Meeko 15th Birthday card

Hello friends! As many of you know our family is huge Disney fans and we just returned from visiting our son who is interning there so I decided with all the Disney projects I'll be creating I'd take a day to feature them each week on my blog. So welcome to Magical Mondays with Me! LOL


I know usually Mondays are anything but magical for many since it usually means returning to the work week but hopefully this will brighten your Monday up a bit especially if you're a disney fan like we are.  First up is Meeko.



I actually made this  a while back but I don't think I ever shared it so I thought I would today. It's a quick simple easle card that is so popular now days. There are a lot of tutorials out there in how to make them so I won't bore you with any of the details. I'll be happy to answer any questions though if you have them.

I love this card. I made it for my daughter's 15th birthday. She loves Meeko so I thought this was fun. Meeko was cut from the Happily Ever After cart and if you remember my post last week about hand paper piecing you'll understand how I can say this was a quick card. Haha



Here's a pic of us and Meeko on our recent trip to WDW. Aren't they cute?!

Details:
Cricut Happily Ever After
K&Co paper pack
chalk

I'd love to hear about your magical moments so be sure to share them with me.

Hugz
Tina Gale

Disney Sorcerer Mickey Autograph Book

We recently returned from visiting our son at Walt Disney World and I was shocked to find out he was expecting an autograph book. I have always made them an autograph book but really didn't think it meant much to either of my kids. LOL That will teach me to think.

My son loves Sorcerer Mickey so I went online and googled for some images. Now it's been a long time since I did a hand paper piecing so I totally forgot how much work goes into one. It reminded me why I have invested so much into my cricut and cartridges. Of course by the time I finished I remembered all the little tricks to paper piecing. Unfortunately it was after I had done it the hard way.

I'll be mailing this off this week along with some Easter goodies. I sure hope he likes it. Here's a pic of him working at WDW that we took while we were there.

I'm so proud of him and all that he's accomplished. Disney has been a dream of his for a long time and it's wonderful to see the beginning of that dream coming true.

Hugz
Tina

CTMH Stella Layout

This week it's  all about Spring Blooms at sweetsassydiva so I decided to do a layout with the new CTMH Stella papers, stamps, and canvas shapes. It was super quick to pull together using the CTMH Art Philosophy cart and canvas shapes. Let me show you how!

The large scalloped circle was cut with the Art Philosophy cart and then cut a couple inches off one side. If you're creating a two page layout use this piece on the 2nd page to tie them together.

I created the large flower by stamping the full image on colonial white then I stamped the petals using a variety of ink colors. All of the colors are listed below in the details. Just create a good variety and mix them all up for interest. I cut the petals out and then adhered them to the colonial white flower. You can curl them or pop dot them up for even more dimension. The small flower was created with a couple of petals then adding a button.

Add the green swirl canvas shapes around your pics and then add the flowers. Adding a couple of buttons adds interest and dimension to your layout. Of course I inked everything with cocoa ink. It's just not finished until I ink it. ;o)

Details:
Cricut Expression
CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge
CTMH Stella paper
CTMH Stella Canvas 
CTMH Just For You Stamp set
CTMH Lagoon Ink
CTMH Sunset Ink
CTMH Cocoa Ink
CTMH Olive Ink




I hope you enjoyed my layout today. If you don't have a CTMH consultant I'd love to help you out with that as well.

Only 14 more days to get in on the FREE Art Philosophy collection or a $100 shopping spree with CTMH! Don't miss out. Join my Team this month for all of this and MORE!! check out my previous posts for all the details.

Hugz
Tina Gale

What's Shakin?!

Last weekend when I was scrapping with my friends one of them had a card she'd made that I just loved so I had to totally scraplift it!! I hope you like it too.

She used the cart From My Kitchen and while I have that cart I decided to play with my Imagine and use Kate's Kitchen. I printed and cut the background papers as well as the salt and pepper shaker. I pop dotted the layers and used an old alphabet stamp to create the sentiment. I don't use my Imagine often enough but everytime I do I wonder why I don't use it more. It's so much fun!! Stay tuned for more cards made with it.

I found a great blog, Exploring Cricut, last week and decided to play along with their challenge, Food Frenzy this week. Be sure to check this blog out and play along too.

Details:
Cricut Imagine
Imagine Kate's Kitchen
Alphabet stamp

Hugz

CTMH ANything is Possible Retake

I hope your week is off to a great start. I spent Sunday scrapping with friends and had a wonderful time. Everyone should have great friends to spend a relaxing day with just laughing and having fun. I worked on some cards I'm going to swap at this years CTMH convention. Does it look familiar?

I have a goal of making at least 50 and I got a really good start on them. I decided to make more of the card I shared last week since it was fairly quick but I thought it was so pretty. I don't have enough Stella paper so I used Roxie instead. I think it's great how different a card can look just by switching up the papers.

Here's a pic of the two together.

Supplies:

Cricut Expression

CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge

CTMH Roxie Paper

CTMH March SOTM Potential

CTMH Tulip Ink Pad

CTMH Cocoa Ink Pad

CTMH Clear Sparkles

March Stamp of the Month

Potential

Available March 1–31, 2012 only.

With a $50 purchase, get your D-size Stamp of the Month set for just $5.00! 

Or Add the stamp set to your cart at full retail price of $17.95 or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price.

If you need any supplies from CTMH I'd love to help you. Just click the cart below to start shopping or if you'd like to get it at a discount check out my previous post about our great promotion this month if you Join My Team. 

You can get the ARt Philosophy cart FREE or if you already have it you can choose $100 in product. Check it Out!!

Hugz
tina gale

Anything is Possible CTMH Art Philosophy

Today is a card I created using the new CTMH Stella paper, CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge, and the CTMH March stamp of the Month.


