Craft Show Project Mini Series Day 5-Gift Card Holder

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Today is DAY 5 in my Craft Show Mini Series!!! 

Today's project is one that will be a BIG hit...

POP UP GIFT CARD HOLDERS!!!

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Box these bad boys up in a set of 4 and sell them for $8! People will LOVE THEM!!!!

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First, throughout the month of November, all layouts purchased in Studio J are $5! That is a savings of over 25% off of retail—an unprecedented deal!

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And there is one last way to win: take your new Studio J artwork and post a picture of it on Instagram using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. Just as it is with Facebook, after November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries to receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

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*Offer valid November 1–30, 2014. Pattern and color of new D-ring album to be given to winners will be at Close To My Heart’s discretion based upon availability. New kits available in Studio J® on November 1 include Confetti Wishes, Snowhaven, Seaside, Pathfinding, and Scaredy Cat. No tax or shipping will be charged on the free item(s). Studio J layouts ship in a protected box that can hold 4 to 50 two-page layouts. For additional information about shipping/handling, please visit StudioJ.com > Products and Pricing > Shipping Options.

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Craft Show Project Mini Series Day 4-Hot Cocoa Slider

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Today is DAY 4 in my Craft Show Mini Series!!! 

Guess what we are making today??? 

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OK, I'll tell you! Its a HOT COCOA SLIDER and its SUPER EASY to make!!!!

Check out mine:

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Supplies Used:

Close To MY Heart Snowhaven Paper Pack

Close To My Heart Snowhaven Complements

Close To My Heart Silver Sequins

Close To My Heart Merry Merry Stamp Set

Also, I used the Jaded Blossom Snowman Soup Stamp Set!!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for my last episode (or is it) of my Craft Show Mini Series!!!!

NOVEMBER SPECIAL!!!! Any $25 or more order that is place IN NOVEMBER with me under the November Open Gathering in my online store gets the FREE Seasonal Expressions delivered TO THEIR DOORSTEP by black Friday so they are ready to shop, shop, shop, come December 1st! In addition to the catalog, you will ALSO get a special little surprise as well from me!!! Could be a mini stamp set, could be a set of embellishments, could be a handmade card! Just a little something extra to say THANK YOU!!! !!! So, get your orders in to make your Christmas Cards, Halloween Layouts, Thanksgiving table decor so you get your mini catalog and a surprise!!! Shop now! www.craftinandstampin.ctmh.com

Stamp of the Month-It's The Little Things! 

*Take this stamp home for only $5 when you spend $50 or more! 

Click below on the shopping cart to be directed to my online store to grab your goodies!!! And be SURE to click on the November Open Gathering! 

November Constant Campaign- Lucky 5

November marks the five-year anniversary of Studio J®, and that means it’s your lucky month, with five amazing ways to win through Studio J and Close To My Heart social media!

First, throughout the month of November, all layouts purchased in Studio J are $5! That is a savings of over 25% off of retail—an unprecedented deal!

Your second chance to win big must come by sheer luck: every fifth order placed in Studio J during November receives a FREE surprise Close To My Heart accessory in its shipping box! The accessory has a retail value of $5 or more.

If luck doesn’t smile on you in that way, you might stumble upon it by finding a little extra something in your Studio J box. Five “golden tickets” will be sent out during the month of November with randomly selected Studio J print orders! This “golden ticket” is redeemable for one of Close To My Heart’s new D-ring albums* loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors™.

For a fourth way to win, simply create new, gorgeous layouts in Studio J, select your favorites, and then post pictures of them on Close To My Heart’s Facebook page using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. After November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries based on their artistry and creativity and each of these winners will receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

And there is one last way to win: take your new Studio J artwork and post a picture of it on Instagram using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. Just as it is with Facebook, after November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries to receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

Contact me for more details.

*Offer valid November 1–30, 2014. Pattern and color of new D-ring album to be given to winners will be at Close To My Heart’s discretion based upon availability. New kits available in Studio J® on November 1 include Confetti Wishes, Snowhaven, Seaside, Pathfinding, and Scaredy Cat. No tax or shipping will be charged on the free item(s). Studio J layouts ship in a protected box that can hold 4 to 50 two-page layouts. For additional information about shipping/handling, please visit StudioJ.com > Products and Pricing > Shipping Options.

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Ghost Poop-Jaded Blossom October Entry!

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Hey All!!!

