Last Day of School and Teacher Appreciation

Today is the last day of school for my granddaughters.  They are both happy and sad, needless to day.  This day always presents an opportunity to create teacher appreciation gifts.  Below is the gift bag which contains: a bottle of water (Thank you for quenching my Thirst for knowledge) with lemonade mix--all natural stuff, Popcorn package with appreciation poem written by a fellow consultant but can't remember who it was, a package w/2 cookies (Thank you for making me such a smart cookie), and not pictured is a little bag of Hershey Kisses (cause everyone HAS to have chocolate!)  Instructions for any of the projects can be found in articles for "Teacher Gifts".

Below is a close up of the Popcorn (Orville's Kettle Corn - yummy!)

Below is the Cookie Box (How cool is it that Safeway is packaging these in nice little "gift" containers?)

Next is the Water Bottle and Drink Mix holder:

And finally is the decorated gift bag:

I just love the paper kit that was used on this.  It is a retired Close To My Heart kit that came out back in 2003 or 2004 and has long since been retired.  I can't even remember the name of it--something like Summer Harvest. 

I hope that if you were looking for Teacher Appreciation gifts this has helped to give you ideas.  But most importantly--DON'T forget the Chocolate !

June Incentives at Close To My Heart

RELIEF FOR OKLAHOMA

Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!   Shop online or contact me to learn more about the Close To My Heart Relief for Oklahoma campaign and stamp set.

*Offer valid May 23 – June 30, 2013. No limit per order.



LET'S GET PATRIOTIC

Show your support of troops and country with new patriotic stamp sets — available only from June 1 to July 31, 2013! As a show of our support, Close To My Heart will donate $3 from each B-size My Acrylix^® Courage stamp set and $5 from each D-size My Acrylix^® Home of the Brave stamp set to the USO, the leading, most recognized military-support and services organization in the United States, or $3 from each B-size My Acrylix^® Courage stamp set and $5 from each D-size My Acrylix^® Strong and Free stamp set to the Canadian Hero Fund, which supports spouses and children of fallen Canadian military troops by providing post-secondary education in Canada. Show your support today—stamp style!   Shop online or contact me to learn more about Close To My Heart patriotic stamps sets.  Here are the sets:

B1437 Courage:

   D1576 Home of the Brave (below):

D1575 Strong and Free (Below):

*Offer valid June 1–July 31, 2013. No qualifying purchase needed. No limit per order.




MAKE IT A BANNER DAY!

Get a FREE My Creations^® Mini Banner!

It’s going to be a “banner” day! When you place a $25 order that includes a stamp set, you’ll receive a My Creations^® mini banner for free! The mini banner includes 10 chipboard pennants in 4 different shapes with 9 jump rings for hanging. Use the mini banner as a decoration for your parties and get-togethers this summer. Make it a “banner” day in June!
Shop online or contact me to place your qualifying order and capture the savings today!

*Offer valid June 1–30, 2013. Only orders that include a qualifying stamp set and reach $25 receive a free mini banner.

June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - A Flowering Bunch

Welcome to the June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month the featured stamp of the month is S1306 A Flowering Bunch, a set of 10 large elegant stamps--several that can be cut with the new CTMH Cricut Artiste cartridge!  Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru June 30th.

If you have come here from Kathy Corson's blog you are on the right path! You can find a list of all the participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this set. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

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My item is a 5" x 7" card made with the new For Always Workshop on the Go (WOTG) papers.

This next photo is a look at the details :

Papers:  For Always WOTG, White Daisy Cardstocks.
Stamps:  S1306 A Flowering Bunch
Ink:   Smoothie, Lagon Exclusive Inks; VersaMark
Embellishments:  White and Gold Embossing Powder; Paradise (Smoothie) Baker's Twine and Surf's Up Assortment (buttons); dimensional elements from Artiste package 
Other:  Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Time to hop on over to Helen Onulak's Blog to see her beautiful eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants' Blogs to get some great crafting and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available thru June 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!

This is My Prayer for America

I came across this and loved it.  Pope Francis says to pray to the Holy Spirit every day.  Pray every day and thank God for all things!

Happy Birthday Month - May!

I am really loving the Claire papers and can't seem to move to another packet. Also, because this is the month that has the most birthdays (in our family anyway), I'm always in need of many birthday cards. So, below is the birthday card that I gave to my son for his birthday! This is a 4.5 x 4.5 size card.  I wish I took a picture of the inside before I gave it away....

Papers:  Claire Workshop on the Go, Outdoor Denim and Colonial White cardstocks
Stamps:  D1527 Perfect Fit Frames; B1417 Perfect Fit - Birthday
Ink:    Outdoor Denim, Sunset  Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  z1327 Sparkles - Blue & Green Assort.; B1751 Baker's Twine Harvest  Assort.
Other:  z1686 Art Philosophy cartridge;3-D Foam Tape

Below are the stamp sets used to create this card.  First is the Perfect Fit Frames:

Perfect Fit - Birthday

 May all your birthdays be festive!

May SOTM - Pinwheel - Blog Hop

Happy Scrapbooking Month and welcome to the May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month the featured stamp of the month is S1305 Pinwheel--a set of 10 breezy, whimsical images!  Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru May 31st.

If you have come here from Helen Onulak's blog you are on the right path! You can find a list of all the participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this set. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

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My item is a 5" x 7" card.  I decided to make my own B&T paper and used several background stamps.  I also found this newer sketch sight that inspired my card called Seize The Birthday--they leave up sketches for a long time (and I love it because it takes me a long time!)  Below is my card:

Sketch from Seize the Birthday--notice it is perfect for making my B&T:

Here is some of the dimension built in to my card:

Next a closer look at the B&T:

Papers:  Pear, Cotton Candy, Lagoon and White Daisy cardstocks
Stamps:  S1305 Pinwheel; D1540 In the Backgound; D1473 Two-Step Backgrounds; D1473 Argyle Backgrounds
Ink:    Cotton Candy, Pear, Honey, Lagoon, and Black Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  Green & Pink Sparkles; 
Other:  Art Philosophy cartridge

Time to hop on over to Kami Welter's Blog to see her beautiful eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants' Blogs to get some great crafting and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available thru May 31st! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!

Dream Pop Blog Hop

Welcome to our artwork blog hop!  In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, you can get the yummy Dream Pop paper packet for only $10 when you spend $35 in May (valued at $19.95 retail)! This exclusive paper packet includes 12 cardstock sheets as well as 12 B&T Duos^® papers that were specifically designed for this promotion only—you can’t get these sweet colors and patterns anywhere else!  Here is a peak at the B&T Duos^® papers and cardstock sheets.  Click to see details:

If you have come here from Jody Gustafson's Blog you are on the right path. This month we have almost 40 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

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I am SO into Birthday cards this month because next month is full of Birthdays!  I also decided to use this past Monday's Mojo Monday sketch as my inspiration creating a 5" x 7" Birthday card:

 

Here is a little closer look at the details:

Papers:  Dream Pop Papers and White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps:  B1417 Perfect Fit Birthday
Ink:   Slate and Lagoon Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  z1799 Silver Shimmer Trim and z1482 Silver Glitz Glitter Gel
Other:  z1311 1-1/4" Circle Punch

Now it is time to hop on over to Helen Onulak's blog and see what eye candy she is flashing your way!