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Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for November! All artwork on the hop will feature November's SOTM, "Around the Block" a set of 26 stamps! If you have come here from Debra's Blog you are on the right path! This month we have over 60 CTMH Consultants sharing their SOTM creations, and other great CTMH artwork. Hopping along is fun and simple to do - just click the link at the end of each blogger's post to move to the next one! If you get lost or a link doesn't work just go back to Jena's blog and click on the links in her post. ***** This month I created a Journal tag for a Christmas swap with my ASP girls!!!! I stamped the house in New England Ivy, with a Cocoa roof and Cranberry Door. The bricks are stamped in second generation in Cranberry. I used my blender pen to color in the roof and chimney! Then I used liquid applique on the roof line to give it a wintery touch! The Tree stamp is from Holiday Trinkets and is poppe...

3 Goals for this week!!!!!!! 1- A post a day! 2- Reach 100 followers! 3- Reach 20K hits! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can! So stay tuned each day for my posts ending on November 1st with the Stamp of the Month Blog hop! You won't want to miss any of it :) Now scroll past this post to see each day's posts :)

Make sure you check out the list of CTMH items that are set to retire in just 2 short months! CLICK HERE ******* Attention all you stampers!!!!! Stampaganza is BACK! November 3-30 buy any TWO stamps and get ONE FREE!!!!!! Now is the perfect time to grab some My Acrylix® decorative stamp sets! From November 3–30, 2009, when you purchase any two stamp sets (sizes A, B, C, D, and/or E only) at full retail price you will receive a third stamp set of your choice FREE (of equal or lesser value)— a savings of up to $22.95! Choose from any stamp set offered in any 2009 Idea Book or the current Product Review. Take advantage of this month’s great offer to add to your assortment of these innovative stamps. Here is a list of the stamp sets that are retiring in 2009! Use this awesome special to grab your favorites before they are gone for good!!!!! A1083 WHIMSY NUMBERS A1090 SUMMER'S WAVE A1094 MAKE MY DAY A1097 NO GREATER LOVE A1100 Boo-tiful B1210 FLUTTER B1213 LITTLE ANGEL B1256 ALFRESC...

Classic pieces of CTMH Artwork or Studio J created pieces of artwork...can you tell??!!?? I can't believe what an amazing job Jeanette and her team at Close to My Heart have done in creating this awesome new scrapbooking software. Go to http://www.studioj.com to learn all about it. Don't forget to sign up for the email list while you are there - you'll be entered into a contest to win a free My Legacy Album! I was able to order this awesome layout to show off what Studio J can do. I can't wait to get online to create layouts using pictures of my family with it. I love to do the classic scrapbooking as I love the embellishments and getting my hands dirty. However, I think it will also be fun to do some Studio layouts to mix up my albums a little. What I am most excited about is that I can do this from anywhere (maybe even work.... shhhhh!!!!) In addition to that, real embellishments can be added to these to give them that traditional scrapbooking feel! Are you as exci...

I just have to rave about these! Every year I search and search, look through Originals and now Wishes for the perfect Christmas Card! I love making them and need almost 100, so I was really looking hard for something that would work with a photo and obviously would not be too tough to make tons of them.... One day, voila, I went to Nona's blog (which I frequent) and she was GIVING AWAY a Christmas Card Template away! AWESOME! I fell in love with it and knew that this was it! Now I'm not sure if this is the actual photo that I will send out with these cards, but this one looks pretty cute for demonstration purposes :) Supplies: All CTMH unless noted Jingle Level 2 paper White Daisy Cardstock Twinkle brads Holiday Trinkets Stamps Sugar Coated Cardstock (doodlebug) Some changes I made to her template/instructions: I used my cricut to cut a snowflake out of sugar coated (glittered) paper and put Twinkle brads through the center. The snowflakes are popped off the red swirl p...

Just thought I'd share some more of my altered goodies from last weekend's carnival! If you were wondering how it went...... well, I made my $ back on my fee for my booth. BIG HUGE thanks to my blog readers, friends and customers for coming out to see me and support me! You made my day! OK, so I happen to think that these little notepads are the cutest things ever! Only one other person thought so..... that's all that sold :( Supplies: Juniper, Tulip and White Daisy cardstock Jingle Creative Basics Friendship alpha stamps No Peeking stamps Cricut- scalloped circle and stocking These altered journals were my second favorite item that I created! The school colors were blue and gold, so I made these to go with the theme! Supplies: PP- CTMH retired Outdoor Denim Twill ribbon Misc chipboard/foam stars I think I'm going to put these and some other items up on etsy.... so stay tuned for that!

