Mother's Day

Just now getting around to updating my blog, been very busy,sent out several Mother's Day cards to some family & friends. Could not believe all the calls I received thanking me for the cards & telling me how much they enjoyed them. And being handmade was just the icing on the cake. My inspiration was taken from Jeanette Lynton May 3rd facebook post. If you are not on facebook.com/CloseToMyHeart  you are really missing out. The Art Work is so beautful and so many great ideas.

"Chairs To You" Stamp of the Month

Take a look at this great artwork using "Chairs To You" and thank you to the following Consultants who contributed to this artwork:  Michelle Battitori, Judy Faye Garner, Sharryl Hales, Melissa Robinson, Cathy Rogers, and Sheila Wilkerson for sharing thier talents.

 

 

Click here to see how you can get this stamp free or at a discount

National Scrapbooking Month Promotion

WHEN YOU PLACE A MINIMUM ORDER OF $50 IN CLOSE TO MY HEART products* in May, you can get the exclusive You & Me scrapbooking kit for the discount price of just $15—that’s more than half off the retail value! You’ll create two fully embellished two-page layouts using the new cardstock-weight B&T Duos® papers, D-size stamps, accessories, and instructions. You can also purchase the kit at full retail for $34.95 with no minimum purchase required. Become a Close To My Heart Consultant during May and we’ll include a You  Me kit for free* as part of your New Consultant Kit. Contact me today to get the celebration started.

The Long Easter

Each Easter my sister Lila Jean & Family host an Easter Egg Hunt & Dinner for family & friends. This year it was at thier farm with some 59 attending. The egg hunt is the big thing and each year more & more are hidden but to use the word hidden is not quite true and yard was dotted with spring colors. And no one could miss them. Look at the botton left hand corne on the picture. That may give you some idea of the "blanket" of eggs that covered the yard.

Long Easter 2011



What do M&M and CTMH have in common

Sunday my church First United Methodist Church, Rusk is having a brunch before the 11:00 Easter Service and I'm in charge of the brunch. The menu is a wonderful breakfast casserole, bubble bread, fruit, juice, milk & coffee and thanks to so many of my church family that's taken care of. So yesterday, I thought YIKES the tables got to decorate them.

I thought I would make little candy bags with M&M peanut candy in spring colors. I used CTMH Miracle and Sweetheart paper.  Take a look

the colors were perfect

I plan on putting these little bags on Easter grass in the center of the tables. The hardest thing in making these were keeping my grandkids out of the candy. There was a 5th color in the spring colors M&M "yellow". So guess what color they got to eat.

Happy Easter to all and never forget who died for you & me.

"Layered Flowers" Technique

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop!  This month there are 13 of us highlighting the “Layered Flowers” Technique as shown on page 7 in the Spring/Summer 2011 Idea Book!  This blog hop is a great big circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.  If you would like to start from the beginning, please visit this link

Debi .  While there you will also find a listing of all participants and their blog addresses if you should get lost or want to reference a blog along the way.  Let’s get started!

If you are coming from Neely Dean  Blog, you are on the right track!  This technique is highlighted with the Sophia paper packet in the Idea Book but you will find variations for its’ use through this hop. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Continue onto Tiffany Gilmore  Blog to continue the hop!

 

 

If you would like to see details on the technique or my supply list, please continue reading below.  If not, please continue onto  Tiffany Blog where you will find some additional artwork highlighting this technique!  Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you thought of my variation and happy hopping!

Supply List:  ALL Close to my Heart

Stamp Set -  C1340 Aspiration

Ink -            Z2108 Brown Bag

Paper Packet - Unforgetable Level 2 -

Techniques -Layered Flowers, 3 layer

                    1st & 2nd generation stamping

                    double stamping

                    free formed leave

Embellishments - Z1333 Opaques Gems "Mocha"

                             Z1098 Love Letters Rob-Ons "While Supplies Last
                                       Organic demention  retired

The steps to Layered Flowers are:

1. Stamp base image in one color and outline in another (if applicable to stamp selected).  Repeat on another piece of cardstock.
2. Trim first image around all outer images.  Trim second image, cutting out portions of the flower (to create the layered effect).
3. Curl ends of petals on second image and adhere on top of first image.  Layer mixtures of stamped accent and embellishments to finish.

Here you can see a visual demonstration of this technique.

I doubled my fun and made a second card. Hope you enjoy looking as I had making it.

Supply List : ALL Close to my Heart

Stamp Set -       Rosey Regrads B1369

Ink -                 Smokey Plum Z2147

Paper Packet - Wings Level 2 X7158

Techniques -     layered Flowers, 4 layers

                        1st & 2nd generation stamping

                        free formed leaves

Embellishments - Z1136 Mini Medley Accents White Daisy Collection "while supplies last"

                          Z1266 Opaques Gems

                         

                         

Here is the list of Hoppers and how the hop will move:

1. Debi Barber – http://debiistheothersister.blogspot.com/
2. Michelle Battitori -  http://michelleshandmadeworld.blogspot.com/
3. Neely Dean – http://neelydean.blogspot.com                        
4. Judy Faye Garner - http://www.judyfaye.blogspot.com/
5. Tiffany Gilmore - http://www.scrapwithtiff.blogspot.com/
6. Carol Harris – http://carol-harris.blogspot.com
7. Amy Kaminski - http://scrapbookamy.blogspot.com/
8. Heather Martin – http://heathermmartin.blogspot.com
9. Melissa Robinson – http://mlisrobinson.blogspot.com
10. Rebecca Sorge – http://beccascreativeplace.blogspot.com
11. Tonya Whitehurst – http://heartandsoulscrappers.blogspot.com
12. Sheila Wilkerson – http://ezscrapbooks.blogspot.com

and if you would like to hop around again 

Springin' Up Flowers

A new technique from "Close To My Heart"

Blessed, Stamp of the Month

Thanks to the following Consultants who contributed to this artwork display: Michelle Battitori, Neely Dean, Judy Faye Garner, Carol Harris, Sharryl Hales, Cathy Rogers, Joy McHargue, Julyne Morvis, Melissa Robinson, Shirley Ross, Rachel Ventura, Tonya Whitehurst, and Sheila Wilkerson.

New recipe

What a great day, had several ladies at the barn today working on CTMH Sophia layouts & cards. We worked on Melissa Robinson's design. Now at home watching a movie with my feet up.

But tomorrow we are having a covered dish at church and I'm going to try a new recipe for "easy peach cobble" I have a stack of cookbooks but none of them had what I has looking for. So surfing the web & this is what I come up with.


1 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup sugar
1 can (29 ounces) sliced peach, drained

Heat oven to 375ºF. Stir together Bisquick mix, milk and nutmeg in ungreased square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches. Stir in butter until blended. Stir together sugar and peaches; spoon over batter.
3 Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until golden.

Drop back by tomorrow to see how it turned out.

Hope for Japan with CTMH

CTMH has a wonderful way to help Japan.  Now through April 30, join me in ordering this stunning Hope for Japan set, A1118 for only $5.00 (retail value $7.95).   100% of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross.

Learn more about Jeanette Lynton, Close To My Heart founder who said " If we all do a little, together we can do a lot. Let's show our support and together, provide real HOPE for Japan!"