Sizzlin' Summer Sketch #6

Oh Yeah! I'm back...missed a couple sketches...did you notice? I hope you clicked on over to Scrapbook Challenges and got a look at them even though I've missed them here! 

Gah, my weekend and week are just speeding by and as life tends to interrupt our creative intentions...such was the case for me!!!

I seem to be doing some really late night scrappin' but at least I'm getting a chance to play along with all these fun sketches...this one started with an idea in my head around the sketch and then kinda went a little North East from there!!! LOL

Isn't she cute?!!! It's pretty much just me in this household that thinks so...she is when she's taking one of her many daily naps...when she's awake she's not quite as cute and friendly...her teeny tiny size, a whopping 2.5 lbs, means she is quite nervous around short people (AKA. kids!) and so she tends to growl and snap at them! Ooops!

Ok so do you totally love these papers? This is the new Babycakes collection from Close To My Heart and the Babycakes Asst. which are these lovely canvas adhesive backed embellishments! So fun! The tiny type I've used for 'Lucy' is included in our My Crush Besties Asst. pack...a great little package of goodies that you can use with our new My Crush albums for fast/on the go scrapbooking...or to incorporate into your layouts, mini-albums or Project Life pages!

It just so happened that there was a great title already on my Babycakes Asst. sheet...which happened to fit in with this photo of Lucy having her nap :)

These great arrows were cut using the Sizzix 'Note to Self' Thinlits which coordinate with the Echo Park paper 'Note to Self'...it was super fast running these arrows through my Big Shot.

Here's the sketch!

 

Thanks for stoppin' in today! I hope you have some fun with these sketches...stay tuned for tomorrow sketch#7 and perhaps I'll even have a chance to get caught up with the last couple I missed! Fingers crossed ;)

It's August 1st !!! Guess what's new?!!!

Happy Autumn/Winter 2013 Catalog Day Everyone!!!

It's August 1st so that means our brand new catalog is live to all customers today!!! You can click HERE to see it online! Remember to contact me for your own copy!!!!!

I've been busy putting together my BC Scrapbooking Crop for Kids class layouts this past week...after the rush of packing up and coming home from our long stay at Shuswap Lake...I still have loads to do in order to be once again organized! Well, maybe just to keep my head above water, who am I kidding ;)

I've used the 'For Always' paper and embellies and our new Cricut Artbooking cartridge! Can I just say that our new exclusive cartridge is AWESOME!!!! I've only just scratched the surface as the possibilities are endless! Going to work on designing a 6x6 mini-album this week as a surprise to all my class attendees for the Crop for Kids weekend...shhh! Don't tell them, it's a surprise ;)

But I do have to say that this class in September is going to be fantastic! Just sayin' 

There are still spots available to attend this event on Sept. 27-29, 2013...you can click HERE to read all about it and to sign up! I'm not sure how many seats are left so get one while you can as this is an awesome fundraising event and you will come away from this weekend charged! There are always oodles of prizes, even more in the classes and lots of great donated items from all over the Fraser Valley on Silent Auction too! Hours of crop time...what are you waiting for?!!

Stay tuned for sneak peeks of this upcoming class and more creations with all the wonderful new products in our newest catalog!

Oh! I almost forgot! I wanted to show you this month's stamp of the month! Except that this month with every $50 minimum order...you get this month's stamp set FREE!!! 

How mouth watering is this 'A Chocolate Affair' stamp set?!!! 

Stamp set images are HERE

Thanks for stoppin' by!

No babies here...

So for those of you that know me, you know that I have a house full of teenagers and young adults...no babies! I hope not for a while yet either!!! So when I saw this new collection in our Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book called Babycakes I thought I wouldn't be playing with this paper line...but I have to say that the colours are fantastic and after looking at both sides of these papers I thought, why not?

This paper collection features Buttercup, Chocolate, Colonial White, Slate and Sunset. You can see by the artwork below that you don't need to be limited to these colours...by adding Lagoon here it totally compliments the page as well as adds another colour to the mix.

You may have noticed the new Bronze Shimmer trim in this layout? We've added a Red and Bronze to our line which is an exciting colour addition and I LOVE that it is adhesive...so fast and easy to add to our projects and now more colours to choose from!

