#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

#126 Turkey Teddy Bear Card

Hi everyone!  I made a card from this cute little turkey bear from the Teddy Bear Parade Cricut cartridge, I think the cartridge has to be in my top ten of carts it's so cute and there's tons of cute outfits that you can mix and match! I stamped the faced with Peachy Keen stamps and stamped the sentiment multiple times using Jaded Blossom stamps. The twine is from Trendy Twine and I also embossed the green paper with a leaf embossing folder in my Cuttlebug and the leaf border punch is Fiskars that I got a few years ago. All of the papers and inks are from Close To My Heart.

Close To My Heart Products Used:
Flirty Paper Pack
Champagne Exclusive Inks
Black Exclusive Inks
Honey Exclusive Inks
Autumn Terracotta Exclusive Inks
Cranberry Exclusive Inks
Chocolate Exclusive Inks

Hope you all have a great day!

#125 Pumpkin Pie Card

Hi everyone! For today's card I made a pumpkin pie card well I think it's pumpkin pie but with a crust on top LOL! I cut the pie from the Something To Celebrate Cricut cart, this cartridge is so very cute and I've had it about a year already and only used it twice so far!  I stamped the sentiment using Jaded Blossom stamps and the twine is "Chocolate Truffle" from Trendy Twine. I layered the pie plate using lots of glue and twine LOL! It was kinda hard but it was worth it I really like the look of the pie plate. I also did faux stitching on the pie.

Close To My Heart Products Used:
Flirty Paper Pack
Cocoa Collection Ribbon

I am entering my card into Twine It Up Thanksgiving Challenge, use brown, stitching, an twine.

Have a great day!

#124 Turkey Treat Bag

Hi everyone! I just ordered some Jaded Blossom stamps and they are so cute! I made this turkey treat bag using Jaded Blossom "Turkey Poop" stamp set. The candy inside is Halloween Pretzel M&M's that were on clearance at Target after Halloween. I thought the turkey poop matched the turkey perfectly LOL! The pilgrim turkey is from KaDoodle Bug Designs Gobbles-N-Wobbles original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I cut everything out using SCAL3 and my Silhouette Cameo. I am also entering my project into Jaded Blossom Thanksgiving Treats Challenge.

I also made my first ever Close To My Heart Haul video!!

#123 Polar Bear Christmas Card

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! Today I made a polar bear Christmas card using KaDoodle Bug Designs Polar Bears On Ice pattern original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I stamped the face with Peachy Keen Stamps Critter Faces and stamped the sentiment using Scrappy Moms Stamps. I cut the talk bubble using my Artiste Cricut Cartridge and I embossed the background paper using my Cuttlebug and used a snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart. I used Close To My Heart Christmas paper called Pear and Partridge and also CTMH button, hemp, inks and Liquid Applique for the white part of the hat to make it puffy . I am entering this card into Peachy Keen Stamps Anything Goes Challenge. 

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Pear and Partridge Paper Pack

Natural Hemp

Cranberry Exclusive Ink

Black Exclusive Ink

Buttons Red Assortment

White Daisy Cardstock

Liquid Applique White

#122 Cameo Creations Thanksgiving Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to the Cameo Creations DT Thanksgiving Blog Hop starting at the Cameo Creations Challenge Blog. Today is also a new Thanksgiving challenge be sure to leave comments on all blogs and also enter in our challenge to win one of our prizes. We have Bugaboo Stamps, Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons store and also Scraptastical Kreations store.

For my Thanksgiving project I made a 3D Shadowbox store using 3 different files from the Silhouette store including the box/ sentiment/ and boy & girl shape. I made this card for my hubby to display in his man cave LOL! The burlap ribbon I used is from Close To My Heart Burlap Ribbon $7.95

Cameo Creations http://cameocreations.blogspot.com

Monica: www.monicascreativemadness.com

Ana: http://www.shortycreations.com/

Jessica: http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

Lisa: http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

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

Ceci: http://www.craftinginthenight.com/

Don't forget to enter our Thanksgiving challenge using any Silhouette machine HERE!

Next Stop is Ceci

#116 Circles Blog Hop

Circles are everywhere, everyday in our life. The earth is a circle itself. Okay, a sphere but close enough. Circles are in our drawings, paintings and all art and this blog hop celebrates the beauty of 360 degrees. Please join our crafters as they show the art of circles.

Our hostess is Jearise of Lorby's World (http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and make sure you start at her blog because she has a special give away going on and all the details are on her blog. If you are here from CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com you are in the right spot. 

Hi everyone! For my card I embossed the background using my snowflake embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. I cut out all of the circles using my Artiste Cricut Cartridge. The papers I used are from the Pear and Partridge Paper Pack. I stamped the sentiment from the CTMH Christmas Love Holidays stamp set and also from the Verry Merry Christmas stamp set from the October stamp of the month. I used Cranberry Ink. I also added Close To My Heart Burlap Ribbon.

#121 Keep Calm and Turkey On!

Good evening  this is my 2nd post today please scroll down for my layout.

I made a fun turkey card inspired by all of those "Keep Calm and......On" clip art images I've been seeing all over Pinterest lately. I made this card completely by using my Artiste Cricut cart you can purchase it right now in my store at my Close To My Heart store.

I am also entering into the Cricut Cards Attitude with Grattitude Challenge

#120 Halloween 2 Page Layout

Hi everyone! For today's project I thought I'd make a 2 page Halloween layout for this years Halloween pics. The kit I used is from Close To My Heart called Moonlight Workshops On The Go Kit along with the Moonlight Complements Dimensional Elements (Chipboard pieces). I also inked all the edges with Black Exclusive Inks. I matted all the photo mats and added Black Designer Ribbon Rounds. The ribbon is actually on clearance right now for $4.00 reg. retail value is  $7.95, be sure to check out the "While Supplies Last" section...... get them before they're gone for good!! CTMH Clearance Sale HERE!!!!! I also used my Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the journaling shape.

