To Easy to Believe!

Making super easy Christmas Cards tonight with Believe Stickease X7145C and Card Value Pack x71410 and one sheet! yes just one sheet of paper from the Believe Paper pack. Our new printed papers are double side for more design fun.  Add a greeting inside from your favorite Christmas script stamp set and you have 14 really cute hand crafted cards in a jiffy.  Hope you'll try it out!

I just love the Holiday Wishes set used to create these adorable cards and post-it note pads.  One card is a gift card holder and so easy to do. All the shapes are coordinated with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge  .  Holiday Wishes is available only during November when you purchase $25 in Close to My Heart stamp sets. Now is the time to order just in time to make your cards, gifts, and crafts for Christmas.

TuTu Cute

I had the awesome opportunity to participate in a 3 day crop weekend.  It was wonderful with no interruptions to making pages.  We didn't sleep much which is why I was able to achieve emptying almost a whole shoe box of old pictures (30 to 100 years old) onto 64 pages.  Who would sleep when you can scrap!!  Anyway, included in some of those pages I completed this page of my granddaughter in her dance recital this past summer.  So  this one is not an old picture.  It was created with Roxie Stickease and paper collection.  It was fast and easy and my favorite of the weekend.

Roxie WOTG

The Roxie WOTG is sassy paper collection including Tulip and Smoothie co-ordinated with Black and Desert Sand.  Rosey florals, animal prints and plaids make this really unique.  The Workshop is October 26 but you need to order supplies 2 weeks in advance.  I just love the circle opposing straight lines to make my layout really different from all the rest. And we will add bling too!

Mary Lane Hospital Auxiliary Harvest Festival

Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring a a Harvest Festival on Friday, Oct 14 from 8-2 on the second floor near the cafeteria. Activities will include a silent auction, bake sale, and a wide range of vendors with unique gift items.
The Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Auxiliary has been actively supporting local healthcare programs and services for patients and their families for over 100 years through the sponsoring of these events.  The public is welcome to attend.

Fab Freebie

 I want to personally offer you this opportunity to get your supplies at a dicount, supplement your income or create your own business as a Close to My Heart consultant. New Consultants who enroll for $99 with Close To My Heart between October 1–31, 2011, will receive one Fab Freebie, an add-on collection of their choice! Each of our three add-on collections is priced at $40 and has a retail value of $80–$130, so this is an incredible deal! Ordering the kit is simple. Go to http://dbuzzell.myctmh.com/  and click on <Opportunities>. At the bottom of the page <Click Here> for the consultant application. You can apply right online and get your business and earnings started within 2 weeks!  Offer valid October 1–31, 2011.

While Supplies Last!

Always! always! always! check for discounted items!  Today while shopping online I neglected to check the "While Supplies last" link.  I knew what I wanted when I went online, zipped through my order, and totally forgot to check for the discounted items that are not in the catalog, only available online, and only while supplies last.  I missed out on adding some really good deals to my order.  Distressing inks for .25,  9x9 page protectors for 1.50, mini medleys for 2.00 that's 75% off!  Don't make my mistake.  Always check the While Supplies Last link whenever you order at http://ClosetoMyHeart.com/dbuzzell.

Double Set during September

September is National Stamping Month and this is CTMH first ever double set Pair-A-Phrase.  Thirty six adorable stamps and phrases for months of fun!   I used Indian Corn Blue Ink and paper with craft paper to make this sweet Christmas card- "There's snowman like you". Pair-a-Phrase, a double set has a retail value of $35.90 but a qualifying purchase gets it FREE!  Only until September 30 so call me soon or shop online at http://dbuzzell.myctmh.com/.

Coordinating Page

I had to have a coordinating page for my Elemental Cricut Diecut Scrap page (shown below) so this is what I came up with. Stamping the edges with the stitch stamp from the WOTG and Pennant Alphabet letters was a start.  After adding my pictures I used the new border edge trimmed off an Elemental B&T as a border to my pictures.  Elemental Compliments completed my page.  This is super simple but I love this layout!

Using Leftover Scraps from Cricut Die Cuts

Using the Elemental WOTG kit, the guide gave instructions to cut an 11X11 diecut using the Cricut for another layout.  I couldn't let the leftover piece go to waste!  It made a super page by adhering it to a Colonial White cardstock and decorating with stamps, markers, and the New Elemental Compliments. Add some stamped Pennant Alphabet letters and it's a great page! When you order the Elemental WOTG make sure you use this idea for another page.

Brads

When I insert my pages into my page protectors,  I find it frustrating sometimes when the prongs of the brads on the back of my project get hooked going in, sometimes even damaging the page.  A good remedy is to cover them. On the back of this Sonoma Page layout, I cut off pieces from sticker sheets, which are self adhesive to cover those prongs but you can also adhere pieces of scrap paper over them as well.

A Grand Adventure!

This is the beginning of a grand adventure! Learning the art of blogging!  The goal is to share creativity, techniques, tips, and my oops! that will encourage the designer in you!  There is No such thing as a mistake, only variations in creative design.  Now how do I add a picture????