Artistry At-a-Glance

Hello and welcome to the Artistry blog hop! You are sure to get loads of ideas for this awesome new Cricut cartridge so be sure to stick around. If you've come here from Priscilla's Paperie, or if you are just starting out, you are in the right place.

Artistry comes with three beautiful stamp sets, and a Cardstock Combo pack. You can see them all in the photo at the bottom of the post.

There are so many great cuts on this cartridge it was hard for me to choose what to focus on. But since I have a ton of cat pictures I haven't scrapped, I decided to use (mostly) the cuts on page 10 of the handbook, along with the font.

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I used papers, Shimmer Trim, and stamps from the Zoe Workshop on the Go, adding some extra Slate cardstock. I will say that if I had to do it over again, I would add a solid white circle behind the yarn ball so it looks more like yarn (and less like a volleyball, lol) because of its size.  Other than that one little thing, I am super happy with how this turned out!

Can I just say how much I love these cat silhouettes? I especially love this tone-on-tone look, and will definitely be using that again.  A little ink sponged on the edges really helps define the images! I also like the fun "hole free" font - it lends a whimsical touch to any project.

Banners are a nice way to add color and texture, and fill in when you have a little too much white space. I added more Shimmer Trim some Red Enamel Hearts for a little for interest (and because I love my furbabies).

The "one happy day" paper is a zip strip from one of the papers. I used the matching one on the other page, but hid the words under the ball of yarn. I used stamps from the WOTG for "FUN &" and used the font on Artistry for "FUR" to match. The green shape can be found on page 1 of the Artistry handbook. More Shimmer Trim and a Red Enamel Heart tie this in with the other elements on the page.

So what would your first project with Artistry be? Leave me a comment and let me know!  After you comment, be sure to hop along to Jean McNulty's Stampin' Maui blog and see what she made for us.

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Look at everything you get when you buy Artistry! You can make tons of projects with this by itself.

Zoe Workshop on the Go

Want to earn free items? Let me create a Gathering for you when you purchase the following items:

Artistry                            $99.00
Zoe WOTG                     $29.95
Sponge Daubers                $4.50
Slate Ink Pad                     $5.95
Sweet Leaf Ink Pad           $5.95
Sorbet Ink Pad                   $5.95
Red Hearts                         $3.95
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Subtotal                         $155.25     earns you $25 in select product credit!

They're Heeere!!

You may know by now that the new Close To My Heart catalog will not be live until September 1. However, they knew we would all be begging for new stuff already, so there are a couple of new products available beginning TODAY! Including a brand spankin' new Cricut Cartridge and a new My Reflections scrapbook line!  Here are the new items we have available (click the links to see all the info in a new window):

Zoe Paper Pack and coordinating products

Cricut Artistry with Stamps and New Cardstock Colors

Now, check out my first project using these new products!

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I purchased the Zoe Workshop on the Go, which comes with a stamp set and embellishments, plus a pattern booklet to create a 2-page layout and inspiration for a possible second one. I actually didn't use any of the embellishments on this layout, but I did use the stamp set - in fact, the stamp set inspired my entire layout! I did, however, add a sheet of Canary cardstock, and some Black Arrow washi tape.

"Sunshine" and "makes me happy" are both from the stamp set. As soon as I saw them I knew what I wanted my title to say (thank you John Denver), and how I wanted to design my layout. I cut the sun and the word Shoulders with the new Cricut Artistry cartridge. I stamped the phrases from the stamp set directly on my layout, and I made "stickers" with the Keyboard Uppercase stamp set (I'm SO happy this stamp set was not discontinued after all!).

Here's that fun washi tape, along with the pattern paper from Zoe. The green stripe is actually the zip strip from one of the papers! I used the heart image from the stamp set and some foam tape to make simple embellishments, and I added the "fun" stamp here.

I also used the dashed lines stamp to make journaling lines, using a frame mask the size I wanted my journaling area to be.

I really can't wait to play with both of these new products more this month! I promise I'll share my projects with you here too. I would love to hear what you think of my layout before you go!