Monday, October 21, 2013

Sale Items

Be sure to check out our New Sale Items Site, still under a bit of construction but worth a good look as many items are shown already.  We just have a few more to add for now.  

 Just click on the red link below.


Sunday, October 6, 2013

Market day

Finally here....





Pricing details and deals will be posted later on the sale tab at top of page.  Feel free to browse the blog as many of the items you will see later have been highlighted over the last year.  We have also updated our new sale site, check it out by following the below link.




Thursday, August 15, 2013

Let's get Krafty! August Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring Close To My Heart Kraft products. You will see creations from our participants that will include our New Kraft 3 Ring binder, the Kraft Container as well as our Kraft paper and cards.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My Creations With Michelle. If you came from Sheri of Sheri says - just scrap it then you are in the right place!

For this hop we decided to create a boxed card set, let's face it any excuse to use the Cricut, scraps from other projects and heat embossing we are on board as we are still trying to perfect the art. Below you will see 3 sets made using Kraft Paper as the base. It's amazing how versatile some of the papers are with just the basics.




Supplies Used:

Cricut
Art Philosophy Cartridge
Artiste Cartridge
various colors embossing powder
heat embossing tool
Chantilly, Laughing Lola and Pear & Partridge (Retired)
Casual Expressions Stamp Set
Very Merry Christmas Stamp Set (Retired)


Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol of Crafty Carol's

 If you get lost along the way, you can head back to Michelle's Blog, My Creations With Michelle, as she has the complete blog list. 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in September when we will be featuring Jeanette's Archived Stamps. Jeanette has re-released 5 stamps from her archieves.  We hope you will join us again on September 15th.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Happy One Year Anniversary to Us!!!

Can you believe we have been dabbling online for a year now with this blog?  Amazing! Happy Anniversary to us!

To celebrate we designed a Pay It Forward Gift Card Holder boxed set.  Each card is hand embossed and potentially yours for free during the month of August.  Check out the current monthly freebie details through the tab across the top or the image on the right hand side of this blog.

Keep checking in, new things coming soon!





Monday, July 15, 2013

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Going going gone

Welcome to our July Blog Hop featuring retiring items that you will want to have too.  You will see creations from our participants that will include many retiring items, from stamps, papers, and My Creations products, there is bound to be something that you will need to grab before it's gone.  Last day to order these products before they are going going gone is July 31st.  See your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle S at My Creations With Michelle. If you came from Sheri of Sheri says Just Scrap it then you are in the right place!

One of the best retiring stamp sets is Rugged Dude. With this set we created the below Pic-a Reason Card Box which holds 6 cards and envelopes easily. The box is decorated the same way as the card with 2 usable pockets. Perfect to hold the ticket that you Pic-a Reason with for the other pocket which you can easily tuck a bill or two in for a gift. I have been using a few of these for kid's B-Day parties, easy to make match any purpose.






Supplies Used:

Versaink
Gold Embossing Powder
Dakota Paper Pack
Blue Denim Cardstock
Cranberry Cardstock
Black Ink Pad
Mini pearl & gems
Cranberry Ink Pad
Heat Embossing Tool
Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Rugged Hero Stamp Set
Cherish the Moment Stamp Set


Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol of Crafty Carol's
 If you get lost along the way, you can head to  Michelle S: My Creations With Michelle, as she has the complete blog list. 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, paper and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in August when we will be featuring our Kraft products.  We hope you will join us again on August 15th.

Monday, April 15, 2013

April Blog Hop Home Decor

April - Home Decor Blog Hop
Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring a Home Decor project of our choosing.  With Spring not so far off we have been trying to finish up some projects....i just question if things are ever really done? there is always just one more idea, one more tweak. In October of last year we featured the canvas journal. We designed a Recipe Journal with quilled veggies, this was to be a set including a recipe box. With a new counter top coming and the need to finish up a few projects this set finally has been completed, or I thought it was but as I sit here and type a utensil holder to match would also look pretty good in that particular space....below are a few shots of the pieces so far.









