Midwinter Christmas Crafting- Gift Bags

It is always fun to have gift bags on hand, and with the help of the Cricut I have created three gift bags for my last Midwinter Christmas crafting feature.



The first bag uses the Snowhaven paper with a cranberry cut sentiment from the Artiste cartridge.



The second bag uses a leftover card from the Holiday Happenings Assortment, which I then paired with a Love & Joy banner from the Artfully Sent cartridge cut on Crystal Blue cardstock. Remember that this month if you purchase the Holiday Happenings Assortment with the My Crush Holiday Happenings Book, you receive a free stamp set!



Lastly, I cut an overlay from the Artbooking cartridge using Ruby cardstock and placed this over some of the retired Sparkle and Shine paper.



Three easy and cute gift bags, perfect for Christmas presents!

Crazy for Checkerboard!

One of my favourite paper packs is Confetti Wishes, and I especially love the yellow paper. It goes extremely well with this week's H2H Challenge- Checkerboard!



My son had a Batman birthday with lots of black and yellow, so the yellow checkerboard paper was a perfect accent.



The left hand side featured some gold sequins, as well as a bat border I created using a Halloween stamp set. I think the stamped border coordinates well with the cake I made!



The right hand has the checkerboard strip, as well as a journalling box and some of my favourite photos. The Hip Hip Hooray banner was cut using the Cricut and then stamped in Canary ink.



We would love to see your checkerboard inpsired projects- link up here and join in the fun!

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Black, Canary, White Daisy
Embellishments: Dimensional Elements- Quotes, Sequins Gold Assortment 
Ink: Black, Canary
Paper pack: Confetti Wishes
Stamp sets: Cricut Artiste Collection- Birthday, Halloween Greetings

Easter Cupcake Wrappers and Recipe

I love everything about Easter, and when I blogged about my Carrot Cake Cupcakes over on my other blog, I had to share the wrappers with you too as they are a Cricut creation!

Here are the wrappers I created using the Artiste Cartridge and Topiary cardstock. I cut these at 3 inches (not real dial size) and managed to get three wrappers per sheet. I then assembled them- I love how the Cricut even cuts slots so they are a breeze to put together!



Here are the wrappers with the finished carrot cake cupcakes inside.



If you would like the full recipe and more details on these cupcakes, please click here to head over to my SAHM I Am blog!

Think Pink!

This week the challenge at H2H is to Think Pink Ink- Create a project with your favorite shade of CTMH pink, or a combo of several pinks if you are like me and can't pick just one!

Pink is definitely on my mind this month after celebrating my wedding anniversary and Valentines Day, and I got into the swing of things by cutting out the card from page 41 of the Artiste cartridge using Hollyhock cardstock and the Whimsy Paper Fundamentals sheet in Smoothie.



I decorated this by stamping a flower from the February Stamp of the Month using Hollyhock ink on White Daisy cardstock, and then stamped Cotton Candy cardstock with a sentiment from the Sweet Salutations stamp set using Hollyhock ink. I punched these out and then layered them on the band using 3D Foam Tape.



I was puzzling what to do with the finished product as it was too large for my original plan of a bar of chocolate, when my husband suggested it would be great over a bottle of wine!



So there you have it- a way to jazz up a gift of wine by placing this card over the bottle as a sleeve card.



The layers stand out really well in person, and you could write a message on the back portion of the card if wished.

This pink inspired project uses Smoothie, Cotton Candy and Hollyhock- three great Pink CTMH colours, and paired with pink Rose wine it makes a pretty gift.

Share your pink inspired project here with us!

14 Days of Love- Day 12

Each day for 14 days I will be bringing you a project inspired by love!

Today I am sharing a quick and easy Valentines decor idea using the Artiste cartridge. 

The first thing to do is cut the Accent 2 scalloped heart at 5.75" from page 51 of the Artiste cartridge handbook using Ruby cardstock. You will be using the outer layer as your heart- put the inner side away to use on another project if wished. 

You will then need to cut 16 flowers at 3" using yellow Accent 2 on page 54 of the Artiste cartridge handbook. 15 flowers should fit on the finished wreath, but cut one extra just in case!

Use your quilling tool or roll each flower by hand, then adhere to the heart frame using Liquid Glass.

Loop the top of the wreath with a strip of Black Striped Twill Ribbon and hang on your wall!



You could make these bigger or do a few different sized ones to display a collection, or these would also be great as a teacher or neighbour gift.

Come back tomorrow as I will be sharing a pop up Valentines Day card!

14 Days of Love- Day 11

Each day for 14 days I will be bringing you a project inspired by love!

I always love getting mail that isn't a bill, so when I saw the adorable mailbox project in the Artiste booklet, I knew I had to create a love letter mailbox to put some sweet love notes inside. 

This mailbox was cut using paper for the main part, and then cardstock accents. 

I love the flag that is included with this cut out project- I decorated it by stamping a sentiment from the Lifting Spirits stamp set and attaching it to the mailbox with a brad.

The flag can move up and down, so now my boys and husband know when I have put a note inside the mailbox! I plan to use this for encouraging notes, to let the boys know of some family fun nights and also to express my feelings as I can write things better than vocalising them. 

What would you put in this mailbox? I would love to know!

CTMH supplies used:

Cardstock: Ruby, Whisper

Cricut Cartridges: Artfully Sent, Artiste

Embellishments: Mini Medley Accents

Ink: Hollyhock, Lagoon

Paper: Heartstrings

Stamp set: Lifting Spirits

A Happy Hello S1502: CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Doris' Blog, Creative Expressions, then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

This is also the first day of my Valentine inspiration- each day for 14 days I will be bringing you a project inspired by love! This project features a creation using the February SOTM. 

Today I would like to share with you this cardstock gift box which features the February Stamp of the Month A Happy Hello available exclusively throughout February for $33 or for just $5 when you spend $75.

The box was cut using the Cricut Artiste carttridge, which automatically aded in the beautiful cut out floral detial around the edges.

I turned the box upside down so that I could use the stable base to stick on all of my embellishments, which were stamped from the February Stamp of the Month on various card and paper in different shades. I punched out the stamped images using different sized circle punches, and then layered them on top of the box using Foam Tape.

The finished box is a great gift idea for putting some fancy sweets, a small candle or anything that looks gorgeous, as the gift will show through the cut outs.

A Happy Hello is only available until 28th February from your CTMH consultant. I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop,  Mez's Craft Room.

Come back tomorrow to see what I have created for Day Two of my 14 Days of Love!

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Bamboo, Honey, Topiary
Cricut Cartridge: Artiste
Ink: Sunset, Topiary
Paper: Pathfinding
Stamp sets: A Happy Hello, Cricut Art Philosophy Exclusive Stamp (for Love sentiment)
Tools: 1 Circle Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 3D Foam Tape