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Winner will be announced at 10 a.m. CST, Thursday, August 9th.

Thank you for your support!!!

Sweet Treats using CTMH’s Lucy Collection

This past weekend, we hosted our first women’s retreat for our church’s women’s ministry. I was honored to be able to create these goodies for all the ladies in attendance. What a blessing it was to combine my love for God, my sisters in Christ & my love of paper crafting!

Inside each goodie bag was a decorated notebook & pen, french fry box & water bottle. I included a bookmark tag to hang on the outside to identify each guest.

I created the french fry box, tag & initials using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. Using the Cricut Craft Room, I was able to fit two french fry boxes onto one sheet of cardstock, which saved a ton of paper!

To create the accordion flowers, I cut strips of cardstock and B&T Duos paper into 1” strips and then scored each strip at 1/4” increments. I adhered one strips ends together to form a circle and then pressed one edge into itself to form the flower. I adhered the flower to a 2” scallop punched flower with Liquid Glass on one side and then decorated the other side as desired.

For the decorated notebook, I came across a project using a file folder and with a little creative ingenuity, I figured out how to create a similar project using an 11” x 12” piece of cardstock. Here’s how…

Score a 11” x 12” piece of cardstock according to the diagram above. Cut out the piece shown. Round all the corners with a corner rounder.

Fold all the score lines and turn up the bottom flap to create a pocket on the inside. Adhere the left edge & right edge…no need to glue the center score line. Adhere a 5-1/2” x 8” lined notepad to the inside right panel with the flap closure on the right.

Decorate the cover as desired. I used the upcoming Dotty for You paper packet here…available 4/17 for only $5 with a $35 purchase of products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book. Place a velcro dot on the flap closure to secure shut…and Viola!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

I hope you have enjoyed this project! To keep up-to-date on my latest projects, classes & promotions, click here to visit my Facebook Page and ‘Like’ me!

Have a blessed day & make it from your heART!

Cool Technique: Make Your Own Baker’s Twine

I love all the cool tips & techniques I learn from Close To My Heart…especially from their Facebook Page. Check out this amazing two-page scrapbook layout using what looks like baker’s twine in the center of the flowers…

The above layout was created by the Close To My Heart Art Department and they twisted Colonial White and Chocolate Waxy Flax to make it look like baker's twine in the center of the flowers.

What creative techniques are you using on your fall artwork?

I see some scraplifting happening in my very near future!

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Create beautiful Christmas cards, scrapbook layouts & gifts this holiday season with an exclusive stamp set at an incredible discount!

This holiday season, you can get this beautiful D-size Holiday Wishes stamp set for only $5 when you place a minimum order of $25 in CTMH stamp sets* through the end of November. That’s a significant savings of $12.95! You may buy one Holiday Wishes stamp set for every $25 in qualifying stamp sets you purchase. As a creative bonus, many of the images in the set coordinate with our Cricut® Art Philosophy Cartridge for added cutting and stamping fun!

The images outlined in black coordinate with the Cricut® Art Philosophy Cartridge. How awesome is that? Add the Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection to your order and then qualify to get the November Stamp of the Month for only $5 too! With both stamp sets and the sets that come with the Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection, you'll be all set for your Christmas crafting!

To purchase your Holiday Wishes stamp set and other CTMH products…

Visit MyCTMH Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

My Acrylix® Pair-a-Phrase Inspiration & Cricut Expressions Giveaway!

Check out the amazing artwork that Close To My Heart has been sharing on their Facebook Page this month…

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, we are offering our first-ever double stamp set! You can get the exclusive My Acrylix® Pair-a-Phrase double stamp set FREE when you place an order of $75.00 US/$82.00 CAN from August 15 through September 30, 2011. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes lots of clever phrases and coordinating images you’ll use in your handmade cards all year. And with a retail value of $35.90/$39.90, this set drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase! Have double the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new Pair-a-Phrase double stamp set!

Visit MyCTMH Website to shop now…

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

Now stop by the Close To My Heart Facebook Page HERE to see even more inspiration and to enter the contest for your chance to win this…

Prize Details

Close To My Heart is giving away a Cricut Expression® Machine to one random winner! Larger than the Cricut Create® Machine or the Cricut® Personal Electronic Cutter, the Cricut Expression® Machine precisely cuts letters and shapes in impressive sizes using the 12″ × 24″ mat or the 12″ × 12″ mat. Use your Cricut Expression® Machine with Close To My Heart’s new Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection (sold separately) to create gift boxes, cards, spiral flowers, and more!

Prize Eligibility

Only persons residing in Canada and United States who are at least 18 years of age can enter.

 

Sweepstakes Starts

September 12, 2011 @ 09:00 am (MDT)

 

Sweepstakes Ends

September 26, 2011 @ 11:59 pm (MDT)

Celebrate National Stamping Month with CTMH

When your purchase total reaches $75 in September, you'll get this double stamp set, Pair-a-Phrase FREE!

Visit MyCTMH Website to shop now…

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Hurry this free bonus set is available this month only.

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Looking for more artwork ideas using this double stamp set, Pair-a-Phrase?

Check out the Close To My Heart Facebook Page HERE.

God Bless and Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Need Your Help!

To all my scrappin' & stampin' friends! Please help me win a Mayberry Workshop on the Go Kit & more from Close To My Heart! Head over to Close To My Heart's Facebook Page and 'Like' my card posted below.

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Thank you so much!!! Pamela

Share My Facebook Page & You Could Win!

Would you like to WIN a Close To My Heart Sophia Level 2 Paper Packet? Enter my Facebook Page drawing by sharing Pamela O'Connor - Close To My Heart Independent Consultant's Facebook Page with your friends! Tell them to 'Like' my page & post on my wall who sent them and you will be entered! You have until 3/31/11 to enter...remember, they MUST post on my Facebook Page Wall and tell me who sent them!

Winner will be announced 4/1/11

It’s All About Organization!

This MUST be the week to get my scrapbook room ORGANIZED because the challenge this week at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog is ORGANIZATION and it’s also ORGANIZATION WEEK over at Close To My Heart’s Facebook Page.

So, even though my scrapbook room is NOT organized right now, I thought I’d share some photos with you of my scrapbook room when it WAS organized. I’m hoping this will INSPIRE me to get in there and get it ORGANIZED by week’s end. =)

I have to laugh because these BEFORE pictures taken almost a year ago actually look almost like it does RIGHT NOW…

HOW in the world do I let it get this way???

NOW, after looking at the below AFTER photos, I’m starting to get INSPIRED to get in there and get it CLEANED UP!

  

Doesn’t it look so pretty ORGANIZED and CLEAN!?!

Now these pictures below really make me happy! This time last year, my island was in the dining room because there was a baby crib in my scrapbook room. So, to get my island back in my scrapbook room AND get it organized like THIS made me a VERY HAPPY momma! =)

 

I hope you have enjoyed my little tour of my scrapbook room. =) I will let you know LATER this week what it looks like by posting NOW pictures!!!

Have a blessed week and make it from your heart with Close To My Heart!