Evensong Workshop

When: Saturday, December 13th 2008

Time: 12 pm to 2 pm

Where: My House
(contact me for directions)

RSVP: November 28th 2008
(payment is due at that time so I can order every one's product)

Close To My Heart has come up with a new workshop experience. You now have a choice of how much you would like to spend and now take product home to create more fantastic layouts.

Your Options Are:

BASIC ~ Cost $21.00
This package allows you to create the 2 page fully-embellished 12"x12" layout featured in the brochure with extra items to create the additional layout projects available on the web.

Included in your cost:
X7104B - Evensong Paper Packet, X7104C - Evensong My Stickease Assortment, 28" of Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon, 13 Clear Sparkles, and the Evensong Brochure plus the use of my stamps and ink pads.

BETTER ~ Cost $44.00
This package allows you to create the 2 page fully-embellished 12"x12" layout featured in the brochure with extra items to create the additional layout and card project projects available on the web less the embellishments.

Included in your cost:
Basic Package plus D1315 - My Acrylic Evergreen

BEST ~ Cost $57.00
This package allows you to create the 2 page fully-embellished 12"x12" layout featured in the brochure with extra items to create the additional layout and card projects available on the web fully embellished.

Included in your cost:
Better Package plus - Z134 Prisma Glitter, Z1134 Holiday Fabric Tags and Z1104 Clear Sparkles (a whole package instead only 13).

Festive Frills Christmas Cards

Here are two cards my Hostess Club members creative for November's meeting. We also made the Christmas Door card shown in a previous post.

Products Used: (all CTMH unless noted)
Colonial White Card Stock
Festive Frills stamp set
New England Ivy InkCranberry Ink
X-mas Red Stickles
Creative Basics Evensong Collection
Olive Grosgrain Ribbon (included in the Evensong Collection)

Christmas Door Card

I just LOVE this card! I got this idea from a fellow Consultant and decided to make one for myself. This card is simple to make just a bit of cutting for all the panels. Here are the dimensions so you can create this card at home.

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Card Base ~ 5 x 7

Top Panels ~ 2 each of 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 and 1 1/14 and 1 1/4

Middle and Bottom Panels ~ 4 each of 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 and 1 1/4 x 2

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Products Used: (all CTMH unless noted)

Colonial White Card Stock

Festive Frills stamp set

New England Ivy Ink

X-mas Red Stickles

Desert Sand Ink

Bamboo Ink

Creative Basics Evensong Collection

Retired CTMH Gold ribbon

Make "N" Take Tags

These are just some tags that I have for a Make "N" Take at a fundraiser crop I am participating in on November 8th. These are made with all Close To My Heart products.

Christmas Tags:

Vineyard Berry Cardstock

Ponderosa Pine Cardstock

Bamboo Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Black Grosgrain Ribbon

Evergreen Stamp Set

Pink Tags:

Notebook Paper Paper Packet

Hollyhock Cardstock

Bamboo Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Hollyhock Twill

Black Grosgrain Ribbon

Shining Star Stamp Set

Elk Galore!!

My husband and I went away this Sunday for two days to Estes Park, CO. We are vacation club owners and were invited up to spend some time at the resort. We had planned on getting up early Monday morning to see the Elk out and about but when we arrived in Estes about 5 o'clock Sunday evening we saw at least 100 Elk! They where so beautiful and I got some great pictures.

Craft Fair

Over this past weekend, a friend and I decided to make some goodies to sell at a small Holiday Bizarre. Well, it turned out to be a bust but we had a good time make the goodies. I guess we have our holiday gifts ready to go. LOL

WOW!! We have reached over 5,000 Hits!!

This is so exciting!! I will be posting a blog giveaway very soon for reaching this great milestone!! Keep checking back for giveaway details.

Happy Birthday To Me!!

Today is my 32nd Birthday!! This morning I woke up to my husband and all 4 kids signing me "Happy Birthday" with a giant Tinkerbell balloon, cards, flowers and Starbucks coffee in hand. It was so sweet I started to cry. Later my Mom took me and my Sister-In-Law (we share the same birthday) to the Boulder Tea House for lunch. I had the Lamb Burger with sweet potatoes french fries (pictured above). It was absolutely yummy!! Tonight I will be opening gifts with my family. I think the kids are more excited about the gifts than me. LOL All in all it was a pretty good birthday!!

"JOY" Coaster Frame

This coaster frame is great for placing on a mantel and allows for two photos between the letters in JOY. I created this to sell at a local craft fair that a friend and I will be doing on the 26th of October.

Hope you like it!!

Fall Colors

So sorry I have not been blogging in awhile. I have been busy around here trying to get some housework done as well as packing for a weekend crop in Winter Park. I just got back and have some pictures to share of Colorado's Aspen leaves changing. The mountains were so beautiful this weekend!! I have another weekend trip in Estes Park at the end of the month, just a fun getaway not cropping, and hope the leaves will still be on the trees to get some better photos.