CTMH Damask Divas La Belle Vie Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Welcome to the CTMH Damask Divas "La Belle Vie" blog hop! This blog hop is all about us Close To My Heart consultants featuring the La Belle Vie Paper Pack.  If you are here from Mandy's Blog you are in the right spot. If you would like to start at the beginning please head over to the Damask Divas Blog.

I made a very fast card but cute and simple lol! This is one of my go to card sketches when I need to make a last minute card I really need to build up my birthday card supply because I don't have very many in my stash! I used my favorite pink paper from the La Belle Vie Paper Pack along with some CTMH Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. I stamped the sentiment using the Card Chatter- Birthday stamp set.

Purchase La Belle Vie Here

Purchase Card Chatter- Birthday stamp set Here

Next Stop on the hop is STEPHANIE

#140 Baby's 1st New Year Layout

Hi everyone! I am so excited to finally get some scrapbooking done I have been super super busy the last few weeks and I'm trying to catch up lol! Here's a layout I made for Olivia's baby book I made this for our current New Year's challenge over at Cameo Creations you can use any Silhouette machine just make sure you are using an SVG, cutting pattern or anything from the Silhouette store and enter HERE for a chance to win some Lettering Delights goodies!!!!

Purchase KBD New Year Bunnies HERE you can get it for 50% off!

I made this layout using KaDoodle Bug Designs  New Year Bunnies original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I cut her out using SCAL 3 along with my Cameo and added some Martha Stewart glitter to bling her out for the new year LOL!! The Peachy Keen Stamp I used is called PK-758 Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed 1 1/8 inch and is actually one of my favorite stamp sets to use it's very versatile as you can see I used this set for a bunny face! The title is from a pink foam glitter sticker set from Michael's that I had in my stash for a while.  The silver ribbon bow is Christmas ribbon and I also stamped the "2013" numbers using CTMH Glamour Lower Case ALphabet stamp set. Also, the beautiful pink flower with feathers is from this very talented new friend I found on Facebook she makes and sells these flowers I ordered a whole lot of them! I went a little flower crazy but hey you can never have too many flowers and plus I love using them on layouts and mini's! You can view her blog http://kayvycrafts.blogspot.com/ and order some from her she sells them much cheaper then Prima LOL and they are all so gorgeous OMG I love them!!!!

Be sure to enter your New Year's projects HERE!!!!

#139 Snowman Birthday Card

Hi everyone! This week I am hosting the KaDoodle Bug Designs challenge on the KaDoodle Bug Designs Facebook Fan Page which is "Winter Birthdays" use any KBD winter pattern to make a BIRTHDAY themed card or layout you have until Thursday 1/6 to post your project on the KBD Fan Page! I made a birthday card for my sister who's birthday was yesterday using the Sammy Loves Christmas pattern original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. 

You can get this entire "Sammy Loves Christmas" pattern set for 50% off right now at KaDoodle Bug Designs!!!!

I cut this adorable snowman or should I say snow lady from the "Sammy Loves Christmas" pattern you can purchase it HERE. This pattern originally had a Santa had on the snowman but I cut only the black trim and added a bow that I got from the penguin. I stamped the snow lady's cute face using Peachy Keen Stamps PK-501 Snow Cuties 1 1/8th inch an I also stamped the present using CTMH Snowflakes stamp set. The circle sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps Dancing In Circles that fit perfect in a 1.5 inch circle! I embossed the background using my Cuttlebug and added twine, buttons and bling. 

Don't forget to enter the KaDoodle Bug Designs Winter Birthday's challenge HERE to win a pattern of your choice!!!!!

Great News I am a PKS girl!

Hi everyone I hope you all had a nice Christmas! I have some very exciting news to share with you it's a secret I have been holding for a few weeks now LOL!!

Here it goes..................
I got chosen to be on the 2013 Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team woooooo-hooooo!!!!!!!!! You don't understand how bad I wanted this lol!!! I am one happy camper over here! What a great start to the new year!

Be sure to check out all of the other fabulous DT blogs here....

http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/2012/12/meet-2013-peachy-keen-design-team.html?m=1

I am away on a mini vacation in Vegas right now so I will get back to blogging tomorrow I have a few projects to share with you!

Have a great day and happy Friday!

#138 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Layout

Hi everyone! I am sorry I have been M.I.A. this past week I had family visiting from out of town and we did something everyday for a week I was so tired LOL! Then I have been out of cable and internet the last 2 days because we are switching companies! Anyways here's a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer I made to put some pics of my son holding his new Rudolph movie I bought for him, he watched it for the very first time and loved it!

