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Make 3 Beautiful Projects in the Virtual Cricut Design Space Workshop

Get your Cricut out of the box or dust it off. It’s time to learn some new skills at the Flower Market Cricut Workshop.

You’re invited to join me for a virtual Cricut class next Sunday (May 17). We’ll make the three projects pictured and described below using the amazing Flower Market Cricut collection. When you make these projects, you’ll learn both basic and advanced Design Space skills. I’m so excited to teach you how to make these beautiful projects.

If you’ve attended one of my workshops before, these are two changes. First, this is now a virtual event which has both limitations but also some advantages over a live event. The most obvious benefit of a virtual class is that you will not need to pack up your machine, laptop, other tools and supplies to travel to where ever I am. You will have the convenience of working in your normal space without the inconvenience of packing and unpacking. We’ll also be able to share community without the pressure to keep up with the person across the table or feeling guilt for working ahead. 

Second, for this workshop, you’ll get a guide that includes both step-by-step directions and Design Space links to the completed projects. You choose whether to design the projects from scratch or to jump straight to cutting.

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Sending Sunshine Card

This cheerful card will brighten the day of whoever you send it to. Your kit includes the solid and patterned cardstock, foil paper plus the card base and envelope. 

May Flowers (Iris) Layout

Just in time for your late spring pictures, this layout features just one of then many flowers in the Flower Market collection. You’re going to love creating these iris and fern bouquets. 

Pot of Succulents

The last project is this gorgeous pot of succulents. Optional sponging technique adds fun detail to these 3-D plants. 

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Workshop contents:

  • Cardstock
  • I Heart Us Paper
  • Foil Paper
  • Card base & envelope
  • Paper mache flower pot
  • Dual Track Printable Guide, with step-by-step directions plus Design Space links to completed projects
  • Virtual “Live” Workshop Meeting

New Dual Track Classes 

The printable workshop guide includes step-by-step directions for each project. For each project, you will be guided through the design, cutting and assembly process. These directions will give you the opportunity to learn how to do intermediate and advanced techniques in Design Space. The format will look very familiar if you have attended one of my Cricut classes before. 

New with this workshop, the guide with also include links to completed projects in Design Space. If you are new to Design Space or just want a fast track to finishing the projects, you can use these links and focus on basic skills rather than the advanced techniques used to design the projects. The addition of the Design Space links creates a beginner and advanced track for the projects. You choose which track is best for you! 

New Virtual Workshop Format

Each workshop will have a schedule date and time for a virtual workshop using Zoom. The session will begin with a walk through the steps of each project. I’ll point out any challenges that you may have along the way and give you tips to avoid them. Once I have finished this portion, the classroom will remain open while you and others in the workshop work at your own pace. Together, we’ll discuss any questions or issues that come up along the way. 

Additional Materials Needed:

  • Cricut Explore or Maker machine, mat and tools
  • Paper adhesives
  • Liquid Glass 
  • Thistle & Pixie ink pads (optional)
  • Sponge (optional)
  • Rocks
  • Images from the Flower Market Cricut Collection*

*You will need to either (a) subscribe to Cricut Access or (b) purchase these images prior to cutting the projects. If you wish to subscribe or purchase the entire Flower Market collection, you can do this using my personal Cricut affiliate link. Alternatively, you can purchase the individual images used in the projects in Design Space just before you cut. I also have two remaining copies of the digital-only collection on discounted to just $40. Let me know if you’d like to purchase one of them.

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Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month with The World Is Yours Suite of Products! (free project downloads)

May is National Scrapbook Month and we have an exclusive suite of products called The World Is Yours to help you celebrate!

I’ve only begun to create with the exclusive collection and I’m already in love. The travel and outdoor theme is perfect for a lot of the pictures I need to get into my albums and the bike and other images are great for happy, fun cards. I can’t wait to create more pages and cards with this fun set. Scroll down to learn all about it. Follow the links for more information or to place your order.

The World Is Yours suite includes a paper pack, coordinating cardstock, exclusive stamp set plus a Cut Above (super quick) layout kit.  Save over 20% on the bundle that includes all of these products! Learn more>>

Looking for more project ideas? Three very creative consultants have designed projects for you to make! Download and order just what you need to complete them or order these convenient bundles.

1) Scrapbooking Workshop: Create three coordinating scrapbooking layouts and one single page. 

DOWNLOAD GUIDE

2) Everyday Life Album Workshop: Create 16 pages plus decorate the cover of one of our Everyday Life (8″ x 6″) albums.

DOWNLOAD GUIDE

3) Cardmaking Workshop: Create 20 fun cards!

