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

Cricut Blogiversary Challenge 2

I finished up my second challenge for the Cricut Circle Blogiversary. I'm proud to say I've been a member since the beginning. There is so much great inspiration each day on the blog and the circle magazine is awesome!

This challenge took way too long. I just couldn't seem to get what I wanted. I finally just finished it up and called it quits. LOL

I decided to use the new Sophie cart since I hadn't even opened it yet. I know I'm baad but there's been so much going on in our lives I just hadn't given it a  look. Plus I've been having too much fun with my Art Philosophy cart which I used on this too.

Details:
Sophie - pg. 26Birdcage 3"
Sophie - pg. 38 Rose Card 4 1/4"
Sophie - pg. 38 Rose 1 1/2"
Art Philosophy - pg. 50 Swirls 1 1/4"
pearl bling

ribbon
Glimmer Mist - Pearl

Hugz
Tina Gale

Cricut Circle BLOGiversary Challenge

The Cricut Circle blog is celebrating it's blogiversary with some great challenges and prizes. I've challenged myself to try and do as many as I can get done this week. Wish me luck.

The first challenge I completed is  the Imagine challenge. I love my Imagine but don't use it near enough. The challenge was to create your background and at least one cut with all the layers. I was looking at a card I just created with the Imagine and wandered why I didn't create the background as well as my cuts. Duh!

 So here is all my printing and cutting from the Imagine. They all come from the Imagine More Cards cartridge. I used my George cartridge to create a 4  X 5 1/4 rectangle and filled it with this beautiful grungy blue paper. Then I created a strip 1 x 5 of the pink polka dot paper. It perfectly matches the colors in my bird house cut.

 The birdhouse I seperated into 4 layers and and then pop dotted the layers to create great dimension.

I used crinkle ribbon to finish it all off.

 Here's the completed card. I really liked the first card i made but this one is even cuter I think. I love the Imagine papers and how it all ties it together. I really need to use my Imagine more.

Don't forget about the great CTMH special this month. If you've been thinking of becoming a consultant now is the time. You will receive over $460 worth of product for just $99!  Check out the full details here. 

And if you just want to buy some products click my shop now button at the top left of the page. There are some great deals in the While Supplies Last section.

And when you buy $50 this month you'll get this great Stamp of the Month, Holiday Magic for only $5.

Hugz
tina gale

Sophmore Year

Today the sweetsassydiva Design Team was asked to create a project with the new Close to my Heart Art Philosophy cricut cart. I have been having a blast with this new cart and the stamps that go with it. In my opinion it is the best cart PC has ever done and CTMH has just made it better with the stamps that go with it. Be sure to check out my blog for more great projects made with this cart.

Now on to my project for today. This is a quick layout I did with the Typest Workshop on the Go from CTMH and the Art Philosophy bundle.

This is my son's sophmore pic and class picture from several years ago. This paper pack and stamp set is perfect for school pics and many more subjects.
Here's the left side of the layout.

The banner is cut from the AP cart and then stamped with the Vintage Type stamp set. I added ome black embroidery thread bows to finish it off.

The red star is from the Typeset Complements. They're fabulous printed canvas stickers. I'm so in love! The yellow star is stamped from the Love Life stamp set.

The Grade A is another canvas sticker from the Complements package. The title was stamped and hand cut from the Alphabet stamp set.

CTMH also has the fabulous Milepost shapes that are corugated cardboard cut to shapes that you can find on the AP cart as well if you want to layer them. You get a large bag of 48 shapes. Here I just inked them and layered more stamped stars and washers from the Vintage Type stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed my layout today and come visit me at my blog for more great projects. If you'd like to order the Cricut Art Philosophy bundle go here to my CTMH website or if you'd like to learn how you can get it for 50% off please contact me.

Also if you're interested in signing up as a consultant be sure to check out all the details about Octobers deal for new consultants on my Oct 1st post!.

Hugz

Tina Gale

A Knight to Remember

I have a layout today that I used the new Cricut Art Philosophy again. I absolutely love this cart. It is so versatile! I can't wait for you to see what just one cut can do to make a complete layout. This is my beautiful daughter that just turned 17. My  where have the years gone?

I cut the background top note at 10 1/4" and the blue one at 10 3/4" to create a border. I cut it again at 3" to create the journaling block. Can you believe 3 cuts of the same shape made this complete layout?!

 The picture just do not do this layout justice. The bling is so sparkly and pretty. The paper is a glitter paper from DCWV Linen pack. The flower is made with some blue silk cut in circle shapes and then heating the edges to cause them to curl up. Layer them up and you have a gorgeous flower. A couple of feathers and a hat pin to finish it off. I used a bling buckle and crystal swirls from Hobby Lobby. The ribbon is some from a swap so I'm not sure the brand.

I hope you enjoy my layout today as much as I enjoyed creating it. I think it turned out as beautiful as my lovely daughter and her knight in shining armor.
I'm submitting this to the My Craft Spot Design Team. Be sure to check out the blog for great challenges, terrific stamps, and gorgeous crinkle ribbon!
I'm also submitting it to
Cooking with Cricut Anything Goes Challenge
Ribbon Carousel Anything Goes with Ribbon challenge
Hugz
Tina Gale

Tweet Tweet Card

Happy National Card Making Day!!

I don't play with my Imagine near enough. It is always so much fun to print and cut. I used the Imagine More Cards cart to print and cut this cute little image then pop dotted it for added layers. I've been wanting to use some pleated ribbon on a project so I decided this would be the perfect time. I think it turned out rather well. LOL

Details:
Imagine More Cards cart
DCWV paper
Martha Stewart Border punch

Hope you enjoy my quick post and card today.
I'm entering it in the Cricut Blog National Card Making Day contest.
Hugz
Tina Gale

Dude, I have a Crush on you!

