Find Sweetness in Everything ~ Dream Pop Scrapbook Layout

May 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment

It’s been a wonderful National Scrapbook Day filled with some scrapbooking, Facebooking, prom picture taking and now it’s time to cook some dinner for the family before I get back to some scrapbooking. Before running off to take prom pictures of our son and his date, I was able to finish up one of my ‘Dream Pop’ Online Workshop scrapbook layouts.

This is the featured scrapbook layout in the workshop and it used a lot of fun colors along with the May Stamp of the Month, Pinwheel. In the online workshop, I’ll share the cutting diagrams along with instructions and a step-by-step video tutorial to help you put together your very own.

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I’ll teach you how to paper-piece the pinwheels to get all the different colors. Even though this paper packet has all-new exclusive colors to this kit, there are many existing coordinating colors of ink that can be used with this kit and I’ll show you which ones work best.

Here are a few close-ups of the pages along with some of the elements of the pages…

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Before I sign off for the evening, I have to share at least one picture from our Prom photo shoot this afternoon…

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I can not wait to scrapbook them using Close To My Heart’s For Always Collection!

I hope you had a wonderful day and set aside some time to get a little scrapbooking of your own done.

Have a blessed day and make it from your heart with Close To My Heart,

Pamela

Filed Under: Artiste Collection, Cricut, CTMH, National Scrapbooking Month, Online Workshop, Scrapbooking, Uncategorized Tagged With: , , , ,

CTMH May ‘Dream Pop’ Special & Blog Hop!

April 26, 2013 by 14 Comments

Welcome to the Close To My Heart ‘Dream Pop’ Blog Hop featuring May’s National Scrapbook Month Special!

#CTMH National Scrapbook Month Special ~ Dream Pop

We are so excited to share with you this fabulous collection of new colorful B&T Duos® papers and glossy-patterned cardstocks. There are a total of 35 Close To My Heart Consultants in this special blog hop featuring the Dream Pop Paper Packet. To play along, just follow the link at the end of this post and hop around to each blog to see what everyone has created.

If this is not your first stop, you should have arrived from Mary Eisen’s blog, me stamp 2.

Now please enjoy the artwork I have created especially for this blog hop…

#CTMH National Scrapbook Month 'Dream Pop' Special ~ http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com

I created a Cricut® Artiste purse that is perfect for holding a gift card or piece of jewelry…especially for Mother’s Day. Along with the purse, I made a 4″ x 4″ card using the My Acrylix® Stamp Set, Perfect Fit-Mom.

#CTMH National Scrapbook Month 'Dream Pop' Special ~ http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com

The Cricut® Artiste purse is featured on page 35 of the booklet and I cut it at 3-1/4″. I also cut the rosettes using the Cricut® Artiste and the glossy-patterened cardstock. The rosettes are 2″ & 1-1/2″. I added some bling to both the purse and card using Silver Shimmer Trim and Clear Sparkles.

#CTMH National Scrapbook Month 'Dream Pop' Special ~ http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com

The card was made using White Daisy Cardstock and the sentiment was stamped using Slate Ink onto another Cricut® Cut featured on pg. 33. I cut the shape at 1-3/4″ which is 1/4″ larger than suggested on the contact sheet, which states 1-1/2″. I added a little bling and wrapped some white Baker’s Twine around the bottom.

Below I have provided a YouTube video for you with more details about this amazing special and my exclusive ‘Dream Pop’ Kits & Online Workshop. If you’d like to move on along with the blog hop, up next is Katy Taylor’s blog, An Inside to my Heart.

To learn more about my exclusive ‘Dream Pop’ Kits & Online Workshop, view the YouTube video now.

Click here to get your ‘Dream Pop’ Paper Packet beginning May 1st.

{Click Here to View YouTube video if not visible}

Thank you for hopping by and don’t forget to hop on over to Katy Taylor’s blog, An Inside to my Heart!

Have a blessed day and make it from your heart!

Pamela

Filed Under: Artiste Collection, Cards, Cricut, National Scrapbooking Month, Paper Crafts, Scrapbooking, Stamping, Uncategorized, Videos, You Tube

Direct-to-Paper Technique using CTMH For Always B&T Duos Paper

March 26, 2013 by 4 Comments

While at the Close To My Heart Album Retreat a few weekends ago, a fellow consultant {I think it was Joanne Walton} shared a clever idea using our Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads {40 to choose from} and the For Always B&T Duos Paper. There might be another clever name for this technique, but all I can think of is direct-to-paper technique because you literally rub your ink pad directly to the B&T Duos Paper to get the desired effect.

