Created by Sunshine HoneyBee: January 2021

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Birthday Card from Dogs to my Hubby - CTMH stamps - Cricut word bubbles

Please click here for Tip Thursday 1/28 Background Postage Stamp Shape.

Made this card to be from our 2 dogs, Holly Blossom & Daisy Rey, for hubby's birthday which is on 2/2.

Used several CTMH dog stamps. Fussy cut out the dogs

Used Cricut for word bubbles.

Supplies

calligraphy: - hand wrote dog's names & one sentiment inside

CTMH:

cardstock/paper - Kraft pattern - Best Friends Furever

Shimmer Pen - Clear (small dog collar),

Gold (big dog collar id), Yellow (big dog collar)

stamp - Eat Play Love, Faithful Friend, Let's Paw-ty,

Punny Pals

Crayola: pencil colors

Cricut: cartidge - Phrases

#M42DBB word bubble 1.37" x 1.25"

machine - Explore Air

Tim Holtz: Distress Ink - black soot

The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan - Feb catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.

My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com

Entering this in:

Cardz TV Ch#133 Anything Goes 1/3 2/11

CHNC Jan Pattern Ch 1/31

Simon Wed Anything Goes 2/5 2/2

Stay Crafty With Hero Arts Ch19 Include A Heart 2/4

there is a heart on inside big dog paw at bottom right

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Tip Thurs 1/28 - CricutCTMHArtPhilosophy - CTMH SendingLovePostage

Welcome to Tip Thursday. I'm Melissa, nickname "Sunshine HoneyBee", an independent Close To My Heart CTMH Consultant/Maker, and I want to share some tips I have learned in a weekly tutorial named Tip on Thursday.

Please check out my CTMH site and order wonderful items like what I use. Please let me know if you found this helpful. If you know of any corrections that need to be made please let me know.

Today, I want to show you how to use Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy to make a background postage stamp shape to go with the CTMH Sending Love Postage stamp. This will be in 2 parts. First part will cover the Cricut and 2nd part will cover a tip on stamping using negative cut (next Thurs 2/4)

Screen shots show how to retrieve the postage stamp image, #M450F2, from Cricut Art Philosophy and size it (2" x 2") to be a background for CTMH Sending Love Postage stamp.

select means to click on what is indicated

<enter> means to press enter

1. Using Design Space select:

Image

2. Select

Image Sets

3. Type in

Philosophy

<enter>

4. Click on CTMH Art Philosophy

5. Type in

stamp

#M450F2

<enter>

After selecting postage stamp, #M450F2, it will appear on screen in Design Space. It is a rectangle by default and you will change size to make it a 2" square.

6. Change Height to 2.0"

7. Then the only way you can change width and not have height already changed to change from 2" is to Unlock by clicking the

lock icon (bottom left of image)

8. Change Width to 2.0"

9. Select

Ungroup

10. Move the frame part of image to right

11. Delete the frame part of image moved to right

12. Duplicate image so you can make multiple of image if you like

13. If more than one of image line up each on canvas

14. Select

All

15. Select

Attach

16. Select

Continue

17. Make sure you have chosen the proper material &

Cut

18. Save both the cut piece & the piece of cardstock that image was cut from (negative piece).

Remember to come back next Thurs 2/4 for 2nd part of stamping using negative.

Supplies

Cricut:

cartridge - CTMH Art Philosophy

machine - Cricut Explore Air 2

CTMH:

cardstock/paper - color of your choice (I used pink 3" x 12")

stamp - Sending Love Postage #M1286

The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set/die set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.

My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

You Mocha me Smile Valentine's Day Card - CTMH WholeLatteLove

Please click here for Tip Thursday 1/21 Shimmer Pens.

Made this Valentine's Day card using CTMH Whole Latte Love stamp/die. Found it easier to die cut the cup & hugger and then stamp. Stamped the sentiment twice and fussy cut the word 'Mocha' for proper color. Fussy cut the fishtail on sentiment tag. Used an xacto knife to cut a small opening in the mug lid to insert the steam.