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I am an Senior Executive Manager independent consultant with Close to my Heart.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Welcome to our Blog Hop. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

 If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way but going to Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-brae-er-technique-blog-hop.html for a full list of participants. If you came from Lucy Imrie of   http://lucyscreativeexpressions.blogspot.com/2013/04/scrapping-with-for-always-fabric_23.html  then you are in the right place! 

This months Blog Hop we are each doing a different technique. I have chosen one of my favorite MASKING. I was having creative block on how to show this the best possible way then remembered a lovely workshop we had years ago called Bella! So with using the stamps that complemented Bella I came up with this card. Super SIMPLE! The key is to be sure to cut close enough to the  second stamped image (ie on a posted note) so when you place over the original stamp it looks as though it was stamped first. MAGIC! 

Every time I teach this in my class everyone is thrilled with the look! Hope you enjoy.





Materials used

C1361 - Buttoned together
Z1752 - sparkles
Z1391 - clear assortment buttons
Inks -    Smokey plum
             Sorbet
            Creme Brulee
Z282 - Black Hemp

 Your next stop on the Hop is Michelle Hughes http://therighthugh.blogspot.com/2013/04/team-blog-hop.html. Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again next month when we will be featuring inspirations from PINTEREST! This will be fun!

Thursday, April 11, 2013


Mini Album

For a fun way to use up an eclectic array of papers, stamped images, and Cricut® shapes, a mini album is the perfect choice! Learn how to make an 8" × 5" mini album from start to finish for a cute little scrapbook full of variety and personality!

How amazing is this!?