My Acrylix® Spritz & Scrubber

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My Acrylix® Spritz & Scrubber

We have 25 new tools! I'll post a video each day! This is on the scrubber!

I've been using markers for 31 years. I was taught to use the flat or broad tip for rendering interior design projects. This morning I found a website where I could order colors to fill in for the colors that came with the Close To My Heart Shinhan markers. I also ordered a custom made holder for the ShinHan markers. So I spent quite a bit this morning. I'm looking forward to getting them and start coloring in all my stamping projects. So instead of cutting colored paper I'll be suing white and coloring the white in with the markers.

Corporate made great selections in marker colors and the marker brand. I gave away all my rendering markers to a friend who is still in the business and still renders by hand. The markers I use to use were more expensive and I had over 100 markers. Trust me we don't need 100 markers for our purposes. :-)

Today I'm headed over to Lisa's house for a team meeting and a take and make. I'll post what I've done later. I'm taking all my cards that I have finished and not mailed out yet to the lucky recipients.

Yesterday I used my Cricut Explore to make flowers. You'll see in a couple of days what I'll be making.

CTMH Skylark 35 Photo Layout featuring Flip Flaps

Scrapbook page from the past.

I haven't shown any scrapbook pages since I started this blog. When I lived in Santa Ana I was scrapbooking like mad. The I joined Stampin' Up and they didn't encourage scrapbooking whereas Close To My Heart does. My favorite scrapbook (and my most creative) page is with fine sand mixed with gold. Different layers of paper and stamps make me feel as if I were back on Maui with my parents. Nostalgic I know but isn't that what a scrapbook page should do to the viewer?

The sea is made of blue green glitter The shells were collected in Maui although you can buy little and big shells at Michaels or JoAnns when in season. Stamps and alphabets are by Stampin' Up. BTW, That picture was taken during the early 70's. Before 1974 when I cut my hair short.

Now I'm starting to scrapbook again. I'll bring my style up-to-date.I learned a lot of styles at Close to My Heart's 2014 Convention. In the weeks to come you'll see many different ideas that I have from our Convention.

Quick and Easy Christmas card!

When is a good time to start your Christmas/Holiday cards? Any time! I love Christmas cards. So I decided today was the day to start making them. Now I don't always make the same card over and over. That's because we send about 100 cards. I have begged my husband to cut back on his list or go buy cards. That's why I need to start so early. The card I'm showing today is made with last year's Christmas paper from the Workshops On The Go cards. The washi tape is from CTMH and the stamp with Winter Wishes is from the Yuletide Greetings set from last year. It's in the new catalog too! The embellishment of the tree is from last year's catalog and not in the next catalog. So go to my website to order it! It'll be available until July 31.

Once again I used the golden rule of thirds. I played with the sentiment and decided to put it there instead down on the very lower left of the card. This is a quick and easy card to make. I plan on making several until my card stock runs out and then use the new Close To My Heart paper. Who said you had to make each one the same? I'll be posting new design as I make different cards. Think about the embellishments you already have that could go in place of the tree! Enjoy!

I finished this last night and learned (the very hard way) to make a watermark for my cards. Now. only if I can remember!

I thought about picking my roses and placing them on a card. However, I believe they would brown and dry before they got anywhere. So instead I made a 'Thinking of you' card.

The card "Thinking of You" is made with the new paper from CTMH and the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. The paper is from the new Paper Fundamentals. The petals are from the new stamp set Pretty Petals that coordinate with the Art Philosophy cartridge. I used Daisy white for the petals. After using the Explore to cut 3 sets of large petals and 2 sets of the smaller petals, I stamped both sides with the coordinating stamps in Canary. The center stamp is the color saddle. For the smaller stamp I cut the center smaller.

The stems and leaves are stamped with Pear ink. I like Pear ink for most of my green stamping. I curdle each set of petals. I used glue dots to adhere the petal cutouts together. i placed pop-up dots on the back of the petal sets. Placed the petals sets where I wanted them. Next after gluing the rest of the flowers in place I used Liquid Glass to make the centers with a 3D.

Hope you enjoy the flowers!

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