Without Music Card and ONLY 5 DAYS Left for FREE STAMPS AND FREE PAPER

 

 

Today’s  “Without Music” Card is one of my favorites to make.  Of course, being a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant I primarily used their wonderful products.  The “Without Music” card is made with Daisy white cardstock, Black Cardstock, Black ink, “Hello Blooms” Stamp Set, Black Glitter Tape and Black sparkle Embellishments.  The sentiment quote is from my personal stash (pre Close to My Heart Consultant days) and states "Without Music Life would be a mistake"  Friedrich Nietzsche but I feel it is especially well suited for the hello Blooms Stamp Set.

To make the “Without Music” card I first stamped white daisy card stock with the music flower stamp from the “Hello Blooms” stamp set.  I then cut out 3 different size flowers (3 times) from the Flower Shoppe Circuit cartridge and 2 different size flowers  (3 times)from black cardstock and layered them to make the flowers.  I used black sparkles embellishments for each center of the flower.  I also cut out 3 stems from black glitter tape and lined the bottom edge of the card with black glitter tape to complete the card. 

 

There are only 5 days left to take advantage of my personal FREE STAMP AND FREE PAPER offer.

Make a qualifying purchase through July 31, 2014 and I will personally send you a  FREE Stamp Set AND FREE Paper.  This offer includes 12 sheets of 6 by 6 inch plain color CTMH cardstock (12 different 6 by 6 inch sheets) and 12 sheets of 6 by 6 inch CTMH designer  paper (12 different sheets) for a total of 24 sheets of 6 by 6 inch paper perfect for making a wide variety of cards or for use as scrapbooking accents. (Paper included in packet will vary but will include 12: 6 by 6 plain and 12: 6 by 6 designer sheets) Also included FREE (with qualifying purchase) is the “Love This” Stamp set which includes 6 stamps. (Retail value $9.95). This offer is through me and NOT through a CTMH company promotion.

Love This Stamp
Retail Value $9.95

In order to qualify for these FREE items you must have a CTMH minimum order of $50.00 purchased through my website and you must also purchase the July Stamp of the Month Circus Alphabet stamp which you can purchase for $5.00. Once you have made your purchase email me margaritasmadness@gmail.com and I will send you your FREE 24 sheets of 6 by 6 paper and your FREE “Love This” Stamp. Please note this FREE STAMP and FREE Paper is a personal gift from me and is NOT part of a CTMH promotion and should NOT be added to your order.  Just email me and I will send them to you directly from me. Once you try our stamps and paper I am sure you will thoroughly pleased with the products.

Hurry as this offer ends on July 31, 2014 at which time the Circus Alphabet Stamp will no longer be available. Please note this offer is only available to residents of the United States,

Please contact me margaritasmadness@gmail.com with any questions prior to purchase.

Flower Pot Card and ONLY 6 DAYS Left for FREE STAMPS AND FREE PAPER

The card we will be making today I call The Flower Pot Card and it is made from the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge.  The Flower Pot card can be made with any colors and the flowers add dimension and texture to the card.  Embellishments include gemstones for flower centers and glitter tape for card corners. All products used are from the  Close to My Heart collection available here.

Instructions:

• Cut piece of 5 3/8 inch by 4.25 inch piece of pink cardstock .

• Cut 4 inch by 4 inch flower pot image.  Cut the following layers with real size dial off.

• Flower pot Layer

• Rim Layer

•  Leaf Layer

•  Leaf border Layer

• Flower Layer

• Wrap  Teal glitter tape diagonally around each corner of pink layer 1 /2 inch below corner

• Adhere pink layer to front of ivory card.

• Cut  flowers as listed below from Flower Shoppe cartridge:

                       Image M46100 – 10 pieces size 1 ¾ Inches each (two for each flower)

                       Image M46100-   10 pieces size  1 ¼ inches each(two for each flower)

                       Image M45CB3- 10 pieces size 1 inch (cut of tips) 

• Assemble flowers, gluing layers as you build flower

• Glue gemstone embellishment in center of each flower

• Glue 5 flowers to flower layer on flower pot.

There are only 6 days left to take advantage of my personal FREE STAMP AND FREE PAPER offer.

Make a qualifying purchase through July 31, 2014 and I will personally send you a  FREE Stamp Set AND FREE Paper.  This offer includes 12 sheets of 6 by 6 inch plain color CTMH cardstock (12 different 6 by 6 inch sheets) and 12 sheets of 6 by 6 inch CTMH designer  paper (12 different sheets) for a total of 24 sheets of 6 by 6 inch paper perfect for making a wide variety of cards or for use as scrapbooking accents. (Paper included in packet will vary but will include 12: 6 by 6 plain and 12: 6 by 6 designer sheets) Also included FREE (with qualifying purchase) is the “Love This” Stamp set which includes 6 stamps. (Retail value $9.95). This offer is through me and NOT through a CTMH company promotion.

