Some Fantastic Back To School Items

I was perusing a favorite blog of mine and wanted to share it with you. I love the Grey Wool and Sunset back to school layout with just a touch of chocolate striped ribbon. It's not a color combo I would have chosen, but it's stunning! There were so many great projects here - cards, gifts, you name it!- highlighting some beautiful Close To My Heart art. Of course, what would you expect from Jeanette? Go check out her blog and be inspired.

Warm wishes,

Personal Yearbooks

It's that time again. Time to send the kiddies off to school for 9 months of hard labor, er.. I mean learning and personal enrichment. Lol! They are so excited to go back and I have to say Brandon & I are both feeling the same.

We both love having them home but they get so bored and they are ready to be back and have some fun and exciting activities to fill their days. Brook will be in third grade this year and Aidan is starting Kindergarten. Garrett will have a great time because Aidan will only be gone half days this year.. Enough time to get one on one and still have a buddy to play with when he gets home.

I knew with a new baby on the way I wouldn't have a lot of time to devote to their school books so I found this great download from Becky Higgins' blog. It's an easy yearbook to do with your kids or the whole class (I'm not THAT ambitious!) where you take a picture each month of the child in their class doing different activities, holiday celebrations or things in their classroom like art and crayons. Then have them draw a picture about that day or activity and they can journal their photo and art. The little kids may need some help to write down their thoughts for them.

The kids get to decorate each page with pre-cut B&T papers over the pre-printed design or color in their own on each page. I am excited to create this book for them both to help them document their year at school and teach them the values of pesonal progress and journalling. I'll still do a few pages of their activities each year that we are able to attend, but this will be a great help for me to keep them current and invaluable time spent together working on a Keepsake they'll enjoy for years to come.

Warm wishes,
Trish

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6

Another Wicked Card

Now that I'm playing in the craft room I'm having some fun playing at Halloween cards with the August SOTM, Wicked. This set is so cute and so fun!

I used the same background from yesterday's card (see it here) featuring the honeycomb background in sunset and randomly clear embossed and sponged with Grey Flannel. The other images are super easy and stamped in Black. Add some stitched ribbon and you're good to go!

Close To My Heart just recently revamped the SOTM program to make it cheaper and easier to get these exclusive sets every month. Purchase just $50 in product and you can get the D-size set for only 5 Bucks! Pretty fabulous! Call or email me today to get in on this awesome deal and have yourself a Wicked Halloween!

Warm wishes,

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6

Stamp of the Month Halloween Card {Wicked}

I'm finally getting around to the craft room a little. Pregnancy always wipes me out and I don't get as much rest time as I really like because all the chores seem to take twice as long now!

This card was inspired by the Heart to Heart challenge blog. The challenge was to CASE one on the designers' creations either a little or a lot. I chose the circle card and pattern from Wishes as a start and a Halloween theme of some sort to highlight August's SOTM Wicked.

This is my most favorite SOTM set (I LOVE Halloween) and this is the first I've had to play with it. The honeycomb pattern on the sunset cs is from this set and was dusted with clear embossing powder and sponged with Grey Flannel. Boo and the bats are from Spellbound and were embossed also. I used the spray pen with a mix of water and create a shade pearl paint to highlight the black bats and trimmed with a random box pleat. It turned out very differently from what I originally planned but that is half the fun! Hope you enjoyed stopping by.

Warm wishes,

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6

Studio J blog | Art Gallery : Studio J Online Design Software : Close To My Heart

Hey all, I just wanted to share a great article off the Studio J blog. If you are not following this yet, you SHOULD! It has great tips and the latest release info along with fabulous and fresh ideas. Stop by today!
Studio J blog | Art Gallery : Studio J Online Design Software : Close To My Heart

Warm wishes,
Trish