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Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for June 2013- featuring A Flowering Bunch A Flowering Bunch, a set of 10, is a fun, fun stamp set!   If you have come here from Wanda'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! I have shared this card before, but I recently made a few more, and it's worthy of sharing again :)  This is one of my favorite "fancy fold" cards to make.  I call it the Tri-Fold :)  The Tri-Fold card features the Chantilly paper pack - so girly and so fun!  I used the June SOTM- A Flowering Bunc h to stamp the stem to the flower, and tied a piece of the green fabric around the front. For the fabric flower, I used the Chantilly Textiles with a Rhinestone Brad (that I colored green with our Alcohol Markers in Pear).  On the inside I stamped the sentiment, Thanks A Bunch. The June Stamp of the Month is...

TODAY is the LAST DAY to order the May Stamp of the Month, the "Dream Pop" exclusive paper pack, and don't forget to order your "Thank You" stamp set for just $2.95. Here's the easiest way to get ALL THREE specials on just one order at the best price and biggest savings for you: -Go to my website at  roxybonds.ctmh.com -Click the 'shop' link -Click the 'Special Promotions' tab and add the Thank You stamp set to your order. -Order at least $37.05 more in products of choice -This will bring up a pop-up box for the National Scrapbook Month special (Dream Pop papers) to add to your order -This will bring up another pop-up box to add the May Pinwheel Stamp of the Month set to your order That will give you $88 worth of product for only $65--- savings of 17% *************************** May Stamp of the Month: Pinwheel $17.95 OR $5 with $50 order! A True Thank You - Oklahoma Tornado Relief Campaign-  $2.95 ...

Welcome to the Roxybonds Scrappers Team Blog Hop!  This month we will be featuring artwork from the   Claire and/or Buzz & Bumble   paper pack.   If you have come here from   Amber's Blog  then you are on the right path.  Your next stop will be   Stephanie's Blog Today I want to share with you a layout I made for Mother's Day using Claire.  What I like best about the Claire papers is that they are girly enough with the pinks and reds and flowers, but add a touch of neutral and blue to use for boys as well!  Since I have a boy and a girl, it works perfect for Mother's Day! The World's Greatest Mom shown below in detail was created by stamping the round frame from Frame Flair in Sunset ink, then World's Greatest from Perfect Fit Mom in Ruby ink and Mom in Blush ink.  You can see the sparkle flourish accent above it as well. I'm also sharing a card I created for my team swap (back in January). ...

It's hard to believe that our Cruise to the South Caribbean was over three months ago!  WOW!  Prior to going on the trip, CTMH sent cruise earners a BIG BOX FULL of supplies!  Most of it was supplies to create our Cruise Scrapbook!  CTMH created 10 layouts, pre cut with instructions for us.  We got an alphabet stamp set, some Chevron Ribbon, and ALL the embellishments we needed to create the 10 layouts.  Plus we got an exclusive stamp set, an album, a Studio J 5-pack and a Cruise Shirt.  SPOILED I tell you! ((What paper pack do you think CTMH used for our Cruise???)) When I sat down to create the layouts myself, I was stunned!  The layouts were BEAUTIFUL!  AND I learned some fun new techniques :)  I started off by following the instructions to a T, and then started veering off on my own. ((Think you know what paper pack they used??)) It's CLAIRE !!!!!  My first thought about Claire is not "cruise, beach, vacation" but see ...

Let's Get ORGANIZED!!!! CTMH has some fabulous new organizers- small, medium & large. Check out what you can fit inside of them: Top left- Large Organizer, Top right- Medium Organizer Bottom- Small organizers Small-   2" tall, will hold your Stickease, Alphabet Stickers, Chipboard sheets.  Will fit your acrylic blocks (foam insert available).  Will fit craft boxes (foam insert available).  Will hold blocks and craft boxes- tight fit, but it works! Medium- 5" tall.  Holds ink pads, sparkles, mini medleys, ribbon rolls, Glitz Glitter Glue, punches, glues.... and so much more! Large - 7 1/2" tall.  Holds up to 48 stamp sets!!!!  Will also hold blocks, punches, embellishments and lots lots more! *They stack on top of one another nicely! I personally have all my embellishments that I use regularly in the Medium case and now I have all my most used stamp sets in the large.  **May SPECIAL*** Purchase any TWO organizers and I'll gi...

