Dotty For YOU!

Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month in May by mixing and matching to your heart’s content with our new Dotty for You paper packet! The trendy patterns on the front of the papers coordinate perfectly with the dots on the reverse side, giving you lots of options for crafting colorful layouts, cards, and other projects. Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos^® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing.
There are three ways to get this exclusive Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95:

• Place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, and add the Dotty for You paper packet for just $5*. Start shopping.
• Host a Gathering with a sales total of $400 or more (excluding tax, shipping/handling) between April 17 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE. (You will also get $60 in FREE products plus any item in the Idea Book at 50% off!)
• Join Close To My Heart as a new Consultant between April 1 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE. Let’s get started.

This is really a fabulous value, you'll love these paper patterns! 
I love how they are so easy to mix and match.  Here is a recent card I made for a co-worker's birthday using the back side of the papers with all the fun dots.

Here is a picture of the patterns on the other side of the dots. Love that sheet of butterflies.  So Cute!!

Get your own Dotty For You paper packet today, and join the fun!

Best Wishes Bird

I'm having a blast today at the Close to My Heart "Crop 'til you Drop"!  Lots of scrappin' and yappin' going on (mostly yappin'), but I managed to make this card:

I used the new Dotty For You papers ( LOVE these!) and the felt bird is from my CTMH stash.  Back to work now, maybe I'll have something else to show you soon!

CTMH Supplies:
Dotty For You paper pack (Available April 17 - May 31)
Sweet Leaf grosgrain ribbon
Die Cut Felt (retired)
Creme Brulee grograin ribbon (retired)
Bitty Sparkles
Bitty Opaques
Art Philosophy Stamps

Easter yummies!

I hope you had a wonderful Easter!  I had fun making lots of sweet treats for friends and family, and we had a blast.  It was such a beautiful day, so we spent a lot of time outside enjoying the sun.  There was even a water fight which ended up getting 4 people pushed into the pool!  I laughed so hard, my sides hurt.  Here are some pics of the treats I made:

Crafted With Love

Hi Crafters! Do you get a warm and fuzzy feeling when you give someone special a handmade card?  So do I!  Well, check this out:

This video is for all my card making friends!  It's an awesome little stamp set that is great for either the BACK or the FRONT of cards.  Gotta love that versatility, right?! 

Crafted with Love (B1399).  Better yet, it's only $9.95!

My Peeps

Since it's almost Easter, I thought I'd share some Easter treats that I made recently! 

I went to the Cricut Circle Meet-Up in San Jose last week, and we needed to bring a 3x3 calling card along with an Easter basket treat to share with everyone.  I decided to use the new CTMH stamp set, My Peeps, since it is simply adorable!  So for the treat, of course I had to use my favorite goodie of all time....Peeps! 

For my calling card, I also used the new CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut out the frame and the Easter egg.  I then stamped and cut out two peeps, as well as a banner. 

For the treats, I put a row of 4 bunny peeps in a snack size baggie, then folded a 6x4 piece of cardstock in half and stuck it over the top of the baggie with an adhesive runner.  I punched a border along the edge, punched two holes through the top, and then tied a piece of decorative ribbon through the holes.  The last step was to stamp the sentiment, "happy easter to my peeps", across a strip of paper and adhere it to the bag topper. 

I had some leftover treat bags, so I'm going to give those to my son's teachers tomorrow.  I hope they'll like them!