January Joyful Stars Blog hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars blog hop. We are starting out the New Year with a New mini catalog called Expressions. I hope you see all the new products we have to offer.  Brand new are "thin cuts" with matching stamps, 3 new paper packs and many more accessories.

I would like to show you a gift card holder I made using our Cricut cartridges and embossing folder, stamps and black pen.

It doesn't show up very good, but there is a slot to put a gift card or money.  Now hop over to Helen'sblog and see what she has created.  Keep on hopping until you get back to me.  Have a blessed 2016!!!!

Joyce Houck                      Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

 Helen Gullett                        helengullett.com 

 Nancy Brown                     creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

 Krista Hershberger            Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

 Crystal Davis                     craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

 Donna Ackley Long           hintsofhappinesswithdonna.blogspot.com

 Lori Meadows                    craftymeadows.blogspot.com

Stephanie Huber                lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com

 Yvonne Barbosa                      justpaperandbling.blogspot.com  

Marie Flayer                       njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

 Betty Locco                        scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

    

Debi B                                    thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com

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Tea pot

I made this tea pot using the NEW Artistry Cricut cartridge.  The lid was cut off,  watercolored and stamped. I discovered that if you use your alcohol markers, you can watercolor over top and it stays put.  I inked up my embossing folder on one side and ran the front of the tea pot through. That gave it a great look.  The rose was cut from Artiste and the tag and leaves were cut from Art Philosophy. I hinged the lid and glued another tea pot to the back leaving a pocket for the tea bag.  Oh, one last thing.....I watercolored the rose before I rolled it, beautiful results. 

get well spool and scissors

Cricut club cards  

 Sorry this one is blurry, we cut these out at 5" using the Artiste Cricut cartridge

Pg 41 Ac 3 q key cut 2 @ 5"

Pg 41 ac 4 q key cut 1 @ 2" grey

Pg 41 Ac 4 q key cut 1 @ 2" red

There is a scissors in the Artistry cartridge as well.

March Blog hop 2015

      



Welcome to our monthly Joyful Stars blog hop!  You can hop from one blog to the next and enjoy wonderful creations we have to share. So just look for the link or name  at the end of each blog and click on it and you will hop over to the next blog.  Enjoy!!!!






This month I have been working on some stamp of the month cards that I would like to share with you. When I saw this stamp set all I could think of was swing cards.  We have swing cards in Artiste and Artfully Sent.  I used Artiste to make these cards, cut at 5 1/2" 

Artiste
Pg 52 Accent 2 and Accent 2 shift..... cards

.Here is the link from Design Studio https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/25255071  Use this with your Explore machine to cut these cards.  

You can see by the picture above that this is a tiny  card.  The neat part about the Cricut is that you can  make your creations any size. I used the "hi" from this stamp set.  

I hope you enjoy my post and now hop over to my friend Marie's  blog.  


  Joyce  Houck           Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com   You are here!

   Marie Flayer                   njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

   Nancy Brown                 creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

 Lori Meadows                    craftymeadows.blogspot.com

 Andrea Sherman                  girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

 Helen Gullet                      http://helengullett.com

 Nickie Hoffer                      nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

  Stephanie Huber                  lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com                

      
    Jolene Barron                     jolenespapertrail.blogspot.com

   Betty Locco                    scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

   Krista Hershberger         Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com 

   



     

       

      

    

     

        

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, may you experience peace and love.
 We made this turkey at Cricut club.  Inspired by Sheri F.  We used Artiste Cricut cartridge for the cuts. If you want a cartridge for Christmas I have some in stock, so put it on a list with my name and phone or email and I will gift wrap it for your giver.

Circle  5 1/2'
turkey  4"
rosettes  2", 2 @ 1 3/4"  1 @ 1 1/2"
wings  6@ 1 1/4"

November Blog hop

Welcome to our monthly Joyful Stars blog hop. Follow along and hop to see the wonderful artwork my team and friends have created.  There is a list at the bottom of this post, so if you get lost, just come back to me for your next hop.   


 I made this tree inspired by our Holiday gift guide,

The rosettes were cut from the Artiste cricut cartridge on page 50, using the new Sparkle and Shine paper from the Holiday gift guide..  The are several patterns to choose from, I liked the one with the holes in it.  The neat thing about cutting them out with the Cricut is that they are already scored for you.  If you don't have a Cricut (yet) you can make these by just cutting strips and scoring them by hand.
The measurements are as follows:  11 layers
2 1/2"  3 pcs each bottom 2 layers
2 1/2"  2 pcs
2 1/4"  2pcs each x2
2"        2pcs each x2
1 3/4"  2pcs each x2
1 1/2"  2pcs each x2
When making them into a spiral use 1"&-2" circles top and bottom. You can make the rosettes different sizes by squeezing them together tighter or looser.  I used a dowel to hold them all together, so in the circles I punched a hole the same size as the dowel  and stacked them all together.  Leave a space between each layer.  I secured them with a glue gun.  The base was a round piece of styrofoam which I hot glued to the dowel. Top with snowflakes, stars, a Cricut shape with words, etc.and add glitter paper snowflakes all around the tree.

