Made to go together–‘Tis the Season & Holidazzle and Noel Collections!

One of the things that attracted me to Creative Memories is how many of their products are timesavers.  I love it when they take the time to coordinate items so I don’t have to. 

The new ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut cartridge is filled with wonderful, fun images that are great on their own but did you know they coordinate with the Holidazzle and Noel product lines? 

“Believe” cut using ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut Cartridge using Green Apple, Silver Shimmer & Black CM Cardstock.

The background paper has this detail printed on it – complete with foil accents.  The 12x12 papers that are in the Holidazzle & Noel collections are double sided and each sheet has one side with foil accents and one side without.  Hoidazzle has silver accents & Noel has gold.  I added a strip of the polka dot paper, grey photo mat and striped paper ribbon from the Holidazzle collection as well as a strip of Green Apple CM Cardstock. 

This page uses items from the Noel collection.  The ornament on the background paper has gold foil accents.  The colors are a bit off  - they are a rich looking deep green and red.

Cut using the CM ‘Tis the Season Cricut cartridge placed on a diecut atop paper ribbon from the Noel collection.

Epoxy sticker in the Noel collection

Ideas?  Can’t get enough of them!  Nancy O’Dell’s new Creative Memories book – Secret Ingredients is filled with great ideas!

The book is filled with step-by step “recipes” for creating meaningful gifts that can easily be adapted to use in your album making or other projects.  It’s more than just ideas for layouts or other projects. Fun, heartfelt ideas to help you create something really special.  Love that!

Fun projects like this one for the Everyday Display are throughout the book.  This one is a different way to countdown to Christmas.  You make a “To Do” pocket and fill it with tags that list fun holiday activities and then move these to a “Done” pocket when there completed!  The book has some great suggestions for activities but of course you could include any traditions your family already does or wants to try.

Lots of sketches in the book, too – to help you get a jump start on your layouts.

Lots of page ideas and other project ideas, like this cute little album meant to be given with a sapling.  Each year the recipient only needs to take a picture by the tree and place it in the pre-decorated album!  A wonderful way to measure a child’s growth!

I’d love to see your projects using CM products – you can email them to me and I’ll post them on my blog or upload them to my Facebook group!

A few projects using ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut Cartridge

These are some very quick items I made up to have on my Gift Buffet at my Open House using the ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut cartridge.  I use my Open House to reward my customers and to thank them for their business.  I have about 15 - 20 baskets on my Gift Buffet that have different events/tasks associated with them.  Things like visiting my blog,  joining my Facebook group, turning in a Wish List, ordering from my CM website, etc.  I have mostly photo & scrapbook related products but like to have some other fun things, too.  Like these:

Hand sanitizer with “Fa La La” cut out of adhesive backed vinyl.

Elf Bottoms – can you tell what image I used to make the shoes?  Here’s a hint…it’s folded in 1/2 and cut in 2.  Sixlet candies are used for the legs. 

Here’s the shape used to make the shoes: 

“Joy” cut from gold vinyl. 

I didn’t use my Cricut on the one below but thought they were cute & I’d share.  I created the bag topper in SBC+

Used Junior Mints and a Red Hot for the noses.

Happy Holidays & be sure to check out my calendar on my CM website if you’re in the SE Michigan area and would like to attend one of my events!

$10 rebate on each CM Cricut cartridge purchased on my CM website in November!

Visit my CM website and purchase any CM Cricut Cartridge (Reminisce Accents, Cheerful Seasons, Stork’s Delivery, Traveler and/or ‘Tis the Season) in November and I’ll send you a $10 rebate for each cartridge you purchase – either via Paypal or personal check.  I appreciate your business and am happy to help you save a few $$ whenever I can!

Shortly after you order from my CM website I’ll send an email to you (using the email address you used to complete your CM order) to see which method works best for you to receive your rebate.  After you’ve received your order I’ll send you your rebate! Please contact me if you haven’t heard from me about your rebate!