All of the papers I used are from the CTMH Pear and Partridge Paper pack, I also added CTMH Hemp on the photo mat and a CTMH red button on the tag. I used an Art Philosophy Cricut companion stamp for the large snowflake on the top right corner and also the Art Philosophy Cricut cart for the 2 banners. The snowflake border is from the Martha Stewart snowflake border punch. The font is from my computer that I cut out using my Silhouette Cameo and also the KaDoodle Bug Designs Santa's Workshop Crew original artwork by Kristi W. Designs.

Purchase "Santa's Workshop Crew" HERE and be sure to take advantage of the 50% off sale going on!

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Pear and Partridge Paper Pack

Snowflakes Stamp Set

Natural Hemp

Red Buttons Assortment

Cranberry Stamp Pad

Chocolate Stamp Pad

#137 Hot Cocoa Blog Hop

Hot cocoa on a cold winter's night will warm us through and through and fill us with delight. That is what we hope this hop will do for you so grab a cup of cocoa and start hopping along.

Jearise from http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com is our hostess and she has a special give away on her blog so make sure you start there to see what she has and how to qualify for the drawing.

Let's get warmed up here...

For my project I made a Snowman Soup kit using ONLY the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge!!! I cut the  French Fry box to make it a holder for all of the "soup" ingredients along with a circle, square, and rectangle shape  all from Art Philosophy to make happy little snowman faces that I stamped with different Peachy Keen Stamps. The snowman soup sentiment is from Jaded Blossom stamps. The soup ingredients I added are 2 packs of hot cocoa and 1 peppermint candy cane! 

Purchase The ART PHILOSOPHY bundle HERE, you get 1 Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, 3- 6x6inch stamp sets and also 3- 9x12 inch Chipboard Shapes

I am giving away 12- 4x6 CTMH papers from the Clementine Paper Pack and CTMH Creme Brulee Cardstock! This would be a great way to try out Close To My Heart Papers you can create a bunch of cards, a mini album, or a layout and more with all these 12 papers!

To qualify for the blog candy just leave me a comment below and I will announce a winner on Saturday 12/15!

LINE UP...

1. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
2. L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
3. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
4. Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
5. CallyAnn - http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
6. Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
7. Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
8. Lluvia aka misses crafty- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com
9. Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
10. Amanda - http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com
11. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
12. Sandra- http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
13. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
14. Katie ~ http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/
15. Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com 

Thank you for hopping and please continue on to... LISA'S BLOG

Operation Superman Blog Hop Winner!

Thank you everyone who came hopped  with us the last 2 days! Thank Random winner of the $20 KaDoodle Bug Designs gift certificate and also my Close To My Heart Giveaway is.....

LisaDecember 10, 2012 10:51 PM

Thank you so much for hosting this hop and letting me be a part of it! I LOVE your projects! The ornaments are ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! I love how they look like the boys! Theu are going to LOVE THEM! Their picture will look perfect in your frame!

YOU WON THESE AMAZING PRIZES..........

KADOODLE BUG DESIGNS $20 gift certificate to regular priced purchases

CTMH Fanfare papers, CTMH ribbon, and CTMH Clear Buttons

and  4 sheets of CTMH Superhero rub-ons

Yippee! Congrats! Please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com to claim your prizes!!

#136 Operation Superman Charity Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to the "Operation Superman Charity Blog Hop" hosted by ME Sandra I am hosting this hop to gather gifts to donate for a family who lost their father and also to someone who lost her husband. We are all making gifts and or Christmas cards to donate to the family, this is their first Christmas they are spending together without their dad whom everyone called "Superman". Seko "Superman" died tragically of heart failure in front of his wife and 4 young kids. We are hoping to spread some holiday cheer to this family in need.

For my first project I made Superman themed ornaments so the kids can hang on their tree. I got the Superman kids cutting pattern from the KaDoodle Bug Designs "SUPER KIDS" pattern and the Superman logo is from the Silhouette store. I cut them out using my Cameo and also added chipboard to the backs to make them sturdy and added twine to hang them on the tree.

For my 2nd project I made them a family gift to place a photo of them with their dad on his last Christmas which was last year. I made this from a canvas which is 8x10 and I altered it by using all paper products and my ATG gun to adhere. I cut the snowflake and the snowflakes border from the ART PHILOSOPHY Cricut Cartridge  and the large rosette flower along with the circle are from the  Artiste Cricut Cartridge, the "December 25th" stamp is a Cricut companion stamp to Artiste Cricut Cartridge which is called Perfect Fit- Holidays (below).

