Damask Divas Chalk It Up Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!!!  Welcome to the Damask Divas Chalk It Up Blog Hop!

If you arrived from Kelly's Blog, then you are on the right path.  If not, you can head on over to the Damask Divas Blog to find the entire line up!

August is always a super-exciting month for my kiddos with new school supplies and clothes and all, but this month is even better for me with the release of NEW Close to My Heart products to share with you!!!  :)

Today we are featuring the NEW Chalk It Up Paper Packet, so come see what I whipped up with mine...

I thought this would make a fantastic card to send my youngest child's teacher at the end of the first week of school.  Do you have any idea how hard they work?  I can imagine that first week is especially rough, so this will be a great little pick-me-up.  :)

I ADORE paper piecing, and this little owl from the August Stamp of the Month, What A Hoot, is the perfect guy to use this technique on!  I thought the arrows in this pattern make cute feathers...

If you have had a chance to look at the new embellishments available, then you saw these!  I love the NEW Enamel Stars and Gold or Silver Sequins!  I would have LOVED more sequin colors, but since there aren't, here is a quick tip:  COLOR THEM!  You read that right--use the new ShinHan Touch Twin Alcohol Markers to give those light silver sequins a whole new look to coordinate with any of your papers!  :)  You only want to go over it once with the marker or the color begins to lift, so practice and have some fun!  Pssst...try it on the White Enamel Stars too!  ;)

Complete Creative Formulary:

X7184B Chalk It Up Paper Packet
August 2014 Stamp of the Month:  What A Hoot
M1029 A True Thank You
Z1996 Woodgrain Embossing Folder
Z2012 Sequins Gold Assortment
Z2013 Sequins Silver Assortment
Z2010 White Enamel Stars
Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape
Z2466 ShinHan Touch Twin Peacock Green Marker
Z1836 Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors
X254  5 1/2 x 4 1/4 White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack

(Links will be live on August 1st.)

Well, I can't keep you too long, so you are off to Michele's Blog for another look at the versatile Chalk It Up Paper Packet!   Enjoy the Hop!

Get it HERE!

Find all the details HERE!

A Final Peek at the Cricut Artfully Sent Collection

It's me again!  ;)

I have just one more card to show you from convention that we made using the Cricut Artfully Sent Collection exclusively from Close to My Heart.  (Holey moley, the peeps over at corporate had a LOT of cutting prep work to do!)  ;)

THAT'S RIGHT!  The new cartridge has SWING CARDS!  These are just fantastic!  There are all sorts of cuts to use in decorating them as well.  I have some ideas for embellishing the black wreath die cut here, just haven't been able to DO it yet, lol.  THIS card is created with the brand new Flaxen CS.  We stamped tone on tone to create the beautiful floral pattern.  So, I guess that means you just had a sneak peek at the new Lovely Birthday My Acrylix stamp set too!  ;)

Alright, I am so stoked for this cartridge to be released!  Are you?  If you are as excited as I am to get your hands on it, just leave a comment with your name and contact info so I can let you know as soon as it is available!  I won't publish your information, only use it to let you know when this is going to be released (fingers crossed for mid-August!)  :)