**May is National Scrapbooking Month**

Hello! Did you know that May is National Scrapbook month? Well, it is!! What does that mean for you? Well, Close to my Heart has a terrific deal on some scrapbook papers. These papers are beautiful! If they were only plain ole' scrapbook papers, they would still be beautiful and I would still want them.. BUT... these are sooo much more ;)   Here's a closer look at the papers. Look below the picture to see why these are so amazing!

Here is a look at the complete set of paper that you will receive in the Dream Pop Collection-

 

 

Beautiful bright colors, right? But.. that's not all! The papers really POP! It has 12 coordinating UV cardstock sheets (2 each of 6 kit-exclusive colors)! *What is UV cardstock???  The cardstock has glossy (embossed looking) patterns on one side that coordinate with the B&T patterns for a pop of shine on the colorful cardstock.  

 

Here's how you can get yours:
*Place an order of $35 or more in May, and get a Dream Pop pack for $10.  Get one $10 Dream Pop paper packet for every $35 spent in an order.
*Host a party (online, catalog or in home) with $400 or more in sales and you'll get one Dream Pop pack FREE!
*JOIN MY TEAM in May and you'll get a Dream Pop paper pack in your kit for FREE!! 

Later Sk8r - March Kit of the Month

For March, our club is working on the Later Sk8r kit. I have a 2 page layout and 3 cards to share. One of my favorite things about the kits with CTMH, are the directions. The directions are for the 2, 2 page layouts shown in the book, but not only can you complete those, you still have paper left for other creations. Included you will get embellishments, this one has a pack of the green and blue epoxy bubbles and the Later Sk8r assortment. Each kit also has a stamp set exclusive to the kit itself. You can't purchase them separately.

This kit is geared towards skaters, but you can use the papers for so many different things. The layouts in the book show them with baseball and just general pics. I used the papers for my grandson's first birthday pictures and a few cards.

On the left side, I created a banner, just hand cut, nothing fancy and tied it up with gray twine. The font is cut from the CTMH Cricut Artiste cartridge. A few of the Later Sk8r embellishments are also used on the banner. The cool stamps are included with the kit.

On the right side, I used several cuts from the CTMH Cricut Artiste cartridge. The gears work with the paper perfectly! I added some more stars and twine to match the left side.

Next up are the 3 cards I made. These were so fun, fast, and simple. The matching papers make it so easy. No searching through stacks of paper to find something that goes together. I love that about CTMH!

The first card I used a stamp set called Fast and Furious. The set has cars, tire tracks, a stop sign and a few cute little words.  I added some brads for the tires and the headlight.

The next two, I made with the monogram stamp. These make a perfect gift and are only $2.95 each.  The frames are from last season's book, but still available. There is a new frame set in this book, Perfect Fit-Frames 2.

Message me if you have any questions. I'd love to have you join us! I will have the inks and some stamps for you to use at the club meeting.

If you'd like to purchase the kit online, please go here  and click the April CLUB tab.

Sign up and Celebrate!

I am so excited about the April promotion that I couldn't wait to share it with you! For those of you who have been waiting for a sign up promotion, I am happy to announce that during the month of April when you sign up to become a Close to my Heart Consultant, you will receive a little something extra for joining the Close To My Heart family—the April, May, June, and July Stamp of the Month stamp sets for FREE! That's an additional $70 value added to your kit! Now that’s a reason to celebrate!

If you have ever thought about turning your hobby into a lucrative business, this opportunity is perfect for you!

OR

If you have ever wondered how you could get all the CTMH products that you want for you and your friends at a great discount, this opportunity is perfect for you!

OR

If you would like to have access to Studio J online scrapbooking, for you and your friends at a huge discount, this opportunity is perfect for you!

OR 

If you just want to get $225 worth of fabulous product for only $49, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Whether you want to start a booming business, be a hobbyist and get a great discount on all of your CTMH products, buy and/or sell online digital scrapbooking, or even just take advantage of purchasing the kit to get the goodies at a great price, this kit is a GREAT deal! And if you ARE interested in building a business, I would love to help you achieve your goals and dreams!

Ready to take advantage of this great deal? Email or call me for more details. 

March Club Project

Buzz & Bumble

Hello ladies!  This month, our club will meet on Thursday, March 14th.  As always I will send reminders before the date with the time and place.

We ordered Buzz & Bumble to complete this month.  I have to admit, I wasn't sure I would like this kit. But, the more I worked with it, the more I wanted to do. I had to stop with the layouts and cards that I have completed, or I wouldn't use anything else.

Here is the layout I created:

This the second layout in the kit with a few added features. The instructions are not included with the kit, but I will have them with me if you decide to do this one.

