Look at the three Cricut cartridges Close to My Heart has to offer you.  Between the three of them, I find I don't use my other cartridges as often as before.  Just look the all the images you get here.  If you are interested in purchasing any of these or all three, you can order them at my website conniecreates.ctmh.com

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Cards for June Stamp Club

I starting a new Stamp Club, and will be creating 2 or 3 cards for those who are members.  We are meeting this Saturday for the first time and I thought I would share my cards with you.  You will be making 3 cards, but you will be given a choice as to whether you want your card to be done in portrait or landscape.

Card 1

Here I used a CTMH embossing folder, lagoon paper, and I cut out the shape from the cuttlebug and stamped on it.

Card 2

This card was made using ink and water for the colors and then stamping each section with a different background stamp.  

Card 3

This card can be used for many different events...baby...baby shower, child's birthday, and on and on.  I stamped the giraffe  on different colors of paper, then mounted them on chocolate, the same color as the ink.  I added a sentiment that came with this set.  On the top card, I also added the hippo and made it look like he was mouthing the sentiment.

Now ladies, all you need to do is choose which one to make.

If anyone is interested in the dimensions, please email me.  If you are interested in joining our stamp club, you can still sign up.  Purchase $25 a month, for 6 months, in CTMH product, and you have the opportunity to be hostess for one month, and get free product.  Email me for additional information.

Twice a month I teach a class at my house.  On the second Saturday of the month I usually try to create 8 to 10 cards from a paper pack of Close To My Heart.  In February, I made a few cards using the Ivy Lane paper pack.  Everyone loved the cards.

I think is is one of my favorite ones.  I forgot to stamp a sentiment on this, but I will put one on when I send it out.  I used the Cricut Expression to cut out all the parts.

The next card we made was this one.   I used some cocoa cardstock as the base, then I cut a 4" x 3" piece of Ivy Lane and centered it.  On the edges of the cardstock, I used some of the glitter tape we have.  It dressed the card up a little.  Using a couple of the stamps that come with the Workshop On the Go kit, I stamped the background stamp with cranberry ink on a die cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.   The greeting is another stamp, and I used Cocoa ink for that.  If you notice the "o" is a flower shape, and that too was on the stamp set in the kit.  

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This card was cut entirely with the Cricut machine.  It had a teapot that is attached to the frame of the card.  I cut a second card with white cardstock and used the teapot as my central figure.  I stamped on it with a flower stamp, which really seemed to decorate the teapot.  And if you have a teapot, you should have a cup of tea to go with it!  I used a different piece of cardstock from the Ivy Lane pack to make the teacup, with its steam coming off the top of that hot tea.

I was having fun making these cards, as did the girls who made them with me.  This card below was a quick and easy card.  I used some Ivy Lane paper and stamped a small tag that I cut with the Cricut.  These stamps on the tag were also from the stamp set that came with the Workshop to Go Card kit.  I used three different stamps.  One was a chevron stamp and the other one that says  is actually a tag stamp that I turned sideways.  On the bottom is the third stamp I used.  It says "is better with friends".  I cut a border with the Cricut and placed that at the bottom of the cardstock.  A quick card.  

My last card using the Ivy Lane paper pack is this one, with the butterfly.  Again a used a different sheet of the cardstock to make the center shape.  I used the back of the Ivy Lane paper, which has a green pattern on it.  I added a scalloped shape of pear cardstock with holes in each scallop, used a litte circle of the Ivy Lane green side, and cut out my butterfly.  The butterfly is a solid shape on the bottom (which is the same paper as the bottom floral shape and the top of the butterfly was a solid hollyhock sheet of card stock. ) Using the cricut makes these cards so easy to make.  

There is one more card we made, a boxed card.  This was much more complicated to make, but I LOVE how it came out.  I will post that later on today.  I hope you enjoy what you have seen, and if you are interested, maybe you can join us some time.  If you are interested in the CCR cuts, let me know

 and I can send them to you.

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Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring March's SOTM,.  If you have come here from Michelle Loncar's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here <make here a link to Helen’s or Kathleen’s blog – whoever is 1^st in the list>.

This month we have 50 +  Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I used Chantilly paper for my background.  On white cardstock, I stamped the images of the two small figures with cocoa ink.  I then colored the figures using blush and hollyhock inks.  I colored the center heart and flower with cranberry ink.  I then used some shimmer ink over the top of the figures, to add a little "aging" effect to them.  The sentiment was stamped in cocoa ink.  

Now "Hop" on over to Maria Myers'sBlog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the March SOTM is only available until March 30!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

January SOTM Blog Hop

A new year is starting, and with it all we wonder what is in our future.  I know I hope for a healthier New Year.  This past year my family, including myself, has had more than it's share of medical concerns.

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring January's SOTM, which is Crossed Stitched Wishes, a set of 13 stamps.  If you have come here from Teresa Scrivens Blog
 you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here


 This month we have approximately 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

When I saw this set, I couldn't figure out what to use first.  Since next month is Valentines Day, I decided to make an early Valentines card.  This is how it turned out. 

I stamped a banner using the line stamp and row of small hearts.  I curved the line on my block, then curved the row of hearts right under the line.  This I cut out.  Using the Artbooking cartridge, I used the image of a mini album page, cutting off the holes, and placing this on the top of the card.
I then stamped and cut three hearts...one large and two medium size.  I placed them on the bottom of the card, with the large heart in the middle.  I printed out a saying of Happy Valentines day.

Products Used: CTMH cranberry red cardstock cut into 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, White Daisy cardstock, cranberry ink, other stamp sets, Artbooking cartridge,white ribbon

As I said earlier, I couldn't just make one card.  It was so hard to decide which to use, so I made a second card.   Here it is;

 This time I used a piece of cranberry cardstock, cut into 4 1/4 by 5 1/2, the same as before.  I then, using the Artbooking cartridge, I cut a heart within a rectangle, which was the photo 2.  I used real dial, at 4 3/4", and it fit nicely on the card.  In the center of the heart, I stamped, Love and I put an arrow through the heart.  Using a Martha Stewart punch, I punched a decorative edge on the bottom of the card.  I added bling around the heart shape and then I place 3 small pieces of bling in each of the four corners.  

Now "Hop" on over to Elizabeth Mindemann's Blog to see her work! She has some really creative ideas and I am sure you will like what she does with this stamp set.  Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the January SOTM is only available until January 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring December's SOTM, which is S1312 Special Care, a set of 6 stamps.  If you have come here from Michelle Loncar's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here at Adrienne Brill's blog 

I will be posting my item in a couple of days.  It has been hectic here and I didn't get my item finished.  I have had both my mom and my younger daughter in and out of the hospital, and now Mom is visiting for a couple of weeks to get back on her feet.  I will have something by Monday or Tuesday.  

This month we have many Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

Now "Hop" on over to 

Teresa Scrivens  Blog

 to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the December SOTM, Special Care is only available until December 21!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

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