The Quilted Scrapper

Welcome to our June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month's stamp from Close to My Heart is "A Flowering Bunch" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from June 1 - 30, 2013.  You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase. If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create .   If you came from Jennifer of  4 Hearts Scrapbooking  then you are in the right place! I used the Chantilly paper pack to create this layout. It has room for one 8x10 picture and five 2 1/2" pictures. I got the idea for the layout from the current Idea Book. For supplies I used the following Close to My Heart products: Chantilly Paper Pack June Stamp of the Month Color-Ready Trinkets Wooden Shapes Sunset Ink Lagoon Ink Pear Ink Your next stop on our "A Flowering Bunch" hop is Cat of Cat's Scrapbooking . Here is a complete list of part...

I am absolutely in love with the Close to My Heart Textile fabrics. I have played with Chantilly and will be order For Always next time I place an order. Today I am using strips of fabric to create fabric flowers. Here is the final product: To create the flower I started with my liquid glass, an approximately 1 1/2" strip of fabric and a small piece of scrap paper. I first folded my fabric in half length wise, wrong sides together. I then applied a generous amount of liquid glass to the scrap paper. Then I started rolling. Your hands will get messy and you will use LOTS of liquid glass, but the result is worth it. I just rolled it up like a coil until I was happy with the size and then cut the fabric and used the remaining fabric to create a smaller flower. This type of flower is very forgiving and you can place a button in the middle to cover any imperfections.

This is my page kit of the month for March. Even though I do not have a girl, I am enjoying playing with Chantilly . It is such a versatile paper pack and I can see family Easter pictures in this layout. Not only did I use the Close to My Heart Chantilly paper pack, I also used the Chantilly Textiles and the silver glitter paper to create this two page layout inspired by the Close to My Heart Make It From Your Heart book. To create the fabric flower I folded my fabric in half lengwise and then wound it in a circle around a piece of scrap paper that had a glob of liquid glass on it. It went together super easy!

Welcome to our February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp set from Close to My Heart is "Home Sweet Home" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from February 1 - 28, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase. If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create . If you came from Donna's then you are in the right place! For my project I created a block for my front entry way: I used the following Close to My Heart supplies: Blue Denim Pigment Ink Sparkles Assortment Chantilly Paper Pack February Stamp of the Month "Home Sweet Home" (Yours for only $5 with any $50 CTMH purchase) MY CREATIONS® BLOCK Your next stop on our "Home Sweet Home" hop is Jane of Jane's Scrap Shack. If you get lost on the way, here is a complete list of participants: Lucy ~ Love 2 Create Darla ...

The new Chantilly paper pack from Close to My Heart is so versatile that I have had so much fun playing with it. Chantilly is not just a paper pack it is also a fabric line. Here is the flower bouquet I made using the Cricut Artise Cartridge. I used the 5 different flowers at sizes between 3" and 5". You can purchase the supplies for this home decor project and more directly from my website .

One of the best parts of Close to My Heart is how easy layouts can come together. Their paper packs have all the paper, cardstock and patterned paper, matched and ready to go. The pack tells you what colors coordinate with the pack so it is easy to grab ink  and markers. Each paper pack also comes with coordinating embellishments that coordinate perfectly. The other added value Close to My Heart has is the Make it From Your Heart Book with sketches and samples of 18 different layouts and 12 card sketches and samples. Here is Sketch 16 from Make it From Your Heart that I created using the Chantilly paper pack, Chantilly Assortment and Opaques Pearl. Additional Close to My Heart supplies used were: Twilight Ink Buttercup Ink A Blossom Acrylic Stamp Set Hooray Bouquet Acrylic Stamp Set Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Opaque Pearls Chantilly Assortment You can order all these supplies directly through my website .