Everyday Celebration Cards Part 2

Here is a close up of card number one and eight. I also recreated these cards using the Jingle paper pack from the new fall/winter catalog. Enjoy!!





I am in the process of making birthday cards for my group of friends who are turning thirty! My goal is to send them a birthday card for this special birthday!! The Jingle paper pack is perfect for a winter birthday!

The card on the right is a card I made for my Aunt Donna. She is a breast cancer survivor but she just found out that her cancer has come back in her liver. I want to give her a hug so bad...but distance just doesn't make that so easy...so sending this card is my way of hugging her!! Please keep her and anyone who is fighting cancer in your prayers.

This is what I stamped inside the card for Aunt Donna.








Here are some more birthday cards using Jingle. I also got a chance to use the new twinkle brads jolly assortment.





How did I cut the parenthesis? I took the parenthesis stamp set from the everyday celebration stamp set and stamp the area I wanted. Then I cut the image to get the parenthesis. Very easy to make your own card to look like this if you would like.



Supplies are all from Close to My Heart:
Everyday Celebration Card Kit
Colors: Chocolate, Dutch Blue, Colonial White
Shades of Chocolate Mini-Medley Accents
Jingle Paper Pack
Colors: Creme Brulee, Juniper, Olive, Tulip, White Daisy
White Daisy Ric Rac Ribbon
White Daisy Grosgrain
Twinkle Brads Jolly Assortment
Sparkles
Create A Shade Pearl Paint
Say It In Style Stamp Set
Cupcake Sprinkles Stamp Set
Always Remember Stamp Set

Everyday Celebration Cards Part 1

I promised close up pictures of the cards from the Everyday Celebration card kit!! Plus I decided to make cards with a new paper back from the new Fall/Winter Catalog using this template The paper pack I used with part one is called Grace. I am also trying to use up my leftover cardstock as my pile of scrap cardstocks is getting pretty high!!! :) I should take a before and after picture to show you just how bad it is!!! Anyways isn't it amazing how you can get 4 different cards from one template?!?! Enjoy!!

Card 7-

Card 4:

Supplies Used:
Everyday Card Kit
Colors: Dutch Blue, Chocolate, Colonial White
Chocolate Ribbon
Shades of Chocolate Mini Medley Accents
Grace Background and Texture paper
Barn Red, Twilight, Honey, Cocoa, Colonial White
D1306 Treasure Life
D1312 November Word Puzzle
D1368 I am...stamp set
heart charm (retired)


P.S. Keep checking my blog as I will post the other 12 cards during the course of the month!!

National Stamping Month=

September is National Stamping Month and Close To My Heart is celebrating with a beautiful card kit called "Everyday Celebration"!!! During the month of September(while supplies last) you have an opportunity to buy the "Everyday Celebration" card kit to make 16 cards for $39.95 OR get it FREE. Check out what you will get in the card kit, pictures of the cards and how you can get it below!

What is in this card kit?? (Thank you Chris for letting me use this picture!)

1 - My Acrylix Everyday Celebration Stamp Set (D Size, available only with this kit)
16 - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Colonial White Bracket Shaped Card Bases (available with this kit only)
16 - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Colonial White Envelopes (available with this kit only)
1 - 12" x 12" Dutch Blue Cardstock
1 - 12" x 12" Colonial White Cardstock
4 - 12" x 12" B&T Duos paper
1 - Chocolate Distressing Ink
1 - Dutch Blue Distressing Ink
1 - Mini-Medley Shades of Chocolate Collection
5' Chocolate Ribbon with White Stitch
50 - 3D Foam Squares
1 - Sponge
1 - Full Color Step-by-Step Instructional Brochure

All of these supplies = 16 beautiful cards!! Here is a picture of all 16!!


Here is a picture of the 8 that was in the instructional guide provided for you...


You can make those cards twice if you want...but I wanted to take the same size paper and make them into my own card! Here is my verison of the cards.
Throughout the month I will share pictures of the orginal card and the card I made so you can see just how versatile the papers and cutting patterns are!! SO come back and see what I have posted!!


Now that you have see the beautiful cards I bet you are wondering how you can get this beautiful kit to make these 16 beautiful cards??

1. You can purchase this kit for $39.95 (order #CC1006B). Remember, the kit value is $48.50! GREAT price point to get that much for $39.95, wouldn't you say?

2. You can get it FREE when you purchase $60 in stamp sets from the Idea Book. This is a great way to get those NEW stamp sets you have been eyeing in the new fall/winter catalog!

