I stumbled across these mini albums in the shape of cameras and had to share! So unique and a perfect way to present a mini-album as a gift (say for example Mother’s Day). The DIY version abo…

Here is another new kit, a mini clipboard recipe book using the Early Bird collection by Cosmo Cricket. The pages inside are all pockets, perfect for storing your recipe cards. Lots of great stuff in this kit, all of the paper and cardstock is pre scored, the clipboard has been prepunched for you plus stamped labels, punch out tabs, stickers, paper elements, ribbon, trim, buttons, letters, chipboard, rings and more. To order this kit visit our kit shop. Have a Merry Christmas!

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Love reading? Find your next craft project and make your own handmade bookmark! Here are tons of ideas to choose from.

Are you ready to celebrate? The June CTMH stamp of the month, Kaboom, is just what you need for all your patriotic celebrations! (If you're already hopping, then you should have arrived here from Kathleen's blog. You'll go to Maria's blog next.) My first project is a fun "squash book" AKA an explosion mini album. We had a blast making these at a recent class! We started with three 8" squares of card stock to match the Jubilee paper pack: Cranberry, White Daisy, and Indian Corn Blue. (Here's a link to directions to make your own.) We used many of the stamps from the Kaboom stamp of the month with Cranberry, Honey, Indian Corn Blue, and Desert Sand. I taught the ladies how to random stamp and the first and second generation stamping techniques. Every stamper needs those in her toolbox! The Art Philosophy CTMH Cricut cartridge coordinates with several of the stamped images in this set. Check out Maria's Kaboom project next! I have several more projects with this set that I'll be sharing this month, so come back often. Thanks! (If you happen to get lost along the way, come back here and click on the Blog Hop image, above, to go to a list of all the participants and their sites. Thanks!)

This month's special, the Regency Collection, is full of rich colors and elegant papers and accessories. And since Keepsake Books are so pop...

Bonjour à tous!!! Me voilà enfin de retour après une grande semaine chargée en évènements scrappesques et non scrappesques!!! En effet, suite à une invitation de Mariou, j'ai fait le voyage jusqu'en Belgique pour y donner 2 ateliers... J'ai eu la chance...

"Creating photos into precious memories" Handmade by Ana

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My restaurant-style egg drop soup was a great hit! So here is another version, ‘ Seafood Egg Drop Soup ‘! Ingredients Eggs 2-3 Water 3 cup ( About 750 ml...

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Chutes and Ladders journal made with pages from junk mail.

Here is another new kit, a mini clipboard recipe book using the Early Bird collection by Cosmo Cricket. The pages inside are all pockets, perfect for storing your recipe cards. Lots of great stuff in this kit, all of the paper and cardstock is pre scored, the clipboard has been prepunched for you plus stamped labels, punch out tabs, stickers, paper elements, ribbon, trim, buttons, letters, chipboard, rings and more. To order this kit visit our kit shop. Have a Merry Christmas!

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Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce my new line of party packages that are located at [email protected] Scrapbooks and Parties by Dee Loupin Warley Event Planning Coordinator located in Yulee, Florida 32097. Let me plan that Magical Birthday Party. Parties offered are Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Baby Showers, and Bridal Showers. Each party package includes Party accessories, Gift bags, Invitations, Decorations, and a Custom Scrapbook. These cute little packages will include party invitations - set of 12, Food signs total of 17, handmade Disney Scrapbook, Birthday Banner and more. This beautiful set is either for a Baby Shower or Girl Birthday Party. This set includes custom made lady bug invitations - set of 12, cupcake toppers - handmade, 12 red and white polka dotted treat bags or boxes - and handmade accordion flowers up to 20 inches in height. I have six more party packages that are currently being worked on. Here is one other package that is so cute - especially since Summer and Spring Break are coming upon us! This cute little "Summer Splash" collection contains 12 handcrafted invitations (large), that can be hand delivered either for a boy or girl. You receive 15 tent food cards made from premium brazil cardstock. Then they will receive cupcake toppers, and a custom Summer Splash Scrapbook. Be sure to check this out and all of my other cute party items. Thank you Scrapbooks and Parties by Dee

