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  

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

About me Book

I made this book for my nephew (a very late birthday present) to record his 8th year of life! He is a wonderful writer so I left a lot of space for him to write about his feelings at this age as well as life in general. Most of the products I used are from CTMH except for a few number and letter stickers. The layout design was duplicated from CTMH's simply snapshots. I also used CTMH's wonderful About Me Stickease Journaling Prompts. I think it was a hit with him.






Supplies: (All CTMH except where indicated) Inks: Archival Black, Cranberry, Grey Wool; Stamps: Journaling Jots, Make it Count, numerous alphabet stamps; Paper:Holiday Red B&T, Bamboo cs, Black cs, Grey Wool cs, Game On Level 2; letter stickers (unknown, from stash) and MM Slice (for letter and number cut outs and other paper detail cut outs), book-Making Memories