Last Day to Sign up and Celebrate

What are you waiting for, this is a great special, join my team Atlantic Scrappers today!

Aren't these stamps just fabulous?  Below I'm going to show you some artwork created by our CTMH design team.

April SOTM

May SOTM

June SOTM

July SOTM

So just in case you aren't sure of what the consultant kits include, below you will see photos of what is included in each kit, and a description of what is in those kits.

This is the Essentials Kit it costs you $49 and has a retail value of approx. $155; included in this kit is the following:

• Read Me First Letter
• Current Idea Books (qty. 3)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Spring/ Summer 2013 B&T Duos^® Sampler (W1123)
• Petite Perks™ Critter Expressions Incentive Stamp Set (W2025)
• Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements (X7163C)
• Workshops on the Go^® Chantilly Scrapbooking Kit (G1053)
• Reflections^® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program® (9036)
• Buttercup Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2110)
• Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2193)
• Spinner (Z1832)
• My Acrylix^® Wheel of Life Stamp Set (D1545)
• My Acrylix^® For a Friend Stamp Set (D1542)
• 4" × 5" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1012)

This next kit, is important if you truly intend to pursue this as a business, it is the Masters Kit, it includes your order forms and more product, as well as everything from the Essentials Kit. It retails at about $355, and costs you only $99.  A great investment at a fraction of the cost.

• Current Idea Books (qty. 10)
• 5 Studio J^® Layouts (redeem within 3 months)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 25)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 25)
• Spring/Summer 2013 Gathering Postcard (W1122)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Spring/ Summer 2013 B&T Duos^® Sampler (W1123)
• Petite Perks™ Critter Expressions Incentive Stamp Set (qty. 5) (W2025)
• My Creations™ 6" × 6" Canvas Display (Z1818)
• Spinner (Z1832)
• Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements (X7163C)
• Workshops on the Go^® Chantilly Scrapbooking Kit (G1053)
• My Creations^® Star (Z1803)
• Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon (Z1732)
• Reflections^® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program^® (9036)
• Cello Bags (qty. 25) (W1152)
• My Acrylix^® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
• My Acrylix^® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• Bonding Memories^® Glue (1512)
• Sponge (Z697)
• Liquid Glass (Z679)
• Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors (Z1836)
• Buttercup Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2110)
• Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2193)
• My Acrylix^® Glamour Uppercase Stamp Set (D1537)
• My Acrylix^® Wheel of Life Stamp Set (D1545)
• My Acrylix^® For a Friend Stamp Set (D1542)
• 4" × 5" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1012)
• 3" × 3" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1006)

So, what are you waiting for.  Join my team today, get a discount on your supplies, make some great friends, and earn commission on your orders......you can contact me via email, or go to my website to learn more.  

Sketch Challenge

If you remember from my last post, I was so excited to announce the launch of Darla and my Sketch Challenge Blog today.  Our first Sketch is posted and we would love to have you play along.

So, if you need a challenge to get your creative juices flowing, head on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and play along.

Trying Something New

Today I've been busy finalizing decisions for the Sketch Challenge Blog that I've created with Darla Haverstock.  This has been something we've been working on for about a month now, and we are very pleased to announce that on Monday we are ready to launch with our very first Sketch.

I hope you will take the time to stop by and check us out, and we invite you all to join in and take part.  There are some guidelines that we ask you to review, and we also have an ongoing Design Team Call.  

Visit our Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and sign up to receive our email for reminders about new sketches, creations from our design team, and the winners from previous weeks challenges.

Auction Winners

The winners of the Operation Smile are as followes:

Item #1 the Mini Album created by Rosalynd Kelly was won by Kim McArthur

Item #2 the For Always Frame created by Michelle Stewart was won by Darla Haverstock

Item #3 the Lighthouse card set created by Darla Haverstock was won by Susan Lefebvre

Item #4 the Quilled Mini FishBowl created by Michelle McNutt was won by Darla Haverstock

Item #5 the Shadow Box created by Suzette Conrad was won by Kim McArthur

Item #6 the Floretine Card Box & cards created by Kathy Woodsworth was won by Deborah Crittenden

Item #7 the Operation Smile card set created by Darla Haverstock was won by Susan Lebebvre

Item #8 the Avonlea card box & card set created by Michelle Stewart was won by Claudine Fougere Laforce

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Thank you to all those who have won, I will be in contact with each of you to make arrangements for payments and shipping.

