Monday, December 17, 2012

Whooo's Your Valentine?

Here's a video about the really cute Valentine's Day promotion that's going on right now until the end of January!



Contact me to get this really cute kit for yourself!


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Clearly the Best - Cluster Luster

Here's the latest video from Close To My Heart - Cluster Luster! This video features a stamping technique for clustering multiple images in a design.



I will try to post some earlier videos soon!
Thanks!


Saturday, December 1, 2012

New Clearance Items!

Close To My Heart has added several new items to the "While Supplies Last" section of our consultant websites - lots of paper packs for cheap! Be sure to check them out and get your order in while they're still available. And during the month of December, every online order that reaches or exceeds $50 will include a Bonding Memories glue pen for free!

So get online and start shopping!
http://bethanyrielage.ctmh.com/Retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=1702

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Free Shipping and Hostess Rewards!!

In honor of small business Saturday (the Saturday after Thanksgiving), I having a special offer that will end Saturday, November 24th. For each order of $30 or more that you place between now and then, I will give you FREE SHIPPING and enter you into a drawing to win HOSTESS REWARDS on the final order total. Simply email me or call with your order anytime between now and Saturday, and you will get this special offer!
 
I will place all the orders on Sunday, November 25th so they will be here in plenty of time for Christmas. It's a great way to get your holiday shopping done without even leaving the house!!
 
And don't forget about the great deal that Close To My Heart is offering this month. When you make a qualifying order ($50 or more) and get the November stamp of the month for only $5, you get a stamp set of your choice for HALF PRICE!! Combine this with the offer I have this week, and it's a deal you can't pass up!
 
I'm looking forward to hearing from you this week!
 
 
 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Using the Cricut to Make Cards and Envelopes!

I absolutely love my Cricut cutting machine, and I find myself using Close To My Heart's cartridges - Art Philosophy and Artiste - all the time! Honestly, since I've purchased them, I have rarely used another cartridge (and I have several)!

One of the things I love about these cartridges is how easy it is to make cards, boxes, and little gift bags. Here's a video showcasing a few of the cards you can make with the Artiste cartridge.



I hope you enjoyed watching, and contact me to today to get your own Artiste cartridge! Or host a party and get it for 50% off!!



Sunday, October 28, 2012

Studio J Love Your Layout - October

Here's another video featuring Close To My Heart's fabulous digital scrapbooking program, Studio J. This video features the Moonlight paper packet and has lots of great ideas for you to use in Studio J or on a traditional paper layout. Enjoy!





Thursday, October 18, 2012

Studio J Express Collections

If you've never tried Studio J, Close To My Heart's online digital scrapbooking program, their new express collections are a great way to get started. But even for the seasoned digital scrapbooker, these collections are great and easy to use. Check out the video!




And don't forget that you get a FREE Studio J layout this month when you purchase 9!!



Monday, October 8, 2012

Tricks with Studio J!

Since Close To My Heart is offering a great Studio J special this month, I will be highlighting Studio J in several of my blog posts.

Even though Studio J® is fast and easy to use, it is helpful to know some great tricks that can make customizing your layouts even more exciting. Here are some Studio J tricks straight from our professional Close To My Heart artists:

1. Customize your background and texture paper. You can change the color and intensity of the background and texture paper included in whichever kit you choose. Simply select the piece of background and texture paper, change the color in the color selection tool, and increase or decrease the intensity of the color in that same popup box.

2. Crop My Stickease® quotes, titles, and tags. The cropping feature on the My Stickease images allows you to select a section of a quote, title, or tag to use as a border or other embellishment.

3. Create a customized My Stickease image. If you have a specific image in mind to use as an embellishment on your page, you can create a customized My Stickease to fit your theme perfectly. Simply add a text box, photo hanger, ribbon, ribbon slides, and Stickease to create the little suitcase! So easy! Be sure to crop or send elements behind other elements when necessary, and add several elements together for a unique look!


