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Holy cow, that’s a lot of stuff!! 

One lucky Scrapbook.com subscriber will receive over $1,200 in beautiful, best-selling products from Scrapbook.com (prize shown in picture above).

There are 4 ways to enter this giveaway.  You will need to sign up for the newsletter and then you’ll get extra entries for following Scrapbook.com on Instagram, signing up for a free class & telling friends about the giveaway. (I signed up for Cardmaking 201 with Stephanie Barnard and Document your December)

Click here to sign up for the Scrapbook.com newsletter and earn a chance at this fantastic prize package!! 

Good Luck!!

CM Holiday Blog Hop–Stop #3

Hello!!  
You have reached the third stop on the CM Holiday Blog Hop.  My fellow CM Advisors and I are handing out some Holiday treats: ideas and inspiration for your pages, cards and tags featuring Creative Memories products.
I hope you are inspired by these Christmas Cuties!
This layout features papers, stickers and a Slide-In piece from the Christmas Joy product line. CM just released some wonderful new products – including some old favorites, too!   You can see all the wonderful newly released products by clicking on “What’s New” at the top of your CM Advisor’s site.  (If you already are working with a CM Advisor you’ll be taken to their site when clicking on links in this post. If you don’t have an Advisor already you’ll be taken to my CM Advisor site.)
Many of these Christmas Cuties need just a few shapes punched with the Border Maker System.  Did you know you can quickly do this without using the positioning guide?  Just pop in the cartridge, punch what you need & you’re good to go!
Christmas Cuties
Rudolph
Head: Circle Cartridge from the Shape Maker System
Muzzle: From the light brown cardstock (Shades of Neutral) punch a tag using the Circle Tag Cartridge with the Shape Maker System.  Cut out the inside circle.
Nose & Eyes:  Circle leftovers from the Bubbles Cartridge and the Border Maker System.
Ears:  Using the Picket Fence Cartridge and the Border Maker System punch out a partial border from the dark brown and light brown Designer Cardstock from the Shades of Neutral paper pack.  Clip off two of the top triangular pieces from each color and layer them - offsetting the lt. brown below the dk. brown a bit. Adhere to the back of Rudolph’s head.
Antlers:  Use the leftovers from the Diamond Scroll Cartridge and Border Maker System. Cut them apart to get the swirls, layer and adhere as shown using the wonderful Mini Tape Runner!!!!  I’m so glad this is back!  Remember, this Mini Tape Runner Refill fits in the regular CM Tape Runner!!
Mouth: Draw using the fine point of the Black Dual Tip Pen.
Santa
Body: Using the Circle Cartridge from the Shape Maker System punch the following circles:  one light brown (Shades of Neutral), two red circles (Shades of Red), one white circle (Shades of Neutral) and also this shape from the corner of a piece of white cardstock:

Use the Two Way Corner Rounder to round the pointed corner of the white piece.
Cut the light brown circle in half. 
Place the red circle on the bottom, then adhere the white circular shape on top of that and then the half circle on top. 
Santa’s Beard: Use the leftover pieces from the Diamond Scroll Cartridge and Border Maker System.  Cut them apart to get the swirls, adhere as shown.
Hat:  Place the white and red circles behind Santa’s head as shown above.  Use one of the large leftover circles from the Bubbles Cartridge and the Border Maker System for the pompom on Santa’s hat.
Belt:  Cut a thin strip of black cardstock using either your Personal Trimmer or the 12” Trimmer. For the buckle use the Filmstrip Cartridge with the Border Maker System and punch out a small border out of gold cardstock (Shades of Bright.)  Trim down one of the hollow squares on the edge of the border. Santa’s Face:  Use leftover circles from the Bubbles Cartridge and the Border Maker System for the eyes (lt. blue from the Shades of Pastel paper pack), nose, cheeks and mouth.  For Santa’s mustache trim a tree punched out of white cardstock using the Evergreen Cartridge with the Border Maker System. (See image below)
Place the holly sticker from the Christmas Joy Sticker Pack on Santa’s hat.  Ho Ho Ho!!