Auction Closed

Auction is Now Closed

Thank you to everyone who placed bids, I will be notifying all winners in the morning.

Please honor your bids.

Operation Smile and CTMH thank you too!

Silent Auction Item #8

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This last piece is donated by me - Michelle Stewart.  I've also made a card box using Avonlea paper, the 6 matching cards also use the Avonlea paper.

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction Item #7

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This is a boxed set of 8 cards by Darla Haverstock again and are hand stamped and hand water coloured using a stamp set created by Close To My Heart to advertise Operation smile. These cards make great go to cards for birthdays, teacher cards, cards for grandparents and much much more. 

Darla has also agreed that at the request of the winner these can be stamped with different sentiments and/or have the kids done with a different haircolour (please allow her an extra day before shipping to change the haircolour if that is requested). 

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction Item #6

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This card box and card set is created by Kathy Woodsworth.  She covered the box with retired Florentine paper pack, and made some 3D flowers for decoration on top, then created 5 amazing cards to start off your card collection.

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction item #5

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This Shadow Box created by Suzette Conrad uses a variety of stamps from the current idea book as well as some cricut cut shapes like the pinwheel, flowers and butterfly.

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction item #4

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This Mini Fishbowl was created by Michelle McNutt. This fishbowl is a quilled project, a more masculine gift with a matching card.  You just can't add water to this fishbowl.  Inside if you are able to see clearly is a seascape, featuring a lighthouse, fish, starfish, and coral.

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction item #3

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This box of 8 (4 of each design) hand stamped and water coloured cards is created by Darla Haverstock. These cards are very versatile and can be used for just about any occasion. Darla is also offering the winner of this item that she will stamp sentiments of choice on outside/inside if you'd like or can be left blank for you to write/stamp your own as you wish. Note that these are hand water coloured so no two are exactly the same and may differ slightly in colour from the ones shown.

(the plastic cover on the box somehow washed the colour out in the photo and 

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction Item #2

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This Decorative Frame was created by me - Michelle Stewart.  I used the current For Always paper packet, and some Ruby Cardstock to make the frame and flowers.  Then the Home Sweet Home is stamped in Versamark on a piece of Glitter paper, and heat embossed in Black.  The Home Sweet Home can be switched out and replaced with your favorite photo.

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

Silent Auction Item #1

If you have been following my blog you would of seen the post about my Silent Auction for Operation smile. Well today is the kick off of my event. There are 8 items up for auction this weekend. Just as a reminder my goal for this fundraising event is to raise $240, which is enough to change 1 child's smile. (Click here to read all the details.) Please share this with all your friends and family.

This Accordian Mini Album was created by Rosalynd Kelly. It was created using a 1212 True Fit Folio and retired Olivia paper packet. It features pockets and tags with lots of room for pictures and journalling. Great for use as a Grandma's brag book or to document an event. Displays nicely on a mantle or bookcase, makes a great gift.

You have until Sunday night at 10:00pm (EST) to bid on this item.  Simply post a comment below with your bid amount (in Canadian $) and your name and email so I can notify you when you win.

April Blog Hop - Home Decor

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring a Home Decor project of our choosing.  My home decor project features the For Always Paper Packet(X7165B) found on page 32 for $9.95, the Honeycomb Flair Stamp Set(C1537) found on page 28 for $13.95 and the For Always Textiles(Z1820) found on page 117 for $8.95.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, also I am the first stop of the hop, so you are in the right stop.