4. Select more than one element at a time. If you want to move several elements of your layout at once, simply click and drag your mouse around the elements you would like to select. Let’s take buttons, for example. After the buttons have been selected, you can click the icons in the popup box to choose to align the buttons vertically or horizontally if you desire.

5. Make faux washi tape with vellum text boxes. To create the look of a piece of clear washi tape, make a small rectangular text box, filled with vellum background (this is the default color for text boxes). You can make the tape strips as large or small as you want, or even layer them for more emphasis.


6. Stretch one photo across multiple photo wells. If you have fewer photos than photo wells, instead of deleting the excess wells, try scaling the picture to a larger size and then copying the picture to other photo wells and matching the photos up until they align with an almost seamless image. This trick works best with photo wells that are adjacent to each other.

7. Create ruffled ribbon. Select “Ribbons” in the drop-down menu under the Embellishments toolset. Choose ribbon tab and rotate the tab so that it is vertical on the page. Then layer several tabs on top of one another, sending every other one to the back to create a ruffled look.


8. Create a jagged border with text boxes. You can create a jagged border simply by rotating multiple text boxes about 45 degrees and making them the same color as the background. Put these boxes on top of a long, rectangular box of another color, and you’ve got a jagged border!


9. Change the background of your layout. Sometimes you may like the photo and journal arrangement in a layout, and yet want to change the background colors. Because photos sit on top of everything else, this is easy to do. Simply pull a journaling box over the space you want for a different background and fill it with a color from the color selection tool or a patterned paper from the Papers toolset. Then, send it backwards until the photo wells are on top of your new background.

Bonus Trick! Use keyboard keys to make embellishments. Did you know that some of the best tools for creating custom embellishments are the basic keys on your keyboard? It’s as simple as typing into a journaling box with no background color. Use periods to make a polka dot pattern, angle brackets to create a trendy Chevron look, overlapping pound signs to make burlap, question marks to make rope, and so much more!

October is the perfect month to give these tricks a try because for every 9 layouts you create, you’ll get a 10th layout for FREE!

Click here to learn more or email me with any questions!
rielage517@yahoo.com



Saturday, October 6, 2012

Make It from Your Heart Blog Hop


Today we will show you how to “Make It from Your Heart”! Jeanette Lynton has created a brand NEW “how-to” program to not only guide you, but also inspire you to create beautiful artwork. This amazing publication has so many different pattern blueprints that you can interpret in ANY WAY you want!

Through our blog hop we hope to inspire you to use your own artistic instincts to interpret and create your own artwork. Each of our crafty consultants has chosen a different page of this book to create two projects for you – that’s right two projects with the SAME pattern! One project will follow the blueprint pattern as laid out. The second project will use the pattern “with a twist” to show you how versatile the patterns are.

We are having a giveaway – that’s right blog candy for you hoppers! Lucy of Love 2 Create will be giving away a copy of the Make It from Your Heart – Volume 1. All you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on each blog.

If you just happened to come to this blog, you should begin your hop at the beginning at Lucy’s blog.

If you came from Theodora’s blog, you’re in the right place!

Here are my projects! I used pattern 4 (pp. 12 and 13) from Make It from Your Heart, Volume 1 to create a scrapbooking layout and a card.



For both of my projects, I used the Dakota paper from Close To My Heart. I used some small black brads on my scrapbooking layout and the retired Rustic alphabet.


For my card I cut some buttons with the Artiste Cricut cartridge and arranged them similarly to the scrapbooking layout. You could use any shape with this pattern, and although it's originally a scrapbooking layout, it works for cards too! I used the stamp set Buttons, Bits, and Bobs for the sentiment, and I finished up the card with some black and brown floss and a little button from our Blue Buttons Assortment.


The next stop to "Making It from Your Heart" is
Stephanie at The Quilted Scrapper.


