Artbooking Made Easy: Elegant Mini Albums

Care for classy creations? Grace your eyes with artwork made from the elegance-themed keys of the Cricut® Artbooking Collection from Close To My Heart. See the video for your first tasteful touch with these keys and the elevated works of art they produce.

Christine has done such a great job with this album.  I might have to make a few for myself.  

You can order the supplies needed to make these albums here.  If you have questions about the supplies to make these or other albums please call me 503-708-6889.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

Another Pajama Party!

 THIS JUST IN

Close To My Heart is teaming up with Big Picture Classes again to bring you a live webcast with step-by-step instructions for making this layout using the Cricut^® Artbooking collection. Purchase the collection beginning August 1, 2013 and revolutionize the way you scrapbook!
The FREE webcast will air Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 pm (MDT). During the presentation, you’ll learn to make several projects from a variety of sponsors, including Close To My Heart’s Artbooking layout, as our very own Kristine Widtfeldt walks you through the steps—and sneaks the Artbooking collection!
The Pajama Party class will be available for FREE at BigPictureClasses.com on July 31, and will be archived after the event for future viewing. If you would like to interact on the message board, participate in live chat, post to the gallery, download handouts, or enter any contests, you will need to log in to the Pajama Party “classroom” by creating a free account on the Big Picture Classes website. If you have already created an account or if you registered for the first Pajama Party in May, you are all set! You will not need to create another account or register again.
To make our Artbooking layout, you will want to have the following items—or similar products—on hand:

• Z1906 Cricut^® Artbooking Collection*
• 1301 Bamboo Cardstock
• 1388 Colonial White Cardstock
• X5668 Honey Cardstock
• X5762 Lagoon Cardstock
• X5930 Slate Cardstock
• X5639 Sweet Leaf Cardstock
• X5666 Twilight Cardstock
• Z2160 Twilight Exclusive Inks^® Pad
• Z2173 Slate Exclusive Inks^® Pad
• Z1853 Aqua Dots*
• Z1799 Silver Shimmer Trim
• Z1151 3-D Foam Tape
• Z1294 Sanding Kit

*These products will be available to purchase beginning August 1, 2013.

Place Order Here!

Watch the Pajama Party by yourself or with your friends for a fun crafting experience. Anyone with an Internet connection can watch, so be sure to tell your friends to order their project supplies in advance and then tune in!

One Sheet Wonder cards - Update

I am teaching a class called One Sheet Wonder.  I will show the class how to take 1 sheet of background and texture or decorative paper and make 15-17 cards from it.  Here is a sample of the basic cards using CTMH's Buzz & Bumble paper pack.

Like I said basic, but look at what I turned them into.

You can find lots of cutting diagrams on Pinterest and other sites, but not all of them have pictures of what to do with the pieces once you've cut them.  I made my own cutting diagram using some of the other ones as a guide.  I am providing all of my attendees my cutting diagram, pictures of basic cards and ideas of what to do to take them to the next level.  This would be a great gift to give someone who loves to send cards to friends and family just because.

I am teaching this class on Saturday,  May 11, 2013 at 10:00 am. The cost is just $10.00  If you wish to take the class or know someone who would like to take the class, please email me at jwilson@bctonline.com for the directions.

Happy Scrappin,

Janice

One Sheet Wonder Card Class

Saturday May 11, 2013  10:30 am.

One Sheet Wonder Card Class - 15 cards for $10.00.

I will show you how to take one 12" X 12" sheet of Background and Texture paper (B and T) and cut it so you can make up to 15 cards.  I will have several of my sentiment stamp sets, Ink Tower, Blocks and my Cricut available for you to use to finish your cards. 

Please bring your favorite adhesive, paper trimmer and scissors, you can bring punches, stamps, stickers and embellishments to finish the cards.  We will be using the B and T paper from the New "Dream Pop" Paper. May is National Scrapbooking Month and this is the Special.
Starting May 1st. If you place an order of $35.00 you can get this paper pack for just $10.00.  This picture does not do the paper justice at all.

Here is what you will get;
1 sheet Dream Pop B and T 
4 sheets Cardstock 
15 card bases (White)
Cutting Diagram and print-out of picture below showing the completed cards.

The basic cards will end up looking similar these.
These cards are great for building up your stash, you can keep them simple or embellish them as much as you want.  Here are a couple examples using Buzz and Bumble.  I kept these pretty simple by just adding a stamped sentiment.



















Here I added a stamped image and cut out flowers then added chocolate pearls to the centers.  The Bee and one flower is popped up on foam tape. Then I stamped the sentiment.             





















Here I cut out shapes from the Artiste Cricut cartridge in 2 sizes.  I hand cut two flowers and colored them in.  I cut 4 leaves out from the same cartridge also.  I stamped the sentiment on the Die cut shapes.  I used liquid glass and put clear micro beads on the flower centers. Once the flower centers were dry, I assembled the card. 

       

Here are the 15 cards that I made using the Cutting Diagram.

Please email me at jwilson@bctonline.com or call me at 503-708-6889 for directions. 

Happy Scrappin',

Janice  

30 Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts.

If you are new to blogging or just don't know how to promote your blog this is great information.  Well worth the effort of signing up for some of these sites and most are free to join.  You can decide if you want to get emails from them or not.

I am connected to Facebook, Pinterest, Google +, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn & Networked Blogs.  IO am still learning about this stuff myself and I like to pass on great information.  I guess I will be sending some of my posts to Amazon and a couple others.

I hope this helps some of you, who, just like me don't know where to go.

I have watched my blog grow by leaps and bounds then just drop to hardly anything.  I want to get more followers and actually hear back from followers about my content and artwork.

I found this information on Facebook and shared it on  my page.  Here is the link to Launch Grow Joy.com http://launchgrowjoy.com/30-ways-to-promote-your-blog-posts/#


Happy Scrappin',

Janice

The Right Tools Make All The Difference!

Discover how easy crafting can be when you use the perfect tool for your project. Whether you are creating 3-D flowers, applying rub-ons, or writing on chalkboard sheets, there is a tool for you in the Close To My Heart product line

Call me  503-708-6889 to see a demonstration of the tools we carry and how to use them.

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

How to Kiss with Stamps

“How to Kiss—with Stamps” features a stamping technique called kissing for removing ink from a stamp to create a customized image.