Saturday, November 17, 2012

Artiste, Day 9: Gift giving!

So, as you saw yesterday, I made a card using the gift card insert again.  Well, we decided to wrap some of her smaller gifts in some of the Artiste 3D packaging as well!  



The first bag is the same bag I showed earlier in the Breast Cancer awareness post, just using different paper.  The next is a party popper (Birthday Boy button, 3D object at 11") which I thought would be cute to hold some jewelry.  Finally that last little purse (5 button, 3D object at 3") was for my 7 year old to give her little trinkets.  I attached a velcro dot to hold the purse closed and kept it simple because of the design on the paper.  They were a hit with my girls!  The paper pack was a promotional pack from CTMH called "Dotty for You".  

CTMH has GREAT promotions: check out this one!


Capture the Date, Capture the savings!
To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.
In November, you’ll get something extra when you buy the Stamp of the Month—50% off another stamp set! When you qualify for and buy the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, you’ll receive another stamp set* of your choice for 50% off—it’s like two promotions in one! The versatile Capture the Date stamp set is great for any layout, card, invitation, or calendar, and now you can choose another stamp set at half-off for more wonderful papercrafting. Get Capture the Date and then capture the savings today!
* Offer valid for A-E and M size stamp sets only; K-size, Workshops on the Go®, Cricut® collection, and Stamp of the Month stamp sets are not eligible for this promotion. Maximum of one 50% off stamp set per order.
Dates: Offer valid November 1–30, 2012


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Have a great day! 
Lori

Friday, November 16, 2012

Artiste Day 8: LOL!


Well, as per my usual, I can't seem to get it together... oh well, I try.  Somehow every one of my family has gotten sick except me.  I'm fully suspecting to get it over Thanksgiving, but I am still fighting it anyway.  Love Airborne.  A lot has happened lately...my daughter finished up her freshman volleyball season and did fantastic!  Her Sports Awards were last night and I have to toot her horn because she was one of the "Scholar athletes" with a 3.5 GPA or better!  I'm SO proud of her! She had an incredible season and improved immensely in volleyball.  They even showed her twice in the wrap up video at the awards last night!  Here are her pictures!



We also finished up Baseball with my son...another great season!  We have jump rope club going on for my youngest three and the list could go on.  It's been busy busy, but I know someday this will end and I'll be sad that I don't have it anymore.  So I am trying to enjoy every minute of it!

In there we also had another birthday!  My daughter celebrated her 12th birthday and wanted a pair of black converse shoes with pink stitching badly.  Unfortunately, we had already purchased her presents, but I wanted to make a card to reflect this, so here is her card.  Of course, I got the idea from Pinterest and just changed it up a bit to make it fit.  Why re-invent the wheel, right? 
 The front was made by embossing stitching lines and coloring them with alcohol markers since I did not have the right color embossing powder. (You would think with 3 girls I would have pink right?) Then I got my old Making Memories tool kit out (haven't seen that in a while) to place the eyelets for the laces and at the bottom.  I cut a 1 1/4" circle and a 1" star with my trusty Art Philosophy Cartridge and drew a line with my ruler at the bottom.  Threaded the "laces" and adhered it to the front of the card.
 I used our awesome Artist cartridge for the gift card insert inside and stamped with Words of Comfort (C1524) and 4 my Friend (D1510). 
I also had to show off my 7 year old's card she made for her big sister!  I thought she did a GREAT job!   I love her doodling!



Capture the Date, Capture the savings!
To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.
In November, you’ll get something extra when you buy the Stamp of the Month—50% off another stamp set! When you qualify for and buy the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, you’ll receive another stamp set* of your choice for 50% off—it’s like two promotions in one! The versatile Capture the Date stamp set is great for any layout, card, invitation, or calendar, and now you can choose another stamp set at half-off for more wonderful papercrafting. Get Capture the Date and then capture the savings today!
* Offer valid for A-E and M size stamp sets only; K-size, Workshops on the Go®, Cricut® collection, and Stamp of the Month stamp sets are not eligible for this promotion. Maximum of one 50% off stamp set per order.
Dates: Offer valid November 1–30, 2012


Have a great day!
Lori

Friday, November 2, 2012

Artiste: Day 7 (continued from yesterday)


Hi everyone!  Today I will show you the card from yesterdays post!  As you can see, it is a very simple card that holds a gift card!  It can be used inside another card or by itself.  Because this was a specific event and the girls were getting the boxes, I chose to keep it simple and just decorate it as is.  You can actually turn it into a purse-like card by adding a cute handle...options options!