Here is the list of all the talented consultants who are participating in this month’s blog hop:

Thanks for hopping by!



Saturday, September 29, 2012

Organize Your Supplies!

If you're looking for the Moonlight blog hop, click here.

Here's a video from Close To My Heart about their brand-new organizers. They're perfect for all your crafting supplies!



For more information or to orders yours today, email me at rielage517@yahoo.com or place an order online at http://bethanyrielage.ctmh.com.



"Take a Walk in the Moonlight" Blog Hop!

Thank you for joining us on our “Take a Walk in the Moonlight” Blog Hop. We have a fabulous path for you to follow as you take your walk in the moonlight with us as we feature Close To My Heart’s Moonlight paper pack.


If you just happened to come to this blog, you should begin your walk at the beginning at Lucy’s blog: http://www.love2createitall.com.

If you came from Deanne’s blog: http://deannestamps.blogspot.com, you’re in the right place!

My project is a two-page scrapbooking layout of my kids trick-or-treating last year.


In addition to the Moonlight paper pack, I also used the Moonlight Complements Dimensional Elements. These are an easy way to add design to your layout without stamping.
The next stop on your moonlight walk is Wendy at http://MyScrapbookingBlog.com
Here is the list of all the talented consultants who will lead you down the moonlight path:
Thanks for hopping by!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

First Day of School with Scholastic

As soon as I saw the Scholastic paper packet in the new idea book, I knew I wanted to use it to scrapbook my son's first day of kindergarten pictures.

I changed the coloring of my pictures to sepia to better match the paper, and I used a great layout pattern from our new how-to book, Make It from Your Heart, Volume 1.


I think it turned out rather nice!

I used the Scholastic My Stickease assortment for most of the accents, but I did add a few Durables Round Studs for some texture. The alphabet stamp set I used, Typewriter Keys, is unfortunately retired, but I thought it matched perfectly! I also used our fantastic Artiste Cricut cartridge to cut out the large piece of Ruby paper behind my pictures.

As always, I just love how all the paper and colors go together so wonderfully. It really does make scrapbooking so much easier!



Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Swipe Hype!

Here's another video from Close To My Heart on why our stamps are "Clearly the Best!"


If you have any questions or would like to try out this technique with Close To My Heart's great acrylic stamps, please contact me!
rielage517@yahoo.com


Friday, September 7, 2012

Mojo Monday 257 - Flirty

This week's Mojo Monday card was a little more complicated and layered than I'm used to! But it was good for me to try something different from my normal simple cards. Of course, for many of you, this card will still seem pretty simple since I didn't use ribbon or buttons or anything 3-D, but it's a little more than I usually do!

I used Close To My Heart's Flirty paper packet and the Love Blooms stamp set. I also used the Zoology stamp set for the sentiment. Since the Flirty Raspberry color is only available in cardstock, I used Hollyhock as the pink on the flower stamp. I also used Goldrush and Ponderosa Pine inks.



Have fun creating your own cards this weekend!


Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Clearly the Best!

Close To My Heart has teamed up with My Craft Channel to offer some great videos about our My Acrylix clear stamps. Check out this first video to find out how to bend and curve your stamps!



I hope you enjoyed this video, and stayed tuned for more videos in the next several weeks!


Saturday, September 1, 2012

National Stamping Month Blog Hop!

Welcome to our National Stamping Month Blog Hop! I'm so excited to participate in my first blog hop, and what makes it even better is that it's with several other wonderful CTMH consultants and we're celebrating a stamp set that I absolutely LOVE!

At Close To My Heart, we want to celebrate the everyday moments in our lives. Close To My Heart is doing that by offering an amazing exclusive double-stamp set called “It’s Your Day.” This is two D-size stamp sets in one!!

This amazing set has nearly 50 images designed to inspire you to capture your life one day at a time. There are trendy chevron backgrounds, classic images, as well as versatile phrases. You can get your own stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying order of $35. This stamp set has a value of $35.90!