Summer Album Workshop Friday July 11th, @ 6:30 pm We will be making this cute Summer Album for your favorite summer photos! Album is 8x8 with 10 pages to add your photos. Cost: $30.00 Includes: Everything to put together your album, Dinner, Drinks and Dessert Please RSVP and Pre-Pay by June 26th [email protected] I accept Cash, Check, Credit Card and Paypal Check the Workshop Tab to pay with paypal If you are unable to make it and would like a kit to assemble at home. Place your order with me and I will prepare everything for you, you can pick it up or for a shipping fee I can mail it out to you. If you would like one already pre-made the cost is $40.00

I have had the reveal wheel die cuts from Lawn Fawn for a very long time and have barely used them. Today I challenged myself to have some ...

I’d LOVE to have you join me for my bi-annual Open House!!! Each time a NEW Idea Book is released at Close To My Heart, I set up my home for you to come touch and see these FABULOUS new products!! The best part is…even if you live far away…you can join in with my AMAZING specials too!! Read on for Details! Spring/Summer OPEN HOUSE! You are INVITED to join me on Thursday, Jan 30th from 6-9:30pm Friday, Jan 31st from 12-5pm Snow date…Tuesday, February 4th from 2-9pm at my home in Elverson!!! Join me in celebrating the arrival of the NEW 2014 Spring/Summer Idea Book! What is included at my Open House Event??? Þ NEW 2014 Spring/Summer product for you to touch and see Þ a BRAND NEW Idea Book for you to take home with you~ FREE!!! Þ Create a card using NEW products to take home a sample of the GORGEOUS new items!! Þ Door PRIZES to win (there will be lots of ways to earn tickets for these prizes!) Þ Your chance to check out my CASH & CARRY & find retired items you were looking for! J Þ yummy food for your taste buds to enjoy! Þ LATEST & GREATEST from Close To My Heart~ COME check it out! J PLUS – a special BONUS for ALL those who place orders during this event… (even if you can’t attend, these DEALS still apply!) Place your order (that day or until Feb 1st) and when your subtotal reaches the $30, $50, & $80 mark –you will RECEIVE a special, NEW item from the Spring/Summer Idea Book for FREE!!! Purchase $30* and receive the NEW Purple Glitter Gems OR the NEW Flamingo Dots Purchase $50*–your choice of the NEW Purple OR Teal Shimmer Tape J Purchase $80*– your choice of ONE NEW 1” wide WASHI tape!!! *subtotal amt, prior to shipping & tax PLUS…with EVERY $50 order placed…you will be eligible for the “Wild About Love” Feb. Stamp of the Month stamp set for ONLY $5!!! Come early so you have time to complete your make n takes AND spend lots of time browsing my display NEW products & the new 2014 Spring Idea Book! J ***** If you can’t join me...you can STILL take ADVANTAGE of these fun savings!! Call me by Jan 25th and I will mail you a NEW Idea book so you can CALL me and place your order to earn these special gifts above too! J ***RSVP for this Open House by Monday, January 27th (even if you can’t attend) and you will be entered in the door prize drawing for a pack of our NEW embellishment~ Ivy Lane Assortment(retail $5.95) and THIS just in!!! Another FABULOUS FEBRUARY Special!!! Get a free embossing folder of your choice with your qualifying purchase! During the month of February, you are eligible to receive your choice of a new embossing folder FREE (a savings of $8.95!) for every 2 packs of bulk single color or combo cardstock you purchase. Come see the 5 NEW 5x7 embossing folder that CTMH has to offer YOU!! *Offer valid February 1–28, 2014. Paper Fundamentals, Colonial White, White Daisy, and kraft cardstock packs do not count toward the qualifying purchase. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price ($8.95) of the free item(s). Embossing folder size fits most standard embossing machine; sold separately. Blessings to you for a BEAUTIFUL day and I LOOK forward to seeing you in a few weeks!! Have a GREAT day!! Krista Hershberger J 610-587-9116 [email protected] www.kristah.ctmh.com Would you like to earn a FREE Workshop On the Go kit?? Read on for details!!!

