January Card Class

Here are the cards we're making at Card Class today. The first two use the NEW Veranda paper (my favorite) and yes, that "Love Birds" stamps set again. Also used the Felicity stamp set that is part of the promotional kit for National Papercrafting Month.

I thought having a more masculine birthday card might be in order. I always tend to design girly cards, and since there ARE men in the world still it might be nice to make something for them every once and a while too. So on this first card, I used the Felicity set in a "manly" way. The main image is a stamp designed to be used as a bird like in my last card, but I thought if I just don't ink up the beak, then it looks like a paisley. That paired with the cool argyle stamp from the same set as well as the cocoa side of this dp, and everything is set for a dude's birthday card.


Told ya you'd be seeing this Love Birds ss again! It's just too cute not to! Same idea with the stamping as in Wednesday's card as far as adding dimension to the bird cage and having the music flow out of the cage. The sentiment is so fun!


The third card also uses the paper from the Felicity kit and you might recognize it from a previous post. I didn't really feel like designing another card, so I just decided to use what I already had. ;)
Materials: All CTMH. Veranda L2pp, Felicity promo kit, Love Birds ss, Fringed Phrases ss, desert sand and bamboo cs. Cocoa, juniper, barn red, olive, hollyhock, and garden green inks. Juniper, buttercup and olive markers, hemp, basic button collection, Wishes card template.
Other: foam tape

Felicity CASE

On the 15th, a cool promotion started with Close To My Heart for January's National Paper Crafting Month. This kit comes with awesome double-sided designer paper, large die-cut paper, and a super cute D-size stamp set that even includes a FULL alphabet! This kit is so fun. It's what I used when I created this card last week.

Hopefully I'll have time soon to play with it some more and show you how versitile this kit is. I did make this Layout below. It was super easy! If you want to know how to get your hands on it, let me know!

Who wants FREE stamps?!!

It's STAMPAGANZA time with Close To My Heart!!

Buy 2 My Acrylic stamps sets and get 1 FREE*!!

From now until the end of the month, with every purchase of 2 My Acrylic stamp sets you get a 3rd one for FREE! It's been a long time since Close To My Heart has offered their Stampagaza event so close to the holidays. There's no limit to the number of FREE stamps you want to get! You could save up to $22.95 per set of 3 ordered stamps! Some exclusions apply: No "E" or "K" size stamps, Stamps of the Month, or Workshop on the Go sets.

To view the current Close To My Heart Idea Book, click here. I would LOVE it if you would order through me! I don't have my own order site, but I can have them delivered directly to your house!

Stay tuned for some pictures of my goodies I got from CTMH's Regional Celebrations this last weekend in Portland! Loads to share!

Everyday Celebrations card kit

This is a really cool card kit that is only available through CTMH until the end of this month. You can either buy the kit out right at $39.95, or with a stamp purchase of $60 or a hostess party of $400, you can earn it for FREE! I love how CTMH gives you whole sheets of dp and cs and full instructions to cut the paper and lay them out to make 2 each of 8 designs for a total of 16 cards! What's even cooler is that the kit comes with a D size stamp set that you could use over and over again.

Everyday Celebrations cardmaking kit includes:

4-12"x12" B&T Dous paper (2 each of 2 patterns)

2-12"x12" cardstock sheets (1 Colonial White, 1 Dutch Blue)

16-4 1/4"x 5 1/2" Colonial White card bases

16-Colonial White envelopes

1-My Acrylix "Everyday Celebrations" stamp set

1-mini medley accents Shades of Chocolate collection

5' of Chocolate stitched grosgrain ribbon

1-Chocolate distressing ink

1-Dutch Blue distressing ink

50 pack-3D foam squares

1-sponge

1-Instructional Brochure

Featured colors: Chocolate, Colonial White, Dutch Blue, Sweet Leaf

Fast, simple, fun

I'm really diggin' this "Be Yourself" SOTM. I went through my ribbon stash to get some color inspiration and I think the simplicity of the colors in this ribbon is perfect. I also liked that it had a fun and vibrant color to play with. I think I bought it from the ever addicting dollar bins at Target....like a moth to a flame. ;) These two cards took me about 20 minutes to make. Yeah!

