Getting Ready for Christmas with 'Tis the Season!

It seems like it is a long way away, but Christmas will soon be here!  I have been trying to get ahead by prepping some layouts ahead of time- ready to pop some photos in!

For a traditional look, 'Tis the Season can't be beat!  It's lovely green and red colours and beautiful patterns are perfect for just about any holiday photo or card!

I have started with a couple of simple and easy layouts for holiday photos:

In addition to the 'Tis The Season paper pack, coordinating cardstock and complements, I also used the CTMH Cricut Flower Market cartridge.

With this collection, you will be ready for all those Christmas photos in no time at all!  I hope you will check out the links to get all the details on these great products for your Christmas crafting!

Finally time to Create!

I have finally had some time to play with this month's special Holiday Sparkle Kit - love me some shaker cards!  And so simple and easy to put together- plus an adorable Christmas stamp set, as well.

It comes with everything you need to make 12 cards and embellished envelopes, and you have the option to purchase the stamp set if you like!

The non traditional colours are fun, and I love the easy peasy foam and acetate to make the shaker cards!  I have always loved them and with this kit they are so quick and simple!

This set is only available until the end of October.  It is only $39.00 plus tax and shipping, or $51.00 with the cute stamp set!  Check out all the details on my website - here !

Thanks for checking out my blog!  I can't wait to show you some more of 

our new products, so stop by again soon!

CTMH Cricut Flower Market Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cricut Flower Market Blog Hop!  

I am so glad you can join me and many other Close to My Heart Consultants as we showcase products made with the brand new (and amazing!) CTMH Flower Market Cricut cartridge!

If you have hopped over from the awesome artwork found on TAMMY'S BLOG, you are on the right page!  The hop is one big circle,  but if you get lost, please just hop on over to 

Melinda's Blog, where you can find the complete list of bloggers!

Now for some artwork!

As I have mentioned before, I am definitely a Cricut newbie!  I got a Cricut Explore Air in September, and I have been learning how to use it - it is SO much fun!!  And SO easy!  This new cartridge is chock full of beautiful images for a variety of crafty needs!  I decided to stick with a Christmas theme, because I had a wooden sleigh that was desperately needing a makeover, and I wanted to dress it up to hold cards for Christmas!!

I covered the sleigh with paper from the City Sidewalks paper pack, and then painted the inner part.  Using the Flower Market cartridge, I cut out an assortment of berries, and greenery, and a Merry Christmas title.  There were so many choices, it was easy to make some fun embellishments in just a few easy steps!

With the great coordinating City Sidewalks paper pack, this project was a snap!  I can't wait to try even more projects with this wonderful Cricut collection, available from your local Close to My Heart Consultant, or purchase it here.

Thanks for stopping by - now it is time to hop over to TERRIE'S BLOG to see what beautiful work she has in store for you!  Remember, all of these products are now available , from your local  Close to My Heart Consultant, or go HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy, Happy Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to the Happy, Happy Christmas Blog Hop!!  We are happy that you can join consultants from Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand who have created some amazing artwork with products from the Happy, Happy Christmas November special!

If you have come from BRENDA'S BLOG, you are in the right place!  The hop is one big circle, but if you get lost along the way, please head to MELINDA'S BLOG, and you will find a complete list of all the hop participants!

There are so many great products in this special collection, you won't know where to start!  The kit has instructions for layouts and special projects, but if you want to do your own thing - you will find lots of great ideas in the hop!  For details about the products bundled in the special, please contact your local Close To My Heart Consultant, or go here for all the info!

Here are just a few of the items I created, with plenty of leftovers!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  Remember, this special is only available during the month of November, so get a head start on everything Christmas!  Now hop on over to WENDY'S BLOG, and you will find some fabulous artwork made with these great products!!

City Sidewalks Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cricut City Sidewalks Blog Hop!  

I am so glad you can join me and 19 other Close to My Heart Consultants as we showcase products made with the brand new (and awesome!) CTMH City Sidewalks Digital Cricut cartridge!

If you have hopped over from the awesome artwork found on JUDY FAYE'S BLOG, you are on the right page!  The hop is one big circle,  but if you get lost, please just hop on over to 

Melinda's Blog, where you can find the complete list of bloggers!

Now for some artwork!

I am absolutely a Cricut newbie!  I got a Cricut Explore Air in September, and I have been learning how to use it to make scrapbook layouts, cards, and more!  This new cartridge is just in time for Christmas and has a variety of really cute images in a whimsical style!
I created a fast and easy layout of some of my favourite Christmas things:

I just cut out the lights and title, added a bit of sparkle and it was ready to place on the page!

If I can do it - so can you!!!

With the great coordinating City Sidewalks paper pack, this layout was a snap!  I can't wait to try even more images with this awesome digital Cricut collection, available from your local Close to My Heart Consultant, or purchase it here.