Snowman

Body:  Circle Cartridge from the Shape Maker System.
Head:  Inside circle from the Circle Tag Cartridge using the Shape Maker System.
Scarf: Using the Shape Maker System and the Circle Tag Cartridge, punch a tag from the plaid paper from the Christmas Joy paper pack.  Trim the inner circle from the tag and place this between the body and head.  For the ends of the scarf, punch a small border using the Filmstrip Cartridge and the Border Maker System from the plaid paper.  Trim off the edge of the border with the small squares.  Trim the ends to make fringe and separate these pieces just a bit. 
Face:  Eyes and mouth – leftovers from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge. 
Nose:  Cut in half one of the leftover small rectangles punched out of orange cardstock using the Picket Fence cartridge and the Border Maker System. Add detail using the fine point of the Black Dual Tip Pen.
Penguin

Body:  Circle Cartridge from the Shape Maker System.
Tummy: Inside circle from the Circle Tag Cartridge using the Shape Maker System.
Wings:  Use the Circle Cartridge with the Shape Maker System and punch out a circle from black cardstock. Position the circle back in the cartridge to punch out the shape for the wings (punch 2).
Hat:  Punch white and red circles using the Shape Maker System and place them behind the penguin’s head as shown above.  Use one of the large leftover circles from the Bubbles Cartridge and the Border Maker System for the pompom.
Eyes: leftover circles from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge. 
Nose:  Cut down a tree punched from orange cardstock using the Evergreen Cartridge and the Border Maker System.
Flippers:  Punch out a shape using the Blossom Place n Punch. Cut this in half, then in quarters. Use a quarter of the blossom for each flipper.
Page Elements Trim one of the pieces from the Christmas Joy Slide-in Pack to make a festive place for journaling or a title.

Cut 1/2” strips of various papers from the Christmas Joy Paper Pack and tuck behind one of the photo mats.  Notch the ends with your CM All Purpose Scissors. (Remember those lovely original CM scissors?  They’re back – just as good as you remember but with a little updated look!)
Cut the holly strip from the piece of paper shown below and adhere where the green & silver pieces of paper meet.  I cut the green dotted paper a little over 3” wide and the silver paper just over 9” wide. (Click here to view each of the 12x12 papers) Photo mats are 4 1/2” x 6 1/2”.


Thank you for stopping by!  Be sure to visit all of the fantastic blogs for more ideas!!  Your next stop is Celebrating Your Beautiful Life by Fran Smitherman.
Here’s a complete list of all the stops on this CM Holiday Blog Hop in case you lose your way.

Stop 1. D. Brinsley's Memory Keeping Blog

Stop 2. Crop with Stef

Stop 3.  Lisa's Workshop <=== You Are Here

Stop 4. CelebratingYourBeautifulLife  

Stop 5.Click Write Share 

Stop 6. Scrappin' Jpegs 

Stop 7. Julie's Creative Memories Blog

Don’t forget to check out the CM blog, too!  They have been sharing awesome ideas all week long as part of their Birthday Bash!!

(Blossom Place n Punch to make the pieces for the wreath, leftovers from the Bubbles Cartridge  and the Border Maker System to make the berries.  “Merry Christmas” sticker from the Christmas Joy Sticker Pack.)

It’s CM’s Birthday–and the gifts are for you!!

What a year it’s been!
CM's first year has been amazing!! It's included leaps of faith, belief, fun, growth, learning, experimentation, laughs, love and much, much more that make me adore this business more each day.

A HUGE Thank You for sticking with me & CM through ups & downs – now it’s time to celebrate!!

CMs  first year has exceeded all expectations and they would like to thank all – Advisors and customers - for making it phenomenal.
One day isn't enough.
We're going to be celebrating all week Monday through Friday!
The Birthday Bash runs Monday, 11 a.m. CT through Friday, 3 p.m. CT. 

