Introducing the NEW Close to My Heart Consultant Kit!

So, have you ever thought about it? 

If you have, the BRAND NEW consultant kit from Close to My Heart is an amazing value and gives you everything you need to hit the ground running with your new business! 

Take a peek at the beautiful presentation...

This stunning kit contains over $440 worth of products for just $129 investment!  After that, you can immediately start ordering your own supplies and products for your business (at a 22% commission!)

This month, if you are a former consultant, the deal gets even better!  You can rejoin this month for just $49!  It sounds too good to be true, but this special kit will get you new products galore without all the duplicate tools and such that you might already have invested in while you were a former consultant. 

Either way, you have absolutely nothing to loose, but an entire world of opportunity and creativity to gain! 

To read more FAQ's about joining my Been There, Blinged That Team, or to sign up and give it a try, go HERE.  You can also find a list of all the included products HERE.

Washi Wednesday Zoe Layout

I completely forgot to blog this last night because of everything else going on in my brain...but no worries because it is STILL Wednesday!  :)

I adore the Zoe Paper Packet almost as much as I adore this pic of my college girl...

I had such a fun time putting this one together with the inspiring sketch from Scrapbook and Cards Today's 2015 Calendar...

I used the August Stamp of the Month, Framed, and some of the Zoe Complements for this little cluster...and some leftover Cricut letters!  :)

This vellum embellishment is also in the Complements...

Here is an illustration of how I attached the vellum so the original ampersand would not show through...I love that CTMH carries coordinating colors of Cardstock!

Finally a little tip about that washi!  I used it to keep these beautiful floral cuts from the NEW Cricut Artistry Collection in place while I glued them down...

Just flip the shape back and add the Bonding Memories glue!  :)

Hope you enjoyed my Washi Wednesday tips so far!  Unfortunately this is the final month Close to My Heart will have washi in the Idea Book, so grab it in these amazing coordinating patterns and colors while you can!  :)

Meet the Close to My Heart August 2015 Stamp of the Month: Framed

August is just BURSTING with news from Close to My Heart!

A new month always brings a new limited edition My Acrylix stamp set, and this month's happens to coordinate with the new Cricut Artistry Collection!  SO awesome!

This card is a super blend of old and new products.  I stamped in Pear and Slate Exclusive Inks and used the retiring Blossom Paper Packet and Coral Reef Sequins along with the brand new Zoe Paper Packet, Cricut Artistry Cartridge, coordinating August 2015 Stamp of the Month, and Coral Shimmer Trim!  It all goes together so nicely, don't you think?

A little banner of shimmer trim adds just the right amount of sparkle!

FREE new products, YES!

Or maybe THIS one!

SURPRISE!!!! Introducing the Close to My Heart Cricut Artistry Collection!

I am absolutely over the moon about this one!  Close to My Heart has released a few of their mouthwatering NEW products from the NEW Annual Inspirations Idea Book a whole month EARLY!!!

Included in the early release is the NEW Close to My Heart Artistry Collection!!!

There is a major difference in this collection than the previous four from Close to My Heart--ARTISTRY is available to you as a DIGITAL collection as well!  If you don't want to have the actual physical cartridge, overlay, or handbook,  then you can pick this collection up for just $79!!!  It still comes with the beautiful Close to My Heart white core cardstock AND the three stamp sets, but instead of the cartridge, you will receive a code to redeem online.  You will have access to the images in Cricut Design space for the Explore and Explore Air machines as well as in Cricut Craft Room for use with the Expression, Expression 2, Mini, etc...

Check out all the great images on this one HERE!

To maximize your Artistry Collection, you can even add the August 2015 Stamp of the Month to your order for just $5 more!  It has THREE brand new images that coordinate with the cartridge!  :)

Damask Divas Zoe Blog Hop!

Welcome to my blog and the Damask Divas Zoe Blog Hop!  If you came from Jamie's blog, then you are in the right place.  If not, you can check out the rest of the amazing blog line-up over at the Damask Divas Blog HERE.

There is something SO refreshing about a NEW Idea Book FULL of new, well, IDEAS! Of course, the NEW PRODUCTS are just icing on the cake, and ZOE is an icing I couldn't wait to take a taste of!  ;)

For my project, I made a card for my latest Hostess with the Mostess to thank her for opening her house for me to share our fabulous Close to My Heart products.  I even found a clever way to use the new Zoe Complements that allows her to use them AGAIN on a project!  Take a look!

See those stars and the striped horizontal strip behind the sentiment?  They are actually stickers included in the new Zoe Complements!

The sentiment and frame are images from the August 2015 Stamp of the Month--Framed!

I trimmed them out with my Non-stick Micro-Tip Scissors with a border so I could leave them on the backing and attach them to the card.  Now my hostess is free to use them on one of HER creations!  :)

The border is printed right on the carrier sheet, so super easy to trim out!

See the faceted cut on the round accent from the Zoe Assortment?

Here is a complete list of products I used...

Value Pack White Daisy 4.25 x 5.5 Cards with Envelopes
White Enamel Stars
Black and Grey Glitter Paper
Zoe Paper Packet NEW!
Zoe Assortment NEW!
Zoe Compliments NEW!
Canary Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Slate Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
August 2015 Stamp of the Month--Framed NEW!
Cricut Artistry Collection NEW!
Cricut Artistry Collection DIGITAL!  NEW!!!

You made it to the end of the hop!  You can start at the beginning with Mandy's Blog HERE.  I hope we really got your juices flowing with these amazing new products!  Remember, you can find the entire line up of Divas participating over at the Damask Divas Blog!

Here are the page numbers to find these cuts and the size to set the height on your Cricut or in DS and CCR!

Fundamental Friday!

I made this one last month with some new toys I purchased with my birthday money...

Paper Fundamentals Basic Assortment

Black and Grey Glitter Paper

This is how I colored the White Daisy CS with my Sparkle Watercolor Gel Crayons!  I just colored directly on the paper and then went over the crayon with my Blending Pen.

I purchased these on Amazon with a gift card because, let's face it, they had MY NAME on it!  ;)

Last call for JUMP ON IT IN JULY deals for the month!!!

Spend $25 in STAMPS, get a $5 Hostess Rewards Stamp!

This sale is only through 5 pm MST!!!

UPDATE!!!  The Studio J sale has been extended to August 3rd at 11:59PM MST!!!

FREE Stamp of the Month, YES, PLEASE!!!

Happy Birthday, Sister!

My sister turns 40 today so I got her a pair of reading glasses--she's totally going to need them.  I am the big sister, so I just KNOW this is a fact, OK.  She might be taller than me, but I will ALWAYS be the big sister.

I made her a special card with the retiring Gypsy Heart patterned paper from the Paper Fundamentals Adventure Palette from Close to My Heart.  Yep, I realize it isn't Fundamental Friday yet, but I had to get this one in today!  ;)

I used a couple of stamp sets for this card:  Playful Pups from Mama Elephant, and the Jumping Geometrics Background stamps from Close to My Heart to give the blanket some texture.  I do need to learn a bit more coloring technique, but I LOVE coloring! 

See the special sheen of the embossed hearts on this side of the paper?

I used some of my MCT stitched dies to frame out the main part of the card and another from Mama Elephant to cut the edge of the blanket.

Love adding a simple touch to the inside of a card!

Happiest of birthdays to you sis!  Cannot wait to celebrate it with you!  :)