I cut the top note, scalloped circle and circle all from the Art Philosophy cartridge. The cartridge makes it so quick and easy to make impressive cards by matching up the shapes to CTMH stamps. It doesn't get any easier!!

Here is the sketch I followed. I love mojo sketches! If you haven't used them you should definitely check them out.

Supplies:

Cricut Expression

CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge

CTMH Stella Paper

CTMH March SOTM Potential

CTMH Cocoa Ink Pad

CTMH Lagoon Ink Pad

CTMH Clear Sparkles

March Stamp of the Month

Potential

Available March 1–31, 2012 only.

With a $50 purchase, get your D-size Stamp of the Month set for just $5.00! 

Or Add the stamp set to your cart at full retail price of $17.95 or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price.

If you need any supplies from CTMH I'd love to help you. Just click the cart below to start shopping or if you'd like to get it at a discount check out my previous post about our great promotion this month if you Join My Team. You can get the ARt Philosophy cart FREE or if you already have it you can choose $100 in product. Check it Out!!

Hugz

CTMH Art Philosophy Pillow Box

Today I thought I would share a great little pillow box made from the CTMH Art Philosophy cart. It's super quick to put together for any small or large gift since you can size it as large as you need with your cricut.

All of the images were cut and then stamped using CTMH stamps. How great is that?!

I used the Typeset papers and stamp from the Typeset WOTG.

Inks are  CTMH Desert Sand, Juniper, & Cocoa 

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Embrace the Philosophy of Fun with me

As many of you know I joined Close to my Heart in September of last year. It's been an incredible journey. I really thought I'd only be a hobbyist but it has turned into a business for me. I love sharing scrapbooking with anyone that will give me a minute of their time and I love CTMH products so it's a perfect fit.

Are you like me? Do you enjoy Paper Crafting? Do you love Close To My Heart Products? Would you like to get the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection FREE? Well March is your LUCKY month!!! Whether you'd like to just be a hobbyist and get some great products at a discount for yourself or you're ready to earn some extra money along with a discount for your supplies CTMH has a place for you.

When you Join My Team as a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant in MARCH you will get the fabulous Art Philosophy Cricut Collection for FREE!!! Don't worry if you already have it you can choose $100 in Close To My Heart Products for FREE instead. 

Look at everything you'll be getting for just $99. 

 Over $400 in product for just $99!!  Everyhing you need to get started earning money and creating wonderful paper crafts. 

Your consultant kit. Over $288 retail value!

The Cricut Art Philosophy Collection. A $124.69 retail value!

Here are just a few fabulous projects made with the Art Philosophy cartridge!

Aren't they fabulous?

 Did you know all my team members have the opportunity to get an additional $200 in CTMH products by reaching the "Straight to the Top". Close to my Heart rewards new consultants who achieve these goals with $100 in Select Product Credit so you can get even more FREE products.
 As an added bonus all my new Team members that join in March will get another $100 in CTMH products from ME when they reach Level 1 & Level 2 of the Straight to the Top!!! Just an added bonus for joining my team.

Ready to join with me? But WAIT you have just a few more days so be sure and wait until next Thursday March 1st so you can take advantage of this awesome opportunity.

For more details on becoming a CTMH Independent Consultant and to check out the New Consultant Kit you'd receive, visit my JOIN CTMH page. You can also email me and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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Seasons Greetings

Hello everyone! If you're like me you may just now be scrapping Christmas photos and these happen to be from several years ago. LOL Oh well at least they're done now. Hopefully it will inspire you to get yours done and not wait like me.

I used a free sketch from Scrapbook Generation. I absolutely love Allison's sketches.

Season's Greetings is cut from Celebrate with Flourish a cricut lite cart from Wal-Mart. I was lucky enough to get it with my cricut rewards points by being a circle member.

The tickets are a stamp from unity stamps that I picked up at the last CK convention. I fell in love with them and they were a perfect embellishment for this layout.

I spritzed glimmer mist in opposite corners to break up the white and add some glimmer. I used a MS border punch across the bottom.

Supplies:

paper from Hobby Lobby

MS treading water punch

Unity stamps

Celebrate with Flourish cricut cartridge

Glimmer mist

Hope you enjoyed my quick layout and are inspired to get your Christmas photos out and scrapbook them.

Hugz

Roxie Jewelry

Today on sweetsassydiva we were asked to create something that was not a layout or card but something different. Well jewelry is definitely a big different.  I found this on a fellow consultants blog and just had to try it. It is so easy and cheap but fabulous looking! See if you can guess what it's made with.

The ring and necklace are metal washer! Isn't that fabulous? You should have heard my husband when I asked for some from his stash. He wanted to know what I needed them for and when I told him I was going to make jewelry he kind of gave me that puzzled here she goes again look. LOL

I sponged the edges and back of the washer with black staz on ink. Using liquid glass adhere a small piece of paper to the washer and then let dry. Then I sanded the edges and inside hole with a file. Cover the top with liquid glass and then plop the bling on. Next find a place it can dry for several hours. If you get any bubbles while it's drying just pop them with a straight pin.

For the earrings I just circle punched the paper and glued it in using the same process. For the necklas you'll want to tie your waxy floss or whatever you're using through the hole and glue the jewel afterward the liquid glass has dried.

The ring base and the earrings came from Michaels. Everything else is CTMH.

Supply List:

CTMH Roxie paper

CTMH Liquid Glass

CTMH Bling Assortment

CTMH waxy flax

CTMH sanding kit

CTMH finishing files

Meal washers various sizes

Ring Base

Earring Bases

I hope you like this project as much as I do. I encourage you to try it for yourself. I get so many comments when I wear it.

Hugz