It's Your Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to our January Art Philosophy Blog Hop! 

We are starting a new year of blog hops for you all featuring Close to My Heart's exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  The Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge is available exclusively through a Close to My Heart Consultant.

This month we are featuring a "birthday" theme for you.  In this hop, you will see projects featuring this versatile cartridge from many talented crafty ladies!  Enjoy our blog hop!  

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create.  If you came from Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious then you are in the right place!

One of my favorite days to celebrate is on Sunday... my sweet baby girl is turning 4! So for this project I made her a very special gift bag with her favorite colors and "pupcakes" as she calls them. 

This is very easy to do!! Just buy a plain gift bag and plain tissue paper. 

With the stamp sets in this wonderful Cricut collection (Z1686) you can personalize your bag and paper to match any occasion.  

I also cut out a gift tag from the Cricut cart. to match the bag theme... 

And as we all know little girls love sparkles! So I added Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (Z1313)

Your next stop on our birthday hop is Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie
Kindred Hearts ~ It Makes Total Cents
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper
Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

Happy Valentine's Day! Blog Hop

Welcome to our January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We are starting a new year of blog hops for you all featuring Close to My Heart's Stamp of the Month.

This month Close to My Heart is offering a stamp set called  "Happy Valentine's"  throughout the month of January. This versatile set can be purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant for only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50. (That’s a $17.95 value!)

This set is just so pretty and has 4 different sentiments included!

In this hop, you will see projects featuring this beautiful stamp set from many talented crafty ladies!  Enjoy  our blog hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create . If you came from Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious then you are in the right place!

My projects this week are:

I love this stamp set! If think if you use the right colors you can make a card like this for the male in your life! I used the Avonlea paper pack (X7155B).

I also used the new Special of the month: Whooo's Your Valentine kit with this fun stamp set.

Your next stop on our Valentine's hop is Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious 
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking 
Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper
Cat ~ CatScrapbooking
Donna ~ Diary of a Scrapbook Addict
Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

“Near or Far your always CTMH!” Club

Your invited to join my new club!

Details: Every month I will place a club party on my website. Club members will need to place a $15 order by the end of the month. Each month one of the club members will be the hostess and earn the hostess rewards ($25 in free Close to my Heart product). The orders come right to you! So it doesn't matter if you are near or far. 

This is a 12 month commitment… at the end of the year you will receive a club member gift from me and the chance to rejoin. 

Please let me know if you would like to join this club ASAP!! Space is limited and I would love for you to be a part of this fun club!! 

**Remember the new Spring/Summer Idea Book comes out Feb. 1st!!

Anything Goes with the Artiste Blog Hop

Welcome to our "Anything Goes with the Artiste" Blog Hop 

where we are  showcasing  the exclusive Artiste Cricut cartridge which can be  purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant.  This will be our last Artiste blog hop for 2012.

Our "theme" for this hop was to create anything we wanted with the Artiste Cricut cartridge.  And honestly, you can pretty much create anything and everything with the Artiste so this was not a difficult thing to do.

If you just happened to come to this blog, you should start at the  beginning at Lucy's blog - Love 2 Create .   If you came here from Diana ~ Diana's Free Moments, then you're in the right place!

 My project is ...

I just love all these little boxes that can be made with this cart.!! 

This box is made from pg. 37. I also like the way the booklet tells you what size to cut.... makes it so easy!

For this project I also used: Pear & Partridge paper (X7162B), Burlap Ribbon (Z1760), Round Durables Studs (Z1706) and Just Blooms Floret paper shapes (Z1764).

 The next stop on your blog hop fun is Laura ~ Scrappinsweetie's Escape.

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

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution:  Crafting is Contagious
Diana ~ Diana's Free Moments
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapboooking
Laura ~ Scrappinsweetie's Escape
Penny ~ It Makes Total Cents
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts

Thanks for joining us - have a wonderful and safe holiday with your friends and family.

Whooo’s Your Valentine

Spend $35 and get the exclusive treat tube kit for only $10!

In celebration of National Papercrafting Month, we’re offering a new product, available through January — our Whooo’s Your Valentine kit! This darling kit, which retails for $40, can be yours for only $10 when you spend $35 or more in Close To My Heart product. The kit includes 12 die-cut boxes, 3 cardstock sheets, 1 sheet of silver glitter paper, 12 treat tubes, and an exclusive D-size stamp set created specifically for the kit! Perfect for gifts and classroom projects, the Whooo’s Your Valentine kit will make Valentine’s Day a cinch!

Qualify and buy the Whooo’s Your Valentine kit today for only $10!

*Shipping and handling may apply. Offer valid November 15, 2012 – January 31, 2013. Maximum of one $10 Whooo’s Your Valentine kit per customer.

Family and Friends Blog Hop

Welcome to our "Family and Friends" Blog Hop 

where we are showcasing the exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge which can be purchased exclusively through a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant.  This will be our last Art Philosophy blog hop for 2012.

(Z1686)

We will be showing you creations made using the Art Philosophy cartridge for our family and friends.

If you just happened to come to this blog, you should start at the beginning at Lucy's blog - Love 2 Create. If you came here from Diana ~ Dian's Free Moments, then you're in the right place!

 My project is ... This fun gift for my Mother-in-Law.

Coffee is something we both enjoy... and enjoy sharing together!

So I took this coffee mix and wrapped it in La Belle Vie paper (X7158B) and used the very fun and fitting Cup of Cheer stamp set (B1404)... I just love the saying! And for a MIL that is like a best friend, I just had to use it!!

Because of the red color of the container... I used Red Collection Designer Ribbon (Z1615)

Mini-Medley Accents~ Antiqued Gold (Z1786 and Durables Studs Round (Z1706) were also added to give this gift the finishing touches.

The shape of the stamp made it so easy to figure out what to do! I love that the stamp sets give you the size and now page of what Cricut cut out to cut. 

 The next stop on your blog hop fun is Laura ~ Scrappinsweetie's Escape.

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

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create

Darla ~ Caution: Stamping is Contagious

Diana ~ Dian's Free Moments

Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking

Laura ~ Scrappinsweetie's Escape

Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie

Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper

Kindred Hearts ~ It Makes Total Cents

Thanks for joining us - have a wonderful and safe holiday with your friends and family.

A personal touch for a low price!!

I just love these stamps!! They really do add that personal touch for not too much money! At just $2.95 each.... they are perfect to make a special homemade gift for someone or just give them the stamp as the gift so they can make something special!

What a great way to tag a gift for that special person... just add the stamp to the gift and let them know its for them!!