SUNSHINE BIRDIES

 

 Welcome to the Rose Blossom Blog Hop.  We have our Hops on the 1st and 15th of each month and we feature promotions from the current month. A great way to show you ideas, tips and different ways to create and preserve memories using Close to My Heart's beautiful products. 

If you hopped over from Cathy's Blog These Eager Hands, you are on the right path....Cathy is so creative and I'm sure you enjoyed the beautiful artwork she shared. 

 

The Stamp of The Month for March is Sunshine Birdies and it is adorable.  Two sentiments and lots of Happy Springtime Goodness.

 

 

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5. When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

I paired our beautiful paper Charlotte with this darling stamp set.  An unlikely pair..but I must say it tells our story perfectly. 

The birdie, twig, butterflies and sentiment are painted with our watercolor paints.

 

 

 

 

A little strip of our Slate Ribbon on top and bottom pulled this simple layout together.

 

These are the supplies I used for this layout:

 

Stamp of the Month Sunshine Birdies

Charlotte Paper Pack and complements

Watercolor Paints & Brushes

Slate Ribbon (on clearance for $1.40)

Inks : Archival Black, Whisper and Slate

 

You can find them all HERE on my website. 

 

The next "Stop on the Hop" is Kim's Blog Memories In Thyme where I'm sure you'll see something amazing.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  See you soon!

 

Mary

SHARE THE LOVE

Welcome to the Rose Blossom Blog Hop featuring the Stamp Set

Share The Love 

 

If you've hopped over from the very talented Cathy's Blog These Eager Hands

I'm sure you've seen something beautiful and you are going in the right direction.  Just hop along to each of the Blogs to see our different ideas using this adorable Stamp Set.

 



This stamp set is filled with adorable icons and loveable sentiments and will be a beautiful addition to your collection—but there is more to this stamp set than meets the eye! Not only will you get a high-quality, swoon-worthy stamp set by taking part in this promotion, but Close To My Heart will also donate $7 USD of the proceeds from this stamp set to Operation Smile™, an amazing organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children all over the world!

When I saw this Stamp Set, I immediately thought of the colorful paper-pack Kaleidoscope and Kaleidoscope Complements along with a photo of our #4 Granddaughter Chloe.  Chloe is a Free Spirited, happy little girl who is full of life and energy.  She called me to tell me all about the Birthday Party she had with her friends and Daddy's side of the family.  Mom took a picture for me and it's just perfect for this layout.  Most days she either has 4 layers of clothes on with one boot, or she has just her undies on....she is quite the colorful little girl.



 

Here's a close up of the sentiment. I scrap-lifted this idea from my dear friend KT and added a little hash tag title.

 

 

 

 

Get this stamp set for only $17.95 on my website

HERE and remember when you buy it, Close To My Heart will donate $7.00 to Operation Smile.  An Wonderful Cause!

 

 

Thank you for hopping by the Playground.  Your next stop is Kristine's fabulous Blog Merry Heart Creations where I'm sure you will some something beautiful.

 

 

Hope to see you again soon!

 

Choose Happy

 

Mary



"LIVE YOUR DAY"

 

It's time for another journey around the Rose Blossom Blog Hop.  So glad you stopped in to take a peek.  If you have hopped over from Cathy's Blog, These Eager Hands, you are going in the right direction. I'm sure you saw some beautiful artwork. We are one big circle of gals who share the same passion for Close To My Heart and paper crafting.   

 

This Blog Hop features The exclusive Picture My Life "Live Your Day" Scrapbooking Program.

...available for one month only! This collection was designed to coordinate perfectly with the sensational Everyday Life Planner Pages and My Crush Everyday Life Pages, so you can seamlessly integrate pocket scrapbooking into your 2016 planner. Whether in the planner or on their own, these cards make it easy to preserve your everyday moments all year long. Get yours today for only $8.95 before this offer is gone!

