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CTMH Technique Blog Hop – Flower Power

Welcome to the CTMH Technique Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Darlys’ blog, however, if you are starting here, no worries, it’s a round blog hop!

Today we are going to show you some fantastic creations with the fabulous Flower Market Cartridge. It is such a FUN cartridge! You’ve seen some of my previous cards that I made with it, and here’s another one!!

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I saw a fun card on pinterest, and thought, HEY! I have some of those images on this cartridge!! So, tinkering away I went! I’ve had a lot of fun with shaker cards! This one was no different!

I used the This & That stamp set on this card, paired with Archival Black ink.

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Isn’t that “confetti” fun inside the umbrella? Two different sizes and colors of paper in there! I cut up a page protector for my window, and attached the grey for the handle and spindles right on top of it! I popped up one of the clouds to give a bit more dimension. That tiny pop of color that you see in the background is from the Whimsy Fundamentals pack. These packs are FANTASTIC!!

I know you will LOVE this cartridge! So many images for you to use! Just like the other cartridges, there are 700 different images, before sizes!

Now, it’s time for you to leave a comment and let me know what you think, and then hop on over to Janna’s blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time!

Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop – Cricut Flower Market & Thin Cuts Dies

Welcome to another week of a Just Crazy Blessed team members blog hop! Today we are showing off the Flower Market Cricut bundle and some of the Thin Cuts Dies. We have just a few stops for you today, but I hope you like all of the projects that you get to see!

Today I have three different cards for you! We will start with the Thin Cuts Die card. I used the Hello & Thanks set for this fun card.

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Would you believe that I have ONLY White Daisy cardstock on this card? Really! That’s the only cardstock! I know, it’s kind of a trick question, because there is another color on there, but I used the Turquoise Blue ShinHan Touch Twin marker to make a mat and colored one of the dies that I cut.

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It was such a FUN card to make! (and with cards like this, Liquid Glass is your BEST FRIEND!!)

Next I have a card with a fun woven background.

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The flowers and vase are from the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge. The sentiment is stamped in Archival Black ink with one of the sentiment stamps that are includes in the Flower Market bundle! (as are the cardstock colors for the flowers themselves) The Vase uses a bit of paper from the Whimsy Fundamentals pack.

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The next card I had a bit of fun with in Design Space. I used the Flower Market font to make the word “happy” and welded the letters onto a rectangle to create the little band.

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Then I used the “birthday” from the Sweet Birthday set, and stamped that with Archival black. Wrapped a bit of white twine around the kraft paper and used foam tape to give it a bit of dimension! The pink paper is also from the Whimsy Fundamentals pack.

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I hope you like my cards today! If you would like to make some like this, just let me know, and we can get that worked out! Let me know below, what you think about my cards! Which is YOUR favorite??

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Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop – PML, Instalife, & Everyday Life Scrapbooking

Welcome to the Just Crazy Blessed Team mini blog hop. Today we have just two participants, myself and Janna. Lots of people are away for the holiday weekend, so they weren’t able to participate.

Today I am going to show you a set of 6 cards using the Picture My Life (PML) cards from the Swan Lake paper pack.

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I made this set of 6 cards with ONLY the sheet of PML cards from the pack, and two sheets of White Daisy cardstock. I think that the set of cards turned out pretty awesome!

Three of these cards have no stamping on them, and three have some stamping on them. I used the September Stamp of the Month, Blessed Beyond Measure, and This & That.

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I also used one of the Create Kindness stamp sets, Enjoy the little things. These are fantastic little M sized stamp sets that are perfect to add to your stash for quick card making!

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Most of the cards are fairly simple . . . which makes them really easy to put together!

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Just some minimal cutting, and you have some great cards to add to your stash!

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In the next couple of days I will share how I made the extra cuts on these cards, so you can make a set for yourself!

I just wanted to show you that these fun cards don’t have to be used in the Pocket pages for scrapbooking, nor on a traditional page layout!

I hope you enjoyed them! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

For now, hop on over to Janna’s blog, and see the fantastic layout that she created for you!

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Just Crazy Blessed Blog Hop: Jeepers Creepers!

Welcome to our JCB Monthly Blog Hop!

This month there are a few of us highlighting the Jeepers Creepers paper pack. This blog hop is a big circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating the Jeepers Creepers Paper collection.

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While I have many years of photos to catch up on for Halloween pages, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do a fun little treat box with this fantastic monster paper!

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I’m all about monsters! I cannot wait until my stamp set and thin cuts get here!

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I found a video that I liked the little box on, but then decided I wanted to change it up some so that my gift card would stand upright and stick out of the top. So, I did! I really like how it turned out!

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It holds a fun gift card in the sentiment portion of the box, and treats inside! I used the Black Shimmer Ribbon tied off with the White Twine to use as a pull tab for the gift card.

