A Halloween Birthday times 2

I am a very lucky person to still have 1 of my grandparents alive.  My nanny is my rock, and as a child it was my favorite place to visit in the summer.

Every morning I would have coffee and toast with her, and we would bake pies or bread(something I haven't conquered without my bread maker machine)!

My nanny was born on Halloween, but what is better than that is that she has a twin sister.  Do you know how hard it is to find a birthday card for a Halloween birthday?  Or for a twin sister?

So, that is where I come in!  I made my nanny a card to send to her sister, Edna in Ontario.

I used our colour of year cardstock, Bashful, and the new Rose Embossing Folder to create the base of this card.  I highlighted the design using the gold shimmer brush.  Using my piercing tool I added a stitched design to the matted sentiment.  

I also embossed the flap of the envelope through the Rose embossing folder.  I have a few coloured envelopes in my possession from Paper Garden, and I was lucky enough to have a 5x7 that was almost an exact match to our Bashful.

For the inside sentiment, I wanted it to be fun, so I stamped the Happy Halloween, Happy Birthday sentiment from the Just to Say stamp set, the the Twin Sister is stamped from the Curlicue Alphabet stamp set, both are from the Artfully Sent Cricut Collection.

I hope you enjoyed my Halloween/Birthday card.


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October SOTM Blog Hop - Christmas Tunes

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! 

We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Christmas Tunes, a set of  7 stamps.  If you have come here from Wendy'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 on Melinda’s Blog. 

This month we have approximately 26 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM 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!

My first card, I started with Cranberry cardstock as my base piece, I also stamped the ornament in versamark ink and heat embossed in Gold.  I used multiple patterns from the Beary Christmas paper collection for both cards.  The 2nd color of cardstock used is Glacier which also appears in the collection.  I added a piece of ribbon with gold accent and a bow.

This 2nd card I Heat Embossed using White Pigment Ink and Clear Embossing Powder on Vellum.  I added color to the vellum by using our watercolor paints.  For accents I used Silver Shimmer Trim, and Bitty Sparkles.

Now "Hop" on over to Priscilla's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the <month> SOTM is only available until <last day of the month>!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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Holiday Expressions New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our New HE Product Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring products we love from the new Holiday Expressions catalog.  If you have come here from Emily'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 on Melinda’s Blog. 

This month we have approximately 23 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using New Holiday Expressions 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!

I am loving the Falling For You collection.  I love Autumn, and the nice cool evenings.  I used the Falling For You Scrapbooking stamp, using Pewter, Goldrush and Fern Ink.  I used the leaves embossing folder on the Goldrush squares.  For some embellishments I added Bronze Sequins.

Now "Hop" on over to Cat's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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Falling For You 1Sheet Wonder 20 Card Workshop

I am so excited to be able to announce the newest 1 Sheet Wonder Workshop, Falling For You.  I absolutely love this Autumn paper collection and I hope you do too.

Here is the whole collection:

I just love the color palette, I think because I love fall, the the leaves changing colors on the trees. Each cutting guide will create 20 cards, 5 designs, with 4 of each card.  Now if your customers are beginners, you could always break this down into smaller classes, 10 cards, or 5 cards.  Making your supplies and guides stretch further.


Here are each of the cards:

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Members of my Atlantic Scrappers Team will have full access to my files, you can join my team here!

To purchase these files for consultant use for teaching purposes, you can complete purchase here.

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Wreath made for New Home

My mother called me up last Monday asking if I could make a Wreath for her BFF for their new home.  She wanted to give her a gift that she couldn't go and purchase herself.  So here is when it is great that you have a crafty daughter.

So Saturday my parents came into the city, and we finalized placement of all the pretty paper flowers, and then the glue gun came out.  I'm really happy with how it turned out.

About 20 minutes ago, I got a call from the new home owner, and she loves her wreath, and informed me she has already found a home for it, and has hung it up.

Colours used for greenery are, Topiary, Sweet Leaf and New Enlgand Ivy.  The flowers are Pixie, Bashful, and Colonial White cardstock.  Some of the Colonial White were inked with Pixie and Crystal Blue Ink.

The name is Heat Embossed using Gold Embossing Powder.  The wreath is wrapped in Burlap Ribbon.


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