Stamper's With an Attitude - Free To Be Me Blog Hop!

Happy Mother's Day and welcome to the Stampers With an Attitude's - National Scrapbooking Month's Free to Be Me Artwork With an Attitude Blog Hop.If you have come from the super creative Jen Patrick's blog you are on the right track.

The Stampers with an Attitude are excited to show artwork using the May National Scrapbooking Month Special 'Free to Be Me'! This paper pack is so fun! And it works perfectly with the My Acrylix Stamp set "Feathers" such a natural pairing! It looks really good with the May Stamp of the Month "You've Got A Friend" stamp set too! But I won't show all of the cards I made on this hop - I want some of them to be a surprise for my 'card clubs'! I hope these will inspire them to be creative and be Free To Be - Them!

Although I won't show all of the cards I am going to share a couple of my creations (actually two versions of one card).

This shows the difference between pastel and vibrant versions of the same card - I made the pastel one first then decided I wanted to see what it would look like in brighter colors. I'm not sure which one I like better?
 

Thanks for stopping by - now hop on over to Jaime Llewellyn's blog and check out her amazing art work.

Have fun and 'hop' on!

All items used in making these cards are Close to My Heart:
Card #1:
Free to be me paper pack - yours for only $5 with a qualifying purchase
My Acrylix Feathers - C1584
Colonial White Cardstock - 1388
Sunset Ink Pad - Z2191
Lagoon Ink Pad  - Z2195
Durables Triangle Studs - Z1928

Card #2:
Free to be me paper pack - yours for only $5 with a qualifying purchase
My Acrylix Feathers - C1584
White Daisy Cardstock - 1385
Sunset Ink Pad - Z2191
Lagoon Ink Pad  - Z2195
Ruby Ink Pad - Z2170
Durables Triangle Studs - Z1928
Tombow Tape Runner - 1514

Stampers With an Attitude January Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude January Blog Hop!  If you have come from the ever creative Melinda Everitt's blog you are on the right track. The Stampers with an Attitude are excited to show artwork using Close to My Heart Washi tape and one of our stamp sets, so here we go.

Washi tape is one of the newest and biggest ideas for decorating your cards, scrapbook pages and just about anything you want to decorate. Washi tape has been out for a while and the designs are really beautiful! I love stamping and using our (CTMH) background and texture papers, therefore until lately I have just set aside the Washi tape, I just wasn't sure?! So, after Christmas I decided to just jump right in and go for it! Then -  along came the Stampers with and Attitude's blog challenge for January using Washi tape!!! Coincidence??? Hmmmm ~ Either way it's working out perfect for me. And - by jove - I think I've got it!!  I love Washi tape!!

Most all of the cards for my card clubs are KISS friendly, and FUN!
I wanted to design a card using Washi tape - and surprise them with a card that doesn't have my usual B&T paper designs. I hope they like it - so simple and FUN - the most important thing when it comes to creating.

The Washi tape I used for this card are ~ Silver Geometric (Z1932), Slate Polka Dot (Z1817) and the Lagoon Washi tape is from the Holidays from the Heart Collection which is no longer available, I had this card made before the end of the year. Using Art Philosophy I cut out a tag for the sentiment and attached it with Slate Bakers Twine. The Congrats stamp is from the Artiste stamp collection. I hope this shows you how easy it is to use Washi tape and how beautiful it makes your designs.

I will now send you on your way to the next blogger ~  Sheila Bennett  you will love her design.

Thanks for stopping by ~

Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop! Gratitude with Attitude!

Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop!  The blogger in front of me is Angela Garcia.

The Stampers with an Attitude are excited to show you our Gratitude with an Attitude artwork , so here we go.

My card was inspired by the scrapbook cover on page 130 the Close to My Heart 2013 Fall and Winter Idea Book.

Using our new Artbooking Cricut cartridge (Z1906) I cut out the awesome tree shown on page 72, using the Brown and Tan (Z1830) and Green (Z1847) glitter papers.  The trunk and some of the leaves from the Bronze glitter tree were used to fill in the trunk and some of the leaves. The remaining leaves were filled using Red Glitter Gel (Z1484) and Almond Glitter Gel (Z1769). Saddle (X5928) was used for the card base and Creme Brulee (X5754) is the accent color.

