Sneak Peek of almost-finished Designs...

I did it! I put all the cards together except for ... embellishments. So you're just going to have to come and RSVP for the workshop to see the finished designs!

Used in this set of cards:
* Embossing folders
* Shinhan Touch Markers
* Cricut carts - Art Philosophy, Artiste and Artfully Sent

Date: Nov 22, 2015
Place: My house - contact me for address/directions
Time: Anytime after 1:00 PM.

I will need to put the order out soon to make our Nov 22nd workshop deadline, so please let me know ASAP if you are attending and how many you would like to make. Without further ado...

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Card #4 

Card #5

Card #6

I look forward to seeing you all at the Christmas Card workshop! Hope you are staying warm this chilly day.

November and a month to Christmas!!

I promise you I am working hard on your card designs... I have three done, but this time I will post what they look like without embellishments, and you will just have to join in to find out what the finished product looks like!

Christmas Workshop Details
Date: Nov 22, 2015
Time: Anytime after 1:00PM
Address: My house! Message me for it!
Price: 3$ / card, comes with envelopes

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

November's constant campaign is Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking, only available in the month of November and it's a fabulous deal!

When you purchase any My Legacy album bundle you will qualify to receive a value pack of side load or top load Memory Protectors free - a savings of $23.75 CAD! Each bundle includes one Paper Fundamentals Enchantment pack, one Fundamental Stickers pack, one Peacock Fundamentals Assortment and three sheets of White Daisy cardstock. So if you're itching to try scrapbooking now is the perfect time for it! 

Next up is our November Stamp of the Month - Cheers, 2016!! Can you believe that we're so close to the end of the year already? 

There's a couple lines for journalling that go really well with scrapbooking and how cool is the font on some of these sentiments? I for sure am going to pick this up - loving the Dream and Cheers and I Can sentiments. This could be yours for 6$ with a qualifying purchase of 50$ CAD! 

And finally a quick sneak preview of new product coming Dec 1st - a beautiful planner!

Check back with me for more details Dec 1st! Hope you are staying warm amid the snowfall!

October Goodies!!

Somehow I blinked and the leaves had all turned colors and there's a new nip in the air. October must be here. And there's that whiff of some pumpkin treat just around the corner.

First of all, thank you to everyone who came to my New Catalog Reveal party! It was great to catch up with you and thanks for helping me clear out some of my stash that I haven't used in a long time. For those of you who couldn't make it, I do have a few things on clearance that I'll put up somewhere soon! Included are full and partial CTMH paper packs, a few retired and used stamp sets, and a bunch of ribbon that didn't make it into the new catalog.

Congratulations to Tammy who went home with the Chocolate Party! stamp set and to Laena who went home with the new Confetti embossing folder!

If you weren't able to stop by and get a catalog, contact me and we'll arrange for one to make it's way to you.

The campaign this month is It's In The Bag! If you love CTMH products as much as I do and would love to have your own little business, now is the time to sign up!

The beautiful bag you see there on the chair is the one given to 2015 convention attendees this year when they went to Disneyland! Even I don't have my hands on one because I couldn't get away. Of course you also have all the items in that mysterious "Open Me" box to get you well on your way to earning $$ and sharing CTMH with all your friends. Contact me for more details!

Of course next up is the Stamp of the Month : Twinkle!

With a qualifying order of $50 CAD, this stamp set can be yours for only 6$ more! It makes me think of Christmas already and I can smell the gingerbread somewhere in the air... I confess, I absolutely LOVE Christmas. I'm going to need to get my hands on this cute little set. 

This segways perfectly into... Christmas Card Workshops!!! I thought I would put the bug in your ear about an upcoming Christmas Card workshop in the second half of November. Either Nov 21, 22 or Nov 28, 29 are currently up for consideration. 

I can also do card packs too where everything is precut and pre-stamped and all you have to do is assemble! 

Hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather outside.

Anniversary Invite!

This has been kicking around on my phone for long enough that it's time to post about it! I was approached back in April/May to create an anniversary invitation that resembled a wedding invitation. The pattern for the folio is available on PInterest.

This is the dimensional photo I took for my Instagram feed. It shows that I lifted up the different shells to give them more dimension, and the only photo where I tied the invite shut with ribbon from Michaels which matched my theme perfectly. I was going for shells and beach as requested. 

This is the inside - going with the sandy beach theme, I used Desert Sand and Crystal Blue type colors with a slightly darker brown from Michaels. The reason for the RSVP being such a small white rectangle is that I originally messed up something I had stamped on it but it meant that having the shells embossed as a mat against it, turned it into something spectacular. 

See mistakes are worth it sometimes. 