We're so excited to be doing this hop, and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects.

We are also happy to announce that one of our consultants, Maria Woodworth, of Maria's Paper Craft Place, is offering blog candy. To be eligible to win, please be sure to leave a comment on each blog post and become a follower of her blog. Thanks so much, Maria!

If you just happened to come to this blog, you should start at the beginning at Lucy's blog:
http://www.love2createitall.com

Here's the card that I made with this stamp set. It's a pretty simple card, which is how I like them!


This idea comes from the new Make It from Your Heart idea book - pattern 28 on page 46 - which has templates and cutting guides for both scrapbooking layouts and cards. I used Twilight, Sorbet, and Creme Brulee cardstock; Sorbet and Twilight ink; and some Colonial White cardstock for the chevron borders and the butterfly. I also sponged each piece with some Desert Sand ink. I attached the middle of the butterfly with Liquid Glass, and I added some Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems for a little finishing touch!


The next stop on your blog hop fun is Eva:


Here's the entire blog hop lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Thanks so much for stopping by! We hope you have enjoyed all of our projects!



Thursday, August 23, 2012

Word Balloon Cards with Artiste

I got the new Artiste Cricut cartridge last week, and I've been having lots of fun with it. I saw the idea for these cute, easy cards on another consultant's website (check it out here), and I knew I had to make them. With the Word Balloon stamp set that comes with the Artiste collection, these 3x3 cards are a snap to make!


I used some paper from the Stella paper pack, and the Tulip and Olive stamp pads. Contact me to get your hands on your own Artiste cartridge!

rielage517@yahoo.com


Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Cricut® Artiste Easy Instruction

Here's a great video from Close To My Heart that shows you a little more about the new Cricut Artiste cartridge.



Contact me today to order yours or to find out how to get it for half price!
rielage517@yahoo.com


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Mojo Monday #254

I liked this week's sketch so much that I made 2 different cards with it yesterday! And since it's so easy, I might make some more later this week just to use up some old paper. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!



For my first card I turned the sketch sideways and used some of CTMH's new paper, La Belle Vie. I also used the new stamp set, Bonjour. For the accents in the corner, I used our new Black and Grey Sparkles. This is one of my favorite paper packs from the new idea book!



For my second card I kept the sketch horizontal and used some retired paper from the Dreamin' paper pack. I used the stamp set 4 My Friend and some of our Mocha Opaques for the accents. I also added some Chocolate embroidery floss and stamped the greeting directly on the card. I think it turned out well, and it was so simple!




Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Get a free tote bag!

When you become a new Consultant in August, you will receive a free Damask Tote Bag (retail value $50), while supplies last. This handy, attractive tote with the Close To My Heart logo lets everyone know you are a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant — with class and style! Choose the $49 New Consultant Essentials Kit or the $99 Master Kit which includes more supplies and tools, and we will send you a tote bag free — only in August and only while supplies last!






Contact me today for more information on how to sign up!
rielage517@yahoo.com





Thursday, July 26, 2012

Mojo Monday #251 - Magic Moments

I know I've missed the last several weeks of Mojo Monday, but I really like this week's sketch and wanted to get back in the groove!



I used some retired CTMH paper for this card, Magic Moments, and the July stamp of the month, Live Out Loud. If you spend $50 in July, you can get this stamp set for only $5!

Also, if you like this paper but don't have it from a few years ago, it's still available through Studio J, Close To My Heart's online scrapbooking program. And now that Studio J memberships are gone, everyone can get the low price of $6.95 for a two-page layout! Check it out here!

Thanks for looking!



Monday, July 23, 2012

Sneak peek!

Here's a sneak peek at one of the new paper packets from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book, which will be available August 1st!

This is the Moonlight paper packet, and I love it! It's cutesy enough for pictures of my kids trick-or-treating, but it's also not so cutesy that you couldn't use it for older Halloween celebrations. And you can even use this paper packet for non-Halloween layouts. I hope to share one of those layouts with you later this week. But in the meantime, enjoy your sneak peek!


