Blog Hop: Fresh New Papercrafting Adventures Ahead

I love this time of year when Close to My Heart releases their new Annual Inspirations Idea book.  Along with the new product comes fun ideas, new tips and techniques and a refreshed color palette.

You are going to love the redressed fundamental paper packets.  They are on trend with designs and colors you will find in the market.  And oh, so much pretty gold.

Enough with the oohing and ahhing.  Lets get this blog hop started...or keep it going.  If you have arrived here from Kirsten's Blog welcome.  Enjoy what you see, leave a comment about what you are excited about, and then move on to Haley's Blog and see what new product she is featuring.

And now, here is what I have been playing with.  Actually, it was really difficult to decide what to share with you but I decided to start with the Adventure Fundamental Papers.  Updated with the colors lemon, raspberry, tangerine, willow, emerald, and pansy, these papers paired with their complements create a fun set of scrapbook pages. 

 Featuring Cranberry, Willow and Lemon

 Featuring Tangerine, Emerald and Lagoon with a little Pansy

 Featuring Pacifica, Willow, and Tangerine

 Featuring Lagoon, Tangerine and Pacifica

 Featuring Pacifica and Raspberry

 Featuring Cranberry and Lemon

This month, when you purchase all three set of the Fundamental papers, Adventure, Whimsy and Enchantment, you get to choose either the Rustic Home or Uptown Fundamentals for free.  Contact your consultant to take part in in this special or if you do not have a consultant, you can get this special from my website here.  When you purchase these paper packets, ask your consultant about how you can get the cutting guide to create scrapbook pages like those shown above. 

I hope this peek into the Adventure Fundamentals has inspired you to continue on in the blog hop and see what else is new!  Remember, you are heading to Haley's Blog next. 

Finally, supplies used created these layouts are shown below.  

Thanks for stopping by,
Michele

Basically the Best!

Our new 2016-1017 Annual Inspirations idea book has arrived!  It is chocked full of new paper, stamps, embellishments and of course inspiration!  To introduce you to the new fundamental paper collections, Close to My Heart has a special for you!

During the month of August, when you order our Whimsy, Adventure, and Enchantment Fundamental papers, you can choose to get either the Rustic Home or Uptown Fundamentals for FREE! Both of these Basics packs feature foil designs and specialty materials for making your artwork unique. Yep, this deal is basically the best!

Let me introduce you to our Fundamental papers.

WHIMSY

 

Featured colors: Thistle, Crystal Blue, Glacier, Juniper, Sweet Leaf, Canary, Flaxen, Sorbet, Pixie, Smoothie 

ADVENTURE

Featured colors: Pansy, Pacifica, Lagoon, Emerald, Willow, Lemon, Tangerine, Blossom, Raspberry, Cranberry

ENCHANTMENT

Featured colors: Eggplant, Sapphire, Peacock, New England Ivy, Fern, Saffron, Goldrush, Poppy, Pomegranate, Ruby

When you purchase one of each of these sets of paper, you will get to choose one of the following Basic Fundamentals for free. 

UPTOWN 

 12 – 12" × 12" sheets (2 each of 6 designs), including some vellum paper and gold foil accents

RUSTIC HOME

12 – 12" × 12" sheets (2 each of 6 designs), including some kraft paper, vellum paper, and copper foil accents 

You can shop on my brand new website here!  Or if you have an order of $150 or more, contact me to place your order and receive $25 in free products.  

Enjoy,

Michele

Putting the "FUN" damentals back in scrapbooking

Experience the beautiful Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking workshop—available only during November! This workshop has been created using all the items featured in our campaign exclusive My Legacy™ album bundles, available during November!

Yes, the Fundamental Scrapbook supplies offer color, texture and style to simple scrapbook pages.

This month, when you purchase an album style and design of your choice, each bundle includes one Paper Fundamentals Enchantment pack, one Fundamental stickers Enchantment pack, one Peacock Fundamental assortment, and three sheets of White Daisy cardstock, you will get a value package of page protectors to complete your kit for FREE.  The total purchase will be $71.80 with a savings of $19.95. 

You can see all the details here on my website. 

You will then be set to turn these beautiful products into fabulous layouts using the new Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking workshop featuring five layouts you can make using all the supplies in your bundle. 

I will be offering a workshop in the new year to complete your pages.  If you are not local, I will send you the instructions to complete the pages at home.  Below are the pages in more detail. 

Happy Scrapping,
Michele

Nat'l Stamping Month Brings You...

Trendy, fun stamps that capture the celebration of life. 

Hello Life is a set of three coordinating stamp sets, although each has a special paper crafter in mind. 

