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Use your Stash Blog Hop - Stickease®

Welcome to the Use Your Stash Blog Hop for February featuring Stickeases. If you have hopped over from Tabbi's Blog  you are on the right track. This month has been so much fun mixing old stickease with new paper. In fact I has so some fun mixing and matching I plan on making more cards this the mix of old & new. 

All paper in new in the 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book

1.  For Always   retired "Somora Stickease
2. Surf's Upwith Pemberly stickease
3. Claire with Pemberley stickease
4. Tommy with retired Pemberly stickease. 

Please let me know what you think about these cards before you hop over to Rachel's Blog. If you have any questions just let me know

Techinque Blog Hop - Alcohol Markers

If you have come from Joy' blog, welcome to CTMH Technical Blog Hop for March featuring Alcohol Marker you are on the right track.

I did not know at first what I may do because "Alcohol Markers" are new to Close To My Heart and I have a limited number and used all 3 for this project. LOL. This is just a simple card but I love the colors and all the bling. I used the markers to color the cupcake, candle and to outline the cupcake & white card stock.            

•  All supplies are Close To My Heart
• Paper - Chantilly Paper Packet
• Stamp Set - is the Birthday Set that comes with Cricut® Artiste Collection
• Alcohol Markers Twilight Exclusive Inks® Marker Set, Sweet Leaf Exclusive Inks® Marker Set &  Smoothie Exclusive Inks® Marker Set.
• Ink - Brown Stazon® Ink Set
• Embellishments - Silver Shimmer Trim, Sparkles Blue & Green Assortment, Sparkles Red, Pink, & Purple Assortment & Bitty Sparkles.

Please leave me a comment before you hop to Shirley;s Blog,. Now if you would like to learn more about using Alcohol Markers take a look at this to learn more about Alcohol Markers,

New Product CTMH Spring Summer 2013

Welcome to the "Close To My Heart" BlogHop featuring new products from the 2013 Spring Summer Idea Book.  If you have hopped over from Priscilla's Blog you are on the right track and remember this blog hop is a big circle so you can hop in anytime to see who has created what.

The paper I choose was Later Sk8r Paper Packet X7167B 

Layout -  was taken from the Workshops On The Go® Later Sk8er Scrapbooking Kit Layout, stamp set Pennant Alphabet E1018, which will be retiring and of course used that handy dandy
Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection Z1689  which makes cutting the pennant sooooo easy and
Bronze Glitz™ Glitter Gel 
Card - was taken straight from page 69 in the NEW CTMH Spring Summer Idea Book  which features Perfect Fit - DAD with Whisper Exclusive Inks® Stamp Pad, I also used Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection and the embellishments are Foundry® Pin Clips, Opaques Licorice Adhesive Gems,  and Silver Shimmer Trim.

Thank you so much for hopping by, now before you hop over to Haley's Blog please leave a comment,I would love to hear from you or if you would like to email me click here.

Paper Panic Contest

If you visit Jeanette Lynton' Blog &

 make a comment and you may be one of the 20 Lucky people to win a paper pack.


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 Good Luck!

The wait is over

The New CTMH Spring Summer 2013 Idea is out TODAY-

 If you can't wait to get your hands on it check here to see it online.

You & your friends are invited to attend my Spring Summer Open House 

Saturday, February 23, 2pm-5pm to receive your very own copy 

OR if you can't wait that long email me.

Digital Delights! - February 2013 Constant Campaign

February is sure to be a month of digital delights because you can purchase any Studio J^® layout for only $5—that’s a savings of $1.95 per layout! This is a great opportunity to try Studio J for the first time. Create adorable baby layouts with the Wishes and Fishes kit (shown), or use the new Express Collections with collections of 10 ready-made layouts plus a front and back cover that are easy to use and professionally designed. Preserve your memories at a low price for a truly digital delight!

 

*Shipping/handling applies. Studio J credits must be redeemed before this promotion can be applied. Offer valid February 1–28, 2013.

Check it out or send me an email.

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - "Home Sweet Home"

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring February's SOTM, which is "Home Sweet Home" set # S1302.  If you have come here from Alyson's Blog's,  you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here at Kathleen’s blog.  

This month we have more that 60  Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I'm just loving the new idea book and this is some of the new paper Claire Paper pack, Sliver Trim, Baker's Twine harvest Assortment, Sparkles Blue & Green Assortment and Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks® Stamp Pad.

February Stamp of the Month - "Home Sweet Home" S1302

Now "Hop" on over to Maureen's Blog  to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the
February SOTM is only available until the 28th of February!  Contact me to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Use Your Stash BlogHop - Quilling Tool

Welcome to the "use your stash" bloghop for January featuring the Quilling Tool Z1795 and if you are coming from Rachel's blog you are on the right track.

Many, many years ago a very lovely lady showed me how to "quill" in an art class but never owned a quilling tool until Close To My Heart put one in it's Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book, So of course I had to order one.  I must admit that I have not used this tool until I decided to join in this blog hop. After surfing the internet, I found a quilled cupcake that I have worked on trying to make for days. Up until the day before the blog hop is to by posted, I have yet to get the quilled cupcake right. With only hours before to post what should I do. So I make the simplest quilled heart I know of. 

 Now the saving grace with this was the new paper  Chantilly (shhhhhh don't tell anyone, it's one of the new paper available February 1) This paper is so pretty, I really didn't have to do much, used the zip stripe, Gold Embossing Powder Z668 with Versamark® Ink Pad Z891, Baker's Twine Harvest Assortment Z1751, and used Ruby Cardstock X5927 as base and quilled hearts.  The stamp set also in new, February Stamp on the Month  "Home Sweet Home" that I used a masking technique. 

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This is just one of the 4 HUGH stamps in the SOTM.

Now before you hope over to Cherri's Blog please leave a comment  Thanks for hopping by.

Tips & Techniques Blog Hop January - Ribbons

Welcome to the Tips & Techniques Blog Hop for January and if you are coming from  Tabbi's blog you are on the right track.  For January we are featuring "ribbon" as our theme and different ways ribbon can be used. Well, as some may know, I may put a little twist on things so this is what I did. This year I thought I would keep a sketch book to document the designs & recipes I use for 2013. The front outside pocket holds tags listing all the blog hops and challenges   I participate in during the year.

 

 All supplies are "Close To My Heart"

Paper - Clementine Paper Pack

stamp - Chocolate Alphabet Small D1296

Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection Z1686

All ribbons are retired CTMH and from my "stash"

 

Now before you hop over to Shirley's blog please leave a comment I would love to hear from you and thanks for hopping by.