Happy New Year!

I love to make a calendar each year for my mom--and me of course! I thought I would share the first page. I'm so excited to hang it up! I hope you have a wonderful New Year ahead! :-)

My Little Cupcake!

I hadn't used my Cricut in a while, so I thought I would try out a new catridge. I love the cupcakes! They are too cute! I am definitely going to use this cartridge again soon!

December Campaign!

Thought I would share the December Campaign with you. Place only a $20 order from my website and you will be sent a stamp set for FREE! It's a gamble, because you won't know what it is. Close to My Heart will surprise you with one!

Christmas Ornaments!

I thought I would share a few of the ornaments I made the other day. My tree was lacking in the ornament department, so I used the rest of my die cuts. I embossed them and added some pearls and mistletoe accessories. I love this idea! Merry Christmas!!!

Happy Holidays from Ainsley!

I especially love this time of year because of all the fun crafts you can make with kiddos. Ainsley and I made a few graham cracker gingerbread houses. So much fun!

Christmas Layouts

Here are a couple of Christmas layouts I did last week. I'm trying to get ahead. I know I'll be taking a lot of pictures! Happy Scrapping!!

I also forgot to share the link to the present card in the last post. If you check out this site, you can get directions. It's so cute! Someone suggested making a birthday card with the pattern too. Great idea!

http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/08/holiday-mini-sneak-peak-freaks-tour.html

Christmas Crafts

Hi Everyone!
Happy Holidays! At our last workshop, we made two really cute projects. We did the Christmas apron and the present Christmas card. I thought I would share some pictures if you missed it!

Great Catch!

I had so share one more new page I just did. Nick caught a nice bass on Lake St. Catherine. I had to title this layout the "Great Catch" since Nick is such a great catch, haha! Thought it was cute!

The New Magic Book

The new catalog comes out September 1st and it's so incredible! There is a new how-to book called Magic. It features some wonderful ideas for layouts. I thought I would share one that I did from our trip to New Jersey. Happy Scrapping! Come check out the new catalog on September 1st!

Happy Scrapping!

Hi Everyone! Can you believe it's almost Setempber? I'm still working on my 4th of July photos! Here is a layout from our trip to Lake St. Catherine on 4th of July weekend. What a great day! Happy Scrapping!

Card with Card Purse!

Hi Ladies! I thought I would post our craft for our next meeting. I will have this ready for our all day crop. You can of course choose to do the craft our continue catching up on scrapbooking! I just thought this little card purse idea was so adorable. Happy Crafting!!!

More New Summer Layouts

Here are a couple more layouts! These are taken out of the Reflections book. Have a great day! :-)

Summer Layouts

Hi Everyone! I hope you have been enjoying the beautiful summer! I have been doing a lot of scrapbooking in the last few weeks. I have been making two versions of the same layout lately. Here is a layout from Maine and a layout from Ainsley's birthday party. Hope you enjoy!

Stamping Candles

I was so lucky to have such great participants at our scrapbooking workshop today. Everyone did such a great job! Here are some photos of the girls making their beautiful candles. Thanks for trying it out girls!!

Splendor Artwork

Hello Ladies!

It's almost time for the new catalog to be introduced! You can check it out on my website on May 1st. Here is a preview of some of the artwork I've done with the new paper packet, Splendor. It's a beautiful set! Also, Studio J is up and running! Make a profile and build your pages today! Have a great weekend ahead!

Happy Easter!

Hi Everyone! Hope you are gearing up for some beautiful weather and a fun-filled Easter weekend! I thought I would share something I made today. I made homemade playdough for Ainsley and some of her cousins for Easter. I just threw on a little saying to go with it. Nothing too special. The recipe is great. It's cooked playdough, so it can be a little messy. It's 4 cups flour, 1 cup salt, small packet of cream of tarter, 1 tbsp. oil, 4 cups water. Mix all together and cook slowly until it thickens. Make sure you watch that it doesn't burn the bottom of your pan, but cook it until it is the consistency of regular playdough for sure. You don't want it sticky. Hope you have a wonderful Easter!

