Saturday, July 20, 2013

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!




Saturday, July 13, 2013

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










Saturday, July 6, 2013

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

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

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!