Tuesday, November 10

Altered Hand Sanitizer, the PERFECT Teacher's Gift



The women on my Close to My Heart Consultant team are so dang clever!!! Laura Petruso, http://www.starbreezedesigns.blogspot.com/, is no exception. Check out what she posted on her blog the other day. Yep, that's right, she peeled the ugly label off the hand sanitizer and added Close to My Heart Rub-ons to it. Holy cow! That is just too cool. And what a perfect thing to pair with a gift card or cookies for anyone one on your list!

I'm off to Walmart to pick up a bunch of bottles!!!

Monday, November 9

Life Delight's Christmas Card



I was creating one of the Life Delight's Accordian Albums to give as a gift (have you seen what a great deal these are - if not, check it out here - and get one quick cause they're being retired) and I was inspired to use the extra paper for a Christmas card. I love these soft colors together. I think I have enough to get one or two more cards made, so I'm hoping to create more later today. Right now, I've got my hands full with my neighbor's adorable daughters aged 2 & 3. They are so stinkin' cute! I keep hearing "Miss 'elissa". So sweet.

All products Close to My Heart (except nestabilities die to cut the oval): Paper & Ribbon from Life Delights Accordian Album, Holiday Commentary & Holiday Trinkets Stamp Set.

Friday, November 6

Close to My Heart Level One Kits...

...because sometimes you don't want to make it from scratch!



A couple of weeks ago, I was making muffins for my Team Retreat. Because I was short on time and I don't really consider myself an accomplished baker, I got a mix. A box of Betty Crocker Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Mix. I added water oil and eggs and 45 minutes later, I had yummy freshly baked muffins. Sure, I could have bought some already made muffins at the store, but that would have been more expensive and not "made by me".

That is what Close to My Heart Level One Kits are like. They are the premade cookie dough, the muffin mix, the add-chicken-and-heat bags of the scrapbooking world. They are still made by you but to make it faster simpler & easier, a little of the work has been done ahead of time.

I created three layouts from the Sweet Home Level One Kit. You can see the kit contents by clicking here. I simply added CTMH's Dimensional Fresh Shapes (just lightly sanded on the edges), the Grateful Hearts Acrylix Stamp Set, a couple additional pieces of cardstock and for less than $20 I was able to create 3 stunning layouts. The third layout you see here was created using the kit contents and the Imagine How To Book.




If you feel like you need a kit to get your Fall Scrapbooking Layouts done, head on over to my Etsy shop, and order your Sweet Home Level One Workshop Kit today. It's only $19.oo plus shipping.

Thursday, November 5

Cupcake Picks


I have time to make cupcakes, but I really don't have time to make them pretty, and I'm really not very good at it anyway. But I do know how to punch and stamp! So when I was making cupcakes to go with the dinner I made for a friend that just had a baby (Chicken Taco Soup - best & easiest EVER) I thought, "Hey, I can make cute little tags and glue them to toothpicks." I grabbed the Miracle Stamp Set (it's retired) stamped the background in Baby Pink, added sentiments in Chocolate and then used the stipple brush around the edges. Then I sandwiched a toothpick in the middle and glued the punched out circles with Liquid Glass. Super Sweet.



Then, since I've been working on Christmas Tags, I thought I'd show you what it would look like with those. LOVE this stamp set. And here I stamped with Juniper & Tulip (love this combination for xmas). This stamp set - Just for the Holidays- is a Christmas must have. It makes such cute and easy work of tags. Next up, going to try to make some simple Thanksgiving Picks, using the Grateful Hearts Stamp Set.







Wednesday, November 4

Homemade Close to My Heart Glimmer Mist


A bunch of Close to My Heart consultants have posted projects using homemade Glimmer Mist. I'm going to call it Pearl Mist. I created the Pearl Mist by adding equal parts CTMH Create a Shade Paint and Rubbing Alcohol (can use water, but it takes much longer to dry) and I added a bunch of Juniper reinker. I simply sprayed it on the star & circle chipboard pieces and ta-da - Pearlized Dimensional Elements. So fun, quick & easy.
We'll be creating this card at Pam's Happy Hour Open House on Friday, November 19 & we'll play with the Mist again at my Hostess/Club Member Appreciation Party on Thursday, December 10.