Hello my friends
 Now that the nice weather appears to be here,it's time to celebrate National Scrapbook Month in May!
What better way to welcome these sunny days then with our new Postcard bundle.

National Scrapbooking Month: National Scrapbooking month is celebrated annually each May, and this year our special features the Postcard Perfect paper packet, stamp set, Cut Above® layout kit, and coordinating cardstock. Postcard Perfect celebrates sunshine, tropical getaways, and family vacations.

The coordinating stamp set comes with titles and phrases to use for scrapbooking with this paper packet. The Cut Above® layouts are similarly themed to make preserving your memories quick and easy.



National Scrapbooking Day: National Scrapbooking Day is celebrated on the first Saturday in May. This year it is falls on May 5, 2018. For Hostesses: When you host a party that reaches the third level of Hostess Rewards or higher (submitting your party order no later than June 5, 2018), you will receive the Cut Above® Postcard Perfect layout kit, FREE. That’s a $24.95 USD/$31.75 CAD value, totally free! For New Consultants: Anyone who becomes a Close To My Heart Consultant in May will receive the Cut Above® Postcard Perfect layout kit, FREE. That’s a $24.95 USD/$31.75 CAD value, totally free!

Love and Friendships Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our February Blog Hop featuring artwork inspired by Love and Friendships.

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or me

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 want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at her blog to see the list

If you came from "Diana's Blog " then you are in the right place!

Here is my project:
Our daughter's daycare teacher captured a picture of my two granddaughter's. They really do love one another.( yes they have their not so loving moments)but this is a keeper. I used a lot of Pink and gold products as this month many of these products are discounted. Both my favourite colours !

Products used:
Basic Fundamentals
Raspberry cardstock
CTMH Watercolour Cardstock
Bashful cardstock
Gold Foil paper
Raspberry Ink
memento Ink
Shin Han twin Touch Markers
Watercolour paints and brushes
Gold Glitter Gems
Cricut Artistry Cartridge
Kitchen Traditions Stamp D1770
SuperGirl Stamp B1582

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is back to the beginning at "Michelle's blog".
If you. get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle 'S Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring What we love about Spring. So mark March 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

February Stamp of the Month

 Welcome to the February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.

  We will be featuring February's SOTM, which is 'Sunny Thought", a set of 13 stamps.  If you have come here from Haley Dyer's Blog, you are on the right path! 

The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html. 

This month we have 25 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go! I love the Colour Pink !!! This month we have a special campaign going on called "Pretty in Pink". A great time to build up products that have a pink theme . Check out your consultant's website today.

 Here is the card I made using this beautiful set of stamps. I see many possibilities besides cards. I am working on a scrapbook layout as I write this. Will add later on the weekend.

  Products Used: Bashful cardstock, Adventure fundamental paper,
 Bashful glitter paper,Bashful shimmer  glue pen, Hearts Thin cuts,  Basic circle thin cuts, memento ink, charcoal ink,New England Ivy ink,ShinHan Twin Touch markers- Tender pink,Sage green.

The following pieces of art are from our CTMH Corporate artists

Now "Hop" on over to Sarah Devendorf's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available until February 28th 2018 !  
Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Christmas Layouts using older CTMH Paper

I love the "Beary Christmas " paper but I did not order enough to do the workshop. Instead I used the cutting directions with older paper I had in my stash, What I love about Close To My Heart is that their paper coordinates with many of the older and newer pallets !

Christmas Card Workshop

 ChrisTmas Card Workshop

Make three cute Christmas/holiday cards

Ink, Stamp, glitter

Come join the fun with some other current/new friends

Only $10 ( or free if you place an order  of $20 or more from my website this month)

 RSVP no later than Wednesday November 15th for the Friday November 17th class

or Saturday November 11th for Monday November 13th class

 Contact me  for your spot ctaggio@yahoo.ca

Only 6 spots available 

Get into the Christmas Spirit,enjoy a cup of Christmas Cheer

October Stamp Of the Month

Welcome to the  Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

We will be featuring the October Stamp of the Month, which is  named

             " Christmas Tunes",  a set of 7 stamps. 

 If you are getting ready to make Holiday/Winter/ Christmas cards or prepare Christmas/Holiday Scrapbook layouts, then you will want to add this stamp to your collection.

This stamp is located in our brand newly released 

Holiday Expressions 2 catalog on page 66

If you have come from Michelle Rowley's Blog then you are in the right place 

This Stamp of the Month blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog

This month we have 27 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

Here is my project. I created a card using the following supplies from Close To My Heart
Silver and Gold paper pack X7226B
Black cardstock 1386 (to create 5x7 card)
Black and gold ribbon Z3197
White and Gold Ribbon Z3189
Blush Shimmer Ribbon Z3313
Silver Shimmer Trim Z1799
 Vellum Paper-Z3367
 Largest Round Basic circle from Thin Cut Z3318
Ranger Silver Embossing Powder Z2067
Versa Mark Ink Pad Z891

 Inside of the card

Thanks for looking and always enjoy getting comments !

I am the last stop in the hop but you can start at the beginning  by going to the very talented Melinda's blog

Thin Cut storage