National Stamping Month Blog Hop {It's Your Day}

 

Welcome to our National Stamping Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring projects from the special double stamp set, It’s Your Day.

My Acrylix It's Your Day Stamp Set, Set of 48

If you have come here from {Gina's Blog} you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.

We have over 40 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using brand new products from the Fall/Winter idea book 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!

For my project, I used a card that was actually a project from our Michigan Team Meeting last weekend. Thanks to Leslie Hegwood for providing us with a fun card! As I had most of the products, I chose just to take the pieces and stamp and assemble later, allowing the other gals to get their samples done.  I did tweak my card slightly from the one Leslie provided.  

I used the dots background stamp and Slate ink for the 3/4" Colonial White strip.  I used the saying "Life is good..." in my circle with 2 of the little hearts, also stamped in Slate ink.  The bicycle and "enjoy the ride" were stamped in Chocolate ink directly on the gorgeous Avonlea B&T. (Don't look too closely, as I need to re-ink my  Chocolate ink pad and wasn't very successful at lining it up again - that's what I get for waiting until the last minute!)  I added Liquid Glass to the hearts and let it dry most of the day today.

Supplies

(links will open in a new window so you don't lose your spot in the hop)

Papers: Avonlea Level 2 Paper Packet and Colonial White Cardstock

Stamps: It's Your Day - National Stamping Month Double Set

Inks: Chocolate and Slate

Accessories:  Liquid Glass

Now, hop on over to to {Maria's Blog} to check out her fabulous card! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to see some fabulous ideas with this limited edition stamp set! You can get this exclusive, double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30, 2012. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope.  AND if your order exceeds $50 you can double dip and also grab the stamp of the month for $5!

Until next time...

Dotty For You! - National Scrapbooking Month Celebration!

Close To My Heart has a fabulous promotion to help you celebrate National Scrapbooking Month in May! And of course, we are going to start the celebration early!

CTMH has an exclusive paper packet specially designed for National Scrapbooking Month in May.  You'll get 24 sheets of our fun and vibrant B&T Duos (2 each of 12 designs).  All of the papers and patterns coordinate with each other so you can mix and match all of them! The reverse of the papers has a beautiful polka-dot design. There's also an artwork insert, complete with the recipes, to get your creative juices flowing!

There's three ways you can get this fun new paper packet...

1. Place a $35 order from the Spring/Summer Idea Book between April 17th and May 31st, while supplies last, and you may add this paper packet to your order for only $5 - that's a discount of $14.95!  The best part? You can add one paper packet for every $35 you spend! So spend $70, get 2 paper packets! How cool is that!
2. Host a Gathering with a sales total of $400 or more (excluding tax, shipping/handling, and Operation Smile^® donations) between April 17th and May 31st and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE. Check my calendar for available dates!
3. Join Close To My Heart as a new Consultant between April 1 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE. Click here to learn more about joining my team and becoming a consultant.  Click here to join and get your Dotty for You paper packet for FREE!

Here's a short video showing some of the fabulous artwork you can create with our Dotty for You paper packet. 



Join me on April 17th for a Blog Hop full of amazing artwork and ideas using this fabulous paper packet!

Get your Dotty for You paper packet today!

*Taxes and shipping/handling may apply. 
Offer good during above-specified dates, while supplies last.

Until next time...

NSD Giveaway Winner!

My apologies for being late. I was getting involved with a project and forgot about the time.  Thanks to everyone who shared part of their National Scrapbook Day with me today and left a comment.

Here is our winner from today's giveaway:

Congratulations to Jen D, who was commenter #5!  Please email me your address and I'll get your prize in the mail on Monday!


Until next time...

Happy National Scrapbooking Day and a Giveaway!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!  I hope you find some creative time today  to work on your scrapping projects.  I have to work today, but I'm looking forward to some creative time this evening.

In honor of NSD, let's do a quick giveaway today!  Leave a comment on this post and let me know how  you plan on celebrating National Scrapbooking Day.  You have until 10pm ET this evening.  I'll choose a random winner to receive an embellishment prize pack.



Until next time...

NSM - Sketch Challenge - Imagine Sweet Symphony

Let's start the week off with a sketch challenge!

Your challenge is to create a layout, complete with photos, journaling and title, based on this sketch from Imagine - Sweet Symphony. You are allowed to rotate pages, swap pages, etc., however, your finished layout must resemble this sketch. You should be able to click on the picture to make it larger.  You can also access the PDF file here.

In order to participate, you'll need to upload your completed layout to my Facebook Sketches Album OR, you can post to your blog, Splitcoast Stampers gallery, etc. and then leave a comment on this post with the link to your completed layout.

You have until Saturday, May 7th to complete the challenge. I will put your name in the hat and draw a random winner on Sunday, May 8th.  {Fellow Consultants are welcome to play along; however, you are ineligible for prizes - hope you all understand.}

Here's a completed layout using the Sweet Symphony sketch.

Until next time...