Lemonade Stand with BBTB2

Hello everyone.  Get ready to pucker up for this fun Lemonade Stand card!  It is Monday and that means it is Bitten by the Bug 2 day.  This week's challenge is being hosted by my lovely Design Team sister, Stephanie. Stephanie has selected a theme cut for this week - Summer Foods.  I thought this was such a fun idea and I could have gone in so many directions, but I decided that since I love lemonade I would go with a Lemonade Stand card!

I used two cartridges to create this card:  Just Because Cards and Art Philosophy.  I cut the glasses of lemonade with their garnish and straws from Just Because Cards.   I used a Art Philosophy to cut the cute Lemonade tag and the shapes to build my lemonade stand.  

To create the awning, using Cricut Craft Room, I resided a basic shape to make it longer and thinner and cut the shape in two different colors of printed card stock.  I scored both edges of the awning pieces and glued them to my top of the white base card.  I added a strip of scrap card stock behind the middle section of the awning as a stabilizer to keep the awning sections even. 

I cut a rectangle of subtle dotted card stock to be the stand background, attaching it just below the awning.   I welded a scalloped edge to a basic rectangle to create the bottom front of the stand.  I scored below the scallop line to make the table top, then attached the stand front to the dot background.  The lemonades were attached so that they sit on the table top.

Using Art Philosophy I cut the tag and letters for my lemonade price sign.  I purposefully tilted the letters.  I finished the card with a few doodles and the twine bow.

I think Stephanie selected a great cut theme and I hope you decided to join us this week at BBTB2.  Create your NEW summer food project and link to the original post at BBTB2.  Be sure to link back to the site from your blog and tell us which cartridges you used.

Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste Cartridge set includes the Cricut Cartridge with over 500+ images, three sets of stamps that coordinate with the cartridge and three large sheets of chip board shapes. 

CLOSE TO MY HEART

There are three specials this month:

• The June Stamp of the Month
• Make it a Banner Day  SOLD OUT
• Oklahoma Tornado Relief Fund
• Patriot Stamp sets

STAMP OF THE MONTH:

JUNE 2013: A FLOWERING BUNCH (S1306A)

This stamp set coordinates with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

SPEND $50 AND GET THIS STAMP OF THE MONTH SET FOR JUST $5.

Available June 1-30 only

A TRUE THANK YOU - 

OKLAHOMA TORNADO RELIEF CAMPAIGN

Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!

*Offer valid May 23–June 30, 2013. No limit per order.

Patriotic Stamp Sets

Show your support of troops and country with new patriotic stamp sets—available only from June 1 to July 31, 2013! 

When you purchase these exclusive patriotic stamp sets, available at full retail during June and July only, Close To My Heart will donate a portion of the proceeds to either the USO (for US) or the Canadian Hero Fund (for Canada), charitable organizations that support military families. The patriotic stamp sets were made exclusively for this campaign and can only be purchased during June and July 2013. 

The My Acrylix® Courage (B1437) stamp set is $9.95 and is military themed. 

The My Acrylix® Home of the Brave (D1576) stamp set is $17.95 and USA themed while the My Acrylix® Strong and Free (D1575) stamp set is $17.95 and Canada themed. 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY ON-LINE CTMH STORE!

Dr. Seuss Day 2013 Remembered

Hello everyone.  This was supposed to be yesterday's blog post, but it ended up being put off a day.  Thursday evening we had Bethany and her beau John over for dinner.  We made our special chicken recipe - teriyaki marinated chicken breasts grilled outdoors, topped with sauteed mushrooms & onions, bacon, and cheese - along with twice baked potatoes, baby green beans, and home made rolls.  We topped this off with strawberry shortcake!  It was a wonderful mean with delightful company.  It was also John's last meal for 24 hours.  

John had knee surgery today - he tore his ACL.  I was honored to make his last meal before the fast, so I made it a good one!!!  Sadly it knocked us all out!  Too full, too relaxed... and too tired to blog!!!  Ha.  Hence the delay on this post.

The word, as of Friday night, is John's surgery went very well.  He was still numb so my fear is for Saturday when the feeling comes back with a vengeance.  Please think good thoughts for John's recovery.   

So now on to today layout!!!  As you know, Bethany taught second grade this year.  Like the rest of the school her class celebrated Dr. Seuss Day on March 2.  Bethany and the grandmother who was her aide dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2.   They were quite cute for two thrown together costumes!!

I wanted to document Bethany's first Dr. Seuss day as a teacher so I swiped her photos off of facebook and had them printed!! Ha.  Facebook photos might not have the highest quality, but they do give me photos my kids forget to share!
 

I used the Silhouette Cameo and cut the phrase "Oh the places you'll GO".  The first four words were cut in a circle shape and placed inside the O on the word Go.  I also cut the Dr. Seuss quote on page two.  This was a cut available in the Silhouette America store.

