Monday, September 17, 2018

Free Halloween card

At the crop on Saturday, I worked on cards for the next card workshop.  My set of 3 included this Halloween card.

Than I realized my card workshop is scheduled for October 25 - too late for a Halloween card.  So instead of including this card in the workshop, I will be offering it for free at the next crop on October 20th.  The first 8 people to attend and claim a card, can have them!
If you would like to  make this from  your own stash - this is what I used:
Hello Pumpkin card stamp set and dies
Hello Pumpkin scrapbooking stamp set
Black ink
Nectarine ink
Pebble ink
Lemon ink
Marigold Shin-han marker
Golden Yellow Shin-han marker
Hello Pumpkin Paper
Nectarine cardstock
Cats & Bats cardstock (retired but in my inventory)
Orange sequins from the Prickly Pear sequins (retired)
adhesive
pop dots
card base

Friday, September 14, 2018

2018 Week 29

If you follow me personally on FaceBook you know we had a swarm of bees relocate to one of our front porch columns in May.  They even started building honeycomb!  But we called a local bee keeper and they came and relocated the swarm.  That story was definitely scrap worthy!
The Flower Market cartridge has an amazing amount of things in it - that are not flower related!  Like the cuts for this page.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Hello Pumpkin Shaker Card

The Hello Pumpkin set for Halloween this year has some of the cutest stamps.  I don't usually send Halloween cards, but why not?  Who doesn't love the surprise card in the mail - whatever the reason?
Here's a picture tutorial on how I did it.
 
Trim the PML card to card size. Using the die from the Hello Pumpkin card kit, cut the PML card slightly to the left.
 
On a white piece of cardstock, just 1/2" smaller than the PML card, lightly pencil in the edges of your cut.
 
 
Stamp your pumpkin within the pencil marks, then erase the marks. 
 
 
The pumpkin will peek through your PML card cut.
 
 
Use the thick roll of foam tape to build your sequin well.
 
Make a solid wall around the pumpkin, and add some foam tape of the same depth to the outer edges. Do not peel the paper from the tape until after you fill it with sequins.
 
Using regular adhesive, tape some clear film to the back of the cut on the PML card.  I use the film that comes as a cover on Cricut mats.
 
Add a pinch of sequins to the well you created. I used a large pinch, shown here but a smaller pinch would have worked well too, for this small space.
 
Peel the tape from the bottom and stick the PML card on top - matching up the pumpkin stamp with the cut.  Put this shaker piece on your card base.
 
Add your other decorations.  The ghost and candy corns are from the Hello Pumpkin scrapbooking set.  I sponged a little pebble on the edges of the ghost before I cut him.  The candy corns are colored with shin-han markers.  Both are fussy cut by hand and white spaces where touched up with the clear shimmer brush.
 
 

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

2018 Week 28


How's this for a page?  The footprints are from a retired stamp set.  they are really a hiking boot print, but I used the back side of the stamp to get the solid image.  The owl is from the Artbooking cartridge, the bus is from the You are Here cartridge.  I cut two buses, then trimmed one to make the purple bus a triple decker.  The thunderbolt and the glasses are also from CTMH cricut cartridges!

Friday, September 7, 2018

September Bells & Whistles - School page

I have 7 of the Bells & Whistles kits for the September 21 workshop.  Yes, I am a terrible salesman - as this is once again from the archives. But it just goes to show, that when you like something - get it then, for you never know when you are going to need it, but you do know that you like it now!
This layout is designed to help you with those big things you get from school, that can be so hard to scrap.  The page on the left holds an 8X10 class photo or certificate.  The spaces on the left hold a 5X7 school portrait, and two 3X4 smaller photos - or they can be turned into journaling spots or more space to decorate, depending on what pictures or memorabilia you have. 
I post the workshops on Facebook, and before I got around to posting it here in the blog, this workshop filled up.  I hope showing it here can inspire your own page!

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

2018 Week 27

Just another personal layout for inspiration and to keep me on track!
Convention registration is now open for 2019.  Who wants to go with me this year?

