Welcome to our August ARTISTE Blog Hop! Each month we will showcase a feature of the amazing ARTISTE Cricut cartridge which can be purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant.
We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects!!!
This month we will be showcasing a different page from the Artiste cartridge! Did you know there were 700 images on this cartridge?? That's right -- 700!!!
If you just happened to come to this blog, you should start at the beginning at Lucy's blog - http://www.love2createitall.com.
My projects are a 4x4 mini-album, 3D Box trees and a couple Christmas Ornaments.
There were so many FUN pages to choose from in the new Artiste Handbook (comes with the cartridge), that I had a hard time picking just one to showcase. However, PAGE 53 jumped out at me as the one that I had to play with first.
Here is a look at the images that I had to choose from on page 53
You can find my recipes for each project item at the bottom of my post.
Soooo.... I had to do a version of them in the new Avonlea paperpack.
The large one to the left is done at 5.5", the middle is 4 1/4" and the small one is 3.5".
Also, you will notice that the page glistens and shines... I brushed Create-A-Shade Pearl Paint on the Avonlea Paper before I glued the paper box trees together. I added a few fabulous Close to My Heart embellishments in order to keep them classy, but simple. Finally, I want to point out that the large star on the left is done with a piece of Colonial White cardstock, and I used Juniper reinker in my spray mister to give it a little color. It is hard to see in the picture, but it gave the trio a lighter complimenting color.
I guess I have the "Christmas in August" bug, because I also put together a few Christmas Tree ornaments. I kept with the theme of Avonlea and the Create-a-shade pearl paint...
I absolutely LOVE how the Artiste cartridge does all of the work for me. I used a piece of Colonial White cardstock and a piece of patterned paper from the Avonlea level 2 paper pack, turned my dial to 2 1/4" punched in accent 1 (& then 2) and let the cricut do all of the work. I brushed on a little create-a-shade pearl paint and added a seam binding ribbon bow and VOILA... They are done!!
Each year we put up a family ornament Christmas tree. So, I am already guessing that we will have a lot of these on our tree this year. I think this will be a fun project for my kiddos. It will be super simple to let them cut the images and glue them together.
I really hope you enjoyed my projects for this hop! I appreciate you stopping by!
The next stop on your blog hop fun is Judith Ashmore ~ www.grammiejudys.blogspot.com. Here is the list of all the talented consultants who are participating in this months blog hop:
1.Lucy ~ http://www.love2createitall.com/
3.Julia ~ http://youcancreatectmh.blogspot.com/
4.Theo ~ www.celebratecrafts.com
5.Tina Gale ~ http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com
6.Stephanie ~ http://www.quiltedscrapper.blogspot.com
7.Mandy ~ http://www.mandydesigns.blogspot.com
8.Joanne ~ http://josiesjoy.blogspot.com
9.Laura W. ~ http://scrappinsweetiesescape.blogspot.com/
10.Rebecca ~ http://blog.scrapprincess.com/
11.Maria Woodworth ~ http://mariawoodworth.blogspot.com ~ You are here
12.Judith Ashmore ~ www.grammiejudys.blogspot.com ~ This is your next stop on the hop
13.Lisa Woodward ~ http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com
14.Laura Charko ~ http://koladesigns.wordpress.com/
15.Jennifer Kramer ~ http://4heartsscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
16.Eva Friesen ~ http://loveofcreating.blogspot.com
Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us - we hope you LOVE all the projects we created!
Recipe of Supplies Used - All
(All items are Close to My Heart)
Cricut Artiste Cartridge
Avonlea Level 2 paper pack
Colonial White Cardstock
Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon
Smitten 4x4 Album - Additional product used
January Stamp of the Month: Happy Valentine's
Bitty Opaque Pearls
Silver Shimmer Trim
Black Stamp Pad
Paper Box Trees - Additional product used
Pear & Partridge Card WOTG Stamp Set
Designer Brads - Rhinestone
Silver Shimmer Trim
Black Stamp Pad
Bitty Opaque Pearls
Bling Assortment Pin
14 comments:
what a great idea to use the stars for a mini album!
Maria, your projects are so beautiful! I love the star mini album and the pearl paint on Avonlea is absolute perfection for your trees! Tfs
Love your projects!! great job!
Beautiful.
I love your ideas and plan to do some of them myself. I think this hop is great. Thanks.
WOW! I love all your projects especially the star album for your "honey"! What a sweet thing to do.
TFS
judy
jashmore1944@att.net
great projects everyone! this cartridge surely has something for everyone!
Wow, such gorgeous Christmas projects!! Artiste has some really amazing images. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm a new follower. ~ Blessings, Tracey
http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/
great projects! Would you mind if I borrowed a couple? :0)
Love your holiday goodies - especially the boxes! And I love how you took them to a whole new level with the shiny going on!!
Maria -- just love, love, love all of your projects! What a great idea to make a mini album like that too :) I have been wanting to make the trees as well. TFS
Lucy
http://love2createitall.com
Your Christmas projects are just beautiful! Love the silver!
Pam
Lovely projects!
Dana
Danascraftycorner.blogspot.com
I love all your Christmas projects. They make beautiful decor.
marg006 at verizon dot net
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