DOWNLOAD GUIDE

You can also get The World is Yours Cut Above layout kit FREE when you become a Consultant or host a qualifying party in May!

Learn more about hosting a party

Learn more about becoming a Consultant

Happy Creating!

Rebecca

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Exclusive: Dad is Rad Stamp Set and Bundle!

To celebrate the dads in your life, the Dad is Rad exclusive product offering features the limited edition Rad Dad stamp set and discounted Dad is Rad workshop bundle. 

 

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The Dad is Rad workshop includes the stamp set, cardstock, glitter paper, embellishments plus directions to make a scrapbook page, a two page scrapbooking layout and four cards!

The total retail value of this bundle is over $40, but you can get it all for just $29.95! Order now>>

The kit includes a printed instructions for the six projects shown below. These projects can be used for Father’s day or to share with all the “rad” people you love!

Preview instructions>>

Take a closer look at these projects:

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I can not “Bear” to have you miss the next Card Workshop

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about my All You Can Make card workshops so I’d like to give you an update since I’ve moved my card “buffet” from a table to a wall. This new set up is working so well!  Going vertical makes it easier for my guests to select what card they would like to make.

Once a card is selected, the sample can be pulled down because they are conveniently mounted on the displays at the top with Velcro. You may notice that there are a couple empty spots — I will be filling these with ChristmasCardsbefore the next workshop! In fact, I will add a half dozen holiday cards by the November workshops and in December, the board will be nearly filled with HOLIDAY CARDS!

Beneath the cards on display, there are two rows of bags. These bags contain the card bases, envelopes, stamp set, papers, embellishments to make the card. They are numbered to match numbers that are on the back of the sample cards. They also contain a list of ink pads and other items from the “tool table” needed. Once you have gathered up the sample card, bag of materials and tools, you can make as many of the selected card as you’d like. At the workshop, you will have 2 full hours to make as many cards as you’d like!

Tonight I added kits for this adorable masculine card to the buffet. It is likely the last non-holiday card I add this year. It is made with the recently retired Jack paper and Cardmaking stamp + thin cut set. (Although offiicially retired, this set is still available to purchase!).

This stamp set is one of my favorites! As you can see, there are several other sentiments you could choose in place of the one I used. If you want to get really ahead, you could even make your Father’s Day cards for next year!

If you live in the St. Louis/Arnold area, I’d love to have you join us at my next All You Can Make Card Workshop! I am hosting two each month through December.  If you can’t make it to my card workshops, the card buffet wall is always open! You can make these cards a la carte for just $2.50 each during my crops and other events.  

For more details and sign up for card workshops, crops or other events, head over to my Yapsody website. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me. Hope to see you here!

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Five Final Sangria Cards

As July is coming to an end, the end is also near for our current Annual Inspirations Idea Book. Today, I was looking through some of the things I’ve made with the products from this catalog and realized I had not shared this set of All Occasion Cards.

This is using my favorite paper from the Annual Inspirations book, Sangria. Love the combination of secondary colors (purple, green and orange), with a hint of deep pink in the mix. The stamp set is one of my favorites: Stamps of Approval (C1637) which retired earlier this year.

I had a lot of fun making these cards because the papers in the pack work so well together. Because the paper is so rich in color and design, the only embellishments I added were Poppy Thick Twine and a few Durable Artisan Studs (also retiring on Sunday).

Here’s a close up of each card:

I hope that you enjoyed these cards. My goal in blogging about my projects is to inspire you to make time for creating. When life is stressful, overwhelming or sad, I turn to crafting. Focusing on my work helps me get back to center and also frees my mind to touch base with my creator. So clear off a corner of your calendar, grab a few papers from your stash and create even for a few minutes.

By the way, if you love the papers in these cards, be sure to order theSangria paper pack(and any coordinating items you like) before Sunday, July 31 at midnight (MDT). Please let me know if you have questions about these projects or the products I used.

Create today,

Rebecca

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Art Philosophy Cricut Star Cut-out Window Card

Tired of the same boring flat cards? You can easily turn any Cricut shape into a Window Card using the Slice feature in Design Space.

The card I made uses a blank card base and star from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. This cartridge is amazing with 700 images including two complete fonts, tons of basic images, cards and fun stuff like 3D roses and borders. 

If you don’t have it, order yours today because it is retiring at the end of the month! 

As Independence Day approaches this year, it seems like there are a lot of reasons to have fear and doubt. But I choose to have HOPE! We live in an amazing country filled with incredible people. Will you join me? As this card says, I wish for you to “Have a day filled with….Hope!”

