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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March only special!

 New Consultant  kit  $99

Join my team, do something you love and get paid.  Get a special gift from me as my way of saying thank you. Go to my website http://joyce.ctmh.com  It's as easy as that.  I will be happy to meet with you or chat with you on the phone and answer any questions.

Special for March 

with your amazing kit you will get the tote pictured at the bottom of this page........as an extra bonus when your sell $300 you will also get the rolling tote free, how cool  is that!  

Choose one of these           ........Cardmaking kit  or

Notice the New Expression Mini catalog!  Available April 1

scrapbooking kit

Recruiting on a Roll

March Constant Campaign

Thinking about joining Close To My Heart? March is the month to do it! During the month of March, new Consultants who enroll will receive a FREE shoulder tote (a retail value of over $26 in their New Consultant Kit. Our New Consultant Kit is just $99 and includes nearly triple the retail value in products and supplies. Including your FREE shoulder tote, that is a savings of over $290! Additionally, new Consultants who remit $300 worth of commissionable sales in their first 40 days after their New Consultant Kit ships will receive the rolling tote (a retail value of $149.95  as a FREE bonus (not including shipping/handling)! These organization pieces are designed to help you get your business rolling, but they are only available while supplies last, so hurry on over and join today!

Dates: Offer valid March 1, 2015–March 31, 2015

11 card Birthday workshop

March 12 Come to this workshop and see how simple it is to put these cards together. Everything will be cut and ready to go, all you have to do is have fun.  One of the cards is a spin card and one is a swing card.  Cost of workshop is only $16   Reserve your seat!!!!  First come, first serve.  

Pay by Paypal  Scroll to the bottom of the blog.................................................................

Cricut® Artfully Sent: Sleeve Function

Feb blog hop

Welcome to our monthly blog hop.  Enjoy what your about to see.  We are all Close to My Heart consultants and we love what we do, whether it's creating or sharing. So hop from one blog to the next and see what our talented gals have been making.  

I decided to share a card that is so easy and can be easily turned into a birthday card, anniversary card or just because.

The hearts are 1" cut from cardstock  with lines and sparkles.

              One of the new stamp sets in our Seasonal Expressions is C1605 "Happy to be friends". Such an over-all stamp set.  

Happy Valentine's day.......tell someone you love them

Now hop over to Krista blog (she is in Hawaii enjoying a wonderful vacation from CTMH)

Stop by next month on the 10th

Here is a list of bloggers

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

         Krista Hershberger         Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com  


         Betty Locco                    scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

        Stephanie Huber                  lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com

         Marie Flayer                   njstampingqueen.blogspot.com


        Nancy Brown                 creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

        Nickie Hoffer                      nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

       Helen Gullet                      http://helengullett.com

        Crystal Davis                       www.craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

    

        Andrea Sherman                  girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

         Lori Meadows                    craftymeadows.blogspot.com

       Back to Joyce

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National Papercrafting Month - Year Noted Paper Kit

glass deer block

Here is the block that I made for my brother and his wife.  I put trees inside, pinecones and snow. The deer and believe were cut out of vinyl with my cricut and CTMH Cartridges.  

Class added to this month

Hi everyone,  because of bad weather we had to cancel a Tuesday class,  so therefore I am adding a class this Tuesday Jan 27. So if your available on Tuesday at 1pm or 7 pm .......you are welcome.

Cost of class is only $7.50 and you will make 4 cards and have lots of fun.   

Contact me at StampN4Joy@aol.com to save your seat.  

This card was made with our wonderful new Artfully Send Cricut cartridge.  Even the envelope!

Cricut class

 This month's Cricut class had them cut out 3 hearts, 3 bows and we made a quick card.

 This card was a 5x5 card with four layers, 5 if you count the "love you" cut out on the top.




 The happy was cut out with Art Philosophy cartridge.  We took nail polish with glitter and painted the letters. The background was made with our new alcohol markers.  Birthday was stamped in black.

circles

Oh what to do with all those scrap pieces of paper.  I had a large box of cut paper and I decided to cut the extra pieces
into circles.  2" or smaller will do.  Take 10 circles and mount them on a base that has a brad through the center, add a coffee
stirrer or lollipop stick  and you have a great card.  

Iris folding, Tues class

I discovered this frog cut out from our new cartridge "Artfully Sent" page 26 and by teaming him up with the January Stamp of the month, this makes a cute card.  Using it for Valentines Day or a birthday and you have a fun card .  Putting the springs under his eyes really  makes it fun.

This is the positive cut out from hot air balloon.
We covered it with washy tape, dry embossed the
background and mounted it to the card.

This card was made with envelopes, check out the
inside of business envelopes and you will see all different
patterns and colors.

These cuts were done on the Cricut, to match the pattern and the shape from the cartridge.

Iris folding balloon with a cuddlebug
background.

We did one more card, I will post it on my next post.

Jan 2015 blog hop

Happy New Year Everyone, Welcome to our monthly blog hop, our hope is to inspire you to make your own creations.  

I am learning how to use the NEW Explore Cricut machine. I want to share how you can take a card from your CTMH Cricut cartridge and completely change it to suit your needs.   

This card was made the way "Artfully Sent" meant it to be

The swing card on page 25 in the "Artfully Sent" cuts out a separate Happy Birthday that you glue onto the swing part of the card.

 This card was cut out right on the card and I removed the fancy base.  New items on this card are Heartstrings paper, white shimmer trim and puffy stickers.   

This is the inside of the card, the box is a scene card on page 50.  This is what started me on this project.  The original cut has a santa hat coming out of the box. I was able to remove that and I cut out balloons  to have them coming out of the box. The white balloons could have the person's age on it.  

This card was made using the Explore.

I decided to add a cupcake to the top of the card. With the Explore I brought the three cupcakes onto the screen and placed  one on top of the card until I was happy with the size.  I cut these with  our new Heartstrings paper.  Love it!

This is the page you can find the swing card.  If I can figure out how to share the file, I would be happy to do that.  

Now hop on over to Krista's blog and see what wonderful things she has created.




If you get lost, here is the list of bloggers:

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

       

      Krista Hershberger         Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com 

      Betty Locco                    scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

      Cindy     Leek                 savingmemorieswithcindy.com

      Marie Flayer                   njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

      Nancy Brown                 creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

      Nickie Hoffer                      nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

     Helen Gullet                      http://helengullett.com

      Crystal Davis                       www.craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

    

      Andrea Sherman                  girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

       Lori Meadows                    craftymeadows.blogspot.com

       Back to Joyce

                  Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Happy 2015

 Happy New Year!!!!!

 I want to share with you the present I gave my brother and his wife.  The card below was another project made at Cricut club, this snowman is looking up and it makes me think of the new year.  Look up and count your blessings. May God your new year.

Look what the elf left behind

We made this at  Cricut club, if you would like to learn to use your Cricut machine and have fun creating and discovering different cuts, join this club. We meet once a month.  

 

Artbooking birthday card

This card was made with the New Cricut cartridge, Artbooking.  This  card would be good for New Year.  Change the Happy Birthday to Happy New Year and on the inside add fireworks, rockets, etc.  I love how this turned out with the matching envelope, also made with this cartridge.  

 Need ideas on how to use this cartridge, come to my classes.  Next class Tuesday Jan 6. at 1pm or 7pm
     Enjoy New Year's Eve and be safe. Looking forward to 2015

santa gift card

 Say goodbye to Santa until he sneaks up on us next year.  This was a quick gift card holder made with CTMH cricut cartridge.  Let me know if you need more details.

inside of card.