And be sure to join me during my open house the first weekend in August to see this and all the other brand-new paper packets from Close To My Heart!


Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Retiring Items!

The following paper packets, stamp sets, colors (paper, stamp pads, and re-inkers), and accessories will not be available after July 31, so make sure you get your favorites while they're still available!


Paper Packets
Cruisin’
Elemental
Footloose
Lucy
Roxie
Sonoma
Superhero
Typeset


Stamps
A Flitter
A Game
A Holiday
A Sip
A Timber
A Twinkle
Adorn-able
All Decked Out
Always Remember
Angel Sent
Authentic
Baroque Alphabet
Bundled Buddies
Captured Moments
Childhood Portrait
Father Christmas
Fill In The Blank - Holiday
Friendship Alphabet Large
Friendship Alphabet Small
Fright Night
Giggle Caps
Giggle Lowercase
Gnome Garden
Happy Clusters
Harvest Home
Headline Alphabet Large
Holiday Cheer
Holiday Commentary
Holiday Commentary - French
Holiday Commentary - Spanish
I Believe
John 3:16
Joyful Jar
Live Inspired
Live Your Style
Made with Love
Month by Month
Nature's Gift
Party Animal
Party Pennants
Rustic Alphabet
Rustic Numbers
Save the Date
Save the Date - French
Save the Date – Spanish
Say It in Style
Snow Days
Snow Flurries
St. Nick
Tag the Occasion
Tannenbaum
Thanksgiving
The Present
Treasure Life
Unscripted
Winter Joy

Inks, Paper, Re-inkers
Amethyst
Baby Pink
Brown Bag
Dutch Blue
Garden Green
Garnet
Grey Flannel
Grey Wool
Heavenly Blue
Holiday Red
Key Lime
Lilac Mist
Moonstruck
Pansy Purple
Parchment
Petal
Spring Iris
Sunflower
Sunkiss Yellow
Sunny Yellow
Taffy
Tulip
Vanilla Cream
Vineyard Berry

Accessories/Embellishments
Bitty Brads Basic Assortment
Bitty Brads Metal Assortment
Bitty Buds Assortment
Bottle Caps
Canvas Badge Buttons
Clear Cards - 4 ½” Assortment
Clear Cards - 4 1/4" x 5 ½" Assortment
Clear Sparkles (being replaced with all round sparkles)
Comic Badge Buttons
Designer Ribbon - Pink Collection
Dimensional Elements Ornaments (updated to coordinate with Cricut Artiste)
Dotto Dots Dispenser
Dotto Dots Refill
Double Scrubber (being replaced with a new version.)
Euro Personal Trimmer (being replaced with Fiskars SureCut Deluxe Craft Trimmer)
Euro Trimmer Replacement Blade/Scoring
Euro Trimmer Replacement Blades
Heirloom Assortment
Hinges
Microfiber Cloth
Mini-Medley Accents – Honey
Mini-Medley Accents – Pacifica
Mini-Medley Accents – Sunset
Mini-Medley Accents – Tulip
My Creations A-Door-Ables
My Creations All Sorts Mini Album
My Creations Cube
My Creations Mix & Mingle Mini Album
My Legacy Writers
Photo Hangers
Quick Pic 12x12 Album - Dark Chocolate
Quick Pic 12x12 Album - Dark Cranberry
Quick Pic 12x12 Album - Outdoor Denim
Seaside Wooden Shapes (SOLD OUT)
Snapease Album System
Sweet Leaf Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon


You can order online at http://bethanyrielage.ctmh.com or you can email me with your order at rielage517@yahoo.com. I will be placing an order this Thursday, July 19 if you would like to include your order and save on shipping!










Friday, July 13, 2012

Convention Announcements!

I wanted to share a few announcements that have been made at Close To My Heart's convention this week in Dallas!