To make this card, I “sliced” together a scalloped card base and the star image to create a window. The stamping is from one of the stamp sets from the Art Philosophy Collection. 

You could use this same technique with the heart, leaf or other images on the stamp set. In fact, you can do this with any Cricut image. Watch this video to see how surprisingly simple it is to create these custom window cards. 

In addition to Art Philosophy, the Artiste and Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge collections are also retiring on July 31. Each of these collections include the cartridge, handbook, 3 coordinating stamp sets and 24 sheets of cardstock! These are my go-to cartridges!

We will also be saying good-bye to a lot of stamp sets that coordinate with the Cricut cartridges and tons of other paper-crafting goodies that are available only while supplies last.

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Happy Father’s Day Artiste Shirt & Tie Card

This weekend we will be honoring our Fathers!

Father's Day Card

You still have time to make this card before Sunday thanks to the Artiste Cricut cartridge. The card, tie and pocket are on page 75 of the handbook. I cut my card at 4.25” tall and it fits in a standard A2 envelope.

Image

Here’s what the card base looks like when you cut it out. It is a top-fold card, so you are looking at the front of the card with the card back above it upside down.

Father's Day Card - piece

To assemble, the first thing you will do is fold the base in half on the horizontal score line. You will notice two slits at the top of the card separating the collar from the shirt. Fold these down at an angle on the score lines.

Father's Day Card - fold2

Father's Day Card - fold3

Use a little adhesive to secure collar.  The stamping on the pocket is from D1560 Holiday Tags. I absolutely love this stamp set because it covers pretty much every holiday and has the great frames that can be cut using the Artiste cartridge.

***Important note: Both this stamp set and the Artiste cartridge will retire on July 31***

A nice finishing detail is the stitching which was drawn with a journaling pen. The tie and knot was cut from retired paper pack Timberline.

 Father's Day Card - detail

Happy Father’s Day!

Rebecca

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Penelope Workshop Your Way Guide and Videos

Have you tried one of our new Workshop Your Way kits? These kits contain an amazing amount of product at a very affordable price. Three kits were introduced in the Seasonal Expressions Idea Book that was released in January.

The Penelope kit is perfect for your spring layouts and cards. The kit is designed to make three 2-page layouts (6 pages total), up to x Picture My Life cards and a set of 8 adorable cards.

You can download the directions on my Close To My Heart website on the kit ordering page by clicking on “Download Guide” under the “Add To Cart” button.

Watch this series of videos for additional help 

Cutting Guide Video (hint, you can mute the audio for this one)

Scrapbook Layout Assembly Video

Cardmaking Video

Picture My Life Video

Have fun with your Penelope kit. If you have questions about any of the products of techniques used in these projects, please let me know.

Happy Creating,

Rebecca

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New Artfully Sent Cricut Collection update and a few sample cards

I can’t wait to get my hands on the new Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge. An early to mid-September release is the current target. So it could happen anytime! I will keep you updated as I learn more.

Current Target: Early to Mid-September Release

While we wait, I thought I’d this picture that Close To My Heart released of three Artfully Sent cards.

2019 Update: Our retired Cricut image collections are now available to purchase using my special Cricut link! The Artfully Sent Cricut collection was first released by Close To My Heart in 2014 in a physical cartridge bundle. It retired a few years later without being offered as a digital-only collection.  This made all of these great images unavailable to anyone who was unfortunate enough to miss out on this cartridge while it was available.

This fall (2019), Close To My Heart began a new partnership with Cricut which allows all of our image collections, including retired collections like Artfully Sent, to be purchased using special links only available from Close To My Heart consultants! This is an exciting development because many of you missed these collection the first time around. 

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Note that the Artfully Sent images are also available in Cricut Access or can be purchased individually in Design Space for $1.99 for each project and $6.99 for the font. However, the best value is to purchase the full collection which includes all 700 individual images (projects plus font) for just $49.95. You can subscribe to Access or purchase the full collection on Cricut.com. (If you use the Cricut link in this post for your purchases, I’ll earn a small commission. Thank You!)

On this cartridge, you will find lots of interactive and dynamic cards including: pop-up, swing, backdrop, build-a-scene, sentiment, border and pocket cards.

FREE Stamp Set when you reserve your copy!

Remember you can only get this cartridge from Close To My Heart Independent Consultans like me. Although it is not yet available for purchase, I can reserve a copy for you today. Simply send me an email saying that you’d like a copy and I’ll add this stamp set to your order for free!!

Beautiful Friendship (B1400) – $9.95 value

This reservation deal will DISAPPEAR once the cartridge is released. So be sure to email me now to get the free stamp set.