Create Your Heart Out

Today’s http://365cards.blogspot.com/
challenge is to make a card using only three colors: Orange, Purple, Blue.

To make my flowers for my card, I started by cutting out a 1 inch round using any punch.

I then cut out 4 1.5 inch pieces and folded them in half.

Then tuck each half so that one half is below and one half is on top of each scallop.

Then I added a button on the center, and voila, beautiful flowers for my card!

To make my card, I used the following products:

Printed Paper-Bo Bunny

Cardstock-American Krafts, Bazzil Bling

Stamp Set-CTMH March Stamp of the Month

Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Pen

Buttons-CTMH

You can use Accent Essentials to make all kinds or different shapes to make all kinds of flowers.

If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

For those of you taking my All Occasions Class tomorrow at Mojo’s, you’ll need to bring the following supplies:

• Paper Trimmer
• Distressing File
• Copic markers if you have them.

If you’re not sure about specific items, go to the Current Classes page for more info.

Thanks and I hope to see you there!
If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Todays challenge is a song inspired challenge. Basically you have to make a card that is inspired by the lyrics to the song What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. To see the lyrics, head on over to http://365cards.blogspot.com/

Here’s my card.

To make this card, I used the following products:

• Cardstock-Bazzill KraftColor Box in Chestnut Roan
• Patterned Paper- mixture of Basic Grey solids
• Ribbon-May Arts
• Stamps- Beautiful Day (only comes with new consultant kit)
• Enjoy the Day
• Pebbles Chalks
• VersaMark Stamp Pad

As you can see, I used a lot of different products to make this card, and quite a few were from Close To My Heart, including the stamps used for the images which are only available to Close to My Heart consultants.

I recently became a CTMH consultant and can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner. It’s fun, I have met some great people and I get to make money doing what I love: stamping and scrapping!

If you have ever thought about becoming a CTMH consultant, here are just a few reasons why you should do it today instead of waiting:

• It’s tons of fun.
• I have used a lot of different crafting products and I can honestly say CTMH makes some of the best quality for your money out there. Those of you who know me know I don’t recommend products I don’t fully believe in.
• You can make as much or as little money as you like. You set your schedule.
• Discounts and free product.
• Special consultant only products and deals, such as the stamp set I used to make the card above.

As an added bonus, if you become a consultant by the end of this month, you’ll get a free Stamp of the month set, valued at almost $100.

For more information on becoming a consultant, click here, or contact me and I will gladly answer any questions you may have.

If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Today’s 365cards.blogspot.com/ challenge really challenged me, hence the late post.

The challenge was to create a card with an “Outer Space” theme with words will inspire that theme.

I tried several different things and eventually started over from scratch, but I’m pretty pleased with my final product.

The following is an example from the site.
Below that is my card.

I used the following products:

• American Kraft card stock
• patterned paper “You Rock” by CTMH
• Chocolate ink by CTMH
• Stamp from TLC by CTMH
• Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter
• white Signo pen by Sakura
• buttons by creative cafe
• Black Zig 05 pen for stitching

I used Design Studio with the following cartridges to create this card: Everyday Paperdolls, From My Kitchen and A Garden of Words. If you would like the file, I will gladly share, just email me and I’ll get it right out.

Hope you enjoy, and remember if you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

On Sunday at http://365cards.blogspot.com/ she posts a sketch as the challenge. Here is today’s sketch.

And here is my card:

To make my card, I used:

• George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge
• Patterned paper-CTMH Veranda
• Stamps- For Every Occasions, Felicities
• Inks-CTMH Juniper
• Color Box in Gold
• DMC Thread
• Sakura Jelly Roll Pens

What do you think?

Here is today’s http://365cards.blogspot.com/ challenge.

Today’s challenge was to create a card using a stamped image with more than one color of ink.

Did I meet the challenge?

To make this card, I used:

• Stamps and Inks by Close to My Heart
• EK Success Border Punch
• Origins by Basic Grey Patterned Paper
• Cardstock by Bazzill
• May Art Ribbon

More challenges to come! If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Here’s today’s challenge from http://365cards.blogspot.com/.

This is the card I made for that challenge.

To make my card I used:

• From Close to My Heart: Chocolate Ink, Stamps: Fringed Phrases, Beautiful Day
• Sakura Jelly Roll Pens
• Doodlebug Rhinestones
• Cardstock by Bazzill

Check back for more challenges!
If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

So browsing the web for crafting stuff as usual, I found this neat little site called http://365cards.blogspot.com/. It’s run by Pam, and it’s a really fun site!

Each day Pam puts up a new challenge, and to enter you have to create a card based on whatever the challenge is. It could be a sketch, a color scheme, or a technique, it’s new every day. What’s amazing is how everyone can look at the same challenge and come up with something totally different from everyone else.

I’ve decided to try it and share my results here with you. I can’t promise I’ll do it everyday, but I’ll definitely try. And I encourage you to check out her blog and if you feel up to it, you should try it yourself.

You can read more about it here.

These are the cards I’ve made for the last few days since she started the year on March 1. If you go to the blog, you can see the last few challenges.

