Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to another post on the Festive Friday Blog Hop!! If you came from April's blog then you are in the right place! This is a circular hop, you can start anywhere and just work your way around (you will find a list of all the participating blogs at the bottom of this post). Hope this will spark your creativity!!

I re-created the advent calender in our Holidays From The Heart Gift Guide on page 3. I did change a couple of things to suite my needs...I didn't have the Sparkle & Shine Assortment so I made my own flags and a rosette from the Artiste cartridge. I also did not have all the washi tape that was used...I made due with what I had on hand!! Because that what we crafters do right?!

z1880 Designed Decor Black Frame
X7176B Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet
D1552 Magical Days
Z1907 Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape 3-pack
Z1815 Mini Clothes Pins
Z1790 Cricut Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Z1861 Ruby Mini-Medley Accents Collection

To purchase any of the above items shop my website at
www.theresamiller.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by...now hop on over to Brenda's blog for more holiday inspiration!

1. Diane Tuggle

2.Rebecca Brown

3.Carol Loftus

4..Linda Pekrul

5.Jamie Barney

6.Paige Dolecki

7.Mary Ellen Driggs

8.April Grigson

9.Theresa Miller

10.Brenda Lapp

11.Ashley Denny

12.Mary Schwimer(Ida's Attic)

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to another post on the Festive Friday Blog Hop!! If you came from April's blog you are in the right place! This is a circular hop, you can start anywhere and just work your way around (you will find a list of all of the blogs at the bottom of this post). Enjoy!!

I wanted to share what I have been creating this past week. Everyone I know is going to get one of these Holdiday Deco Boxes for Christmas!! If you don't recognize the design on the front...its one of the overlays on the new Artbooking Cricut Cartridge! Just another way you can use this amazing cartridge!!

I used a glass craft box purchased at any craft store. Mine came from AC Moore, they were only $5 and I bought 6!! LOL I cut the vinyl out with my cricut machine and used the overlay on page 76 at 6 1/2" real dial size. Added a string of lights for the inside and some holiday ribbon around the outside to make it the complete package!! 

Items I used:

Artbooking Cricut cartridge

A glass craft box (bought at local craft store)

Cricut vinyl (I used black but you can use any color)

String of Christmas lights (I used a white strand of 100)

Holiday ribbon (bought at any craft store)

To Purchase the Artbooking Cricut cartridge click on the item above and you will be brought to that specific item on my website. Or visit and browse my site

www.theresamiller.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by....now hop on over to Brenda's bog for more holiday inspiration!

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up
 
1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley  
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny
13.Mary Schwimwer(Ida's Attic)
                       

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to another post on the Festive Friday Blog Hop!! If you came from April's blog you are in the right place!!

I just received and created the Season's Tweetings Gift Bag Kit available now in the Holidays From The Heart Gift Guide! Everything you need to create holiday gift bags for your loved ones is included in this kit. With 6 bags, 9 tags, and a full C-size stamp set, you can create lots of holiday memories! Think about your co-workers, teachers, neighbors, and friends!! Fill these bags with baked goods, candy, or small gifts!! And when you're done making these adorable bags/tags, you can use the stamp set to make some cute cards too!!

Items I used:

 Season's Tweetings Gift Bag Kit

Ruby Ink Pad

Topiary Ink Pad

Topiary marker

Ruby marker

Lagoon marker

Honey marker

To Purchase any of the above items click on the item and you will be brought to that specific item on my website. Or visit and browse my site

  www.theresamiller.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by our Festive Blog Hop! Now hop on over to Brenda's blog for more holiday inspiration!

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to my second posting in the CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop!! If you have come from April's blog you are in the right place!!

Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday!! I wanted to create an album where I could scrapbook all of my favorite traditions, recipes, and decorations throughout the holiday season. So at the moment its empty since its only September, but I can't wait to fill it with my favorite things for this upcoming season!

