November Blog Hop Coming!

Wow, tomorrow is November 1st already and that means another great blog hop is coming your way! November's hop will feature 64 talented consultants artwork for your inspiration.

It was decided to go back to one list; so you can start at any point and just make a complete circle until you get through all 64. Here is the complete list, in case you get lost at any point. Just click on the name and it will take you to their blog.

Jena DeVries
Helen Onulak
Carla Ironside
Cindy Leek
Laurie Levnik
Krista Ritskes
Kathleen Androlewicz
Paige Dolecki
Shannon Pelletier
Jody Gustafson
Laura Dame
Terrie Dodd
Lori Brown
Cibele Glazer
Caren Goldsein
Traci Godbee
Dawn Ross
Maricar Harris
Jamia Bankhead
Laurie Newton
Nona Davenport
Tanya David
Sheila Bennett
Melissa Laverty
Amy Edwards
Lori Leng
Kristie Herdener
Jill Lucas
Adeline E. Brill
Michelle Nist
Dawn Heuft
Jessica Booth
Susan Brooks
Sarita Schraeder
Katy Donaldson
Mary Eisen
Deb Young
Haley Dyer
Kimberly Smith
Barbra Otten
Tammy Lea Pinchard
Nancy Brown
Judy Burger You are here
Sylvia Jacquot
Brae Montgomery
Pamela O'Connor
Antoinette Herrin
Debra Van Patten
Jen Patrick
Wendy Kessler
Beth Naumann
Misty Jackson
Brenda Harmless
Amy McVey
Linda Shewchuk
Chris Shouse
Pam Klassen
Michelle Bourlet
Jen Rubio
Wanda Riley
Lori Miller
Carol Taggio
Tracy Oleksak

Christmas Card Workshop

Wow! What a busy month this has been. I can't believe it is almost the last week of October. Since I haven't had much time to do any paper crafting, I thought I would share some of the cards that we will be making at my Christmas card workshop this weekend. These are made using various stamp sets and the Jingle papers with coordinating cardstock.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

October Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Stamp of the Month blog hop! This month's hop features "Holiday Warmth", a set of 11 stamps.

I hope you enjoy the new format of the hop; with the smaller groups. Please see my post from the 28th to find out where to go to see the rest of the hop after you are done with our group. You won't want to miss any of the artwork!

I decided to combine two of my favorite things when I made this card; snowglobes and shaker cards. I stamped and embossed the tree, colored it and added liquid glass to make ornaments. Then, I stamped the presents from the set on shrink plastic to put in with the beads for the shaker. The card will fit in a 6 x 6 envelope.

Now, hop on over to Paige's blog to view her beautiful artwork. If you get lost along the way, come back here and refer to the list in the post below.

And, be sure to contact your Close to my Heart consultant, or click here to purchase this great stamp set. Remember, it's only available during the month of October.

New Blog Hop Coming!

I am excited to announce that the October Stamp of the Month blog hop will be starting on Thursday, October 1st. Our group has grown so large that this month the hop will be divided into three smaller groups. We will all still post at the same time, and you can still see all the postings if you would like. You can find the full list on Jena's blog; where you will go to hop with group 1. Group 2 will start on Debra's blog, and group 3 will start here on my blog. Our hope is that this will make it easier for everyone to really take their time and see all of the beautiful artwork these talented consultants make.

Here is the list of consultants blogs for group 3:

Judy Burger
Paige Dolecki
Nancy Ball
Adeline E. Brill
Cindy Leek
Carol Taggio
Jody Gustafson
Wanda Riley
Jill Lucas
Susan Brooks
Dawn Heuft
Shannon Pelletier
Laurie Levnik
Caren Goldsein
Brenda Harmless
Amy McVey
Traci Godbee
Maricar Harris
Pam Klassen
Misty Jackson

Another Card using "Grace"

I really like the beautiful Autumn colors in Close to my Heart's "Grace" paper pack. This is another card made with those papers. It is based on Mojo Monday sketch #105. I used the "Delightful Things" stamp set (D1369) and the new "Wonder" Heartfelt Die-Cuts.

Be sure to check out the latest episode of Art & Soul on my CTMH website to see other great ways to use these products and a chance to get this great stamp set at a discount! Look for the episode "Crossing Borders" under CTMHTV.

Some Christmas Mojo

Here is a quick Christmas card based on this weeks Mojo Monday sketch #103. I used Close to my Heart's "Everlasting" paper pack and the October stamp of the month set called "Holiday Warmth". The card, also has some glitter and sparkles which aren't showing in the photo very well; it's much prettier in person.

Be sure to go to the Mojo Monday blog and check out all the beautiful artwork for this weeks sketch.

Yeah for Saturday!

Boy, have I missed having my craft space! I just don't seem to be able to get in the groove with my projects since I had to give up my studio. My things are scattered, put wherever I could find space, which isn't helping matters any. I think it is going to take me awhile to adjust to working this way.

I am glad it is a long weekend, as I still have to design the cards I will be doing with my club next weekend. I think this will be one that we do. It is based on today's sketch #22, on Unscripted Sketches. I just rotated the design. Like the card in my last post, this one is also made with Close to my Heart's stamp of the month for September called "Treasures". I used the new Grace papers, along with Cocoa and Bamboo cardstock. The flowers were embossed with White Daisy embossing powder and then sponged lightly with brown Stazon ink to mute them a little.

Thanks, Unscripted Sketches for the inspiration!