Happily Ever After

If you are looking for my project for the Scraps to Treasures Monochromatic Blog Hop, please click here.

If you are looking for my project for the Everything ABCs Blog Hop, please click here.

Welcome to our May Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop!   As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant.  If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!
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I'm the beginning of the hop, so you're in the right place to start!

Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but we also have a Wedding  theme.  There are so many weddings this time of year!  Do you have any weddings coming up?

For my project, I made a bridal shower favor!  I have been making a lot of different party decorations for friends in the last couple of weeks -- bridal shower, adoption party, birthday, etc.  I have been asked to make up some other bridal shower decorations, so ... here is a favor!

I used BOTH the Art Philosophy AND the Artiste Cricut cartridges to make this.  I cut the little bag using the Art Philosophy.  It can be found on page 23, A3, Shift, Font Layer, < Star > cut at 5".  I used the For Always paper pack.

The dress was cut using the Artiste.  It can be found on page 41, B1, Shift, Accent 2, < Q > cut at 4" using the real-deal size key. 

I ran the dress through my Sizzix Big Kick with one of my embossing folders.  I don't know the name of the folder.  I really wish Cricut would put the name on the actual folder.  Once you take it out of the packaging ...

For the bow on the dress, I used an image from the Happy Couple stamp set.  I stamped it with Black ink and then colored it in using a Cotton Candy marker.

SUPPLIES USED
Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (Z1686)
Artiste Cricut cartridge (Z1790)
For Always paper pack (X7165B)
The Happy Couple stamp set (D1539)
Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Marker Set (Z2417)
Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2193)
Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2105)
Sizzix Big Kick
Cricut Embossing Folder

Your next stop on our "Happily Ever After" hop is Theodora of Celebrate Crafts.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create 
2. Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts 
3. Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog 
4. Penny ~ It Makes Total Cents 
5. Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
6. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
7.  Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle  
8. Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you in creating your own wedding themed projects!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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It's Only One Color - What?

Good morning everyone!  Today's blog hop comes to you from the Scraps to Treasure Team!   

Our goal at STT is to use up all our scraps and leftover embellishments to create wonderful layouts, cards and other projects.  This month we are doing that using different shades of only one color.  

If you came from Robin's blog at Cut One Designs by Robin, you're in the right place!

Up for grabs is this RAK from our hostess, Paula at  Precious Pages by Paula that will be going out to one lucky hopper that is a follower of all the blogs in the hop and has left a comment for each entry.

Included in the RAK are:

• 10 My Mind's Eye Laundry Line Diecuts
• 2 Basic Grey Bling It On Rubons and Rhinestones
• 2 Glitz Frosting Bling
• 1 Martha Stewart Glitter Alphas
• 1 EK Success Inspirables Embellishments
• 1 Special Moments Embellishments
• 1 Treasured Memories Metal Tags

As I said above, we decided to create monochromatic projects for you!  The dictionary defines "monochromatic" as "of or having one color" or "of, pertaining to, or having tones of one color in addition to the ground hue". 
 
That's right you are going to see projects that use only one color!  And we are using our scraps - you know those half used packs of paper, etc. that we all have in our craft rooms?  For my project, I created a set of monochromatic monogrammed cards:

I made my cards A2 in size so they would fit in a regular size envelope.  The card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I used the Artiste Cricut cartridge from Close to My Heart to cut out the images I used on the card:

Circle:  page 48, Card, < i > cut at 1 1/4"
"Flower" Circle:  page 54, C4, Card, < f > cut at 3"
                        page 54, C4, Shift, Card, < F > cut at 3" 

The monogrammed "D" is a stamp set also from Close to My Heart.  I used different colors of coordinating ink and cardstock:  Lagoon, Sky, Blush, Cotton Candy, and Cashmere.

The embossed background comes from a Cuttlebug folder but it doesn't have the name on it and I couldn't find it through Google - sorry about that!  I used my Sizzix Big Kick to emboss the folder. 