As promised, here it is, but I apologize for getting it to you so late! I made this book with my March Counterfeit Kit, and if you want you can see the whole post here...I think it turned out awesome, with lots of places for journaling and pictures! I used grocery sized bags to create this book, three in all. Two were for the pages of the book, and one was for covering the covers, which were made of chipboard, covered with grocery bags, and decorated with my March kit papers. It created 6 pages with pockets in each, then with papers I created two more pockets on the inside covers. To bind it, I punched holes in the pages and the spine and used ribbons to bind. Because grocery sack are so sturdy, it made for nice thick pages. Here is how I did it. I used a smaller lunch sack this time for the tutorial...the concept is the same. You will need three sacks, two for pages, one for covering the book covers. For the pages, decide how tall you want them, and add 1/2". I trimmed off the rough edge (recycle this), then decided I wanted my pages to be 6 1/4" tall (which fit this size bag perfectly), so I cut off a section that was 6 3/4". This gives you the page size and the 1/2" you need to create the tabs forming the pockets. Save the bottom of the bag, we will use this for hinges. I cut the bag open on one of he existing creases to create one long strip. It came out to be 6 3/4" x 21". On one long end, score at 1/2" all the way across. Each bag made me three pages. If you want wider pages you can, you will get less pages per bag, but just add another bag to the book if you want. I figured that three pockets with 21" of paper gave me pages of 3 1/2". You will have six of them, because two make the pockets...does that make sense? So I scored all across at 3 1/2" intervals, and accordion folded the paper. At the 1/2" score mark, cut out tabs. I angle corners to make them fit nice. Once the accordion fold was done, and the tabs were cut, I just folded the tabs up to adhere to the next 3 1/2" page, and taa daa...the bottom of the pocket was formed. Do this across and you will have three pages with three pockets. Top view showing the three pockets. Don't worry about the openings at the spine side...binding takes care of this. If I allow 1/2" for that, I will have a pocket that is 6 1/4" tall by about 3" wide. Plenty for a journaling card! Remember this bottom piece I asked you to save...cut off a 2" x 6 1/2" piece, recycle the bottom... Then score at 1" down the middle... Adhere to the last page to make a hinge...make another set of pages, and attach them to this hinge to create more pockets. DONE! Cover with your gorgeous papers of choice, make a cover, bind and you have a recycled mini album using grocery sacks!

Quick little project to tuck into the kidlets Easter baskets. :) Love the pretty colors of paint chip samples and look what pretty bookmarks they make!

While blog hopping this morning, I came across the cutest idea for making bookmarks. And realizing they are the perfect little handmade gift that you can tuck in a card to mail, I put it on my fun 'to do' list for today. Please visit KR Creations, as she is my inspiration and idea giver for today's craft. Take a piece of cardstock (the thin decorative paper won't work as well as heavier cardstock-type). I especially like the kind that is double sided, since it gives you some coordinating paper to use as trim. Cut a piece approx. 4" x 3.25". Two of mine are alittle larger than that. Fold the paper in half. Use a sewing machine to sew the top and right sides together. Insert ribbon first, if desired. On examples #1 and #2, I also sewed my contrasting paper on before sewing the top and sides together. Leave the left side and bottom of the folded paper unsewn. Embellish with a favorite phrase, buttons, punch outs, etc. Your imagination is the only limitation! This one is made from cardstock that is printed with vintage children's phonics images. So so cute! I added the matching strip of plaid paper along with a circle punch out and 2 buttons, slightly off-kilter for more interest. I forgot to add ribbon at the top of this one before sewing it together, so I just made a paper loop and added it to the top, gluing it to the back. Isn't this paper cheery! And oh so true, that books take us on wonderful adventures. :) The book I am reading right now for pleasure is set in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. Happy sigh. This craft was so fun, easy, and quick. In just a small amount of time I have three gifts to give. I enjoyed sewing with paper...no raveling edges! I would like to make more using an old map, a page from a vintage children's book, and sheet music. It's fun to send a little surprise along with a card, and these will easily fit that endeavor. These would make cute party favors or craft show merchandise, too. Which one is your favorite? Thanks for stopping by! Blessings, Donna Linky Parties: Tatertots and Jello C.R.A.F.T. Mady by you Mondays Tip Junkie Market Yourself Mondays Today's Creative Blog Someday Crafts My Romantic Home Sew Much Ado