Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Clearly The Best: Curtains Sew Easy (S02E08)



 
Not the expert seamstress? You don’t have to be, thanks to this great do-it-yourself project. Watch the video to learn how to craft your own bistro curtains, with NO sewing involved!

Here is my confession - I can crochet lace doilies, collars and snowflakes, even 3-d snowflakes (I have sold them all at boutiques). I can cross stitch and needle point and once again I have sold that artwork as well. But sewing - a total different matter. The sewing machine and me are not friends! (Ha!). So the Heat and Bond is a gift from heaven for me :)

Hope you can have as much fun with these textiles! Enjoy!

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Artbooking Made Easy: Christmas Layouts (S01E12)



 
Pull out your Cricut® Artbooking cartridge for some holiday hullabaloo on your Christmas layouts! Its themed borders, overlays, photo mats, and more hold plenty of cheery possibilities to brighten your albums. Trim your trims, ornament your ornaments, and have a holly jolly time making Christmas layouts that last—all with just two keys!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Clearly The Best: A Countdown to Love (S02E07)



 
If you’re looking for a better way to say “I love you,” you’ve found it. With the Designed Décor black frame and My Creations® muslin drawstring bags, you can make an “I love you” countdown project for your special someone. Don’t miss a single day of expressing how you feel!

With the holiday season coming up, there are so many cool things you can do with those cute little bags! They are a perfect fit for gift cards or other little gifties!

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Why Switch?




 
Have you considered making the switch? Are you with another company right now and would like to make a change? Now is a great time to check out Close to my Heart!

You can find more information and all the special incentives for the rest of this year right here!

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Clearly the Best: Crafts for your Curls



Treat your tresses to some handcrafted style made from various crafting products. Watch the video to see the Base & Bling hair clip decorated with Cricut®-cut fabric flowers and other surprises.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Project Inspirations: Pocket Album






From holiday cards to children’s report cards, the new My Creations® kraft pocket album will store those memories you don’t want to lose—in style! Get inspired on how to jazz up your very own in this video.


Thursday, November 7, 2013

Be the first to to have this new program!


http://scrappingbee.ctmh.com/ctmh/what-we-do/be-a-consultant.aspx

Love documenting memories in minutes? Then you’ll love the new Picture My Life™ scrapbooking program, meant for quick and beautiful memory-keeping. This program comes in eight themes, all based on the gorgeous designs of some of our most popular paper packets. Whether you choose to embrace a single theme or mix and match for a truly unique look, you’ll love the ease, affordability, and beauty of the Picture My Life programs. Your own photos are all you need to add to make astounding artwork—in no time at all!

Each program has a theme, from childhood to friendship to travel, but because we have ensured sufficient variety in design and style of each you can easily apply the cards to other themes. Say you love the palette and designs of the Babycakes program but wish to apply a “family” theme—go ahead! It’s one of the unique differentiators and possibilities of the program! With a large quantity of product in each program you will be able to craft creative arrangements all your own. Each program includes 122 double-sided cards plus 10 unique Memory Protectors™ to capture life as it happens, and their versatility and gorgeous designs will transform your albums into masterpieces. On one side of each card is space for journaling, and on the other you’ll find artistic sentiments and icons. Each program is designed to accommodate approximately 100 photos in your included Memory Protectors, so with a balance of photos and cards, you’ll finish with about 20 remaining cards. That means you have plenty of choice and flexibility in which cards you choose to include, making it uniquely yours! Of course, you can easily use more or fewer photos in your project to suit your story’s needs.
Unique to Picture My Life is the included 12" × 12" double-sided cover page with each individual program, using a beautiful My Reflections™ pattern. True to Close To My Heart standards, the cover page offers a finished and cohesive look to your project with its featured high-quality design. The Picture My Life program is so versatile that you’ll find dozens of other ways to incorporate it into your papercrafting. Use the cards to expand other projects you’ve started! For example, if you just got back from the trip of a lifetime and wonder how you will capture all the details, mix the Picture My Life cards with your photos to extend your scrapbook pages. Choose your very favorite photos to scrapbook on 12" × 12" two-page layouts then use coordinating Picture My Life cards and your remaining photos to document the rest of your trip in minutes.

