Cap Magnets

I am continuing my "Giving Back Week" with another project for the local elementary school Santa Christmas shop. These are what I call Cap Magnets. I have been saving bottle caps for some time now. I simply spray paint them in black then decorate the inside with coordinating papers and stamped sentiments. They'll make a great gift to attach the kids pictures, artwork and those A+ report cards on the fridge!




I created an everyday and Holiday version.

Pin-a-Pic

I would like to dedicate this week as "Giving Back Week". I don't know about you, but I enjoy volunteering and giving back to my community whenever possible. If you have followed my blog over the years you know that I'm always posting my projects for school or church programs. I have hosted the annual Chili Cook Off at my parish for a couple of years now. This coming Saturday I will host it once again to raise money for our children's Faith Formation program. I will show goodies I've been making for that later this week. But first, I would like to share some projects I have been working on for one of our local elementary schools.

A couple of my customers, and good friends, have been responsible for the Santa Shop that opens every December for students of the school. They make several hand-made crafts to sell at a minimal cost to students so that they can give Christmas gifts to their parents, grand-parents and siblings. The money raised goes back to the school and ultimately back to the students. I was able to create a few items for them last year, but wanted to do more this year.

My first idea comes from the multi talented Nona Davenport. I created some designer clothespins and packaged them neatly with a cord of twine. The kids can give this as a gift and even choose some family pictures to hang from the line! I call them "Pin-a-Pics".

Be sure to come back all week to see more projects and inspiration to "Give Back"!

Thank "Fall"

Today I held my Card Club and Fall Card Exchange. The ladies were asked to make cards with a "fall" theme, using as much CTMH product as possible. They all created wonderful cards. Please be kind and leave a comment for these awesome gals!

First up is the card I created using the new Kraft cards in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book. Rather than using the scalloped flap on the outside of the card I chose to use it as a pocket for the inside. I even tucked a little goodie inside for each of them, but they can use the pocket for a photo or recipe or just about anything!?!

Tommie~

Suzy~

Janet~

Nanette~

Stacie~

Pat~

Julie~

Peggy~

Aysa~

Nikki~

Story Time on H2H

Heart 2 Heart Blog wants to see some scrapbook pages this week that includes some journaling that tells a story. That is truly the reason I began scrapbooking in the first place. After discovering some photographs of my grandparents and no story, names or dates to go with them, I vowed to scrapbook for myself and especially my children.

These pictures are from a recent camping trip we took this summer. The story is about the crafty paper sack owls our little campers made. What was originally suppose to be a project to keep their little hands busy, became a way for each of them to express their own creativity and show their own unique personalities!

Be sure to stop by the H2H blog this week for more story telling and scrapbook inspiration. Thanks for stopping by!

Peek - a - "BOO"

My Card Club meets this month. In celebration of October and Halloween we are creating Peek-a-"BOO" cards. These aren't scary though! The entire card base is cut on the cricut using the new Art Philosophy cartridge. Even the center cut out is done for you.

Inside~

Inside~

Inside~

Christmas Begins at Home

It's a sketch challenge on Heart 2 Heart this week. I had this idea for a Christmas card and the sketch worked beautifully for it. Here is the sketch.

I am also entering this card in the Ribbon Carousel Challenge this week~

Here is my card~

All products are Close To My Heart.

MOJO 209 ~ Fright Night

Finally cooler weather today! Even some light rain showers. The change of weather put me in the mood to make this frightfully delightful Halloween card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

All products are Close To My Heart except ribbon and black glitter.

Baptism Acrylix Album

Good friends of ours asked us to be the Godparents of their little girl. A couple weekends ago we held the ceremony with a celebration to follow. I wanted to create something special for her and her parents to remember the occasion by. I used the Acrylix album and the Miracle papers and embellishments. I think they all worked perfectly together. Take a look.

If you are interested in creating a mini album similar to this one, please contact me for more information.

Make It From Your Heart ~ Scrapbook Layout

This is the other scrapbook layout I entered for the Close To My Heart, Make It From Your Heart contest. This is a Level 3 layout which means that I used a new paper pack, any embellishments from the current Idea Book and stamping is a must. For my paper I chose the Elemental papers. I kept the design clean and simple. I used the new Cricut cartridge for the stars and the " Paddle Board " title. I also used the new journaling spots and antiqued brads.

I like that the journaling can be kept in the pocket and that the photo's were not over powered by lots of embellishing.

Make It From Your Heart~ Cards

I submitted two cards to the Make It From Your Heart contest. They are both done in a Holiday theme and use several new goodies from the Autumn/Winter Idea Book.

The first card was submitted for the Elemental papers. I also used a couple new stamps, Bundled Buddies was on my "gotta have it" list right away and December 25th. I also got to use one of the new Journaling Spots and a Foundry Pin Clip. How much do you love that cocoa grosgrain striped ribbon?

This card uses a completely different Holiday color scheme thanks to the new Believe papers. I love how bright and cheery they are! The card design is from the Fancy File template in the Wishes book. I like how you can pull out the tag to reveal a message or perhaps some Christmas cash! For this card I also used the December 25th stamp set and the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.

They were not winners, but they are still special to me. I have another two page Level 3 layout to share with you. Look for it soon!