Friday, September 27, 2013

My Artbooking Summer Mini Album

 I had a wonderful time creating this Artbooking Summer Mini Album with my niece at the end of the summer.  The mini album is a bit lively but then, so was last summer!  It truly is amazing how TWO little buttons on the Artbooking Cartridge, set to ONE single dial size can create an entire album full of cherished summer memories!
I used the Reel Life stamp set and Tommy Complements Canvas Shapes.

I used the One Way Borders stamp set to add some interest. The sentiments are from the Artbooking Stamp Sets.


This Day and Enjoy the ride are stamped using the It's Your Day double stamp set from a Constant Campaign.

I used the Fast and Furious (cars), Reel Life (EPIC) and also the Later Sk8r WOTG stamp set (footprint and words).

Sunshine stamps are from the Surf's Up WOTG and on the other page the Life is Good is from Its Your Day.


Tropical Paradise stamp set was used to create the fun stamped images on the left page.




These are the TWO keys that I used from the Artbooking Cartridge to create this fun Summer Mini Album!

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Simply Stitch It

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Here are my two versions of the layouts that were featured in Close To My Heart's video, Artboking Made Easy: A+ School Layouts.  I love these smart layouts for first day of school photos!

Here are the two keys that I used from the Artbooking Cartridge to reproduce these two layouts that were featured in the video.


It was unbelievable how easy it was to cut everything and arrange it because everything is cut at the same dial size on the Cricut machine.  All the co-ordinating photo mats, titles and images on two keys are brilliant!  No need to fret to make a beautiful layout, just turn to Close To My Heart's Artbooking!


Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Artbooking Halloween 6"x6" Mini Album

Here are the keys from the Cricut® Artbooking Cartridge that I used to create this delightful 6"x6" Halloween Mini Album. I am having so much fun creating all the mini albums and layouts on this cartridge.  It was so fun and easy that I created it all in afternoon! It is amazing that I only needed two keys, and one size set on the dial setting (6" for everything) for all the pages of the mini album!Love it!  Looking forward to Halloween 2013 to add my photos in and add some sparkles and glitter embellishments.







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Monday, September 23, 2013

Artbooking Made Easy (S01E04): Spooky Halloween Layouts

You Are My Happy cards

September is National Stamping Month and to celebrate Close To My Heart is offering YOU three times the fun with the new stamp set trio. You Are My Happy is only $10 with a qualifying purchase of $50. You'll love all three stamps! One is a whimsical alphabet, the second has lots of light-hearted sentiments, and the third has adorable images that are perfect for a variety of occasions and projects. The full retail value is $47.90. Click YOU ARE MY HAPPY to view all THREE stamp sets!

Card using Poster Tidings and Frosted Paper

I love the subway tile stamps in the September Stamp Of The Month, Poster Tidings. I created this card using the winter poster tiding stamp and the Frosted paper pack. I stamped the snowflake using the Snowflake stamp set (D1480) which I easily cut out with the Cricut® Art Philosophy collection (Z1686). Embellishments used were: Sparkles Clear Assortment on top of little flowered buttons and Slate Polka Dot Washi Tape. The other piece of "washi" tape was made using the Hostess Only Washi Wonder Stamp Set and Crystal Blue ink.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Cards usings Poster Tidings, September 2013 Stamp Of The Month


Poster Tidings Stamp Set  S1309  in Lagoon, Indian Corn Blue, Colonial White and Slate
 



This fun wintery Christmas card uses the September Stamp of the Month Poster Tidings and also the Cricut® Artbooking collection.  The whimsical ornaments are cut using the Photo Mat 1 button on the Cricut® Artbooking cartridge button "Z'" and Silver Glitter paper was placed behind to give it some fun texture and shine.  I added some sparkle to the ornaments themselves with a few Sparkles Clear Assortment.  The stamp was also stamped twice and a portion of words were re-stamped in a different colour to highlight a key word or phrase. 
Poster Tidings Stamp Set  S1309 in Cranberry, Olive, Colonial White and Slate.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Artbooking Made Easy: A+ School Layouts



     
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The Cricut® Artbooking cartridge is my FAVOURITE yet!

Friday, September 6, 2013

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Clearly the Best!

This video was designed for our Australia and New Zealand customers but it is a great video for beginner stampers and introduces how to use the fantastic Close To My Heart My Acrylix stamps. 
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Artbooking Made Easy

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013