Here is the outside of the folio, closed up but ribbon untied. The blue shell is a Michaels stamp and the brown shell is from CTMH : Quick Cards - Shell (retired), which is the same one I used for the inside and masked all the text on the stamp so it wouldn't show up. And the swirls are from Love Life (retired).

Finally, I finished it off with a bunch of pearls.

The sentiment, if you're wondering is something I found online to go with the invite, printed it off on vellum paper and trimmed it. Then I used vellum tape and hid the visible squares under the shells.

September Goodies!!!

Holy smokes where did the summer go? It's feeling a bit like fall these days. A few exciting things to tell you about in the month of September.

First of all is the New Catalog Release Party!! Are you excited? I am - there's a lot of new products out including new toys to play with like watercolors and watercolor paper! That's gotta make an appearance in the Christmas workshop that I need to start planning.

Date: Sept 20th
Time: Open House format, anytime between 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Address: Contact me! 

I'll be raffling off some CTMH stuff to whoever walks in the door and there's wine, chocolate and cookies if you needed a further incentive to stop by! Look forward to seeing you all there!

This month is my favorite month because it's National Stamping Month! Exclusive to this month only three C-size stamp sets have been released for traditional scrapbooking, cardmaking, and pocket scrapbooking.

I'm really enjoying the beautiful handwritten-like sentiments; I can never have enough sentiments to choose from and all the accompanying images. They can be purchased for $16.50 each or all three for $41.50 which is a savings of $8.00!

Last, but never least is the gorgeous September SOTM : Paper Garden. These flowers are perfect for adorning all types of cards.

I really like how the script on them is very elegant, and some of these flowers as you can see with the red line around them have a corresponding Cricut shape in the Artiste cartridge. 

Hope you are enjoying the last bits of summer!

August Campaign and New Catalog Release Party

First of all, a huge thank you to all my ladies for a successful workshop! It was the first time that someone else hosted the workshop at their home - thank you very much to Tammy! I might have forgotten a few pieces but it seems like other than one mad dash back home, everything went well and she is only a stone's throw away from my house.

This month's Constant Campaign gives you a sneak peek into some of the storage options that are coming with the new catalog September 1st!

To qualify, simply place an order for the new marker roll-up at full retail price for $21.25 and receive the new D-Sized stamp Balloon Wishes free! I can't wait to get my hands on this; I have amassed a few Shin Han Touch markers now and they are living in a ziplock baggie. It stores up to 25 markers.

Or... (yes there's more)

Place an order for the new accessory roll-up at full retail price for $22.75 and receive two new Base & Bling style sheets (Affirmations and Lovely Blooms) for free! I have a massive embellishments box already but this roll up would be so handy for getting my workshop accessories from place to place without carting that big box around.

Shh... don't tell anyone ... but I have a massive embellishments addiction. I always wind up buying stuff that I'll wind up using a few months down the road.

Onto our beautiful August SOTM: Framed

Yes, with the new catalog there are new pricing changes, but it doesn't change the fact that if you place an order of $50, you can get this beautiful set still for 5$ more! 

Speaking of pricing changes, this is the last month to get your orders in before prices go up! I'm going to head over and do the same thing myself! 

As well, there is a new paper packet with accompanying embellishments and Compliments stickers available for purchase this month - Zoe!! It's got some beautiful patterns for girl cards. 

I know that these papers would shine in either birthday or Baby Congratulation cards and same with the Enamel and Glitter Duos Green Triangle Puff stickers as well. There's my addiction talking. 

And saving the fun news for last... I will be hosting a New Catalog Release party sometime in September at my house. Date and time to be announced. But... what I will promise: 

* New Catalogs!! 

* Lots of giggling and chatting!! 

* Cookies

* Wine

* Chocolate

* Drawing for "Chocolate Party" stamp set! 

I look forward to seeing you all of you soon at the party! 

Workshop Cards!!!

I finally sat down and got them all done. As per feedback from the last workshop, I opted to stay a bit more simpler this time without a ton of techniques, since I've already taught you most of the more standard ones.

These cards can all be used as birthday or whatever other occasion you wish to make them for. The paper packs featured this time is Seaside (female) and Wanderful (male). They cost $3.00 each and include an envelope to take home with you.

Workshops will be hosted for August 9th and August 31st at a different location to be provided when you sign up for the workshop. It will run the usual hours from 1:00 - 5:00PM. Thank you to both hosts that graciously offered up their home to host this.

Girl 1:

Girl #2:

Girl #3:

Boy #1:

Boy #2:

Boy #3:

If you have any questions, let me know! Otherwise, I look forward to seeing you there. If you can't make it, I can also make and ship pre-cut kits. 

Enjoy summer!