Close To My Heart while supplies last. and a giveaway!!

  Happy Friday everyone,   Today is a great day to stay inside, I live in Maine and it is snowing here, and Nemo is packing a punch..  We are expected to get 12 to 18 inches of snow.  I see card making in my future!!

But first I wanted to give you all a heads up on Close To My Hearts "While Supplies Last"  I went over and snagged some of their goodies last night, They have a couple papers packs, retiring for $1.75!!  and some ribbon, buttons, rub- 

ons, and more. Hurry up before it is all gone!  While you are there, check out the new Spring Summer Idea book.  

I also want to remind you, you can get tthe Art Philosophy Cartridge and the Artiste cartridges, which come with 3 coordinating stamp sets and 3 sheets of coordinating chipboard pieces.

  ALSO, if you place a qhaulifiyng order of $50.00 or more, you can get the Stamp of the Month, pictured below, for $5,00 a great savings.

ANNNNND the first person to place and order of $100.00 or more,  will  win a free Cricut Imagine cartridge, New, never used, opened or linked, pictured below

Offer ends

I have a gathering all set up on my CTMH website, just Join it and shop away:)

 Offer ends February 15th.

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

Happy Crafting..and shopping:)

KinderStampO Theme- spired Saturday

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Welcome everyone to KinderStampO's Theme Spired Saturday!!  Today is my turn to post as a Guest Designer for KinderStampO.  I love being on the team, even if it is as a Guest Designer, there is such a great variety of talent to be had on this team and the girls are all wonderful!!

For today's theme  Sunshine after the Rain, I have made a card for you.

                                            

 When I think of sunshine after the rain, It makes me think of someone going through a difficult time and they need a little encouragement that the su  will come out and things will get better, I think we all have times like that,  So I figured we needed a card with pretty colors and some flowers:

So I used the DCWV Fresh Floral Stack and some Recollections card stock for paper.

I set the card up with t mats...one with the clouds and umbrella, which has small droplets on it, not sure if it is acrylic or not, I got them in a clearance bin at discount store nearby, they are meant to look like rain drops.  On the center mat, I placed the sentiment. which comes from a stamp set from Inkadinkado.  I used the cartridge, 3 Birds on Parade to cut the water fountain, and  The  Alphabet cartridhe that comes with the Cricut E2 to cut the umbrella.

Of course I love the roses in KinderStampO's store, they are so pretty!!! I used the white and yellow ones  here with a small bow , and a couple leaves fro Art Philosophy cartridge. Below is a list of  items from KinderStampO's store that were used. :

I took a picture up close so you could maybe see the drops on the umbrella.

I hope you enjoyed the card I made for you today, and i hope I inspired you to create today something to encourage someone.  Please head over to KinderStampO's blog today and make sure you check out the goodies she in hewr shop, you will love the lace and the flowers for sure. Just head  Here.

Check out he other Guest designers too:

Haidee: http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/2013/02/sunshine-after-rain-theme-spired.html

  Angela-     http://scraphappygirl4.blogspot.com/2013/02/kinderstampo-guest-designer.html
and
Amanda-      http://athomeink.blogspot.com/2013/02/welcome-to-kinderstampos-theme-spired.html

Have a Great day and Happy Crafting!!

Cathy

The new Close To My Heart Idea Book is Here!!!

   It is finally here!!!! The new Close to My     

      Heart Spring /Summer.Idea Book

There are so many fun paper packs and embellishment, and of course you can still get the Artiste and Art Philosophy cartridges. And don't forget the Stamp of the Month!!

Home Sweet Home, set of 4

Recommended Blocks:
3" × 3" (Y1006)

BEAUTIFUL STAMPS, AMAZING DISCOUNTS

Each month you can enjoy a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5—that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

Head on over to my website and start browsing!!  it is only a click away......

http://cathyplus5.ctmh.com

If there is any way I can help..let me know!

Happy Crafting  Cathy

Jen's Digi Stamps Challenge

Hello to all my fellow crafters out there,  Today is the"LOVE"  Challenge at Jen's Digi Stamps. There was such a cute selection of digis to choose from, it was hard to pick, but I think my choice was a fun one.  Look at the cute lil' bug with all the hearts all over him!  He is aptly named...LOVE BUG.

I made an 8 and 1/2 by 5 and 1/2 card with papers in the Recollections Valentines Day pack.  The Recollections pack from Michaels' is  a fun set,  I won the pack for a fellow crafter, Miranda Enclade.  I love it.

I also used a stamp set from Inkadinkado's Love set, to male the love tickets.  Christmas Red and Cotton pink are the Close To My Heart ink pads I used...added a little bling too on the side and bottom in the form of Rhinestones.

