Cricut Artiste Gable Box

Today I'm showcasing the gable box from the Artiste Cartridge. Be sure to check back every day this month for more projects from Artiste.

This box is so super easy and quick with the cartridge. No glue required except for the embellishments of course. I used one of the stamp sets and another cut from the collection to make the 'thanks'. I then added some bakers twine and flowers with a glitter button. It's all ready for gift giving to someone special now.

Details:

Cricut Artiste cart pg. 37

Dotty For You paper pack (retired)

Paradise Assortment Twine

Paradise Paper Flowers

Bohemian Assortment button

The new Cricut® Artiste collection takes your creativity over the top! With 700 images, the cartridge features themed projects, interactive cards, awards, and more. From robots and spooks to weddings and Valentines, your cupcake liners, 

invitations, and party favors will coordinate and quickly come together for any celebration! Cutting and assembling the numerous 3-D items is a snap using the project reference chart and separate, step- by-step assembly booklet. 

When you purchase the Cricut® Artiste collection, you’ll get three coordinating exclusive stamp sets and three Dimensional Elements 12"µ 9" sheets that will help your artwork come to life, transforming the ordinary into amazing! 

Contact me today to get the entire collection— with a retail value of nearly $125—for just $99! Or ask me how you can get it 1/2 price!!

Follow along on the Artiste hop to see some great artwork and then join me tomorrow for more.

Gloria Rogers - http://www.scraptabulousstudio.com/ 

Tricia Rathke - http://craftingthedayawayy.blogspot.com/ 

Lalia Harris - http://craftylalia.blogspot.com/ 

Rebecca Kings - heartfeltcreationsbybecca.blogspot.com 

Adeline Brill - www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com 

Jessica Wilson - www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com 

Kathy Johnson - http://kathyscreativecorner.com/ 

Amy Edwards - Paisleysplayhouse.blogsot.com 

Jen Patrick - http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com/ 

Pamela O’Connor - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com 

Melinda Everitt -  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/ 

Michele Eickholt - http://chelescrafts.blogspot.com/ 

Tina Gale Husong - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com/  >>YOU ARE HERE<<

Denise Hobbs -  http://oklahomainker.blogspot.com/ 

August Stamp Of the Month

Only $5 with your $50 purchase

When you place your order this month be sure to pick up the Stamp of the Month Baroque borders for only $5.

CTMH Bouquet of Happiness

Today I have another quick card i put together with May's Close to my Heart stamp  S1205 Friendship Boquet and our fabulous Dotty For You paper pack. 

Only available this month so don't miss out on this gorgeous 8 piece stamp set for only $5 with your $50 purchase 

Here are the images along with the beautiful sayings.

OR our fabulous Dotty for You promotion as well. It's a fabulous pack of 24 papers with coordinating dot pattern on the back of each sheet. It's A MUST HAVE!!

It's only $5 with your $35 purchase during national Scrapbooking month.

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Two great promotions you do not want to miss out on.

Next month is our Stampaganza!! 

So what does that mean for you? That means stock up on all the coordinating paper, inks, and embellishments you need this month cause next month you'll want to get all your stamps at an incredible price!!

Hugz
Tina Gale

CTMH You're Loved & Many Thanks

Hello everyone! Today I have two more cards that I created from the Wishes How To Book. Have  you gotten your copy yet? Don't wait too long. Only limited quantities left.

First up is a 3x3 gift card perfect to give with any gift or just to show your appreciation to someone. I used the Middle Ground sketch found on pg 19 of Wishes for this one. Again all the paper is from the Stella collection. I added some twine from the Paradise Collection and stamped the heart with a stamp from February's SOTM Thoughtful Tidings.

The second card today is made with all the same supplies. Isn't it fabulous  how you can get so many different looks from all the same supplies! I will be adding a wood button on top of the twine but they haven't come in yet. ;o) It will give that nice finishing touch to the card. I used the Long Layers sketch on pg 81 of Wishes for this card.

I love how all of the paper collections tell you what colors will work well with it and having the ink pads to match. By simply choosing a pattern from the How To Book, ink pads to match the color palette from the paper collection you can put together stunning, quick cards with so little effort! Just think how special that person will feel when you give them one of these cards.

If you missed the first two posts explaining how I designed these be sure to back up and read through them.

Details:

CTMH STella paper pack

CTMH Thoughtful Tidings Stamp

CTMH Bakers Twine

CTMH Wishes Idea Book

CTMH Cocoa Ink Pad

CTMH Sunset Ink Pad

CTMH Olive Ink Pad

CTMH Wooden Buttons

CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

Don't forget all the other How To Books available for all your scrapping needs when you're getting your Wishes book. Originals and Reflections are already SOLD OUT so don't miss out on the ones you want. Order today! ;o)

                                                 

Only 2 more days for this months CTMH special to get the Art Philosophy collection or $100 in product FREE. Don't miss out on this incredible DEAL.

JOIN MY TEAM today!

Hugz

Tina

CTMH Thanks a Bunch

This is a quick little card that I've made several of to give to my hostesses as a thank you for booking a gathering with me. It really is a lot prettier in person. It has pearly glitter on it that just doesn't show up in the pic.

