Saturday, May 14, 2011

I'm back!

Hello all! Sorry that I didn't get a post up earlier this week, things have been pretty busy at work with the end of the school year nearing! I've also been busy working on some craft projects. The picture above is a custom name frame that a friend of a friend ordered. As you can see, they requested a Cleveland Browns theme and the baby's name is "Trip." I struggled with this one as I'm not used to doing masculine projects but my creative juices started flowing after I googled Cleveland Browns. I used the Everyday Paper Dolls cricut cartridge to cut out the pennant, goal post, and foam finger. I used the Birthday Bash cricut cartridge to cut "TRIP" using the blackout feature to add some depth. I think it turned out pretty cute! :)

Being a high school teacher, I get many graduation party invitations so I came up with a very simple design for graduation cards this year! The above is just a plain white cardstock base using some old cardstock I had lying around. The patterned paper is 4" x 2 3/4" and it's some VERY old creative memories paper I had from where I used to sell creative memories. I placed the patterned paper 1" from the base of the card. I punched the scalloped circle in blue to match the graduation caps. The white circle was punched at 1 1/4". The graduation caps are from an old sticker set I had. Do you notice the trend here, old products I had lying around?? LoL! I'm trying to get rid of some of the items I've accumulated to make room for my new CTMH products!

The wonderful stamps are from the brand new CTMH "You and Me" stamp set and were stamped using CTMH's outdoor denim ink. The "You and Me" stamp set comes in the "You and Me" kit which is one of the CTMH specials for the month of May. The kit is $34.95, BUT with a $50 purchase, it can be yours for only $15! That's more than half off! Or even better, when you sign up to become a CTMH consultant in May (the consultant kit is half off in May!), you receive the "You and Me" kit for FREE! What a deal! Order a "You and Me" kit today so you can start creating fun cards as well! :)

Monday, May 2, 2011

Close to My Heart Products

After much invested time, I was finally able to get everything linked for ordering CTMH products online! :) Take a look at the new links above to explore the products Close to My Heart has to offer! Interested in earning free products?? Contact me about holding a home gathering or catalog party!

I am very excited about becoming a Close to My Heart Consultant and hope to be able to help individuals learn new techniques while making fun projects along the way! Please feel free to visit my Close to My Heart website here, MyCTMH!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

It's Official!

Good Sunday afternoon everyone! I was going back and forth on a decision for some time now and finally took the plunge. It's official, I'm now a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant! I will be posting more information about my new business venture soon! For now, please feel free to take a look at the current CTMH Idea Book located here:

http://www.ctmh.com/en/Products/Online_Idea_Book.aspx

See something you like? Contact me via e-mail at bigkar03@aol.com to place an order! :)