Giveaway time!!

300 Follower Celebration Giveaway!!

Well I can not believe it...over 300 followers!! Time has flown by so quickly,seems like I just started blogging.

It has been a wonderful journey..met lots and lots of wonderful ladies and a couple gents here in blog land. Lots of blog hops and inspiration that is for sure.  So it is not much, but I gathered a few things together and I would love to make some one's day with a few extra goodies.   All you have to do is share the giveaway in some way and let me know that you did..and of course be a follower. that is is..Easy Peasy.

Thanks for being a friend <3

Cathy

Giveaway deadline is March 15th winner anoounced on the 16th

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #44

Challenge time!!

Welcome everyone to  the AHSC..and I hope you love the sketch, like I do and are going to have a go at it :)

For today's sketch, there is flowers on it ,and if anyone knows me they know I love flowers and when I have a chance to use them I do.

I love making 3D flowers..right now it makes me feel close to Spring...I need it..this has been a real snowy winter.

If you would like to give this sketch a shot, head over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge blog

and link up your project~~

Cathy

Close To My Hearts Stamp of the month

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302?? WHAT!!! Giveaway time!!!

302 FOLLOWERS!

wow!! that kind of creeped up on me.lol  Time sure flies.  Seems like I just was trying to figure out what a blog was and how to set it up.. how to blog hop.. how to post and schedule...and so on and so on.  Loving the journey. Well today i noticed I surpassed 300.  For me that is a big mile stone.  Although i do not literally have 302 followers commenting on my posts regularly, I know that at least 302 people took the time to stop by and give me a little bloggy love and the thing I LOVE MOST is the friends I have made here have branched out to best friends i have never met on Facebook <3

with all that said I think it is time for Cathyplus5 to do a giveaway!!! so be watching, I will be gathering some goodies up and will post the picture and requirements to win on Wednesday...be ready to share!!!

Cathy

Creating Blog Hops Cafe..Pets

Welcome to this month's blog hop with...

The Creating Blog Hops Cafe'

Love is in the air this month, so we wanted to show a little love to a our Fur-Babies.

Here we are in our second month on the last Saturday of the month to inspire you with some wonderful projects. This month's theme is..."Pet's"

So, grab yourself a Latte' and hop along with us while we proudly show off our projects and our Fur-Babies.

Your first stop on the hop will be with...

Robin Lane from Create-A-Latte so if you stopped in here first..you will want to go to the beginning.  My project for today is a card I made for my dogs birthday..she is 9 years young.  I got these papers at a Close To My heart gathering..a bunch of us girls were all swapping papers..scraps and such.  Hope you like and will stop by again.

Now, for some candy. This month we will be giving one lucky person two Becky Higgins Project Life Themed Kits, one is the Dogs Kit and the other one is the Cats Kit. For your chance to win this amazing blog candy you must hop through each one of our talented crafters blogs, be sure to leave everyone a little blog lovin', and if you are not already a follower please become one to each of ladies so that you do not miss a single project that they make.

Your next stop will be with...Angela

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line-up of today's hop for you to get back on track and not miss a single project. And don't forget to leave everyone a little blog lovin' and become a follower for your chance to win some blog candy.

1. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 

2. Cathy D - http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com/

3. Angela - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/

4. Sharon - http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com/

5. Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

6. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com

7. Alicia http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

8.  Tami ~ http://scrappinmykids.blogspot.com/

9. Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

10. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogpsot.com

Thank you for hoping along with us today and I hope that we have inspired you to get your craft on.

Have a great!! day!!  Cathy

 

flower tutorials

Good morning!!

I am so excited..in case you did not know this yet, I have started making videos on youtube...Paper Flower tutorials  and so far they are mostly made with products from Close To My Heart.  The Art Philosophy cartridge, Artiste cartridge, the quilling tool and the Paper piercing tool.

So far I have 3 videos and hope to do another one this week.  I hope you will stop by check it out, and subscribe. 

Here is the video #3..daisey flower.  Check it out and please stop over to my website and take a look around..at..  http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com.

Happy crafting  Cathy

Cuttin' and Stampin' 14-7 Hello Spring challenge

"HELLO SPRING"

Good morning and welcome the the Cuttin' and Stampin' Tuesday card Challenge. Today I am posting  on the Green Team, and we are creating cards for Spring.  Boy oh boy am I ready for spring!!!  We are having a winter of all winters...Lots of Snow..UGH.   So making a Spring card is a pleasure.  I am using a Paper Smooches stamp set called..Flap Happy.

It is fun little butterflies and cute lil bugs..another element of Spring besides flowers..

And 6x6 papers and stickers from Crate Paper.. Maggie Holmes'

For the card I took a scrap piece from the Crate psper that was all flowers and fussy cut around, so I could make like a bush of flowers outside a window, and then added the butterflies and bugs...

I also added some Liquid glass from Close To My Heart to the beetles to give them a shine to them..

as well as the flower centers shown above..

For the butterflies..I stamped them and fussy cut them out and added a little bling form my stash...as well as some ribbon and some stickers from the Crate paper collection and lastly stamped "Enjoy the day" from the Flap Happy collection.