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I used the leftover side pieces from the box to make the little banners. I stamped them with Jennifer’s Hand stamp set in Archival Black ink. I don’t know about you, but when this font finally retires (luckily no time soon!!), I will be so sad!

Now, I hope you liked my little treat box! I know I had fun making it! (it’s the first time I’ve designed my own box!) I know the other ladies have some fantastic projects for you! So, use the fabulous little arrows below to navigate through the hop!

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think!

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Danielle Wagner – http://www.danyellscraps.com/2016/09/jeepers-creepers.html
Michelle Johns – http://www.myflightsoffancy.com/just-crazy-blessed-blog-hop-jeepers-creepers
Janna Brown Gray – http://www.jannagray.com/just-crazy-blessed-team-blog-hop-jeepers-creepers/

Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop – Uptown & All About the Gold Fundamentals

Welcome to the Just Crazy Blessed Team Mini Blog hop! I hope you have been enjoying seeing some fun artwork each week with the new papers! I know I have!

This week we are focusing on the Uptown fundamentals and the All About the Gold Fundamentals. Both are super fun! They have gold foil printing (so they are silver on the back side, super bonus!) and vellum, and some are clear overlays! I know you will like these packs!

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Today I used the new Sea Glass color for the base of my card. It’s a fun folding card!

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I created a belly band for it, with more sea glass paper, and one of the stamps from the Wedding Wishes stamp set.

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Here you can see how bright the foil is! This ‘paper’ is one of the clear overlays with the gold foil. Like I said earlier, the backside is silver, so I could have easily flipped it over and gone for the silver triangles (that actually might have looked better . . . but I do like how it turned out!)

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Here you can see it open, and laying on my table. There is PLENTY of writing space on the inside, and the triangles follow through on the inside as well.

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I love this card design! I may have to make some Christmas cards out of it for my Christmas workshop later this year!

I hope you like how it turned out! I would love to hear your thoughts!! Now, hop along the blog hop trail and see what the other ladies have made to show you! (The hop is a circle, so you can just keep going until you end up here again!)

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Until next time!
~Michelle

Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop – Enchantment Fundamentals

Welcome back to another mini blog hop by the Just Crazy Blessed team! Today we are going to show off the Enchantment Fundamentals! These papers are so fun! I’ve been working with them for a swap, and could have shown you those items, but I want to wait until they are ALL done! I know you will love them! Anyways! Today you should have come from Jana’s blog, if not, keep hopping, you will get back to her blog!

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The stamp set that I am showing you today is the Get Better set, B1543. I LOVE THIS STAMP SET!!! I think the sentiment is so so so so funny!!

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I went with a somewhat monochromatic look with the yellows and whites and kraft. It isn’t quite mono . . . but close!

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I almost NEVER stamp on the B&T Duos paper, however, I thought this just went so well that way! Because of how black the Archival Black ink is, it totally pops against the paper!

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I tucked a tissue in with the tag in this card, just to add a bit more humor and decoration for the card. I think it is so stinkin’ cute!

If you have been following my blog this month, you will have seen this other card that I made with this same stamp set.

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This is one of the card kits that you can earn for free! Check out this post for more information.

Now, it’s time to hop over to Tonya’s blog. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my cards!

Until next time!

Michelle

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Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop – Rustic Home & Memo Fundamentals

Welcome back to the Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop! I don’t know about you, but summer here is craaaazy busy! We have only a few stops for you today, but I know you will LOVE what you see! And, if you missed it earlier, check out my other blog hop post from earlier today! There are some fun new products over there too!

Today, we are using the Rustic Home papers! I will also be showing you the school kids stamp set. I LOVE it! It works REALLY well with the Operation Smile stamp set for the year. That means that we have FIVE of these little people that we can color to our little heart’s content!

First up, though, is the Rustic Home papers. I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest, and of course, had to re-create it with our new products, and the fantastic Flower Market cartridge!

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It’s a fairly simple card, but absolutely gorgeous (even if I do say so myself!). This card would even work well as a sympathy card, all you would need to do is change the sentiment. Speaking of sentiment, this fabulous little sentiment is just ONE of the MANY that are on one of the stamp sets that come with the Flower Market cricut bundle! I love the fonts that they chose for this set!

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As you can see, these flowers are 3 pieces for the bloom, plus the stem. I used the new Raspberry color, colonial white, and pixie for the flower, and fern as the stem. The fun vase is from the Whimsy fundamentals paper pack. I just popped up the flowers and the vase on some foam tape to give it a bit more pop, and there you have it!

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Now, take a look at this FUN card! It was also inspired by a card I saw on pinterest. That person had used a Magnolia stamp as her person on the front, and other dies/cartridges for the whole thing. So, I took her idea, switched it up just a bit, and it came out TOTALLY cute!

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As you can see, this is not your traditional card! It folds out to be a free standing card, but folds up flat to fit into an envelope! The little girl is colored with Water Color Pencils and a Small Waterbrush.

