The Countdown is on!

At our house - the countdown to Christmas Eve actually started sometime near the end of September.  Each morning my girls changed the sign they made for our fridge that would update the number of days to Halloween and the number of days to Christmas Eve. 

Now that we are into December, as well as updating the sign on the fridge, they get to open one drawer in their Advent Calendar box each day.

I am very happy with how the Calendar turned out, and I think it took me almost as long to fill it up for them as it did to make it, but both tasks were a lot of fun! 

 

 

 

I used the Sparkle and Shine papers and the Countdown Stamps both from the Holiday from the Heart Gift Guide. 

I have filled my boxes with some different treats for the girls:  earrings, pretty hair things, nail polish, some candies and gum and other goodies.

The great thing about this calendar is that it can be personalized for anyone.  The boxes are 2 1/2 " square so there is lots of room for all kinds of things:

Fisher Price Little People
Tea Bags
K Cups
Bath Salts
Candles
Homemade cookies & squares
Golf Balls and Tees
Fishing Lures
Hot Wheels


If you are interested in starting a new family tradition with one of these fun calendars.  Contact me and we can order everything you need, to have it all ready for next year.

Cheers,

Heather

Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to our November Team Braer Blog Hop that focuses on "Holidays" in anticipation of the Christmas holiday. You will see creations from our team that may include stamp sets, patterned paper, inks, embellishments and more from the  Close To My Heart Autumn Idea book and new mini Holiday Guide. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, kindly contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we really love feedback from our blog viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!


If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, if you came from Janette's Blog and her amazing Advent Calendar then you are in the right place!

I would like to share some scrapbook layouts I created using the Sparkle and Shine Papers and the matching Complements Dimensional Elements featured in the Close to My Heart Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide. 

 

 

 

 

Products used:

Sparkle and Shine Paper Packet X7176B
Sparkle and Shine Complements Dimensional Elements X7176C
Mini Medley Ruby Accents Collection (string, cloths pegs and buttons) Z1861
Black and Grey Glitter Paper Z1829
Artiste Cricut Cartridge Z1790
Silver Glitz Glitter Gel Z1482
Some additional Cardstock (black and juniper)
Stamps are from the Sparkle and Shine Workshop on the Go G1071

Your next stop on the Team Braer Hop is Brae's blog.  Enjoy the blog hop and have a great time getting ready for the holidays!

 

 

If you get lost along the way, you can head to  Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.ca/ , as she has the complete blog list. 

November Stamp of the Month

Don't miss out on this fabulous stamp set, available only until November 30th, 2013:

 

Illuminate is a great stamp set that is great for any occasion or theme.  This unique stamp set is only available during the month of November.
 

 
 
You can purchase the stamp for the regular price of $17.95 or get it for the great price of $5.00 with a purchase of $50.00 or more.







 
 Here is just one card I have made with the November Stamp of the Month. 
Purchase the stamp set and I will help you make a card like this.  Don't miss out, e-mail me at pagesbyheather@hotmail.ca.

Scrapbooking Crop and Sale

New Idea Book Blog Hop - Great New Papers and Products

To celebrate the new Close to My Heart Idea Book released today - our consultant team ( The Brae-er's) is participating in a blog hop to show off some of the great new products you will find in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book.

If you have come from Brae's blog you are on the right track.  Take a look at my artwork and then hop on over to  Rosalynd Kelly's blog.

 

Heather's Artwork - using the new "Sarita" papers and textiles.

I love all of the featured paper packs in the new idea book.  I can't wait to get busy creating with all of them.

I chose the Sarita paper pack to work with first.  I was inspired by a summer outfit that I saw someone wearing last week that reminded me of some of the paper in the Sarita collection.

Here is the first layout that I have done with these new papers:

As well as the papers that are included in the paper pack I also used some cotton candy cardstock. To embellish the pages I used the matching Sarita Textiles, Hollyhock Zipper Lace, some of the new Base and Bling metal embellishments, as well as my new favorite embellishment set the Rosewood Mini-Medley Accent Collection.






Your next stop on our Team Blog Hop is Rosalynd Kelly's blog.  Make sure you check out here artwork using the new Babycakes papers from Close to My Heart.




