CTMH Cricut Artistry Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH Cricut Artistry Blog Hop! If you are coming from Gina's blog you are on the right track!

Today, 30 CTMH consultants will be featuring the brand new Cricut Cartridge, Artistry! This cartridge includes shapes spanning a wide variety of themes, holiday's and seasons to add some visual spice to any project. This cartridge comes with three D-sized stamp sets as well as a full package of Enchantment Cardstock (with a sneak peak of our soon-to-be released new colors). The cartridge is available digitally (bundled items will be mailed separately) or with a cartridge for a slightly higher price.

For my project I created a double page scrapbook layout featuring my son's 5th Birthday party. I first designed my page in Design Space. Some might think this is an extra, unnecessary step but for me it's the easiest way to ensure my accent pieces are proportionate to my layout without wasting a bunch of precious paper on miss-sized pieces.

The title was cut with the Artistry font and adhered to the page with our Bonding Memories Glue Pen. This stuff works great for small, intricate pieces like letters. The lines on the journal tag were stamped in Slate ink using the ZOE Workshop on the Go Stamp set.

Here's a tip for you: instead of getting your fingers gunked with glue use your piercing tool to hold the shape in place until the entire piece has glue. When it's ready to place on your project use tweezers or scissors to place it where you want.

The tag was cut out of White Daisy Cardstock and then stamped with one of the bundled stamp sets from the cartridge.  The rest of the accents were pre-designed pieces from the Artistry collection, including the border underneath the large photo. I just re-sized, picked my paper and cut away! I love not having to fussy cut my accents!

Please continue on the Catherine's blog to see what project she's created. Please note, if you happen to get lost along the hop please visit Melinda's page for a complete list of participants.

Project Recipe:
Z3167 Cricut Artistry Collection
G1096 Workshops on the Go Zoe Scrapbooking Kit
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
1273 Desert Sand Cardstock
X5751 Sorbet Cardstock
X5770 Glacier Cardstock
X5772 Canary Cardstock
X5759 Pacifica Cardstock
Z2033 Paper Fundamentals Whimsy Assortment
Z2173 Slate Ink
Z2641 Glacier Ink
Z1938 Sponge Dauber
Z1912 Corner Rounder
Z1151 3D Foam Tape
Z3025 Blue Shimmer Trim
Z553 Bonding Memories Glue
Z1979 Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen

Thanks for stopping by!
~Michelle Battitori

If you'd like to re-create my layout here is the link to the Design Space File: https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/30084866

Please note that you will need the Artistry Cartridge to use the file. If you don't have it please check with your CTMH Consultant or visit my webpage HERE.