Thursday, August 30, 2012

School is in Session

I hope you all enjoyed your summer because school is in session!  For the month of September, I will be offering FREE Cricut Lessons by appointment.  You can gather your friends or have a one-on-one session at my house.  Please contact me at least two days in advance to book your lesson.  Class is in Session! 


NEW Cricut Artiste Collection


Happy scrappin'!




Monday Mojo 256

Happy Thursday My Crafty Friends!

I finally made time to participate in the Mojo Monday Challenge!

This week because it's the last week of the month the Mojo Monday Blog challenges you to make a circle or square card.  I chose to make a square card because I made a circle card last time.  Remember you can participate too!  I'd love to see the cards you create!

Please click HERE for more information on the Mojo Monday Challenge.

Celebrate Today =)
Instructions:
  • Card is a 6"x6".  Using Sandpaper, distress the edges.
  • Base is 5"x5".  Make your own background by random stamping and using generational stamping techniques.  Then using a dauber, color distress with Sorbet Ink
  • Large Vertical Banner 2.5"x4.75".  Distress the edges with Sandpaper
  • Horizontal Banner 3"x4.5".  Color distress with Saddle Ink & Dauber
  • Small Vertical Banner 1"x4". Distress with Sandpaper.  Then color distress with Saddle Ink & Dauber
  • Stamp Image once with Saddle Ink.  Hand cut or use the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut image (Page 63 @ 2"). Color Distress with Sorbet Ink.
  • Stamp the Same Image again on another scrap piece of Colonial White Paper with Sorbet Ink and cut the sentiment out.  Pop up sentiment  with dimensional adhesive. 
  • Stamp four small stars; 2 in Saddle Ink & 2 in Sorbet Ink and cut them out.  Pop up stars with dimensional adhesive. 

Materials used:
  • September Constant Campaign "It's Your Day" Double Stamp Set
  • Causal Expressions D1525
  • Saddle Ink Z2171 
  • Colonial White Cardstock 1388
  • Sorbet Ink Z2164
  • Clementine Paper Packet X7156B
  • Pewter Brads from Metal Assortment Z1366
  • Sanding Kit Z1294
  • Sponge Daubers Z726
  • Bone Folder Z1204
  • Piercing Tool Z1114

Hope you decide to take on the Mojo Monday Blog challenge this week!

Happy scrappin'!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Items for Sale!

S1202 Thoughtful Tidings $17.95


A1087 Luck! Acrylix Stamp Set $5

C1258 Love of My Life Acrylix Stamp Set  $10
D1259 Easter Time Acrylix Stamp Set $5
D1407 Piece of Cake Acrylix Stamp Set $10
D1465 Fill In the Blank Acrylix Stamp Set $17.95
S1108 Wicked Acrylix Stamp Set $17.95 2 Available, 1 LEFT
S1112 Mad About You Acrylix Stamp Set $17.95.  2 Available
S1206 Life Is Tweet Acrylix Stamp Set $17.95
Z1116 My Creations Memory Keeper 10"x10"x3" Collapsible Box/White Daisy $5 - Top View SOLD

Z1116 My Creations Memory Keeper 10"x10"x3" Collapsible Box/White Daisy $5 - Side View SOLD
Z1195 My Creations Memory Showcase 6"x6" Accordion Album $4 - 8 Available
Z2107 Breeze Ink $5.25

Z2121 Garnet Ink $5.25

Z2131 Key Lime Ink $5.25

Z2142 Parchment Ink $5.25

Z2151 Sunkiss Yellow Ink $5.25 SOLD

Z2154 Taffy Ink $5.25

Z2166 Tulip Ink $5.25

Z2197 Pear Ink $5.25



Please contact me if you are interested in any of the above items.  Shipping will be applied to order.

Happy scrappin'!

Autumn/Winter 2012 Stamp of the Month's

With each new Close to My Heart Idea Book and Catalog, which are currently printed bi-annually (February and August), CTMH offers special limited edition stamp set each  month, which means the stamp set is only available for that month.  If you spend $50 or more, you may purchase the SOM for only $5 or you may purchase the stamp set at full retail price during the time frame for $17.95.  Here are photos of the Stamp Sets being used in projects by fellow consultants.

August SOM: Baroque Borders.  Available: August 1-31, 2012



September SOM: Fall Favorites.  Available September 1-30, 2012
October SOM: Very Merry Christmas.  Available October 1-31, 2012
November SOM: Capture the Date.  Available November 1-30, 2012
December SOM: Year-Roud Cheer.  Available December 1-31, 2012
January SOM: Happy Valentine's.  Available January 1-31, 2012
 Contact ME for more information.

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Our One Year Anniversary!

Happy Tuesday My Crafty Friends!

Yesterday my husband and I celebrated Our One Year Wedding Anniversary!  The year went by so fast!  To celebrate he made reservations at Ruth's Chris on The Harbor and we both enjoyed a tomato basil bisque for starters; a glass of red wine with a Bone in Filet  and a Cowboy Rib-eye with a side of Au Gratin Potato and Asparagus Hollandaise sauce as our main course; and ended the night with an on-the-house lemon tart with dark chocolate bar with almonds.  Delish! I was super hungry, but I guess we are just not built to eat that much steak.  We both had to take home our steak and our sides.  The only dishes we finished were the soup and the dessert.  (I always have room for dessert! haha...If we didn't get dessert at Ruth's Chris I was going to make him take me to Extraordinary Desserts in Little Italy.  It's my fav't location of the two, we have in San Diego.  My fav't dessert is the Raspberry or Blackberry Linzer.  It's to die for.  Normally when you order it, they warm it up for you, but personally I love it cold or room temperature.) 

Anyway, I had a goal to finish our wedding album before our one year wedding anniversary because I didn't want to fall into the category of being married for five years AND still not having our wedding album or scrapbook done yet.   Originally, I wanted a professional wedding album made, but the husband to be said no because I am a scrapbooker, why would I pay someone to do what I can do.  Well, my thought was...the photos are printed differently, the flush of the pages are different, and the binding of the book is different.  He Won.  Besides, making our own wedding scrapbook album allowed me to write in the side notes that a professional album wouldn't had allowed me to (I don't know for sure, but seeing all the albums I've seen...I haven't see it done yet).

Our Wedding Scrapbook is probably only a quarter done AND I need to have more photos printed because I haven't printed the photos from our two after parties.  I do really want to print those ones AND scrap them because we got to take photos with most of the people that we didn't take with at our wedding.  (A regret, but The Wedding Day went by so fast.  I felt like we worked on the planning for 10 months then when the day came, it was done in 5 minutes...just can't remember everything the day of).

Here's a sneak peak of a few pages.  I had this black & white paper packet since 2009 because I knew my wedding colors would be classic.




























AND, today I received this beautiful handmade card from one my good friends from the third grade,who of course, was in our wedding. =)  Love. Love.

By Eliza Pallasigue

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