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I decided to give it a try using my Close To My Heart For Always Workshops on the Go Cardmaking Kit.

#CTMH G1060 For Always Workshops on the Go Cardmaking Kit

I chose to use a different color palette of Hollyhock, Whisper, Slate & Black.

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This technique really can’t be any easier…lay your For Always B&T Duos Paper with a neutral background onto some scratch paper or desk pad and rub the open ink pad directly over and across the paper until you get the coverage that you desire. Set aside to dry for a few minutes while you complete your project.

Direct-to-Paper Technique using #CTMH For Always & Hollyhock Ink

I would love to see what you create using this technique! Be sure to leave comment on this post when you do.

To create this project for yourself, you will need the following Close To My Heart products. Click on each product to view the live shopping link on my Close To My Heart website.

Additional supplies needed to complete cardmaking kit as is are…

Filed Under: Cards, Stamping, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Workshop on the Go Tagged With: , ,

Special Gift with Purchase through 2/28 = Happy Mail

February 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Now through 2/28, I will send you some happy mail including a 6″ x 6″ Spring/Summer 2013 Paper Sampler {21 sheets}, a My Acrylix Petite Perks stamp set and a card handmade by me when you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products or Studio J Layouts through my online CTMH website, http://pamela.ctmh.com. I will also enter your name into my giveaway to win a $50 CTMH Gift Certificate…winner announced 3/1!

Special Gift w/Purchase through 2/28

Don’t forget that Studio J Layouts are ONL Y $5 through 3/15 and when you purchase five Studio J Layouts from my CTMH website, I will enter your name into my giveaway for a 12″ x 12″ My Legacy Album in your choice of six colors.

Be sure to JOIN the ‘Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book Celebration’ when checking out. View the online Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book at http://goo.gl/nU6sN.

Thank you for stopping by and shopping with me, Pamela O’Connor. Have a blessed day!

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Stampers from the Heart Team Virtual Swap ~ February 2013

February 1, 2013 by 1 Comment

Welcome to the Stampers from the Heart Team Virtual Swap! I am super-duper excited to share with you a few of my talented & creative team members and their fabulous works of art with you.

In this first Stampers from the Heart Team Virtual Swap, we are thrilled to share with you a versatile card pattern from the Close To My Heart Make It from Your Heart Volume 1 guide featured on page 42, Pattern 19. We each created our card using new products from the Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book which went live today.

Here is my card using the new ‘Tommy’ Collection along with the My Acrylix Sail Away Stamp Set, My Acrylix Keyboard Uppercase stamp set, Round Durable Studs and Outdoor Denim Baker’s Twine from the Harvest Assortment.

Thanks Card using CTMH Tommy Collection by Reflections of My Art & Soul

I sponged the edges of the 1-1/4″ x 4″ Tommy B&T Duos pieces with Outdoor Denim ink, then trimmed one end of each piece into a banner shape. I punched out the circle anchor stamp using a  1-1/4″ Circle Punch, colored in the anchor with our Exclusive Inks Marker Set in Honey, then sponged the edges of the circle using Outdoor Denim ink.

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I wrapped some Outdoor Denim Baker’s Twine around the card twice and then adhered the anchor stamp images using 3-D Foam Tape. I stamped ‘THANKS’ using the My Acrylix Keyboard Uppercase stamp set in Cranberry ink. I cut them out individually, inked the edges with Outdoor Denim ink and adhered them to the card using 3-D Foam Tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I encourage you to visit my other Stampers from the Heart Team member’s blogs to see the beautiful works of art each one of them have created. Here is the list of participating members…

Pamela O’Connor ~ http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com/ (you are here)
Debbie Martin ~ http://wow-debbielou.blogspot.com/
Katy Taylor ~ http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com/
Renee Tanner ~ http://craftymrst.blogspot.com/

My hope is that our Stampers from the Heart Team Virtual Swap will continue to grow over the coming months! If you’d like to become a part of my Stampers from the Heat Team, click here to learn more about becoming a Close To My Heart Consultant today!

Have a blessed day and make it from your heart with Close To My Heart!

Pamela

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