Charlie's card!

Hello!  There is only 5 day's until Christmas and I have been working on this little card for my Grandson's first Christmas.  I like it so much that I have decided to enter it in the Heart 2 Heart challenge "Season's Greetings"!

Although the paper is not from CTMH, a lot of the products are.  The cute little fox is from a retired Christmas stamp set.

I used the Shaker thin cuts- Z4309, the shaker foam and acetate- Z4310, the loose sequins in gold- Z4235.  You can find all of these products here!  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/retail/search.aspx?searchvalue=shaker+kits

I also used our Season of Joy digital Cricut Cartridge for the Baby's first Christmas banner and if you hurry, you can get that here.  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=9406&ci=12020.

I used some gold stickles to dress up the banner.  I also used our craft paper on this card which you can find here.  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5782&ci=5952

Here is the inside of the card:

The little Santa hat is from a retired mini stamp, Little Saint Nick!  The rocking horse was on top of the banner I used on the front of the card, I just cut it off.  The believe in the magic came from the Holiday sparkle bundle we had but the stamp set is no longer available.

I sure hope Charlie like's his first Christmas card and I hope all of you do too!

Merry Christmas,

Ronda

Christmas is almost here!

Yes, Christmas is almost here!  I love getting together with the whole family!  We don't buy a bunch of presents, just one $25 neutral gift to exchange between the adults.  My Mom buys all the great grandkids presents though!  We all bring an appetizer to share and we usually play some kind of game that involves some small gifts.  All ages can play!  We have a great day!  I hope you do too!

Now a little Close to my Heart news!  There are so many specials going on right now, you really should go check them out.  There is even a new Valentine's one.  Here is a link if you want to check them out.  Just click on promotions!  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=271.

There are only 14 more days to shop out of the current idea book.

There are some really nice papers and embellishments that will be retiring so get them while you can.  Here are some pictures of the papers!

Tis the Season!

 

Boutique!

Seasonal mix in!  This pack has a little to add in to each pack!

Grateful Heart!

and Hello Pumpkin!

I know that all of these holidays are over but just think of all those pictures on your phone that you need to scrapbook now.  Or look on Pinterest for ideas for these papers.  Here is a link to my Pinterest account!  https://www.pinterest.com/rondaladuke/2018-ctmh-holiday-expressions-and-memories-in-the-/.

This link takes you right to all the great ideas for this book that I have saved!

Well that is all I have to share for today.  I need to go wrap some presents and run to the Post Office!

Have a wonderful week!

Hugs,  Ronda

Story by Stacy

Hello!  If you haven't seen or tried the Close to my Heart Story by Stacy products by Stacy Julian, now is the time.  These little book are so cute and durable.  The pages are sewn in.  She walks you through step by step how to write a story using your 4 x 4 pictures.  These little Story starter album would make the best Christmas presents for anyone.  You could complete the book yourself and give it to them finished or give it as a gift to someone you think would like to do one themselves.

There is also two adorable stamp sets that are optional but I think are a mush have if you are a scrapbooker.

Here is the link to the promotion page:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/ctmh/promotions/campaigns/1812-story-starter-special.aspx.

Here are the pictures of the stamp sets!

I love these stamp sets and have been using them a lot on my pages and cards!  Now is the time to get them because they are 30% off.

Well that's it for today!  Have a wonderful week!  Hugs and happy paper crafting!

Ronda

Handmade Christmas Cards!

Well here it is December 2nd and as usual, I am a bit behind on getting my Christmas cards made.

I wanted to show you how I get a jump start every year as long as CTMH has a nice Christmas PML (picture my life) pack.  I made these cards in a matter of a couple hours using the cut apart sheet in our Tis the Season paper pack and the PML card pack "Christmas List"!  Now I have 17 cards made and I can duplicate some of them because you get 2 sheets in the paper pack.  Some of those I saved for scrapbooking.

Now just look at all of those beautiful cards.  I used a little bit of the Tis the season papers and the Tis the season Compliment pack, which I love so much, I bought 3 of those!  Here is a picture of that.

There are chipboard pieces, glitter pieces and stickers which are quite thick.  I can see some beautiful scrapbook layouts in my future too!

Here is a picture of the PML cards in the book.  It just shows a few of them.

This is the cut apart sheet from the paper pack.  They are 2 sided and a couple of them have a different design on the other side.

A few of the other items I used are our beautiful red pearls, random sequins, and gold gems.  I also used Candy Apple, Fern, New England Ivy and Charcoal inks and cardstock.  Which of course  you can get all of those supplies at paperdivas.ctmh.com.

Well that's it for today.  I hope you have a wonderful day and I will be posting more in a couple of day!  Hugs!

Ronda