This offer is made in good faith but if something seems “hinky” and my scam radar goes off I reserve the right to rescind this offer at any time.  Questions?  Please contact me!

CM Cricut Expressions2 almost gone!

Apparently CM is very close to depleting their supply of exclusive Cricut Expression 2s...they've pulled them from the websites and only have a few available for CM Consultants to order this weekend. CM does not have plans on offering these again. If you want one of these let me know ASAP!

Dear Santa Simply Said Book

Available Nov. 1st on my CM website

Make it simple. Make it matter. A Simply Said Book is a fantastically quick way to share your hopes, sentiments and memories with someone you love. CM gives you the format to fill in the blanks with your photos and feelings to create a unique tribute. Its love and honor in under an hour.  Each book even comes with a sheet of adhesive!  Here are all current Simply Said books on my CM website.  (Check out the Teacher book – what a great gift that will be!!)

This book is so very cute – I am going to give one to each of my boys.  It’ll make a wonderful keepsake! 

One of my friends suggested using this as a class project – contact me if you’d like to order multiple copies of this – I’d love to offer a discount to help you out!

Here’s a picture of each page:

(click on pictures to see them larger)

 

Some (very) quick pages made with the new CM ‘Tis the Season Cricut cartridge, Holidazzle & Noel products

Good news & bad news – First the good news – I did get a chance to play with the new ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut cartridge at our fun filled weekend retreat!  Bad news – I only got 10 cuts done!  20 cuts, really – but only 10 different ones.  10 were for another CMC that will be making me some cuts from the Best of Times Sampler cartridge that comes with the CM exclusive Expressions 2 – because I haven’t caved yet and bought it!  The weekend was filled with lots of fun, wedding crashers, helping out sommeliers in training (otherwise they’d just have to pour out that champagne!) and so many laughs my stomach hurt for a few days after – but not many Cricut cuts

Here are a few pages I assembled (very quickly!!) to give you an idea of how nice the ‘Tis the Season cuts coordinate with the Noel & Holidazzle items.   These will all be available on my CM website Nov. 1st!!  

I hope you can see the nice foil accents on this paper from the Holidazzle Paper and photo mat pack.  The present is cut with ‘Tis the Season cartridge using cranberry cardstock and a Holidazzle photo mat.  “Merry Moments” is from the Countdown to Christmas Display Accents kit (more about this at the bottom of this post.)

Paper & mats from the Holidazzle pack.  Snowman cut from new white shimmer, cranberry, carrot & deep blue cardstock using the ‘Tis the Season cartridge.

Each sheet of paper in the Noel and Holidazzle pack is double sided.  One side has foil accents, the other doesn’t.

No Cricut cuts on either of the 2 pages above – just a really cute background papers to start with and I added 2 photo mats (all in the Holidazzle paper & photo mat pack) and diecuts from the Countdown to Christmas Display Accent Kit.

Background paper and photo mats from the Noel paper & photo mat pack.  “Sleigh Ride” (one of 2 fonts on the cartridge) and mitten cut with ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut cartridge.

It’s hard to see how beautiful this paper is – white snowflakes in the background, gold foil accents on the ornament.  Beautiful!  From the Noel paper & photo mat pack.

Background paper from the Noel paper & photo mat pack.  “Jingle Bells” cut with ‘Tis the Season CM Cricut cartridge.

Here are some close ups of the cuts:

Here is a couple of pictures from the Countdown to Christmas Everyday Display Kit – it’s adorable!! (You can learn more about Everyday Displays & current kits here on my CM website.)

I love these types of countdowns – no candy or treats, just a good old fashioned countdown!

Close up of one of the “doors” opened.  Love the glittery accents!!

this is one piece – the photo mats even have adhesive on them!

Sheet of diecut accents to add to your Everyday Display or use on your pages!  I think this kit would make a great gift!  Even nicer if you give it along with one of our Everyday Displays!  I’ve heard of people giving them to co-workers, (to hang in their cubicles) college students and lots of other people.