Here are the cards I created. A few of these, I got the idea from another demo, her name is Brenda Rose. If you have some free time, you have to check out her blog. She has such awesome creations!

 

The middle card my daughter created on her own. She's really started to get into card making this year. I gave her a Smashbook for her Senior yr of high school. She's really been adding tons of stuff to it, and I think it keeps her creativeness flowing. I love when she sits in the room with me and works on her own stuff.

Here are the layouts close up:

 

I can't wait to see you at this months meeting!

If you would love to have this kit, and you aren't a member of the club, that's ok. You can purchase it here:  Purchase kit here  Just look for the link in the lower left corner. You will see the words, March Club, click that link and purchase your products.

"Jump for Joy"

Take advantage of the March Promo "JUMP FOR JOY" and schedule an ONLINE PARTY or HOME GATHERING with me. 

 

If your party total is over $250 you'll jump to the next level of hostess rewards. How sweet is that! If you have crafty friends that you think would place an order with you, contact me and I'll set up a party for you on my site:

 

{ paperpetalmemories.ctmh.com}

 

They order, it ships right to them and then when the party closes you get FREE GOODIES!

If you prefer to do a home gathering, please contact me

 at paperpetalmemories@gmail.com

A $250 party would get you $60 in FREE products, plus a 50% off item(you can even use it on the Cricut Collections).

C is for.....

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter C. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their C element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Josie's Joy then you're on the right track!

"C" is for Celebrate Clementine, Cameo, and Chevrons!

The past few weeks have been terribly busy around here.  We've just had a lot of stuff going on, and I didn't think I was going to be able to finish up C.  But, my sweet daughter came to my rescue.  My daughter, JaiLynn, is 18. She's never really been into scrapbooking. Her friends would come over and love to hang out in my scrap studio, but she just wouldn't do much of anything in there. Until this last year. I bought her a smash book for her senior year and she has done some amazing things in it. The book is totally cute!  So, when I mentioned this week was letter C and I didn't think I would have time to finish anything, she jumped right in to help.

Here are the amazing cards she made:

 Celebrate Clementine:

Supplies Used: All items CTMH unless noted: Clemetine paper, Sorbet, Creme Brulee & Twilight Ink, Card Chatter-Birthday stamps, Heart to Heart stamps, Summer Wishes stamps, Burlap Ribbon, Clementine flower accents; Cottage asst

Cameo

Supplies Used: All items CTMH unless noted: La Belle Vie pp and stamps, Desert Sand, Smokey Plum, and Blush ink, Cameo cut from Artiste cartridge, silver shimmer trim, flowers from Artiste cartridge, sparkles asst

Chevrons

Supplies Used: All items CTMH unless noted: Dotty For You pp, Lagoon, Sorbet, Buttercup ink, silver shimmer trim, It's Your Day stamps


Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is " name of person " of " name of blog with URL link embedded".

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy 
2. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create
3. Linda Norman - Scrappy Therapy
4. Kathy Johnson ~ Kathy's Creative Corner
5. Joanne Barnes - Josie's Joy
6. Kelly Lane ~ Paper Petal Memories 
7. Shalana Glass ~ Scrappin with Shalana
8. Theodora~ Celebrate Crafts
9. Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece
10. Alicia Petitt - Serene Scrapping with Alicia 
11. Alicia Hill Olson ~ Love Stamping

Digital Stamps

I know I'm a little behind here, but this is my first try at digital stamps. I thought it would be to much trouble to learn how to "get" them. But, after a few unzips, saves, and all that techy stuff, it finally worked out.

I downloaded several from Tiddly Inks, which has some totally cute stuff!! It was so hard to decide on which ones to get. The one I am sharing today was a FREE one!! This is an awesome way to try digi stamps. She was just so cute, I couldn't wait to download and color her.  If you'd like to download her, she is here  Ellie

I am a CTMH consultant, but I do use lots of other products as well. I love so many different things, it would be hard to just do one company only :)  Here are the supplies used on this card:
Tiddly Inks digi stamp "Ellie", Paper Smooches "Smoocheroos" for the word Love, CTMH cardstock, Authentique Essentials Collection PP, Prima flower, Doodlebug paper posie, Misc stick pin, CTMH twine, pearls, glitter brad, and Paper Studio lace. Coloring was done with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. If you have Spectrum Noirs here are the numbers I used: Balloons: BT1, BT2, BT4, BT5, BT7; Elephant: BG2, BG4, BG6, BG8; Ears: PP1, PP3

I linked this up to the Spectrum Noir Challenge for the month.

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for the ABC Blog hop!