I love the contrast between the Burlap Ribbon (Z1760) and all the 'Glitter' on this card.

The next blogger on the hop is Sandra VanWoerden 

Have fun and Thanks for stopping by ~

Card Club Christmas

Wow!!! Just a little late posting last months Card Club cards. October is always a good time to start thinking about what type and style of Christmas cards you want to make.  We had a lot of fun making these cards and we even listened to Christmas carols to help put us in the mood.

Three of our cards were made using  Close To My Heart's beautiful Frosted paper pack.  All cards were made so they can easily be mailed with no extra postage.

 

 Add some bling and Christmas is almost ready.

Making the card on the left, a colonial white base was used and layered with Cashmere and Frosted Turquoise cardstock along with Frosted B&T paper.  The stamped images using Glory to God (D1483) were stamped in Cashmere and Champagne inks. This turned out to be the perfect color combination for this stamp set and paper pack for this card.




The tag that we made shown to the right, is also made with CTMH Frosted paper pack.  The tag itself was made using CTHM's Artiste Cricut cartridge  (pg 35), first cut at 4" in Colonial White and then cut at 3 3/4" for the B&T paper. Embellished with the B&T zip strip around the middle, swirl bling and HO HO HO stamped from the Perfect Fit - Holidays (B1412)stamp set and cut out using the 1 1/4" circle punch (Z1311). My club members used the Silver Shimmer Trim in the center to give the tag more sparkle and shine.




I was very happy how this beautiful Classy Doily 'snowflake' card turned out. Using the center gate fold the 'snowflake' was stamped with Twilight ink on the Colonial White cardstock piece cut from the Cricut Artiste (pg 56). On separate pieces of colonial white the centers were again stamped in Cashmere and Twilight then fussy cut. The pieces were then stacked using foam tape to give it dimension. Small Clear Sparkles were added on each layer to make it look like ice crystals on the snowflake.

 


I couldn't leave out the wonderful Sparkle and Shine paper pack released in the 2013 Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide.
Using the Art Philosophy cartridge a 4 1/4" Scalloped circle was cut from Ruby cardstock, a 4" circle card (White Daisy) and a 3 3/4" circle from Sparkle and Shine B&T paper.  The trees and banner were cut using the Artiste Cartridge. 'o christmas tree' was stamped using an older CTMH stamp set (not available this year) but does show you how to curve the words to fit the banner. The bow topper was made cutting the Ruby Chevron Ribbon ribbon in half and just tying in a knot. Super easy, super cute.

And last but not least - you can't leave out Santa!
I saw this darling card on Pinterest and just had to re-create it for my club ladies.
This top fold card is made using Cranberry cardstock. The fur on Santa's suit was made cutting the belly band of a card on the Artiste cartridge (pg 71). The center heart was cut out leaving two equal parts that were embossed with an Anna Griffin embossing folder.

The belt buckle and buttons were cut using the Silver glitter paper. The belt and outer portion of the buttons are punched from black cardstock.

The tag was cut from White Daisy cardstock using the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge and stamped with Santa's Greeting using Cranberry ink with black hemp.

I hope these cards inspire you to make your own Christmas cards.

I would love to show you how and help get you inspired.

Thanks for stopping by!
Items used making of these cards:

Paper and Card Stock:                                        Stamp Sets:

Frosted Paper Pack (X7175B)                           Classy Doily (B1424)
Colonial White Cardstock  (1388)                    Glory to God (D1483)
White Daisy Cardstock  (1385)

Cranberry Cardstock (1272)                             Stamp Pads:
Black Cardstock (1386)                                    Cashmere (Z2175)
Ruby Cardstock (X5927)                                  Twilight Stamp Pad ( Z2160)
Cranberry Stamp Pad  (Z2116)                         Twilight ink (Z2160)
 


Accessories and Embellishments:                   
Cricut Artiste Collection (Z1790)                  Cricut Art Philosophy Collection (Z1686)
Sparkle Clear Flourishes Small  (Z1812)       Clear Sparkles  (Z1752)
Sparkle and Shine Paper Pack (X7176B)        Silver Glitter Paper  (Z1829)
Black Hemp  (Z3282)                                      Ruby Chevron Ribbon (1846)

Everthing you wanted to know about your Cricut - but are afraid to ask!