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Stamp set I used for my canvas CTMH Perfect Fit-Holidays

Click HERE to purchase the "Super Kids" pattern I used for my project! From KaDoodle Bug Designs original artwork by Kristi W. Designs.

Giveaway! KaDoodle Bug Designs is sponsoring the hop with a $20 gift certificate to their store at http://www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com/

To qualify for the blog candy be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs (It's a short but sweet hop) and also comment and LIKE KaDoodle Bug Designs Facebook Fan page....... HERE and let them know "Operation Superman sent you"

A winner will be announced on Wednesday December 12th!

I also have a CLOSE TO MY HEART GIVEAWAY which is 6 4x6 papers from the "Fanfare" paper pack along with 2 feet of CTMH ribbon in Cranberry and Colonial white colors and also 6 clear buttons from the CLEAR BUTTON ASSORTMENT and also 1 pack of 4 5x6 "Superhero" Complements Rub-Ons all from CTMH. These items would be cute to make cards, a mini album or a scrapbook page with a Superhero theme! To qualify just make sure to be a follower and leave me a comment!

1. Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

2. Lisa http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com NEXT

3. Monica www.monicascreativemadness.com

4. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

5. Melissa - http://iamapapermaniac.blogspot.com

6. Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.com/

7. Jenny (Crazy About Cricut) - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

If you would like to help out and send this family a Christmas card and or a holiday gift please email ME Sandra at critterbugg365@gmail.com for more information the family is also taking Paypal donations and gift cards.

NEXT STOP is LISA

#135 Rudolph Stocking Stuffer made w/ Artiste

Hi everyone!! I made this cute Rudolph the Reindeer stocking stuffer using 100% Artiste Cricut Cartridge. The "noses" are red gummy candies I got from the Dollar Tree and the poem was a free PRINTABLE that I changed the wording and re-typed it to have a Christmas font.

The cuts I used from Artiste for the reindeer are..... card p. 42, card p. 48 (circle shape), owl p.76, Snowflake p.79. I also stamped the border on the poem using the CTMH Snowflakes stamp set with red CTMH Cranberry ink and added glossy accents to the nose. I snipped the snowflake to make the antlers this was a very easy project  to make!

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Artiste Cricut Cartridge Collection

Snowflakes Stamp Set

Cranberry Stamp Pad

Snowflakes Stamp Set I used the border

Check out my video I made of my project!

#134 Christmas Cocoa Layout and EXCITING NEWS!

Hi everyone here's another Christmas layout I made. This year I am making a "25 Days of Christmas" scrapbook album where I plan on doing 25 different Christmas activities with my family so far this is what we did......
1.  Decorate our Christmas Tree
2. Elf on The Shelf
3. Christmas Time at the mall..... they had a big giant tree and also faux snow!
4. Took pictures of my dogs in Santa and Reindeer costumes!
5. I made homemade Christmas cocoa

So far I'm ahead of schedule LOL! And today I jut bought the Classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie for my son and of course I had to get a picture of him holding it LOL so expect a Rudolph layout soon!

Onto my project.........
For my Christmas Cocoa layout I cut the moose, cocoa mug and marshmallows all from KaDoodle Bug Designs Moose-alicious Smores and Cocoa pattern original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I used my SCAL 3 and Silhouette Cameo for them along with the font. I used my Cricut to cut the circle and scallop shape with my Artiste Cricut cartridge and stamped on both of them using CTMH Cricut companion stamps Perfect Fit Frames and Perfect Fit -Holidays Stamp Set. I also added CTMH ribbon, bling and I also embossed the cocoa mug with my Cuttlebug. I stamped the "Cocoa Warms The Heart" sentiment using Scrappy Moms "Winter Wishes" Stamp Set.

Close To My Heart Products Used:
Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Perfect Fit Frames Stamp Set
Perfect Fit -Holidays Stamp Set
Designer Ribbon Cocoa Collection
Cranberry Exclusive Inks
Chocolate Exclusive Inks
Sparkles Brown and Tan Assortment
Pear and Partridge Paper Pack

And now for my VERY EXCITING NEWS!!!!

I am so proud to announce that I am now a full time DT member for Scrappy Moms Stamps woo-hoo!!!!! You don't know how VERY excited I am!! OMG I LOVE their stamps they are the perfect sized stamps and I love how they play around with the different fonts and there truly is a sentiment for everything you need LOL!

Come check out the Scrappy Moms Stamps store HERE!!!!
Come check out Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday Challenge and Blog HERE!!

