Christmas Tags

How is your Christmas shopping going?  Are you at the wrapping stage? 

I love wrapping presents.. the beautiful paper, bows and ribbon curled and twirled just right and to top it off you need the perfect tag.  

 Aren't these cute?  Santa in his handsome red suit - don't open until December 25, and a glittery sparkly tree waiting with presents.

The Artiste cricut cartridge makes it easy to create multiples of your tag shape quickly.  All three of these tags can be found on the Artiste cartridge.

   

The stamp set used is a retired SOTM called A very Merry Christmas.  The tree is glittered everywhere with red, gold, and green glitz glitter gel (retiring in January '14) so it sparkles and shines.  I also added some bitty sparkle brads to create some extra bling.


I hope you enjoy and create some tags this Christmas to top your beautifully wrapped gifts.

Jennifer
  

Ta Da!!! Did you Guess?

I know it's not Christmas yet, but my family celebrated yesterday.  It was so fun to get together with all my brothers and sisters and laugh when a baby cried and a niece or nephew said, "uh that's mine."  We were remembering when it was our little ones and we would say the exact same thing.  Coming from a big family, it is so much fun when we all get together - I believe the final count was 38 - it's noisy, hectic, and slightly crazy but we love it.

So, the gift I was creating was an Event Calendar for each of my sisters and sister-in-laws.  I had so much fun making these.  The key when doing bulk is assembly line style - it goes really quickly.

Wow did I put my stamps to good use.  There are too many to remember the names, some are retired, some are well loved and some are brand new.

It was great to come up with a mini scene for each month.

I also was able to use some of my hoarded paper packages.  I'm sure you can see some retired papers I used.

 Of course, I also used my favourite foam tape to "pop" the images off the page.  Each of these months has an image that pops off the page.

The only item in the entire event calendar that is not CTMH are the little pink flip flops which are brads that were in my stash.  

My mom is a quilter so I had to include a pinwheel for her.  Fun little design to add some charm. 



These are great to plan your cards a month, couple of months or a year in advance.  Wouldn't it be a great gift complete with the cards to go with each important date in your family?




I hope you enjoy my version of the event calendar and maybe inspired to create your own.

Jennifer

What are you crafting?

As Christmas approaches (quickly) I am busy creating fun gifts for family & friends.  I always seem to take on waaaay too many projects and then try to get them all finished in time!!! 

Here is a sneak peak at what I'm doing.

12 neat piles of 160 plus cut pieces of paper.  Hmmm what would I create with that?  I'm creating multiples and find it easier to do one step at a time - this paper is for 5 of the same project. 
 

 Pretty pink squares with stamped flowers each one coloured and waiting for add ons.

 Are you starting to get any ideas?  Embossing, ribbons tied in bows, sparkles, stamping and colouring.... what could that be?

 Beautiful sand and sun pics starting to take shape.  I love the retired Footloose paper.  I still have some in my stash!!!

Polar bear goes for a downhill sled ride and wishes everyone a very merry Christmas.  The background paper is from the beautiful paper package, Frosted.  There is still glitter all over my work space and floor. 






I'd love to tell you what I'm making, but they are for Christmas gifts, so will have to share with you after the holidays.

I hope everyone is getting their craft on for Christmas!!!

Enjoy,

Jennifer
 

As a consultant for Close to My Heart, one of the questions routinely asked of me is, "Why did I become a consultant?"

It's a question I ask others when they inquire about CTMH.  Why do you scrapbook?  Why do you want to become a consultant?  What do you expect of  yourself & of CTMH? 

This is a beautiful card created by my downline, Muriel, for a bridal shower she is attending.  It is stunning in the detail of the bride's dress, the blingy necklace, and beautiful umbrella.  She is so talented and I am such a fan of her work.   

Muriel began as a customer finding me online.  She lives not far from me, and her previous consultant had retired.  We met, and she introduced me to a few other ladies, began attending my classes, and then she became a downline. 

 

More than being a customer, or downline, all perks of being a CTMH consultant, Muriel has become my friend.  I truly love this woman for all she is, and has become to me. 

As much as you might plan what you're going to do at a crop, there is always something you want to see, touch, or learn that someone else might be doing.

I was thrilled when the student became the teacher.  Muriel was teaching Lydia how to make decorative boxes and the ins and outs of cutters.   She also taught many how to make bows using the fork technique.







My "why" is simple.  I treasure the very special friendships that I have made which were only made possible as a consultant with CTMH, the smiles and laughter, the sharing of stories, the caring hugs and greetings always exchanged and the opportunity to look forward to doing it all again in the New Year.

To all my ladies at CRCC a very special thank-you for all the memories of 2013 and the biggest of hugs to each and every one of you.  Looking forward to seeing everyone in 2014. 

Enjoy,

Jennifer                     

 

         

Clearly The Best: Crafts for Your Curls (S02E06)

Not a papercrafter or scrapbooker?  If not, then the fabulous jewellery line from CTMH is for you!!  Create wonderful wearable art like hair clips, headbands, rings, bracelets, necklaces - the possibilities are endless.  CTMH makes it easy for you to have fun making statement pieces to add that pop to any outfit.

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Is it Christmas???

Did Christmas come early?  Free giveaways???  Details, we need details!! 

I don't know about you but I love discounts, sales, and best of all free items!!!  I love to support other direct sellers and as much as I enjoy giving my customers free items, I also love to receive them!!!  What better way to do some Christmas shopping when you get things free right?

Today's post is all about discounts, and savings and free!!!  So let's get to it...1, 2, 3....  

1.  Free - You can choose one "star" product FREE for every $100.00 of retail priced items in the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book, or Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide.  (Available October 15-December 31,2013 or while supplies last)   

 2.  Free - Join the CTMH family from November 1 - December 15, 2013 and submit qualifying personal sales and you'll receive your choice of a Picture Your Life scrapbooking program FREE!!!  This is a new product line available February 1, 2014 and you can be first in line.   

3.  SOTM - Always discounted, the stamp of the month is only $5.00 with a qualifying $50.00 order.  This is a great stamp set available only for the month featured discounted to you each and every month!!! 








November is a great time to Rediscover CTMH.

Enjoy,


Jennifer
  

Canada EH!

It's always fun to create something different.  A friend wanted something "Canadian" for a gift exchange she was involved in during her cruise.  We came up with a gift bag & card design that screamed Canada.

I love the finished product - the front of the bag Proud to be Canadian was cut with Go Canada cricut cartridge as was the little leaf and bubble with Canada Eh!.

The card couldn't be more Canadian with an RCMP saluting under the Canadian Flag.




I'm thrilled with how this turned out.  This was the first time she had used CTMH but I don't think it will be the last.  I had her cutting, and colouring, foam dots, double stamping, metallic inks - phew - she handled it like a pro.  I think she was glad she only had 4 sets to put together though.  The bags were going to be stuffed with all things Canadian - ketchup chips, smarties, and whatever else she could think of - topped off with red & white tissue paper and ribbon.

I hope you enjoy.

Jennifer