Make n Take projects from Open House

Thank you to each one of you that participating in Thursday & Friday’s Open House!  It is always so FUN to see each of you and share about Close To My Heart’s newest items!

                        

I want to share with you the two make n takes I had at my Open House. 

The first card was a card we created using the August Stamp of the Month! J  I was sooo excited when I came up with this design!!!  It is AMAZING how you can use CLEAR stamps in so MANY ways that would be very difficult or nearly impossible with wood stamps! J 

What stamp image (from the Wicked – August SOTM stamp set) was used in creating this card??? J  

Yup – you got it!!!  I used the witches broom to create the flower in this card! J  So FUN!!!!  I was SO EXCITED when I discovered this trick!!! 

I stamped the top of the witches broom 3-4 times in sunset ink until I made the flower look like I wanted it to look.  Then I used olive ink to stamp the “base & stem” of the flower.  The stamped leaves did come from another stamp set – our new set called Unscripted.  I can’t wait to create items with this stamp set.  Believe it or not, I’ve only used the little leaf so far from this set! J

Ok – back to the card.  You may realize I also (once again) used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge on this card!!! J  I cut out <shape 2> on page 36 of the manual in 2 different colors.  The desert sand shape was cut at 1 ¼”.  I then used one of the three stamp sets that comes with the Art Philosophy Cricut Bundle and stamped the “wishing you a wonderful…” right on top!!!  Yay!!  Cricut, did the hard work of cutting out this shape for me J

Next I cut a sunset <shape 2> at 1 ½”.  I used our ORIGINALS how-to book (pg. 59) for the design of the card…and I used the New Mischief paper pack.  I added a few of our Mocha Opaque gems and to finish it off – I had to pull out some of our FABULOUS BRONZE glitz glitter gel! J  LOVE THIS STUFF!!! 

For the 2^nd make and take, I wanted to create an item using the Cricut Art Philosophy (AP) in every way possible J  So…I designed this pillow box!!!

We used the new Roxie paper pack. (I can’t get enough of this paper pack – especially the plaid! J)

The pillow box was cut at 5”(pg. 28 in manual).  The black scalloped edge border was cut at 1” to make this border 6 ½” in length (pg. 62) and the scalloped vanilla cream circle was cut at 2” (pg. 41).  I used the Art Philosophy Tag stamp set (that comes with the bundle) to stamp the “Thanks you’re…” image directly on top of that 2” scalloped circle! J  Love it, LOVE IT!!

I wanted to show my friends/customers J…how NEAT the 3D flowers are on the Cricut – so we added a 1 ½” rose (pg. 68) to this pillow box.  With this rose, we inked the edges with black ink prior to rolling it up.  Then I also used my paper piercer to “roll back” the petals of this rose to help it look more real.  THEN – we finally rolled up the flower to the middle.  We used Liquid glass to adhere it to the base, and touched up the petals by again using the paper piercer to roll back the petals. 

I did create this board below, so that you can see the 6 different kinds of flowers that you can create with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge! J 

Keep in mind – the flowers on this board were cut out with the Cricut, rolled up and held with a glue dot.  There was no inking, no shaping the petals; no anything….this is exactly how they would look when you use our white-cored, CTMH cardstock to create a flower using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. 

click the picture to see it larger...J

1^st row –  Tulip Cardstock

                   3”               2”               1”

2^nd row – Vanilla Cream Cardstock

                   4 ½”                    3 ½”                    2 ½”

3^rd row – Petal cardstock

                   4”               3”               2”

4^th row – Goldrush cardstock

                   4 ¾”           3 ¾”           2 ¾”

5^th row – Sunset cardstock

                   3 ¾”                    2 ¾”           1 ¾”

6^th row – Crystal Blue Cardstock

                   4 ¼”           3 ¼”           2 ¼”

Here is one more pillow box – the same design, colors as the make n take – but I used the stamp set “Pair-A-Phrase”!!! 

Don’t miss your chance this MONTH to get this Pair-A-Phrase stamp set for FREE when you place a $75 order!!! J 

AND…don’t forget about the SPECIAL that runs until August 31^st…

If you purchase the August Stamp of the Month set for $5 (when you place a $50 min. order) you will receive the Wicked stamp set PLUS an A-size stamp set – Typeface- for FREE too!!! J 

How many stamp sets will you receive when you purchase $70 in products and add on the August SOTM for ONLY $5.00??