HO HO HO---- I'm proud to introduce..... November KIT OF THE MONTH CLUB FEATURING---- JINGLE!!!!!!! Saturday, November 14, 12:30 p.m. Jingle is an awesome new, Level 2 Paper Pack which was introduced in the Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book . It is perfect for not only your holiday cards and layouts, but works perfectly for any party and birthday projects as well!!!! The Kit of the Month club accomodates BOTH Scrapbookers and Cardmakers alike!! You can choose to do four layouts OR you can choose to do 12 cards with the papers provided and still have some left over for other projects. If you add a couple additional pieces of Cardstock you can do it all!! For our Scrapbooking Kit, we will be creating four wonderful layouts. Two of these layouts can be seen in the below pictures. Click on the image to see the additonal two layouts. For our Cardmaking Workshop On The Go, we will be creating 12 wonderful cards. There will be two each of the three below designs. STANDARD KIT: The new and im...

I brought back an old favorite for this lo! I love the gears on this paper and thought it went well with the "rolling" theme of the pictures :) This was a quick and easy layout, scraplifted from my friend Jodie ! Supplies: CTMH Tinkerin Level 2 American Crafts Thickers! Arrow- swap item

On Saturday, October 24th from 2-8 pm, I will be a vendor at the Fort Washington Elementary school carnival!!!!!! Come see me out there!!! See the newest Kit of the Month Club-- Jingle, purchase products as well as crafts! I will have tons of items for sale- including what you see here! Altered Journals Altered Post-it holders Altered Notepads Also: Recipe Albums Christmas Card Sets Cards- $2 each or 6 for $10 Pocket Calendars and more!!!!!! Don't miss out :)

Want to earn 10 FREE Studio J™ Layouts????? When you sign up as a CTMH Consultant between October 1–31 and achieve both levels of Straight To The Top (STTT), you will receive 10 Studio J layouts FREE! Earning Straight To The Top Level 1 and 2 sets you up for a successful business with Close To My Heart. By adding the 10 FREE Studio J layouts, you not only learn more about our new exciting online design software, but it’s the icing on the cake for a wonderful and beneficial start with Close To My Heart. That's over $280 in FREE products, in addition to the amazing kit that you'd get for signing up as a new consultant! Check out the new consultant kit HERE . And what are you waiting for??? SIGN UP TODAY!!!! I would love to have you join my team: Whoo's Scrampin! Go to StudioJ.com to learn more about our exciting new online design software.

I cannot say enough how much I love working with CTMH's new Workshop kits! Last month with Twitterpated , I did 7 pages and 7 cards (adding minimal cardstock). This month's Grace kit will be no different! I have done the 4 pages from the kit, 12 cards and this additional page: Supplies: Grace Workshop Kit (Grace level 2 paper, Beautiful Flourishes stamps, Basic Buttons, Rustic Edge Anchors) Cocoa Ink Barn Red Ink Childhood Portrait Stamps September Word Puzzle The Works Alphabet You too can take part in these amazing kits! There are 3 ways to get yours: *Become a member of my Kit of the Month Club ! As a member you get FREE idea books, goodies from me and earn hostess rewards on a rotating basis! There are currently openings in my Kit of the Month clubs!!!! (email me for details) *Email me to purchase a single kit! roxybonds@gmail.com *Order HERE and it will be shipped directly to you!!

Layouts for my Calendar Club! The Calendar Club meets every three months to create a layout for each month of the year! At the end of the year, the club will have completed 12 layouts and stamped a monthly calendar! August: Supplies: Key To My Heart paper September SOTM- Treasures Grown with Love Colonial White CS Creme Brule, Tulip, Juniper, Chocolate, Sorbet inks September: Perfect Day Level 2 Paper Doodle Alphabet (retired) Colonial White CS Tulip CS Chocolate ink

JOIN ME FOR THIS EXCITING NEW "SCRAPBOOKING" & "CARDMAKING" KIT OF THE MONTH CLUB FEATURING---- GRACE!! Sunday, October 11, 12:30 p.m. Grace is a beautiful, new, Level 2 Paper Pack which was introduced in the Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book . It is perfect for fall, friends and family pictures and uses Coco, Barn Red and Twilight colors The Kit of the Month club accomodates BOTH Scrapbookers and Cardmakers alike!! You can choose to do four layouts OR you can choose to do 12 cards with the papers provided and still have some left over for other projects. If you add a couple additional pieces of Cardstock you can do it all!! For our Scrapbooking Workshop On The Go, we will be creating four wonderful layouts. Two of these layouts can be seen in the below pictures. Click on the image to see the additonal two layouts. For our Cardmaking Workshop On The Go, we will be creating 12 wonderful cards. There will be two each of the three below designs. Click on the image to...