Thanksgiving Card: Project Inspiration Autumn/Winter 2011 Idea Book

This is a video demonstrating base and shade stamping using the So Grateful stamp set. So cute and simple!

November Stamp of the Month

This stamp set is only available during the month of November. It is called, Cherish the Day, and has 44 stamps! There is a stamp for each month that looks like a ticket and the numbers 1-31. There is a place on each month's ticket to add a date to it. This would really personalize birthday, anniversary, baby shower, and wedding cards. It would also be a super neat way to accent a layout. For example, if your layout was about the day your child took his or her first steps, you could add this "ticket" stamp with the actual month and date that that happened.

You always think you are going to remember things like that....but you never do. (at least, I don't)

You can purchase this stamp set in November for $17.95 or spend $50.00 and get it for $5.00.

Buttoned Up Card Set: Project Inspiration Autumn/Winter 2011 Idea Book

This video shows how to made the cards shown on page 93 of the idea book. It also features a cute card box. It uses the stamp set, Happy Clusters. Super cute with lots of bling, buttons and brads to really add some "flavor" to your artwork.

Shape-A-Day from Jeanette Lynton

Have you checked out Jeanette Lynton's blog yet? She is the founder of Close to My Heart and this month she is focusing and posting artwork using the new Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge that is only available through Close to My Heart! Every day in October she is posting some amazing artwork using the Art Philosophy cartridge. It's called a Shape-a-Day and it includes ideas for cards, layouts and 3-D items such as boxes and bags. Here are some samples of the artwork that has already been posted. It's beautiful. Head on over to www.Jeanettelynton.com to see more of her creative ideas!

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring October's Stamp of the Month, Holiday Magic! This blog hop is one big circle so feel free to start here and move through the entire loop. You can also view the entire listing of all the participants on Melissa Robinson's blog. If you have arrived here from Lorus's blog you are on the right track! Here is my art work featuring this awesome stamp set!

The card is made using die-cut cards that I distressed and sponged the edges in desert sand. The papers are from Wonderland and I embossed the sleigh's runners with silver embossing powder and stamped the sleigh in Twilight ink. I added some chocolate ribbon and twilight brads.

The layout features the October Stamp of the Month and a few other stamp sets, as well. It also includes stamps from the Believe Workshop on the Go, Holiday Commentary, Headline Alphabet, and Countdown Stamp set. The papers are Believe and I added the Believe Zip Strip, white daisy ribbon, waxy flax, foam tape, and CTMH scallop punch. Aren't the Christmas trees, with all their details, gorgeous!?

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, this stamp set!! It has 18 adorable stamps included in this set and contains stockings, trees, and a sleigh. It would be perfect for Christmas cards, Christmas layouts, and snow-themed pages too. It can be yours ONLY in the month of October. You can purchase it for $17.95 or spend $50.00 and get it for $5.00!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my artwork. Now hop on over to Melissa Robinson's Blog to see what wonderful creations she made using this awesome stamp set!

Happy Hopping and thanks for stopping by!

"Enjoy" Scrapbook Page Pops with Flowers: Project Inspiration Autumn/Win...

I LOVE how Close to my Heart has videos to show how they created certain layouts and cards that are shown in the idea book. Here is a video that shows how to make the flowers shown on page 86 using the Hooray Bouquet stamp set and the cricut cartridge.

September Stamp of the Month

Spend $50.00 and get this versatile stamp set, Limited Edition, for only $5.00!