To purchase this kit or to get it free with a $60 stamp purchase, click here to enter my website.

3. You can get it by hosting a book or home party! If your party is comes to a total $400 or more (before shipping and tax) then you will get this card kit FREE plus you will also get a FREE Close To My Heart shopping free starting at $60 FREE and one half off item (and these totals go up the higher your orders total).

4. If you sign up to be a Close To My Heart Consultant between September 1 and September 30, you will receive this gorgeous card kit FREE with your New Consultant Kit.

Email (scrampercorner@hotmail.com) me today to get more information about hosting a party or becoming a consultant.

But wait there is more!!! Andthere’s more fun!

5. Place any order between September 1–30 and you’ll be automatically entered in our daily drawing for a FREE card kit! Winners will be announced on my website.

Happy stamping!! I hope everyone have a stampabulous month!! :)

September SOTM Blog Hop- Treasures

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring September's SOTM: Treasures, a set of 13 stamps. If you have come here from Laurie Levnik's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Jena's Blog and start from the beginning!
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This month we have 69 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations
using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to
move to the next one! Here we go!

This first card is simple simple simple!! Can I say it again SIMPLE!! I actually found the inspiration from a thank you card that my parents got. When I saw the thank you card I thought it looks so much like the September SOTM. What do you think??? I random stamped the cardstock with versamark ink pad and then covered the ink with white daisy embossing powder. To make the powder stick you use the craft heater to melt the powder onto the card. Like I said EASY and SIMPLE!

Which card did I do the SOTM on??
#1


#2

If you guessed number two you are correct!! :)

Two cards together


Supplies-All CTMH unless noted
September SOTM: Treasures
Size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Garden Green cardstock
Garden Green ink pad
VersaMark Ink Pad
White Daisy Embossing Powder
Craft Heater

The next two cards I found my ideas from the new Card Confidence Program called Wishes! I love this book--just another book to help me get my creative juice going!!


The second card is called Keep It Level. I used the small "pom pom" to create a sun by going around in circle. Then I took the stem to make the rays on the circle and then on the bamboo cardstock. Thank you to Katy D. who shared this creative idea of turning the "pom pom" into a sun! She really was thinking outside of the box to come up with this idea. The background and texture paper is a new paper from the paper pack called grace. I thought the flowers looked like different versions of the sun!!







Supplies-All CTMH unless noted
September SOTM: Treasures
Wishes Size:6x6
B&T Duo from Grace (new!)
Twilight
Bamboo
Honey Ink
Booksmart (new!)

The last card is called circle collection...so I went a little crazy with circles! We have lots of new and fun circle embellishments like the basic craft buttons (chocolate, bamboo, cocoa, colonial white) and dimensional elements in color:organic. Even the two B&T duo from twitterpated has circles in it!!





Supplies-All CTMH unless noted
September SOTM: Treasures
Wishes Size: 5x7
B&T Duo from Twitterpated (new!)
Colonial White cardstock
Chocolate cardstock
Chocolate ink
Chocolate buttons from basic craft button
Organic Dimensional Elements in Color
Embroidery Floss
CM circle cutter system

Now "Hop" on over to Karen Norman's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!

Remember, the September SOTM: Treasures is only available until September 30th! Contact your Close to My Heart consultant today or check my website to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

That's Amore Workshop with the Cherish Chicks

On September 12th at 1:00 PM my club members (the Cherish Chicks) will be getting together to create anywhere from 2 to 6 beautiful pages from That's Amore level 2 paper pack (x7107B) and stickease (x7107c). We create these pages (and many more) from a program called Workshop on the GO that CTMH has put together to help make scrapbooking faster, simpler, easier. At our Cherish Chicks bi-monthly workshops we will create two page layouts (sometimes 6 depending on time) that have been provided in the workshop guide. If you are interested in attending my workshop you will get a kit for 2 pages for $6.00 or a kit for 6 pages for $15.00. These kits will have all the paper for you plus the embellishments you will need to complete the pages. You will also have a chance to use my stamps and inks. Contact me today if you would like to create these layouts, attend the workshop or for more information about my club.

Below you will see my six pages I have created from the That's Amore workshop guide. The pictures I have on my layouts are from my friend's wedding. Maura, Amy and I are friends from college...it is always good to see friends!! Especially when those friends live so far away! I was the person in charge of the camera as you can see in one of the pictures! :) I had my camera, Amy's camera AND Maura's camera and was snapping away with all three of them. I took so many pictures on Maura's camera that I ran out of space on the scan disk--which means she didn't have alot of pictures from her second reception. Opps!! But to my defense I was told they had a second scandisk but they never brought it to the wedding!! Enjoy the pictures and layouts!