Thinking of You Card

Here's a simple card I made from an idea in the Wishes book. I love the Veranda papers and colors!

Cards and Box

We made a box like this at our recent club meeting. They are adorable! You can use them as a photo/memory keeper or a card holder box. I paired mine with some Thank You and Birthday cards. For more information check out www.stamptv.com. There is an instructional video and a template under the freebies section.

Eilzabeth's Park

It's always a good time at Elizabeth's park. Ainsley and I enjoyed the unbelievably warm March weather one Saturday. It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend. Hope you ladies can enjoy it!

Love Bug

Here's a recent layout of my little love bug. Too cute!

Wedding Layout

I had a wonderful weekend at Rachael's wedding! She looked beautiful and we all got a little pampered, which was great! These are just a few pictures from the wedding. I think I might need four layouts at least for all the pictures I took! Happy Scrapping!

Happy Spring Layout

Hi Everyone!

I thought I would share a layout I just finished. The Spring Idea Book has so many adorable Spring stamps. I used the new Springtime stamp (D1415). I love the little umbrella and boots! Hope you are enjoying the warmer weather. We took Ainsley to the playground to play two times this week! I love to get a taste of an early Spring!

Puddle stomping days are almost here!

I thought I would share this picture of Ainsley. It makes me think of Spring with the raincoat and mud boots! Spring is almost here!

More Scrapping!!

Here's the layout I did for a swap a couple weeks ago. It's additional farm pictures that go with my previous post! Happy Scrapping!!

Happy Scrapping!

Hi Everyone!

I have been taking part in a weekly scrapbook challenge with some other Close to My Heart consultants. One of the other girls picks a layout from one of the how-to books and we make our layout with any paper and pictures. This is the one I did this week. It's from the Imagine Book on page 96. I thought I would share! Hope you are finding the time to scrapbook and relax! I hope you teachers out there have a wonderful vacation! :-)

My Little Valentine

I had to post this picture of Ainsley. She's my adorable Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! I hope you had a wonderful day. Nick and I enjoyed a great date night last night. Thanks Mom & Dad! I also had a great time with my scrapbooking ladies yesterday. This is the layout we made. I haven't put my pictures on it yet. I need to find some good ones of Nick and Ainsley. :-)

Friendship Card

I also made some cards this weekend. Found a great idea from one of the girls on the CTMH website. Here it is! Happy Card-Making!

Swimming!!

Hi Everyone! We had a great weekend! We took Ainsley to the Upper Valley Aquatic Center for lots of swimming fun! I had to post a picture!

Easter Egg Side-Step Card

I found a great card that you can make with just a paper trimmer and a bone folder. We are going to make this at our club meeting in February! Yah!!! Here are the quick directions:

1) Cut your card dimensions 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Place vertically in your personal trimmer at 2 inches.

2) Cut a slit from 2 1/8" to 7 1/2".

3) Take out of the trimmer and turn horizontally.

4) Start scoring! Start from the top of the slit only. Score at 2 1/8".

5) Score the entire card at 4 1/4".

6) Score from the top of the slit at 5 3/8.

7) Score from the top to the slit at 6 1/2" and 7 1/2".

For complete directions and photos check out the site:

http://craftdoc.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/03/24/easter-side-step-card/949/

Black & White Christmas

Some of my photos just didn't have the right lighting or have great color. I decided to print them in black and white instead and build a layout around them. I've done so many layouts for Christmas that were red and green, that it was really exciting to use something totally different.

Frosty Scrapbook Layout

This is a recent scrapbook layout that I made of our snowman photos. I used some liquid applique and some prisma glitter to dress it up a bit! Happy Scrapping!

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, I decided to make some of these bear cards at our recent scrapbook club. I hope you enjoyed making them ladies! I had a great time!

Simple Card

Every wonder what you can make with just some cardstock, a pretty stamp and some ribbon? Here's just a simple idea for a Wishing You Well card that I made the other day. You can make pretty cards with just a few accessories too! :-)