Frosted Christmas

This month our theme is Christmas! We asked our Consultant bloggers to create a Christmas themed project using the fabulous Frosted paper pack and any of our three exclusive Cricut cartridges: Art Philosophy, Artiste, and/or Artbooking! In this hop, you will see projects featuring these versatile cartridges from many talented crafty ladies! Enjoy our blog hop!

Here's what the fabulous Frosted paper pack looks like:

If you are interested in purchasing any of the products used in this hop and you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one of the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Theo's blog – Celebrate Crafts If you came from " name of person " of " name of blog with their deep URL link embedded" (the person before you in the lineup) then you are in the right place!

[PLEASE INSERT YOUR PHOTO(S) OF YOUR PROJECT AS WELL ANY INSTRUCTIONS/RECIPE/LIST OF SUPPLIES]

Your next stop on our Frosted Christmas blog hop is " name of person " of " name of blog with deep URL link embedded".

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

1. Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
2. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking - page (link: )

3. April Grigson ~ Imagine the Possiblities Studio (link: )

4. Traci Williams ~ Paper Crafting 101 (link: )

5. Connie Walsh ~ Connie Creates 2 (link: )

6. Holly ~ Heartfelt Memories (link: )

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

Illuminate

Welcome to our November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month Close to My Heart is offering a stamp set called "Illuminate" throughout the month of November. 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!)

In this hop, you will see projects featuring this fun 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 2Create .   If you came from "Jennifer  " of " 4 Hearts Scrapbooking "  then you are in the right place!

For my card, I decided to use the circle spin card (Z1866). I used Frosted paper, on the
outside of the card and on the inside, but the opposite side. I inked the edges of the papers with Champagne ink (Z2174), as well as the sentiment. It's hard to see, but on the "i" in bright, there is a bitty bling (z1263). The lantern is stamped in black (Z2105) and the candle
light is colored with a color pencil.

Sorry for the way the picture is. I could not find my camera, so I used my cell phone to take the pic.

Supply list:
Frosted paper pack: X7175B
Circle spin card: Z1866
Champagne ink: Z2174
Black ink: Z2105
Bitty bling: Z1263
Stamp set: Illuminate (only available this month!) S1311


Your next stop on our Illuminate blog hop is "Traci Williams  " of "Paper Crafting 101 "
Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
2. Rebecca - Show Me Scrapping
3. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
4. Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
5. Traci Williams ~ Paper Crafting 101

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

The Everything's ABC's blog hop letter "U"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter #. This may be the name

of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their # element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from . Lisa Kmiec ~ Lisa's Stamping and Scrapping Spot  then you're on the right track!

For my "U" project, I decided to just use the letter U. This is a simple card, using white card stick as the base, black as the accent, then white again to show off the word missing (stamped in black) and the letter U, which is a silver letter U sticker.

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece

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

. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy

. Lisa Kmiec ~ Lisa's Stamping and Scrapping Spot 

. Theodora~ celebratecrafts.com

. Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece

The Everything's ABC's blog hop letter "O"

 
Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!


For this hop we will be featuring the letter O.This may be the name
of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has
chosen as their O element will be featured in their post.


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Traci Williams ~ Paper Crafting 101

If you came from "Shalana's blog Scrappin with Shalana"   then you're on the right track!

For my "O" I chose the Owl. There is an owl on the CTMH cricut cartridge, and I have been wanting
to make something with him for the longest time, and this was the perfect opportunity! I cut the back round out in chocolate card stock, and the feathers and face out with cashmere. the sentiment is from
a CTMH stamp set that is retired, and the sentiment is stamped in olive. The back round paper is also CTMH, from the retired paper pack Florentine.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Linda Norman - Scrappy Therapy


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

1. Traci Williams ~ Paper Crafting 101
2. Shalana Glass ~ Scrappin with Shalana
3. Theodora~ Celebrate Crafts

4. Linda Norman - Scrappy Therapy 
5. Shelly Nemitz - Just One Piece
6. Janna Gray - The Creative Princess
7. Catherine Nowak ~ Cat's Scrapbooking

Surf's Up

It's summer time and I know we are all spending time outside enjoying the sunshine and the surf!  For this month's blog hop, we are featuring the exclusive "Surf's Up" paper pack from Close to My Heart!    We're celebrating fun in the sun with this colorful paper pack that also has some amazing coordinating accessories and embellishment.