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I had a lot of fun piecing the bits and pieces of this card! The trees and the grass are all on the new Flower Market cartridge!

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I know that this will be a super fun cartridge for you to own!

Thanks for stopping by my spot in the mini blog hop! I know you will enjoy the other stops, and it’s super short, so you can enjoy the rest of your day!


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Until next time, have a crafty day!
~Michelle

Passionate about Pockets blog hop

Welcome hoppers! Today I joined a new Blog hop group, that also loves Close to my Heart products! Today we are hopping about, showing you how passionate we are about pockets! While I have to have pockets on my pants, I also LOVE to use them in my scrapbooking! Usually you will see me use Flip Flaps on my pages, but today I wanted to try something different! I’m sure Jenifer showed you some super fun pockets, now let’s check out what I have done, below!

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Today, I am using one of the new Everyday Life Album. It’s a fun album that fits pages that are 6″ x 8″! So, compact scrapbooking! I LOVE it! I’ve used a page from the 4×6 and a page of the 3×4 page protectors that are made just for this album! {Doesn’t it just scream “put some vinyl on me!!”? I just need to figure out WHAT that vinyl needs to say!}

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I am also using the Picture My Life Overlays – White Frames. These are such fun little overlays! There are 24 in a package, with both 4×6 and 3×4 sizes. I used 3 of them here. Such fun little sentiments for pics of my hubby!

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See that little grey tab there on the right of the picture? The one that says “This Happened”? That is one of the new tabbed journaling cards!

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As you can see, I haven’t journaled on it yet (I will!) I want to get it just right, though, before I start writing! (maybe even have my cricut write it for me! hahaha!)

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Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web! I hope you enjoyed my little project! (Hopefully hubby won’t be too upset that I put his pics up for all to see!) Now, hop off to Tonya’s blog for pocket project!

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Stop by later this afternoon for another blog hop, with even more new products from CTMH!

Until then!

~Michelle

Just Crazy Blessed Team Blog Hop – Whimsy Fundamentals

Welcome to the Just Crazy Blessed Team blog hop! This week we are showcasing the Whimsy Fundamentals papers, and a few different stamps!

Today I am working with the Sweet Birthday Occasions stamp set. It has an adorable cupcake image with a few other images on it. You can see this same set in the post about my free cards, here. It includes a few faces, a candle, a party hat, sprinkles, and 2 sentiments in addition to the cupcake image itself.

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Isn’t it so fun? I used the sweet leaf dotted paper in the Whimsy Paper Fundamentals pack for the circle that is behind the cupcake. I thought it was perfect, since it matched the cupcake wrapper! I used some sweet leaf cardstock that I stamped the sprinkles in sweet leaf ink for a bit of fun texture on the piece.

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Both the sentiment and the cupcake are stamped in archival black ink, and after I fussy cut my cupcake, I lined the cut edges with the journaling pen, just to give it a nice, clean image. I cut the hearts out of pixie cardstock, and after I glued them on with the liquid glass, I covered them with the new shimmer brush. LOVE it! I also used that shimmer brush on the white dots on the cupcake wrapper.

I colored the cupcake and wrapper with the Shinhan Touch Twin markers, they color so nicely, gives such a great creamy image!

Thanks for joining us today! Please use the buttons below to hop through the Just Crazy Blessed Team Mini Blog Hop!

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Earn Free Cards!

I’m trying something new with the new Annual Inspirations! You guys will have to let me know how you like it.

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Keep reading to see how you can earn a kit for each of these cards! (Aren’t they sooo cute??)


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This fun little guy uses the Sweet Birthday stamp set. Isn’t it adorable?? And the faces! Oh the faces! I can see those going on so many other little things, not just this cupcake!! When you place an order for $20 on my website, you will earn this kit free!

Supply list:
Sweet Birthday Stamp Set B1532
Archival Black Ink 44751
Watercolor pencils 3505
Waterbrush – Small Round Z3224
Thin 3-D Foam Tape Z2060


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I LOVE this stamp set! There is soooo much humor in it! You will get it free, as well as the one above, when you place a $40 order on my website.

Supply list:
Get Better B1543
Archival Black Ink 44751
Watercolor pencils 3505
Waterbrush – Small Round Z3224
Thin 3-D Foam Tape Z2060
Embossing Folder of your choice (I thought the one shown was staying, and I was wrong, sorry!)


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This one is SOOOOO FUN!! A little shaker card of smiles! Your piece will have the jar cut, the lid cut, and the words outlined. You will need to fill in the outlines of the letters. When you order $60 on my website, you will get this one free, as well as the two other cards above.

Supply list:
Emojis C1669
Archival Black Ink 44751
Adventure Exclusive Mini Pigment Inks Z2506
Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen Z1979
3-D Foam Tape Z1151