Happy Sunday! Can I just tell you that my sister and law and I have been SUPER busy getting crafty for our upcoming craft shows? We have 4 in a 3 week span, so we gotta get stuff cranked out NOW! And when we talk about craft shows and favors, you KNOW that means we pulled out my Jaded Blossom Stamps! Heres what my craft table looks like right now as I am typing my post:

 All I can say is that its fun to clean ONLY this kind of mess up! LOL! 

Anyway, here is something we are making for our upcoming show..its Ghost Poop! And its also my entry into Jaded Blossom's October Challenge!!

I gotta say I am LOVING this stamp set!!!

SUPPLIES:

Jaded Blossom: Halloween Poop 2, Fancy Topper Die, & Bags

Close To My Heart- White Daisy ink, White Daisy Paper, Black Paper, Foam Tape, Tombow 

Silhoutte Store: Ghost that I manipulated to my liking

OK All! Hope to catch you Craftin' & Stampin'! 

Teacher Appreciation Week Day 5! Chocolate Nugget Tin!

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Hey All!!

Today is Day 5 of Teacher Appreciation Week!! Its the last day! We had a great week showing off different projects for the teachers! Here is a quick rundown for what I did for the week:

 

Day 1-K-Cup Holders

Day 2- Lip Balm Purse

Day 3-Sticky Pad Holder Stand

Day 4-Seed (or Hot Chocolate) Slider

 

For Day 5, I am going to show you a SO VERY SIMPLE project that I made for this week.

 

 

 

Its a Chocolate Nugget Tin! Here are the supplies I used:

 

Tin (mine is from a company called Speciality Bottle. Click HERE for the website)

Hershey Chocolate Nuggets (12 per tin)

12 strips of patterned card stock cut into 1"x 3" strips. (I used DCWV The Grade School Stack for my project)

Solid piece of card stock. Mine is the blue piece for the belly band, and I cut it at 2 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Embellishments to decorate for a teacher theme.

Scotch Quick Dry

 

So, I took my 12 pieces of chocolate and my 12 pieces of patterned paper, and I wrapped the paper around the nuggets. I used a bit of Scotch Quick Dry to keep the paper adhered together, but not adhered to the chocolate. It should be able to slide of the piece of candy. I did that 12 times.

 

Next, I put the candy inside the tin, and got ready to make my belly band. To make the belly band, all I did was fold it around the tin. No scoring, no matching fold lines, just fold it around. Make sure its kind of snug, but not to snug where you cant pull it off. Glue the one end of the belly band to the other and then its all ready to keep you tin closed!

 

Finally, add your decorations! I just made mine very simple. The teacher I gave one to last year said that it was so cute she didn't want to open it. Well, that ment she did not get a chance to enjoy the chocolates, so I did not make these ones as nice because I want to them enjoy it! Then, when all the candy is eaten, the teacher can use this tin to add paper clips, tacks, stickers, etc to it!

 

OK all! That's it! I hope you enjoyed my projects this week for Teacher Appreciation Week! If you couldn't get the projects done in time this year, remember my blog for next year!!!

 

Hope to find you Craftin' and Stampin'!

Teacher Appreciation Week-Day 4! Seed Slider!

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Today is Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week!!

 

For today's gift, I made a Seed Slider! You could also use this as a Hot Chocolate Slider! It was SO VERY EASY to make!!!

 

 

Here is what it looks like:

 

 

To make this slider, you will need to follow some very simple instructions!

 

The supplies you need are:

 

Solid Card stock

Pattern Card stock

Double Sided Tape

Hole Punch

Ribbon

Stamps for decorating

 

 

First, you will need to cut a solid piece of card stock to act as the base. It needs to be 7 3/4" X 5 1/2". Then, you need a piece of patterned paper which needs to be cut at 7 3/4" X 4 1/2". You can glue the patterned paper on top of the base and get ready for step two.

 

Next, take your scoreboard or your trimmer and score along the 7 3/4" side at 3 5/8" and then again at 1/2". Fold along your score lines. On the 1/2" piece, apply a piece of double sided tape all along it. Then, fold it together. It will look like a sleeve.

 

Now, you will need to take a hole punch and punch a hole big enough for your ribbon to fit through it. For this part, I DO NOT CUT MY RIBBON. I measure it inside the hole with the seed packet in there! I thread the ribbon through both holes, and I place the slider inside WHILE I AM HOLDING THE RIBBON. This is what makes the slider! Once the seed packet is in there, THAT is when I cut my ribbon! That way there is no waste!!!