Not only are all of our creations going to use our Surf's Up paper line BUT they will also be using our exclusive Art Philosophy, Artiste, and/or the NEW Artbooking Cricut cartridges available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant!  What ?!?!? If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one of the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!


In this hop, you will see projects featuring this versatile cartridges 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 Lucy's blog - Love 2 Create then you are in the right place!


Do you ever have those days where your crafty idea sounds FABULOUS in your head, but when you go to implement the idea, it just does not work? Well, for me that happened with this project. The project I had intended to show you, just did not turn out, so I decided to make something from artiste that was kinda fun and cute. I cut this 3D object from letter b in Artiste. I was going too add embellishments, but I kinda liked they way it turned out :)

Your next stop on our Surf's Up blog hop is "Traci " of "Paper Crafting 101".



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

Lucy ~Love 2 Create
Theodora ~Celebrate Crafts <------- You are here
Traci ~Paper Crafting 101 <--------Go here next
Michelle ~My Flights of Fancy
Melinda Everitt - ifyoublingit
Melissa Harris ~ The Keen Krafter
Justine Hovey ~ The Twilight Stamper
Heather Hunt ~ Creative Coconut
Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

The Everything's ABC's blog hop letter "N"

For the Surf's up hop, click HERE

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!


For this hop we will be featuring the letter N. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an
 embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen for their "N" element will be featured in their post.


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda's Blog " Scrappy Therapy"


Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is back to Linda's blog " Scrappy Therapy"

For my "N" I chose 3 things, the paper is New England Ivy, the stamp set is new, ( Hello Tweety Flair)

B1420, and for my other "New" item, I used the new CTMH scallop punch for the scalloped edge on the colonial white card stock. I stamped the image and the saying in Barn Red.

 Linda Norman - Scrappy Therapy

 Shelly Nemitz - Just One Piece

 Theodora~ celebratecrafts.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Life Blog hop

Welcome to our July Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "Sweet Life" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from July 1 - 31, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.






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 " of "Caution: Crafting is Contagious" then you are in the right
place!


For my project, I decided to stamp one of the images and color it with color pencils. I used Sweet leaf for the back round green. I outlined the leaves in a dark green, then I colored them in with a lighter green color. I did the same with the yellow for the flowers and the red for the apple. The image is stamped in black ink, and it is popped up with a little bit of foam tape.

Your next stop on our "Sweet Life" hop is " Jennifer " of "4 Hearts Scrapbooking"




Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious
Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
Jennifer~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Mary Ellen ~ Cr8ive ME
Cat ~ Catscrapbooking
Rebecca - Show Me Scrapping
Heather - Paper Crafter Anonymous

The Everything's ABC's blog hop letter "M"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter "M". This may be the name of a paper,  a stamp set or an embellishment  Whatever the crafter has  chosen as their "M  element will be featured in their post.


I am the 1st of the three blogs you will visit today!

For my "M" I chose to give you all a sneak peek at 2 new products that will be available starting August 1st!
  My "M" item is the new Mini's stamp set! Close To My Heart has 8 of these new sets, and the are perfect for our new circle spin cards! The back round paper is from our new paper pack Frosted, and the snowflake is stamped in Whisper ink. The circle is covered with slate card stock. The snowflake has also been stamped in whisper ink on the brown paper, in "second generation" (meaning the stamp was inked, stamped onto a scrap paper then onto the back round paper). All edges were inked in Whisper. The flower in the center is from the new Base & Bling.

I hope you enjoyed this card, my friend Katt helped with it.

Supplies:

Snowflake Stamp: M1031
Circle Spin cards:  Z1866
Base & Bling : Z1883
Whisper Ink : Z2172

Join My August online gathering (August 1st-August 31st) for a chance to win something free from me!


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

1. Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
2. Linda Norman-Scrappy Therapy
3. Shelly Nemitz - Just One Piece

Everyone loves FREE right?

Hello!

I am back from the Close To My Heart convention, and had a FABULOUS time!!

This is a little free item that Close To My Heart is giving away...
it is printable, and can be used on cards, tags, or what ever your imagination comes up with.
  Enjoy :)
To get your FREE printable, click HERE.


Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Independence Day

For the everything's ABC's hop click HERE

 

 

What ?!?!? Hope you weren't expecting to see Will Smith fighting the aliens here! We are actually featuring crafty creations showcasing "Independence Day" ... the holiday!