Materials: All CTMH. White daisy, black, and citrus leaf cs, Be Yourself May SOTM, Tickled Pink ss, black and citrus leaf ink.

Other: Swiss dot embossing folder--Cuttlebug, circle punches--EK, ribbon--Target.

Mojo Monday #86

"All my single ladies! All my single ladies!"

When I received my "Be Yourself" ss yesterday, one of the silhouettes reminded me of Beyonce, and thus a card was born.

The sketch is from Mojo Monday and I thought it would be perfect for this stamp set. Aren't these stamps fun?! I stamped the "Beyonce" image twice and cut out the bodice of the dress and stamped on it with a background stamp to make the dress more pronounced. I used the same background stamp to add a little something to the scalloped edge. A little Stickle and some rhinestones for bling tied it all together. The sentiment is hand written. This card is a whopping 5.5"x8"!! One of the biggest I've ever made.

Materials: All CTMH. Be Yourself May SOTM, That's Amore L2pp, Western Flourishes ss, chocolate ink, cocoa marker, garden green grosgrain ribbon, rhinestones, sponge.

Tickled Pink layouts

Here are the two layouts that are made using the workshop guide from the Tickled Pink National Scrapbooking Day kit. They were really fun. The flower die cuts that come with the kit make these much more dimensional and special. I absolutely love the glitter paper. I was a little sad to use it; I just wanted to horde it forever and just look at it. ;)

To get your hands on this kit, check out the previous post and e-mail me!

Materials: All CTMH. Tickled Pink scrapbook kit. Blush, hollyhock and crystal blue inks.

I'm "Tickled Pink"!!

It's FINALLY here!!

You’re gonna love our Tickled Pink scrapbooking kit designed exclusively for National Scrapbooking Month in May. Our newest scrapbooking kit puts you front and center in your pages—with everything you need to create two beautiful two-page layouts all about the things that you love and that make you shine. And speaking of shine, you’ll also be tickled by the kiss of glitter on these fabulous papers! Perfect for Mother's Day layouts!

To get your very own Tickled Pink scrapbooking kit:

• Place a minimum order of $60 in stamp sets (excluding K-size and Stamp of the Month) between April 15-May 31 to receive a Tickled Pink scrapbooking kit FREE! (limit one free kit per order.)

• Purchase the Tickled Pink kit at just $34.95—well below retail value!• Sign up as a new Consultant between May 1-May 31 and receive a kit FREE.

• Host a Home Gathering between April 15-May 31 with minimum sales of $400 and receive a kit FREE.

The Tickled Pink Scrapbooking Kit Includes:

1 – My Acrylix® I Am Stamp Set (D-size)
2 – 12" × 12" Floral B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)

2 – 12" × 12" Stripe B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)

1 – 12" × 12" Blush Textured Cardstock

1 – 12" × 12" Crystal Blue Textured Cardstock

5 – 12" × 12" White Daisy Textured Cardstock (1 sheet with die-cut shapes)

1 – Mini-Medley Accents White Daisy Collection

1– Foam Texture Tool

1– Brochure

Celebrate spring, bling, and everything you love—you’ll be so happy, you’ll be Tickled Pink!

Special FREE stamp set!!

Close To My Heart is celebrating 25 years of business and they're giving YOU a gift! For the month of February only, when you spend $25 in My Acrylix stamps (Customized Name and Stamp of the Month excluded), you'll receive this adorable B-size My Acrylix "Good Times" stamp set (retail value $13.95), packed with fun and versatile party-inspired images, for FREE! What was that.....FREE, FREE, FREE!

This is a great time to book a party and earn additional FREE product for yourself. With how easy it is for your guest to earn this FREE promotional stamp set, just think how quickly your party total can reach great heights! I am free most work nights and some weekends this month, so book quickly! Just e-mail me and I can set it up for you. I do all of the work for you, you just host the place and invite all your friends.

If you'd like to make a qualifying purchase just on your own, let me know via e-mail. I've seen this set and it's super cute and very versatile as you can see from the examples above.

"So.....let's celebrate! Here's to the next 25 years of happy stamping and Good Times!"