September–October 2021 New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to the Close To My Heart September–October 2021 New Product Blog Hop. The same group of CTMH Makers who bring you the Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop are putting on the September–October 2021 New Product Hop. Today we are featuring projects created with items you will find in the new CTMH September–October 2021 catalog.

We have almost 15 CTMH Makers sharing their creative talents on the September–October 2021 New Product Blog Hop. If you just came upon my post, please join our hop by clicking the link to the next blog (often found near the bottom of the page) until you come back to my page.

September–October 2021 New Product Blog Hop
cover CTMH September–October 2021 Catalog

You should have arrived here from the talented ***Gina Brandstetter***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda Everitt keeps a list of all blog hop participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

For the September–October 2021 Blog Hop I created cards with the new Pumpkin Spice Digital Art Collection. Did you notice I did not say Cricut® Collections? The shapes that coordinate with the Pumpkin Spice and Holly & Ivy collections are now SVGs that can be used with any electronic cutting system that is SVG compatible.

Pumpkin Spice Digital Art Collection Fall Card

My first card used the Fall Card SVG. I kept this card very true to the SVG (I did have to convert the card fold from a Basic Cut to Score line - more on that below). I also used the "suggested" colors from the image sample (or at least as best I could judge): Harbour, Papaya, Shortbread, Paprika, Sundance, Toffee). To make the banners have a little more dimension, I used Thin 3-D Foam Tape on the bottom and wet glue on the top where I made sure that the hole for hanging showed the Harbour "string". I could have feed the Harbour "string" through the holes, but was concerned when I glued things down that the "string" would shorten and not reach both sides of the card. I also thought about using some Perfectly Imperfect Patterns stamps on the leaves so they were not plain, but I worried that the stamping might take away from the banner. I will try that in the future when I have more time.

Pumpkin Spice Digital Art Collection Give Thanks

My second card is the first SVG I was drawn to: Give Thanks. I love the wood sign look and the floral spray at the top of the sign offers so many opportunities to create different looks. Again, I stayed fairly true to the colors in the image sample and used the same colors I used on my first card. I used a stencil from Card Front Stencil Pack 3 to create a background on the lighter side of Shortbread cardstock. I had planned to use two colors, but I was so pleased with the one color that I stopped after using Vintage Photo. I added Rose Gold Liquid Pearls™ to give the allusion of nail heads on the wood sign and I added Paprika Shimmer Brush to the letters. I used a variety of adhesives to create dimension.

stenciled background with CTMH Shimmer Brush

I was going to stencil on my card and then I had a thought. I had a dime-sized amount of Paprika Shimmer Brush on my craft mat from working on the previous card and I hated to see it go to waste, so I decided to try stenciling with it. I had a 1" paint brush on my table from a previous project, so I wet the brush with water, then squeezed the bristles. I dipped the brush in the shimmer and "pounced" it on Shortbread cardstock. I concentrated the edges since the center would be covered. I was very pleased with the soft, almost watercolor look and there is a bit of shimmer over the entire front.

Pumpkin Spice Digital Art Collection Give Thanks (welded)

Here is the completed card. I got the idea when I noticed the stamp set. I thought the two stamp and sign together would look like so many of the porch signs you see everywhere. I welded several of the wood signs together (flipping and rotating the image) until I got the height I wanted. I stamped twice using Black ink. Again, I used a variety of adhesives to create dimension.

A couple notes about working with the images I selected. When you place cards on the Canvas in Cricut® Design Space - and this may be true for other cutting systems as well - you may need to convert the line that indicates the fold into a score line rather than a cut. In Design Space, look for the card base and see if the skinny line is a Basic Cut.

Design Space Screenshot - Basic Cut Rather than Score Line

To do this, it is easiest to hide the Harbour layer. Scroll to where you can see the white rectangle Basic Cut with a skinny Basic Cut. Highlight the skinny Basic Cut (click on it once), then go up to Operation in the too bar and choose Draw > Score. 

Design Space Screenshot - Change Basic Cut to Score

When that is done, you need to attach the Score Line to the white rectangle, but you cannot do that while everything is grouped or you will end up with something that looks like this:

Design Space Screenshot - Attach applied when Objects Grouped

If you get to this point, just undo, then UnGroup, scroll to where you can see the skinny Score and white rectangle Basic Cut and click where it says Fall Card. Then click on Attach.

Design Space Screenshot - Attach Score to Card Base

Now you have a different "problem", but this is easily fixed.

Design Space Screenshot - Move Attached Down

Click on Attach (hold your finger on the mouse button) and drag it to the bottom of the Layers; if you have to do this more than one time, that is you cannot drag and get to the bottom of the layers all at once, that is OK, just repeat until the Attach is at the bottom. Next, unhide the Harbour layer then select everything on the screen (either by drawing around your mouse with it or by using Ctrl + A on the keyboard (Windows - I not not sure about the IOS key combination)) and click on Group (this assumes you have not added anything else to the Design Space Canvas).

Design Space Screenshot - Ready to Cut

I hope this helps you use the SVGs to create your cards. If you have any questions about this process, leave me a comment or reach me via the Contact Form to the right.

Your next stop on our hop is ***Show and Tell with Michelle***. Before you go, the supplies I used to create my project are listed below.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart except where noted:

• My Acrylix™ Stamp Sets: Slimline Sentiments (CC9214)
  
• Cardstock: Harbour (X6062), Papaya (X6063), Shortbread (X6059), Paprika (X6033), Sundance (X6051), Toffee (X5950)
  
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Black (Z2805)
• Distress Oxide™ Ink Pads: Vintage Photo (Z4522)
  
• Mini Ink Blending Tool (Z3886), Mini Ink Blending Foam (Z3887)
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254), Slimline Cards & Envelopes (X257)
  
• Stencils: Card Front Stencil Pack 2 (Z4342), Card Front Stencil Pack 3 (Z4343)
  
• Paprika Shimmer Brush (Z3818), Rose Gold Liquid Pearls™ (Z3793)
  
• Digital Art Collections: Pumpkin Spice (X7272F)
  
• Cricut® Maker™ (HB1076)
  
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: 1" paint brush, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

If you are not already working with a CTMH Maker, you may purchase all of the supplies I used at my e-Commerce Website.

I hope you are enjoying the projects created with items you will find in the September–October 2021. If you have a new moments, I would love it if you comment below and let me know what you think of my creations. Thank you for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Show and Tell with Michelle***.