on my website, or contact me to book your own online gathering and earn FREE product too!

A little of this, a little of that....

Oh what a neglectful blogger I have been.  Here's a little catch-up post to get things rolling again...

I've been stamping....

Here's this month's wall hanging.  I used the Mayberry papers and the March Stamp of the Month. 

And here's a couple of bonus projects I'm featuring at my workshop this weekend.

I've been shopping....

A Macbook pro is on it's way to my house.  This is only exciting to you because it means I'll be making videos again!  Woo Hoo!!!

And I've been hooping....

I'm taking part in a 30 day challenge at Hooping.Org.  March 1st-March 30th we are hooping 30 minutes a day for 30 days.  What do I have to say for my first 8 days?  "Ouch" and "I'm exhausted."  Ok, maybe that's what I said for the first 6 days, I'm feeling better now. 

Now hopefully I can start adding....

I've been blogging....

Wall Hangings - It's an Addiction

Here are a couple more in the wall hangings series.  Hahaha... like how I made it sound all official?  A few months before Christmas I designed a Christmas wall hanging for my workshops and I had so much fun that I created a Halloween one too....and suddenly... I had committed myself to creating a new one each month.  There are some days when I think I'm crazy and I have no idea why I committed to doing it...but then I finish a new one and I'm glad. LOL.

So here's the March Wall Hanging that we'll be making on Saturday at the workshop/crop.

And... then my Aunt had a birthday so I decided she needed a special one for her stamp room.  (I actually made this a couple of weeks ago - before I got my new photo tent that fits 12 x 12 layouts!!! Hopefully this is the last crappy picture of a 12 x 12 - but I couldn't post it until I actually mailed it.  It has been received and she loves it...so now I can share it with the world.)

January Wall Hanging

Hi there everyone!  I finally un-earthed my stamp room and finished up the January Wall Hanging.  Woo Hoo! 

My good friend Jennifer came over to create hers and to help me fine tune the design.  We couldn't decide whether to mount it on Pacific Cardstock or Sky Cardstock.  Here's pictures of both... we ended up deciding on Sky.  It just makes it "Pop" when it's in the frame, but both look beautiful.

(Please note.. our items aren't glued down in the pictures...we were still deciding what color... so pretend that everything is perfectly placed. LOL)

(This is mounted on Sky)

(This is mounted on Pacifica)

Want to make your own?  Please email me or leave me a comment so I can reserve a kit for you.  Kit's are $5 each and will be available at the crop on Saturday.  I can also ship these if you can't make it to the crop.  Contact me for details.