Craft With Heart - Unboxing

Today I have an Unboxing video to show you with our new Scrapbooking Subscription called Craft with Heart.  Your going to love this!  Take a look and see.

You can see all about it here!https://michelepryor.closetomyheart.com/ctmh/products/craft-with-heart.aspx

CTMH Seasonal Expressions Catalog Walk through 2018

In this video I do a complete walk through of our Seasonal Expression Sept 2018 - Dec 2018 catalog.
Grab you favorite cuppa and join along.

Thanks for stopping by

Close To My Heart Texture Paste and stencils

I made some stencils using Cricut Close To My Heart Artbooking and our Stencil Sheets and my Cricut Maker!  Have I told you today that I love my Cricut Maker and this is just one of the reasons why.

I am having so much fun with this product.  This is becoming one of my favorite products.

Texture Paste Bundle Here

Texture Paste Opaque Matte Here

Texture Paste Trio Here

Stencil Sheets Here

Palette Knives Here

Pioneer Woman Placemat Bag with Foil Iron-on

I created another Pioneer Woman Placemat bag video.  These are so easy and fun to make.  This one I made for my Daughters friend.  I am using Cricut Iron-on Foil in Rose Gold and my Cricut Easy Press to apply the Foil.

You can see the finished product here

Here is my Video

I you have any questions just leave me a comment and I will get back to you.

CTMH You've Got Class Workshop Kit

This is my You've Go Class Workshop Kit Completed.

I love the way it turned out.  It was easy to follow along with the directions.  You should give it a try!

Here is my video.  The one thing that I did not talk about was that you can also decorate the insides as well!  This is only available until Sept 30,2018.

Here is eveything you get.  Except the paper because I used it to make the workshop kit.  LOL!  I know you knew that already.

You can see it all here.

Don't wait to long.  It is only available until Sept 30, 2018!

Close To My Heart Season of Joy Cricut Cuts

I am loving the new Z3296 Cricut Season of Joy Digital Collection from Close To My Heart.  It is located on pages 116 - 117 in our new Seasonal Inspirations Sept. 2018 - Dec 2018 Idea Book.  These are just 2 of the cuts that I used but they will be so fun for the Holiday.  I put them on canvases that I had on hand.  I left them plain so you could see what they look like when you just cut them out and use them as is.

Here is the first one.  I used Close To My Heart:
New England Ivy, Candy Apple, and Fern Cardstock  I applied it to an 8x10 canvas that I had and I love it just plain.  I can see a lot of creative ways to use these cuts and I will be showing you some of the very soon!

Here is the second one that I did.  I used Close To My Heart
Candy Apple, and New England Ivy Cardstock to make this one as well.  I made this one larger and put it on a 12x12 canvas that I also had on hand.

Both were cut out on my Cricut Maker I use the 80lbs Cardstock setting for both of these.

Here are some of the over 45 images you will get there are also seveal 3-D projects too!  You can get yours here.

Thanks for stopping by and I will have another post ready for Tuesday!

Balsam of Peru (BOP) and Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) Allergies

Most of you who know me, know my struggle with my weight. What you may not know is that last Oct I lost all my hearing in my right ear and that lead me to my EN&T doctor and my allergy specialist. After months of testing by both and an MRI I still can't hear and they can find no reason for my hearing loss. (Go figure) LOL!

After asking my allergy specialist about possible food allergies she said I had no symptons of a "food allergy". So she decided to do a more extensive Chemical Patch test. Where I had to get 3 patches applied and wear them for 3 days. I went in on a Wednesday to get the patches put on. I went back on Friday and they removed them. I had to go back on a Monday for her to read them. I could not get that area wet that whole time.

When I went back for the reading they measured all my test and then I waited for the doctor to give me my results. When she came in she said! Well I have good news and bad news! Ok, I said. The good news was that I was only allergic to 2 chemicals. I am so sorry to have to tell you that The bad news is that those 2 chemicals are in just about everything.

There were 3 people in the office with her when she gave my my results. They handed my a paper with the First chemical Balsam of Peru (BOP) and everything I could not have because of the that. The list is quite extensive.

Then came the news about the second chemical Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) and basically that is in everything else. Her assistants handed me about 45 pages of what has this chemical in it.

I looked at everyone in the room all of which had somber faces and I said Woo Hoo! I am finally going to lose weight! They all started cracking up! Me too, but I was serious.

That Diagnosis came on April 30th 2018 and since that day I have now lost 25 lbs.

It has been quite an adventure to say the least but I am making this work for me. I am not focusing on what I can't have, but what I can. Which really isn't much and that's okay.

You know what they say when life gives you lemons you make lemonade, or as I used to say with a little Tequila too! Oh wait, I can't have lemons or Tequila anymore, Now I say, when life give you lemons I make lemonade for someone else. Me I will have another glass of water, please. LOL!

All that just to tell you that I have lost 25 lbs. Talk about making a short story long.

Actually last night at Weight Watchers I got my 25 lb award and my actual loss so far is 26.8. I had joined WW about 6 month before my diagnosis and had only lost 10 lbs then so my total loss is now 36.8

I am finding that this is not a common allergy and that Restaurants have never heard of such a thing.

BOP
No Citrus at all
No Spices of any kind. I found I can have Pepper without alot of problems.
No Herbs
No sweetner
No flavorings
No bake goods
No Tomatoes or anything with tomato base
No wine, beer
No Gin, vermouth, vodka
No flavored Tea or Coffee
this is just the basics

If you know of anyone with this allergy please give them my info and have them get in contact with me. I would like to share recipes and find out what others are doing with this allergy. I have done a lot of searches on this but there is not a lot out there.

August 2018 Kard Swap Cards

Here are our August Kard Swap Cards.  We all had a great time.  This month I was the Hostess and my Demo was on making a Junk journal.  They even all got them completed before they left.

So grab a cuppa and enjoy.

I can always tell when I have done a video in awhile.  LOL!