Would you like help with your Cricut?

CTMH Artbooking cartidge

Do you know what all those buttons are for?

Bring your favorite CTMH cricut cartridge, your favorite CTMH paper pack, adhesive  and of course your Cricut.

We will help you learn how to use your cricut and cartridges, and make a fun project at the same time. We will give you tips and tricks to use your cricut to the best of its ability, and have fun doing it.

When?
Saturday November 2, 2013  -   1pm - 4pm  
Where?
Becky's Studio

Be sure to sign up early (email or call) because space is limited.

Stampers With An Attitude New Product Blog Hop!

Welcome to Becky's Studio! And Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop! The Stampers with an Attitude are excited to show you some Artwork with an Attitude using product from our new Autumn/Winter Idea Book. So grab your coffee, maybe a cookie or some chocolate, sit back and have a fun journey.

The blogger in front of me is Pamela O'Connor  . Great work Pamela, thank you for sharing your talents. If you got here from her blog, you are on the right track.

We have so many wonderful new products in this Idea Book and I have been having so much fun jumping from one product to another, and one paper pack to another - BUT -

I am totally in love with the new 'Baby Cakes' paper pack (X7073B)! It is so cheerful and fun and so versatile! As you will see, I got a little carried away using it! But I just couldn't help myself.

First of all with the name Baby Cakes it just lends itself to 'Baby' cards! Right? 

I used Baby Cakes polka dot paper on this card along with some embellishments made from our new 'Artbooking' (Z1906) Cricut cartridge. What a fun cartridge!!! Don't you just love that darling Giraffe? So so cute - and can be used for a boy or a girl!

(I know I used a sentiment from and old stamp set, my bad! But it was just perfect for what I needed.) ;~}

But .  .  .

What if you don't have any babies right now to make cards for??

Well .  .  .

Baby Cakes can make adorable birthday cards too!

This birthday card was made using one of the new mini stamps 'A Little Gift' (M1030). Is that just the cutest present?

And, I had to embellish it with the Art Philosophy cartridge that just happens to have a bow that works quite well with it - don't you think? Adding some shiny opaque gems (Z1335) and voila - your done!

And since I just couldn't stop! (I love this paper!)

 I used Baby Cakes this time with the September Stamp of the Month 'Poster Tidings' (S1309) and made a fun 'Fall' card.

I just love how versatile this paper pack is! I'm sure you will find just as many options for this fun paper pack and I hope you have just as much fun using it as I did -

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Your next stop on this  blog hop is the very talented and creative Melinda Everitt.

 Have fun, be creative, and show some attitude!

Thanks for stopping by ~

'Show Your Patriatism' Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop! We are going to show you some Patriotic Art with an Attitude, so here we go on a 'red, white and blue' journey.

Welcome to Becky's Studio.

If you have come from LaJeania Hicks' - blog, you are on the right track. Doesn't she do beautiful work?

Patriotism is a big part of our life and we are thankful everyday for our country and our freedoms.

God Bless America!

Patriotic art work is great any month of the year - but especially perfect in July, the month of our countries birthday!

I love the flag from our new Patriotic stamp set (it is still available - while supplies lasts until July 31) so I knew I had to use it! And what better for stars than our gorgeous silver glitter paper, and lots of red, white and blue! The Tommy paper pack was used for the banners, and the little stars have our wonderful Prizma Glitter on them to make them stand out.

The next blogger on this hop is another amazing artist Jaime Llewellyn ~ 

I hope you enjoy the rest of your journey through our patriotism!

Thanks for stopping by ~