I used the My Creations Kraft 3-Ring Album, covering the spine with Ruby Cardstock, and used our Geometric Backgrounds stamp set. The Jute Ribbon and Red Shimmer Trim were layered to run down along the edge of the Ruby Cardstock.. I covered one of the frames from Dimentional Elements Snapshots with Chocolate Cardstock, the background of the frame is B&T paper from Huntington, and cut the leaves out of Olive cardstock and the berries from Red Shimmer Trim. December was cut from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge and our brand new Green Glitter Paper. Memories was also cut from Artiste in Colonial White cardstock and then covered with Liquid Glass to give it the glossy look. Houndstooth Alphabets were used for 2013 and then inked with Bamboo Ink. The shapes were cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge in Olive and Bamboo Cardstock and then some Ruby Chevron Ribbon tied in a knot.

To purchase any of the items I used on this album click on the items above or visit my website www.theresamiller.ctmh.com. Now hop on over to Brenda's blog and thanks for stopping by!!

1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley  
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny
13.Mary Schwimer(Ida's Attic) 

Create with Cricut® Collections

Enhance your paper crafting and scrapbooking with our Cricut collections!! Take a look at this GREAT video describing our amazing cartridges!! Personally I rarely use other cartridges anymore!! To get yours today visit my website HERE!!

Welcome to the CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop!!
 
If you have just came from April's bog you are in the right place! This is my very first blog hop and I'm so excited to take this creative jump!!

 

 

My entry this month is this snowflake card for the winter season! I used the BRAND NEW Frosted paper pack, Crystal Blue cardstock,  Colonial White cardstock, the NEW Minis Single Snowflake stamp, Swirls Around stamp set, Flakey Friends stamp set, Sparkles,  Whisper, Twilight, and Cotton Candy ink pads.

I started with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base, I cut my Frosted B&T paper at 5 1/4 x 4", 3 x 3", and 2 1/4 x 2 1/4", and I cut my Colonial White at 3 3/4 x 5", 2 3/4 x 2 3/4", and 2 x2". I used second generation stamping for the back ground with Whisper ink and one of the Swirls Around stamps. Then randomly stamped snowflakes from the Single Snowflake and Flakey Friends stamp set with Twilight and Cotton Candy ink. The sentiment was stamped with Twilight from Flakey Friends as well. I added three sparkles to three of my snowflakes to give it some glitz!! To purchase any of these items please visit my website or click on the items listed below!

Products used:
X7175B Frosted Paper Packet
1388 Colonial White Cardstock
1292 Crystal Blue Cardstock
M1031 Single Snowflake
D1551 Swirls Around
C1506 Flakey Friends
Z1752 Sparkles
Z2160 Twilight Ink Stamp Pad
Z2193 Cotton Candy Ink Stamp Pad
Z2172 Whisper Ink Stamp Pad

Thanks for stopping by!! This hop is a circular hop so if you go all the way around you'll end up back here!  Your next hop will be to Brenda's blog!!

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up

1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley  
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny
13.Mary Schwimer(Ida's Attic) 

SKETCH CHALLENGE LAYOUT

I decided to do my first ever sketch challenge!! When I saw that Dr. Phil posted this challenge I was like "why not?" My layout is about my son's wrestling season! It ended up being real simple because I'm in the middle of getting ready for my OPEN HOUSE! Let me know what you think!!

The materials I used:

Outdoor Denim cardstock
Honey cardstock
White Daisy cardstock
Cricut "Artist" Cartridge
ProPlayer paper pack (Available Aug 1st)
ProPlayer Assortment (Available Aug 1st)
Cricut "Artbooking" Cartridge and stamp set (Available Aug 1st)

Please contact me here to pre-order the Cricut "Artbooking" cartridge bundle and receive free shipping! In order for you to receive free shipping you must order through me and do so before August 1st!


Sketch Challenge Layout

I’m excited to launch my first Sketch Challenge Giveaway. You will have till the end of Saturday, July 20 to participate. Simply use the sketch below to create your own layout, then link it using the tool below the sketch. Your link must be to the actual post of your finished project on your own blog and you MUST mention and link my website on your blog post in order to be entered into the giveaway. Throughout the week me and my design team will be participating in the sketch challenge ourselves…so stay tuned!