To color the digi I used the yellow set of Spectrum Noir markers, Christmas red CTMH marker and the pastel set of Pro Markers.

 I added a little red ribbon, and there you have it, a cute card to share with someone to show you love them.  

If you would love to get in on the Love Challenge, you will have 2 weeks to link up your project.  Head over to Jen's Digi Stamps blog and check out the other girls projects, give them some love and see waht you have to do to submit a card in the challenge..\

Have a great day and please come back:)))

Cathy

Crafty Saturday!! and Bun Buns

Hello and happy Saturday ,I just wanted to pop in and post a couple of cards I made today.  I wanted to post them b4 they are sold.. They are going to new homes this week I believe.  I want to make a few more so won't be on here to post all details. but would happy to post the details if you are interested.
First the bunnies were made using punches and Art Philosophy cartridge!

Then I put together triple easel cards, and embellished

Then I made a regular 8 and 1/2 by 5 and 1/2 card:

  And there you have it:)

Bun Buns everywhere!!!

Happy Crafting..Cathy

Jessica's (KinderStampO) Secret B-Day Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to the Jessica's (KinderStampO)  Secret B-Day Blog Hop. This was a surprise, I hope it is a good one.  Happy Birthday Jessica!!!  I hope your day is as special as you are.  I love being a Guest designer on your team, you are awesome.

Below is the sketch for our projects.   

Soooo, I made a Birthday card using this sketch and also used products from The KinderStampO shop.  First of all you shaold have arrived here from Limors' blog, if not, please start at the beginning, here there are tons of fabulous projects and you don't want to miss a single one! I will post the blog list below so you do not get lost.

For my card I used Paper from the DCWV Fresh Floral Stack.  I love that stack, it has such soft colors and beautiful flower prints/  The card stock is Michaels recollections paper. I cut the daisy flower from the Art Philosophy cartridge at 3" and then ran it through my Sizzix Texture Boutique Embossing machine, sorry I do not know the name of the folder, it has writing, that is all I know. I then inked the edges with CTMH Cottan Candy.  I also Stamped the sentiment from the CTMH  Celebrations stamp set with their New England Ivy ink pad.  I then added a button to the center of the flower and a organza pink butterfly.  The rest of the embellishing came from KinderStampO's store

Products used from KinderStampO store:

I also used some yellow lace ribbon from KinderStampO, no picture available/

Make sure you take a browse through the KniderStampO store and get some goodies for yourself Here

 Below is the first card I made, I had a blonde / senior moment and made the card without using any  KinderStampO products...can you believe it?? Lol.

KinderStampO http://www.kinderstampo.com/
Susannah McManus Kelly http://wwwsuzies.blogspot.com/
Elisa Kammerdiener http://www.perpetualstew.blogspot.com/
Raffaela Perego http://www.miomondodiscrap.blogspot.nl/
Cat Beaty http://www.catscreationsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Cathy Derouche http://www.cathyplus5.blogspot.com/
Mandie Wade http://www.mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
Aissa Rodriguez Segarra http://www.aissa19.blogspot.com/
Haidee Shableau http://www.created2bunique.blogspot.com/
CJ Shumaker http://www.minniemaines.blogspot.ca/
Nicole Laha http://www.Shezigzags.blogspot.com/
Amanda Tibbitts http://www.athomeink.blogspot.com/
DD Crafts http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.no/
Linda Myquillingnest http://www.myquillingnest.com/
Lilli Solstråle Nikolaisen http://www.crazycardmaker.blogspot.no/
Jennifer Peekhaus http://www.jenniferpeekhaus.blog.com/
Shana Tedrick http://www.scrapinshana.blogspot.com/

There will be a $25.00 gift card for one lucky winner to the KinderStampO store, and in order to be eligible, you must stop at all the blogs on the hop, including KinderStampO and leave some bloggy Love!  thats it:0)  Happy Hopping:)

Hope you are having a good time....come back again,

Cathy

The Hen's Den referral giveaway!

Give away Tuesday at The Hens Den

 

 

 

Today's Challengeis for us to 

Refer 5 friends!!  thats it

 

they are going to give 2 lucky people a Chic Album for referring friends to The Hens Den

I would love to WIN and you would love to check them out!!  Soooooooo.  

Here is what I  must do to be eligible-  (oh and you to.lol)

 

Refer 5 new friends to The Hens' Den Facebook page and they must "like" them on FB and leave them a comment that I sent them.  Then they come here to the blog and leave them a comment there as well that they liked us on FB and that I sent them. Easy as pie!!

 

On Wednesday morning, they will randomly draw a name from the referring person list and then a name from your list of friends and both you and your friend will win a Chic Album.  It is that easy!  

 

So what are you waiting for?? got tell them I sent you!!

Thanks  Cathy