March Stamp of the Month!

GET YOUR SPRING ON!

Time for the snow to go away and flowers to bloom!  I am sure we are all ready for warmer weather and sunshine.  You will love the SOTM for March.  
                                        
Here are some things I have done:

I have also been working with the Brushed WOTG scrapbook kit.

I now feel ready for Spring!  Bring it on.

Happy February!

Happy February Greetings!  There are two new specials this month, the Stamp of the Month and an Album special.



During the month of February*, when you purchase one of Close To My Heart’s alluring coated canvas albums you will be eligible to receive a second album of your choice at half price. That is a savings of over $17 USD / $19 CAD! These albums are available in a gorgeous variety of colors and patterns in both post-bound and D-ring styles—perfect to pair with traditional, Studio J®, or pocket scrapbook layouts. This offer is only available while supplies last, so make certain to get your order in early to ensure you can choose the styles and colors you love. They’re going fast and are built to last; so don’t delay—place your order today!

       

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 — that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products (excluding purchases made in Studio J®), you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

 

These are three of the cards and a scrapbook page that I have created so far this month.  Check out my Pinterest site for more ideas!  These are also a lot of Valentine Card ideas there.

Reminder of the Friday Night Crop on Feb. 20, at the First Baptist Church, starting at 6:30PM.  Also the Sat. Morning Card Class at my house on Feb. 28, at 9:30AM which requires a RSVP due to space.  Contact me for more details.

Snowy Afternoon Paper Crafting

 The snow has started to fall so I thought it was the perfect day to try out some new techniques!  Here are some of my results.

 Practicing my coloring with ShinHan markers and Blooming Heart stamp M1049.

 Dryer Sheet technique which I just love!  Sentiment from Puppy Party B1464.

 Washi Tape and stamping the background using A Budding Friendship D1602.

 Smack Down technique which I found fun to do.  Will definitely want to try this with other colors.  Pick a Posey C1576.

 Fussy Cutting the flower.  Quick and easy card! Stamp set Funky Blossoms B1452.

Creating the background, shaping the stamped banner and more fussy cutting/ShinHan markers.  December SOTM, Cutie Pie.

I am looking forward to sharing some of these techniques I learn at my future workshops!

2015 Workshop Schedule

This is my regular Workshop Schedule for 2015.  I will alos have a card workshop/techniques class the last Saturday of each month at my home.  9:30am to 11:30 am will be the times unless other wise noted.

Happy New Year!

Where did 2014 go?  Hard to believe a new year has begun.  I still have not taken down my Christmas decorations but guess I will have to start this weekend.  I am all set and ready for my first workshop of 2015 this Friday.  I just hope Mother Nature is kind...haha.

I plan on showing two stamping techniques each month at the Baptist Church as well as having a card making workshop the last Saturday each month at my home.  I am super excited about showing these new techniques with these cards on Friday.

The first uses the Stamp of the Month without a Valentine theme.  The flowers were punched from the first layer!  No waste.

This card uses a dryer sheet and also second and third generation stamping.  I have learned how to get the dryer sheet on without wrinkles!!

This last card uses ShinHan Touch markers for coloring as well as tone on tone stamping.

Join me on Friday to try out these cool techniques.  The workshop starts at 6pm but I will demonstrate the techniques starting at 7pm for those interested.  Looking forward to seeing you on Friday!  You can also try out these techniques the last Saturday of the month, 9:30am - 11:30am at my home, but you must RSVP due to space.  More information is in my newsletter.

Happy Stamping and Scrapping!

Christmas Cards

Time to get some cards together for November's Card Classes coming up!  It has been fun creating some that are very simple to put together yet hard not to add too much bling.  We will be creating these on Nov. 7th at Kelly Apartments Community Room in Lewisburg and I will also have them for an event I an doing on November 9th for a program!

 

 SOTM only in October!  Order ASAP!

The card design using this set came from Mary Kay Torres.  Thanks Mary Kay!

October News!

Happy Fall!  There is a lot going on this month and I am getting ready for "Croptoberfest".  It will be October 17th and 18th at the First Baptist Church.  For more information, contact me.  I have created an online gathering for anyone who wants to place an order and can't make it to the two day event.
Just click and it will take you there.  I hope to remember to do that every event I have in the future.

I have been having fun playing with the new Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge.  It is amazing all that this one can create!!  Here are some of the cards I have created:

Stay tuned for more ideas or go to my Pinterest site.

Stamp of the Month

This can be yours for $5 with a $50 order or for $17.95, but only during the month of October!  So if you want it you had better make plans now to order it this month.  Here are some cards I made and a few other ideas.

Lots more ideas on my Pinterest site!

 Enjoy looking at all of the new ideas and I hope to see many of you later this month!

Marilyn