New Things from Close To My Heart!

WOW!! There are so many fun new things from Close to my Heart this month that I just had to share!! The new spring catalog came out this month and it is full of so many fun new things!

Here is the catalog:

The layout on the cover as well as these projects below are made using the new Emporium collection. I just ordered it for myself today and I can't wait for it to come - I love the colors and the prints and I really think this is going to be my favorite paper set from CTMH, EVER!

January had been National Papercrafting Month, and this is the special package called "Key to My Heart" that CTMH put together to celebrate! It can be ordered at full price ($49.95) or bought at a discount with a certain amount of money spent. Isn't it beautiful? It comes with 12 PP, 12 CS and an E sized stamp set! I have enjoyed using mine a lot.

Anyway, I just had to share.

I've decided I have a paper addiction. I love the patterns and colors and I think I could stare at these pictures for hours! ;)

It's GOOD to be back!!

Aaahhh, it's been awhile!

I haven't created something for myself in such a long time! Christmas was super fun, and I even managed to get all of my projects done before Christmas Eve, which was a miracle for me. We had a great vacation, enjoyed time with family, and even got to play in the snow!

Anyway, it has been so good to be back and get back into the swing of things that I had to jump right into the scrapbooking world again, too. Here are my projects from the last few days:

No, I haven't abandoned my blog :)

I really do remember I have a blog!

With Christmas coming, I have taken on way too many projects. Seems to be a yearly tradition lately! In the last three days, I have finished 75 Christmas cards, a wedding guest book for my little brother and his fiance, as well as putting on a calendar workshop, and I still have one more secret project to go...

Will I get it all done without going insane?

I guess you can be the judge!! ;)

Merry Christmas y'all!!

See you after the new year!

Go Check It Out!

My good friend from high school, Blaire, has a blog called Elliette Baby where she show cases some of her very cool, handmade baby items. In addition, she has tutorials for how to do different crafty things. This week she asked me to do a tutorial for her on making Christmas cards. I made these circle Christmas cards that are also great as tags. I have a link to her blog on my sidebar, so go check it out!

Event Calendar

This is the event calendar we will be making at my December card night - turned calendar workshop! The event calendars (and other products as well, actually) are from CTMH and you just add a topper for each month. I thought they might make fun Christmas gifts. Oh, and sorry, my super techno skills came into play again: the months are totally out of order, even though I had it all figured out so they would be perfectly in order! ;)

This is what each calendar page looks like,

just with the topper for that specific month on top. Then you just fill in the birthdays, anniversaries, etc., that you have each month and you can use it year after year! A great invention, I'm telling you.....

Christmas Gift Tags

These are the 3x3 inch Christmas gift tags

that we will be making at my card night this week. Should be fun!!

Christmas ALREADY?!?

I hope so!! Christmas can never come too soon, in my book!

These are the Christmas cards that I made for my church's Relief Society craft day that is this Saturday. I am making 36 kits for people to come put together. Hopefully they have fun!