Love This Stamp
Retail Value $9.95

In order to qualify for these FREE items you must have a CTMH minimum order of $50.00 purchased through my website and you must also purchase the July Stamp of the Month Circus Alphabet stamp which you can purchase for $5.00. Once you have made your purchase email me margaritasmadness@gmail.com and I will send you your FREE 24 sheets of 6 by 6 paper and your FREE “Love This” Stamp. Please note this FREE STAMP and FREE Paper is a personal gift from me and is NOT part of a CTMH promotion and should NOT be added to your order.  Just email me and I will send them to you directly from me. Once you try our stamps and paper I am sure you will thoroughly pleased with the products.

Hurry as this offer ends on July 31, 2014 at which time the Circus Alphabet Stamp will no longer be available. Please note this offer is only available to residents of the United States,

Please contact me margaritasmadness@gmail.com with any questions prior to purchase.

Create a Critter-- Zebra Card

Create a Critter cartridge offers so many opportunities for cards for every occasion.   One of the many critters found on the cartridge is this adorable zebra. Although the sentiment says “Hello Love” this card makes me smile just because it is so cute.

Instructions:

1).  Cut score and fold 11 by 8.5 black and white zig zag card stock to form a 5.5 by 4.25 card (Paper Fundamentals Basics Assortment-CTMH)

2). Using craft knife cut out zig zag border along folded edge of card ( template below). Fold over chevron points to outside of card and flatten with bone folder.

3). Cut zebra (sized at 3in by 3in ) from cricut ‘Create a Critter” cartridge on black and white zig zag cardstock.  I turned the paper 90 degrees to have the pattern change direction.   

4.  Cut the shadow zebra  layer from black cardstock.

5. Cut out face layer from black  cardstock.  Do not cut any other layers as they are not needed.

6. Cut out speech bubble with words miss you from red  card stock  (sized at 1.25in by 2.5in)

7.  Using black ink stamp “Hello Love” sentiment ( Hello Blooms Stamp Collection-CTMH) to red speck bubble.

7. Using a very small piece of red card stock adhere to back face piece in order to highlight the mouth portion of the face.

8. Adhere face section to striped zebra.

9. Adhere speech bubble to front of card.

10. Using 3D Foam Tape adhere striped zebra to shadow zebra.

11. Adhere sparkles for zebra eyes, and flower embellishment to top of zebra’s head

12. Cut  4 pieces of black/white zig zag card stock and adhere to 3 by 4 inch rectangle of daisy white cardstock and adhere to inside of card for handwritten sentiment.

 

 

Supplies:

 

Paper Fundamentals Paper	Hello Blooms Stamp	Grey and Black Sparkles	Black stamp Pad
Paper Trimmer	3D Foam Tape	Tombow Adhesive

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Blue and White Good Luck Tea Bag Fold Card

I really enjoyed making this pretty tea bag card using some left over gift wrapping paper, CTMH cardstock, stamps, and ink.   The stamps were from the paper doll collection and the  Casual Expressions collection (listed below.) Tea bag  cards are fun to make and can be folded into a variety of designs.

Instructions:

1), Cut, score and fold 8.5 by 11 inch piece of pacific blue cardstock to form a 4.25 by 5.50 inch card.

2). Cut 8, 2 inch squares of off white striped gift wrapping paper.

3). Stamp ¼  circles in each corner of each 2 inch square of wrapping paper.

4) Fold each square into a triangle tea bag fold.

5. Assemble as shown below.

6,.Stamp circle in center of completed medallion. Adhere enamel dot  to center of stamped circle.

7. Adhere medallion to 3 inch square of pacific blue card stock.

8. Adhere pacific blue cardstock square with medallion attached to 3 1/8 inch square of white wrapping paper.

9. Adhere that square to front of card.

10. Cut 3 1/4 inch banner from white wrapping paper, inking edges with pacific blue stamp ink.  Cut out 1.5 inch circle and using “Good Luck” stamp with pacific blue ink stamp circle. Lightly ink edges of circle with pacific blue stamping ink.

11. Adhere banner to card. Center and adhere Good luck circle to center of banner. Embellish banner with enamel dots as shown.

12. For inside sentiment cut 3 1/2 by 4 1/4 rectangle of daisy white card stock.  Using circle stamp from Paper Doll stamp set, stamp 1 4 circle with pacific blue ink  each corner of rectangle. Adhere rectangle to inside of card.

Tea Bag Fold Instructions:

Supplies:

White Daisy Cardstock	Pacifica Cardstock	Pacifica Ink	Good Luck Stamp
Paper Doll Stamp	Tombow Adhesive	My Acrylix Block Set	Paper Trimmer