Throwback Thursday Retiring My Acrylix Stamps

I guess it is sometimes true that all good things come to an end, and for the following list of Close to My Heart My Acrylix stamps, the end is near!

A1124 A Tree*
A1139 Congrats Graduate*
A1141 Be Still*
A1154 Friendly Thoughts
A1156 Flower Confetti
B1418 Love Doily
B1423 Hoppy Easter
B1439 Dreamer*
B1440 Fancy Fair
B1441 Buggy Love
B1444 Greatest Love
B1445 Happy Hive
B1450 Owls
C1571 You're the Best*
C1573 Do Your Best
C1574 Believe in Yourself
C1577 Mother's Day*
C1579 Coming Up Roses
C1583 Robot Family
D1547 Paper Doll*
D1579 Windy Day
M1035 Newlyweds*
M1036 Perfect Polka-Dot Day
M1037 Balloons
M1038 Shooting Star
M1039 Good Job Stencil
M1040 Parasol
M1041 Hi
M1042 Colored Egg

There is a handy-dandy new category on my website HERE that lists them all with pictures. 

My FAVORITE retiring stamp is Be Still.  I have used it in so many cards for my friends.  Here are a few that I have made over the past couple of years and also some projects made with some of the other retiring stamps ( I put an asterisk next to the names of the sets with pics below)...

If you have your eye on any of these stamps, be sure to pick them up before January is over, along with the following specials!!!  

Year Noted

January Stamp of the Month

Spring Fling Workshop! :)

Hey my peeps!  I am soooo excited about this workshop!  I have three projects for you to make all for just $10, and you can add items at an ala carte price, too!  :)

Here is the first project--it is PERFECT for an Easter basket!

Next up, is the adorable Bunny bag (complete with Easter grass) whose original template is by Tracey Sanders...

And finally, the Mother's Day Post-It Note Easel.  I used the easel directions from Vicki Wizniuk to make a Mother's Day version...

Here's all the details!

It will be on Saturday, April 12th from 10-12 am and also from 7-9pm.  Please let me know which time frame you will attend when you RSVP.  This will be a 3D class with three items to make for just $10.  No cards this time unfortunately due to time constraints.  You may add additional items at an a la carte price as I know many of you have more than one kiddo to create for.  :)

The three projects are as follows:

1. Strawberry Sucker Sleeve with Blow Pop featuring the retired Dotty for You and Chantilly papers ($3 a la carte price)

2. Bunny Bag with tag, grass and cute little cotton tail! ($4 a la carte price)  The original Bunny Bag is designed by Tracey Sanders.  Both bunnies will include the tag shown on the white/pink picture and not have a flower as they are no longer available (sorry!)  For the sake of time, I used this older photo of my bunnies from another year.  There are two choices for this one.  I have one in all white that you can ink the edges any color you wish.  The second option is like the bunny in the top right of the picture attached to this email--it has a colored cardstock bag and parts of the bunny are also the same colored cardstock.  You can make them with or without the mouth-totally up to you.  Please let me know which bunnies and colors when you RSVP.

3. Mother's Day Post-It Note Easel featuring the Ariana Paper Packet ($4 a la carte price)  I made this with instructions from Vicki Wizniuk's Blog.  This project includes the yellow note pad.

Please RSVP to me by April 9th with your choices and time slot so I can prepare your materials.  These three projects will also be available to purchase for the same price in a pre-cut, pre-stamped, ready-to assemble take-out kit for you to pick up, or delivered to you via USPS for the additional cost of delivery. 

One more thing!  Anyone who attends the workshop or places an order for Close to My Heart products in April will be entered to win the Mother's Day My Acrylix Stamp Set!    :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Well, I should have no trouble staying in my craft room today--I can do what I want for Mother's Day!  Too bad it is also gorgeous outside!  Oh well--it will be gorgeous again.  I have much to do in preparation for my Kick-off Extravaganza! 

Since my cards have been received, I can now post more detailed pics of a mother's day card I made this week.  You might recognize this one from my recent post, Tip of the Day. I used the two flowers and a butterfly from the Card Word Puzzle Acrylix Stamp Set.  This is one of my favorite sets and perfect for the occasion too!  I also used a sentiment from Wonderful You and a circle from Countdown.  The inks are Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue, and Colonial White.

 I wanted to add some sparkle, so I heat embossed the butterfly with a powder that I have had forever from Stamp-n Suff.  Sorry, but I have no idea if it is still available, lol.  I love the effect!

Celebrate you mom!  Big hugs to everyone that cannot celebrate it with her today.

Getting Ahead of Myself (and I) *wink*

Hello!  Why an I ahead, you ask?  I have already made my mom her Mother's Day card!  I was so excited to use Dotty again, so went ahead and made one.

 I started off with the Colonial White Die Cut Card from CTMH.  Then I saw the scrap of floral paper from the Dotty pack that was left over from the Easter basket I made and realized it was PERFECT to be the background of the card front.  I inked the edges in Cocoa since I knew I would be using the wide Cocoa Ribbon from the Ribbon Rounds Collection.  Here is a little tip for you when you are using ribbon on a project.  After you cut the ends, use a thin line of Liquid Glass right on the cut.  This way, you prevent your ribbon from unraveling!  :)

 I used a 2 inch tag from the Dimensional Elements Tags, trimmed the grey dotty print to fit, and adhered it with a thin layer of liquid glass.  I used the Lots of Dots Irresistible letters again sponging them with the Cocoa Ink.  While I had the Cocoa ink out, I also stamped my sentiment from the Card  Word Puzzle Acrylix stamp set.  A 1" Dimensional heart inked with Smoothie and adhered with a glue dot completed the tag.  I punched two little holes through the card and tied it up with a length of Smoothie Baker's Twine.

I have simply fallen in love with this flower from Card Word Puzzle, and since it was already a part of the background, I used it to tie the grey paper in over here as well.  I used the Smoothie Ink and Sweet Leaf for the leaves, inking the edges again with Cocoa.  I love how the subtle colors in the Dotty paper come through in this project.  Hope you do too!

Remember, you can order your Dotty paper with a $35 purchase on my website now through May 31st only!!!