Happy Mother's Day

Today is the day we honor motherhood and the positive influence of a mother's love.  The most perfect and beautiful of God's creatures on Earth was a mother (Mary) who brought to us her perfect Son. So in honoring mother's everywhere I wish you all the most perfect Mother's Day. 

I have two mothers in particular that I honor today, my daughter Sarah who is the mother of my two year old granddaughter Zoe, and my daughter-in-law Amanda, who is the mother of my grandchildren Hannah 10, Mikayla 7, and Xander 2.  How blessed we all are to have you both!

This is the Mother's Day card I made fashioned from a card made by Allisa Chilton, a very talented CTMH Consultant.  When I saw this paper from the "Dotty For You" special paper pack I thought "what a dull paper in such a splendidly vibrant paper pack."  After seeing Allisa's beautiful card I fell in love with this paper!  The rose is made from 4 embossed flowers cut and layered together.  The tulips were my present.

A closer look at the layering, next:

Papers: Dotty For You papers; White Daisy, Grey Wool Cardstocks

Stamps: C1494 Card Word Puzzle; D1283 Say It In Style (Retired)

Ink: Grey Wool Exclusive Inks

Embellishments: z1707 Bitty Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems; z1336 Cream Opaques Adhesive Gems; z1732 Bulk Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon


Happy Mother's Day everyone.  I hope you all were able to share your day with friends and family!

Happy Birthday Son

My son Ian had a birthday today! It seems like only a short while ago he was in high school and here he is a father of three beautiful children and turned 31 today! It was fun because we always get the family together for events like this even if only to have cake and icecream.

So, since he was gracious enough to have a birthday so I could make a card, I thought I'd show you it. (Masculine cards are always such a challenge anyway)! The card layout is from the WISHES book called "Delightful Dots" for a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" (Standard size card).



Papers: Victory WOTG papers; Colonial White, Kraft, Olive Card stocks

Stamps:  C1497 Pure Adventure; D1410 4 My Friend
Ink:   Cocoa, New England Ivy Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z1706 Durables Studs (Round); z1701 Neutral Assortment Baker's Twine

I hope your next event will involve lots of friends and family.  Wish you many blessings this day!

May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Happy May Day!  This month the featured stamp of the month is S1205 Friendship Bouquet, a set of 8 floral images!  Below are the images in this stamp set.

If you have come here from Judy Fay Garner'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 participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have almost 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 Pemberly Papers.  I decided to use Verve's Sketch of the Week located on Splitcoast Stampers site here:

Below is my interpretation of that sketch:

And here is a closer look at the dimensional elements of it:

Papers: Pemberly WOTG papers; Colonial White, Taffy, Outdoor Denim Card stocks

Stamps:  S1205 Friendship Bouquet
Ink:   Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand, Taffy Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z1694 Bouquet Assortment; Creme Brulee Grosgrain ribbon

Other: Bronze Glitz

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 April 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!

Dotty For You Blog Hop

Welcome to the Dotty For You Blog Hop CELEBRATING NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING MONTH in May 2012.  Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing. This oh-so-cute package will be available April 17 thru May 31, 2012.  Join Close to my Heart today or host a $400 party and you can get your package FREE (a $19.95 value), OR with a $35 purchase you can get this package for just $5.

 

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.

We have almost 40 CTMH Consultants sharing their creations using these amazing papers. The hop is simple to follow --just click on the link provided at the end of the post to move to the next blog!

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This standard size card came from last week's MojoMonday sketch.  I just love the look of the bright popping colors with black background!  First, a small view of the sketch:

Papers: Dotty For You papers; Sweet Leaf and Black Cardstock

Stamps: Cricket Art Philosphy D-size Stamp set (one of 3 that comes with the cartridge) and S1204 You Are (April Stamp of the Month)

Ink: Lagoon and Smoothie Exclusive Inks

Embellishments: Z1683 Mixed Shapes Dimentional Elements; Z1466 Bling Assortment button; Z1702 Paradise Assortment Baker's Twine; Lace from Colonial White Designer Ribbon Collection (Retired); Cricket Art Philosophy cartridge

A second card I did, also standard size just went together in about 30 minutes (usually it takes me days staring at a blank canvas to create a card and even longer for scrapbook pages); however with the beautiful colors of spring and something I did a long time ago this came together so easily!

I like both of these pictures and couldn't decide from which angle I liked it better.  Tee hee....

Papers: Dotty For You papers; Colonial White and Black Cardstock

Stamps: D1475 Card Chatter - Birthday

Ink: VersaMark and White embossing powder

Embellishments: Z1702 Paradise Assortment Baker's Twine; Z1694 Bouquet Assortment

Other:  Z578 Corner Rounder

Hope you enjoyed my slant on these gorgeous papers!  Now it's off to Dawn Ross' Blog to see her lovely creations!

New Dotty For You Video - Just Out!

I thought you would enjoy this quick video showing the new Close To My Heart promotion--Dotty For You which starts April 17th.  I just love some of the ideas here!



And don't forgot to join me on the 17th for the Dotty for You Blog Hop with almost 40 consultants displaying beautiful artwork made with these yummy papers!

Enjoy!

April SOTM Blog Hop

Oh my gosh can you believe it's already April? This month the featured stamp of the month is S1204-You Are..., a set of 15 amazing images!  Below are the images in this stamp set. I just love those background images with lines.

If you have come here from Vicki Price'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 participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have over 50 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 5.5" x 5.5" card made with the Victory Papers.  This is the card I made for my son who is a taxidermist.  This year at the Montana Taxidermy Association convention he took first place for his entry (which was a porcupine on a rock eating an elk antler.  He wasn't able to attend the banquet but found that after the banquet everyone was rushing to see his exhibit.  At the awards banquet he won Best of Show for Small Animal Class and Master of Division (this is given to the best animal out of all the professional entries of any kind entered under the Professional--over 350 entries).  But what was even more amazing is the judges gave him 100 on his score which just doesn't happen.  WOW!  I'm SO proud of him!  Anyway, here is my humble offering....

And here is a closer look at the dimensional elements of it:

Papers: Victory WOTG papers; Colonial White, New England Ivy, Barn Red, Outdoor Denim Card stocks

Stamps:  S1204 You Are...
Ink:   New England Ivy, Barn Red, Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink

Embellishments:  Z1464 MilePost Shapes; Durables Round

Other: Bronze Glitz

And of course I have to show you the mount that won the Professional Division of this year's Montana Taxidermy Associations Convention. The judges said that they thought it looked like it would walk right off the rock it looked so real.

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 April 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!

My Originals® Sweet Surprises Card Kit

If you’re looking for a quick way to create several fun and easy cards that will stand out in a crowd, check out the My Originals® Sweet Surprises card kit on the video below:



I can't believe how adorable these cards turn out!!  Fill these 3-D cards with treats.  The kit comes with 10 5-1/4" x 5-1/4" Tri-Fold Kraft card bases and 10 Kraft Envelope Boxes, the treat cups and dimensional elements, along with White Daisy Grosgrain Ribbon.  I think these were made for my grand children!