There are five fun BDay Bash offers you'll want to take full advantage of:

1. FREE Fall Stickers!
Every order during the Birthday Bash gets this 3-pack of sticker - FREE! An $8 value.
2. FREE, exclusive 12x12 bookcloth album cover with every retail product order of $250 or more!
Each features a four-seasons design in silver foil on either warm sand or smoky blue bookcloth (the album will be chosen randomly by CMs Special Ops team).  Important: you will need to click "Add to Cart" when the system prompts you for the free album to be included with your qualifying order.

3. A chance to win a Golden Ticket and amazing prize packages! Each day during the Birthday Bash CMs Special Ops team will be randomly dropping three sparkly Golden Tickets into three separate orders at different times of day. 
Today's prize is the Fall In Collection, valued at $94. Each day's prize will be different and tickets will be numbered accordingly.
Visit CMs Facebook page or the Birthday Bash page each morning to see what sort of stupendousness will be won with each Golden Ticket! 

4. Ideas, ideas, ideas!
The Creative Memories Blog will be hopping during Birthday Bash week. There will be a creative new project idea each day you won't want to miss! You can either check it daily, or better...follow the blog to be notified the moment any new posts go up.
We’ll conclude the week of festivities with a Blog Hop, jam-packed with ideas from our Content Contributors. It will be project idea nirvana!

5. FREE shipping with any order of $75 or more!
Yep! During the Birthday Bash, every retail order of $75 or more gets shipping free!

Conveniently, launching today are lots of fun new holiday items and the return of some old favorites!!  You can find them in the “Whats New” section on my CM Advisor Site.

Thank you for the first of what I hope to be many, many amazing years with CM!!!!!

CM Halloween Blog Hop - Stop #4

Come in and sit for a spell! 

You have reached the fourth stop on today's Halloween Blog Hop.  My fellow CM Advisors and I are handing out some sugar-free goodies: ideas and inspiration for your Halloween pages and paper crafts featuring Creative Memories products. After you’re done visiting all the CMAs blogs be sure to visit the CM Blog & leave a comment for a chance to win some fun treats (no tricks)!

How about some fun Halloween punch art? 

 

The paper I used in the background is from the new Trick or Treat paper pack.

Look at all these fun papers that will be the perfect compliment to your Halloween photos…and the new Trick or Treat stickers, too! 
The Gold ABC/123 Stickers work beautifully with these fun new Halloween themed products. (Thanks Candace for this great picture!)

Need a closer look at that fun Pumpkin Patch black (bookcloth) Mica album?  Here you go!

Here is a close up of each each member of this “too cute to spook” group and the tools I used to create them:

Bat

Body: use the new Two-Way Corner Rounder on a corner of Black Cardstock first, the use the Circle Cartridge and the Shape Maker System to cut out the rest of the shape. (Did you know that the wonderful, smooth, solid colored cardstock so many of us miss is back while supplies last?!  Check out the Going Gone section of my CM Advisor site while it’s still available!!)
Wings: use the Blossom Place n Punch first then use the Circle cartridge with the Shape Maker System.  Cut this in half for the wings. (See photos below).
Eyes:  Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge.
Mouth: Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Picket Fence Cartridge (comes with the system).

Spider

Body:  Shape Maker System and Circle cartridge (punch 2)
Head: Inside of the Circle Tag made using the Shape Maker System.
Legs: Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System.
Eyes:  Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge.
For easy assembly layer the legs and head between the 2 larger circles.

Green Guy

Head: Using the same technique as we did for the bat first use the Two Way corner Rounder then finish with the Circle Cartridge with the Shape Maker System.
Ears: A Leftover rectangle from the Filmstrip Cartridge used with the Border Maker System cut in half
Eye:  Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge.
Mouth:  Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System.
Fang: A Leftover rectangle from the Filmstrip Cartridge used with the Border Maker System cut in half and trimmed down.

Purple Guy

Head:  Circle Cartridge with the Shape Maker System.
Eyes & Nose:  Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge.
Mouth & Stems for Eyes:  Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System.
Fangs: A Leftover rectangle from the Filmstrip Cartridge using the Border Maker System cut in half and trimmed down.