Page one and two-

The measurements and directions for this layout can only found in the That's Amore workshop guide.

Close up of page one-


Pullout journal on page one using edge anchors to pull out journal-

Close up of the "F" in FRIENDS using edge anchors to decorate "F" (this is the same way the "K" is on page 3

Close up of page two-

Close up of new product in fall/winter catalog-- Top Coat Framed In: These are photo sized (4'"x 6") transparencies with unqiue printed designs. You will get 6 colonial white and 6 dasiy white top coats. What a great way to decorate your page especially on this page with great friends posing!


What it looks like without the picture--



Pages 3 and 4--

Layout guide found in Imagine: Supporting Cast


Close up of page 3 --

I covered up my friend's last name for privacy!-- but the detail of the "K" is the same on page 1 with the "F"

Close up of page 4--

Pages 5 and 6--

Close up of page 5--



Details of the flowers- I used flower die cuts from the two scrapbook stores here in town while I was cropping there. I also add the bitty flowers and brads from the Shades of Chocoloate mini- meldey accents.



Close up of page 6--

Close up of flip flap memory protectors-- I also did this on page 4. This flip flap memory protector is a great way to add more pictures to a page. Not only that but another place to add extra journaling if needed!!



Supplies Used- All Close To My Heart unless directed:
That's Amore Workshop Guide
That's Amore Level 2 Paper Packet X7107B
Colors used in That's Amore: Tulip, Chocolate, Vanilla Cream, Blush, Garden Green
That's Amore Level 2 My Stickease Assortment X7107C
Imagine 9030
Chocolate Exclusive Inks Pad X211
Chocolate Exclusive Inks Marker Z2311
Love Always Journaling Spots X1407
Edge Ancors Heritage Collection Z1288
Rustic Alphabet E1002
Top Coat Framed In Z1211
Flip Flap Memory Protectors z4114
Mini- Medley Accents Shades of Chocolate Z1037
Flower Diecuts from area scrapbook stores

If you like what you saw please contact me by leaving me a message or emailing me to find out more about you can join the workshop or get a kit to complete these pages. Hope to see you there!!

BTW Happy early Anniversary to Paul and Maura! :)

Kid's Club

I enjoy working with kids...that should be no surprise to anyone!! I have always loved being around children. Plus I love what I do with papercrafting! Therefore I started what I call Kid's Club. My next Kid's Club event is a Back to School Bash THIS Saturday!!



Here are some pictures of the projects we will be making...

Pencil Holder using only paper and ribbon scraps from my scrap box!!! I also added some bling with clear sparkles on the tube. I also added flower with a pewter brad on one end and a button with hemp tied on the other end. I got the tube from Michaels in the $1 section...it previously held the glowing bracelets which I will save for another day! :)


Name on notebooks and folders using D1301 Hodge Podge stamp set for letters and D1204 Delight in Everything for the flower


Backpack charm...(shrinky dinks!)


What stamp I used and what size it is now!!


How did it shrink??
First I brought special shrinky dink paper from Hobby Lobby. (You can probably find in any craft stores)
Then I used permanent ink like stazon and permanent markers (I also tried color pencils..it works..but not as bright as the markers) to stamp and color in the images. Don't forget to hole punch it before cooking...
Then I cooked in the oven for a couple minutes (toaster oven works so much better but we don't have one at home!) Let cool and then used it as planned...in my case add it to the lanyard hook to make into backpack charms!

Can you see it curling?? :) That means it is getting smaller! Sorry not a good picture but it gives you an idea!!

Everything together EQUALS a fun day at Kid's Club Back to School Bash!!


Hope to see you there....if not I hope I shared some fun back to school projects for you to do with your children.

Happy Birthday!!

I finally got a chance to use the August Stamp of the Month to create a birthday card for my brother!! His birthday was actually last weekend so I cheated and sent him a ecard. I saved my handmade card to give with his presents since we were going to see him this weekend. I really like this card...and how it was simple and easy!! Enjoy!!





Supplies Used--All CTMH unless noted

Circle paper from Good Time
Buttercup, chocolate, twilight, sweet leaf cardstock and ink
It's Your Day August SOTM
Colonial White Designer Ribbon (the circle one)
Chocolate brads from the mini medley chocolate accents
Dimensional Elements-- name?? this set is retired.
"Happy Birthday" A2 embossing from Cuttlebug
Foam dots

BTW Happy Birthday to anyone who has a birthday in August :)