Below is some of the artwork created by the Close to My Heart designers using the Sarita paper pack as well.  These versatile papers can create many different looks, I hope you will have as much fun with them as I have been having. 



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Welcome August and Welcome to a Brand New Idea Book!

August is finally here and Close to My Heart has a brand new Idea Book for the Fall/Winter season. 

This Idea Book is just packed with exciting new ideas for crafters of all ages; beautiful new paper packs with co-ordinating embellishments; brand new and old favorite stamp sets to inspire your own artwork; and a new Cricut cartridge that will have you creating pages, cards, and mini-books galore!

 

 

Contact me to arrange for a preview of many of the new items, and to pick up your copy of the new Idea Book.

July 2013 Stamp of the Month

Don't miss out on your chance to enjoy the "Sweet Life", July's Stamp of the Month set.

These beautiful stamps are available only during July 2013.  The set can be purchased at the regular price of $17.95, or is available for only $5.00 with any purchase over $50.00 until July 31, 2013.

Take a look at the stamps and some of the artwork that Close to My Heart Designers created with it.

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!

 

I hope you are all enjoying a great Canada Day with your friends and your family!

When the fireworks are done and everyone is tucked into bed, take a look at these Awesome Canadian Stamp sets that would be great for scrapbooking your photo memories from today or past Canada Day Holidays!

Contact me by phone or e-mail to order either of these Great Canadian Stamp Sets!!!!!


ADVENTURE CANADA:  $17.95 (pg 87 in the Spring/Summer Idea Book shows the USA set)

 

 

STRONG AND FREE:   $17.95 (Available only until July 31, 2013)

$5 from the purchases of this stamp set will go to the Canadian Heros Fund
For more information visit my Shopping Website here

Brae-er's Team Blog Hop - WE LOVE PINTREST!

Welcome to our The Brae-er's Team Blog Hop for May 2013.  This month's theme is "Inspired from Pintrest". 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you on the way go to http://thebrae-er.BlogSpot.com for a full list of participants. If you came from Cheryl's Blog then you are in the right place!

  We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

I love Pintrest and find lots of inspiration for card, layouts, and lots of fun stuff.  Here is a card I found on pintrest a few months ago, and I just loved it.  The card was pinned from the Split Coast Stampers website.

 Instead of creating the same card, I decided to scraplift the design for a one page layout - I hope you like it.

 

Original Card

SSSC126 - Merci xxxx

Photo Details
Poster: justbehappy   This card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #126 and for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Challenge. For more details: http://thequeensscene.blogspot.com/2...126-merci.html

Heather's Layout

 

 

Next stop on the blog hop is  Nancy's Blog, check out the great cards she created for us!

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again next month when we will be featuring some Summer Inspired inspired projects  for stamping, cardmaking and scrapbooking with Close to My Heart.

Let your Dreams Pop in May

May is National Scrapbooking Month and to celebrate, Close to My Heart has a beautiful paper pack available for this month only!


DREAM POP  is a fun vibrant paper pack with 12 double sided pattern papers and 12 resist embossed cardstock sheets.






Don't miss out on this great paper pack available only during the month of May 2013. In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month this paper pack is only $10 (retail value 19.95) with a qualifying purchase of at least $35.





I have been having a great time with the new dream pack paper, and am creating a full album out of my paper pack. Take a look at the pages I have done so far.

 If you are interested in completing an album like this, I will be hosting some Dream Pop Crops in June, free to anyone who purchases the Dream Pop paper pack in May.

E-mail me with your order so you don't miss out on this limited time opportunity!

Don't miss out on the April Sunshine!

April Stamp of the month "My Sunshine"

You don't want to miss out on this great stamp set.  This stamp set is available till the end of April for $17.95 or only $5.00 with a qualifying purchase of $50 or more.

APRIL TEAM BLOG HOP - TECHNIQUES my feature is fancy folds

Welcome to our The Brae-er's Team Blog Hop for April 2013 where each consultant is featuring a different technique, using Close to my Heart products and tools. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you on the way go to http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com for a full list of participants. If you came from Brae's Blog then you are in the right place!


The technique I have chosen to focus on this month is "Fancy Folds" 

 Your next stop on the Hop is Alyson's Blog.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again next month when we will be featuring different Pintrest inspired projects  for stamping, cardmaking and scrapbooking.

