All New in August!

The 2015-2016 Annual Inspirations Idea Book will be released to customers on September 1st. However, there are a few goodies that are available starting today! These amazing products should keep you busy until you can order from the new book! Take a look~

As anticipated with a new Idea Book, there is a new Cricut collection called Artistry.

The newest Cricut collection, Artistry, includes shapes spanning a wide variety of themes for holidays and seasons. Get back to basics with the unique font, banners, layered shapes, borders, backgrounds, and other fun icons you'll find on this cartridge.

The collection includes:
1 cartridge with 700 images
3 My Acrylix D-size Stamp Sets and
1 Enchantment Cardstock Combo Pack

{The Enchantment cardstocks are all reworked, you will receive the newly added colors to this combo pack!}

The cost for the collection is $99.

It is also available in a digital collection for the first time! You will receive the same products, minus the physical cartridge. Instead you will be able to access the images with an online code. This option is for Cricut Explore and Cricut Explore Air users only. Cost is only $79!

(See all the images on this cartridge in the Cricut Collections link at the top of this Blog.)


 A brand new paper collection will also be available to you starting today! Please welcome...

ZOE

Zoe is one of those paper collections that can lend itself to so many occasions and themes. It has a calm and quiet color palette of canary, glacier, slate, sorbet, sweet leaf, whisper and white daisy. You will be able to order not only the papers, but the complements, assortment, enamel and glitter duos green triangles and coral shimmer trim. All of these coordinate so well with the papers. You can also order the Workshop on the Go Kit.

Please go online to see all the lovely products available, including the Studio J collection for those digital scrapbookers. Order online today!

Close To My Heart has added some new organization products as well. These Roll-Up's compliment the other organization products perfectly!

The Marker Roll-Up and Accessory Roll-Up will be available to purchase August 1st. Not only can you get these awesome products early, but you will receive a couple of "freebies" with your purchase!

With the purchase of the Accessory Roll-Up you will receive two new Base & Bling style sheets Free! The accessory roll-up contains 16 clear plastic pockets with zippers to hold Base & Bling products, embellishments, or accessories. Rolls up and secures with snap closure. Includes hanging loop for easy vertical storage.

 

With the purchase of the Marker Roll-Up you will receive the Balloon Wishes My Acrylix D-size stamp set Free! This is an ideal stamp set to use your ShinHan Touch Twin Markers. The organizer holds up to 25 markers with interior elastic loops. Rolls up and secures with snap closure or can be hung vertically when unrolled. 

Last, but not least, CTMH has a Stamp of the Month at a discounted price of just $5.

Framed, is the August Stamp of the Month and will be available August 1-31, 2016. You can receive it for just $5 with a qualifying order. This is a great stamp to "frame" a variety of sentiments! From Mother and Father's day sentiments to wishing someone a Happy Birthday or simply send best wishes.

So many great products to choose from this month! You will have plenty to keep you busy crafting and preserving those memories!

Thinking of, Wonderful, Fabulous You!

I was having fun with some glitter, shimmer and shine when creating this card for Freshly Made Sketches! I discovered some little banner pieces from Me & My Big Ideas hiding in a drawer that I recently reorganized. {and redecorated, pictures below} I thought they would be fun colors to use on this card with some CTMH glitter papers and some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Teal. I originally wanted to do a stripe or zig zag pattern on the side papers, but since the banner already had a stripe I went with some Snowhaven Polka Dot paper instead. In person this card has much more shimmer, you'll just have to imagine it!!

In my recent scrap room renovation I decided to dress up a simple plastic organizer I had sitting in the room. With the drawers being see-through, well, you could see right through to the mess inside!! To make it blend in to the room decor I decided to make panels for the front to dress it up and block the view to the craziness contained inside.

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What I did was cut some Heidi Swapp color shine scrapbook papers to fit just inside the drawer front. Then I sprayed the papers in a rainbow effect from top to bottom. Now it coordinates with other elements in the room and simply looks neater! Here is where it sits in the room at the end of my Ikea Expedit units.

Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to take a look at the other artwork on FMS using this sketch!

Organization Station

As promised here is an up close of the baskets I created for the recent Inspired By challenge here. My baskets were ordered from Pick Your Plum. The floor tiles in the inspiration photo is what made me think of these chicken wire baskets. An organization station is a great description from Laurel. These are hanging in a hallway where my kids pass by on their way to get ready for school. It also made a great area for me to organize mailing materials.

This basket houses a variety of empty envelopes. For the pen holder I recycled an older accessories container. I used one of the new chalkboard labels and chalk marker. I attached the holder with a clip to the outside of the basket. Now the pens are quickly within reach!

This basket holds an envelope of stamps and tags to indicate what day mail is due to go out in the mail box. It is simply decorated with a cute pennant banner!

The last basket has decorated file folders meant specifically for the kids school work and signed papers that are due. They are labeled Monday through Friday. Now my children can check the folder for that day before they head out the door to school.

I also decorated this little notebook. This will come in handy for additional notes or reminders that need to be pinned to the file.

Ahhh! It feels so good to get organized! Especially when it looks decorative and fun!

H2H ~ From Your Heart to Ours

This week on H2H blog they want us to show where we scrap and how we organize all our stuff!

In the right hand column of my blog you can find a slide show of my craft room that I posted shortly after re-organizing it with some fabulous IKEA products. My ribbon box that my hubby made for me is definitely one of my favorites. Here are a few new items I added recently to the opposite side of the room.

The first little item was inspired by Jessica on the H2H design team. She showed off her little magnet board for her Spellbinder's. I have been wanting to do this for some time now so Jessica really lit the fire! I found a roll of magnet sheet at Michael's Monday. I cut it in half creating two sheets that measure 12x12. I mounted it to a stiff piece of cardboard then covered it in some Emporium papers. My husband then assisted me with cutting pieces of inexpensive moulding to make a frame. I painted them black and sealed them with a lacquer. Now they just look like framed art on my wall.

This item is typically found in the hardware section and used to store nuts, bolts, screws etc. I however, use it for my chipboard. I labeled the outside with stickers so I can see what is inside each drawer. It makes it very quick and easy to find the perfect title for my scrap pages.

I know I was inspired this week from everyone over at H2H and hope you are too. Have a great weekend!