 

I've decided to use a few of the Live Your Day pocket cards to create this layout.  These cards have endless possibilities.  You can use them vertically or horizontally as the same design is on each side of the card. I cut the HELLO from one of the cards to layer on top of another card.

 

  La Vie En Rose paper pack and complements and the Stamp of The Month, Beloved Bouquet quickly became friends with the Live Your Day cards.  A great combination to preserve this memory. (I have to confess that the stamping of the weeds along the bottom of the layout was completely inspired by our own Brenda Rose in her last Blog Hop post)

 

 

 

Stamp of the Month "Beloved Bouquet"
 

You can purchase this D-size stamp set, available only this month, for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products..

 

 

 

La Vie En Rose Paper Pack & Complements

 

 

You can find everything you need on My Website to create and preserve the memories of your life in layouts, cards, home décor and  many other paper crafting projects. 

It's all Goodness!

 

Next HOP is Kim's Blog, Memories in Thyme where you are sure to see some beautiful artwork.

 

Thanks for stopping by the Playground.  Hope you stop again soon.

 

 

Mary

 

 

 



Paper Fundamental's Blog Hop

 

Thanks for hopping over from Morgan's Blog. I'm sure you've seen a beautiful creation. This is a big circle of crafters who love Close To My Heart and everything you can create with their amazing products. On the agenda today, we are showcasing Close To My Heart's 'AWESOME' Paper Fundamental's.  These are absolutely beautiful paper packs. No matter what you decide to create with this paper...it all matches so well and there are also matching sticker packs and assortments which add so much.

These pictures are from our Labor Day Weekend at the Lake.  Mom (who is 84 years young) was so pleased to be able to drive 'herself' to our resort which is located about an hour south of where she lives.  Our kids and their kiddo's were there as well.  We had such a great time and Mom really enjoyed spending time with her Great Grands as well as her Grands. Cherish these memories of her visit.

Because of all the pictures, the CTMH Flip Flaps were the first thing I thought of.  This two page layout with the Flip Flaps worked perfect for this memory. (Beware....shots of this are not the best - hard to photograph without glare on the Flip Flaps)

Here are the 2 layouts opened up. 

 

 

Close up shots of the layouts.

 

Using the 6 x 6 Flip Flaps (inside view)

 

 

 

This one is my favorite...

 

 

This is the front of both layouts, flaps down. 

 

 

 

Supplies used to make these layouts - all CTMH:

 

Enchantment Paper Pack

Fundamental Assortment Peacock

 

Stamp Sets:

 

Snap Shot Memories

Stamp Sets included with Artistry Cartridge

Ink Blot

 

Close To My Heart Artistry Cartridge

 

Flip Flaps

 

 

 

Now hop over to Kim's Blog to see something amazing.

 

Hope to see you soon on the Playground!

 

Mary

 

 

 

 



Just a Little "Twinkle"

 

Guess what time it is??  It's the 1st of October and time for the Rose Blossom Blog Hop!

I'm so glad you took time to pop in to see our creations.  If you've come from Morgan's "Tweetscraps" Blog, you have no doubt seen some beautiful artwork and you are on the right path.  This is one big circle of creativity.

 

This time we are showcasing the October Stamp of the Month Twinkle .  You can get this darling stamp set for only $5.00 with a qualifying purchase.  Here is an image of all the stamps that are included in Twinkle.

 

 

 

 

This is what happens when "Twinkle" meets "Sangria".  Yes.....Christmas can be other colors than red and green when you use your imagination.

 

This two page layout was so fun to design and put together.  Since the pictures have a bit different hues to them than the actual colors of Sangria,  I will post the actual paper from my website at the end so you can see just how gorgeous it is.

 

 

A few close ups always help so you can see clearer details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Sangria Paper Pack .

 

This stamp set has so many possibilities....cards, projects, layouts and much more. 

