November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!
If this is your first time visiting my blog, I invite you to become a follower, subscribe to my emailed posts and last but not least, sign up for the Art Philosophy Cartridge Collection Giveaway!!!

We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is "Cherish the Day S1111", a set of 44 stamps.

If you have come here from Casandra Bennett's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you'll find the complete list of participating consultants HERE.

This month we have 57 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!
Here we go!

My wonderful sister's birthday is on December 12th so I decided to make her a birthday card, where I can safely put a gift card and have a little piece of my creation go with on her purse, jacket or hair. I folded the tab on the card towards the inside, glued down the sides to form a pocket for the gift card.

I used the Art Philosophy Cartridge for the flower, by cutting out four flowers at 2", 2 1/2", 3" and 3 1/2". Stamped the December image on the flowers with Versa Mark and embossed them with gold embossing powder.

Supplies:
S1111 Cherish the Day stamp set
D1497 Stamp set
Z1349 Shimmer Designer Brads
Z1474 Kraft Die-Cut Cards & Envelopes
Z1617 Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
X7139B Typeset Level 2 Paper Packet
Z891 Versa Mark
Z668 Gold Embossing Powder

Now "Hop" on over to Karen Fullam's blog to see her work!
Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the November Stamp of the Month is only available until November 30th 2011.
Click on the "Shop CTMH" link below to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

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Liebster Blog Award!

This week I was nominated not once but twice for the Liebster Award by two wonderful women Nikka Geers from Create Your Vision and Paula from Paula's Place. Liebster is a German word that means beloved or favorite. This award is only for blogs with fewer than 200 followers, so up-and-coming bloggers are recognized for their creative works!

Here are the rules to accept this award:

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award and rules on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
5. And most of all - have fun!

Now for my 5 picks:
1. Heather Plotzke
One word: Amazing
2. Dawn Heuft
One word: Enlightening
3. Yorline Warren
One word: Honest
4. Sandra Gomes
One word: Passionate
5. Lisa Stenz
One word: Kind
So... I don't know how many blog followers Dawn and Lisa have because they don't have the widget on their blog. I'm sure they are way way past the 200 mark, but I just could NOT include them in this award.

Close To My Heart: Mischief Layouts

Here is the last set of the Mischief layouts from this month's workshop. This layout has a black background and many options for pictures and title sizes. For the ladies who purchase my kits, one recommendation I have is to add some sparkle to the candelabras, I think that will be an extra little detail that will sure make it not only beautiful but gorgeous!

There is plenty areas for journaling, phrases and titles. I hope you explore your creativity and add your signature to this layout.

Don't forget to enter my Art Philosophy drawing and simply click on the link below to purchase the items to make these cool layouts.

When you purchase from my website the supplies needed for this kit, I will be happy to send you the cutting patterns via email.

Supplies:
G1029 Workshops on the Go Mischief Kit
Z1462 Midnight Felt Shapes
Z1335 Opaques Licorice Adhesive Gems
Z1487 Mini-Medley Accents Collection - Pewter

Close To My Heart: Mischief Layouts

It took a little longer than usual today to post the second set of layouts, because, today is my birthday and I have a little busy. But finally, I wanted to make sure that I got these super cute layouts up, so you can preview.

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I have to be honest with you... I love all three layouts from this kit. They look very vintage, almost Victorian.

Supplies for these Layouts:

Mischief Workshops On The Go - G1029
Mini-Medley Accents in Pewter - Z1487
Opaques in Licorice - Z1335

Click on the link below to purchase the items for these super cute layouts or to join my team!

Close To My Heart: Mischief Layouts

For this month's workshop, we worked with the Mischief Paper Packet and coordinating embellishments. I particularly like these layouts because they are NOT too Halloween driven, but with the right titles they can be for other occasions.

But first... I want to share with you that I have a little, tiny, itty bitty chihuahua named Mia, who follows me everywhere. Seriously! she practically goes everywhere with me in my Convention bag. She even showed up as a guest at Paper Tales Blog! LOL! So please look all the way to the end of the post to take a peek at little Mz. Mia.


Don't forget to click on the Products tab at the bottom to purchase the items to make this adorable layout.

Seriously!
She follows me everywhere, I had to put her in the house and close the door to take pictures of these layouts, because she had to be on my lap, on top of what I am working or in my purse. I don't know what I would do without her though...
I do love her!