HaPpY MoThErS DaY!!!!!! I want to share with you the Mother's Day cards that I have created this week :)  There are many "mothers" in my life, so I thought I'd celebrate them all!  These cards go out to my mom, mother-in-law, sister-in-law (first time mom!!), grandmother & aunts. I'm also sharing a baby card, thank you card and a gift! This card was inspired by an older sketch that I used HERE .  I used Lucy & Chantilly papers to make the rosettes and the Perfect Fit Mom stamp set.  This card uses Freshly Made Sketch #85.   I used my cuttlebug to emboss the Buttercup cardstock and ran hollyhock ink over the dots.  The papers are Chantilly and the sentiment is from Perfect Fit Mom .  ((Linking to Freshly made Sketch #85 )) This card features the Claire paper pack and Perfect Fit Mom .  I added some Colonial White Rosette Ribbon and some Pearl Opaques to this card. How about some Dream Pop!!!  This card was made ...

Teacher Appreciation Week has never really meant much to me, as a teacher, unfortunately.  I have worked at a Middle School for 12 years, so it's never been a big deal.  We've had the occasional treat from an administrator, or luncheon put on by parent club, but that's it. Now that I'm a PARENT of a school aged child- Teacher Appreciation Week has become important to me!  I could go on and on about how amazing my son's teacher(s) are, about how ALL teachers are amazing.  The bottom line is, they play a HUGE role in shaping a child's life- academically, emotionally and socially.  In fact, teacher's spend more time with our kids, than we do.  Teachers are overworked, underpaid and unappreciated!  I know this FIRST HAND!  So I do what I can to show my appreciation for my kids' teachers :) My son is in First Grade this year :)  Early in the year, we got a list of the teacher's favorite things.  This has come in handy :)  The best ...

Big Picture Scrapbooking is having a FREE online class- Pajama Party!  The sponsor is none other than Close To My Heart :) Join us on May 30th, 6pm PST for a fun time!  SIGN UP HERE The Featured P roject is this "Think Happy Thoughts" Kra ft Container.  This project features a sturdy kraft tube, bright papers, an inspiring stamped sentiment, and darling accessories brought to us by one of our favorite partners, Close To My Heart—plus 52 awesome downloadable creativity starters to go inside. Order your supplies to create on e of your own!  CLICK HERE to shop online.  Join the "Pajama Pa rty" gathering and I'll put your name in a drawing for FREE product :) :)   My Acrylix® Frame Flair (D1546) My Acrylix® Happy Thoughts (C1536) 2" ...

There are many many scrapbook stores across the country, as well as big chain craft stores that are closing & filing bankrupcy.  It's causing a lot of talk of the state of the scrapbook industry.  Here's what Close To My Heart's founder & CEO Jeanette Lynton has to say about that: Friday, May 3, 2013 Creativity: Now and Always Within the past month, paper crafters have heard and seen some hard news—well-known industry names have announced bankruptcy or removed their scrapbooking lines. It may leave many wondering what the future is for our beloved pursuit of memory keeping and creativity. As the CEO and Founder of Close To My Heart, I have many thoughts on the topic and wanted to share a few with you. First off, preserving our memories is NOT a fad. It's one of the most important things we do in our journey here on earth, and it's as key as breathing and as sustainable as family. In the past few years, we have seen scrapbooking come into th...

Welcome to the Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop!    If you came here from Pamela's Blog , you're on the right track.  The Stampers with an Attitude are all excited to show you a little Art with an Attitude, so here we go. Today I have a layout I made with Dream Pop!   I used the pattern "On With The Show" from CTMH's retired Magic How-To Book.  In addition to Dream Pop! I used some Grey Glitter paper , Black Buttons , Washi Tape , Sparkles , A Typeface Alphabet and Artiste to cut the bow & title. For New Years Eve, I cut out top hats (free handed), Bow Ties (Artiste), 2013 (Artiste) and Mustaches (Artiste).  We used those as photo props ;) The title was stamped with Black Pigment ink, because I was going across multiple surfaces.  I used the negative space from the 2013 on the previous side. There were a bunch of pictures I wanted to scrap, but I did not want this to take more than 2 pages-- SO, I used 4x6 Flip Flaps! ...

  What are you doing on this fabulous day???   Today I am hosting my NSD All Day Crop!!!  I'm so excited about this event :)  I have so many things planned for the ladies and it's going to be a blast! To celebrate NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY --- how about a SPECIAL !?!?!?!!? (Good May 4-May 5) *Place an order of $30 -$59 = FREE Ink Pad of your choice *Place an order of $6 - $89 =  FREE A or B sized stamp set of your choice *Place an order of $90 or more = FREE C or D sized stamp set of your choice *Here's what you do..... Go to my WEBSITE, click JOIN - NSD SPECIALS gathering listed at the bottom of the home screen.  *Place your order. *I will contact you by Sunday night to see what your choice of FREEBIE is! *Orders ship straight to you :) Don't forget about the DREAM POP special going on: Dream Pop is an exclusive paper pack from CTMH that is only available in May 2013! For only $10 (with a $35 order) this paper pack ...