My grandmother just recently passed away, and I know how deeply my father misses her, so I thought I would make my project revolve on a memory piece of Home Decor that he can look at and remember her fondly. I stamped the Honeycomb stamp set in Black Ink and fussy cut out the shapes, also stamping the shapes on the pattern paper from the For Always Paper Packet. Using the For Always Textiles, I cut strips and twisted them and twirled them into these pretty rosette flowers. Using the Licorice Epoxy Bubbles and the Pearl Badge Buttons, I added centers to the rosettes.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Darla of Caution Crafting is Contagious.

 If you get lost along the way, here is the complete list:,

Michelle ~My Creations With Michelle  YOU ARE HERE!

Darla ~ CAUTION: CRAFTING IS CONTAGIOUS!!!

Rosalynd ~IN MY SCRAPPIN' ROOM

Nicola ~ Timeless Cottage

Arlene~Arlene's Creative Space

Krista ~Simply Creating

Sheri ~SHERI SAYS JUST SCRAP IT

twirlntime ~Twirl N Time

Brae ~The Brae-er

Carol ~Welcome to CraftyCarol's Place

Cheryl ~ Scrapbooking with CTMH

Terry Ann ~Terry Ann Diack --It's my Garage--I Can Craft In It!

Janet ~ Jan's Works of Heart

Kathy ~ IT'S A GIRL THING!

Famida ~ Get Scrappin With Fami

Chantal ~ It's a Hoot Papercrafts

Nancy ~Nancy Klein

Pam ~ p-inks

Karen ~ Karen's Clearly Precious Impression

Candra ~PAPER DRAGONFLEUR

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in May when we will be featuring some Canvas projects.

Drop in Card Day

This past week I've been creating cards for a combined event with fellow consultant and friend, Darla Haverstock.  We are trying a new approach for our customers....a drop in card day at our homes.  Yesterday was Darla's event and it went pretty well, now this coming Saturday, April 13th, it's my turn.

Anytime between 10am to 5pm you are able to drop in and make some cards with me.  The cost per card is $2.50, and you can make as many as you want, right now we have 16 designs to choose from.  Each month we will have new designs from you to choose from.  So for a fraction of the cost of what you would pay at Hallmark or Carlton Cards you can stock up on some great everyday occasion cards.

Upcoming Event - Operation Smile Silent Auction

I am pleased to be hosting an Online Silent Auction to raise awareness and funds for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that repairs childhood facial deformities. This event will be running from 8:00 pm(est) April 19, 2013 to 10:00 pm(est) April 21, 2013 online at My Creations With Michelle .

Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by Dr. William P. Magee Jr., a plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen Magee, a nurse and clinical social worker. Since then Operation Smile volunteers have medically treated more than 100,000 children and young adults around the world. Operation Smile coordinates more than 30 medical mission sites in 25 countries annually.


Since partnering with Operation Smile in 2008, Close To My Heart has provided support to change the lives of over 1,500 children and their families.

Close To My Heart is an industry leader in innovative scrapbooking and stamping products, including the My Acrylix® line of clear stamps, My Reflections® scrapbooking kits and several top-selling How-To Programs. Headquartered in Pleasant Grove, Utah the company distributes its products at home gatherings through thousands of Independent Consultants across Canada and the US. For more information about this event, ordering exclusive CTMH products or becoming a consultant, visit my website, contact me via email or call me at 902-446-5439.




This Silent Auction contains many projects made and donated by fellow Nova Scotian Independent Consultants. All money raised minus shipping will be donated to Operation Smile. My goal is to raise enough to change 1 Child's smile, it takes $240 to change a smile. All other donations will also be excepted.


Here is a sample of one of the consultants donations:

Flowers, flowers and more flowers.....

Good morning everyone, today I'm going to show you what I was up to a few weekends ago with my mother.  She is making one of my dearest friends a cardbox for her wedding this summer, and my mom asked me to make her some paper flowers to decorate the top.  She wanted navy flowers, as my girlfriends colors include navy.  The closest we can come to the navy used, is Outdoor Denim, but did you know that if you ink up the cardstock with the matching color, it darkens the intensity of the blue, turning it almost navy.

Now my mother had me make about 2 dozen flowers, which as you will see she did not use all of them.  This is what she came up with.

