Introducing Kraft Borders

The new kraft borders will be available on Febuary 1st, but in the meantime, I thought you would like to see just how super cute they are!



Can't wait until February 1st!

New Tools - New Techniques

I thought you all would enjoy this great little video (I didn't make) from CTMH called "Spray Pen Unplugged".  Just my way of plugging it. hee hee hee. I love learning about new fun techniques and cute little tools to do them with!

Now all I have left is to leave you with some artwork.  So, I'm off to create!

MojoMonday #172

Happy New Year to everyone!  My granddaughter Hannah's birthday graces the first part of January.  As I spend time looking for inspiration to create a birthday card, I knew it had to be Sketch #172.  Here is my interpretation.

Supplies:  Childhood Portrait, For Every Occasion stamp sets; hydrangea (retired) CS & Ink; Key Lime, Amethyst and White Daisy CS; Retired Amethyst Background & Texture Paper; My Stickease border strip from Level I Sweet Pea kit (retired); large white daisy brads; clear sparkles; spellbinder circle and scallop circle dies.

Here is the sketch this was taken from:

January 2011 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Happy New Year to Everyone and welcome to our January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We are featuring January's Stamp of the Month, D1452 Find Your Style, a set of 9 beautiful stamps giving you style and beauty for all your projects!  Plus you will not believe what Inspirations (the new mini catalog with a preview of the Spring/Summer Idea Book that you can download by clicking on the picture in the upper right of the page) has to offer this month!  Huge discounts and 5 different stamps set when you purchase the Wings Workshop on the Go!  WOW!~

If you have come here from Helen Onulak's Blog, you are on the right path!  You can find a list of all the partipant's in case you get lost here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html

This month we have nearly 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

Now "Hop" on over to Tonya Whitehurst's Blog to see her beautiful clear card eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM and Inspirations Mini Book is only available until January 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

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Below is one of the ways I decided to use this stamp set:

Supplies:  Find Your Style Stamp Set; Wings Level II Paper Pack, Black and Vineyard Berry Exclusive Inks, Black Mini Medleys; White Mini Medleys.  Layout is from ORIGINALS Lucky Three

I decided to try one of those cool folded flowers.  They look neat but will they travel through the mail?  Well, maybe in a padded envelope.  :-)  Here are the "general" instructions for fan-fold/yo-yo flowers CLICK TO ENLARGE:

I also thought you might enjoy a slide show of our monthly exchange which you can find here.  Now have fun along the way!!

MojoMonday 171

Oh my gosh I just LOVE these sketches and knew what I must do before the day was out!  I also just had to use the new Wings papers with the January 2011 Stamp of the Month (D1452 Find Your Style).  All of these will be available January 1st!

Supplies:  Wings Level 2 Paper Packet; Vineyard Berry, Juniper, Sweet Leaf & Black CSs and inks; Pleated Twill Tape; Black Mini Medley Collection (Courdoroy brad); Find Your Style Stamp Set.

And, in case you were wondering here is the MojoMonday 171 sketch:

Fun sketches, aren't they!

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse

Did any of you stay up or wake up last night to see the Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse? Do you realize that the last time this event happened it was 1378? Anyway, I wasn't up and I didn't get to take any photos because I was thinking it was tonight instead of last night, but here a double exposure picture shows the moon and the monument of The Savior of The World during the total lunar eclipse as seen from San Salvador.

I hope you are enjoying your Christmas season.  I really have done quite a few pieces of artwork and promise to get some loaded soon.  Are the holidays as crazy for you as they are for me?

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Welcome to our December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We are featuring December's SOTM, D1445 Amore, a set of 13 beautiful stamps giving you unlimited ways to profess your love!

If you have come here from Wendy Fording's Blog, you are on the right path!  I am the first stop for this month's hop! You can find a list of all the partipant's 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 month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

Now "Hop" on over to Helen Onulak's Blog to see her beautiful holiday eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available until December 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

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My first item is a mini pizza box with envelope:  This was I did for my monthly stamp exchange item.  Below are various pictures of box and envelope that fits in box.  The first picture is the box closed:

Looking inside the box at the little envelope:

The inside of the box is lined and here's the little envelope's back side closed by waxy flax and brads.

Box and front of envelope.....

Box is opened and the Envelope is opened.

Here is another project I have made using this Stamp of the Month.  It is an Acrylic Clear Card that will be an Anniversary card for my Son and Daughter-in-law. This is my first Acrylic clear Card ever and I love how this looks in real-life.  I used the Mojo Monday #167 sketch for this past Monday which is just below.

The picture below shows the Acrylic



Next photo is the inside of the card:

Finally here is the Mojo Monday sketch that I used.  It was the Square one:

Now have fun along the way!!