Little Devil
Head: Using the same technique as we did for the bat first use the Two Way corner Rounder then finish with the Circle Cartridge with the Shape Maker System.
Ears/Horns: A Leftover rectangle from the Filmstrip Cartridge using the Border Maker System cut in half
Eyes:  Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge. 
Mouth:  Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System.
Fang: A leftover rectangle from the Filmstrip cartridge using the Border Maker System cut in half and trimmed down.
Tail: Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System and a piece from the Filmstrip Cartridge using the Border Maker System cut in half and trimmed down.

Moon

Use the Circle cartridge with the Shape Maker System and punch out a circle. Position this piece back in the cartridge to punch out the piece, leaving the crescent shape for the moon.

Black Cat

Body:  Use the same technique described above used to make the moon.
Head: Inside of the Circle Tag made using the Shape Maker System
Whiskers & Tail: Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System.
Eyes & Nose: Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge.
Ears:  A Leftover rectangle from the Filmstrip cartridge and the Border Maker System cut in half.

Skeleton

Head, Ribs & Pelvis: Leftover pieces from the Circle Tag used with the Shape Maker System.
Bones & Feet: Leftover pieces from the Picket Fence cartridge used with Border Maker System. Cut one in half for the feet. 
Hand with Fingers: Cut down a piece made with the Filmstrip cartridge and the Border Maker System.
Shoulder, Elbow & Knee joints, Eyes and Mouth: Leftover pieces from the Border Maker System and the Bubbles Cartridge.

Lots of tiny pieces were used to make this crew!  Use your Multi Purpose Tool to position single strips of Tape Runner adhesive on these small parts. Sure makes me miss that Mini-Tape Runner!  (Between you & me…it’s scheduled to make a comeback – not sure exactly when, but it’s in the works!!)

Thanks for stopping by!   The fun continues over at Fran’s blog, she is the next stop on our CM Halloween Blog Hop!  

In case you get lost along the way here is the list of all the stops on this fun Blog Hop:

Stop 1 - Sarah Fitzgerald
Stop 2 - Julie Tambrini
Stop 3 - Candace Bouldin
Stop 4 - Lisa Graham <------You Are Here!
Stop 5 - Fran Smitherman
Stop 6 - Diana Brinsley 
Stop 7 - Stefani Jones

After you’ve completed the Blog Hop don’t forget to visit the CM Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win some fun treats!

Happy Halloween!!

New Boy Scout and Cub Scout Cartridges From Cricut

(See below for some great deals & coupon codes for Cricut.com)

Holy cow – these are nice!   We have so many great memories from Scouts and it’s not always easy to find Scout related papers, stickers and embellishments.  These 2 cartridges will make it easy to decorate, make custom shirts, invitations, scrapbook layouts and more! 

Both of my Boys started as Tiger Cubs and crossed over into Boy Scouts.  My youngest decided Scouting wasn’t for him just a few weeks ago but my oldest is all in.  He just needs to pass his Scoutmaster Conference and Board of Review & he’ll have the rank of Life Scout.  The next rank after that is Eagle Scout!

Pinewood Derby, Blue & Gold, camping, hiking, Court of Honor, Eagle Scout and more are all covered!  The cartridge is also available digitally for use in Cricut Craftroom. 

Do Your Best…for Cub Scouts on Cricut.com

Be Prepared…for Boy Scouts on Cricut.com

While you’re at Cricut.com you might want to check out the October Mystery box. For only $39.99 you’ll receive product that is worth over $200!

What's inside Cricut's October Mystery Box? Cricut’s not telling. But they do give a few hints ...

• It's valued at a whopping $208, but you'll be able to purchase it for only $39.99!
• It includes 4 cartridges

And that's all they're sharing because they don't want to spoil the other surprises contained in this October Mystery Box! Purchase it for yourself and solve the mystery of what's inside! With Cricut, we know you won't be disappointed.

If you would like to know what’s actually in the box before ordering you can watch a video of Debbie ONeal showing what her Mystery Box contained.  These Mystery Boxes are supposed to all have the same items in them but if something sells out then Cricut will substitute another item of similar value.

Need to upgrade to a Cricut Explore Air?  This bundle is only $189 in October!!

Beginning 10/16:  Save an extra 20% off digital items at Cricut.com

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