Winter Wonder Window

Making A Window Card

Making a window card is easy as choosing a shape, cut out

 the shape and stamp a scene behind the cut out shape.

Be sure to check out Through the Window challenge

at Heart 2 Heart for more window ideas.

I cut out the snowflake using water color paper. 

 After wetting the water colored the paper I painted it 

with a light blue. While it was wet I sprinkled salt on the 

blue paint to get the snow effect. I stamped a snow scene

 in the window and put the card together. Make your window

 card and share with us at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Eggplant, New England Ivy, White Daisy, Water Color Paper

Stamps: Frosted WOTG, Snowflakes

Ink: Eggplant, New England, Ivy

Embellishments: Gold glitter paper

Taste of Summer

Window Cards

The new Taste of Summer paper packs makes great window cards.

Just cut a window shape, add a sentiment, and pop up on the card.

Use White Daisy CS  and cut out a butterfly window.

Add a sentiment, some twine and layer on to the B&T Duos.

 Cut a hexagon window from 4 X 5.25.white daisy.

Cut 6 hexagons from the B&T duos. arrange the paper

hexagons around the window and attach to a card

using pop ups. Stamp a sentiment in the hexagon window. 

Cut a 3 X 5.5 piece of B&T paper. Punch a 2 inch

circle window at the top of the paper. Layer on the 

card and attach a butterfly in the circle window.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Taste of Summer

Cardstock: White Daisy, Thistle

Stamps: Finding the Words, Taste of Summer

Ink: Black, Thistle, Tulip

Embellishments: Purple glitter gems, Thick Twine, Flamingo Dots

More Embossing Fun

With Close to my Heart's Embossing Folders

This 5 X 7 Quatrefoil embossing folder gives a fun texture to the solid 

colonial white cardstock. The pattern is repeatable for longer pieces 

of cardstock for unique textures on your scrapbook pages.

The pattern for this card comes from this week's sketch at 

CAS(E) this Sketch.Cut some circles in the cardstock and 

B&T paper to make a window for the balloon.

Use this sketch to create a project to share with us

at the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Balloon Ride

Cardstock: Colonial White, Blush

Stamps: Dreamer

Ink: Saddle

Embellishments: Trinkets

Embossing Folder: Quatrefoil

Window Card and Envelope

Making envelopes to coordinate with your cards is easy with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

 4 1/4" X 5 1/2 window card page 47 in cricut booklet

5 3/4" envelope page 30 in cricut booklet

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Florentine

Cardstock: Bamboo, Colonial white

Stamps: Pemberley WOTG, Enjoy

Ink: Twilight, Brown Bag, Goldrush, Olive

Embellishments: Sparkles

Window Cards Cut With Cricut

I've been working on my cards for next month's Art Class where we are making cards cut with the Cricut.

Window Card cut from Page 47 of Cricut booklet 5 1/2 X 4 1/4. The frame around the window is the decorative layer on the same page cut at 3"

My take on the card on page 51 of the new Spring Summer Idea book.

5" Card cut from Cricut booklet page 43.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Florentine

Cardstock: Brownbag, Bamboo

Ink: Twilight, Olive, Goldrush

Stamps: Card Chatter: Sympathy, Pemberley WOTG

Embellishments: Wood Buttons, Opaques, Bohemian Assortment, Garden Wood Shapes, Sparkles Flourish

A Blast From the Past

It's a new challenge: Use It or Lose It

Challenge #1 is to use your first stamp. Now, for me I had to go back 14 years when CTMH was D.O.T.S. and our stamps were rubber stamps mounted on those wooden blocks. Most of my woodies are gone but I did find one that has the D.O.T.S. copyright on the block. It was R 103 Carousel Horse. 

 While making this updated version of the Carousel Horse I used some of the techniques we used in 1998. Notice that the stamp itself is embellished with lots of dots randomly placed around the image.

On the inside to coordinate with this design I use our writers to draw stitching lines and then randomly place dots around the stitching. This was a super fun challenge. Thanks Use It or Lose It.
Be sure to visit the Use It or Lose It challenge blog and go back in time and relive the memories. Be sure to share your memories with all.

Color Challenge Plus at Heart 2 Heart

 This week's challenge at Heart 2 Heart is to use the colors Crystal Blue and Amethyst on your artwork. The plus part of the challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to add some glitter to your artwork.

I've been wanting to try some of those cut out cards made with our Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  This one is on page 67 of the Cricut booklet. I cut the Amethyst 4 3/4 and a white daisy 4 1/4 to get the smaller frame on the inside. I inked the white daisy with crystal blue to get the blue frame. The only glitter is the now retired glitter brad and each flower has a sparkle in the center.
Now it's your turn to share with us at Heart 2 Heart your creation using crystal blue and amethyst.
CTMH Supplies:
Cardstock: White Daisy Amethyst
Ink: Amethyst, Crystal Blue
Stamps: Love Life
Embellishments: Glitter Brad, Sparkles, Crocheted Flower
Other: Dotted Swiss Ribbon from stash