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My name is Miss. Carrie, and I take delight in showing people, like you, how to use Close to My Heart & Cricut products to create something you will treasure.
You asked! They said YES! Close to My Heart is giving you another chance to sign up for the January Album Retreat. There are a limited number of kits and spots available for this weekend retreat, so make sure you snag your kit SOON!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND ~ While Supplies Last January 2021 Album Retreat from the Comfort of Home
All of the supplies for this retreat are sent to you, pre-cut and ready to assemble. With the purchase of the bundle, you receive MULTIPLE online classes teaching you new techniques in stamping, texture paste, paper folding, page building, distress inks, and more. These technique videos will be available for you to watch after the retreat so that you can continue to enjoy all the classes provided.
The is one of the best Christmas presents! All you need to do is order the kit, put on some comfy clothes, and create a stunning album to share with family and friends. All the classes will be recorded so that you can go back and re-watch them any time.
VIPs get $37.50 in credits plus a Free Stamp of the Month
Join as a VIP before December 31st, and get an additional $25 in credits to spend on any supplies you need. That’s $62.50 in Free Close to My Heart Goodies!! LEARN MORE
Album Retreat Kits Are Limited in Quantity!
VIPs get 15% back (that’s $37.50!) in credits to purchase items from my website including any additional supplies you might need for the album. VIPs also get the stamp of the month FREE with your $50 order. If you are not a VIP, you can join HERE on my website and get an additional $25 in credits just for joining. That’s $62.50 in Free Close to My Heart Goodies!!!
Everyone who orders the album retreat will also be getting a FREE Floral stamp set* from me as my way of saying THANK YOU for your order. This stamp set is not available online through my website.
Better yet, Join as a Maker and get a 25% Discount on the kit!! As a CTMH Maker you get a 25% discount on items you purchase PLUS the benefits of joining my team. All team members get my Cricut Classroom Subscription only $5 a month AND weekly maker trainings & projects.
I hope you are well, staying healthy, and enjoying the holiday season. Thank you to everyone who has sent well-wishes and get-well cards. They have been such a joy to my soul these past six weeks as I fight this virus. I can’t wait to get back to 100% and starting sharing projects again in the new year.
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*a floral stamp will be chosen at random and sent to you along with a thank you cardafter you have purchased the retreat kit. Miss. Carrie is not responsible for lost mail or prizes. This promotion is only through Miss. Carrie’s Creations.
Did you know that we offer a monthly stamp set that you can get at a discount or free as a VIP? Each month, our blog hop team shows you a variety of ways that you can use these exclusive stamp sets, and, this month, we are sharing ways you can create some warm, cozy creations with our You Warm My Heart stamp set. If you have come here from Brandi Robinson’s Blog you are on the right path. When you are finished viewing my Cozy Christmas Coffee Card, you can click on the link at the end to move to the next blog. This blog hop is simple, fun, and full of artwork created by some very talented consultants. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog
Those of you who know me, know that I truly enjoy my coffee, which is why I was so excited when I saw the You Warm My Heart stamp set. Each image on this acrylix stamp set is perfect for creating holiday cards, scrapbook pages, and winter gifts. I plan on creating quite a few gifts this month in my VIP group using this stamp set. Today, I am sharing with you how I made a 6″x6″ Cozy Christmas Coffee card.
The base for this card was cut from White Daisy cardstock and folded to form a six-inch card base. I added some strips of Comfort & Joy Paper and a beautiful patterned border across the center of the the card.
The border was cut from Kraft paper and White Glitter paper using our new Yuletide Borders thin cuts. This intricate design matched the coffee cup perfectly.
After stamping the sentiment onto the card, I added a large stitched square. I had debated making this into a shaker card using some of our new square shaker windows, but I wanted the papers and the border to show through, so I chose to create a simple frame instead.
The main portion of the coffee cup was stamped with Black Pigment Ink then heat embossed with clear powder to allow the texture of the intricate designs to stand out. The wrap on the cup was also heat embossed, but with white powder on black cardstock. I trimmed this to fit onto the center of the cup. I also heat embossed the lid and the small flowers.
I shaded the lid and the flowers with our TriBlend Markers. Now that we have six shades of dark red, I was able to add more shadows to that lovely lid. Once all of the images were shaded and cut out, I layered them onto the card along with a poinsettia sticker and some Gold Embellishing Thread.
I hope that this Cozy Christmas Coffee card inspired to to try something new and that you plan on creating a few of these to send at Christmas. Now ‘Hop” on over to the talented Becca Whitham ’s Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting tips and other fun ideas.
Don’t forget! The You Warm My Heart stamp set is only available until November 30th. Contact your CTMH Consultant, or visit the my website to learn how you can get this stamp set for only $5.00 or free as a VIP♥with a qualifying purchase.
