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Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year My Fellow Crafters,

Hope you all enjoyed your holidays and time off from work.  It looks like I enjoyed my time off from blogging, but I have a lot to share with you.

I have added a new form of art to my resume. I have been so happy and content rubber stamping and designing cards with my Cricut expression that I guess I had blinders on to all the other creative art that is out there.

Back in November I took a Zentangle Class at an art shop in Jacksonville.  You might be asking what is Zentangle?  I asked the same question to my nephew Ryan who showed me this really cool piece of art that he was working on for his art class.  When I started asking him a lot of questions he told me to “google it”  and I am so happy that I did.

Zentangle is an art form and method that was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.  Zentangle is an easy to learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns.  This type of art is fun, relaxing and also provides artistic satisfaction and increased sense of well-being.  A finished Zentangle is an unplanned abstract approach to art because you have no idea what the result will be.  If you want to learn more you can check out Zentangle dot com.

Anyway, I have been so excited to sit every night (really I have been doing this every night since 11/15) with a blank piece of cardstock that is cut into 4×4 and a Sakura micron marker. You don’t need anything else, unless you want your design to have color.

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This is my first Zentangle that I made in class.  I am going to continue this daily and see where it takes me.  I will be sharing more of my Zentangle art with you in other posts.  That’s not to say that I am not going to be doing all the other fun paper crafts that I love as well.  You know me, I need my Cricut and Rubber Stamps LOL 🙂

Make It A Great Day and Don’t Forget To Leave Time To Craft!

 

Cyber Monday Cricut Savings

Hello My Fellow Crafters,

You want to know what today is?  Cyber Monday 🙂

I want to share with you some great Cricut  Cyber Monday Deals
Cricut Explore Bundles

If you spend $10 or more (before tax and shipping) you will get a $10 digital credit (one credit per Cricut.com account).

There is also a new free shipping code for December with no minimum purchase – just use the code FREESHIPDEC for free standard shipping within the continental US.

If you haven’t shopped on the Cricut Site yet to take advantage of the special savings,  you may want to start shopping real soon because these prices are scheduled to end tonight at 11:59 p.m.

You can use the code below to save another $5 on orders of $50 or more, and also sale price on explore and $20 off all explore bundles.  These are affiliate links and I really appreciate your support for my blog when you shop using my links.

Valid: through 12/1

$5 Off Orders $50+ with code: CRICUTBF5

Valid: 12/1 Only

Cyber Monday Sale: Cricut Explore just $229 & $20 off all Explore Bundles

You can still save 40% on mats, blades, tools, accessories and supplies and clearance items are 80% off.  There are so many cartridges and image sets to choose from. 100 cartridges are $14.99 or less and most of the rest are $19.99.  It is a good time to add images that aren’t in the Image Library Subscription to your collection.

Have fun Cricut shopping today and remember you only have till 11:59pm to get these great deals.

Make It A Great Day and Don’t Forget To Leave Time To Craft!

More Birthday Step-Up Card Ideas

Hello My Fellow Crafters,

I am having so much fun with this Sizzix  Basic Step-Ups framelits die.  And, I am so happy I need to make a birthday card for my sister-in-law.  She loves flowers and I was thinking what a colorful flower/garden shop card I could create.

So using the Sizzix framelits die, along with my Cuttlebug and a lot of different paper flower punches I went to work and this is the finished card.

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Here is a close up of the flowers, it amazing how much fun you can have creating with craft supplies that are just hanging around in your craft space .  I used numerous flower paper punches, scrap pieces of cardstock, foam to shape the flower with a stylis tool and some glue 🙂

close up step card

For the flower pots I used rubber stamps that I had from Stampin Up and just covered up the flower images with my handmade flowers.

~ Happy Birthday Fran ~

Make It A Great Day and Don’t Forget To Leave Time To Craft!

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Step-Up Birthday Card Idea

Hello My Fellow Crafters,

My nephew is turning 18 this week.  I really can’t believe how time flies, and if I am feeling like this I can only imagine how my sister is feeling 🙂

Anyway, I wanted this card to be fun, so thinking of fun I thought of candy, and this is what I created with those thoughts in mind.

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I started with some candle stamps from the Stamps of Life, and colored with Copic markers.  (I made sure I stamped 18 candles..LOL)The saying was computer generated.

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For the inside I used the basic Step-Ups die from Sizzix, and all of the candy and candy jars were stamped with a stamp set from Close To My Heart called Sweet as Sugar.  I cut each one out by hand.  All colored with Copic sketch markers,  and one candy jar was filled with different colored gumballs made from a circle paper punch.

sideviewcandystorecard

This is the side view of the card so you can see how it really is 3-dimensional.   This die (Basic Step-Ups) from Sizzix is my favorite for the moment.  You can do sooooo much creating with it, so many possibilities.  Since it is a candy shop I wanted to create the look of an  awning that you would see outside on a shop in your local town.  So I used a border Framelit die and folded it around the base of the cardstock to get the look that I wanted.

I had so much fun making this card using so many different stamps and punches and dies, but I think it was worth it!

~ Happy Birthday Ryan ~

Make It A Great Day and Don’t Forget To Leave Time To Craft!

 

Halloween Card Using The Cricut Artfully Sent Cartridge

Hello My Fellow Crafters,

I just have to share with you another card that I just made with the Cricut Cartridge Artfully Sent.

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As I told you in my last post, this cartridge is only available from Close To My Heart.  If you don’t already have a consultant I would love for you to order this fantastic cartridge from my friend Kim, who just happens to be my Close to My Heart Consultant 🙂

The best part is you just don’t get the cartridge when you order, you get ALL of this good stuff (cartridge, 3 stamp sets, and a package of cardstock).

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I know so many of you love your Cricut machine and also love to make cards, so why not get in on this great deal and start creating your own artfully sent cards.

All you need to do is click on this link  Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge and order yours today.  Tell Kim I sent you.

I will be sharing lots of cards from this cartridge so come back for a visit.

Make It A Great Day and Don’t Forget To Leave Time To Craft!

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