Not only are all of our creations going to be about Independence Day ... the holiday ... but they will also be using the Artiste and/or Art Philosophy Cricut cartridges available
through a Close to My Heart consultant. If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one of the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!


In this hop, you will see projects featuring this versatile cartridges 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 "Lucy ~ Love 2Create" then you are in the right place!

My Cricut cut is the star, cut from the cricut cartridge Art Philosophy. The star is the negative piece from the card that can be found on the letter "L". I used 3D foam tape to pop up the star, and I used the home of the brave stamp set.  (which is on special this month. You can find info on it here.). My daughter Alayna who is 4, helped choose the colors for the card. I asked her what color we should stamp the Statue Of Liberty in, and she chose lagoon. She has never actually seen the Statue Of Liberty, so it was kind of funny that she chose a color that resembles it. The flag pole is stamped in black, and my daughter Sidney chose the cranberry for the stars, and outdoor denim for the words. I had fun making this card with my daughters.


Your next stop on our Independence Day hop is "Michelle" of " My Flights of Fancy ".







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



  Lucy ~ Love 2Create

 Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts

 Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
 Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
 Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101
 Penny ~ It Makes Total Cents







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

The Everythings's ABC's letter "L"

For the Art Philosophy/Artiste hop click HERE. (This hop starts at 6am)

 
Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!


For this hop we will be featuring the letter L. This may be the name
of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has
chosen as their L element will be featured in their post.


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Theo's blog~ Celebrate Crafts


My "L" project comes from the Art Philosophy cartridge. I decided to cut the card that is found on this letter. I cut the card using paper from the Claire paper pack. I decided not to use cardstock, but instead chose one of the patterned  papers for my card. I cut the card at 4". I am using the star that is in the center of the card for another project.

I decided to "bling" up my star with sparkles, to give it a little shine. I stamped on the inside a quote from the stamp set: Scrapbook Statements~Women.  The quote is from Dolly Parton, and it says: "If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain".                                                           

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is "Shelly Nemitz " of " Just One Piece".


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

 Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
  Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece

  Shalana Glass ~ Scrappin with Shalana
 Linda Norman- Scrappy Therapy

Flowering Bunch

Welcome to our June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This  month's stamp from  Close to My Heart
 is "A Flowering Bunch" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from June 1 - 30, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

 If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create.
 If you came from Amber ~ Scrapper's Therapy then you are in the right place!

I stamped Thanks a Bunch in the center, then I loaded by block with the smaller flowers, and random stamped all over the card. I then used my color pens to color in the flowers, glued a butterfly from the Trinkets wooded shapes, and found some buttons from my stash for the centers. I used brown bakers's twine for the center of the buttons on the large flowers.


       Your next stop on our "A Flowering Bunch" hop is Jennifer~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking






Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Amber ~Scrapper's Therapy
Theo~Celebrate Crafts
Jennifer~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Stephanie-Quilted Scrapper
Cat ~ catscrapbooking
Traci~ Paper Crafting 101


Thanks for

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

The everything's ABC's blog hop letter "K"

                                                    For the SOTM hop click HERE

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!



For this hop we will be featuring the letter K. This may be the name

of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their K element will be featured in their post.



If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy



If you came from Shelly Nemitz - Just One Piece  then you're on the right track!

For my "K" project, I made these cute gift bags from Kraft paper sacks. They are going to be gift bags for my team mates going to the CTMH convention at the end of this month. I covered one side with black card stock. The bow is cut from one of the Disney cricut carts, as are the shoes. I used glitter glitz around the bow to give it some sparkle. I will be adding more to the bag, but I don't want to give too much away, just in case anyone on the team sees this....



Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana



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



1. Amber La Mons~ Scrapper's Therapy
2. Linda Norman- Scrappy Therapy
3. Shelly Nemitz - Just One Piece
4. Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
5. Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana 

Thank You

The tornado in Oklahoma has had a devastating effect and Close To My Heart wants to help. To aid relief efforts, Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You ($2.95 retail), available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross.

To order yours, please visit my site. www.celebratecrafts.ctmh.com

Thank you.

"Happily Ever After"

Welcome to our May Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop! As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant. If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create    If you came from " Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create" of "  then you are in the right place!


Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but we also have a Wedding theme. There are so many weddings this time of year! Do you have any weddings coming up?

