Dream Pop! Blog Hop!

Welcome to our exclusive Dream Pop Blog Hop in honor of National Scrapbooking Month!  We will be featuring the "Dream Pop" paper pack, which is available only for the month of May 2013.  If you have come here from Jean's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here on Helen's Blog.

This month we have 35 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using Dream Pop Paper Pack and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

2 page layout made with "Dream Pop!"

My layout is based on this inspiration sketch from the Let's Scrap Ning Site.

 

I created my embellishments and accents from items I found on the other papers in the kit. I just trimmed out the ones I wanted featured on my layout. On the arrow the tail is clued to the surface of the paper and the point is lifted with 3D foam tape.

Now "Hop" on over to Adeline'sBlog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the Dream Pop Paper Pack is only available until May 31st, 2013!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this $19.95 Value Exclusive Paper Pack for only $10 when you place an order of $35.00! An incredible deal!

Buzz and Bumble: Layout #3

This is the third scrapbook layout that I created with my "Buzz and Bumble" Workshop On The Go Kit from Close To My Heart!

I LOVE this yellow honeycomb paper!

 

I thought this large black sparkle flourish would go really well the feel of these papers and mimic the energy of Bees! (If you attend my classes we used these on our For Always pages also!)

"Friends" Wax seal embellishment from the Buzz and Bumble Assortment.

Hope you like the pages! Join me for class on the 19th and I will show you how to make this!

HeatherJane

Buzz and Bumble: Layout #2

Buzz and Bumble Layout #2

I'm onto my 2nd 2 page scrapbook layout created with the "Buzz and Bumble" workshop on the go kit from Close To My Heart! This layout is for my Daughter's album and is all about her and her Aunt, my little Sister! (Whom loves bumble bee motif!)

Auntie on left, Niece on right. 20 some years apart, same love for necklaces!

 I've loved this photo of my Daughter wearing her Great Grandma's neckaces and grinning ear to ear! Then I was going through some old photos and found a similar photo of my Little Sister, her Aunt! I knew then that I wanted to do a page of photos of them together and put these two side by side for comparison.

Accent and Embellishments cluster! I really love these wax seal looking adhesive accents!

Scalloped "Bee" paper accent. Flowers stamped in Cocoa ink on Cocoa cardstock!

Hope you like this layout! I will show you how to make it at my class on April 19th!

Happy Crafting!

HeatherJane

Buzz and Bumble: Scrapbook Layout #1

It's Spring! Snow is melting! What better way to embrace this excitement then to unveil my latest pages made with the "Buzz and Bumble" Workshop On The Go Kit from Close To My Heart!

I LOVE this kit! The natural colors, earth tones, and pops of yellow and orange scream to me! I also happen to be a sucker for bees and honeycombs! This layout design (sketch) is the one featured on the kit. I don't ALWAYS follow them, but THIS one I fell in love with. The layout is also in the "Make It From Your Heart- Volume One" pattern book. If you follow my classes we used this layout with our Dakota kit!

I love this embellishment and handmade accent cluster! Gems, hand-stamped and colored flowers, Seed packet, and faux wax seal! "Bee Yourself" is a great sentiment!

Another embellishment cluster! The tiny wooden flower shapes that come with the accessory pack in this kit are adorable! The gems fit nicely in the centers of them to add extra details! If you are taking this class with me in April be ready to stamp and hand-trim! :)

Paper cluster made from various patterns and pennant sizes!

Hope you like this layout! If you LOVE it make sure you join us for class on FRIDAY April 19th! I will show you how! Contact me if you need more details!

HeatherJane

Craft Room Organizing: Dump, Purge, FIND!

I have started the work of dumping and purging my craft supplies that have been in storage totes for a few years now! I'm dumping out bins, sorting through what to keep, and making a pile of things to sell or dontate or gift. The best part so far has been finding lost treasure!

I found this long lost handmade stamp! I made this in 1992! (21 years ago. I was 12). I cut it with an exacto in an Eraser. One of many projects I made with my Dad, who has always had the super power of stopping what he was doing to make things with us!

Also re-discovered is this old Barbie shoe that I like to use to stamp high heel foot prints across my envelopes, cards, or scrap pages!

My Dream Craft Room- The wait

My future Craft Room after construction. Started as an unfinished basement!

I think every crafter dreams for a space of their own to set up shop and keep tools at arms length. I know I have dreamed of it for years! I never thought it would REALLY manifest though. It seemed one of those day dream things that are all fantasy. I am so excited to reveal that my dream is about to be REAL! I have the hard work, know how, and love of my Husband to thank! In a matter of weeks I will finally be moving into the space we have plotted, brainstormed, and spent tedious hours preparing!

This is me in my current work space. My KITCHEN!

So, this is post is to show you where I paper craft now and some BEFORE photos so I can see how far I have come when I am done organizing and moving into my room. (And because I need an outlet for the excitement of moving day being so close I can taste it yet I have to find patience!!)

Heap of items being saved for the Craft Room some from high-school!

More things I have been saving. Dresser and Armoire will move to the Craft Room.

These heaps of storage will soon be dumped and purged and piled into Keep, Sell, Belongs Elsewhere, For the Kids, and whatever else I find! :) Its slightly embarrassing to share this, but I am being honest about where I am starting. One day I will proudly show you where I went with it!

What are your tips for sorting, purging, and organizing?

HeatherJane

Love Your Layout: March 2013

Learn some clever tricks to use in your digital scrap-booking in only moments of watching this informative video! It's so easy!