#119 "Little Doll" Scrapbook Page

Hi everyone I hope you are having a great week so far! I am so excited because I reached my $1,200 sales goal in my first 3 months of selling Close To My Heart yay!!!! Close To My Heart has a lot of incentives for Consultants! If you would like to find out more about becoming a Consultant you can check out more info HERE you can start a business for only $49! I have already made my money back it's so awesome I just wish I would have become a consultant years ago LOL! I love it!
Onto my project.....

For my "Little Doll" layout I made this to put 2 pics of my sweet baby Olivia I always call her my "Little Doll" and she always has the biggest smile on her face every time she is so tiny and cute just like a doll! :) The font is from the Baby Steps Cricut cart, the borders and school paper cuts are from CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge that can be found on pages 56 and 47. The border is the card shape and I used my Gypsy to make it into a border instead of a card. I stamped the school paper cut with a Market Street stamp called Vinatge Notepad. The teddy bear and rag doll are from the very versatile cutting pattern from KaDoodle Bug Designs Santa's Workshop Toy Elves original artwork of Kristi W. Designs. I cut the rag doll and Teddy using SCAL3 and my Silhouette Cameo.  I embossed the rag doll's hair and shirt with 2 different embossing folders from Hobby Lobby with my Cuttlebug.

Close To My Heart Products Used:
Artiste Cricut Cart
Buttons Red Assortment
Natural Hemp
Burlap Ribbon

The following items were from the "While Supplies Last" section but are now discontinued..... there's still plenty of items left HERE
Elemental Paper Pack
Cranberry Ribbon

#118 Ashley's Blogaversary Blog Hop

*CLICK HERE to continue the Teddy Bear Parade Blog Hop*

Welcome to Ashley's 2nd Blogaversary! If you are here from Liz's Blog you are in the right spot if you just arrived and would like to start at the begging please head over to Ashley's Blog and congratulate her on reaching 2 years of blogging! That is so awesome Ashley... congrats girly!!!

For Ashley's blog hop she had a list of different card themes we could pick from and I chose my favorite card design... clean and simple! I LOVE making clean and simple for some reason I feel like they are just as gorgeous as cards that take a long time but I created this in about 15 minutes now that's my kind of card LOL!

For my card I made a Christmas card using some Close To My Heart  supplies including:

Pear and Partridge Paper Pack

Christmas Love Stamp Set

Natural Hemp

Buttons Red Assortment

Chocolate Exclusive Inks

I also embossed the brown/green papers with 2 Basic Grey embossing folders in my Cuttlebug.

Hi everyone as you know I am a Close To My Heart Consultant. I'm SUPER close to reaching a big goal. I only have $190 to go and 3 days left to hit it! Please help me achieve this goal... for all orders placed with me I will send you a FREE sample paper pack from Close To My Heart. Perfect for making cards or using on scrapbook layouts.
Remember Christmas is right around the corner! Stock up on gifts or order some goodies to make Holiday Crafts!
Thank you so much.... Shop here: http://sandrarosario.ctmh.com/

#117 Teddy Bear Parade Blog Hop

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to our 3-day hop showcasing, you guessed it, bears!  Well, Teddy Bears to be precise.  Teddy Bears from Cricut's Teddy Bear Parade!

"A Teddy bear is a faithful friend

You can pick him up at either end.

His fur is the colour of breakfast toast,

And he's always there when you need him most." 

If you just happened on my blog, please start at the beginning of our hop with Lucy of Love 2 Create (http://love2createitall.com) 

If you are here from Barbara's Blog then you are in the right spot!

For my card I used the cute little Eskimo bear to make a Christmas card using some Close To My Heart  supplies including:

Pear and Partridge Paper Pack

Christmas Love Stamp Set

December 25th Stamp Set

Natural Hemp

Buttons Red Assortment

Olive Exclusive Inks

Cranberry Exclusive Inks

Chocolate Exclusive Inks

I made my own background paper using the December 25th stamp set by stamping it multiple times using the Olive ink. I stamped the sentiment using cranberry ink and the Christmas Love stamp set. All of the papers are from the Pear and Partridge Paper Pack. I embossed the white paper using my Cuttlebug and inked it using Chocolate ink. I added Stickles to the Eskimo's coat.

Hi everyone as you know I am a Close To My Heart Consultant. I'm SUPER close to reaching a big goal. I only have $190 to go and 5 days left to hit it! Please help me achieve this goal... for all orders placed with me I will send you a FREE sample paper pack from Close To My Heart. Perfect for making cards or using on scrapbook layouts.
Remember Christmas is right around the corner! Stock up on gifts or order some goodies to make Holiday Crafts!
Thank you so much.... Shop here: http://sandrarosario.ctmh.com/

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for another day of teddy bear creations!

NEXT STOP is CATHY

Close To My Heart Goal

Hi everyone as you know I am a Close To My Heart Consultant. I'm SUPER close to reaching a big goal. I only have $190 to go and 5 days left to hit it! Please help me achieve this goal... for all orders placed with me I will send you a FREE sample paper pack from Close To My Heart. Perfect for making cards or using on scrapbook layouts.
Remember Christmas is right around the corner! Stock up on gifts or order some goodies to make Holiday Crafts!
Thank you so much.... Shop here: http://sandrarosario.ctmh.com/