List of supplies:
My Creations Canvas Journal & Recipe Box
Dimensional Element (recipes title is attached to it)
Bonding Glue
Glamour Glitter Alphabet
VersaMark Ink Pad
Craft Heater
Clear Embossing Powder
Dakota Paper Packet
Quilling Tool
Cardstock in multiple colors( New England Ivy, Autumn Terracotta, Colonial White, Barn Red, and a few retired colors)
Kraft Paper
Stamp from the Scholastic Workshop



We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle is Nova Scotia at My Creations With Michelle. If you came from Sheri of Sheri Says Just Scrap It then you are in the right spot.


Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brae of The Brae-er.
 If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, My Creations With Michelle


Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in May when we will be featuring some Canvas projects.

Friday, March 15, 2013

March 15/13 Blog Hop - Hinged Display Tray


Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring our Hinged Display Tray. This challenge was to use a 5"x7" fold out wooden tray with divided sections. Easily obtained from your local CTMH rep.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

So, if you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Krista of Simply Creating then you are in the right place.

This month we saw a house with separate rooms possible with the display tray, which led to the use of the new Paper Doll stamp. Each outfit hangs on a velcro removable hangers and we adapted the doll to accomodate various accessories which are also attachable by the velcro on the backs. Below you can see the two boxes flip open to contain hours of childhood entertainment, one contains a workable closet, the other a full house. Perfect girl gift for sure....or at least we hope!

















Supplies used:
Various card stock
Paper pieces from the following current paper packs: Tommy, Buzz & Bumble, Chantilly, Claire and Surf's up.
All images are made with Black & White Embossing Powder
Heat Gun
adhesive
various brads
velcro
Paperdolls Stamp Set
Various retired CTMH stamp set images; Around the Block, Month of March, Month of May
various inks, markers and colored pencils
versaink

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brae of The Brae-er.
If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, My Creations with Michelle, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own scrapbook layouts using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in April when we will be featuring Home Decor Projects.

Friday, February 15, 2013

February's 2 Page Layout Blog Hop

February Blog Hop featuring a 2 page layout. This is the first Blog Hop for us where we have featured just scrapbook layouts. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....positive or negative, whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 


If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you came from Candra of Paper Dragonfleur then you are in the right place!









Products Used:
Tommy Paper Pack
Tommy Workshop stamp set
Kraft Cardstock
Outdoor Denim Cardstock
Versaink stamp pad
Heat Embossing Gun
Gold Embossing Powder
Dimensional Elements
Gold Twine

I'm the last stop on this blog hop unless you have started with me, then you will want to head to Michelle's blog where you will also find the complete list of participants for this blog hop. You can find the complete list here: My Creations With Michelle.


Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own scrapbook layouts using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in March when we will be featuring our new 5x7 Hinged Display Tray.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Valentine's Day Fun Facts
  • Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine's cards with teachers, classmates, and family members.
  • Approximately 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged on February 14th each year - the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas .
  • According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. [An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas].
  • Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.

Our latest project was to help the kids with their Valentine's.  As we like the concept of the Candy Crackers as call them, they are so easy to make and I can see them being used for many occasions throughout the year.  Like most Crackers these include a candy treat and a joke.  We did bi-lingual ones as the kids are in French Immersion programs.  Not easy to find French acrylic stamps but we pulled something together as you can see below.  Hopefully the kids will like them as well, they may give them a thumbs up.



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

January 15th Consultant's Choice Blog Hop




Welcome to the first Blog Hop of 2013. Our January Hop is featuring a “Consultants Choice”, so each consultant has a unique project to share with you. I hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle S at My Creations With Michelle

 If you came from Sheri of SHERI SAYS JUST SCRAP IT then you are in the right place!

This time around we created a Quilled Fish Bowl, a more masculine gift with a matching card.  We want to further experiment with this one but the idea of a recycled, non time consuming is not a bad one.  You just can't add water.   Not the easiest to photograph as the flash and light kept catching off the bowl.  Inside if you are able to see clearly is a seascape, lighthouse, fish, star fish & coral with seagulls stamped on the bowl itself.  Remember to leave your comments, good or bad....all are appreciated!









Supplies Used:


Pemberley Paper Pack
Various Cardstock
Kraft Paper
Versaink
Perfect Day Stamp Set
Chocolate, Slate & White Ink
Quilling Tool
Dimensional Shapes
Art Philosophy Cartridge

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol of

Welcome to CraftyCarol's Place.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog,
My Creations With Michelle, as she has the complete blog list.
Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in February when we will be featuring a 2 page layout.