Artiste Blog hop

Welcome to our August ARTISTE Blog Hop! Each month we will showcase a feature of the amazing ARTISTE Cricut cartridge which can be purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects AND some blog candy!!!

 This month we will be showcasing a different page from the Artiste cartridge! Did you know there were 700 images on this cartridge?? That's right -- 700!!!

 If you just happened to come to this blog, you should start at the beginning at Lucy's blog - http://www.love2createitall.com.

My project is ...

This cute little box from page 39. The great thing about making 3D items with the Artiste cartridge, is that this cartridge comes with a booklet to show you how to put the items together! 

 I used A piece of Flirty paper (X7106B) Black cardstock (1386), Silver Shimmer Trim ( Z1799) and Bitty sparkles (Z1263). The Thanks stamp set is also from the Artiste Collection (Z1686) Sunset (Z2191)

I folded the box according to the directions, and it was pretty easy! I cut the flirty paper just a smidge smaller than the side of the box so a little black would show up.  

The Thanks is stamped on a piece of chipboard that comes in the Artiste Collection. The chipboard piece was in the shape of a quote bubble and I just cut off the tail to make it round. I also inked the edges and stamped the sentiment in Sunset.

For the lid I used the Silver Shimmer Trim. The neat thing about the trim is that it has a sticky back! In the cut out in the lid I cut a 2x2 square of clear acrylic (found at my local craft store. comes in a 12x12 pack) so that I could put goodies in the box with out them falling out.

The next stop on your blog hop fun is [ Tina]

Here is the list of all the talented consultants who are participating in this months blog hop: 

Lucy ~ http://www.love2createitall.com - page 47
Darla ~ http://www.stampingunderdoctorsorders.blogspot.com - page 57
Julia http://youcancreatectmh.blogspot.com/ page 75
Theo www.celebratecrafts.com~ pg 39
Tina Gale http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com = pg 67
Stephanie http://www.quiltedscrapper.blogspot.com - page 68
Mandy http://www.mandydesigns.blogspot.com - 77
Joanne http://josiesjoy.blogspot.com page 41
Laura W http://scrappinsweetiesescape.blogspot.com/ (pg. 76)
Rebecca ~ http://blog.scrapprincess.com/ Pg- 48
Denise www.oklahomainker.blogspot.com pg. 59
Maria Woodworth - http://mariawoodworth.blogspot.com (p53)
Judith Ashmore- www.grammiejudys.blogspot.com pg. 55
Lisa Woodward~http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com (page 78)
Pam Stewart - http://i-candy-scraps.blogspot.com - 63 - booties
Laura Charko - http://koladesigns.wordpress.com/ page 54
Jennifer Kramer- http://4heartsscrapbooking.blogspot.com/ -pg. 51
Eva Friesen~ http://loveofcreating.blogspot.com ~ page 33

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us - we hope you LOVE all the projects we created!