The Elf on The Shelf Day 1

Hi everyone I just wanted to share with you all this cute little poem I found at LIL' LUNA  and it's FREE! I was going to buy the original Elf on The Shelf last night at Target can you believe they were all sold out! They said they are having trouble keeping them in stock and all the storybook were out of stock too....crazy! I knew I wanted to start The Elf on The Shelf tradition today but waited to the last minute so I got this little guy from the Elf On The Shelf line and he was only $8.99 and I got this FREE poem so that's a great deal and it still serves the same purpose LOL! 

My son loved his Elf and named him Jingles The Elf he liked the story except for the part where he couldn't touch the elf LOL! He told Jingles to tell Santa Claus to bring him an "Angry Birds DS game!" 

I can't wait to scrapbook these Elf On The Shelf photo's be sure to check back everyday!

#133 Reindeer Layout

Hi everyone! For today's project I made a layout using the  Folk Art Festival Cricut cartridge for the reindeer and all 3 heart borders. I added bling and really thick ribbon and buttons to the title border. The border/title is actually patterned paper it was so easy! No cutting just add buttons LOL!

Close To My Heart Products Used:
Buttons Red Assortment
Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Sparkles Black and Grey Assortment

Check out my video I made of this layout and also a Mother's Day layout!

#132 CTMH Damask Divas Pear and Partridge Paper Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to the Damask Divas Close To My Heart team Blog Hop featuring the Pear and Partridge Kit and Paper Pack. If you are here from Ashley's Blog then you are in the right spot!

For my project I made 14 Christmas cards........ yes 14 all from the Pear and Partridge Kit! You may recognize a few of these cards on my Facebook/Blog/Pinterest but most of them are never before seen I just wanted to show them all to you at once! After making these 14 cards I still have tons of paper left to make another 30 more cards or 5 scrapbook layouts! 

I used 9 different embossing folders including Cuttlebug brand, Sizzix, Basic Grey, Tim Holtz and The Paper Studio. The Cricut cartridges I used were Teddy Bear Parade, Artiste, Art Philosophy and I also used some SVG files from KaDoodle Bug Designs including Polar Bears on Ice and Yummy Treat Gingers. 

I created my own background paper on 3 of the cards by stamping snowflakes randomly on the cardstock. I also used several CTMH  Cricut companion stamps on the die cuts.

Come check out my video showing all 14 cards along with the CTMH products I used.

Here's a list of Close To My Heart Products Used:

Stamps

Perfect Fit- Frames

December 25th

Snowflakes

Christmas Love

Celebration (Art Philosophy bundle)

Frames, Tags, Borders (Art Philosophy Bundle)

Verry Merry Christmas Oct. Stamp of the Month -Retired

Inks

Cranberry Exclusive Inks

Chocolate Exclusive Inks

Olive Exclusive Inks

Accessories

Buttons Red Assortment

Buttons Green Assortment

Burlap Ribbon

Natural Hemp

Cocoa Designer Ribbon

Bitty Brads Basic Assortment (On Sale Now)

Mini Medley Accents Colonial White (On Sale Now)

Paper

Cranberry Cardstock

Pear and Partridge Kit

Note: If you would like to purchase the Pear and Partridge Paper Pack X7162B only NOT the kit it will become available after Dec. 4th. You can purchase it HERE after Dec. 4th.

Thank You for checking out my cards have a great day!

Next Stop is Traci

#131 White Christmas Card

Hi everyone! For today's Cameo Creations Challenge our theme is "White Christmas" when I think of white Christmas I think of the snow covered mountains here in So Cal. I got the tree and sentiment "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from the Silhouette store. I embossed the snowflake background using a Sizzix embossing folder in my Cuttlebug.  The papers are from Pear and Partridge Kit from Close To My Heart. Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's amazing projects HERE!

#130 Jessica's 21st Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to Jessica's 21st birthday blog hop hosted by the birthday girl's mom....   Katie. If you are here from Ashley's blog then you are in the right spot! For this hop we all made a birthday card to celebrate Jessica's 21st birthday and we are all sending them to her how fun! I remember my 21st birthday and it was a blast... let's just say I got really sick from drinking waaaay too much haha good ole pre-kid days LOL!!!

For my project I made an S Fold card using my Artiste Cricut cartridge along with the Suburbia Cricut cartridge that I got during the Black Friday sales (week! lol!). I embossed the front cover using my Cuttlebug. The stamp sentiments are from Close To My Heart along with the inking and patterned paper.

Here's a video of my project!

