Mya's 5th Birthday

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Here is a layout I made with pictures from my granddaughter's 5th Birthday. I don't do much traditional scrapbooking since Studio J, digital scrapbooking came into my life. However, I had some new papers, rub-ons and the lace Bohemian Embellishments to play with and decided to go traditionalThe New Lucy Papers and coordinating Rub ons are Fabulous. Unfortunately, I had an accident with the ."Love this Smile" Rub-on and had to reprint the photo and then printed that message on the computer.
I used the pink flowers form The Bitty Buds Assortment for the center of the lace embellishments on the right page. as well as the flowers from the Heirloom Assortment on both pages.
My granddaughter LOVES all of the Princesses, but Rapunzel is her favorite. Well, this year anyway. So she had a full blown "Tangled" Birthday Party. She's all decked out in her Rapunzel dress along with the braided hair.
Oh yeah, can't forget about the Pewter Frame,, ribbon slide and photo corners.

Now that I mentioned all I used for this layout, I'm starting to wonder if I didn't over-do it a little. I sometimes don't know when to stop adding things.


Her mommy even found some lanterns that we sent up into the evening sky to celebrate her birthday, just like in "Tangled". It was a very windy night and they were so hard to light with a typical lighter so Andrea used a propane torch to light them. The pictures on the right page shows what they looked like. They burn for about 7 minutes, which is plenty of time for them to fly far away. They don't come back down until the fire goes out but by that time, they are miles away. I wonder what the people that found them in their yards the next day thought.

Birthday Blast - Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

I made this card for a birthday party we went to today. I almost forgot to post it here so I can enter it in the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

I used the Close to my Heart Stamp Set called Birthday Blast. The papers are form the retired paper pack called Mayberry.

Just for You - February Workshop Card 3

Here is the third and last card for my February call and workshop.

I did a faux stitching technique on three sides of the card. It doesn't show up very well on the photo.

I used the "Just for you" stamp set for the flower and the "Just a Number" set for the Birthday Greeting.

I also used the same "Stella" paper pack. The flourish and base for the Birthday Greetings was cut from the Close to my Heart  exclusive Cricut cartridge, "Art Philosophy".

I embellished the card using a Pewter Badge Button for the center of the flower, tiny blue sparkles in the flower and brown self adhesive Opague gems

Thoughtful Tidings - Card 2 of my Workshop cards

Here is my second card for this month's workshops.

I used Thoughtful Tidings, which if the February Stamp of the Month. This set is only available until February 29th. The cost is only $17.95, however, you can get it for only $5.00 with an additional $50 purchase.

The other stamp set used is "Just for You", used for the flowers and leaves.  The stem pf the flowers was cut from the Cricut cartridge "Art Philosophy", exclusive to Close to my Heart. This cartridge consists of 700 different images.

I also used the Stella Paper Pack for this card. Of course I needed to add some bling so I added two of the NEW Glitter Buttons and then topped each one with a blue Sparkle.

The Butterfly is wood. It's from the NEW Color-Ready Accents, "Garden Wooden Shapes". This collection has 24 stampable laser cut wooden shapes. I stamped the butterfly using one of the flower petals and Lagoon ink. I then added three adhesived Bitty Opaques Pearls.

I tied it all together with a Garden Green Grosgrain bow.

Just for You - February Workshop Card 1

Here is one of my cards for my February Workshop and classes.

I used two of the new Close to my Heart stamp sets,  "Just For You"  for the flower and leaves and "The Best Things" for the sentiment and Flourish corner.

I also used the Stella Paper Pack. The small stirp with all the half circles is the zip strip from the sheet of paper. This is an added bonus with the CTMH papers. The tops of each sheet of paper had the name of the paper pack along with the colors used in that pack. HOWEVER, the difference with the CTMH papers and others you may but for other companies is that when you cut the strip off of the paper, you can use the reverse side as you see on this card. BUT, the best part is that after the strip is cut off, you are still left with a 12" x 12" sheet of paper. Some other companies leave your paper 1/2" shorter.

Then to top off the flower, I used the big button from the Bling Assortment.