First of all, we have a NEW CRICUT cartridge!! It looks amazing, and I can't wait to get it!


Just like our other Cricut cartridge, for the great price of $99, you get the cartridge, 3 D-size stamp sets, and 3 sheets of chipboard dimensionals. Contact me to order yours August 1st! Or better yet, host a party and you could get it for half-price!!


Secondly, we have two kits for new consultants, and the smaller one is only $49! Plus, if you sign up in August, you get this great tote for FREE! But it's only while supplies last, so contact me today!



The kit is only $49 with product valued at around $130! It's a great deal!

More announcements to come later...


Thursday, July 5, 2012

Seaside Wooden Shapes

We just received an email from corp that the Seaside Wooden Shapes are almost out of stock. They will be discontinued with the current idea book, but they will probably sell out long before the end of the month. If you want them, get them today!



Perfect Pairs - Last day for Mischief!

Today's the last day to get the Mischief paper pack and Midnight Felt Shapes for FREE when you place a qualifying order. Your order must be placed online, so check out my website for more information and to place your order.
http://bethanyrielage.ctmh.com

Tomorrow through the 10th you'll be able to get the Dreamin' paper packet and Harvest Charms for free with a qualifying order!


Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Scrapbooking Chronologically?

One of the things that I love about scrapbooking is that you can do it any way you want, and everyone's scrapbooks are completely different! I know several people who love to scrapbook chronologically and hate to do things out of order. Not me! I have scrapbooked pictures the day I took them, and then I will work on a layout with pictures from several years ago. I have to scrapbook when and what I'm in the mood to do. Sometimes I go find the perfect paper for pictures that I want to scrapbook, and then sometimes I make a layout and then go find the pictures later. The latter is what I did today.

The pictures on this layout are from when my daughter was one week old, so they're almost 2.5 years old. I actually started working on this layout yesterday and had the paper cut before I had any idea what pictures I was going to use. I know that would drive some people crazy, but it works for me! I don't always scrapbook that way, but it's fun sometimes to build a layout without a set plan in place. Here's what I came up with:


The paper I used is retired Close To My Heart paper, Sweetheart, and the layout design comes from the how-to book Magic. When I bought this paper, I knew I would be doing a lot of layouts of my daughter with it! I used the Giggle Caps and Lowercase alphabets, and I also used the Affection stamp set. Even though this paper was retired before our baker's twine came out, I think they work beautifully together, and I really like how this layout turned out!

If you want to get some of those old (or new) pictures scrapbooked, you're invited to my house this Friday night (from 6:00 to ???) for a free scrapbooking night. Bring your supplies, I'll have my stamps available, and we'll get some work done and have fun!

Thanks!
rielage517@yahoo.com



Friday, June 22, 2012

Mojo Monday #246 - Sweetheart

I know it's Friday, but better late than never, right?! Here's my Mojo Monday card for this week. Since there were so many people in my family celebrating anniversaries this month, I thought I'd do a love card. I really like how it turned out!



Thanks for taking a look!



Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Scrappin' Saturday!

I've decided to have a day of scrapbooking and card making this Saturday, June 23rd. Come over anytime after 1:00 and stay as long as you like! You can bring your own supplies and projects, and I'll also have a few projects for us to work on. If you want to order pizza for dinner, we can do that too! So come on over and have some fun!

Please RSVP by Friday so I know how many people to expect. Looking forward to seeing you there!



Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Mojo Monday #245 - Dotty for You

Even though this paper is now gone, I still love using it! The colors are beautiful, and all the patterns work so well with each other.

This card was really simple to put together thanks to this great sketch from Julee Tilman. I hope you try it for yourself!





Sunday, June 10, 2012

Playing with scraps

I love the retired Twitterpated paper pack, but now I'm trying to use up the scraps that I have leftover after making several scrapbooking layouts. The Mojo Monday sketch from this past Monday got me started, and then I just played around with the pieces I had until I found a few ideas that I liked.