I used a font from my computer to cut the "Thing 2 and Thing 1" title.  I also used two Silhouette store file to cut the blue hair for the Things and for the large striped hat on page one.

This layout will not win any awards, but I like that it captures the fun experienced by faculty and students on Seuss day!!

We have company this weekend so I will not be posting again until Monday when we have another fun Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge.  Remember that there is still time to get in on this week's challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Girls Rock Birthday Card

Hey-o everyone!  Today I have a funky, girlie birthday card to share... and a short story.  My friends Bill & Ruth have a darling great niece, Kendall, who they adore.  Kendall's parents dress her in adorable style, including baby rocker and baby semi-goth.  That being said, Ruth requested an appropriate birthday card for cool little Kendall and this is what I came up with!
 

I used Cricut's Rock Princess cartridge to cut the elements for this card.  I layered the elements onto a 5.5 inch square card, matting the front three times!

I finished the card with a pink seam binding ribbon, CTMH sparkle gems, and black doodles.   I used the Close To My Heart Chatter - Birthday stamp on the front and inside of the card.

I delivered the card to Ruth and Bill last night and Ruth seemed very, very happy with her Girls Rock b-day card!!!  I think even Mr. Bill liked the card!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back with a new project tomorrow.

Thanks A Bunch Gift Bag

Hello everyone.  Today I am going to share a quick and fun gift bag project.  I purchased a generic gift bag at a local store and using the Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge and the June Stamp of the Month, A Flowering Bunch, I transformed a plain bag into a personalized gift holder.

I used four Cricut Artiste cuts on this bag - the six petal flower, the six scalloped button, the leaf cut. and the tag.  I used Cricut Craft Room feature - Hide contour - and removed the inner cuts of the scalloped button and I removed the scalloped oval from the inside of the white layer of the two layered tag.

 I cut the six petal flower four times and used three different colors of ink to stamp the flowers.  I then cut the transformed buttons four times, in three different colors of card stock.  I cut the leaf in white card stock.  And finally I cut the tag in pink and the transformed tag in white.

After stamping the flowers I layered the flowers together and added CTMH glitter gems to the center of the flowers. I stamped the leaves and then I stamped the flower stems directly onto the bag.

I glued the flowers and leaves onto the stems.  

I stamped the sentiment, Thanks a Bunch, from the Stamp of the Month set onto the white layer of the tag.  After gluing the two layers of the tags together, I punched two 1/4 inch holes into the side of the bag.  I used light pink seam binding and ran it through the two holes to the front of the bag and on through the tag.  I tied the ends into bows to hold the tag onto the bag.  Any sentiment could have been used on the tag: Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, Get Well, etc.

For details on the Stamp of the Month and other Close To My Heart products, read on below.

Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste Cartridge set includes the Cricut Cartridge with over 500+ images, three sets of stamps that coordinate with the cartridge and three large sheets of chip board shapes.

CLOSE TO MY HEART

There are four specials this month:

• The June Stamp of the Month
• Make it a Banner Day
• Oklahoma Tornado Relief Fund
• Patriot Stamp sets

STAMP OF THE MONTH:

JUNE 2013: A FLOWERING BUNCH (S1306A)

This stamp set coordinates with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

SPEND $50 AND GET THIS STAMP OF THE MONTH SET FOR JUST $5.

Available June 1-30 only

Make It a Banner Day!

Receive a free My Creations^® mini banner in June! Make it a “banner” day by placing a $25 order that includes a qualifying stamp set to receive your free mini banner. The mini banner includes 10 chipboard pennants in 4 different shapes with 9 jump rings for hanging. Use the mini banner as a decoration for your parties and get-togethers this summer for many “banner” days!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–30, 2013.

THIS SET RETAILS FOR $5.95 BUT WITH YOUR $25 ORDER THIS SET IS FREE!

A TRUE THANK YOU - 

OKLAHOMA TORNADO RELIEF CAMPAIGN

Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!

*Offer valid May 23–June 30, 2013. No limit per order.

Patriotic Stamp Sets

Show your support of troops and country with new patriotic stamp sets—available only from June 1 to July 31, 2013! 

When you purchase these exclusive patriotic stamp sets, available at full retail during June and July only, Close To My Heart will donate a portion of the proceeds to either the USO (for US) or the Canadian Hero Fund (for Canada), charitable organizations that support military families. The patriotic stamp sets were made exclusively for this campaign and can only be purchased during June and July 2013. 

The My Acrylix® Courage (B1437) stamp set is $9.95 and is military themed. 

The My Acrylix® Home of the Brave (D1576) stamp set is $17.95 and USA themed while the My Acrylix® Strong and Free (D1575) stamp set is $17.95 and Canada themed. 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY ON-LINE CTMH STORE!

From the Kitchen Dinner Invitation

Hello everyone, happy Monday.  Today is Bitten by the Bug 2 post day and I have a  lovely dinner invitation card to share.  My talented and long time design team sister, Shelly, selected the theme for this week's BBTB2 Cricut Challenge.  Shelly challenged the design team to create a project "from the kitchen".  I decided to make a dinner invitation.