I hope you enjoyed the project for today and that you will take part in the Hello Spring Challenge!! head here

And you can get some fun supplies and stamps and papers used here the the Cuttin' And Stampin" Store here.

Have a great day...and get your craft on!!!

Cathy

popular post challenge

Good evening everyone, My good friend Cheryl "Its a wonderful Life" blog.. challenged me to share my most popular post..so I went looking and I think this is the one..55 comments, not many compared to you all, but i am growing, slow and steady :)  I challenge you to do the same.... 

 

     Hello my crafty friends, today is the How Does Your Garden Grow Blog hop, and there are a real bunch of talented ladies here today, and I am so happy to be among them sharing  today You should have come here from Ericas' blog at  http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ , if not you will want to go there to start at the beginning, cause you will not want to miss any of the talent today.

     For my project today,  I decided to make a POP UP card, using a flower that I saw in the Close To My Heart Idea Book, It is very simple and fun.  You basically cut a bunch of hearts, all the same size, score them in half, and then lay them in a circle and glue them down. So I did that and added a pearl to the center.  I used Core'dinations card stock for the base and mat. then I used patteren paper from Bo Bunny Hello Sunshine collection.  Across the bottom, I used a lacey paper strip I got from a good friend, which I ran through my Zyron sticker maker and adhered to the bottom of the card .

                                   I  also used some thin yellow ribbon to dress up the front of the card.

     For the inside, I took another piece of cardstock (this is an A2 size card) and cut it 1/4 of an inch shorter all the way around. Scored it in half, and then made ( 2 ) 1 and 1/4 inch cuts roughly in the center about 1 and 1/2 inches wide, and then  pushed the fold in and cut another small slit on the top cut, approximately 3/4 inches wide. If you can not get a visual, ( I kick myself for not taking picks as I did it, live and learn) there are tutorials on the web for pop up cards.  After the cuts were made, I adhered the green inside card stock to the base.

     Here is a picture of the inside of the card, trying to show the 2 cuts that make the pop up "shelves".   The Inside was decorated with lots of flowers and a watering can, which I got from Cricut's Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.  Below is a side view...

On the inside I also used some paper lace, and more Bo Bunny papers.  I  added rhinestone to the flowers centers .  The inside sentiment is from Stampin up and I stamped it on a white chipboard piece and inked around the edge with yellow and orange ink.   The small flowers are from a punch , not sure the brand. :(
Other supplies used:
Atg gun
zig pen
butterfly gems on front of card
Cricut Expression 2

Have a great night!!!  cathy

New video tutorial

Good morning!!  Today I just wanted to share a link with you of my second video tutorial..tell me what you think...Here

February stamp of the month

Stop by again...Cathy

Cuttin' and Stampin' Tuesday challenge

Today's challenge

"Write" a Note - Anything goes with a writing instrument

 (pen, crayon, pencil etc..)

Good day and welcome to the Cuttin' and Stampin' Tuesday Challenge.  This weeks challenge is done using the Paper Smooches stamp set - Just a Note... and papers and stickers from the Maggie Holmes collection.

what I have for you today is a gift for a friend...A card to give to her and a gift of 4 3x3 note cards in a paper box wit a small pencil inside.  I did not google how to make the box, just did some trial and error...

Here is the card first...

here is a close up of the homemade flower

then I made the 3x3 cards

then I finished of the box to put the note cards in

I also added a small pencil inside the box

And lastly, a picture of all the goodies together...

I hope enjoyed the post. please stop by the Cuttin' and Stampin' Store and  get some of these fun papers and Paper Smooches stamps.. and  get your Challenge on here

thanks for stopping by...

Please come back again!!

be Crafty...Cathy

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AHSC# 42

Hello all you crafty people..are you ready for another fun challenge?  Ioday It was a snow day and so I decided to put my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge together.

What I did was make a birthday card for my future daughter in law.  I used papers from a DCWV paper pack I got from Christmas. Being a snowy day,,,I really neede some sunshine and flowers to remind myself Spring IS coming.

I also :

Artiste cartridge to make a daisy and some rolled flowers, I also got the branch of leaves fro Artiste too

3 Girl Jam teal ribbon

Martha Stewart branch punch

CTMH Happy Birthday stamp.

CTMH twine

small butterfly punch

random bling from stash

Here is a close up of the flowers I made.

Why dont you play along?? head over to the AHSB  and link up your project...it is all about having fun.

By for now..Cathy

Close To My Heart's

Stamp of the Month!!!

$5.00 with qualifying purchase!!

Loving Artiste!!

I love Close To My Hearts cartridges!!!

I use them almost daily...no lie.

the ideas and projects are endless and easy or you can do complex if you like.

Today, I made a couple boxes with cuts from the Artiste cartridge.  It was simple all aI had to do was choose the paper, pick the box I wanted and size...which it tells you in the booklet, and hit cut..

the above pics are top and side view of one box...

The above are 3 views of the other box..now wouldn't these by nice to give someone a gift with?? All of it can be done with the cartridges...order yours now..Here

Other supplies used..1/2 back pearls, bling swirl from Close To My Heart,  acetate paper glue gun and McGill flower making tools kit.

Hope You like todays project and come back again!!

have a great weekend. 

Cathy