It's Your Day starts today!

 Yes- It's Your Day  starts today!  That is the National Stamping Month campaign

Check out the video above to inspire your creativity to stamp life moments each and every day.  Then purchase your product and you are on your way to receive this stamp set for only $5.00!  Check out the previous post here to find out all of the information and to follow the blog hop to inspire you even more!

Come back and shop with me.......  My website is http://ctmh.com/sweetaline

Day 15 of the Artiste in August Blog Hop

I hope you have a multitude of Cricut projects saved to your folder.  Here is another quick cut for a gift card or a special someone!

If you have been hopping with us the last 2 weeks, then you will notice a few changes in the order of the hop.  Just click on the links below to find your inspiration!

Gloria Rogers - http://www.scraptabulousstudio.com/
Rebecca Kings - http://heartfeltcreationsbybecca.blogspot.com
Adeline Brill - www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com
Kathy Johnson - http://kathyscreativecorner.com/
Amy Edwards - www.paisleysplayhouse.blogspot.com
Jen Patrick - http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com/
Pamela O’Connor - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com
Melinda Everitt -  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/
Tina Gale Husong - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com/
Denise Hobbs -  http://oklahomainker.blogspot.com/

National Stamping Month Blog hop

What a busy month I am having here with Close to My Heart!  Today is another exciting event - the National Stamping Month Blog Hop.  Over 40 consultants are participating in this exciting event and you can too by just clicking on the links and hopping from one blog to another!  If you have been following this event, you have come from Pamela O'Conner's blog here.

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, CTMH is offering a new double stamp set! You can get the exclusive My Acrylix® It’s Your Day double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30. You can shop on my website here  starting today!

Here is a quick gift card idea using the NEW Cricut Artiste cartridge. My DIL bought her first NEW car yesterday and she was sooo excited!  This is a perfect celebration of an event! - Congratulations along with a gas card!!

I plan on creating a scrapbook layout as well to document the milestone in her life!  I remember my first car- a '72 blue Pinto hatchback....DO YOU???


Now it is off to  Jean McNulty's blog to check out her artwork.  I love these blog hops because you can find so many new ideas!!

Enjoy!

Day 14 of the Artiste in August Blog Hop

Very crazy weekend!!  If you have been hopping along every day, then you noticed I was MIA the last two days.    My husband and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary this weekend and I got behind in my Cricut cutting!

Yesterday my teacher friends went back to school.  I do miss the excitement of the beginning of a new school year but retirement has taken both of us in a different direction this year.  In honor of the start of a new school year, here is my my teacher T-shirt and school frame.

(Our son Kevin is 38 years old - I hope he doesn't kill me for this photo!)  The frame is from Ikea and I used our NEW chalk marker to write on the black cardstock.


Here is the file if you would like to cut your own school shirt for your favorite child.  Cricut Craft Room file



So start hopping with the list below...

Gloria Rodgers -  www.scraptabulousstudio.com -  Slate Tuxedo Box
Lalia Harris - http://craftylalia.blogspot.com
Rebecca Kings -http://heartfeltcreationsbybecca.blogspot.com
Adeline Brill - www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com  you are here!
Kathy Johnson-  http://kathyscreativecorner.com
Amy Edwards - paisleysplayhouse.blogspot.com  -  Bride and Groom box
Jen Patrick -http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com
Pamela O'Connor - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com Back to school backpack
Melinda Everitt - http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com   Cowboy Shirt
Tina Gale Husong - http://tiggerscrapplace.blogspot.com  Argyle Shirt Box
Denise Hobbs - http://oklahomainker.blogspot.com   - Black Shirt box


Enjoy!!

HowdyPartner Open House

Only 1 week until the FUN and creativity begins!!

Hope to see ya'll there!!  There will be games, prizes, make-n-takes and plenty of grub!   Email me for directions, my address or leave a comment for more information.

Bring your camera!!!  I will have a professional photographer here to take your picture and there will be lots of opportunities for photos!

I just upped the ante in this here card game!  
You could win the new Cricut Artiste cartridge!!  For each $25.00 in new product you purchase, you can enter the drawing to win the New cartridge.  

1 ticket = $25, 2 tickets = $50 etc.

If you have been following my blog posts, then you have tons of ideas and projects to make with this new cartridge!

So sad - you can not come to the party or you live in another state? GOOD NEWS!!......you can still join the party! 

Just click on this link and scroll down and you will find the Howdy Partner Open House party!  Sign up and purchase your product and I will enter the drawing for you!!!  If you have any questions, email me at Sweetaline@verizon.net

Final drawing will be on August 30 and I will announce the winner of the new cartridge!! ( A few of you have already emailed me and purchased your product- you have already earned your tickets for the drawing!!)

Stay tuned for more Cricut Artiste fun each day until the end of August! Sign up and follow this blog and you will be notified a each post and you won't miss a thing!!

Day 11 of the Artiste in August Blog Hop

If you have been following along every day, then you have a pleuthra of ideas using the new Cricut cartridge!  On Friday my new CTMH product arrived for my Howdy Partner Open House.  Since I do not want to spoil the surprise for many of my guests, you will have to wait until after the 19th to see all of the new projects that I have created!

If you have been hopping with us, then you have just arrived from Becca's blog.

Now it is time to check out my Halloween project bag!  The Spellbound Workshop to Go is awesome!  Check out all of the projects you will be able to make with this kit alone!  The printed paper is only found in this kit - I sure wish I had more of this paper!

Workshops On The Go® Spellbound Cricut® Kit

Create a Halloween party for 8, including treat bags, cupcake picks and wrappers, soda wraps, and a banner. The cute Spellbound paper packet is available in this kit only. This workshop project is ideal for creating as an individual and takes approximately 6 hours to complete.

Included in this kit:
1 – My Reflections® Spellbound Paper Packet
1 – My Acrylix® Spellbound Cricut® Workshop Stamp Set (C-size)
1 – Sunset Baker's Twine (10 yards)
1 – Foundry® Pin Clips
6 – Jump Rings
1 – Instructional Brochure Some basic tools you may already have, such as inks, stamp blocks, or tools are needed to complete this project. The Cricut® Artiste cartridge is also required (Cricut® Artiste Collection Z1790).

if you LOVE Halloween as much as I do, then you'll want to shop on my CTMH website and buy this kit ASAP!  Just click on the button below:

 Now check out my treat bag samples- I had enough black and white to create the scary guy in the middle!

 

Don't forget if you are hopping along with us to follow the links below to

 follow along with the rest of us!  Now it is off to Kathy's blog.

Gloria Rodgers -  www.scraptabulousstudio.com
Tricia Rathke - http://craftingthedayawayy.blogspot.com
Lalia Harris - http://craftylalia.blogspot.com
Rebecca Kings -http://heartfeltcreationsbybecca.blogspot.com
Adeline Brill - www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com  you are here!
Kathy Johnson-  http://kathyscreativecorner.com
Amy Edwards - Paisleysplayhouse.blogspot.com
Jen Patrick -http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com
Pamela O'Connor - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com
Melinda Everitt - http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/
Michele Eickholt - http://chelescrafts.blogspot.com
Tina Gale Husong - http://tiggerscrapplace.blogspot.com
Denise Hobbs - http://oklahomainker.blogspot.com

Enjoy!!