Hello everyone! Today I have a special guest, actually two guests that are helping me with todays post. Our challenge this week at sweetsassydiva was to use Disney Pixar. Well I can tell you doing Disney is not a challenge for me. My family are huge disney fanatics which brings me to my guest designer today. I've been so busy here lately and when my son came home from college last weekend with a friend he was showing him around my studio when I mentioned our next project. He grabbed my cart and started shooting all kinds of ideas at me. I jokingly asked him why he didn't just do the project for me and help me catch up. The next thing I knew he was picking papers and working on Crush here. Isn't he the cutest!?

He's a master at the chalking die cuts to make them pop don't you think?

This is his friend Bradon learning all he'll ever need to know about the cricut and scrapbooking from my son. LOL It was so much fun watching his project come to life.

I hope you enjoyed Joseph, my guest designer, today and his card. I definitely have a crush on him and his card.

To Joseph, I love you more than words could ever say. Thank you for all the joy you bring to my life and always willing to jump in and help me out when I need it.

Hugz

Tina Gale

Fall Pillow Box

Happy Fall Yall! Today I have a fall gift box to show you. Fall is definitely in the air here. We've had some really nice crisp, cool days. Of course summer is not over yet because warm weather is supposed to return this week. I made some pillow boxes for a CTMH gathering I held last week and they turned out soo cute I decided to do a fall one. These are the perfect size for a small gift or some candy corn and peanuts to fit inside. Yum, my favorite fall treat!

Details:
pillow box - Wrap it Up cartridge 6", inked with chestnut roan chalk ink
I used my gypsy and the hide contour button to hide the detail cut out of the center of the box so I could have a plain box.
pumpkin - Thanksgiving cart 2",added some stickles for some bling
leaves - Thanksgiving cart 2", cut from ivory CS and then I inked with green, orange, and yellow chalk inks.
scroll - Accent Essentials cart 2", cut from chipboard and inked green

I hope you enjoyed my little gift box today and make some yourself to give as gifts. Be sure to check back all week for more fall items from the design team at sweetsassydiva.
Hugz
Tina Gale

Flower Shoppe Bouquet

Hello again! Today I have a fabulous bouquet of flowers to share with you that would make a perfect gift for anyone but especially that special grandparent for grandparents day.

 I just got the new project cartridge Flower Shoppe from Joann's for the great sale price of $19 plus I get to use my teachers 15% off discount on top of that. I love bargains!! I couldn't wait to use it and since this week our challenge at sweetsassydiva was to create something for grandparents day I decided a bouquet would be a great chance to play with lots of flowers.

 I ended up cutting lots of different flowers and then just building my own instead of the way they show in the handbook. That is the great thing about this cart you can mix and match them all for countless varieties of flowers.

 After building my flowers I poked two holes through the center and ran wire through them for stems. You could add buttons or bling to the centers as well.

 A little crinkled paper makes a great filler. This actually came with my cricut circle cart when it was shipped. Recycle all that packaging instead of throwing it out.

Details:

Flower Shoppe Cartridge: 

Cut at 2 1/2", 

Basic 1

Daisy 1

Cut at 3 1/2"

Daisy 4

Basic 4

Heart 4

Fun 4

I'm entering this in the following challenges
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 29 - Celebrate Grandparents
Be sure to check out CtO. They have some fabulous projects and challenges going on over there.

My Crafty Spot Challenge24 - Friends are the Best
Well grandparents are really the best friends but my bouquet would make a perfect gift for any friend. ;o)

Critter Challenge Blog - Anything but a card
This bouquet is definitely not a card. LOL

And thanks to Rhonda  I'm entering it in the Decorate to Celebrate Challenge
Be sure to check them out and join the challenge too.

Also entering it in the Basic Grey Challenge - Celebrate I used the Lemonade pack of paper from BG.

I hope you enjoyed my bouquet today and come to visit me at my blog for more great projects!
Hugz
Tina Gale

Frontier City

Hello all, I'm back with another layout for sweetsassydiva design team. This week is all about travel and vacation. Well as some of you know if you follow my blog my summer has consisted of chemo treatments for my hubby and no vacation so I went a few years back, ok I went several years back and scrapped some pics of a trip to Frontier City. It's a small amusement park but it was perfect for our little ones at the time.

 I've got lots of pics to show you all the details and cuts. Wow; did I do a lot of cuts for these two layouts!

 I used some twine from my stash to make a lasso to hang from a dew drop. I love the way it turned out.

 I used a wanted sign to do my journalling block and then used brads to mimic the nails you would see in one.

 Again I couldn't resist adding some rope for her lasso. It added some great dimension and detail to the layout.

And now for all the details for the carts, cuts, and supplies I used.

Old West:
Frontier City - font  1 1/2"
General Store - p. 41  Fit to page
Wanted poster - p.44  4"
Spur - pg 55  1 1/4"
Wagon wheel - pg. 63   2 3/4"
Branding iron - pg. 66   3"
Barb wire Frame - pg. 70  5 1/2"
Windmill - pg 76   7"  ( I wish I'd cut it fit to page as well)

Yee-Haw -
Cowgirl 2    4"
Fence  5"  (cut away the cactus and skull)
Skull  5"
Stars  3"

I hope you enjoyed my layout today and check out more great projects while you're here.
Hugz
Tina Gale