Michelle's Super Special/Birthday Promotion

This month I'll be celebrating my 35th birthday.....woohoo!  My husband likes to torment me, this year and last year my birthday has fallen on the same weekend as the Masters, one of the PGA's big golf tournaments.  He has told me that my birthday has been postponed this year because it falls on the final day of the Masters.  So I have decided to run a big promotion for my customers.
April's Promotion is focused on recruiting.
I want you all to get a super deal. 

Michelle's Birthday Super Special:

Super Bling:

3 piece block starter kit (19.95, already 12% savings)
D-size stamp set of your choice (17.95)
Ink Pad color of choice (5.25)
Paper packet of choice (9.95)
regular price $55.10
Michelle's Special Price $50.00
Plus you qualify for SOTM for $5.00 more

Scrapbooker's Savings:

12" My Legacy Faux Leather Album (24.95)
Paper Packet of choice (9.95)
Matching Stickease (5.95)
regular price $40.85
Michelle's Special Price $35.00

Michelle's Super Savings Special:

Super Bling and Scrapbooker's Savings
Plus choose from either Liquid Glass or
Bonding Memories Glue (6.95)
regular price $102.90
Michelle's Special Price $85.00
Plus you qualify for the SOTM for $5.00 more


This special can be purchased only through me.

April 1st starts the recruiting promotion.....

Starting April  1st, when you sign up to join my team, Atlantic Scrappers, you will receive April, May, June and July's SOTM for FREE.......that is a over $70 worth of stamps for FREE.

Aren't these stamps just fabulous?  Below I'm going to show you some artwork created by our CTMH design team.

April SOTM

May SOTM

June SOTM

July SOTM

So just in case you aren't sure of what the consultant kits include, below you will see photos of what is included in each kit, and a description of what is in those kits.

This is the Essentials Kit it costs you $49 and has a retail value of approx. $155; included in this kit is the following:

• Read Me First Letter
• Current Idea Books (qty. 3)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Spring/ Summer 2013 B&T Duos^® Sampler (W1123)
• Petite Perks™ Critter Expressions Incentive Stamp Set (W2025)
• Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements (X7163C)
• Workshops on the Go^® Chantilly Scrapbooking Kit (G1053)
• Reflections^® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program® (9036)
• Buttercup Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2110)
• Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2193)
• Spinner (Z1832)
• My Acrylix^® Wheel of Life Stamp Set (D1545)
• My Acrylix^® For a Friend Stamp Set (D1542)
• 4" × 5" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1012)

This next kit, is important if you truly intend to pursue this as a business, it is the Masters Kit, it includes your order forms and more product, as well as everything from the Essentials Kit. It retails at about $355, and costs you only $99.  A great investment at a fraction of the cost.

• Current Idea Books (qty. 10)
• 5 Studio J^® Layouts (redeem within 3 months)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 25)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 25)
• Spring/Summer 2013 Gathering Postcard (W1122)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Spring/ Summer 2013 B&T Duos^® Sampler (W1123)
• Petite Perks™ Critter Expressions Incentive Stamp Set (qty. 5) (W2025)
• My Creations™ 6" × 6" Canvas Display (Z1818)
• Spinner (Z1832)
• Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements (X7163C)
• Workshops on the Go^® Chantilly Scrapbooking Kit (G1053)
• My Creations^® Star (Z1803)
• Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon (Z1732)
• Reflections^® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program^® (9036)
• Cello Bags (qty. 25) (W1152)
• My Acrylix^® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
• My Acrylix^® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• Bonding Memories^® Glue (1512)
• Sponge (Z697)
• Liquid Glass (Z679)
• Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors (Z1836)
• Buttercup Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2110)
• Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2193)
• My Acrylix^® Glamour Uppercase Stamp Set (D1537)
• My Acrylix^® Wheel of Life Stamp Set (D1545)
• My Acrylix^® For a Friend Stamp Set (D1542)
• 4" × 5" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1012)
• 3" × 3" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1006)

So, what are you waiting for.  Join my team today, get a discount on your supplies, make some great friends, and earn commission on your orders......you can contact me via email, or go to my website to learn more.