Now check out this adorable mini-album that's been created with this Babycakes line and our NEW My Creations Kraft Pocket Album! L.O.V.E this new Kraft Pocket Album...just sayin'...can't wait to get it...8 pages plus front and back covers giving you 18 pockets total!  I'm gonna say it again...L.O.V.E it!!!

It measures just over 6" x 8" and not only are you going to want to create a fun mini-album but this would make the perfect gift or brag book for friends or family...you could even play around with pull tags and make it a great little interactive book for kids...at $6.95 each you're going to want to grab a few!

Did you notice the fancy badge buttons on these two projects? Well add the Babycakes Assortment to your order cause these embellies are gorgeous and a great price at $4.95...12 wood-rimmed badge buttons with adhesive backs...they look just like brads but are a lot simpler to add to your projects!

So much more exciting stuff to come...I sure hope those Idea Books of mine make it here this week...I am beyond excited to flip through the pages...are you???!

Second and Third favorite things...

Welcome Back! You are going to be seeing more posts in the coming weeks from me mostly because I want to show off some of the awesomeness coming to my customers August 1st with the release of our Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book!!!

Yesterday I shared the super big news of our newest Cricut Cartridge addition to our Close To My Heart Cricut Collection, ARTBOOKING.

See the post HERE if you want to view the images.

Today I want to show you a couple of Home Decor items that not only caught my eye but after flipping through the pages of the new Idea Book...got me super excited with the possibilities for both of these items ;)

First up is our Designed Decor Colonial White Frame and as you can see it makes a fantastic background to display any number of things! With an interior dimension of 12" x 13-1/2" this wood frame with honeycomb wire will be perfect for displaying artwork, photos, accents and more.

This great frame is $26.95 on its own or you can purchase it as a kit.

This Designed Decor Frame Kit (photo below) contains:

1 - Designed Decor Colonial White Frame
1 - myAcrylix Frame Kit stamp set
33 - Kraft paper die-cut shapes
6 - mini wooden clothespins
1 - Baker's Twine Hemp (1 yard)

Purchase this kit for $35.95 (retail value $43.85)

This second item is called the Designed Decor Flip Stand Album and it is a clear acrylic stand with rings for displaying photos up to 6-1/2" x 5-3/4". This stand has a slot for inserting a background image. Instant photograph frames from the Cricut Artbooking cartridge works great too!!!

I already have a couple ideas for this little item and can't wait for my shipment to arrive so I can start creating!!!

All of my creations will be on display for my Open House at the end of this month so if you live in the area make sure you stop by so you can see all this goodness up close!

Thanks for stopping by today, I appreciate your visits and your comments! enjoy the sunshine whenever you find yourself today ;)

 

new Cricut Cartridge from Close To My Heart!!!

Here it is...the cream of the crop from our 2013 CTMH Convention.....a new Cricut Cartridge from Close to My Heart called Artbooking!!! 

You will be amazed when you see all the possibilities with this collection. Why Artbooking?…because between mini-albums, fully designed scrapbook layouts, cards, paper crafting projects and more you will be creating Art!!!

As you can see, our newest Cricut cartridge will come packaged with three sheets of 12" x 9" Dimensional Elements in coordinating shapes and three coordinating exclusive myAcrylix D-size stamp sets! all for $99 ( a retail value of nearly $125)

Just like the Art Philosophy and Artiste collections, this new cartridge features over 700 images to help make you  memory keeping easy and interesting...the different possibilities are endless!

Now I'm not going to tell you there are so many wonderful surprises in this new cartridge and not show you the images too! Before you start drooling over all these images, I will be offering a special to all my customers who pre-order this new Artbooking cartridge...more details to follow in the coming days ;)

Now keep on scrolling to see all the awesomeness coming August 1st !!! 

Can't wait for August 1st to order and play with this fantastic new Cricut cartridge??? Then join my team today and you can order it from yourself with a 22% discount!!! I'm the first to admit that I am my own best customer and I do enjoy getting all of Close To My Heart's fantastic products at a discount...that and getting everything early!

Click on my 'join my team' tab at the top of my Blog to read through my FAQs about becoming a Close To My Heart Consultant and contact me if you have any further questions.