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Card Chatter-Birthday Stamp set

Glamour Lower Case Alphabet stamp set

Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks

Spellbound Workshops On the Go Kit

Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Here's the stamp set I used called Card Chatter- Birthdays you can get this stamp set for 50% off this month when you purchase the stamp of the month for $5..... so that means you can get 2 6x6 stamp sets for only $13!! Click HERE for more details!

1. Katie ~ http://www.ktsangels.blogspot.com/
2. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
3. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
4. Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/
5. Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com
6. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
7. Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

I hope you have a very fun 21st birthday Jessica and take lots and lots of pics to remember your special day!!

Charity Blog Hop NEED Participants!

I am going to host a 3 day charity blog hop "OPERATION SUPERMAN" most likely on December 9-11th or 10-12th. I will be using the Super Kids pattern as my main focus. I was wondering if you would like to join my hop by making a Christmas gift and or card to donate with a Superman theme or ANY other Christmas gift you can think of.

I am doing this hop for a long time friend of mine. Her sons (7yr old) best friends dad died suddenly in Walmart he had a sudden cardiac death Cardiomyopathy right in front of his 4 kids in June. It's so sad. My friend Regina sad they were great family friends and everyone used to call him Superman. The kids are 11, 9, 7, and 18 months and the mom doesn't have any family nearby so my friend Regina is taking donations like gifts, etc. I guess the mom is having a hard time with his passing and having to take care of the 4 kids and still celebrate their first Christmas together without the dad.
What I am going to try to do is get at least 30-50 gifts and/or cards to send to this family.

I am looking for about 30 participants to spread out over 3 days. I will have a new giveaway every day. Please only join my hop if you can mail out the card or gift no later then December 15th. The family has no clue that my friend Regina is gathering donations for them it's a surprise!

***Please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com if you are interested in being a participant and I will add you to the "Operation Superman Blog Hop" group on FACEBOOK!

#129 Give Thanks Layout

Hi everyone! I made a 2 page layout for tomorrow's Thanksgiving pics. I got the title and talk bubble from the Silhouette store, all of the other cuts are from KaDoodle Bug Designs Thanksgiving Friends, Gobble Turkey Title, and Thankful Pigs original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I cut them out using SCAL 3 along with my Silhouette Cameo. I added twine to the photo mats using Trendy Twine and stamped the "Eat Chicken" sentiment from Jaded Blossom stamps. The Peachy Keen Face stamps I used are Princess and Critter Faces for the Peachy Keen stamps color CHALLENGE.  I am also linking up to Cards TV scene it challenge and Paper Playtime Anything Goes Challenge. I added my journaling area using a white gel pen along with THIS STAMP SET from Close To My Heart.

Close To My Heart Products Used:
CAPTURE THE DATE Nov. Stamp of the Month
Burlap Ribbon
Chocolate Exclusive Inks
Cranberry Exclusive Inks
Honey Exclusive Inks
Autumn Terracotta

If you purchase the November stamp of the month $1 from every purchase will be donated to Hurricane Sandy Relief more info HERE.

Purchase the CTMH November stamp of the month for only $5 HERE

Close To My Heart inks are perfect for stamping and also used for inking edges like I did here! View all of the colors HERE

#128 Sweet Gingerbread Girl Card

Hi everyone! For today I made a sweet Christmas cookie card using KaDoodle Bug Designs Yummy Treat Gingers original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. When I first saw this pattern I went nuts LOL it's soooooo cute!! Love the fact that a gingerbread cookie is holding another cookie! I cut them out using my SCAL 3 and Silhouette Cameo. The stamp sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps and the background snowflake stamp is from Close To My Heart which I stamped all over the card to create my own patterned paper. The face stamp is Peachy Keen Stamps Snowmany faces.

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Pear and Partridge Paper Pack

Buttons Green Assortment

Olive, Chocolate, and Cranberry Exclusive Inks

Cocoa Collection Ribbon

Snowflakes Stamp Set (used as background stamp)

Here's the SNOWFLAKES stamp set I used to create my background, this set is also a Cricut companion stamp set for  Art Philosophy

#127 Batman Card

Hi everyone!! I made a Batman birthday card to start building up my birthday card collection again, since these are always the one's to go first. I used KaDoodle Bug Designs "Super Kids" pattern original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I stamped the sentiment from Jaded Blossom stamps and stamped the face with Peachy Keen Stamps. I used some Close To My Heart inks, ribbon and I also put Batman on an action spring from CTMH be sure to check out my video below!

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Pacifica Exclusive Inks

Honey Exclusive Inks

Chamagne Exclusive Inks

Adhesive Springs