Fusion Challenge and Diva Dare

Good morning crafty friends! Hope y'all are having a great

week so far! I wanted to share a quick Valentines Day card with y'all!

I used the current sketch from Fusion Card Challenge.

I am also entering this card in the current Verve Diva Dare with

the challenge of "Smitten" where you have to use a heart

and at least one Verve product.

I used mostly Close To My Heart products on this card.

I used the paper pack For Always which is about to retire!

The hearts are from the You Are My Happy Stamping month promo.

I used Black ink for the sentiment and Ruby for the hearts.

The sentiment is from Verve Stamps and the button and

twine are misc from my stash.

sketch:

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Twisted Tuesday #67

Good morning Twisted Tuesday fans!

We Sure had some lovely entries during our last 

challenge of the year... Can't wait to see what y'all

come up with for the first challenge of the year!

Mixed Signals

The Challenge:

Use products from at least 3 different companies

The Twist:

Use arrows on your creation.

My creation:

This is a small 4x4 square card I made using  patterned paper 

from Teresa Collins, solid paper from Paper Studio and

Recollections. The stamp sets I used are both

from Close To My Heart. The sentiment is from Joyful Birthday

and the arrows are from the Designed Decor Kit.

The ink colors I used were Black, Slate, and Juniper, all from CTMH.

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January SOTM and National Papercrafting Month

Good morning friends! Hope y'all are enjoying your

Sunday afternoon! Well it's a new year, and a new month

with some great things going on over at Close To My Heart.

Not only do we have another great stamp-of-the-month but it

is also National Papercrafting Month so of course we

have a great special for that!

Cloud 9 card-making kit! Only $15 with a $35 purchase!

This kit is worth well over $40! The stamp set alone is a $17.95 set!!

This kit includes:

1 Instruction guide

1 D-size stamp set

10 cards and envelopes

1 sheet shape cut outs

(extra cut-outs can be made with Artiste cart.)

1 sheet Cloud 9 B&T cardstock

1 sheet Lagoon cardstock

1 Sheet Honey cardstock

1 roll of gold dot washi tape

1 roll teal shimmer trim

1 package Durables triangles

Want to know what even better?! Once you have your $35 in product

in your cart and you add the Cloud 9 kit, your total will

be $50 so you will also be eligible to get the SOTM

for only $5!! That's a lot of product for only $55!

Remember this promotion is only available until January 31st!

January SOTM:

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Sketch N Scrap card #17

Good morning friends!Hope everyone's year has

gotten off to a good start! Did anyone make any New Years

resolutions involving crafting? I did, sorta... lol! Mine is

to get better at keeping up the blogging of my crafts!

Ready for a the first card sketch of the year

from Sketch N Scrap?!

Here it is; sketch #17 due Jan 31st:

 

Here is my take: 

I used all Close To My Heart products. I started with paper from
the Sarita paper pack. I stamped the sentiment from Joyful Birthdays
in Lagoon ink. I added some Silver Shimmer Trim and
Assorted Sparkles for some added shine!

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New Years Resolution

So I usually am not one to make New Year's Resolutions

but maybe this year I should. I have noticed since 

I got my new job that I don't blog as regularly as I did before.

At my old job when I had no work to do I'd catch up/get ahead 

on my blog but at my new job I don't have computer 

access. So I have decided to make it a point to

blog at least 4 times a week. I will still mostly blog my cards

but I'm going to try and post more about CTMH specials

as well as do some more video tutorials. I figured the best way

to keep myself organized was to get a planner. But not just any planner,

I wanted one geared toward blogging so I found some amazing

free blog printables Here from Erica of Confessions of a Homeschooler.

She has a monthly planner and weekly planner. I used some 

things from both and came up with a lovely and hefty 70 page planner

that I took to staples and had covered and spiraled for

less than $6. Then I added some month tabs...

Here is a little peak at the rest of the pages in the planner

If you are in need of a great and colorful planner

head on over to www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com 

and get these amazing printables from Erica! She's fabulous!

Verve Diva Dare

As we are closing in on the end of the year, over at the Verve

blog they have come up with a great Diva Dare to end

the new year. The Dare is called "Playing Favorites."

You either post your favorite Verve creations from 2013 or make

a new creation using your favorite Verve products!

I chose to pick two of my very favorite cards I made this past year!

Both use Verve stamps

Card one using Birthday Bots:

Original posting here

Second using Happy Anniversary plain Jane:

Original posting here

Close To My Heart Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book!

Merry early Christmas to me!! I just received a big box

of the brand new Spring/Summer 2014 Close To My Heart Idea Books

on my front steps this morning:

New catalogs!! These catalogs are only sent out to 

consultants so to get your own, you need to go through a consultant.

The online version won't be available until February 1st as that

is when the new products will be available for purchase!

Want to know how to get your hands on one of these babies?! I will have

a limited amount that will be up for sale  after January 1st (click here) or between 

January 1st and February 1st, if you spend $50 or more on my Close To My Heart

page I will send you one for FREE! That's right, free!