Purses on Parade

At My Open House

Had my open house today to party with the new Spring Summer Idea Book. 

I made the purses from the Artiste Cricut cartridge and filled them with 

coordinating covered Hershey Nuggets. My guest could then earn tickets

 to put in for a drawing to win a purse. All purses were 

made using new product from the new Idea Book.

A Clair Denim Bag has a cute front pocket and it closes using the hook & loop dots.

Sending warn wishes with Buzz & Bumble. Flower center is a new artisan stud.

Hello bag from Chantilly has a ruffle made with the new Chantilly textile.

For Always gift bag features the new glitter rimmed black buttons.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Clair, Buzz & Bumble, Chantilly, For Always

Cardstock: Creme Brulee, Cotton Candy, Sunset

Stamps: A Garden, Hello Blooms

Ink: Ruby, Cocoa

Embellishments: Epoxy Bubbles, Artisan Studs, Chantilly Textile, Black Buttons, Opaques, Glitter Gems

Other: Red Silk flower from stash

New Spring & Summer Sampler

New Items

Today starts a new period with the 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book. With the addition of  Home Decor we now offer textiles, Canvass Art, Display Trays, and Shadow Box Art and some fun gift giving items. I put together this Canvass Sampler with some of my favorite Close to My Heart Embellishments.

1. 6 X 6 Canvass Display Z 1818

2. Chantilly Fabric Badge Buttons Z 1814

3. Assorted Black Buttons Z 1821

4. Surf's Up Yo-yos and Pinwheels Z 1841

5. Buzz & Bumble Waxed Seals Z 1831

6. Honey flower stick pins Z 1811

7. Mini Etched Clothes Pins Z 1837

8. Wooden Trinkets Z 1844

9. Hemp Bakers Twine Z 1837

10. Artisan Studs Z 1816 

Be sure to pick up your Idea book as soon as possible. You won't want to miss out on any of these exciting new products. To view the Idea book just click on the Idea Book on the side bar and it will take you to the new 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book.

Color Dare #27

A Sneak Peak With

Sweet Leaf, Topiary and New England Ivy

Being a seamstress before I even knew about stamping I'm loving the new 

textiles coming up in the soon to be released Idea Book. I've been adding fabrics

 to my cards through the years but now I can add CTMH fabrics. Soooo fun!

This week's color challenge at Color My World is is a monochromatic 

challenge with Sweet Leaf, Topiary, and New England Ivy. And taking some

 inspiration from last week's challenge to use black and white I used the 

black & white textile fabric from the For Always textile collection 

with the three greens. So let's see your creations with these colors 

this week at Color My World.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Sweet Leaf, Topiary, White Daisy,  Glitter Paper

Textile: For Always

Ink: Sweet Leaf, New England Ivy, Black

Stamps: Words of Comfort

Embellishments: Seam Binding Ribbon, Bakers Twine, Black Buttons

Black & White With

A Pop of Color

New color dare at Color My World works beautifully with soon to be released new paper pack "For Always."  The paper pack is all black and white so you can add the perfect color of your choosing.

My pop of color is Hollyhock. 

Be sure to check out the other pops of colors at Color My World.

Join the challenge and share your pop of color with us.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: For Always

Cardstock: White Daisy, Hollyhock

Stamps: Be Still

Ink: black

Embellishments: Black Buttons, Opaques, Tulle

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #24

Nothing Says Hot Cocoa Like....

Snowman Soup

Have a little hot coca with your own package of Snowman Soup. The challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart is all about the hot cocoa. For this challenge I put together the soup ingredients in a clear pillow box which will be coming your way soon in the new Spring/summer Idea Book.

Also this week at Color My World, Sarah has given us two great colors that work well with my snowman soup package. Ruby just happened to match the red on the how cocoa pack and Indian Corn Blue was just perfect for the snowman face, hat and scarf. So you now have two challenges to play with. Hot cocoa at Heart 2 Heart or Ruby with Indian Corn blue at Color My World. Be sure to share your creations with us.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: White Daisy, Ruby, Indian Corn Blue

Ink: Black, Ruby, Indian Corn blue

Stamps: Snowflakes, All Decked Out

Embellishments: Silver Brads, Liquid Applique 

Clear Pillow box

Other: Ribbon from stash

Creatin' With Neutrals Is Easy as...

One, Two, Three

One Card Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #21

Two Stamp Sets: Just A Number and Love Blooms

Three Neutral Colors: Bamboo, Desert Sand, and Black

Color My Heart is celebrating the new year with a new design team and a great new color challenge. Neutrals are the colors of the week and there are 12 to play with. 

 Layered flowers

One popped up word in the greeting

 Add a seam binding ribbon for flair

Stamp the greeting on a popped up banner.

Choose your neutrals and come play at Color My Heart

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: La Belle Vie, Flirty, Moonlight

Cardstock: Desert Sand, Bamboo, Black

Ink: Bamboo, Desert Sand, Black

Stamps: Just A Number, Love Blooms

Embellishments: Bakers Twine, Seam Binding Ribbon, Opaques, Burlap Ribbon

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #21

More Snowflake Fun

Not all Snowflakes are Equal

Adding the Cricut cut snowflake from the

 stamp set "Snowflakes" can brighten up any card.

 Use the Cottage Assortment embellishment package as layers with the Cricut 

snowflake(pg. 27 Art Philosophy Cartridge) to make a floral embellishment

Separate the Cottage Assortment flowers for different layering 

techniques with the Cricut snowflake (pg. 27 Art Philosophy Cartridge).

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Clementine

Cardstock: Twilight, Creme Brulee, Colonial White

Ink: Chocolate, Twilight

Stamps: Words of Comfort, Snowflakes

Embellishments: Basic Buttons, Seam Binding Ribbon, Cottage Assortment, Blue Buttons, Bakers Twine

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #30

Snow Much Fun

At Heart 2 Heart

There is snow much fun going on this week at Heart 2 Heart, You don't want to miss.

We have a new group of All Star Alumnae Designers for the new year. 

Our first challenge in 2013 is all about snow as in flakes, white, cold, etc. 

I decided to use the off white in Avonlea along with White Daisy to make this 

Warm Greeting card. The snowflake is cut from our new glitter paper 

featured in the Whooos Your Valentine Kit celebrating 

Paper Crafting Month in January. Also, the pattern for this card is from 

CTMH's How to Book, Originals which is coming back soon with 

the release of the new 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book.

Check out the snow fun at Heart 2 Heart and share with us your snow fun.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Avonlea White, White Daisy, Glitter Paper

Stamps: Snowflakes, A Garden, Just a Number

Ink: Slate

Embellishments: Sparkles, Sparkle Flourish

Pattern: Center Squares from Originals

Color Dare #23

Gypsy and Sky

Tints of purple and blue are the challenge colors at Color My Heart

It's a patchwork of 

Gypsy and Sky with some random stamping, 

 tone on tone stamping, and faux stitching to give texture.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Scholastic

Cardstock: Sky, Gypsy, White Daisy

Ink: Sky, Gypsy

Stamps: A Garden, Kudos from Artiste Collection

Embellishments: Bakers Twine, Pin Clips

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart #19

Happy New Year

May this be the Grandest Year Yet!

Happy New Year to all. 

May the Lord's blessings fill each new day with joy and peace in your heart.