 I've been going through my bakers twine here lately. It is so versatile and adds so much to a project. If you're interested in ordering small sampler packs click  on my link at the top of this page and I'd be glad to send you some.

If you've been thinking of joining Close to My Heart NOW is the time. Their consultant kit is a fantastic deal already but the deal just got SWEETER for October. Purchase your consultant kit for $99 and you can choose a free add-on kit valued at over $80. So the total value of your consultant kit is over $460 and you get it all for just $99! I'd love to have you on my team! Contact me and let me help you get started.

The new Consultant Kit:

Choose your free add-on kit from one of the three below. Then if you want it all you can buy one or both of the other kits valued at over $80 for $40 each, adding even more value to your kit.

Again, I'd love to help you on your journey so feel free to contact me and let's chat!

If you'd like to order any CTMH products I'd love to be your consultant if you don't have one already or contact me about having your own online gathering and earn free product. It's easy!. You can shop by clicking on the link at the top left side of the page or by going to My CTMH store.

Have a great day

Hugz

Tina Gale

Fourth of July

Hello everyone! Tina Gale here back with another layout for sweet sassy diva design team. This time our challenge was a Fourth of July stars theme. I usually don't like to make my layouts before I have the pictures but because of how busy I've been lately with my husbands chemo treatments I decided to get a quick page together for photos that I'm hoping to receive of my son doing the fireworks for the kids camp that he and my daughter work at. I know I'm not the only one that gets things thrown at them that can put a halt on their creative time so I decided to share how you can put together a really quick layout that still has a wow factor.

I decided I'd try and walk you through my thought process when I design a layout and hopefully it will help some of you. Like I said before I never scrap before I have photos because it never works out for me. My photos are never the right size or their the wrong direction for my mats. I also get inspired by my photos so that is where I usually begin. Obviously that's not the case this time but I did start with what I know I want my photo to be of. My children work at a kids summer camp and my son works the activities. One of his biggest thrills of the summer is getting to set off the big fireworks for them on the 4th so I immediately thought of the great silhouettes on A Child's Year. This little boy riding the rocket was perfect! It reminded me of my son and the thrill he gets doing the firework show so that was where I started.

Next I went in search of paper. I had several different patriotic looking papers but this star background was perfect for my quick layout. Sometimes it's very difficult working with patterned paper that has a finished layout look to it. It can look very flat and uninteresting as well as scare some people to cover certain elements on the background up. The key  is not to be afraid of it but use it to it's full advantage. This paper with the glittery stars and fireworks at the bottom left corner was a perfect backdrop for my layout. It brought a lot of interest to the layout without doing anything else but to really give it the 'wow' factor you don't want to stop there and with your cricut it's easy to step it up a notch.

The next element is always a great title and you don't want to forget to leave a place to journal. I chose a great title from Graphically Speaking cut with red and gray for an extra punch.

For the journalling I decided to use some white cardstock cut in 1/2" widths at various lengths to jot down some quick thoughts. It adds some great design interest to a quick layout.

The next element are your photo mats. I chose this wonderful red with silver star paper cut at 4x6 for my photos and then tied some red, white, and blue bakers twine around it for added dimension and design.

Then to tie everything together and help pull the design in I cut stars out in various sizes from 3/4" - 1 1/4" from Graphically speaking and scattered them around the layout.

I also used my bakers twine again to tie around a couple of the stars for some extra 'wow'.

Recipe for Stars for the Fourth

Paper - American collection from the $1 spot at Target

Airmail Bakers Twine - available here

Cricut Cuts:

Fourth of July 1 1/2" - Graphically Speaking - p. 43 

Stars 3/4" - 1 1/4" - Graphically Speaking - p. 43

Boy on rocket 3 1/2" - A Child's Year p. 46

I hope you enjoyed my layout and find my tips helpful the next time you want to create a quick layout. Be sure to visit me at my blog for more great projects! 

Hugz

Tina Gale

Bakers Twine

I recently ran a Bakers Twine share on the cricut message boards and I thought I'd share with everyone how I decided to store mine. I also have some left if anyone is interested in buying a good sample of fantastic Bakers Twine.

I wound all of mine on the old fashion clothes pins. I started the thread through the slit and since it's wood it grabs onto the twine well and doesn't unwind.

 I think it looks yummy like this as well. Here's a picture of all of them in my jar. So colorful and pretty on the shelf.

I have seen others put each color into a little jar or the small metal containers you can find in the bridal section of craft stores. This was more compact for me and I love being able to see my supplies.

Here's a picture of all 13 colors that were offered. The two bottom ones Airmail and Navy are Divine Twine. You can see the big difference in the brightness of the twine of it and the other twine. The navy has a lot more white and not as much color. It's not quite as heavy as the other twine. I'm so glad I went with the better quality for the other colors!

Red, Bright Pink, Lt Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Lt Green, Teal, Purple, Black, Brown, Airmail, & Navy

I am sold out of the Navy and only have a little bit of the Airmail left but have the other 11 colors available. It's $15 for 10 yard each of the 11 colors and another $1 for the airmail while it lasts. Feel free to contact me if you would like some.
Hugz
tina gale