Wings journal

In January, my amazing friend Susan decided to become a Close To My Heart consultant.  Yay, Susan!!  I know she will be awesome with this business, and to welcome her to my team, I made her a special journal she can use to take notes, write down ideas, or just jot sketches.   I LOVE these journals....they come with a plastic sleeve on the front, so you can change out the decorated panel if you want.  Or, you can tear the sleeve off, and create something across the entire front of the journal.  So versatile! 

It's hard to see in the photo, but the butterfly was inked with Vineyard Berry ink, and the edges sponged with Black ink, for a two-tone look.  I only attached the body of the butterfly, leaving the wings to "float" off the page. 

Thanks for visiting!!

Materials used (all products are from Close To My Heart, except where noted):

Z1268 My Creations Journal

X7135B Wings Level 2 Paper Pack

E1019 Bohemian Alphabet

Z2105 Black Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2157 Vineyard Berry Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z1311 1 1/4" Circle Punch

SU! border punch

Martha Stewart scoring board

Cute "cake" boxes

Last month was the last meeting of one of my clubs.  :-(  The hostess for the month made each of us these awesome pieces of "cake", with the paper from the Wings line, and filled them with candy.  Soooooo adorable!!  She got the template from the online section of Paper Crafts magazine.  You can download the cutting templates here (the templates are found about halfway down the page).

Thanks so much, Patty!!  You're awesome!

Is it Spring yet???????

Hello fellow crafters!!  I'm baaaack!  :-)  How very ironic that my last post was in NOVEMBER, and it was about how I was going to be be more consistent about blogging.  :-)  At any rate, many of you know that around that time my back started bothering me again, and I actually ended up with surgery in February, so I apologize for the blogging void while I've been recuperating.

Since it's been so dark and dreary here, I wanted to make something that brightened up the room a little bit.  This "window box" of flowers fits the bill!!  I will be offering this as a workshop sometime in the near future, so look here for updates, or in my newsletter.  Each flower in the "garden" represents a different technique (well, technically that isn't true....I repeated 2 flowers!).  I used one of my very favorite new paper lines from Close To My Heart, Sophia.  It has such pretty, vibrant colors!  Perfect for those dreary March days!

Enjoy!  Who says it's too early in the season for flowers???  :-)

(Edited to add the details for the workshop:  It will be held at my house on Tuesday, March 22, from 6-9:30pm.  The cost is $15, or $5 with a $25 CTMH purchase.  Please email me at thepaperprincess2@comcast.net to sign up, or for more details.)

(The "wooden" posts were stamped with the wood-grain stamp from the set "Universal Backgrounds", using Bamboo ink.)

Heart2Heart challenge

I have recently decided to commit to doing some challenges on an awesome blog called Heart2heart challenges.  Each week, a challenge is issued to create a card or project with certain requirements.  For example, last week was create a non-square or non-rectangular card.  This week, it is to create a "girly" card.  Here are my submissions:

It's hard to see in the picture, but there is Glitz glitter gel on the background paper, and Prisma glitter on the crown and wand.  Very sparkly!!  :-)

This one is a little more sophisticated.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stamp set!! 

I used my Martha Stewart Scoring Board to create the vertical lines, and sanded them down.  Then I paper pieced her skirt with Smokey Plum cardstock, and glammed it up a bit using the Mocha Opaques.  Best new product of the winter catalogue!!!!    Here is a closer picture of her skirt:

Isn't she cute??

Products used in first card: (all products are CTMH, except where noted)
-Gypsy, Pear and Hollyhock cardstock
-Little Princess stamp set C1414
-Spot On Backgrounds D1280
-ribbon--???
-Martha Stewart border punch
-Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
-Glitz glitter gel
-Prisma glitter

Products in second card:  (all products are CTMH, except where noted)

-Smokey Plum and Vanilla Cream cardstock
-Chocolate ink
-Mocha Opaques
-misc. ribbon
-Martha Stewart scoring board



A Special thanks to you!

Well, here we are almost halfway through November.  Who made the clock speed up???  Slow it back down, please.  :-)  Since it seems like the end of November will be here in the blink of an eye, I just wanted to to encourage everyone to take advantage of Close To My Heart's AWESOME customer special this month, before it's too late!  Called "A Little More Thanks", this incredible deal is to thank YOU, the customer, and let you know how much you are appreciated.  During November we're expressing our gratitude to you by helping you earn two fabulous My Acrylix® stamp sets for FREE! When you place a minimum order of $100, you will not only receive the November Stamp of the Month set, A Little Thanks, for FREE, you will also receive one stamp set of your choosing from the 2010 Autumn/Winter Idea Book for FREE*! This means you can increase the value of your purchase by up to $45.90—that’s almost 50 percent more in value! It’s just our way of imparting A Little MORE Thanks to you for being a great customer.
 
Here is a picture of November's Stamp of the Month, with some artwork:
 

Can't you think of a million things you can do with this stamp set??  Then you get to pick any A-D size stamp that you would like, for FREE!!  Wow!  Visit my website at http://www.michelleauten.myctmh.com/, shoot me an email at thepaperprincess2@comcast.net, or give me a buzz at home, 540-338-4110, if you'd like to take advantage of the incredible deal.  Hurry....November 30 will be here before you know it!

Some fun cards....

Just some fun birthday cards that I made recently.  I used this tutorial  to make the pinwheel flowers.  So easy, and super cute!! 

supplies used:
-Magnifique paper
-Lagoon cardstock
-Pacifica cardstock
-Colonial White ribbon
-A Perfect Day paper
-Juniper cardstock
-Colonial White cardstock
-Colonial white brads
-Martha Stewart border punch

You Rock kids class.....

OK, this is unprecedented.....TWO blog posts in one day! Woo hoo!! This one for the kiddos. We will make a paper bag mini-album using the oh-so-cool You Rock paper. Join us on Thursdays, from 3:30-4:45, beginning October 28, and ending November 18.  There will be one Thursday that we don't meet, pending a Girl Scout meeting.  Here is what your child will make: (click on the photo to enlarge it)

This class is suitable for both girls and boys.  Children do not need to bring anything but themselves.  :-)  Cost is $30, and your child's spot will be reserved when you register, and payment is received.  Please contact me at (540)-338-4110,  or by email: thepaperprincess2@comcast.net.