Cardstock Creations Blog Hop

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring Cardstock Creations. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Cheryl Simpson's blog, Scrapbooking with Cheryl then you are in the right place!

To make this wreath, I used the Artiste Cricut Cartridge from Close To My Heart. The flowers are from page 54 using accent 2 & the "f" key. The 12 large flowers were cut at 8" while the 24 smaller flower were cut at 3". I used our quilling tool & Liquid Glass to make the flowers and hot glue to adhere the flowers to the 12" wooden wreath.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Scrapbooking with Kirsten Jade .
If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, My Creations with Michelle , as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will feature Spring is in the Air. So mark April 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Christmas Decor Blog Hop

Welcome to our December Blog Hop featuring Christmas Decor.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Chris' Creative Life then you are in the right place! 

I was inspired to make this project after seeing one made by Megan DiFeo. You can check out her YouTube video here.
 
Thanks Megan for allowing me to share your creation too!

Every year our family receives so many fabulous Christmas cards. I wanted a way to better preserve them and this was just the ticket! I love how many will be able to fit into this album and that they can be any shape or size. To decorate the cover, I used the Yuletide Carol Paper Pack, Yuletide Carol Assortment and Red Shimmer Trim.  I created the title from the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge and simply set my dial size to 7". This will cut out the title in proportion to a 7" layout...how awesome is that?! 

The Kraft Album is 8 5/8 x 9 and is perfect to also be able to use with 8 x 8 Cricut scrapbook pages.

I created a template to be able to use when I hole punch all of my cards. 

Here's a visual of the dimensions of where my holes are punched.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Terry Ann Diack's~ Just a Tad Crafty.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, My Creations with Michelle, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring Valentine’s Day creations.  So mark January 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

YOU can get the NEW CTMH Spring/Summer products early!

Just 14 sleeps until Close To My Heart consultants can order products from the NEW Spring/Summer Idea Book!!

If you're in Canada and would like to join my team, for as little as $49, receive between $155 to $335 in products and have the opportunity to earn a generous discount on your scrapbooking supplies....then you should hop on over to my website & sign up now.

http://brandy.ctmh.com/ctmh/what-we-do/be-a-consultant.aspx

Contents of the New Consultant Essentials Kit include:  $49 plus shipping & tax.

Everything to meet your crafting and career needs. Approximately $155 in retail value!

• Read Me First Letter
• Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Books (qty. 3)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Autumn/Winter 2013 B&T Duos^® Sampler (W1125)
• Petite Perks™ A Touch of Fall Incentive Stamp Set (W2026)
• Laughing Lola Complements Dimensional Elements (X7170C)
• Workshops on the Go^® Laughing Lola Scrapbooking Kit (G1065)
• Reflections^® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program^® (9036)
• Black Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2105)
• Gypsy Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2190)
• My Acrylix^® Paisley Perfect Stamp Set (C1556)
• My Acrylix^® Cityscape Stamp Set (C1563)
• My Acrylix^® Swirls Around Stamp Set (D1551)
• 3" × 3" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1006)

(Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.)

New Consultant Master Kit:  $99 plus shipping & tax.

Includes everything in the Essentials Kit plus more supplies and 5 Studio J^® layouts. Approximately $335 in retail value!

• Read Me First Letter
• Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Books (qty. 10)
• 5 Studio J^® Layouts (redeem within 3 months)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 25)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 25)
• Autumn/Winter 2013 Gathering Postcard (W1124)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Autumn/Winter 2013 B&T Duos^® Sampler (W1125)
• Petite Perks™ A Touch of Fall Incentive Stamp Set (qty. 5) (W2026)
• Laughing Lola Complements Dimensional Elements (X7170C)
• Workshops on the Go^® Laughing Lola Scrapbooking Kit (G1065)
• My Crush™ Modville Book (Z1855)
• My Crush™ Besties Assortment (Z1886)
• My Crush™ Best Day Ever Assortment (Z1887)
• Memory Protectors^® Flip Flaps™ Small Assortment (Z1747)
• Reflections^® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program^® (9036)
• Cello Bags (qty. 25) (W1152)
• My Acrylix^® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
• My Acrylix^® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• Bonding Memories^® Glue (1512)
• Sponge (Z697)
• Liquid Glass (Z679)
• Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors (Z1836)
• Black Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2105)
• Gypsy Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2190)
• My Acrylix^® Paisley Perfect Stamp Set (C1556)
• My Acrylix^® Cityscape Stamp Set (C1563)
• My Acrylix^® Swirls Around Stamp Set (D1551)
• My Acrylix^® Reel Life Stamp Set (B1431)
• 2" × 6 1⁄2" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1010)
• 3" × 3" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1006)

(Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.)

I offer excellent training all based on your personal goals as well as a personal rewards program.

Contact me to hear all about the perks of being part of the Close To My Heart family.

Gift Giving for the Holidays

Welcome to our December Blog Hop featuring creations  that we plan to give as gifts this Christmas.   To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Cheryl's Blog then you're in the right place. 


Here is the Hip Pic Album Kit
This kit is available While Supplies Last ONLY in our Holiday Gift Guide, until December 31st, 2013.

Kit includes:
1 – My Acrylix® Hip Pics Album Stamp Set (B-size)
1 – 6½" × 5½" Hip Pics Album (with 16 white pocket photo pages for 16 – 4" × 6" photos, 3¾" square window)
5 – 6" × 6" Colored Sheets of Die-Cut Shapes (1 Creme Brulee, 1 Lagoon, 1 Outdoor Denim, 1 Smoothie, 1 kraft)

All for just $12.95 plus shipping & tax.

My 11 year old daughter, Dallas made this album as a gift for our family.  She used the photos we took this fall and created a beautiful album. 

It was easy to create this adorable with the kit.  Dallas simply placed sixteen 6 x 4 pictures in the pre-cut pages and then added die cut chipboard pieces that she stamped.

In addition to the Kit contents, Dallas used a 2x2 & 1 x 3 1/2 acrylic blocks.  The inks she used were Creme Brulee, Lagoon, Outdoor Denim & Smoothie. 

One of the great things about this kit is that you can buy the My Creations Hip Pic Album for just $8.95 as a stand alone product.  A great way to make many gifts for your friends & family!

If you would like to order some for yourself or as a gift for someone else, make sure to hop on over to my website to shop at http://brandy.ctmh.com/.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Jan's Work Of Heart.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to My Creations with Michelle.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in the New Year when we will be featuring some of the products that will be retiring, so if you see anything you would like to create, this could be your last opportunity to purchase them.  We hope you will join us again on January 15th, 2014.

Hawaiian Adventures

Now that I've been back from Hawaii for 2 weeks & had some time to catch up around home & with the family, I have scrapbooked some my pictures from my trip!

On our first day waking up in Honolulu, Dallas & I went to Waikiki Beach where she met a friend for the day, Aree.  The girls played together so well & Aree was so sweet.  We'll always remember our Island friend!

We boarded Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America that evening & when we docked port the next morning, we were in Kahului, Maui.

We took a short walk to the first beach we came to & spent the day in the warm sun.

That night, we went to an amazing Luau....pictures to come!!

The next day, Dallas & I went to Snorkel at Molokini Crater & Turtle Bay.  As we rode the catamaran to our first spot, we got to see so many humpback whales!!  Our first location offered lots of sea life to check out.  Then we had lunch on the boat as we went to Turtle Bay.  We were in the water for about 10 minutes before it began to rain lightly.  Within minutes the wind picked up, the rain pounded & we were caught in a squall.  It was quite the adventure but we'd definitely do it again.

Aloha!  From Maui