Friday, September 14, 2012

Fall is in the air... and new SOTM!

Love this new Sept. Stamp of the Month: Fall Favorites (S1209)


Paired with the Decor Journaling Spots (Z1461) makes the prefect gift tag!

Available only in Sept. Get this stamp for just $17.95 or if you are in need of other supplies, spend just $50 and get this stamp set for $5. 



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

A little different

I love Close to my Heart's new Scroll Album (G1042)...
 but the colors were not right for the room I wanted to put it in. 


 So I decided to use the stickers, buttons and stamp set that came with it to make this double page layout and 4 fun cards. 

Think outside the box when you only need part of a kit.



Friday, September 7, 2012

Sept. Stamp of the Month Blog Hop



Welcome to our September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month Close to My Heart is offering a stamp set called "Fall Favorites".  This set can be purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant for only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50.



In this hop, you will see projects featuring this fun stamp set from many talented crafty ladies!  We hope you enjoy our blog hop today!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog:  http://love2createitall.com.  If you came from Maria Woodworth of  http://mariawoodworth.blogspot.com then you are in the right place!


Layout inspired by page 50 in the Autumn/Winter Idea book. I love the perfect colors in the Flirty Paper Pack (X7160B

I used our new alcohol-based Olive (Z2425) and Autumn Terracotta (Z2427) markers to color in the Scare Crow

With our new Burlap Ribbon (Z1760), Just Blooms Floret paper Shapes (Z1764) and Opaques Mocha Gems (Z1333) it was easy to add a girly touch.

I just love that Close to my Heart's Acrylix stamps are bendable! This helped me curve the "pumpkin patch" words for my circle.


Your next stop on the Fall Favorites Stamp Set Blog Hop is Carolyn of  http://nuts4scrappin.blogspot.com    

Here is a complete list of the blog hop in case you get lost along the way:


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

How did I do that?

In July, when I taught at convention I had a few ladies ask how I made my spinning Ferris Wheel. 
Here you go:
Using the new Cricut Artiste Collection cartridge (Z1790) I cut the Ferris Wheel on page as large as I could. Note~ if the images in the book are in color... size coordinates. So 10.5 on the wheel will make the legs and box cars the right size. 
Then I took cardboard and traced and cut out the wheel and legs. Sandwiched the cardboard between two cut outs and glued them together. 
I cut the legs so that I could glue them to a TP roll for the center. A lot of liquid glass (Z679) was used! 
I then, with the help of my husband, found a candy holder light up fan and took it apart... used what we needed and glued it to one side of the wheel. This is how we got it to spin. 


I was assigned the Clementine paper pack (X7156B) so that is the paper I used for this project. I used our new color Saddle and the new Complements Canvas Shapes (X7156C) to hide the spinner on the outside of the wheel. The new Almond (Z1769) and Pink (Z1770) Glitz Glitter Gel were also used to hide the cardboard in between the cardstock.

Friday, August 31, 2012

It's Your Day Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to our National Stamping Month Blog Hop!  
Here at Close to My Heart, we want to celebrate the everyday moments in our lives.  Close to My Heart is doing that by offering an amazing exclusive double-stamp set called “It’s Your Day”.  This is two D-size stamp sets in one!! 
This amazing set has nearly 50 images designed to inspire you to capture your life one day at a time.   There are trendy chevron backgrounds, classic images as well as versatile phrases.  You can get your own stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying order of $35.  This stamp set has a value of $35.90!



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.

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 double page layout using the "It's Your Day" Stamp set and the "Dottie for You" paper pack. I also used the butterfly cutout from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (Z1686), pg. 41 in different sizes. The layout came right out of our new How To Book: Make It From Your Heart- Volume 1 (9035) pg. 4.





The next stop on your blog hop fun is ~ http://www.nuts4scrappin.blogspot.com .

 Here's the entire blog hop lineup in case you get lost along the way:

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

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Aug. 31st is the last day to take advantage of this great special! 
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