Wicked - CTMH August Stamp of the Mnth Blog Hop

Welcome to Close To My Hearts's August Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop. This is the first SOTM from the new Fall/Winter Catalog/Idea Book. What a fabulous stamp set this is too.

Here are the stamps in the set.

If you've come her from Tamytha's Blog, you are on the right path. If you've just wondered upon my blog and want to see all of the fabulous artwork throughout this blog, then just continue by clicking on the link to the next person at the bottom of each post. When you get back to this blog, you know you've seen them all.

My card is an easel card made from the NEW Mischief Paper Pack. The colors I used are Sunset, Black & Red Barn.

The Hand stitching was done with Black Embroidery Floss. I thought this stitch pattern looked similar to a witches hat. It's funny how you sometimes start out with one stitch and then see something totally different and run with it. 

The Buttons are from the Sunset Mini Medley's

Now hop on over to Traci's Blog and see what great creation she has for you.

Studio J - Jeffrey's 2nd Birthday

Well, Tomorrow is Jeffrey's 2nd Birthday. Since I'm leaving for Convention and they are going on vacation, we celebrated his birthday early.
I'm going to be posting four layouts today because they all go together.



Studio J - Day 4 - Swim Lessons

Well, today is Day 4 of posing my Studio J Layouts.

These two are a continuation of the two from yesterday.



Studio J - Day 3

Here is Day 3 of my Studio J Projects.

This is my daughter Andrea and her two babies.



Studio J - more fun layouts

Here is day 2 of posting my Studio J Layouts.
Jeffrey & Mya playing in their pool at my house.

Studio J - Mya and Jeffrey

I hope you all had a safe and wonderful

4th of July weekend.

Last week I took some time to work on my Studio J Layouts. If you're strapped for time like I am, this is the absolute best way to tell the story of your life.
I haven't been creating lately. Too many things I'm trying to get finished before leaving On Sunday Fot the CTMH Convention at Disney Land. So, I'll be posting some of my layouts instead of cards.

I take care of my two fabulous grandchildren while their Mommy & Daddy work and what a pleasure this is for me. To make it even better, I can sit outside with them while they play, my camera always ready to snap the greatest pictures, and at the same time, I was working on these layouts. You can click on the pictures to capture all the details of the embellishments.