An Artiste Floral Wreath

One aspect that was very popular last year with Close To My Heart’s Art Philosophy cartridge was the beautiful 3-D flowers you could make.  Our *NEW* Artiste cartridge is no exception…it has several new beautiful flowers. Here is a floral wreath I created for teaching at Convention this summer.  It uses papers from our *NEW* … Read more An Artiste Floral Wreath

Cricut Artiste: One Size Fits All

Discover how to create multiple-piece projects using the Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste cartridge.  You no longer have to size each individual piece (which I absolutely LOVE!)–the Cricut machine cuts the pieces to fit one assembled size of your choice!  This is perfect for not only all the 3-D projects contained on this cartridge but also … Read more Cricut Artiste: One Size Fits All

Love Artiste Card

Yesterday, I shared a swap card I had made.  Today’s share is my 2nd swap card I made. This card uses one of our Close To My Heart stamp sets (love these stamp sets!!) called Love.  I used our *NEW* Cricut Artiste to cut out the heart images and paired it with our *NEW* Pear … Read more Love Artiste Card

Baroque Artiste Purse

A quick and easy 3-D purse using CTMH’s *NEW* Artiste cartridge along with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Baroque Borders. Features our *NEW* Slate & Ruby colors as well as our *NEW* Pearl Badge Buttons featured in our Wrangler Assortment (they make a great purse button don’t you think?) and *NEW* Hook & Loop Dots … Read more Baroque Artiste Purse

Space Party Using Moonlight Papers & Cricut Artiste

Part of what CTMH wanted me to accomplish while teaching at Convention this year was to show other uses for our *NEW* Halloween-themed paper Moonlight.  One of the things I chose to do was create a Space Birthday Party which focused on the greens and purples of the paper packet.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t lucky enough … Read more Space Party Using Moonlight Papers & Cricut Artiste

Create a Space Party with CTMH’s Cricut Artiste

Create a space-themed party for all the little astronauts in your life.  It’s simple using Close To My Heart’s Cricut Artiste Collection and the My Acrylix Outta This World Stamp Set! Be sure to stop back tomorrow because I’ll be sharing my spin on using the “Birthday Boy” key found on the *NEW* Artiste cartridge.

Cricut Artiste Strawberry Treat Holder

Here’s a fun (and easy!) treat holder you can craft with CTMH’s Cricut Artiste cartridge.  It’s a Strawberry Treat Holder, complete with a stem! This was the Make-n-Take project we made this weekend at my Customer Appreciation Celebration.  Everyone LOVED it’s simplicity and it’s cute factor…and why wouldn’t you!? One of the awesome features of this … Read more Cricut Artiste Strawberry Treat Holder

Vinyl Chalkboard Sheets Perfect for a Chore Chart

When I received my box of “top secret” *NEW* Autumn/Winter CTMH products to teach with at Convention this year, I  was -of course- over the moon with the *NEW* Cricut Artiste cartridge.  But there were also many other great finds, too.  One of them being the *NEW* 12″ x 12″ Chalkboard Sheet. I had been … Read more Vinyl Chalkboard Sheets Perfect for a Chore Chart

Cricut Artiste Card: You Make Me Smile

Here is another card sample from my class I taught at Convention.  This card uses the colors from the upcoming Moonlight collection without utilizing any of the patterns found in the paper pack.  It’s been designed using mainly the “1” key (for the doilies and the border trim piece) and the “b” key for the … Read more Cricut Artiste Card: You Make Me Smile

Introducing…Moonlight

Moonlight will be CTMH’s Paper Packet that has a Halloween feel to it in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book debuting next month.  (If you want a copy, you can EMAIL ME with your contact info.) My mission for my Extravaganza class was to take a paper packet that most will see as Halloween and show the … Read more Introducing…Moonlight