My second card based off the Mojo Monday #244 sketch:



Here are some other cards I made with my scraps:




Maybe these cards will give you some inspiration to use up your scraps!



Thursday, June 7, 2012

Mojo Monday 244 - Twitterpated

I'm finally back to posting a card for Mojo Monday. It's Thursday, but at least I got one done this week! I've been trying to use up some of my old paper packs, so I've been working with Twitterpated lately. I just love this little hedgehog!



Enjoy! I hope you're having a creative day!



Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Hiking in the Smoky Mountains - Layout 1

Here's my first layout from our vacation. I actually made this layout on vacation before I printed the pictures, but I knew I had some great shots that would fit perfectly.

I used the Stella paper, and I absolutely love the canvas stickers that coordinate perfectly with this paper.


Thanks for looking!



Tuesday, May 29, 2012

I'm back!

We're back from vacation, so I'll be posting some layouts and cards soon - hopefully tomorrow!

Don't forget that this week is your last chance to get the incredibly fabulous Dotty for You paper packet from Close to My Heart. Place an order of at least $35 from the current Idea Book, and you can add on the Dotty paper for only $5! Go to my website today to place your order!
http://bethanyrielage.ctmh.com

Thanks!



Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Packing up...

Well, I'm packing up my scrapbooking stuff for a week away with family and friends. We're heading to Gatlinburg, where we're renting a cabin with another family. My good friend and I will do some scrapbooking while our men go backpacking.

Hopefully I'll have some great layouts to share with you when I get back next week!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Mojo Monday #241 - Dotty for You

It's still Monday, and my card's done! Yeah for me!

I can't seem to get enough of Close To My Heart's special Dotty for You paper packet, so that's what I used this week. I just love the colors and the way all the patterned papers work perfectly together. And it's a great deal until the end of May!

Here's my card and the sketch for this week.



Enjoy! And let me know if you're interested in getting your own packet of the Dotty for You paper. It's only available for a few more weeks!

rielage517@yahoo.com




Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Mojo Monday 240 - Father's Day with Lucky

I know I missed last week's Mojo Monday challenge, but we were all pretty sick at my house.

But I'm back this week and planning ahead! I decided to use this week's sketch to make a few Father's Day cards. I used some of Close To My Heart's Lucky paper (which is retired), and I think it makes for a nice, manly card.

Here's the sketch and my take on it:



Enjoy! And maybe it will get you motivated to work ahead and get some cards done that you know you'll need later in the year!



Monday, April 30, 2012

Last day to get the April stamp of the month!

Today's the last day of April, so that means it's the last day to get this month's stamp of the month, "You Are . . . "



It's a great, versatile stamp set that can be used on cards and scrapbooking layouts.

Contact me today and don't miss out!
rielage517@yahoo.com




Friday, April 27, 2012

Mojo Monday 238 - Dotty for You

I know I'm a little late this week with my Mojo Monday card, but I made it! I decided to use Close to My Heart's new Dotty for You paper again for this week's card. I also used the Thank You stamp set and the stamp set that comes with the Lucy workshop on the go. Enjoy!





Sunday, April 22, 2012

Scrapbooking Retreat

If you are still interested in joining us for our scrapbooking retreat the first weekend in May, please let me know ASAP. All the information you need is on this blog under the "Scrapbooking Retreat" tab. There are still a few spots left, so be sure to sign up soon!

We are also now offering the option of coming for just 1 or 2 days for a reduced price. The full price of $125 includes 3 days of scrapbooking, 7 meals, 2 make & takes, and other goodies. The reduced 2-day price is $75 and includes plenty of scrapbooking space, 4-5 meals (depending on your arrival/departure), and 1 make & take. The reduced 1-day price is $50 and includes the same amount of scrapbooking space, 2-3 meals, and 1 make & take. Please let us know if you're interested!