 

These are the supplies used to create this layout: (All Close to My Heart)

Twinkle -  October Stamp of the Month

Sangria Paper Packet

Fern Cardstock

Close to my Heart Cricut Arbooking Cartridge

Close to my Heart Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Enchanted Fundamental Paper

Fern Thick Twine

Poppy Thick Twine

Bitty Sparkles

Inks used: Poppy, Pomegranite, Black & Eggplant

You can find these items on my website HERE . 

Now Hop on over to Kristine's "Merry Hearts Creations" Blog to see what wonderful creation she has in store for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Playground. 

Choose Happy!

Mary

Paper Garden Fun

WELCOME to the 1st of the month Rose Blossom Blog Hop.  We are one big circle of crafters who love to share our passion for Close To My Heart products.  If you hopped over from Cathy's Blog These Eager Hands you are headed in the right direction.  I'm sure you have seen some very creative artwork. 

September is HERE and so is the awesome Stamp of The Month "Paper Garden".  WOW...this stamp set is beautiful!  So many possibilities to create lovely cards or layouts.  Not only is this a set of 9, those with the red outline are compatible with The Cricut Artiste Cartridge.   The little background stamp is a perfect accent to any card or layout you are working on.

 

For today's layout, I've used the negative side of the Artiste flower strip and slipped in some Paper Fundamentals "Enchantment" pieces behind the flower.  I'm so crazy about this colorful, rich paper design. The actual cuts were stamped with a flower from The Paper Garden set using some of the gorgeous new ink colors.

Poppy, Pomegranate, Saffron, Fern, Peacock. Sapphire & Eggplant  

 

 

Here are a couple close ups.

 

The "Bloom" cut is from the Cricut Artbooking Cartridge. 

The image below shows all the pretty colors that are included in the paper pack

Paper Fundamentals "Enchantment" 



 

 

You can see all these NEW, AMAZING products on my website HERE.

 

Remember the Stamp of the Month is only $5.00 with a $50 purchase.  An awesome price for this awesome stamp set!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by the Playground.  I love it when you stop in and hope to see more of you.

 

You can go right on hopping over to Kim Sparks Memories in Thyme where I'm sure you will see something incredible!

 

Choose Happy!

 

 

Mary

Meet Artistry!!

 

Welcome a bit late to the Rose Blossom August 15th Blog Hop. We were at the lake this weekend and I sadly found out I couldn't upload to my Blog due to internet issues....as I mentioned to our group...note to self - do not wait until day of HOP to post.  If you have hopped over from our talented Cathy's Blog These Eager Hands, you have seen something amazing I'm sure.

 

On to our Blog Hop Showcasing the TOTALLY AWESOME Cricut Artistry Collection. You will absolutely love this versatile cartridge with 700 images, Shapes, Layers, Banners, Borders, Background and an adorable font.  It also includes 3 My Acrylix D size Stamp Sets and on top of that an Enchantment Cardstock Combo Pack.  Such a great deal. 

 

 

Today I used the Zoe Paper and Complements to create a canvas project and a two page layout.

 

 

 

 

 

This canvas is for our Grandaughter Chloe Catherine.  She is going to have a new baby sister in November and will soon be moving to a new bedroom close to her brother's room.  Grammie made this for her new room to keep on her dresser.  Those flowers from the cartridge really caught my eye and the wheels started turning.  The stamp and complements are so fun as well.

 

Next in line is a two page layout of an awesome memory made with our family.   This was our very first time tubing and Beau, Chloe, Mom & Dad were there to enjoy our Maiden Tube Voyage. 

 

 

 

 

It was so fun to use the Artistry Cartridge for this layout.  The Font is beyond adorable and the background and layers were so fun to use.

Here are a couple close ups.



 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by the Playground to check out our Blog Hop.  We have such a wonderful, talented group of gals who are so willing to share and help out other team members.  I've been blessed to be part of the Rose Blossom's. 

Now Hop on over to our Kristine's Blog Merry Heart Creations to see some wonderful artwork.

You can see all of this on my website.  Hope you stop by again.

Mary