 A closer look at the card shows you how it opens to reveal the gift card holder.  The Artiste Cartridge actually has two different shape for these wonderful little surprises, this and a scallop rectangle.  This shape is found on page 55 (<card>) of the Artiste booklet and is cut at 5 1/4".  You can actually cut 2 per 12x12 piece of CS.  

 I also cut the silhouette frame from page 42 (<accent 2>) of Artiste at 2 1/2 and stamped the girls names (twice, 1st and 2nd generation to give it a shadow effect) in the oval cut from the same frame.  I sponged the frame and left the oval plain. (Easy was to decorate with having too much cutting!) Then I popped up the frame using pop dots. 
I love the stamps from "choose hope" (My Favorite things) and used them again on the inside of the card.  I punched the slot at the top of the card (stampin' up punch) and ran the ribbon behind the frame and tied at the top.



Capture the Date, Capture the savings!
To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.
In November, you’ll get something extra when you buy the Stamp of the Month—50% off another stamp set! When you qualify for and buy the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, you’ll receive another stamp set* of your choice for 50% off—it’s like two promotions in one! The versatile Capture the Date stamp set is great for any layout, card, invitation, or calendar, and now you can choose another stamp set at half-off for more wonderful papercrafting. Get Capture the Date and then capture the savings today!
* Offer valid for A-E and M size stamp sets only; K-size, Workshops on the Go®, Cricut® collection, and Stamp of the Month stamp sets are not eligible for this promotion. Maximum of one 50% off stamp set per order.
Dates: Offer valid November 1–30, 2012


Have a GREAT day!
Lori  

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Day 6: Artiste Let's try this again!

OK.  My computer is fixed, I did not lose any pictures (whew!) and I am hopefully back on track!  The question is, do I start at 1 or at 6 haha?  I think I'll keep going and see how far I get!

This next example was made for Breast Cancer Awareness night as gift bags for my daughters "sisters".  It does use mostly CTMH products, however, I purchased a stamp set last year specifically for Breast Cancer and I love it.



 Each sister received a "bag/box" and card with gift card.  I will show that one to you tomorrow ;-)
The box was cut from baby pink CS (retired) at "fit to page" option of the "Be Mine" button 
<3D object> of the Artiste cartridge.  Very little adhesive is used on this box (just along the sides).  I then cut a strip of B/T paper (retired) and edged it with a fiskars border punch.  There is a shape to coordinate with the top on the cartridge, but I couldn't stamp on it and use that shape.
After I cut out the box, I stamped it using My Favorite Things "Choose Hope" Stamp sets. I then cut out the front shape and stamped using CTMH "Always Remember" (retired, sorry).  Then finished the top with some pink ribbon.




Although this project uses a lot of retired and non-CTMH products, it shows off how easy it is to adapt and create using Artiste! (Inside the box we put 3 homemade chocolate chip cookies!)
Products used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Artiste Cricut Cartridge, Paper: Baby Pink CS (retired), B/T paper (retired); Stamps: Always Remember (A1095) (retired), Choose Hope (My Favorite Things); Ink: Hollyhock (Z2128); ribbon (unknown)


Capture the Date, Capture the savings!
To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.
In November, you’ll get something extra when you buy the Stamp of the Month—50% off another stamp set! When you qualify for and buy the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, you’ll receive another stamp set* of your choice for 50% off—it’s like two promotions in one! The versatile Capture the Date stamp set is great for any layout, card, invitation, or calendar, and now you can choose another stamp set at half-off for more wonderful papercrafting. Get Capture the Date and then capture the savings today!
* Offer valid for A-E and M size stamp sets only; K-size, Workshops on the Go®, Cricut® collection, and Stamp of the Month stamp sets are not eligible for this promotion. Maximum of one 50% off stamp set per order.
Dates: Offer valid November 1–30, 2012


Have a GREAT day!
Lori



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