SUPPLIES USED
Artiste Cricut cartridge (Z1790)
Monogram "D" stamp set (M1003)
Cotton Candy cardstock (X5760)
Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2193)
Lagoon cardstock (X5762)
Lagoon Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2195)
Sky cardstock (X5761)
Sky Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2194)
Blush cardstock (X5640)
Blush Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2106)
Cashmere cardstock (X5932)
Cashmere Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2175)
Sponge Daubers (Z726)  
Sizzix Big Kick
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
  
I wanted to offer some blog candy to you hoppers!  How would you like your own set of 5 monogrammed cards?  You choose the letter and you choose the color of the cards you would like.  I can make you a set with each color or just one color.  All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave me a comment below this post and become a follower.  If you would like to have an additional chance to win, you can go to my Facebook Page and "Like" it and leave a comment there.  You can go to my FB page by clicking here.  If you have already liked my page, just comment that you have.

Your next stop on the Monochromatic blog hop is Lynda of Memories in Tyme.

Here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Paula ~ Precious Pages by Paula
Melanie ~ Afternoon Scrapper
Lissa Marie ~ So Many Crafts
Robin C. ~ Cut One Designs by Robin YOU CAME FROM HERE
Lucy ~ Love 2 Create  YOU ARE HERE
Lynda ~ Memories in Tyme  YOUR NEXT STOP
Liz ~ Tryin 2 Craft
Camille ~ Short on Ideas
Robin L. ~ Create-A-Latte
 
Thanks so much for stopping by - have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/
Melanie - http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/
Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com
Robin S. - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
Robin C. - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com
Pam ~ www.scrappletree.com
Lynda~http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/
Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com
Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/
Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

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Everything ABC Blog Hop

If you are looking for my project for the Scraps to Treasures Monochromatic Blog Hop, please click here.

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter "J". This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their "J" element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy.

If you just came from Amber's blog, then you're on the right track!

Here is what I made :

For my letter "J", I chose to use a stamp set called A Journey.  I cut the card shape using our Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  It can be found on page 58, D8, Card, < Tab2 > cut at 5 1/2".   This card will fit in a standard A2 envelope.  The footsteps and the sentiment "Life is a journey" both came from the stamp set.  The maplike image comes from a stamp set in the Tommy Scrapbooking Workshop on the Go Kit. 


SUPPLIES
Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (Z1686)
A Journey (A1127)
Tommy paper (X7169B)
Tommy Stamp Set - Workshop on the Go (G1058)
Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2140)
Honey Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2162)
Sponge Daubers (Z726)

I hope you enjoyed my cards.  I have started making at least two of each card now because I have such a hard time sending them out.  This way I have one to keep and at least one to send out!

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Shalana of Scrapping with Shalana.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1.  Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
2.  Lucy Kelleher ~ Love 2 Create
3. Shalana Glass ~ Scrappin with Shalana
4.  Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece
5. Linda Norman ~ Scrappy Therapy
6. Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts

Thank you for stopping by -- I do love reading your comments :)

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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World's Best Dad

Good Morning!

Our challenge theme this week over at Card-a-Day blog is "Father's Day".  Today I was up!  Now even though we don't celebrate Father's Day at our house since both of our fathers have passed away, I still send out cards to friends who are fathers, so .... here's my card:

This is a standard A2 size card.  I used the Tommy paper pack from Close to My Heart.  The image came from our Perfect Fit - Dad stamp set.  This stamp set coordinates with the Artiste Cricut cartridge.  BUT I actually used the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge instead.  I cut the scalloped circle for the sentiment "World's Greatest Dad" from page 31, B1, < Circle2 > cut at 2", 2 1/4", and 2 1/2".

I also cut the banner ribbons using the Art Philosophy.  You can find the image on page 68, E8, < Banner1 > - they were cut at 2 1/2". 

SUPPLIES USED
Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (Z1686)
Tommy paper pack (X7169B)
Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2140)
Honey Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2162)
Perfect Fit - Dad stamp set (C1542)

Don't forget to enter your Father's Day card at Card-a-Day blog -- we have a monthly giveaway!

Thanks so much for stopping by -- have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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It's a Pajama Party!!

Hello Everyone!

If you haven't already heard, Stacy Julian of Big Pictures Classes is holding a FREE Pajama Party!  That's right, a Pajama Party that will be online.  What's really neat is that the Featured Project is the "Think Happy Thoughts" container using Close to My Heart products!  Woot, woot!!

The Big Picture Online Class is set for May 30th at 6:00 PM PST!  This is a GREAT project and there are so many thing you can use it for.

