February SOTM Sunny Thoughts with Make Waves

This month the CTMH Corporate Artists created some wonderful items using the February SOTM, Sunny Thoughts, and this month's featured paper, Make Waves.

This artwork is in addition the artwork published in Seasonal Expressions 1. The Corporate Artists created a single-page layout, two cards and a tag.

If you would like to create something similar to the projects above, the required supplies are:

4¼″ × 5½″ Thank You Card
S1802	My Acrylix® Sunny Thoughts — February Stamp of the Month
X7227B	Make Waves Paper Packet
X5978	Glacier Cardstock
1385	White Daisy Cardstock
Z2806	Emerald Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
X7227C	Make Waves Complements
Z4142	Make Waves Sequins & Gems
Z2088	Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder
Z555	Craft Heater
5½″ × 4¼″ Birthday Wishes Card
S1802	My Acrylix® Sunny Thoughts — February Stamp of the Month
X7227B	Make Waves Paper Packet
1385	White Daisy Cardstock
Z2804	Pansy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
X7227C	Make Waves Complements
Z4146	Make Waves Shimmer Trim
Z4142	Make Waves Sequins & Gems
Z1979	Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen
12″ × 12″ You are the Sunshine in my Pocket Page
S1802	My Acrylix® Sunny Thoughts — February Stamp of the Month
X7227B	Make Waves Paper Packet
1385	White Daisy Cardstock
X5978	Glacier Cardstock
Z2841	Glacier Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Z2806	Emerald Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Z2844	Pixie Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
X7227C	Make Waves Complements
Z4146	Make Waves Shimmer Trim
Z4142	Make Waves Sequins & Gems
Z3318	Thin Cuts — Basic Circles
—	Die-cutting Machine*
Hello Sunshine Tag
S1802	My Acrylix® Sunny Thoughts — February Stamp of the Month
X7227B	Make Waves Paper Packet
1385	White Daisy Cardstock
Z2804	Pansy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Z2841	Glacier Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Z4142	Make Waves Sequins & Gems
Z4146	Make Waves Shimmer Trim
Z3344	Thin Cuts — Basic Tags
—	Die-cutting Machine*
—	Gift Bag

* The Cricut Cuttlebug™ is available at Level 1 of Hostess Rewards; more information can be found on my Consultant Website; if you would like to be a Hostess for an in-home or on-line Gathering, please reach me using the contact form to the right.

If you would like a PDF of the recipes, you will find it here.

I was inspired by the birthday card and I kept it fairly true to the card created by the Corporate Artists. I had to make a few substitutions because I did not do a good job planning ahead with which items to purchase. Oops.

I colored Clear Sparkles with the Lavender ShinHan Marker and cut embellishments from White Glitter Paper using the Artiste cartridge.I cut "washi tape" from the striped Make Waves paper.

All supplies I used to create this card are from Close To My Heart:

• My Acrylix™ stamp sets: Sunny Thoughts — February Stamp of the Month (S1802)
• Make Waves Paper Packet (X7227B)
• 12" X 12" Cardstock: White Daisy (1385)
• Specialty Paper: White Glitter Paper (Z3237)
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254)
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Pansy (X2804)
• embellishments: Clear Sparkles (Z3274), ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Lavender Marker (Z2453), Teal Shimmer Trim (Z1918) - retired
• adhesives: 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151), Thin 3-D Foam Tape (Z2060), Adhesive Runner (Z3372)
• Cricut® Collection: Artiste (Z3170) - retired
• Mitten ― #M3C318 ― page 79 ― various sizes ― Shift + Accent 2 <HoHoHo>
• I used the slice feature to get the jack-shaped image
• I mocked up the card in Design Space, but I only cut the "jacks" using the Explore, other cuts were done with a paper trimmer or scissors; my Design Space file is here
• Cricut® Explore Air™ 2 (available at Level 3 of Hostess Rewards; see page 4 of Annual Inspirations 2017-2018)
• Cricut® Cuttlebug™ (available at Level 1 of Hostess Rewards; see page 4 of Annual Inspirations 2017-2018)
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Cricut® Design Space, "washi tape" die from Hero Arts Kelly's Tape Stamp & Cut

The February SOTM is available until 11:59pm MST on February 28th. If you decide you would like to purchase the stamp set for $5 with a qualifying purchase, add the other items to your cart and then add the SOTM from the green Promotional Items area of your shopping cart.

I hope you like my version of the Birthday card. Thank you for stopping by today. If you have a spare moment or two, please let me know what you think of my take on this card.