Monday, September 3, 2018

Hint of Vintage; Sept Card Class

The September Card Workshop is Thursday, September 13, 5:30PM.  Cost is $5 to make these 3 cards. 

The pink shades from the Oh What Fun paper pack inspired me to go vintage with some Christmas cards - even though in the end, that's not the paper I used.  I also dipped into the archives for the stamp sets - but you are working with some of the new products.
For this card I used the pink polka dots from Central Park.  There is some paper in the Oh What Fun pack that work with this too, but for a class, I didn't have quite enough.  The patterned background is a new stamp, D1805 Repeatable Backgrounds.  The pine branches are from a retired set, but you can achieve a similar look with B1632 Wonder of the Season.  The ornament is cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  If you missed getting this cartridge, I have one in my inventory.  Silver glitter was found in your vintage cards - A LOT, which makes them so fun.  Here I've used silver foil, silver shimmer trim, silver embellishing thread and silver gems.
The stamp on this card is retired, but the wow factor on this card is the new gloss texture paste. You can see a little of it in the picture. This card uses the new Carolina ink, Carolina and Bluebird papers, white glitter paper, stencil filmstitched oval dies and silver gems.

Again, another retired stamp set for this one.  The papers are from 'tis the Season.  For the candy canes, I split apart the sections of one of the paper houses from the new Season of Joy cartridge and cut it from the striped 'tis the Season paper.  The rows of glitter are Stickles. A little New England Ivy canvas bow and it's very vintage.
None of the cards have any sentiments - you can choose from my collection or add from your own.  There is a space on each where it could be added to the front, or you can just say something on the inside.
Card classes for the rest of the year will be Christmas cards.  This workshop introduces some cards that take a little time to create - but if there is one you want to copy for  your personal set of cards this year, there is plenty of time to get started!



CTMH Subscription Service

Beginning September 1, 2018, Close to My Heart is offering a subscription service.  Every month you can have a kit show up on your doorstep in a pink box!
These kits are the Cut Above format. They include everything you need to make TWO double layouts, except adhesive and your album.  It even includes the page protectors.  These are the layouts you will receive the first four months - September through December.
 
You can also see these in the holiday catalog on page 11.
This is a subscription service. Once you sign up, you are enrolled and automatically billed each period until you end your subscription.
There are three different ways to sign up for the subscription.
1 - Monthly subscription. You sign up using your credit/debit card and receive one shipment for one double layout every month.  You are able to cancel any month.  The cost is $17.95 plus $4.95 shipping each month - plus your local tax rate.
2 - 4 month subscription.  You sign up using your credit/debit card and receive one shipment with four double layouts every 4 months.  You are able to cancel between shipments, but there are no returns or refunds on layouts you have already received.  The cost is $64.60 plus $4.95 shipping for the 4 months -plus your local tax rate. This is equal to $16.15 per layout and $1.24 shipping.
3 - Yearly subscription.  You sign up using your credit/debit card and receive one shipment with four double layouts every 4 months.  You can not cancel between shipments - you will receive 3 of the shipments for a total of 12 double layouts.  If you cancel your subscription, it will cancel for the following year. The cost is $172.32 - plus your local tax rate.  There are no shipping fees added if you select this option.  This is equal to $14.36 per layout and $0 in shipping!
If you receive all 12 layouts:
Option 1 costs $274.80 plus tax.  (billed monthly)
Option 2 costs $208.65 plus tax, a savings of $66.15.  (billed every 4 months)
Option 3 costs $172.32 plus tax, a savings of $102.48 over Option 1 and $36.33 over Option 2. (billed once a year).
**You can only cancel the subscription between billings.**

You can click here to subscribe, get a closer look at the layouts, and read how CTMH describes the program.  Clicking this link takes you to the right place but it does not automatically sign you up.  So go check it out!

This subscription service is separate from the hostess program.  Orders made for the subscription service do not count toward a gathering or stamp of the month qualifications.

Friday, August 31, 2018

Open House Make & Takes!

