Easter Bunny Bag using CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Easter is just over a month away, so there is plenty of time to make these adorable paper Bunny Bags using the ever versatile CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  You'll only need two colors of card stock; I used White Daisy and Cotton Candy and 2 little goggly eyes!  I also used foam squares to pop up his feet and cheeks.

Isn't he adorable??!!

Check out his cute little cotton tail!

Side View!

Here are the instructions that you will need to cut with your Cricut:

CTMH Art Philosophy Easter Bunny Bag

White Daisy Cardstock Pieces:

Gift Bag (page 23), Cut 1

Fit To Page (mine was 6 1/4" on the Expression)

Shift + Font Layer  + <Square 1> key

Head (page 27), Cut 1

3 ½”

<Shape 6> key

Outer Ears (page 32) Cut 2

1 ¾”

<Oval 2> key

Feet (page 32) Cut 2

1 ½”

<Oval 2> key

Cheeks (page 21) Cut 2

1 ½”

<Circle 1> key

Buck Teeth

Cut 2 with paper trimmer

¼” x ½”

Cotton Candy Cardstock Pieces:

Inner Ears (page 32) Cut 2

1 ¼”

<Oval 2> key

Inner Foot (page 32) Cut 2

¾”

<Oval 2> key

Foot Pads (page 21) Cut 6

½”

<Circle 1> key

Nose (page 26) Cut 1

1”

Shift + <Heart 1> key

M0uth (page 21) Cut 1

1”

<Circle 1> key

As bunnies like to multiply quickly, you will find yourself making more than one of these cuties!

Don't have the Art Philosopy cartridge?  Order it HERE!

CTMH Seasonal Expressions 2 COVER PHOTO SNEAK PEEK!!

The cover of the newest Seasonal Expressions 2 was just released this week! I can't wait to see what will be inside and I especially want to learn how to make these adorable paper strawberries!  The new catalog will go live on April 1, 2015.  

Seasonal Expressions 2 goes live April 1, 2015!!

Scottie Dog Scene Card using CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

Adorable Scene Card from the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

Love is in the air today!  It's not only Valentine's Day, but my wedding anniversary!  To commemorate this special occasion I created this adorable card for my sweetheart.  It was quick and easy to cut and put together using the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge; a cartridge all about card making.

This type of card is called a Scene Card.  I've included a video below showing examples of just a few of the other scene cards that can be made with this one cartridge.

My card was cut out of 2 pieces of paper.  One larger piece of 2 sided patterned paper and one smaller piece of Glacier cardstock.  I used the Seaside paper pack, which I hope will show you how versatile it can be.  It's not just for beach and vacation photos!

This card can be found on page 2 of the enclosed booklet.  It is also on the "2" key.  The recommended size is 7 inches, however, I wanted mine a bit smaller so cut both pieces with my size dial set at 6 inches.  I simply used the "Scene" key for the base and then Shift + Scene for the insert.  When cut, there are tiny score lines showing where to fold.  In this case, the card base was folded in half and then the front was folded back to reveal the cloud shaped cut out with the heart.

I used the leftover heart shape, reversed the paper and adhered it to the front of my card along with 2 puffy hearts to embellish.  I hand wrote Happy Anniversary inside the heart.  Then I took the cut out of the Scottie dog shape, reversed it and attached it to the front so the dogs were nose to nose when lying flat.  I used a black journaling pen to outline the cut out dog and drew a nose and eye on each.  Finally I took a small strip of the same patterned paper and attached it along the cardstock edge to give it a finished look.

Voila!  A super cute card in minutes!

Order your Artfully Sent Cartridge today!  

Cricut® Artfully Sent: Pop-Up Cards with Icons

To continue the Artfully Sent video series, CTMH has highlighted a few of the many adorable Pop-Up card options that may be made with this awesome Cricut cartridge!

Cricut® Artfully Sent: The Basics

If you love to make cards, the new Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge from Close To My Heart is a must have! In a previous post I've shared some of the many card and envelope projects that this one cartridge can make.  Below is a great overview video for you see many more examples.

Thanks for watching!

CTMH Valentines with Artfully Sent, Hopscotch, and Heartstrings

I really love the new Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge from Close To My Heart!  This makes even a novice card maker an instant expert.  There are literally hundreds of different card and envelope projects on this one cartridge!  Let me tell you about the types of cards that you can put together...

• Pop Up Cards
• Scene Cards
• Swing Cards
• Tri-Panel Cards
• Border Cards
• Sleeve Cards
• Overlay Cards
• Pocket Cards (perfect for Picture My Life scrapbooking)
• Envelopes
• Envelope Liners

For our Create & Take at this weekends Scrapbook, Stamp & Socialize crop I designed this adorable mini pop up Valentine.  Instead of the 7" size recommended in the accompanying booklet, I shrunk it down to 4", thus making them reminiscent of the adorable Valentines that I used to exchange in elementary school!

I wanted the outside to also pop, but with color!  So I used pieces from both the Heartstrings and Hopscotch paper collections and then added a large heart in a coordinating cardstock from the same key on the cartridge.  I used 2 mini stamps (only $2.95 each) for my sentiments.  As I know that some might wish to express friendship instead of romance, I made sure I covered both aspects of this special holiday.

Pop-Up Valentine

Just look at how cute that they are when opened!  An intricately cut heart pops up to great the recipient!  

SURPRISE!!

Lovely 3-D Heart Inside!

These Valentines were so simple to cut out and put together!  If you don't yet have this cartridge, order it now and make 2015 the year of the card by creating and sending lovely handmade cards to your friends and family.  

New Rolling Tote and Shoulder Tote Paper Crafting Organizers from CTMH!

Is Santa in a quandary about what to get you for Christmas?  Close To My Heart has the perfect solution!  Just announced today...brand new storage and crop organizers!  A beautiful rolling tote that will both store your paper crafting supplies at home and easily transport to any crop or event, plus a gorgeous shoulder bag perfect for 12x12 projects on the go!

Watch the video below to see just how much you can fit into these amazing organizers!

Order your SHOULDER TOTE or ROLLING TOTE right away!  These links will take you directly to my website to order.

To arrange your rolling tote just like on the video, take a look at the optional ORGANIZERS!

If you want these for Christmas, order right away as per this message from our corporate office:

"We have received our first batch of rolling totes and shoulder totes and have now made them available to order! We have more on the way, but it is possible that this first batch of totes could run out before more arrive. If that happens, we will not be back-ordering any of the totes, but will instead make them unavailable to order until we receive more in stock."

Don't forget to let me know ahead of time if your personal order will be over $150 as I can set you up as your own "gathering" so you receive a minimum of $25.00 in Hostess Rewards (free product).  You can email me ahead of time at createwithcare@att.net.

Happy Holidays,

Karen