Here is a list of the supplies you will need to make this project:  

• My Acrylix® Frame Flair (D1546)
  
• My Acrylix® Happy Thoughts (C1536)
  
• 2" x 3 1/2" My Acrylix® block (Y1009)
  
• 4"x 5" My Acrylix® block (Y1012)
  
• My Acrylix® spritz cleaner (1778)
  
• My Acrylix® stamp scrubber (Z1782)
  
• Cricut® Art Philosophy collection (Z1686)
  
• Whisper Exclusive Inks® pad (Z2172)
  
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks® pad (Z2195)
  
• micro-tip scissors (Z534)
  
• corner rounder (Z578)
  
• paper trimmer
  
• My Creations® kraft container (Z1833)
  
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Crème Brulee cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5754)
  
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Lagoon cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5762)
  
• one sheet of 12" x 12" White Daisy cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, 1385)
  
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Whisper cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5929)
  
• one sheet Pink B&T Duos® paper from Chantilly paper packet (comes with 6 sheets, X7163B)
  
• two yards Grey Wool baker's twine from neutral assortment (comes with ten yards, Z1701)
  
• three butterflies from Color-Ready Trinkets wooden shapes (comes with 57 shapes, Z1844)
  
• three grey Sparkles from Sparkles black & grey assortment (comes with 108, Z1754)
  
• 3-D foam tape

To order any of the products listed above, you can click on the link or go to my website by clicking here.   You can also email me with any questions by clicking here. 

I have also set up an online party where you can click to join in and put in your order.  It's called "Big Picture Pajama Party."

Big Picture Pajama Party Online Party

I would like to offer you a thank you for placing an order for your Pajama Party supplies.  For every $50 you order, not only will you receive the May Stamp of the Month - Pinwheels for only $5 AND the Dream Pop paper pack for $10 - I will send you an individual stamp pad of your choice -- any color.  That's a $5.25 value FOR FREE!

This is going to be SO much fun -- please calendar the Pajama Party date and time and join us!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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May Flowers

Good Morning!

This week at Heart to Heart we are all about flowers!  You've heard the saying "April showers bring May flowers" right?  Well it's May and our theme this week is flowers.  For my project this week, I am showing you a banner I made for some friends for their adoption party.

I wish I had better pictures for you -- the original pictures I took of the banner didn't turn out and the party was just this Saturday, so the first picture was taken there.  You can see a closeup of one of the banners in the second picture - not the best picture but you can see the flower I used in the background beneath the letters.  

I also wanted to show you some of the party favors we created for the party - though there are no flowers on them:

I used a paper pack from Close to My Heart called Claire for the banner.  I also used our Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  For the banner, I cut 2 layers.  The bottom scalloped layer can be found on page 59, D9, < Banner5 > and was cut at 6.9".  The top layer can be found on page 49, C9, < Banner4 > also cut at 6.9".  For the base, I used our My Creations Banner which is currently available, while supplies last, for only $2.75 per packet!  There are 8 chipboard pennants with 7 jump rings in each pack.  I think I may be ordering more of them because I will be making more banners.  Another neat thing you can do with the banners is after the party or event, you can turn the banner into a mini album and add pictures from the event to the other side.  Love that!

There are a number of flowers on the Art Philosophy cartridge that you can use including 3D flowers!  The flowers I used for my banner can be found on page 50, C10, Shift, < Flower8 > cut at 3 1/2".  

There are flowers on pages 28, 29, 39, 50, 54, 57, 66, 68 - 70 (3D flowers) of the Art Philosophy cartridge.


SUPPLIES USED
Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (Z1686)
Claire paper pack (X7166B)
My Creations Banner (Z1378)
 
I hope you enjoyed my project.  I also hope you JOIN us in our challenge this week.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Can't wait to see what you create for this challenge!

You can interpret our challenges any way you like, but be sure to use CTMH products in your creation, mention H2H in your post, and link directly to your post (not your blog itself -- otherwise it's difficult to find your crafty submission!).  

We have a few simple rules for you to follow to join our challenge:
  
*  Our challenges are open to EVERYONE!  
* To enter, follow the challenge of the week and post your results to your personal blog or other online gallery  
* Be sure to link your project to our challenge blog (click here) using the direct link ( to make it easier to find )  
* In order to enter our challenges, you must use Close to My Heart products but it doesn't have to be 100% CTMH  
* If you use something from another company, please consider including details in your project's description
* You MUST mention H2H Challenges in your blog post (and a link back to us would be appreciated)  
* Please spread the word about our challenge blog by including our badge on your blog
* Most importantly, have fun creating - the Close to My Heart way!     
* NOTE:  Any entries not following the above rules are subject to having their link removed.
 
