Happy Times for National Scrapbooking Month

This month when you make a qualifying purchase of $60.00 or more you can get this Happy Times paper pack for Free.  Or you can just buy it outright for $14.95.  The stamp set can be purchased separately for $17.95.

You can read all about it or even purchase it HERE!

For The Love Of Owls

It is my Grand Daughters 12th Birthday soon.  I have been racking my brain for something special for her.  She is a beautiful, loving, and very caring young lady.  When you ask her what she would like for her Birthday she always says I don't know, anything is fine.
What do you do for someone like that.  You want to make it special but boy, that is a hard one.  She has loved Owls for years now so when I see something with Owls on it I think of her.  When we go to the any wildlife place she wants to see the Owls.  She has done several reports at school on different kinds of Owls and how they live.  So you guessed it!  I will make her something with an Owl on it. In the Four Seasons Home Decor cartridge there is a 3D shadow box with an owl in it.

When you bring it into the Design Space it is different shades of the same color so I first ungrouped it and added different colors to each one closer to nature.  Then I copied and pasted another Owl one and used the hide contour button to make a darker silhouette that way I could add feathers and the branch would have different shades to it too. 

Operation Smile special in Febuary Share the Love CC1060

This month when you purchase the fun stamp set Share the Love CC1060 for $17.95 Close To My Heart will donate $7.00 to Operation Smile.  It is a two fer.  You get a great stamp set and Operation Smile gets to help out more kids in need.  

Here is a card I made with Share the Love CC1060

You can find our more about Operation Smile here

Everyday Life is not just a planner

 We have a new Planner for Everyday Life just for you.  So get ready to get organized!

Here are the pages that you can get. It is a planner by day and when you add in the 

 My Crush pages, well that just takes it to the next level.  Now you can add photos and journaling.  We have a roller stamp that lets you add little sayings to you planner and then of course Washi Tape.  Oh My, you can add Memory Protectors and now you have your album for the year along with any Picture My Life cards that you might like to add in with your photos.

I hope you are ready to get organized and plan your heart out.  Yep this is the planner for you.  Check it out and see what you think here.

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Welcoming In the New Year 2016 with Lots of New Products

Yep it has been awhile since my last post.  But it is a New Year and we have a New Catalog.  There is lots of new goodies to show you and I can't wait to tell you all about it.  So here we go!

First the new catalog.  This one runs in conjunction with our Annual Inspiration.  Of course there is the Stamp of the Month for January S1601 Beloved Bouquet.

There are 3 new Paper Packs and the new Workshops Your Way (WYW)  Here are the 3 new WYW. You will now get 12- 12 x 12 cardstock B&T Duos paper pack, 3 sheets of solid cardstock, coordinating Complements 2 kinds of embellishment all this for only $26.95US.

Charlotte WYW

Penelope WYW

Regatta WYW

You can see them all here.  Let me know if you have any questions.

White Pines WOTG and using the MISTI

Here is my video showing how I use the MISTI on the WOTG.  I really like how this works when you have more than one of the same card to make.

Some things the MISTI is not suited for but this was perfect for it.  I love things that make life easy don't you?   My friend Tess helped by demonstrating how this was done.  It was a very spur of the moment thing and I think she did a great job.  Tess's Mother-In-Law even had a great time stamping and making all the cards.  Lorraine and Terri were there too.  Everyone was so quite that usually doesn't happen.  We are all laughing and having a great time.   

October Card Swap

October is a fun month for our card swap because we always do a fun Halloween card.  So here is what I did.

I used the Artfully Sent cartridge to cut the Birch Trees with and then I used Art Philosophy to cut the background for the Happy Halloween.  I did a search for the bats and the crow but I think they were from Happy Haunting.
The Happy Halloween is from the stamp set Steampunk Scoundrels B1503.
I actually cut everything out of Daisy White cardstock.  I then sponged the colors I wanted I also used my ShinHan Alcohol markers to get the look I wanted.  I used Wink Of Stella Clear over the moon to get some sparkle.  I didn't get a chance to take pictures of the other cards this month because I gave them all out already to the Ladies at my luncheon that was the next day.  OOPS!!!

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