 

To finish, you tie a bow with your ribbon (mine bow did not want to stay as I was taking the picture, lol). You can add any stamps you wish to decorate it. You can round your corners of the slider.

 

 That's it!!!

 

OK all, come on back tomorrow to catch the last project for Teacher Appreciation Week!!

 

Hope to find you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

 

Teacher Appreciation Week Day 3-Sticky Pad Holder!

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Today is Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week!!

 

I have another SUPER QUICK project for you! This one LITERALLY took my 5 minutes to finish, and the teachers just ADORE it!!

 

 

 

This is a Sticky Pad Notepad Holder! It is a 4 x 6 acrylic frame that I put a piece of patterned paper in, decorated the front and added a piece of the matching patterned paper to a PENTEL pen. The piece of the patterned paper for the pen was 1 x 3 for me at least! You just unscrew the top of the pen, roll the paper tight around the ink, and place back in the pen. You cant really tell from this picture, but the pen is decorated! 

 

For the notepad, you will need double sided tape. You need to put it on the back of the pad real good so it stays down when you rip the sticky note off!

 

The piece of patterned paper for the holder piece should measure 4 X6. My frame must of been a little off because my paper was a little smaller than 4 inches and a little smaller than 6 inches.

 

Now, decorate away! I had that sticker from the other project I did, and I thought it would be SUPER CUTE to have for this project!!

 

OK all, check back tomorrow for ANOTHER project!!!

 

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Teacher Appreciation Week Day 2! Lip Balm Purse!

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Today is day 2 for Teacher Appreciation week! For today's project, I made a Lip Balm Purse!

During the holiday craft shows, these sold like CRAZY! Not just for teachers, but as stocking stuffer's for little girls or gifts from little girls to mom! So, these are just not made for Teacher Appreciation, but you can make them for ANY female holiday!!

Here is a picture of the lip balm purse:

Here is the picture of the template I found online at Split Coast Stampers to follow to make this:

If you go to THIS BLOG, you will find more detailed instructions on making a bunch at a time. I only made 5, so I didn't follow her steps exactly, but I did follow!


For making this lip balm purse, I had a BUNCH of adhesive back stickers that said things about teachers that I got at AC Moore. The package did not have a title, nor a name of who made them!

The difference I found in making these was that I wanted to add just a slight tough more. I used my Crop a Dile and put in an eyelet to give it a little extra spark!

OK all! Check back tomorrow for Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Gifts!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!


Oh boy!!! Crafty day for me is starting now!!!

Hi All!!

Happy Sunday! Its my CRAFTING DAY!!!! I was so excited to have a WHOLE day lined up with projects that I wanna make, that I just couldn't sleep! So, I have been bouncing around from blog to blog to say hello, and now its time to check in with you guys before I go up into my little craft room and CREATE!!!

We have TONS of things going on with the business today...We have our big benefit for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia going on 3/10/2012, so we are EAGERLY looking for donations for the Chinese Auction items. If ANY of you can donate ANYTHING to help us out, that would be great! Its going for a fantastic cause. My brother in law is a childhood Leukemia Survivor (23 years cancer free!) and we thought what better way to give back then to host a benefit??? He will be one of our speakers, and we are also looking for another speaker. My partners will be over later today so we can discuss all of this, so I have to get my ideas ready! I want to raise as much money as possible!!!

In addition to the benefit, we are hosting a craft show at my sons school! We are just waiting for the last word from the PTA at his school that all is set to go! So, the crafty day I am going to have is going to be dedicated to the craft show!!! I am really looking forward to this. We are going to get our name out there AND we are donating a portion of our proceeds to my sons school!! LOVE IT!!!

AND finally, we have the number of invites we have to make for my sister in laws baby shower! We worked on them for 8 hours STRAIGHT last Sunday, so now its time to piece the little animals onto the cards! I cant wait to see just how cute its gonna look all together!!!

So, I am going to leave you with a card I made...I got the idea from How'd She Do That (Dawn) on You Tube. Its called a view master card! It was SO SIMPLE to make it! I thought it was going to be hard, but it really wasn't! I even changed the directions that she had for people who don't have punches, but have George and Basic Shapes and can make circles! You would only need 1 punch for this card to work, and I will be posting the instructions tomorrow! I may even make a video for it!

OK all! Hope to find you Craftin' and Stampin'!