Now hop over to Krista's wonderful creation




Joyce Houck                Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Krista Hershberger      Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

Stephanie Huber          lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com

Nickie Hoffer              nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

Nancy Brown             creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

Cindy Leek                  savingmemorieswithcindy.com                        

Elizabeth Mindemann ejoym.blogspot.com

Betty Locco                scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

Lori Meadows            CraftyMeadows.blogspot.com




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Card class

Here

 are the cards we made at card class.  These cards were inspired from the CTMH blog spot. The neat part about the card above is we used both sides of the stamp, that way you didn't need to  color the flowers in.

June Joyful Stars blog hop winner is Elizabeth, you will receive the Thank you stamp pictured above. Congratulations.  Comment on our next blog hop, July 10th and you could be a winner too.

Cricut club

Here are the projects we made in our last Cricut class.  The Hello card was cut from the Artiste cartridge.  This key has 2 parts, the inside hello and the outside cover that cuts a scallop border.

This is a bag cut from the Artiste Cricut cartridge. It opens in the back, all the shapes were cut from the Artiste except the oval arms.  

This is another example of any easy card to make using the Cricut.
Join this club and learn how to use your Cricut to save you time and make great projects.   

Wedding acessories

Flower girl basket

My daughter got  married and we had 3 weeks to put the wedding together, here are some of the things I made. 

Ring bearer pillows

Wedding invitation

Guest book , oops never took a picture of the finished front of the guest book

This is the center pieces for  for the wedding.  I used our new non-stick scissors  to cut the grip and stick to afix the glass  together and the candle to the center. Love it!

Centerpieces

Favors

Thanks to wonderful friends, Mickey, Sybilla, Judie and Debi, the favors got made in no time at all. We used new CTMH paper called "For always" and we used the Cricut "Artiste" to cut the box and lid and the banner and the rose.  I also ordered the personalized name stamp to stamp their name and date on the banner.  Liquid glass was used to hold the boxes together and the bottom of the box was dry embossed, black pearls were added as an accent.  

The finished product

These boxes were filled with Gertrude Hawk Chocolates in a matching teal bag with a charm hanging "To Love and Cherish"

Thank you my great friends!!!!

Iris folding

This was Tuesday's class  Iris folding 101  We decided to use wrapping paper to make these goblets. They all turned out beautiful.  The stamp set we used is from our New Catalog D1539 The Happy Couple. You can order this starting Feb 1st. or at my Open House, Jan 24 and 25th

 If you don't know how to do Iris folding, just let me know and I can teach you.

Iris folding 102.  Hate cutting out the images with  an  xacto knife , you  can  use your  Cricut  machine  to do this. At class I showed them how to make their own templete.  This dress and hanger was cut using the Artiste Cartridge.  See the beautiful dresses below, I didn't put words on my blue one,  For my Special friend or Happy Birthday would be good.   

Happy New Year!

This was one of my last workshops. We used the Pear and Partridge rub-ons.  These cards turned our beautiful and we still had some rub-ons left.  If you want to have some of these before they are gone, you need to order them before Jan. 31st.  The rub-ons are only $4.95 and you get enough images to make at least 15 cards.  The paper will be gone also.  So contact me or go to my website and order these before they are retired.

Also retiring:
Moonlight
Flirty
La Belle Via
Pear and Partridge (featured above)

Turkey centerpiece

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I thought it would be good to share the turkey we made at our Cricut club in Oct.  Each class we make a 3-D object and 2 cards.
If you want to join in on the fun, you can join this club and once a month you will cut out your pieces and I will send you pictures and assembly directions.  Simply order $15 min.  before the 15th of the month from my website and you will receive your homework and pictures of artwork and directions. We will be using both CTMH cartridges, Art Philosophy and Artiste. One added bonus, your name will be put on the hostess rewards list and when it's your turn to be hostess, your will receive $25 in free select product. Get more familiar with your Cricut.
So go to Joyce.CTMH.comh place your order and click on the JOIN cricut club. 

I was asked to put on this blog the mini brag book that everyone can make using the new Artiste Cricut cartridge.  It's easy, just cut the shapes with the cartridge and glue them to the chipboard  and assemble your book. I uses waxy flax to put your book together and then tied silver dot ribbon bows. z1802  If you want to make more books you can order more z1791 Album pages.I used Avonlea paper z7155b.  Any questions just let me know.