Can't wait to see what you create for this challenge - have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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Happy Birthday!

Pause Dream Enjoy

Ch# 10:  Happy ____ (Fill in the Blank)

Begins: Monday, May 13

Ends: Sunday, May 26

Winner announced in the WINNERS Page Tab

Prize sponsored by CTMH - Lucy Kelleher
"A Bowwow" Stamp Set
(must have a USA address)

So for this week's challenge, we needed to make a project using the sentiment "Happy _____" where we fill in the blank.  I am always in need of birthday cards so this is what I made:

For my card, I used the May Stamp of the Month - Pinwheel from Close to My Heart.  It coordinates with the Artiste Cricut cartridge so it makes it so easy to cut out the pinwheels!  The pretty pink paper came from our Chantilly paper pack -- love that pink!!  The sentiment "Happy, happy birthday to you ..." came from the Card Chatter - Birthday stamp set.  I had some leftover white brads so I put one in the middle of the pinwheel.

SUPPLIES USED

Artiste Cricut cartridge (Z1790)

Pinwheel - May Stamp of the Month (S1305A)

Chantilly paper (X7163B)

Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2193)

White Daisy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2163)

Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2159)

Card Chatter - Birthday stamp set (D1475)

I hope you enjoyed my birthday card.  What are you "happy" about this week?
  
Don't forget to join in our challenge this week over at Pause Dream Enjoy!  I'm the sponsor this week and I know you will just love the stamp set I'm giving away.

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Lucy

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Pinwheel

 

Welcome to our May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "Pinwheel" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from May 1 - 31, 2013.  You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

 
I was at Staples last week and as I always do, I stopped at the clearance section. They always have such amazing deals there if you take the time to look.  I found a box of 50 envelopes measuring 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" for only $3!  Only 6 cents an envelope -- that's a deal I couldn't pass up!  So for my project I made an oversized card measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" using our May Stamp of the Month and our exclusive Dream Pop paper that is only available until the end of this month:

I just LOVE the colors in this paper pack - they are so vibrant and cheery!  The card measures 5 1/2" x  8 1/2" and fits perfectly in my new envelopes.  What's really neat about the Pinwheel stamp set is that several of the images coordinate with our Artiste Cricut cartridge.  That means I did NOT have to fussy cut (hand cut) my pinwheels.  You can find the images for the Pinwheels on page 50 of the Artiste booklet:  B10, Accent 1, < p > and B10, Shift, Accent 1, < P > cut at 2". Now just so you know, even though I cut the smaller pinwheel image with the Artiste, it really doesn't fit perfectly.  I just decided to use it that way.  I thought it worked well.  

Some of the coordinating colors with Dream Pop are Cotton Candy, Honey, and Sunset so I used those inks to stamp some of the pinwheel images.  I used Cotton Candy for the sentiment as well.

For the sentiment I used an image on page 36 of the Artiste: A6, Accent 3, < 6 > cut at 1 1/2" and 1 3/4".  The border across is one of the zip strip tops of the Dream Pop paper

Now another cool find at Staples were the straws I used.  You heard me, I found straws at Staples for $1 - they were a pack of 25.  How random is that???  I used them for the stems of the pinwheels - I just cut them in half and flattened them on the card.  I adhered them with some of our 3D Foam Tape.

I finished the pinwheels off by adding some Sparkles to the center to give them a little extra bling.

SUPPLIES USED
Artiste Cricut Cartridge (Z1790)
Dream Pop paper pack 
Pinwheel - May Stamp of the Month (S1305A)
Honey Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2162)
Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2193)
Sunset Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2191)
Envelopes (Staples)
Straws (Staples)
3D Foam Tape (Z1151)
Sparkles Clear Assortment (Z1752)

I really ended up loving my card -- it's just so bright and happy - I don't think I'll be sending it to anyone anytime soon :)  I hope you enjoyed my card as well.

Your next stop on our "Pinwheel" hop is Amber of Scrapper's Therapy.

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create  YOU ARE HERE
2. Amber ~ Scrapper's Therapy YOUR NEXT STOP 
3. Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
4. Stephanie ~ Quilted Scrapper 
5. Cat ~ Catscrapbooking

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

Have a wonderfully crafty day!!

Lucy

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