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Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for April 2013- featuring My Sunshine My Sunshine, a set of 8 , is a fun , fun st amp set!   If you have come here from Dawn's Blog you're on the right path.  If you get lost along the way, you'll find a complete hop list at Helen's Blog! Have you tried the Puddle Pad technique????? First, layer a couple baby wipes on a large block, then take your reinkers (I used Creme Brule, Sunset, Smoothie and Lagoon.)  and randomly drip them on the wipe, forming a large blob of color at least as big as your stamp.  Then take your stamp, press down firmly to ink it up, and stamp. On the circle in the middle, I also swiped it a few times in the "puddle pad" which gave it a streaky distressed look.  Look how fun it is: My card today is based on the Deconstructed Sketch #95 . I thought the Dotty For You Papers would go perfect with the sketch.  I added some fraye...

I am super excited to invite you to: If you are in or near the Fresno/Clovis area, I'd love for you to come!!!!  It's going to be FUN! Register and Pay by clicking HERE!

One of my favorite classes to teach is my Kids Kraft Klass! On Sunday, I had 5 kids here making some Easter Crafts :) Treat Tube: These were leftover from the Who's Your Valentine Kit.  Actually the tubes are available all the time, but I had leftover boxes. We cut some grass out of Sweet Leaf patterned paper, and stamped a pre-cut Easter Egg in Buttercup with the Easter Wishes stamp set in Sky ink.  Tied a ribbon on the top and filled with Easter colored M&M's.   Bunny Card: I found a tutorial for cutting an Easter Bunny using Art Philosophy ( here ), and modified it to fit on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card. We used White Daisy Cardstock, sponged Blush pink on some of the pieces, added Black Sparkles for the eyes and pieced it all onto Sweet Leaf or Crystal Blue cardstock. Mine:   My kids cards (mine is in the middle):   Paper Strip Bunny I have seen some cool things created using scraps of paper strips recently and thought it would be nea...

I just got my Studio J layouts in the mail from the $5 special (that just ended), and I LOVE THEM!!!!  I get so excited when I get my orders in, so fun to see them in person, as well as enjoy the quality of the layouts!  Here are a few that I have not already shared: From an Express Collection- Did you know you can change the colors of the papers & embellishments???  Just click on them and choose a color to match your theme! From our Cruise: Another Express Collection This one I shared previously, but I changed the photos used before i ordered it :) Express Collection again! I 'm still working on that baby album for my niece, so I thought I 'd throw in a couple pre-made pages via Studio J!  I just made each photo slot a text box, and typed in the photo size :)    Another Express Collection- love this one!  I've used it before :) I have a couple of shout outs: CONGRATS AND THANKS to my fabulous customers!!!!!...

I invite you to CRAFT WITH CTMH & ME this Spring! When you join my CTMH team of crafters in April- Not only will you get over $155 in product in your kit... Corporate will give you the April, May, June and July Stamps of the Month for FREE (retail $72)!!  That's over $225 in Product for only $49!  You'll get tons of great items to craft with, as a BONUS, I'll give you lots of ideas of what to make with your kit! Whether you want to continue to place orders or not, whether you want to hold parties, classes or not.  This is an AMAZING deal and I don't want you to miss out!  EVEN BETTER...... How about saving some money and bring in a little income on the side??? The new CTMH Consultant Kit is just $49 for the Essentials kit or $99 for the Master kit and is FULL of NEW items from the 2013 Spring and Summer Idea Book! Wouldn’t you love the newest and freshest scrapbooking and card making products at a discount?? SAVE MONEY!!!!! The $49 Esse...

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop! For this hop we will be featuring the letter F. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their "F" element will be featured in their post. If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start at the beginning at Amber's blog ~ Scrapper's Therapy  If you came from Shelly ~ Just One Piece then you're on the right track! F is for.... I couldn't decide between Fabric Flowers and Fancy Folds... so you get both :) FABRIC FLOWERS I watched a video tutorial on Amie's blog about making fabric flowers with our new TEXTILES, so I gave it a try!  I used the For Always textiles , and added a big shimmer brad in the center.   The card uses the Mojo Monday 284 sketch .  I used Slate Cardstock, Black Glitter Paper and Roxie patterned paper.  The sentiment: You're Amazing is from the Artiste Cricut Collection- Kudos .    FANCY F...

This week I created a couple different fabric flowers using CTMH's new Textiles.  While I was doing that, I brought out my Rosette Ribbon and made a flower with that too!  To create the flower, I took about 15 inches of the rosette ribbon, using liquid glass, I glued it to a circle punched at 1.5".  The center is a big shimmer brad that I colored with my Gypsy marker.  Then the Mojo Monday sketch 284 for this week was a perfect fit for this flow er card.  Over at Color My Heart- the Color Dare challenge was to use two different paper packs, so I used up some older papers for this one- the Pink pattern is Flirty and the marbled background paper is from Moonlight.  The stamp set is Party Pennants.  I also used some Silver Glitter paper.  Come back later tonight to see the other two flowers I created with the CTMH Textiles!

Jewel Kade has a new catalog out this month and it is simply stunning!  It's something old... something new... and to me it goes back to their vintage inspired look!   CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CATALOG! This catalog is full of pearls and bling and beautiful charms!  My Favorite:  Simply Mine pearl necklaces   Eternity Rope Chain, Discover Beauty charm, Cameo Bracelet, Cameo Earrings, and Wrap Arounds  Simply Mine pearls, Vintage Pearl, Letter Press Blocks Lock & Key Necklace, In the Loop Earrings, Georgia & Lauren Charms Sweet Life Necklaces: Bee, Dragonfly & Hummingbird, Small Pendants: Nest, Bird, Butterfly, Letter Press Blocks  I absolutely ADORE the 2013 Mother's Day Collection !  I had to have both of these right away!  You won't want to miss out on these :) Lily - Set on a vintage lace background, this charm's glass glitter initial and heart are dazzling in one of the sea...

Welcome to the Roxybonds Scrappers Team Blog Hop!   We will be featuring artwork from the Later Sk8r paper pack . If you have come here from Tess's Blog then you are on the right path.  Your next stop will be Stephanie's Blog I love the Later Sk8r papers because of the colors, I love that it's boyish!  Then I came across this photo on my phone from last spring..... and I was SO EXCITED to create a layout with it!  (He was pretty excited to see it when I was done too) I used a pattern from the R eflections How-To book .  I used the stamp set from the Later Sk8r Workshop kit, along with Tiny Type Epoxy Alphabet for my title (Skater Dude) I also created THIS CARD a couple weeks ago: And THIS CALENDAR for my son: Now hop on over to Stephanie's Blog for your next stop. Here's a list of all our team members participating: Jen Patrick: http:// roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com Stephanie: http://quiltedscrapper.blogspo...

Have you seen the Jewel Kade Custom Canvases????  **This is my most popular canvas: Purchase in the US only: Choose one:     12"x24" $150.00 USD     15"x30" $205.00 USD Take a look at some other options that you can create.    START HERE to create your own, to say what you want!  This is my all-time favorite Canvas!  Established Canvas- hangs in my entry way :) Second Favorite- hangs in my office :) More examples :)   START HERE to create your own, to say what you want! CONTACT me a nd I'll help you!