April Club Projects

These are the layouts we're doing with the Imagine Club. All products are Close To My Heart products. These were created using X7101B Magic Moments Level 2 My Reflections kit.




These are the pages we're doing in our Cherish Club. I love how they turned out. Again...all products are from Close To My Heart. This paper packet is X7109B Stardust.




And, for our Stamp a Stack Club, we used C1339 Kanji Phrases.


We have new Imagine, Cherish and Stamp a Stack clubs starting in May. If you'd like to join us, visit my website and email me from there.

March Club Projects

These are the 4 pages we did in the Imagine Club using X7070B Simple Pleasures.




These 4 pages are for the Cherish Club. We used the new X7106B Unforgetable papers.



Our Stamp a Stack Club used C1347 Ms. on the Go. How cute are these?


I have new Cherish, Imagine and Stamp a Stack clubs starting in May. If you'd like details, or would like to join us, contact me. I'd love to have you join us!

A couple of custom orders

Funny...in all the time I've been painting, I've not had a request for a chestnut horse. Then, last week I get requests for both a mailbox and a slate with a chestnut colored horse. I love how they turned out!

New foal pics!

He's outside playing for the first time today.

Scratch that itch! LOL!



Here I come!


I'm still waiting on the other one to be born. Looks like it may be later today or tonight. Hope she waits until my husband gets home from work this time!

It's a Boy!

First foal of the season! Too cute! Evidently Red Eye Fix doesn't work on horses. :) He really does have an eye. LOL!

Long time no chat!

Wow! I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted. Where did March go? My cruisin' buddy came last week and spent a couple of days so that I could teach her how to scrapbook our photos. We had a ball! Chatted and scrapped for two whole days. What fun! She had picked up some great papers with the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Rome Coliseum, and Barcelona. Now I realize how spoiled I am using our Close To My Heart products that all coordinate. I think we spent more time trying to find papers to go with these than it took to scrap the pics! I haven't had a chance to add my embellishments, but when I do, I'll be sure to post pictures.

I'll also be posting some pics of our March Stamp a Stack club, Cherish Club and Imagine club projects. I got a new computer (it's been sitting on the floor here for two weeks waiting for me to set it up!) I finally set it up today, but now need to transfer the stuff from the old one to the new one. Wonder how much less will end up on this one? LOL! I remember when I got the old one how few things I ended up installing that was on the previous one. So, this time will probably be even less. :)

Have a great day everybody!

My European Vacation

Sounds like a Chevy Chase movie, huh? LOL! I finally got a chance to scrap some of my vacation photos. I used the Close To My Heart Vintage Travel Level 2 Papers for these pages, the Memory Keeper box and also the Acrylic Album.

I also did this CTMH Memory Keeper box to keep all of the keepsakes in that don't fit in an album.

I love how this acrylic album turned out! I can pop it in my purse to carry with me. It has a page for each of the different cities that we visited.

February Club Artwork

I just realized I hadn't posted the Cherish & Imagine Club pages for February! Here they are.



The two pages above are the Cherish Club. We'll be using the new That's Amore My Reflections Level 2 kit and the new Love Always Journaling Spots.





These layouts are the Imagine Club. We're using the new Daydream My Reflections Level 2 kit and the Cottage Edge Anchors.
Hope you like them!

February Stamp a Stack Artwork

Aren't these bunnies the cutest? These cards were created using B1324 Bunny Love and papers from X7108B Daydream and X7107B That's Amore paper packs.

My Second Favorite Bird

The cardinal is my second favorite bird...the hummingbird being my absolute favorite bird. :) We've had some gorgeous cardinals here this year. So, I whipped out my new camera to see how well it works. So...what do you think?

I already have a Nikon D50, but when Kim and I went to Europe, she brought along her new Canon Powershot SX100. You should have seen the shots she got! This Canon has a 10X optical zoon, so the shots were as close up as mine were when I put my 300mm lens on my Nikon. When I got home, I decided I had to get one of these great cameras to carry in my purse, as I hate to carry my big Nikon in the car with me daily for fear something will happen to it, or that it might be stolen. So, I've had the Canon for awhile now and decided to give it a try the other day when I saw the cardinal in the tree. Both of these photos were taken from inside my house through the window and screen, and across the driveway and side yard!! Amazing! BTW, I ended up with the Powershot SX110. I ordered the SX100 from Amazon, but they were out and sent me the new SX110 for the same price! Needless to say, Amazon gets my vote for a great company!

It's Close To My Heart's 25th Anniversary!

We’re celebrating an anniversary in 2009—but you get the gifts! That’s right—our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton marks 25 years as a leader and innovator in the stamping business, and to celebrate, we’re giving all our stamp purchasers a fabulous gift! When you spend $25 in My Acrylix® stamps (K-size customized, Stamp of the Month, and any discounted retired sets excluded), you’ll receive a totally cool, custom-designed B-size stamp set, appropriately titled “Good Times.” It’s a celebration-themed set, with a variety of fun party icons and sentiments like “let’s party” and “hip hip hooray” that are oh, so versatile.

Offer good February 3-28, 2009. Tax & Shipping/handling may apply
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Could it be Spring?

Probably not, but it sure feels like it today in upstate NY!! It's 53 degrees today and the sun is shining! I have laundry on the line and just washed the car...heaven knows it needed it after all the snow and salt we've had this winter. There's still a few feet of snow on the ground and piles higher than we can see over, but, for one day, it's spring!
I'm sure those of you who live in the warmer climates are thinking that I'm crazy. LOL!! But, you see, in upstate NY, 53 degrees is a heat wave this time of year....almost "break out the bikini time". LOL! Yea...like anyone would ever see ME in a bikini. LOL!
So, off I go to bring the rest of the wood in. Remember those stacks I posted in September...well they're all gone and I have another load coming Sunday. Let's hope Sunday is as nice as today. Chances are tho, it won't be, as I think the weather guy said we'd be back to "seasonable" temps this weekend...20's. UGH! But, spring can't be too much farther away!

Twelve Months of Memories February Artwork

When you think of February, what do you think of? Love, of course! And with Love comes Family! These layouts were created using the Close To My Heart More to Adore My Reflections Level 2 paper packet. I also finally had time to pull out my Cricut and really play. What fun!

Happy Birthday from CTMH

This company is so special to me! From the big things to the little things, they are such a caring company. Last year while I had pneumonia I even received a get well card. Today's mail included a hand-made birthday card for my upcoming birthday. How cute is this card?!