I chose to redo this picture frame. It had a picture of my husband and myself on our wedding day. Our
kids had done a number on the frame, and I thought it could a little sprucing up.

I took black card stock and I raced the frame onto it. I cut out the image and used liquid glass to glue it to the frame. I used a sanding block to sand all of the edges, which gave the paper and aged look.  cut the Mr & Mrs  and the silver hearts (silver heart border is glitter paper) from the Artiste cartridge The flowers are cut from Art Philosophy.

Thanks for looking!

Your next stop on our "Happily Ever After" hop is "Wendy " of "My Scrapbooking Blog"


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

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
2. Theodora ~ Celebrate crafts
3. Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog
4. Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
5. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
6. Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle 
7. Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you in creating your own wedding themed projects!

The ABC's Everything letter "J"

 

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter J. This may be the name
of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has
chosen as their J element will be featured in their post.


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy


If you came from "Linda Norman-Scrappy Therapy "  then you're on the right track!

For my "J" project, I have to admit I had an issue coming up with a "J" project, then I remembered
I had CTMH's Posh Journaling Spots, and I had my "J" item! I decided to use them for the front of my card. I used ruby card stock for the backround, and patterned paper from the For Always paper pack. The red flower was cut from ruby card stock using my Art Philosphy cricut cartridge. the saying is the zip strip from the top of one of the patterned papers. I layered it with ruby card stock. I finished my card with sparkles.

Thanks for stopping by!


I am the last stop on the hop, if you started with me, please go to the beginning to Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy


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


1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
2. Lucy Kelleher ~ Love 2 Create
3. Shalana Glass ~ Scrappin with Shalana
4. Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece
5. Linda Norman-Scrappy Therapy
6. Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts

Pinwheel

Welcome to our May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "Pinwheel" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from May 1 - 31, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create . If you came from "Amber" ~ Scrapper's Therapy then you are in the right place!

For my card, I stamped the large pinwheel in gypsy ink, the striped pinwheel in smoothie, and the small
pinwheel in pear. Between all of the layers is a pop dot, with a sparkle in the middle of the green. The pinwheel "stick" is a piece of grey baker's twine. The butterflies are from the color-ready trinkets wooden shapes. "You make my world go 'round" is stamped in gypsy pigment ink.

All items are Close To My Heart:
Grey card stock
Pear
Smoothie
Gypsy
Bitty Sparkles
Trinkets wooden shapes
Gypsy pigment ink.
Grey baker's twine



Your next stop on our "Pinwheel" hop is " Stephanie " of " Quilted Scrapper "

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Amber ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
Stephanie-Quilted Scrapper
Cat ~ catscrapbooking

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

The Everything's ABC's blog hop letter "I"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter I. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their I element will be featured in their post.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from " Shelly ~ Just One Piece


Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is "  Alicia ~ Serene Scrapping with Alicia

My "I" item is ink... in this case, three different colors. The card edges are inked in Indian corn blue, as well as both sentiments. The hot air balloon is inked using a rolling technique (place stamp on block, roll the edge of the stamp in one color, roll the center of the stamp in a 2nd color, and roll the other edge in the 3rd. I used Indian corn blue, Gypsy and Sky) The grey is CTMH, but I am unsure of which color. I wrapped baker's twine around the bottom and just tied it on. All items are from Close To My Heart, and are current.

Sorry this is not the greatest picture, but I am having trouble accessing my pictures from the photo
editing program I use.


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





Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Shelly ~ Just One Piece
Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
Alicia ~ Serene Scrapping with Alicia
Kathy ~ Kathy's Creative Corner

Happy Mother's Day

Welcome to our April Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop! As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant. If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!


If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create  If you came from " Lucy's blog" – Love 2 Create then you are in the right place!


Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but we also have a Mother's Day theme since Mother's Day is less than a month away. Have you started your Mother's Day projects yet?

My project is this canvas scrapbook "page". I got the canvas at a scrapbook store a few years ago. It is 12x12, and it came with hanging hardware. I used Art philosophy to cut the back round (10 3/4), and Artiste to cut the flowers. The flowers range in size from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2. The colors of the flowers are black,
lagoon and ruby card stock. The letters are glitter "thickers" stickers which I apparently applied crooked :-)
The other elements are rub ons from my stash, and in the center of the rub ons are sparkles. I plan to put
a photo of each of my girls on here, but I have not quite decided which photo, or if I am going to use one photo with both of them in it. I hope you enjoy my project, and that it will inspire you to create a Mother's
Day gift for your loved one.