As I created my artwork, I couldn't help but use them interchangeably and I am really loving the watercolors.  Such a fun new technique to play with.  

 The products I used to create this card are shown below.  And, thanks to Jen Patrick for the inspiration to create this card.  To see more artwork, visit the consultant blog hop starting here. 

Stamping and painting,
Michele

National Stamping Month: Hello Life Blog hop

Not one, or two but THREE fabulous stamp sets were created by CTMH to celebrate Nat'l Stamping month.  Are you ready to see some fun!  These stamps sets really celebrate life!

 If you have arrived here from Darlys' Blog you are hopping right along.  When you have finished here, you will move on to Paige's Blog for more artwork.

The three stamps sets were created with individual styles of paper crafting in mind, one for card making, scrapbooking and pocket scrapbooking but together, the coordinate beautifully and you get a discount when you purchase all three.

I pulled out my archival ink, new watercolors and brushes and started stamping away.  I love the camera in the scrapbooking stamp set so I used it to create the borders on my pages.  I then created my title, using images from all three stamp sets.  The Enchantment Fundamental paper packet helps to add a bit of texture and the final touch is the watercolor paints to accent the words.

 

 Celebrate Nat'l stamping month with Close to My Heart during the month of September.  The three Hello Life stamp set.  Each set is $13.95 but when you purchase all three you pay only $34.95, a discount of $6.90.  To order, visit your consultants website or, if you do not have a consultant, purchase here from me.  

Some details.  

Below is a list of the products I used to create these layouts.  And remember, when you are done here, visit Paige's Blog to see what she has in store for you.

Thanks for stopping bye and here's to a great month of stamping!

Michele

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop: Ice Cream Dream

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?  You will surely love the flavor that CTMH offers this month!

This adorable stamp set, Ice Cream Dream, sets up a fun summer mood with sweet treats and happy statements.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting my blog.  If you have come here from Lillian's Blog, you are hopping right along.  When you have finished your visit here, move on to Michelle's Blog to view her work with this sweet set. 

These ice cream cones look scrumptious, if I say so myself!  For both cards, I stamped the images in Black Archival ink and colored them with Shin Han markers.  I also used the Paper Fundamentals Whimsy assortment paper packet.  These packets feature 20 double sided sheets, one with a color and white design, and the other side with a same glossy pattern. 

Here's a tip with the markers:  you can color sparkles, sequins, shimmer trim and other embellishments to get the coordinating color you want!  You can see the heart in the second card is colored with the same marker that I used to outline the ice cream scoop with.

You can order this set from your consultant for $5 with a $50 order or for $17.95.  If you do not have a CTMH consultant, you can order from my website here.  

Now continue hopping along to see more creations.   Michelle's Blog 

Here's to a sweet summer!
Michele

#30 years of Happy! More reasons to celebrate!

September is National stamping month and I am glad you are here to hop along through some great artwork using the #30yearsofhappy.  If you have come here from Kelly's Blog, you are on the right track.  This is a big loop of 40 consultants.  When you are done viewing my page, hop on over toTerry Ann's Blog to see her creative talent shine!  Now, on with the show!

This month we are celebrating with a set of 30 cute little stamps that you receive FREE with a purchase of $30 in stamps.  Isn't this adorable?  Perfect for small gift cards, tags, mini albums, Picture My Life and even classic scrapbooking! 

Here's what I created with this set as I got started...and come back frequently and your will see more artwork throughout the month!

The fun part was using the scraps I had on my desk.  Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some other fun ideas! Remember, the Nat'l Stamping Month Special is only available until September 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Want to see more before you go?  In a google search, I found this idea.  Like I said...come back for more ideas throughout this month. 

Can't wait to send this off to my girl at college! 

Enjoy hopping along and seeing all the creative artwork!

Michele

Paper Fundamentals: A hidden secret

Close to My Heart hid these wonderful papers in the back of the book.  I have finally played with them and am excited that these are continuing on to the next idea book!  The set features 20 double sided sheets, 2 each of 10 designs, one side with contrast and one with a glossy pattern.  I created this card, kept it monochromatic, and let the Fundamental paper shine. 

Where can you find this paper?  Right here of course! 

The products I used include:

• Z1939 Paper fundamentals Basic
• A1150Charming Chevrons
• C1564  Stitch Wonder
• Z1935 Black and Grey Epoxy Bubbles
• X254 Card bases and envelopes 

 And, if you like contests, watch this and enter to win!  



Add a little glimmer or a classic subtle design to your project with the Paper Fundamentals Basic Assortment. Leave a comment before July 31, 2014,   Jeanette Lynton's blog and tell us your fundamental scrapbooking item for your chance to win a Paper Fundamentals Basic Assortment!