This program is yet another new, fresh addition and option for memory keepers to preserve their memories. The cards enhance the scrapbooking experience—making it even more fun—and they work brilliantly in mini albums, My Crush™ books, as journaling cards on your 12" × 12" classic scrapbook pages, or as gift cards and tags.

How can you get your hands on that program?

Anyone signing up between now and December 15 and has qualifying sales of $300 can pick one FREE program! How cool is that! I have to wait until next year to my hot little hands on that program! (ha). So, don't wait, get going now and catch that program now, so I can check it out ... lol.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Blast from the Past

When Jeanette Lynton began her venture into stamping 30 years ago, she drew by hand all her stamp images. Originally made of rubber and set on wood blocks, a few of these stamp sets are available to you in clear polymer for a limited time only! Enjoy the intricate and cozy line designs in conjunction with our alcohol-based markers for fun accents that will brighten your layouts as they take you back in time.

Blast from the Past

Almost 20 years ago I was introduced to the line of these beautiful woodmounted rubber stamp images. I never looked back after I signed up with D.O.T.S. We have come a long way, baby :)

I hope you will enjoy this look back into yesteryear as much as I do!

Starting November you will have a very unique and limited opportunity as a new consultant to earn a free product from the new spring product line. Contact me to learn about the details!

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Artbooking Made Easy: Festive Mini Albums

If your photos from holidays past are haunting you by sitting untouched on your hard drive, now is the time to put them on display! With the Cricut® Artbooking cartridge, your photos will find a cozy home on the pages of a dazzling holiday mini album. In conjunction with the new Sparkle & Shine papers and embellishments, die-cuts from the Artbooking holiday-themed keys are just what you need to create merry and bright holiday projects.

Artbooking Made Easy: Festive Mini Albums (S01E09)

 Those mini albums are absolutely adorable! I love all those great tips in the videos as well. Check out my facebook page to see all the previous videos I have posted. Like my page to make sure you will not miss any segments!

I will also post my next card class coming up in November on my facebook page!


Have fun!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Embellishment and Trim

Soon I will be running out of space on blogger, so I can't put all my videos on here anymore, but don't despair! I will still share everyone of our great videos right here with you as they appear. You will just get all the great links from me and what you can expect. Just be sure to keep checking here and have fun!

Connect the Dots 


Create decorative lines on your layout using dots! With the right embellishments—Aqua Dots, sparkles, studs, and more—your dotted lines will be sure to draw the eye. Learn to do it yourself in this video.

Most of my projects have some type of sparkles, dots or some other embellishments on them them - come on - a girl has to have her bling!

Trendy Trims

Your layouts, wall hangings, goodie bags, and other projects will come to life with some of our fun new trims! Whether used as pattern pieces, background designs, or accents, these trims are sure to add a lot of zest and dimension to your papercrafting. See their versatility in this video!

Hello and thank you for stopping by!

This is my first attempt on a blog - can you tell? I am sure you can. From what I have learned about blogs they are like an online journal and you are getting a peak into my soul ...

At this time I am trying to learn how to post my artwork with watermark and copyright and all that jazz -but I am, learning. My plan is to post my work and along with it I will explain what I used and how I made the project.

As we go along, I will also give you a peak into my life. I will share some pictures of my family, places we have been, places we have visited. So, please come back and visit often. Just know, that I am very new to this blogging thing! So, at this time - any help you can give me is highly appreciated in growing my skills in "blogging".

If you live close to me and you would like to join me in my craft place or one my crops please, check my calendar for any upcoming workshops!

A scrapbooker's quilting bee!