Your next stop on our "Mother's Day" hop is "Wendy  " of "  My Scrapbooking Blog".



Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:
Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts <----------- You are here
Wendy ~ My Scrapbooking Blog  <----Go here next
Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Stephanie Feist ~ Quilted Scrapper




Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you in creating your own Mother's Day projects!

The Everything ABC's blog hop letter "H"

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!



For this hop we will be featuring the letter H. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their H element will be featured in their post.



If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy

If you came from Shelly ~ Just One Piece then you're on the right track!

For my project for the letter "H" I chose the word Hero. This is a photo of my father taken in September
2008, at Crater Lake, Oregon. My father was a hero to me, even though I don't think realized it. My father chose to leave us to early, but he will always be my hero. This is the 1st time since he has passed that I have been able to create any kind of project with a picture of him in it. I apologize for the reflection of my head in the glass :). The frame is from either Michaels or the Dollar store, I can't remember which. The paper is from the Victory paper pack from ctmh (retired) the sparkles flourishes (Z1708) frame opposite corners of each other, and the ribbon is ctmh (retired). Also used, Durables artisan studs (Z1816). For the flowers, I cut them on the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge at 1 1/2,  2  1/4, and 3.



Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is  Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana



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

1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
3. Shelly ~ Just One Piece
4. Theo~ Celebrate Crafts
5. Shalana ~ Scrappin with Shalana
6. Linda-Scrappy Therapy
7. Alicia - Serene Scrapping
8. Kathy Johnson - Kathy's Creative Corner

My Sunshine

Welcome to our April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "My Sunshine" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from April 1 - 30, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

















If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create  If you came from  Jennifer of  4 Hearts Scrapbooking then you are in the right place!




For my project, I got my inspiration from the site splitcoast stampers. The technique
I used is called "bargello" and you can find a link for it HERE. For
my card, I decided to use the Chantilly paper pack. I thought that the
theme of the stamp set went well with the paper.


 Select your patterned paper, and cut it a 3/4" x 6. Once you have done that, line them up on your 5x6 cut it a 3/4" x 6. Once you have done that, line them up on your 5x6 piece of card
stock in a pattern that you like, and adhere them down. Then cut pieces at 1/2"
and 5/8".


 Adhere these to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of card stock, in a staggered manner,
 creating a pattern. Adhere the strips. Trim the edges that may be over hanging,
 then trim the whole thing down to 4 x 5 1/2.


For the bird, I stamp it in Twilight, and fussy (hand) cut him out. I could have used
my Artiste cartridge (pg 51, cut @ 1 1/2) to cut him out, but I wanted his wing left in.
For the sun, I cut it on the Artiste cart @ 3 1/2 inches. I stamped the sun in Sunny Yellow (retired)
and glued ot to the base. The white rectangle is cut at 2 1/2 x 3 3/4, and is popped up. The sun center
is also stamped in Sunny yellow. You're tweet is stamped in Twilight.









Your next stop on our "My Sunshine" hop is Stephanie ~ -The Quilted Scrapper





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

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious
Amber ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts
Stephanie ~ -The Quilted Scrapper

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While supplies last!

CTMH has added new items to the While supplies last section of my shopping site! This Is Just  Few Of The Items That Are Listed! Click here To See All Items Listed, And Purchase Yours Today! All Items WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!

Color-Ready Arbor Wooden Shapes

Z1765 $2.00

Foundry® Number Plates

Z1712 $1.25

Stella Complements Canvas Shapes

X7147C $1.50

Urban Felt Alphabet

Z1695 $1.50

Foundry® Ribbon Slides

Z1460 $1.00

Designer Ribbon Blue Collection

Z1385 $1.50

My Legacy Writers® Black Pen Set

4275 $9.00

Parlor Velvet Rub-Ons

Z1742 $1.50

Haunted Assortment

Z1741 $1.00

My Creations® Banner

Z1378 $2.75

Wooden Designer Buttons

Z1387 $1.50

Mini-Medley Accents Black Collection

Z1393 $1.50

Milepost Shapes

Z1464 $1.00

Boutique Assortment

Z1763 $1.50

Buttons Clear Assortment

Z1391 $1.25