Dotty For You!!

Snatch a Dotty for You paper packet at an incredible discount or even FREE!

Celebrate National Scrapbooking month in May with the oh-so-cute Dotty for You paper packet. I am so in love with this new paper packet! But it's only available for a limited time so get yours while you can! With a qualifying purchase you will get 24 sheets of this yummy paper for only $5.00...or even get it for FREE!!

This is a 24-pack of double-sided, cardstock weight B&T containing bold prints, bright colors and lots and lots of DOTS! Each multi-colored print side has a complementary tiny dot pattern on the other side. There is also a fantastic idea sheet that comes along in the paper pack.

There are three ways you can get this great paper pack!

1. Place a qualifying order of $35 or more (April 17th -May 31st) with me or on my website and add the "Dotty For You" paper pack to your order for only $5.00.

2. Host a Gathering or Workshop (in home or online) with a sales total of $400 or more (before shipping and tax) and receive the "Dotty For You" paper packet for FREE along with your other Hostess Rewards!

3. Join my team as a new consultant between April 1st and May 31st and receive a "Dotty For You" paper pack for FREE with your Consultant Kit.

Check back with me later this week and I will have some oh-so-cute artwork to share made with this oh-so-cute paper!

Featured on JeanetteLynton.com!

It was with great delight I learned my Florentine artwork was featured on Close to my Heart's CEO Jeanette Lynton's blog. It has been such a wonderful 10 years of sharing my love of papercrafting with Close to my Heart's fantastic products. But it is even better when you are recognized for doing what you love!

Here is the artwork I created, along with Jeanette's comments:

Today’s spotlight art was submitted by Kelly English-Triggs, a Close To My Heart Consultant from Surprize, AZ. Kelly wrote that one of her main reasons for crafting is to celebrate her family. She has found that the Florentine paper pack is the perfect choice for just those types of projects. I am right there with you Kelly – the colors and patterns in this kit really get me feeling at home, and I love what you have done with it!

Such an adorable picture definitely deserves a special frame, and this one that Kelly put together is just right. She said she used a dollar store wooden frame, but after it’s been covered with that beautiful blue B&T paper and adorned so lovingly, I’d say it’s priceless! Take a closer look at Kelly’s accent cluster:

I love how well the pewter button and the lace flower from the Bohemian Assortment work together with the papers and stamped images Kelly selected.

Next up is a “Simply Irresistible” card, featuring two hearts from the coordinating My Stickease sheets. My Stickease are a great choice because they add so much without requiring a lot of extra work. And did you spot the Color Ready Seam Binding ribbon blending in so – well – seamlessly?

Here’s another card where Kelly has custom-colored one of the embellishments – a paper flower from the Just Blooms Petals Paper Flowers set. And of course the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge is a key player in this card. But Kelly has a very nice way of using the shapes in a way that they do not call all the attention to themselves.

Thank you Kelly for sharing your inspiring artwork with me and with all of us! You are such a talented lady, I’m glad you would let me show off some of your creations.

Well, Jeanette...it is with the greatest honor that I was featured on your blog it was my pleasure to create this beautiful artwork with the incredible products you consistently give us to work with! As long as you keep producing such phenomenal products...I will keep celebrating my love of papercrafting by creating art pieces that hopefully do your beautiful products justice!

So not worthy....

Today in my email inbox was a lovely little note telling me I had received a blog award from a fellow consultant Tamytha Jenkins. I have stalked her blog on more than one occasion and have even flat-out stamplifted from her too!! Well, first I was totally flattered...and then felt a bit guilty, since in these past few months I have completely FAILED at this whole blogging thing!! It's not that I'm not 'stamping all day' - it's that I totally forget to take pictures and actually share what I am doing! :) And trust me, with this whole Pinterest inspiration in my life...I am doing A LOT!!

But in order to redeem myself and make sure I don't fail at the whole blog award thing too...I am going to neglect the 100 other things I should be doing right now in order to 'pay it forward' and send some kudos along to some other fellow crafters I know, adore and stalk! :)

For those of you unfamiliar with the Liebster Blog Award the goal of the award is to spotlight those bloggers with less than 200 followers and hopefully help everyone involved to increase their following. The rules are fairly simple...

• Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
• Select five bloggers (with less than 200 followers) and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they were selected.
• Copy and paste the award on your blog
• Have fun!

Here are my fave-five (under 200 followers)...in no particular order!

1. Amy More from amysartfromtheheart.blogspot.com

2. Pamela O'Conner from cherishyourmemories.blogspot.com

3. Jody Gustafson from cre8nmemories.blogspot.com

4. Karen Day from kdaycreations.blogspot.com

5. Christine Adams from creatingwithchristine.com

These ladies have all inspired me and I have most likely 'stamplifted' from them on more than one occasion...so please take a moment to go check them out!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

What?? You mean Halloween hasn't come and gone yet? Yes, yes...I know, I know. But in the papercrafting world if you aren't working on your Christmas cards in September/October...you're actually running behind!

I have been a busy, busy girl and been comin' up with some fabulous cards! So here are the Christmas cards you could be making if you were one of the lucky attendees for my Advance Stamper Christmas Card workshop this Saturday.

Each person is going to be making two each of these five fabulous cards!

If you aren't one of the lucky ladies who will be making these on Saturday...but you'd like to make some too...contact me to see how you can get a complete set (pre-stamped images and all) just for your very own!

Boardswapingpalooza!!

Wanna know what I have been up to?? Take a look...

Yep, you see that right folks! That would be a layout, 6 cards and one goodies box....
TIMES EIGHT!!

Do you wanna know why I have been working my fingers to the bone?? (or stained permanently chocolate brown??) Because I have the extreme pleasure in participating in a phenomenal board swap with some pretty phenomenal ladies!! (I won't be so obnoxious as to name-drop - but you phenomenal ladies know who you are!)

So before I bagged up all this wonderful "Wonderland" artwork up, I just had to photo and share...I actually hate to bag it up now and send it off. (I just wanna stand here and stare at all it's beauty. Like it's the newborn I just gave birth to...cause lemme tell ya girls...I labored over this stuff!!) But since I am already a few days past the deadline...I best be packing it up and shipping it off!!

Of course I will be back this week with close-ups and details about all that fabulousness you see up there! :)

"Nifty Gifty" Workshop

Nifty Gifty Workshop
Saturday, August 27th 1-5pm
$15 Workshop Fee
RSVP by August 20th
Create these stunning ‘nifty gifts’ when you join me for my next workshop. You will learn how to make a covered notebook, treat box and cardbox with uniquely shaped cards (envelopes included!) We will be playing with new Autumn/Winter papers—Typeset, Cork Letters and classy Antiqued Copper embellishments. Printed instructions will be included to recreate these projects at home!

Can’t make it on the 27th?

Contact me today to book this workshop for you and 2 or more of your friends in your home!

Don't live in my area?

Contact me today to find out how you can get a kit of your very own!

(Consultants are welcome to contact me too!)

It's a big, BIG day!!

It's here! It's here! The day has finallly arrived! Today is the first official day the new Close to my Heart catalog is available to you! Well, I know many, many consultants have given some fabulous sneak-peeks at some of the new goodies...but now you can order those goodies for yourself too!!

Click here if you would like to see the new catalog

Click here if you would like to get a copy of your very own!

Click here if you're to do some shopping! just ready

The next reason it's a big day is....I have a

BLOG CANDY WINNER!!

Thanks to all you lovely ladies (all 76 of you!!) who checked my blog out and thought it was good enough to want to follow or had already been following. I promise I have every intention of making it worth it!

I had originally intended on having my handsome 8 year old son pull a number for me and I would take a great photo, etc. etc. (You get the idea...) But he seems to be a bit uncooperative this morning. (Something about a penguin needed to be fed in his club??) So I have decided to use my next best option...I random generated a winning number....

So the winner is...

Comment #23

Lori Miller

Congratulations Lori! It was her comment letting me know she had given me a 'shout-out' on her blog which was the winner!

Okay, so that's all I have for now folks! But stay tuned...I have a 'fabulously artsy' blog hop to join...so I must go get my camera and get shootin'. I hope to be back later today to hop-hop-hop!