FOUR stamp sets for $5.00!! J

You will receive the…

***August SOTM for $5.00 with a qualifying order (retail value: $17.95)

***A-size Alphabet – Typeface for FREE (retail value: $6.95)

***Pair-A-Phrase Stamp set for FREE (retail value $35.90…and just a side note - there is no limit to the number of free sets you can receive per order!!!  If you place a qualifying order of $150, you will receive 2 My Acrylix^® Pair-a-Phrases stamp sets for free. J)

These FOUR stamp sets are a RETAIL value of $60.80!!! J 

CLICK HERE to get these AMAZING specials today! J

RECEIVE 4 stamp sets for $5.00 with Qualifying purchase!!!

TODAY - August 15th, is the DAY that this AMAZING special begins!!!! :) 

When you place a $75 order, and purchase the August SOTM for $5.00 - you will RECEIVE THREE MORE STAMP SETS for FREE!!!! :) 

That means you will receive $60.80 in retail of stamp sets for ONLY $5.00!!!

Let me show you WHAT you will be receiving when you place this qualifying order :) 

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First, when you place your $75 order - you will need to purchase the August Stamp of the Month, Wicked, for $5.00 to get the other 3 stamp sets for FREE! :)

The August SOTM is a stamp I wasn't sure I'd use very often...BUT when I started looking at the stamp set in a different way - it was AMAZING how this stamp set can be used!!! :)

Make sure you scroll to the bottom of this post to view a few of the items I've created with this stamp set!!!

August SOTM set - Wicked
Retails at $17.95

What stamp sets will you get for FREE when you place your $75 order and purchase the $5.00 SOTM stamp set?? :)

A Typeface - this is an EXCLUSIVE A-size alphabet stamp set retailed at $6.95!!!  I can't WAIT to receive my set to start using this ADORABLE letters!

A Typeface Alphabet Stamp set
Retail ~ $6.95

NEXT, you will receive the Pair-A-Phrase stamp sets...yes SETS!!! You will receive this stamp package with TWO D-size sets!!!  As you can see by the images, this set will be used in a VARIETY of ways!!!  So many options!  The retail value for this set of stamps is $35.90

IF you have a problem deciding "WHAT should I get for my $75 ??" (LOL!) I have an EASY solution to that question :). 

Did you know that CTMH has paired up with Provo Craft and CTMH now has their OWN Cricut Cartridge!!!!  This Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge is an amazing cartridge and has over 700 designs PLUS you can create those 700 designs into multiple sizes!!! 

I am creating, and creating and CREATING ....with this AMAZING cartridge!!!  This Cricut cartridge coordinates with a variety of our stamp sets - so no more cutting out all of my images to make them "pop" on the page! :) I just pop the paper in the Cricut machine, pick my design, cut it out and then use my coordinating stamp set to stamp on top of the pre-cut piece!!

 Check out this FABULOUS bundle below and click HERE for more details!

Now for some artwork :)

The August Stamp of the Month has some BEAUTIFUL scroll stamps that add so much to any creation!  This layout is one that I recreated after seeing this at Convention in Kristine Widtfelt's business class. Isn't this an AMAZING 2 page layout? 

Here is ONE more card that I have created using the August SOTM.  The sentiment is from a NEW stamp set called Harvest Happiness, but everything else is from the SOTM stamp set.  This card design came from our Wishes How-to-book!  This is a book I would not want to be without - it helps me to come up with a card design so QUICKLY and saves me so much time! :)

STAY TUNED for another Stamp of the Month Card I will be posting in the next day or so. 

This is my FAVORITE card that I have created with the August Stamp of the Month card (hint...a flower). 

YOU will be creating this card when you JOIN me at my OPEN HOUSE this week!!! :)  Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 18th from 4-9pm OR Friday, August 19th from 12-6pm.  You will be able to get your OWN NEW Fall/Winter Idea Book, create a make n take, get to see FABULOUS new items, EARN TICKETS for door prizes, get some EXTRA NEW items for FREE with a qualifying order, eat some yummy food and MORE!!! 

Have a Magnificent Monday! :)