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.  

seasonal expressions

Click here for a look at the NEW mini catalog "Seasonal Expressions"

Available until March 31, 2015

Christmas wish lists are available, I will order and wrap.  Hurry so it gets under the tree.  

Stampn4joy@aol.com

Totes To Go

December Blog Hop

Welcome to the December Blog hop.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  Enjoy hopping from my blog to the next persons blog.  Look for her name highlighted at the bottom of the post.  You will jump from one to another and wind up back here.

My focus this month is Christmas gifts.  Some of the other bloggers are going to share the NEW products from the Seasonal Expressions and I'm sure you will be inspired.

I made ornaments for the tree using our new Cricut Cartridges "Artfully Sent", "Artiste" and Art Philosophy.

'The nativity was from pg 46 Artfully Sent, the star from pg 23 in Art Philosophy.  Merry Christmas was cut from pg 80 in Artiste.

I cut everything out in vinyl and placed it on the ornament.  Remember when you use vinyl to set your pressure at 3 so you don't all the way through the paper.

Now hop over to Crystal's blog and see what she created I'm sure you'll like what you see.

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

       Crystal Davis                          www.craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

         Krista Hershberger          Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com 

      Betty Locco                        scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

      Marie Flayer                   njstampingqueen.blogspot.com

      Nancy Brown                   creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

       Helen Gullet                      http://helengullett.com

      Stephanie Brown             stephanielovesscrapbooking.blogspot.com

      Andrea Sherman                     girlpluspaper.blogspot.com

       Back to Joyce

                  Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Tee Pee card

This is a grat stand up card that is easy to make.
You will need a 4"x12" piece of paper.  Cut a 4" piece off and fold that piece in half diagonal. Take your 8x12 piece and fold it in half.  Take the  left and right corners and fold it to the center fold, it should look like a triangle. Glue the 4x4 pc (opposite side) to the middle fold of the 8x12 pc.  Stand it up to form a tee pee.
Decorate as you please and fasten your open side with a velcro dot.  z1805 only $3.95 for 25. 

o holy night

This beautiful cards was made using Artfully Sent and the stamp "O Holy Night" A1168 only $6.95.

Sherpherd's card

This is a real simple card, using the new Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge for the shepherds.  I cut a 1" strip of striped paper and put a piece of aqua shimmer trim down the middle.  The words were stamped in black using 3 different sets.  D1613 or B1468 for the Joy.  C1598 for the "to the world" and D1614  Reason for the Season for the star.  

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"

Holiday Wreath video

You can watch my new video showing you how to make the wreath in my previous post.It is on the right side of my blog.

Enjoy!

The paper on this wreath is Snow Haven  

November Blog Hop

Welcome to our November Blog Hop.

This is a monthly hop to get you inspired with Close to My Heart products. Enjoy the hop, this is a continuous hop and when you get back to me you know you went all the way around.  

Holiday Wreath 
This is a great gift idea, by adding  a picture in the center and a ribbon hanger you will want to add this to your tree.  Make it bigger and it can be a table decoration with a pillar candle or make it bigger and it can be a door decoration.  You will need  12  3x3" pcs of Snow Haven paper and one scrap piece of paper the same size.  This will make a 3" wreath.  I'm working on a video with the directions. Hopefully it will be ready in the next couple of days,

  Now hop on over to Helen's blog and see what she has been creating.  

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

         Helen Gullet                http://helengullett.com

        Betty Locco                     scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

        Jolene Barron                  jolenespapertrail.blogspot.com

        Stephanie Brown             stephanielovesscrapbooking.blogspot.com

        Nancy Brown                   creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

        Krista Hershberger          Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

           Stephanie Huber             Lavendersagedesigns.blogspot.com

            Crystal Davis                     www.craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com

  

        Nickie Hoffer                  nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

       Lori Meadows                 CraftyMeadows.blogspot.com

  Back to Joyce

                                                        Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

Halloween

One of my favorites using the Artfully Sent cartridge.  Brenda did a great job with this card.
Order you cartridge from me today and discover all the great holiday items it has to offer.  Be safe!

8 pointed star

I love paper folding and I talked to a new friend and she sent me the directions to make this ornament,