Check back often to see more challenges, and remember if you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

These are the cards I received in my ATC exchange. I made the Japanese girl, the rest were cards I traded for. Cute huh? The theme was Friends. I used my Cricut to cut out the template for my card.

I do the ATC class once a month, and the following week is the trade. You don’t have to be in the class to participate in the trade, and you’ll get 10 percent off any product purchased during trade.

Also, I have been having problems with my events page so for now you can find my class schedule at the top of the page under “Current Classes”. Hopefully I’ll get this fixed soon and will let you know when I do.

If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Also, I have been having some problems with my events page, so my current classes are

Do you:

• Have a new Cricut and don’t know where to start?
• Own a Cricut but don’t feel like you are getting the most out of it?
• Want to upgrade from the Baby bug to the Expressions but don’t know if it’s worth the money?
• Just not know if a Cricut is right for you
• Want to know how you can get the most out of your Cricut machine using Design Studio Software
• Plan on being in the Cincinnati area on March 27th?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to come see me, I’ll be at:

Madonna Knight of Columbus Hall
7700 Seward Ave.
Mt. Healthy Oh. 45231

• 10am-1pm: Cricut Basics
• 1pm-1:30pm: Lunch Break (lunch provided)
• 1:30-3:30: Introduction to Design Studio
• Cost of each class is $25. Seating is limited so sign up today!

For Cricut Basics you’ll need to bring:

• Cricut machine (doesn’t matter which model)
• Cartridge that came with machine, plus a cartridge with upper and lower case
• letters if possible.
• New cutting mat
• New blade
• Paper will be provided

Nothing is needed for the DS class.

If you are interested or have any questions you can contact me here and I’ll give you more information on how to sign up. Spots are filling up soon, so if you think you might be interested be sure to contact me! Oh, and don’t forget to tell all your Cricut loving friends!

If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

So for Friday’s ATC exchange at Mojo’s Scrapbooks, the theme is “friends”. Here are the cards I made and I can’t wait to see what everyone else came up with.

Just so you know, you don’t have to have taken the class to do the exchange, but you should make at least 15 cards for trade. There will be refreshments available and you’ll get 10% off any purchases for participating.

The techniques I used for these include quilling, masking, micro beading, faux painting, and using rub ons with achol inks, but you can do whatever you want, just be creative. Hope to see you all there!

If you can think it… You can Cri-cut!

It’s been awhile, I know. I haven’t been posting lately, but I’m getting back into the groove of things.

I don’t know where you are, but here in Ohio we’ve just been bombarded with snow lately. Literally bombarded. And there is more to come. I love snow, but I’ve had enough. I’ve already had to cancel my Cricut classes due to this madness, so to those of you are have been praying for snow, please STOP!!

Onto what you came here for. Did you see Cricut on the Early Show this morning? What did everyone think?

They left a lot out, but of course it was only a 4 minute spot and they had to get in other products, but it was publicity nonetheless, although a little misleading. They showed the Expressions machine with the price of the Baby. Granted, only the diehard cricuters pobably noticed, but still.

If you missed it, check it out here.

Keep an eye out for details on upcoming classes as well as any news that !may come up.

Remember, if you can think it… you can Cri-cut

Last week at Mojo’s I had my ATC swap. Not sure what ATC’s are? Click here.

I met some wonderful ladies and got several really cute cards in the process.

I made the pink one on the top. The rest were all trades I received. I do an ATC class every month at Mojo’s if you are interested, and the following week we do the swap. Every month is a different theme. This month’s was snow, next month’s is friendship. You don’t have to come to the class (third Friday of the month 4:30-6:30pm), to join the swap. Just bring your cards and enjoy refreshments and even get a discount on product.

If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

In tomorrow’s Cricut class we’re going to explore the From My Kitchen Cartridge.

The class is at Mojo’s Scrapbooks, 678 N State Street Westerville, OH 4308, and is $20.

You will need to bring the following:

• Glue stick
• Brown chestnut roan chalk ink
• Glossy Accents
• Paper Trimmer
• White pen
• Both wet and dry adhesive
• Markers, both primary and black

If you are unsure of a product, click here for more details.

For all you out there who have Make the Cut, you need to read this!
So Make the Cut just updated their software 1.3, which means all these new features:

Boolean Operations

These operations allow you to create some pretty nice effects like Lattices. Here is something I created in a couple minutes using basic shapes included in Make The Cut:

Warp
Now you can add some perspective to your projects. I added Perspective and Bilinear warp!

Path Simplification
Have you ever notice a shape has a lot of un-needed nodes? Well, now you can remove them using the Smooth and Simplify tool.

Shape Magic Toolbar
This has been asked for a lot… Floating toolbars along with a Shape Magic toolbar.

There has been many more optimizations, bug fixes, shadow improvements, etc… but those are the main features. Oh and weld was fixed too!

If you don’t yet own Make the Cut, you can get it here. Also for those in the area, I am having a Make the Cut class on Feb 11 at Mojo’s, so if you want to learn, please come and check it out!

Now more than ever, if you can think it… you can Cri-cut!