Close to My Heart Planner Coloring Pages: February and March

It's the last Monday before spring break here, so that calls for another blog post to get us through!  Today I wanted to show you my Close to My Heart Planner pages that I colored for February and March.  Did you know you can still pick up this planner in three different bundles at a CLEARANCE price??? 

February is just BEAUTIFUL!  I love the colors on a Peacock...so stuck pretty much to God's natural palette.

These are the ShinHan alcohol ink marker colors that I used...

March was filled with birds of all kinds!  What a great way to get ready for spring!  I dug out some of our bird identification books and used the ShinHan markers again to create my favorites...

How many can you name?  :)

Wait, what?!?!?  Yep, ALL of them!

Get this tea-rrific stamp in March!

New Year Organization...Check!

Sooooooo, is anyone getting more organized this year? 

I have a FABULOUS little tip for you if you have the new Close to My Heart Thin Cuts pilling up without a clue how to store them. 

It all starts with the Everyday Life Albums and Protectors...here is mine!

Do you believe those magnetic carrier sheets that come with the thin cuts fit snugly but nicely into the 4x6 pockets???

Just slice them in half to fit in the 3x4 pages!

This beautiful Everyday Life Album with gold foil accents is actually on clearance right now too!!!

This Black and White Striped version is the one I showed you above...

The Sea Glass version is even on the website still!!!  (my fave...and the one I use with the Planner Pages!)

 There are two sizes of protectors I used... 4x6...

 and 3x4....

I am LOVING this system to store my stand alone Thin Cuts!!!  I store the Thin Cuts that coordinate with any stamp sets WITH the stamps in the envelope.  Hope this helps you in your storage resolutions this year!

Only in January!

Just for National Papercrafting Month!

Planners Gotta Plan Blog Hop!

The Blog Hops with Heart team is BACK today with more crafty goodness!  This time, we are getting serious with PLANNERS!!!!  Our hop is one big circle, so just click on the name of the next blogger at the end of each post to see the next fantastic PLANNER idea.  I have included the entire list of talented bloggers at the end of the post if you should get lost.

Confession time:  I have ALWAYS kept a paper calendar, even after I got my first "smart" phone.  IMHO, paper is WAY better than tech in this respect.  I have to be able to SEE my week or month spread out in front of me to make it work.  (Those fantastic alerts you can set on the smart phones are a WHOLE other ballgame--LOVE those!)

Now that Close to My Heart has a the new Everyday Life Planner System, my paper-craft life is just about complete!  She is a real beauty with a gold foil inlay on the cover.

I do, however, also have a playful side that likes many other things than pretty paper...like MINIONS!  I would have minions if they were an actual thing.  I would!  But, until then, I made my own with Close to My Heart's new Thumb Notch Punch...

It was CRAZY easy to make this little man.  I just folded a piece of Pacifica CS in half and then put the FOLD side into the Thumb-Notch Punch.  That made his little pill-shaped body.  Then I used a little scrap of Canary CS to punch out two pieces--one for his head and one for the back side to attach over the paperclip using Liquid Glass.  It was just as easy adding the single eye over a short length of Silver Foil Tape.  I also added additional directions and measurements for these guy on THIS POST.

I stuck this little guy right on the date for our hop!  :)

Seriously, could they get any cuter???

That's all I have for you today.  I like things short and sweet these days, and I am guessing you might too!  You are off to Kelly's Blog to see what incredibly clever planner creation she has to share today.  Thanks for hopping by!  :)

Here is the entire list of the Blog Hops with Heart Team participating today in case you get lost...

Amie (that's ME!)

Kelly

Becca

Stephanie

Amy

Enjoy!

P.S.  These PML pocket cards are available this month that match the Planner!  Get them, and the calendar pages (on SALE!) while they last!  :)

CTMH Everyday Life Planner System

The pictures are FINALLY uploaded!  :)

I had so much fun putting my planner together while we drove to FL and back over Christmas Break.  It was really the perfect "on the road" crafty project!  You might have caught a few more of my road work projects if you followed me on Instagram using the #carcraftingwithamie. 

Here are some close ups of the planner itself...

How adorable is this matching washi tape?

I LOVE this pocket!!!

THEN, I added some goodies to personalize it from the My Crush Pages and Picture My Life Memory Protector pocket pages available separately...

I didn't add this one--it shows one of the different patterns on the tabbed months.

These cards are from the PML Kits Live Your Day and Beautiful You.

These are too!

I even recorded our travels for my scrapbooking later!

How do you use YOUR planner?  Do you have one?

Only available in January!

Taking a Break

Happy Monday!  I am off for a "mostly internet free" vacation with my family, so you won't find me here on the blog for a bit. 

You CAN maybe catch me on my FACEBOOK PAGE if I have a chance to get crafty--because you KNOW I will be bringing my favorite pass time along with me!  I hope you all have a wonderfully blessed Christmas this year! 

See you soon!

Don't forget that this is the LAST month to purchase the seasonal products in the Holiday Expressions Idea Book...

AND the LAST month to get your hands on the December Stamp of the Month...

AND it is your chance to get the Everyday Life Planner Bundle at a 15% discount!!!  Follow the links to my website for more info and to order!

Every order right now qualifies for a FREE Christmas gift from ME to YOU!!!  It will arrive separately just in time for your January scrapping, so go ahead and spend that Christmas cash on your favorite CTMH goodies to get a little more!  :)

You can also look for me on Instagram with the hashtag #ctmhcountdown!

Be back soon!

My CTMH Cricut Display Board: Art Philosophy

It is time to wrap up my series on the Close to My Heart Cricut Cartridges...and I saved the first for last.  The Art Philosophy Collection was the very first cartridge that Close to My Heart and ProvoCraft teamed up on, and it is like an old friend--always there when you need them!  I just love the creations I have included in this section of my display board...

Here it is once more...the bunny bag and doorknob hanger are both on Art Philosophy.

The font is a pretty type-style with a coordinating detail layer...

Need poinsettias?  Get AP!  :)

The leaves on these are from Artiste...

The flowers are actually stamped with a looooong-time favorite stamp set of mine--a hidden gem on my website--called....Snowflakes!  ;)

Now is actually a fantastic time to remind you that all of our cricut shape coordinating stamps are still available and won't retire!  Just click HERE to browse the ones you might not be familiar with since they haven't been in an Idea Book lately.

Did you notice these great monogram letters?  They make a fantastic gift along with custom cards!  :)

Don't forget to check out the Planner Bundle available at a discount this month!  :)

Tag (You're It!) Tuesday Christmas Edition!

I LOVE Christmas tags!  I try to make excuses to make them all the time...and with a crafty blog, I have LOTS of excuses!  ;)

This first tag was just begging for two of my favorite Christmas colors--SILVER and GOLD!  I grabbed my Foil Tape and got busy....

These next two tags were so simple--I just grabbed some Cricut cuts laying around on my work-space and used what I found!

Those trees are so cute!  They are found on a Close to My Heart Hostess only My Acrylix stamp set called, Falalalala (OK, that is really hard to type out with the right number of lalalala's!)  Here is another example using the images...

I will have some more tags to show you next week, so tune in on Tuesday to see them!  :)

Before I let you go--check out what came to my house yesterday!

This is THE NEW Everyday Life Planner!!!  The bundle that included the binder, pages, and roller stamp is ON SALE NOW for 15% off--JUST $29.95 for all three!!!!  Check out these adorable details...

Includes both month at a glance AND weekly pages!  :)

You get ALL this in the limited time bundle...

Planners Gotta Plan Bundle!

OK, so now you can go!

Check out the December Stamp of the Month HERE!