Some of the links in this blog post are affiliate links. By clicking on those links, and making a purchase, your are helping to support my small business. This is at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support.
October is soon coming to an end, which means that I am posting my final 31 Days of Christmas Card project. To be honest, I debated dividing this week’s video into two separate tutorials, but, instead, chose to gift you with a full-length Cricut class tutorial showing how to engrave our Shaker Acetate windows with your Cricut Maker. I have also added a bonus tutorial, but, before I get into that, I want to remind you to check out all of the Creative Design Team’s 31 Days of Christmas Cards projects.
Throughout the month of October, our team has been posting a variety of Christmas card projects for you to enjoy. If you have missed any of this month’s video collab, you can view the entire collection here.
Like I said, this week’s project is basically just one big Cricut class. Teaching people how to use their Cricut machines is a passion of mine. My weekly Cricut classes bring me such joy and being able to share a few techniques on my YouTube channel allows me to share my love of all things Cricut with you, too. Today, I am sharing a few ways to dress up your shaker cards using the engraving tool and the foil transfer tool.
I honestly wish you could see these two cards up-close and in-person. The engraved acetate turned out simply beautiful. To create those etched images, I used the Engraving Tool on my Maker machine to etch onto our Rectangle Acetate windows.
The Rectangle Windows are new to our line of shaker products. We now carry rectangle, square, heart, and star shapes in both the thin cut dies and shaker windows to allow you to create all sorts of fun shaker cards. Now that you know that these can be etched with the engraving tool, the possibilities are endless.
In the photo above, you can see a bit of the etching that was engraved onto that acetate window. I also used the new Foil Transfer tool to add some silver snowflakes onto the Pearl Paper frame.
In the video, I show you how to create both of the cards in Cricut Design Space and how to assemble each one. After you have watched the video, you can continue to read about both of these cards that I created.
Don’t forget to hit the subscribe button so that you don’t miss out on our upcoming November collab. We have some great holiday crafting projects planned for you next month.
Let’s take a look at each of the cards in a little more detail. The Tidings and Joy card was created using Pearl paper, some CTMH Cricut images, a sweet Scarlet Glitter bow, and a large acetate rectangle with engraved snowflakes.
After engraving the acetate, I cut the rectangle frame from Pearl paper, attached all the pieces together and filled the shaker with white glitter and White Bitty Beads.
The images on the front of the card were cut from Scarlet & Evergreen cardstock using images from our Season of Joy collection. This image was cut out multiple times so that I make the sentiment thicker and layer more pine boughs being the words.
Not only did I experiment with engraving on acetate, I learned how to use Liquid Pearls for the first time. Where have these been all my life?! I have been hesitant to try them because I was told that they were difficult to use and took forever to dry. My crafts are usually created last-minute, so I don’t always have time to spare.
I am so glad I chose to give them a try. They were so much easier to use than I had thought they would be and they were dry within 20 minutes. As I was adding the Carnation Red berries, I was remined of my cake decorating days when I would spend hours adding little pearls of frosting to flowers and cake tiers.
The bow at the top of the card was cut from Scarlet Glitter paper using our Small Bow thin cut die. After assembling the bow, I attached a little white pearl in the center and the card was complete.
On the second card, I decided to add a little bonus tutorial. Not only did I etch the acetate window, I decided to show you how to use the new Cricut Foil Transfer Tool. This new tool can be used with the Explore and Maker machines and it works just like most foil transfer systems except that there is no heat required.
The Foil Transfer system is used more like a score tool or engraving tool with three interchangeable tips – fine, medium, and bold – which are used with the Cricut Foil Transfer sheets. When you are creating your project in Design Space, you will need to change your Line Type to “FOIL” then select the tip(s) you are using and choose your color of foil.
On my Peace on Earth Card, I used the Fine Tip with Silver Foil to create snowflakes on our Pearl paper. I just love how simple and subtle this pattern is.
Once I had added the silver snowflakes, I knew that I needed to use our new Blue Belle color. I am a bit partial to blue at Christmas time, so being able to create a beautiful blue and silver card just make my heart happy.
The flower on the card was created using the thin cut dies in our Comfort & Joy stamp set along with the stamen die in our 3D Flower thin cut bundle. I cut the images from Pearl Paper and Vellum, then layered it all together to create a beautiful white poinsettia.
Both cards turned out so much better than I had hoped and the etched images add so much to each of the cards. I wish the photos were able to show off that amazing detail. I plan on posting a little mini-video on Facebook and Instagram to show them up-close.
I hope that today’s project inspired you to dust off that Cricut machine and create something new. We still have four more Christmas Card projects for you, so make sure that you are subscribed to each of the Creative Design Team channels so that you don’t miss out on a single one.
Some of the links in this blog post are affiliate links. By clicking on those links, and making a purchase, your are helping to support my small business. This is at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support.
