Cricut Artiste Cartridge ... Instant Love !!! x

Quick share this morning...

...I purchased the Cricut Artiste Cartridge as an early Christmas pressy to me a couple of weeks ago!!

This was my first make with the cart and I just love love love it...

Can you imagine a tiny pair of paper shoes with a card for a new baby ?? !! ??

AMAZING !!

Just 3 cuts and a bit of glue lol, although I did cut a second sole to hide the tabs and edged the shoe with ribbon to hide the joins before adding the gorgeous flower trim and pretty button.

SUPER SIMPLE !!

I have just joined in a Christmas paper craft gift exchange over at Rhonda's blog, (Scrap happens with Rhonda), and made all but 2 of my 12 embellishments/toppers from the Artiste Cartridge (Some fabric spellbinder flowers popped in to make the last 2 lol). Once I know they have arrived safely in Canada at Jenny's house I will share them too, posts are written and waiting to be posted.
Hurry Mr Postman !! x

FCCB Challenge #139 "Holiday Wishes" x

Happy Monday Folks !!

Gosh it seems ages since I did my last Challenge post !!!

Over at FCCB this week our challenge is #138  "Holiday Wishes"

We have a wonderful selection of Christmas Holiday projects to share so please come and join us.
The challenge runs, as always, from 0800 on Monday morning until Midnight on Sunday (MST)

I have used my 2012 family card for the challenge as life is busy busy busy !!!!

My younger daughter and I set up our own little production line lol it was so much fun.

We kept it very basic due to the number needed, they are made on 135mm Kraft card blanks.  

We used my fabulous new Artiste Cartridge for the back ground shape, cut at 97mm and 103mm with Merry Christmas cut at 40mm.

(The snowflake paper is my chosen wrapping paper for this year for total coordination)

We cut the gingerbread man 50mm using the amazing fill the page feature.

I confess to using a spellbinder die for the jar (2 per card 1 acetate and 1 white card) because I really wanted to accent the embossing with Distress Inks.
The snowflakes are a Fiskers punch.