Rock The Block - January Workshop card 3

This is the third of my January workshop cards. 

I used the Rock The Block stamp set for this card.  The papers are from the Elemental Paper Pack.

Trellis - January Workshop Card 2

Here is the second card my clubs and workshop gals made in January. The first one is posted here.

The CTMH stamp set I used is called Trellis and the paper pack is called Roxie.

Challenges with this card:
Clear It Out - Valentine - Use your red and pink scraps.
Papertake Weekly - Anything with Heart or Love theme
Party Time Tuesday - Valentine
Scrap Creations - Valentines
Shopping our stash - Hearts, Valentines &/or Lace
Try it on Tuesday - True Love
Tuesday Throwdown - Be My Valentine

February SOTM Blog Hop - Thoughtful Tidings

Welcome to the February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. Today starts the first day of the New Spring/Summer Close to my Heart Idea Book and we’re kicking it off with this fabulous stamp of the month called Thoughtful Tidings.

If you’ve come here from Elizabeth’s Blog, you’re on the right track. If you just happened upon my blog, you can just continue from here because it just goes in a complete circle.

I love how this set coordinates with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge. The red markings above on the stamp set above shows which items can be cut to match.

You can pick up this stamp set one of two ways.

You can buy it outright for $17.95 or, the best value is to place a $50 order and get it for only $5.00. And with the New Catalog availabled to order from starting today, February 1st, there is so much to choose from.
This stamp set is only available until February 29, 2012. Visit my website to order.

With Valentines Day fast approaching, I chose to use the “We Love You” stamp to make an Easel Valentine Card. Most Valentine sentiments say I Love You but this one is just perfect to send a card to someone when it’s from me and my husband. It’s perfect to send to our married children.

The papers used for my card are from the New Stella Paper pack.

The Circle flower and all hearts were cut from the CTMH exclusive Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy.

The center of the circle is one of the small Wooden Badge Buttons that I stamped on.

The red swirly sparkles are NEW and are called Sparkles Flourishes. They come in clear but you can use a Sharpy Marker to color them. I used a red Copic Marker to color mine. I actually cut it apart in several pieces to make it fit where I needed them.

After cutting the small hearts with the Cricut AP, I covered them with Red Glitter Gel, as well as the tiny heart and the word LOVE.

I added more Bling with the Red Sparkles.

The Happy Valentines Day is from the December SOTM but I just had to use it the font is so darn pretty.

The Hand Stitching was done with matching Tulip Embroidery Floss in my own unique design to look like little hearts all around the card.

Now hop on over to Terrie’s Blog and see what beautiful creation she has for you.
Please leave us all a little love in our comment section. It makes us smile!!!

Valentine Card Workshop

Happy New Year!!!

I have a  card to share with you today.  I haven't been creating nor posting for quite a while. This card was made using the Mojo Monday Sketch. I've been trying to make the cards for this month’s club and workshops but am plagued with continuing pain in my wrist. So, it’s going rather slowly. I almost forgot to post this for the challenge.


All products are from Close to my Heart.

Cherish The Day - CTMH November SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the November SOTM Blog Hop. It's hard to believe how fast these months fly by. I almost thought I was going to miss out on this one. I live in PA and was in the middle of the October SNOW STORM!!!  Of course with all the snow and the leaves still on the trees, we had lots of power outages. Ours went out Saturday afternoon and wasn't expected to be back on until tonight. But, they were a little early this time.

So, on with the hop. If you've come here from Amy's blog, you're on the right path. If you just happenend upon my blog, just continue on with the hop from here. It's just one big circle. And, we all love when you leave some swwet comments.

My card today uses the November SOTM, Cherish the Day along with So Grateful and the Dreamin' Paper pack.

I used a sketch from Midnight Madness Challenge Blog. Inks used were Cocoa, New England Ivy, BArd Red and Sunset.
The Hand Stitching was done with matching Sunset Embroidery Floss.

Now hop on over to Shirley's Blog to see what great artwork she has to share with you.

Other Challrnges for this card:
Scrap-Creations - Pumpkins