I got to play today when I went into work :)

Love Create a Critter 2

I WILL NEVER FORGET!!

When I think of Back to School.............

I think of fall! The air gets crisper, I can hear the trains in the distance and the leaves start to turn so many amazing colors. 

I am so excited today is my day to design on the Cricut Fanatics Blog 

Each month we will have a Theme of the Month that our designers may follow. Our theme forSeptember is End of Summer...projects can run the gamet from Back to School, Vacations or  Things We Loved About Summer.
 Here is my project for this months theme.........I made fall note cards and gave a set the elementary school teacher my dd has this year.

1 made a set of 4 just like this. The note card is cut 4x8 out of kraft cardstock then folded in half to make a 4x4 note card. 

I cut the patterned card topper at 3 3/4 x 2 3/4

I cut the polka dot paper 3 3/4 x 2 and overlapped them a bit then added brown grossgrain ribbon to hide the seam

The Stamp is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. 

I cut the bird from the Cricut 3 Birds on Parade cartridge at 3 inches as well as all of his layers, using various colors of Bazzill cardstock. There are so many cute birds on this cartridge it was hard to decide.

I then cut out square envelopes at 4 1/4 inches from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge page 29

I cut it a bit bigger to allow for my bird being on pop dots.  

These were quick and fun to make, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Great video about the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge

If you are on the fence about this cartridge watch the video. I love the party set she made with it. So many possibilities. Remember it is National Stamping Month and for a $35 purchase you can get the NSM stamp set for $5. See my left side bar for more info or email me I am happy to help!

Back to School & October Class Schedule

Haunted House Class

Wow this has been a busy week with the kids starting back to school and me starting back to work after having the whole summer off.  I feel like I am behind already. I have some pretty cool projects for October that I will be sharing with you.

October 6, 2012    1-5 pm              Cricut Class "Haunted House"
October 20, 2012  10-1pm             Cricut Class "Star Wreath & Flower Soft Ornaments"
October 20, 2012  2:30-5:30 pm    Cricut Class " Halloween Favors"
October 27, 2012  10-1pm             Cricut Class "3d Ornamnets"
October 27, 2012   2:30-5:30 pm   Cricut Class "More cards with Movement" w/ Artsite

As always the projects posted in the back of the store. I will see you all very soon!

More Cards with Movement w/Artiste

CTMH Artiste Holiday Wall Art

So we got these metal stars in at the store last week and I felt the need to decorate it with paper. The cardstock is from Basic Grey's "Jovial" collection.  After looking at it over the last week this was how I decided to decorate it. I used my Cricut CTMH Artiste to make the pointsetias and of course added some bling. I love the way it turned out. Take a look at the shape index for this cartridge WOW!! there is alot on there! http://www.closetomyheart.com/~/media/B75F78F3260243BFAB6F32EA4037F50C.ashx 

September class schedule

Hi everyone I hope you are all having a great summer. It has been too long since class and I can not wait to get back to teaching Saturday. We kick off August classes this weekend with stamping, coloring & Cricuting. August & September classes are listed below.


It's not to late to sign up. See you there!


We also got in the store some of the Tim Holtz Distress Markers and I have been playing around with those too. Look for an add on class about them coming soon!!

August 4, 2012   10-1 Cricut "Card Making & Stamping w/CTMH Art Philospohy 

August 4, 2012   2:30-5:00  Coloring "Skin Tones & Hair" w/Alcohol Ink Markers

August 11, 2012  10-1 Cricut "Iris Folding Baby Cards"

August 18, 2012  10-1 Cricut "Family Shadowbox Layout"

August 18, 2012  2:30-5:30 Cricut "Pop Up Explosion Box"

September 1, 2012   10-1    Coloring Stamped Images w/Alcohol Ink Markers "Exploring Light Source"

September 15, 2012  9:30-1:30   Papercrafting & Cricut "Paper Bag Mini Album"

September 15, 2012  2:30-5:30 Cricut "Lantern Luminaries"

September 22, 2012  10-1 Cricut "Gypsy" Trifold & shape cards

The new Cricut Artiste Cartridge from CTMH is available to order now, but if you wait until August 15th to order there is a special promo to take advantage of. See my side bar or email me for details

OMG!! Starting August 1st Cricut & CTMH again!

I just saw the handbook for the new CTMH & Cricut Cartridge called "Artiste" This cartridge is amazing!! CTMH also has come out with 15 stamp sets to go with this one and 10 more stamp sets to go with the "Art Philosophy" cartridge. This cartridge set comes with 2 handbooks (1 for assembly of your cuts),3 coordinating stamp sets & 3 sets of chipboard. If you would like to order feel free to email me or order directly off the link to the left. Check out the handbook  http://www.cricut.com/res/handbooks/artiste_handbook_web.pdf and the link to the Artiste shape index. http://www.closetomyheart.com/~/media/B75F78F3260243BFAB6F32EA4037F50C.ashx  WOW!! there is alot on there!

"Pop Up Explosion Gift Box" August 18th class

See I told you I went out of the box. Sign up at the store for classes. See you soon!

August Class Schedule & Projects Posted

August class schedule. I will get pictures posted this afternoon. I really am going out of the "box" on some of these this month. Enjoy!

August 4, 2012   10-1 Cricut "Card Making & Stamping w/CTMH Art Philospohy 

August 4, 2012   2:30-5:00  Coloring "Skin Tones & Hair" w/Alcohol Ink Markers

August 11, 2012  10-1 Cricut "Iris Folding Baby Cards"

August 18, 2012  10-1 Cricut "Family Shadowbox Layout"

August 18, 2012  2:30-5:30 Cricut "Pop Up Explosion Box"

July Schedule

July 7, 2012  10-1 Cricut class "Summer Vacation Layout"
 July 7, 2012  2:30-5:30   Cricut Class "10 Things Pennant Mini Album"
 July 14, 2012  10-1  Cricut class " Summer Memories Etched Candle Jar"
 July 14, 2012 2:30-4:30 Soy Candle making (Mary will teach us how to make votives for our etched candle jars)
 July 21, 2012 10-1  Cricut Class " Card Making with Wild Cards 2"