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Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for January 2012, featuring Little Reminder All artwork on the hop will feature Little Reminder!  This is a set of 25 stamps, perfect for creating cards, recording dates on layouts and more!   If you have come here from Debra's blog you are on the right path. This month we have  over 50 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!  Be sure to leave some love (comments) along the way :) Today I have created a masculine birthday card using the Gallery sketch from Wishes.  I love this Stamp of the Month because I could make 10 of these cards, and then just circle the month and day of the person's birthday!  Cool huh!!   I...

Would you like to create as many cards as you can in 2 1/2 hours???  You should join us for the next All You Can Create Card Class!!!!  They are held every few weeks.  The next one will be Sunday, May 1st from 12:30-3.  At the class you will have a variety of cards to choose from, created by 2 or 3 CTMH consultants. Here are some of the cards we created at the last class. Supplies: Happy Birthday Green: Topiary, Black, White Daisy Cardstock Topiary, Sweet Leaf, Black ink Liquid Glass technique Circle of Love, Unity, Happy Birthday stamps Cupcake Chocolate, White Daisy cardstock Chocolate Ink Sophia Level 2 paper Cupcake Sprinkles, Card Chatter- Birthday Stamps Bunny Kraft Cardstock Olive, Outdoor Denim, Smoothie ink Lucky Level 2 Paper Sensational Season Outdoor Denim mini medley Wood button collection MOM Two Step Background, Bohemian Alphabet stamps White Daisy Cardstock Lagoon, Pear, Hollyhock, Blush Ink Pink Ribbon Collection Sophia ...

I've started doing a monthly class with 2 other local consultants:  my friend Jayma and my friend/downline Michelle.  We each prepare 5 or 6 cards and then the ladies have 2 1/2 hours to create what they can.  We had birthday cards, Thank you cards, Valentines Day cards, Thinking of you cards and more.  January marked the 3rd month for Jayma and I and first with Michelle!  This will definitely be a monthly thing :)  Here are my cards from the class: Supplies: Magnifique Level 2 Circle of Love Say it in Style Pear, Lagoon, Pacifica Ink Colonial White Crochet ribbon Stickles, Blue/Green sparkles Supplies: Olivia Level 2 A Little Thanks The Present Cocoa, Sunset ink Supplies: Sweetheart Level 2 Bohemian Alphabet Unity Sweetheart stamps Cotton candy, black, tulip ink Dimensional elements hearts Black ribbon Spray pen/ glimmer mist Supplies Wings Level 2 Colonial White Organdy ribbon Dreams come true Thank You Black, Vineyard b...

Here is yet another interactive layout I created using the all new Magic How-To book .  We created this layout at Convention in Washington DC this summer and I taught it to my Kit of the Month group on Sunday.  They LOVED IT!  Everyone was so thrilled to learn how to use the 12" Flip Flaps in order to add to their scrapbooks. Mezmerize left side There is an 8" Flip flap on the left and 4" flip flap on the right.  With 8" Flap opened: Both Flaps opened: I still need to do some journaling or add another picture in the blank spots My favorite parts of this layout (besides the 12" flip flaps ) are: 1- the use of the new Foundry Flourishes metal accents.  I love how they create a "buckle" behind the peacock on the front page and the little photo corners in the corners of the page.  2- the stamped peacock!  We used " Circle of Love " and inked the whole peacock in Pear, then rolled the head and tail in Lagoon.  Add some Mocha opaques o...