Hate to wait?  Come by the Open House, at my house, tomorrow between 2 and 5 PM.  I will have several items to purchase immediately  - from the new catalog!  Any order over $50 gets a free ink pad - and we have 10 new colors to choose from!  You can also make one of these cards while you are here!



Wednesday, August 29, 2018

September Stamp of the Month

There are lots of possibilities with the September stamp of the month.  Here's one of mine!

 

Monday, August 27, 2018

2018 Week 26

This was a fun page.  The tent is the carousel is from the Artiste cartridge. I hand cut the sides from the scraps after cutting the carousel.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Frame It Q3 2018

The theory behind the Frame It workshops was to have a great time with your girlfriends creating something to decorate your home.  Unlike a painting, you only need a single space on your wall.  When you create another masterpiece, slip the old work out of the frame and into a scrapbook.  Add the new one to your frame for a seasonal look to your home!
The next workshop will be on September 8.  We have been holding this event at the Piper and Leaf location on Hwy 72, next to Sprouts and the new Hobby Lobby.  I still need to confirm a reservation there, but regardless of where, the event will happen on the 8th!
Cost is $25 with a frame or just $10 if you already have yours.  There are 8 kits available, so reserve yours!

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Adventures in Scrapbooking

CTMH isn't just about selling you scrapbooking supplies.  It's about using them as well.  I host 42 different events during the year for you to enjoy scrapbooking with friends.  Here is the list for the rest of 2018.




12 hour crop 10AM-10PM on a Saturday, $5 or free with any order
     September 15
     October 20
     November 10
Bells & Whistles Workshop (2 page layout) 6:30-8:30 on a Friday, $10
     August 24
     September 21
     October 5
     November 16
Card workshop, 3 cards, 5:30-7:30 on a Thursday, $5
     September 13
     October 11
     November 8
Frame It!, single page layout, 10AM Saturday (quarterly), $10 without, $25 with frame
     September 8
     December 15
    



Monday, August 13, 2018

August Bells & Whistles

The August Bells & Whistles workshop will be on August 24, 6:30-8:30PM, $10.



While you see a lot of brown in this picture, those are just the mats.  When you finish,  you layout will be in shades of green.
I put the title on sideways, and made the little white banners crooked on purpose. It if suits your tastes, these can be straightened and the title rotated.
The mats sizes are
(3) 4"X6" - (2) horizontal, (1) vertical
(4) 3"X4" -  horizontals
It's quite easy to rotate these pages to suit your pictures.
This layout is designed to be a birthday page, but with a few minor changes, it could work for any celebration, or even an everyday page.  Some alternate titles using the time motif -
Play Time
Time Marches On
Nap Time
Party Time
Time Flies
Vacation Time
Creative Time

There is a time for everything - so just name it!

Friday, August 10, 2018

2018 Week 25

And another in books!  I took the picture before journaling everyone's name!

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

2018 Week 24

I've done a fair amount of talk about doing just one single layout per week, and you would accomplish so much during the year.  While I still believe it, summer can just wreck havoc on a nice planned schedule.  So over the coming weeks I'll be playing catchup - some of it is catch up with blog posts and some of it is catch up from scrapbooking - where I didn't get to my one double layout that week, but I managed it eventually!
I did a little more work on Hurricane's college book. It's quickly coming to an end.  Just a few more months and college will be over - and so will the hounding for more pictures!

Monday, August 6, 2018

2018 Holiday Expressions Open House

OPEN HOUSE
September 1, 2018
105 Coral Court
2PM-5PM
 
  • See - the new catalog, new kits and new colors.
  • Buy - Cash & Carry on the brand new kits (limited quantities available)
  • Make - Free Make & Take
  • Order - Free ink pad with $50 order.

 

Friday, July 27, 2018

You've got class

Guess what? 
There is a SECOND special for August AND September!
This one is 14 single page layouts designed to showcase each school year.  I'm showing the entire kit here, but it is also available as pieces - so pick what you need! See that first thing in the picture?  That's special folders to help you organize the school memorabilia!  You can order beginning August 1st.