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Thrift Store AND Michael's Haul!

Here's my latest thrift store and Michael's haul!
Enjoy!



~Tricia

APRIL Mantel a Little Late!

January Mantel Decor

Last Monday, we took down our Christmas decorations. I took down the tree and mantel decor and my two youngest sons took down the Christmas village. I gotta say, it felt rather dark and lonely after enjoying those lights for a few weeks. I decided not all light had to stay down. 

So, I set about designing and creating a January Mantel Decor that included lights. First, I scanned through Pinterest, then I scanned through my Cricut Design Space software. Here's what I came up with:

I chose a row of houses from the Close To My Heart Artistry Cricut cartridges and sized it to 11.5 x 5", then duplicated it and cut them out from white, dotted paper. The shiny dots added just the right texture.

I chose a snowflake overlay from the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and sized 2 of them to fit my clear vases, cut them out of plain white card stock then put them inside the vases. 

I then chose a variety of trees from different Cricut cartridges (Close To My Heart Artbooking and Flower Market) and sized them each about 2.5 x 5", then duplicated them and welded them together before cutting out of white, dotted card stock.

I had a few snowflakes left over from Christmas projects, also cut on my Cricut Explore Air, so I strung them onto kitchen twine and hung them loosely from the mantel. (The snowflakes came from Close To My Heart Artistry and Art Philosophy cartridges.)

I put a set of white Christmas lights behind the display and it brightened up my living room immediately!

I love the detail of the dots.

Happy New Year!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting!

~Tricia

The Making of my 2016 Christmas Card

Every year, I create a new design for a Christmas card and make them in batches. This year, I've made an embossed set of cards that are simple and elegant.

Here's a shot of a bunch of the cards together:

Here's an up close look at the "snowflake" card. 

I used an embossing folder to make the snowflake impressions

with my Cuttlebug.

I stamped Isaiah 9:6 inside the card in Holiday Red ink

from Close to My Heart.

Here's an up close look at the "dots" card.

I used an embossing folder with my Cuttlebug, again.

For the red ornament, I used Close To My Heart's Art Philosophy cartridge. 

And the ornament image on page 33.

I cut the image from red card stock on my Cricut Explore Air, sizing it to 1.5 x 2.5". 

I cut thin strips of the same red card stock to use for the "string" holding the ornament.

I stamped the word "Joy" on each ornament with Versamark Ink

then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I love how they turned out!

Happy Crafting!

~Tricia

Close To My Heart HAUL and New Flower Market Cricut Cartridge

I've uploaded my latest video, this one of a Close To My Heart Haul which includes the new Flower Market Cricut Cartridge. Just look what I did with the handbook!

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/spt66JDjISc

Thanks for watching!
Happy Crafting!
~Tricia