April Stamp of The Month - My Sunshine

Till the end of April only you can get this fun stamp set for only $5.00 with a qualifying purchase of $50 or more.  During April you may also purchase the My Sunshine set for the regular price of $17.95, but after April 30th - it will be gone.

The My Sunshine stamps look great on scrapbook pages and on cards as well, and the shapes coordinate with the Close to My Heart Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

PURCHASE THIS SET & GET A ONE PAGE MINI-CLASS FREE!

Here is a page that I made with the April Stamp of the Month Set.  It so much fun creating with the coordinating stamps and cricut cartridge.

Anyone who purchases the My Sunshine Stamp set in April is invited to my workshop to create this page to take home.

I will show you how easy it is to cut the cricut shapes exactly the right size to fit the stamped images, and we will take the striped Tommy papers and do some cutting to create the chevron pattern at the bottom of the page.

My Very First Blog Hop!

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring items from the Close to my Heart Spring Summer 2013 Idea Book. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way but going to Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com for a full list of participants. If you came from Michelle's Blog then you are in the right place!
 

I wanted to share with you one of my favourite new embellishment sets from the Spring Summer Idea Book, the Mini Medley Accents Wooden.  As soon as I saw this set in the new book I had to have it!  Here are a few of the items I have embellished with these fun wooden trinkets. 

Mini-Medley Accents Wooden Collection   

$5.95 Z1837 

1 yard hemp baker's twine,
3 mini etched clothes pins,
3 flourishes,
8 buttons (2 sizes),
2 badge buttons.

 






Your next stop on the Hop is Brae's Blog. 
Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in next month when we will be featuring different techniques for stamping, cardmaking and scrapbooking.

Floral Happiness - March Stamp of the Month

March Stamp of the Month

 

 

 

 

During the month of March this "Floral Happiness" stamp set is available at the regular price of $17.95, or with a $50 order it can be purchased for only $5.00. Don't miss out - this set is only available during the month of March.

Here are a couple of cars I made with this stamp set and the For Always Textile Fabrics.

 

What a week!

 

Every morning for the past 3 days I woke up to the sound of the same question:

 

"Mom is it a Snow Day Today?

and why is the clock flashing?"

 

 

 Driving to town today, I saw more Snowmen than I have seen in years - I think all the kids enjoyed their Snow Day this week as much as mine did!

Now that the roads are clearer, I am hoping to get some of these pictures developed so I can create some scrapbook pages.


Check back here on Tues or Wednesday  - I'm planning to make a new page kit with the Later Sk8r Paper Pack for a Snow Day Layout!

 

 

 Hope everyone is staying warm and dry!

 

Heather

New Class/Crop Calendar

Here is my Class/Cropping Schedule for March 2013:

Workshop on the Go Cropping Dates - lots of dates booked so everyone can have a chance to complete their Tommy or Buzz & Bumble Workshop to Go Kits - Order for Kits is being placed Feb 23rd.  Join the Monthly Club for extra savings Monthly Workshop On the Go Cropping Club.

Card Classes - come out for one of the card classes and complete 4 different card designs using a variety of techniques - The theme for March is "Birthday Bonanza".


Saturday March 23rd - ALL DAY CROP   9-5.  Lunch, prizes and make 'n takes included.  Space is limited so reserve your spot early!

Workshop on the Go with Tommy Patterned Paper

This new Workshop on the Go Scrapbooking Kit features another new Paper Pack called Tommy. With a definite nautical theme this paper is great for summer.

This Workshop to Go is one of the first kits that will be featured in my new Monthly Workshop on the Go Crop Club.  There is a new page here at my blog that will explain all the details about this new club.  This is going to be a great way to keep those scrapbook pages flowing.  Call or e-mail me with any questions and to sign up.  You don't want to miss out.
Workshop on the Go Monthly Cropping Club




Here is a simple card that I put together with the Tommy Paper, an embellishment from the Tommy Assortment, and the exclusive stamp set from the Workshop on the Go Kit.




 

I started working on a two page layout using the papers and items from this kit, but I need to leave it sit for a bit, and take a look at in the morning see what wonderful ideas pop right into my head.

Leave me a comment below and let me know if you think I am on the right track with this one!

Like the card says -   Follow Your Dreams!


Happy Sailing,

Heather