I used two Cricut cartridges to create this card:  From My Kitchen and Art Philosophy.  I cut the base card, matting and the sentiment tag with Art Philosophy.  I cut the lovely layered place setting using From My Kitchen.

I have always liked this place setting, but anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I like dishes in general!  So why not paper dishes?  I used subtle blue and teal hues to create the place setting, topping the silverware cuts with silver metallic paper.  The center of the dinner plate is covered with a vellum circle with a wonderful sentiment - "Friends are part of the family we get to choose!"  I do love some of my friends like family!

I added two tiny pops of ribbon for texture - one on the fork and the other on the edge of the plate.  Thanks MFK - my friend Kathy - for coming through with ribbon for my card!

I finished the card with a double layer tag stamped with a generic "You're  Invited" stamp from my stash.  I used black memento ink for the stamp.

Be sure to go by the Bitten By the Bug 2 blog and check out the other "from my Kitchen" projects the design team created.  And remember we truly enjoy it when you play along with us on the weekly challenge.  Just create a new project using a Cricut cut with the kitchen theme, post it on your blog and link to the original post at BBTB2.  One talented crafter will win the BBTB2 Project of the Week button to display on their blog!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I will be back with new projects to share this week.  Happy crafting!!!

CLOSE TO MY HEART

There are four specials this month:

• The June Stamp of the Month
• Make it a Banner Day
• Oklahoma Tornado Relief Fund
• Patriot Stamp sets

STAMP OF THE MONTH:

JUNE 2013: A FLOWERING BUNCH (S1306A)

This stamp set coordinates with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

SPEND $50 AND GET THIS STAMP OF THE MONTH SET FOR JUST $5.

Available June 1-30 only

Make It a Banner Day!

Receive a free My Creations^® mini banner in June! Make it a “banner” day by placing a $25 order that includes a qualifying stamp set to receive your free mini banner. The mini banner includes 10 chipboard pennants in 4 different shapes with 9 jump rings for hanging. Use the mini banner as a decoration for your parties and get-togethers this summer for many “banner” days!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–30, 2013.

THIS SET RETAILS FOR $5.95 BUT WITH YOUR $25 ORDER THIS SET IS FREE!

A TRUE THANK YOU - 

OKLAHOMA TORNADO RELIEF CAMPAIGN

Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!

*Offer valid May 23–June 30, 2013. No limit per order.

Patriotic Stamp Sets

Show your support of troops and country with new patriotic stamp sets—available only from June 1 to July 31, 2013! 

When you purchase these exclusive patriotic stamp sets, available at full retail during June and July only, Close To My Heart will donate a portion of the proceeds to either the USO (for US) or the Canadian Hero Fund (for Canada), charitable organizations that support military families. The patriotic stamp sets were made exclusively for this campaign and can only be purchased during June and July 2013. 

The My Acrylix® Courage (B1437) stamp set is $9.95 and is military themed. 

The My Acrylix® Home of the Brave (D1576) stamp set is $17.95 and USA themed while the My Acrylix® Strong and Free (D1575) stamp set is $17.95 and Canada themed. 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY ON-LINE CTMH STORE!

Pages and Pages and Pages....

Hello everyone - just a quick post today to share my Wednesday with you.  I had plans to go to lunch with a girlfriend.  When she called early morning and cancelled, I decided to attack the mountain of "unbooked pages" piled on my dining room table.  Seriously, I had 4-5 years of unbooked pages!  Embarrassing but true.

I sorted the pages into four piles:  Aaron's pages, Bethany's pages, Ian's pages, Doug&Susan pages.   I then went through each pile and put the pages in as close to chronological order as possible.  Fortunately I do tend to write the dates on the pages!

To give you some idea of how far back Aaron's pages went, I found pages from his first year as a teacher, 2008-2009 school year.  I also ran across the pages where Crissie first started appearing in his photos. I had to laugh at one set of pages.  Aaron and Crissie had gone to Atlanta to visit one of Aaron's former college roommates.  The journaling read:  "Aaron & _________ at the Georgia Aquarium as part of Aaron's weekend trip to visit Logan!"  Clearly I had not yet met Crissie as her name was not filled in!! LOL.

The pile above shows the books I filled yesterday. Only two of those book already had pages in them.  The rest were new!

I still have 2-3 books worth of pages to go - mine and Doug's pages.  I did put our trips into their own books.  And I started a scrapping adventures album.  But all the rest of the pile below are pages from family events, get togethers, or fun times.  I just need a few more Close To My Heart album pages and I will be all caught up!!!

I thought you might enjoy this peek into my organization.  Can you believe I had all of those pages stacked awaiting albums?  So glad I finally hit a couple of 50% album sales!

Thanks for stopping by today.