Sizzlin' Summer sketch #10

Hello again! 

Yes, I have missed a few posts' haven't I? Busy working and organizing some upcoming classes...getting sidetracked to say the least! But I'm back today with another Scrapbook Challenges sketch! 

I was trying to keep this one simple...I kept grabbing items to add to this layout and then I just decided it was finished...I am going to add a Project Life sleeve for the right hand side of the album and add the handful of other pics we took of Marissa's Birthday dinner...

I've used the Close To My Heart Sarita paper collection and embellishments...both the sticker sheet and the assortment of wooden bits. I also cut the doily in the background from the new Artbooking Cartridge...looks even better when it's not covered up!

I also stitched with my sewing machine to add a bit of dimension to these layers...I raised a couple of the card stock sticker flowers as well to make the layering of embellishments easier :)

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stoppin' in today, I hope you enjoy the sketches this week!

Sizzlin' Summer Sketch #4

OK, so don't let this design freak you out! It was a little intimidating I will admit but after working with it, I really love how it looks!

I've used some 'Hey You' Basic Grey paper and some stickers and bits from the My Mind's Eye 'find your wings and fly' once again...I'm really liking using this paper right now...great colours!

Now you'll have to excuse my photos...it's super late or super early depending on what you consider 1:00AM and I've used my iPhone to take these photos in my workshop...so lighting, not so great!!!

My new favourite CTMH stamp set is our E size 'Framework Alphabet'...I love it actually and I'm so glad that CTMH has made their E size sets the same 6x6 size as all the other stamp set packaging!

I've used our new Alcohol Markers to colour in the letters (Honey)...they are so fantastic...I never knew Alcohol ink markers were so awesome!!!

These fun arrow shapes and stamps are in our new Artbooking Cricut bundle! Love this stamp set and it was super easy to cut these shapes out and stamp (in Ruby) my own custom, colour coordinating embellishment! I LOVE Close To My Heart when it comes to matching things up!

Thanks for checking in today! I hope you are enjoying all these great sketches!

Sizzlin' Summer Sketch #2

Welcome back! It's Scrapbook Challenges' Sizzlin' Summer sketch#2 today and I like this one...well I've liked all of the sketches so far this summer but this one got me thinking of all the 3x4 journalling and Project Life style cards that I have and so I wanted to try to incorporate one in the layout...as it turned out I used two!

I needed to move some of the design elements around a bit to work with this photo but I'd like to try this sketch again another day with a different photo as I really like the layout of it. 

My girlfriend and I were at a 'Use Your Own Product' workshop where we powered through making 20 layouts over 10 hours...we got a lunch and dinner break and I was almost able to complete all of them! I'm getting so much better at Jennifer's UYOP classes...this is my 4th time taking it!

I've grabbed some more of My Mind's Eye 'find your wings and fly' papers and stickers...this time I've trimmed a handful of the tickets from a 12x12 piece of paper from this collection...I thought it made a good embellishment and you know I'm all about using what I have!

I just picked up another Tim Holtz stamp set...was planning on using it with my Art Journal but pulled a couple thread spool stamps and added it to this layout...I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of that set!

The title was cut from my new CTMH Cricut cartridge 'Artbooking' which is exclusive to Close To My Heart and order-able through me if you LOVE it like I do! Only took a minute and I had a title ready to go...lovin' this new cartridge for scrapbooking, card making and mini-albums...just sayin'

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in today!

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!

Double-pager anyone?

Happy Monday! 

It's a double-pager here from Scrapbook Challenges! We don't always have double page sketches so this one's a treat...and the design is both simple and super versatile!

Got scraps??!!! well pull them out and get busy! You don't even need to cut your photos...slap it all down and move onto the next project :)

Here's mine:

As you can see, the photos I've used of my daughter's recent trip to Thailand didn't work exactly as the sketch was laid out but it still all flows well enough...

I have so many great small stamps with arrows that I wanted to use them here. My main reason was I wanted to add more black to the layout...the black strips in the tiger's coat needed more black to be added to this page...instead of using paper, I've added it with my stamps and ink.

The title 'explore' was cut from my Cricut using our new CTMH Artbooking cartridge! There are so many fantastic images in this little cartridge that you are going to be seeing plenty more creations with it in weeks to come ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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.