Studio J

I am trying to get some pics of my new Studio J layouts! So check back soon to see these pics!

I TOTALLY LOVE STUDIO J!!!

March Stamp of the Month

"A Little Everything" is a great stamp set. See how you could earn it FREE!!!

This is a dry-erase board made by using a 12" X 12" Scrapbook page frame. I have seen these posted by other scrappers and wanted to make one for myself. These would make GREAT gifts! I just used a 12 X 12 page and decorated it with a few embellishments and a couple of stamps. There is a weekly calendar, a To Do list and a small place to make notes. I forget what Close To My Heart paper this is; I think it may be a retired paper pack.

Where to come up with ideas???

One of the greates things about Close To My Heart is that they offer beautiful tri-annual Idea Books/Catalogs full of wonderful, creative ideas for us to use for our own projects. Once we have this great catalog/idea book we can see all the products necessary to make the beautiful, hand-crafted projects and see what they look like when we are done. Sometimes though we get frustrated while looking at the gorgeous layouts we lose track of how to make them.... Close To My Heart offers a complete recipe guide to how to make and all the necessary items and accessories to complete these projects. And the recipe guide is absolutely FREE!!! Isn't it hard to believe CTMH would offer such a valuable guide!! The recipe guide is available for download (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). How many companies give you a free recipe guide? Check back for more of what CTMH has to offer for free or as purchasing incentives!

Teacher Valentine Gifts

These are just little candy gifts made for my sons teachers. He has five teachers and they are really daycare center employees. My son is almost two years old and goes to Daycare three days a week. We call it school. He likes School!

Help for Haiti

From February 1-28, 2010 our 12" X 12" Textured Cardstock combo packs are buy one get one FREE- and with every set purchased, Close To My Heart will donate $2 US to Operation Smile's Haiti relief efforts.

Operation Smile is always a fantastic charitable partner- offering free facial reconstruction surgeries to needy children throughout the world. They've currently marshaled their medical teams and resources to provide emergency relief to Haiti. For more information on their on-the-ground response, you can visit www.operationsmile.org/haiti.

February Stamp of the Month