Thanks for stopping by - now it is time to hop over to  MELINDA'S BLOG to see what beautiful work she has in store for you!  Remember, all of these products are now available in the Holiday Expressions Idea Book, from your local  Close to My Heart Consultant, or go HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

It's Closer than you Think!

Christmas!  It really is closer than you think!  In fact - it just 2 short months away!  I am getting ready for Christmas and one of the things I am doing is scrapping those leftover photos from last year!  Yes, like many of you, I still have 2014 photos that need a home in my album! 

 Luckily, I have White Pines to the rescue!

Using these lovely papers, the coordinating embellishments, and the October Stamp of the Month, I created this layout of two of my kitties ( we have three now!):

I also cut one of the coordinating Picture My Life cards for the journal spot, and used the matching twine colours for the ornament!  The title is done with the Jennifer's Hand stamp set (B1484)

 There are lots of great ways to use these products, so please check them out - next on my list is some Christmas cards!

Countdown to Daily December!

Are you ready?  December is now less than a week today and I am excited document all the little and big things that will be happening in my world for the month of December!

Last year, I created a Daily December book - here are some photos of a few pages:

This is just a little sample of some of the pages I created - nothing fancy, but a fun way to share the memories of this very special time of year!

I am heading out to a 5 night 6 day scrapping retreat tomorrow, and I will be prepping  some of my pages for this month's project!  I can't wait to have so much time to focus on my 

favourite hobby with some of my favourite peeps!!  

Over the next few days I will be posting about how I am getting ready to document December - to give you an idea of my initial hunting and gathering stage:

I have my kit all ready to go!  I am sure I will add a few odds and ends as I go -

 but this is my starting place!  If you need some fun supplies, you can still order the Holiday Happenings collection from CTMH - click HERE to check it out!

I also added the Pear and Partridge Picture my Life cards - HERE!

Remember to check out the December Daily Page above for lots of links to cool December Daily projects and feel free to link up your own projects  - join in the fun and grab a 

badge to let everyone know you are playing along!

Stay tuned for lots of fun  over the next month as we document our December together!!

It's almost time for Daily December!

At the risk of inciting a full on panic - it will soon be December!!  That wonderful, chaotic, busy, happy, sometimes overwhelming time of year that some of us love 

and some of us fear!!

I am a big fan of the Christmas season, and for the past several years I have kept a Daily December Album to chronicle all the moments big and small that contribute to making the festive season the most wonderful time of the year!  That is why I am super excited about the My Crush Holiday Happenings book! 

There is also and accompanying Holiday Happenings Assortment - full of cards and stickers to personalise the book into your own holiday mini album!

And an adorable stamp set!

I will be documenting my December and would love for you to join in on the fun! To purchase the above supplies, just click the links!  Click on the Daily December link in the sidebar for lots of links and suggestions for how to get started!  And if you have a blog - grab the Daily December button and be sure to link up your pages and ideas for us all to share!  Come back often for more ideas and new links!!  

I can't wait to share my December Daily with you and 

see what you come up with as well!

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Welcome to the October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Home for the Holidays, a fabulous Christmas set of 7 stamps.  If you have come here from Jaime'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 73 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!

This month I am excited about getting ahead on my Christmas cards by using the Snow Haven paper pack along with this great SOTM and a few other goodies !

I love, love, love that this set has some Cricut cuts ( found on the Art Philosophy cartridge ) to go along with these adorable images!  The Cricut makes it so easy to customise the 

stamps without a lot of fussy cutting.  These cards were quick and easy to put together - making multiples easy to create for all of those cards you promised yourself you would write this year!

Supply List:

X7188B  Snow Haven Paper Pack

C1591 Merry Merry

Z1799 Silver Shimmer Trim

Z2116  Cranberry Exclusive Ink

2641 Glacier Exclusive Ink

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

Now "Hop" on over to Allisa's Blog to see her awesomely creative work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the October SOTM is only available until October 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Happy Day everyone!

More Merry!!

I am all about Christmas this week, it seems!  As promised in yesterday's post, here is the extra project I made using the SnowHaven Paper Pack and Be Jolly hostess stamp set!

I was inspired by the wonderful Vicki Wizniuk, whose blog post HERE, provided the info and template link to make this project!

The project is a set of six 3x3 mini cards for Christmas, with a lovely little gift box to match!

First the cards - made from little scraps!

And then the little card holder:

The whole project took about an hour to put together - the cards are quick and easy, made with scraps and leftover embellishments from two 6x6 squares of paper and the remnants of the 

SnowHaven Workshop on the Go kit (see yesterday's post) for details!

I plan to make a few more of these to have on hand for Christmas Hostess gifts and craft fairs. 

 A great way to use up leftovers and scraps!

Happy Day everyone!
(And don't forget to check out the New Product Blog Hop
 for even more great ideas with CTMH products!)