New Cricut® Cartridge Available August 1st 2013

On August 1st 2013 new Catalogs and Products are coming out.
Lots of new Stamps and Goodies!   You are going to like it :-)

Aside from all the new products - there will also be a new
Cricut® Cartridge coming out that is called Artbooking.

So if you have a Cricut®  and love them be sure to check it out Here  on August 1st

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

I have just discovered the art of  Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) - and have really become interested in them!
I have done some research on them to find out as much about them as I can :-)
And browsing websites looking at the different beautiful artwork......

Artist trading cards (or ATC's):
They are miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards or baseball cards.  They  are 2¹⁄₂ by 3¹⁄₂ inches in size ^_ small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets.
Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.), stamps, ink, metals or fiber.  Any kind of materials.  The cards are usually traded or exchanged.

To make this ATC card....I started out by embossing it with clear embossing powder using the flower stamp from the A Flowering Bunch stamp set.
I then used Sponge Daubers and sponged on the Ink colors Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue & Cotton Candy.
I added Liquid Glass to the center of the main flower and also to the flower from the Stella Complements.
I punched out a couple of hearts, a star and a butterfly and attached them with foam dots to give them a little "pop" out.
I cut out the word Beautiful and glued that on.

Supplies Used:
CTMH Exclusive Inks Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue & Cotton Candy
CTMH Stella Complements
CTMH Liquid Glass
CTMH papers from the Dream Pop Paper Collection, the Chantilly Paper Collection & the For Always Paper Collection
Sponge Daubers
Punches

My 1st attempt at doing the "Masking" technique

My very first attempt at using the "Mask" technique.
Didn't do the best :(      It is something that I will need to practice doing......
Did not do a very good job on adding the leaves and stems...messed that up.

I stamped my main flower on my card.  Then I stamped it again on a scrap piece of paper.  I cut that out and laid it over my main flower, then I stamped the flower again to the left side...and then again to the right side.
So it looks like the two side flowers are behind the front flower.

Supplies Used:
CTMH Topiary Exclusive Inks® Inkpad & Marker Set 
CTMH Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Inks® Inkpad & Marker Set
CTMH Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks® Inkpad & Marker Set
CTMH Cranberry Exclusive Inks® Inkpad & Marker Set
CTMH A Flowering Bunch Stamp Set

Coffee Cup Card

Found this cute pattern for this Coffee Cup Card at  Wizard's Hangout

Here is a picture of the cup and the insert that you can write your message on

I used paper from the Dream Pop Paper Collection...and the Hello stamp is CTMH A Garden Stamp Set  A1119

Purse Size Note Book

Made this little note book to keep in my purse.....I bought the little note book at Walgreens - covered it with Pink Cardstock from the Dream Pop Paper Collection.  Added some chipboard to the top and bottom and colored that in with Cotton Candy Marker.  Then stamped the flowers on and colored them in...added some gem stones and then glued on ribbon to the front and back side to tie it close.

Supplies Used:
CTMH Topiary Exclusive Inks® Marker Set  Z2413
CTMH Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Inks® Marker Set  Z2422
CTMH Gypsy Exclusive Inks® Marker Set  Z2410
CTMH Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks® Marker Set  Z2417
CTMH Black Exclusive Inks® Stamp Pad  Z2105
CTMH A Flowering Bunch Stamp Set (the flowers) S1306A
CTMH Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon  Z1732

New Consultant Kits

The BRAND NEW Consultant Kit is AVAILABLE Now.
It's only $49 and you'll receive a kit full of $155 in products.

Special for July

Get the gorgeous Workshops on the Go® canvas art kit for half price in July — no qualifying purchase required! From July 1– July 31 you can get this trendy kit to create your own canvas art to hang in your home, regularly priced at $39.95, now discounted to $19.95 — more than 50% off! Take papercrafting to the next level with this adorable home décor piece that you can display for all to see.