The newest Idea Book from Close To My Heart went live on August 1st - you can click HERE to view it online, or contact me to see how you can get your own free copy! There are some fabulous new products, and I've had a chance to play with a few. I am linking up to Tresa (from Fabulously Artsy) and her New Product Blog Hop - you must check out what everyone else has been creating with their new goodies!
As for me, I created a few cards for my upcoming Open House - everyone who comes will get to make one of the following cards for my free Make & Take. All three of these cards use the Gallery pattern from Wishes, but by changing up the papers and stamps used and rotating the pattern, I get three completely different looks!
I used the new Art Philosophy Collection - CTMH has teamed up with Provo Craft and we now have our own exclusive Cricut cartridge! This collection comes with a cartridge, 3 D-sized stamp sets (valued at $17.95 each), and 3 sets of Dimensional Elements. I technically didn't use the cartridge yet as my machine (that I'm getting for my birthday this month) won't get here until Friday, but I hand cut what the machine would actually cut, just to get the idea.
This was the first card that I made - and it's my favorite. I used the new Typeset papers (LOVE the new labeling strip at the top of each paper - I used the back for the alphabet border strip on this card), new Milepost Shapes, along with some older favorites, a Black Bitty Brad, Colonial White button tied with a bit of Black Waxy Flax, and Kraft Border. I also used one of the images from the Art Philosophy stamp set called Tags.
This was the next card I created - I used the new Believe papers, a fun new Bling Button, and images from the Art Philosophy stamp set called Seasons.
The last card I created uses the new Wonderland papers. I tried to use an image from the Art Philosophy Celebration stamp set, but I don't think the images got cut deep enough and I was having ink issues so I contacted CTMH and I am in the process of sending it in for a replacement. I was carefully able to stamp the sentiment from that stamp set, but the flower came from the Seasons stamp set that I used on the last card. I also used some Clear Sparkles and Spray Pen on this card.
I had fun playing with a few new goodies - I can't wait to get my Cricut and really play with the new cartridge - it looks like fun!
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