Happy Father's Day!!

Well, we finally finished our last week of school here and the kids were thrilled to wake up to their very first day of Summer vacation this morning (6/17)! Because of all the crazy busy-ness we've had the past couple weeks, I haven't had much time for creating recently. I thought it would be fun to share with you a bunch of my "older" things I've created for Father's Day over the past few years. Some of this artwork I created way before I started blogging, so this may be the first time you've seen it online. Please enjoy and have a very Happy Father's Day everyone!

First, I'm sharing the "circle" album, I created for my husband Jose in June 2007 (remember the Expedition papers and Typewriter Alphabet stamps?!) This was a fun little album to make and one we still cherish to this day! It just goes to show you that scrapbooking doesn't always have to be a super "big" and time-consuming project - one very little album can mean a whole lot!

OUR DAD IS THE BEST...
...whether he's coaching...

...teaching...
(District Teacher of the Year award 2002-03)
...showing us his sweet smile...

...loving us...
...reading to us...

...looking fabulous with a beard...
...taking naps with our babies (his favorite past-time!)...

...loving Mom (notice he gave me flowers)...
...or just having fun!...

WE ARE SO BLESSED
that he is our Dad!!

Next, here are a few cards (below) that I made last year using the Passages papers and Wonderful Friend (June 2010 Stamp of the Month)

Here are a few more standard size cards (below) that I created with the "It's a Guy Thing" papers in June 2008

Finally, here is a real "OLDie" but goodie (below)!
I made this one back in June 2004 after attending my first CTMH Convention, when I hadn't even been a consultant for a full year yet (joined in October 2003). This was one of the very first cards I created with our fabulous My Acrylix stamps (before that Convention we still sold wood-mounted rubber stamps). It just goes to show that I've "come a long way" creatively since then, lol. This card uses the Wild Adventure papers with the "In the Wild" stamp set (too fun)!

More Amore (Dec SOTM) artwork!!

June SOTM Blog Hop!!

Welcome! (If you have just arrived here from Shirley's blog, then you are on the right path!) Our June 2010 Stamp of the Month is D1422 Wonderful Friend. I really like this stamp set, so as you can clearly see here, I have already been using it A LOT!! Most of my creations this time feature the Passages Level 2 paper pack X7126B with Barn Red, Cocoa, and Garden Green inks (unless otherwise noted). Remember you can click on all of my photos to see the details up close if you want to!

My circle card (below) uses liquid glass to do the "cracked glass" technique! The pocket watch is first stamped with timber brown Staz-on ink to keep the image from running/bleeding when the wet liquid glass is added!

The cutting dimensions and directions how to create this easy standard size "double pocket card" (below) can be found on Splitcoast Stampers!

You may recognize this card (below) as the NEW title topper for my blog (up top) that I made for the H2H8 challenge and told you about in the previous blog post before this one!
And finally, this 4x4 criss-cross card features our Splendor Level 2 paper pack X714B (one of my absolute favorite new papers - I just LOVE this cheerful color combination! - Goldrush, Heavenly Blue, Moonstruck, and Topiary, and I added Cocoa too).I hope you feel inspired by my artwork
and if you'd like to see a photo tutorial on how to make the "Crescent Moon Paper Flower"
on the last card shown above, simply scroll down

to my blog post dated May 22nd!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Now, you can continue on with the hop by visiting Deb Young's Blog next!! Enjoy!

May 1st Product Preview Workshop!!

6x6 card (above) featuring You're Sweet B1351 stamps,

Cherry-O papers X7123B, and Pizzazz Irresistibles

chipboard die-cuts Z1307

Standard size double-pocket card (above) featuring Wonderful Friend D1422 (June SOTM) stamps, Passages papers X7126B, and our new 1.25" circle punch Z1311

3.5x8" tall card (above) featuring A Little Buzz B1353 stamps
and Zippidee papers X7125B
Ghirardelli Chocolate holder card (yes, there's a sweet chocolate
surprise inside!) featuring Tasty Treats D1427 stamps
and Cherry-O Creative Basics papers X5810

• Here's a sneak peek at some of the items we'll be creating at the Summer Product Preview Workshop that is coming up this Saturday, May 1st! I'll share the rest of the projects we're creating in my next post!

CTMH team meeting at Cindy's house today!

Today I drove about two hours to Menifee with a few of my Close to my Heart consultant friends to attend a team meeting at my 3rd upline Cindy Baker's house! I enjoyed the drive and conversation with my friend and downline Katrina and my upline Mary and sideline Jolene and then we had a great time at our meeting. The creative projects were fun to make and very inspiring, the food was yummy (potluck), and I really enjoyed getting out for the social time too! Cindy presented some good ideas for us to take and apply to make our businesses better. Our team theme for the year will be the same theme we will be focusing on at Convention in Washington D.C. this Summer: "Picture This." Cindy challenged us to come up with a small goal (something realistic we can accomplish with CTMH) and "Picture ourselves" achieving it within the next 6 months. We made the sweetest little gift card wallet using our new Topstitch papers and also an altered canvas wall-hanging to help remind us of our "Picture This" goal to shoot for over the next 6 months.

I added a photo of Washington D.C. to my canvas to remind me of my goal. I will be working towards earning enough income with my CTMH business to help me pay for my trip to the Washington D.C. Convention in July! I love attending our Conventions!! This will be the 5th one I've attended and I have already registered and decided that I am going for sure (whether I can really afford it or not - lol). I am so blessed to have such a loving husband and family willing to support me and sacrifice a little just so I can go enjoy a week away to this wonderful event with CTMH. This year though, I would really like to be able to say that I earned and covered my own expenses in full which will probably be about $1200 including the registration fee, air fare, hotel, and food costs. So that is what I will be working towards! I hope you enjoy the photos I've shared here to show you what we created. What a good day it has been!!