One lucky winner will get a Cricut Extreme Fonts cartridge!

Link up by visiting the Announcement post - http://drphilscraps.com/sketch-challenge-giveaway/

Mastering the Blog World

So I've decided to give this blog another chance! It seems to take me an hour to do one simple thing! I hope I'm not the only one out there! But I did find some great blogs that help you design your own blog. So far my favorite has been http://thecutestblogontheblock.com. There are so many backgrounds, templates, banners, gadgets, and more to help you design your own personal blog. So far tonight I have replaced my old background, added a cute "scrappy-looking" title and centered it, and now I will find out if my signature that I designed works. My next task is to add some cute "Follow-Me" buttons for all the social sites!

Re-posted this because my signature didn't show up. It's fixed!! Yay!! I think I'm getting the hang of this!

Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

Take your scrapbooking to never-before-seen levels with the new Cricut Artbooking collection! With oodles of images in each of 15 layout themes, you can create several coordinating pages for each theme using just two keys and one dial size. Images include accents, borders, titles, overlays, photo mats-in standard photo sizes!!-and more. The Cricut keys are optimized for creating 12" x 12" pages in a jiffy. You'll love creating 10 themed mini books, also optimized for several different sizes using just two keys and one dial size. Celebrate birthdays, new baby, vacations, friends, sports, Halloween, Christmas, and more!! When you're finished cutting use the coordinating stamp sets and Dimensional Elements shapes to add more pizazz!!

Pre-order your Cricut collection & receive FREE SHIPPING & a FREE Fall/Winter Idea Book!!
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER TODAY!

Black Friday Weekend Sale

I posted this on my Facebook page but totally forgot about my blog! Life has been so busy and doesn't look to be slowing down here any time soon! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family, friends, food, and of course some shopping!!

My Black Friday weekend sale is free shipping all weekend! Now through Sunday, Nov 25th get free shipping on all orders placed through me. If you place an order through my website I will not be able to do this for you. So email me here, or message me through FB here.

This is a great time to think about all those crafty family members and friends of yours! I also have gift certificates available!

Victory Layout

Fun two page layout I created using the Victory paper packet.

Materials used:

Victory Paper Packet  X7150B
Cricut Artiste Collection  Z1790
Dimensional Stars  Z1680

Click here to purchase any of these items.

Clementine Layout

I absolutely love our new Clementine paper pack! I also love our Brand New publication Make It from Your Heart Volume 1, filled with layout and card sketches. For this layout I used the sketch from page 23 and altered it a little to my liking.

Items used for this layout:

Clementine paper pack  X7156B
Cottage Assortment (fabric flowers)  Z1794
Cricut Artiste Cartridge (banner and stems with leaves) Z1790

To order any of these items click here.

Dogwood Weekend Scrapbook Retreat

Getting ready for the first scrapbook retreat in October! I'm so excited to be organizing a fun-filled weekend with non-stop cropping! If you would like a weekend away with your friends this is the perfect place to be. Please contact me here for more information!

Retreat Details:

*Cost is $80 with double occupancy or $130 for single.

*Arrival time is after 3pm on Friday, October 26th

*Checkout is 3pm on Sunday, October 28th

*Everyone will get their own 6ft table

*Meals are as follows:
    Friday is on your own (many places to stop at on the way which are 10-15 minutes from the camp)
    Heavy snack on Friday night
    Saturday and Sunday is pot luck. (A sign-up sheet will be sent to you via email a week before the
    retreat)
*Make-n-takes and classes will be offered upon request

RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your spot! Space is limited!!

Visit Camp Dogwoods site to check out the camp's facilities and for directions.
www.nclionscampdogwood.com

 

 

 

 

MIA!!

I've been a little preoccupied with a little project I got myself into. I took on the challenge of making fabric covered flip flops and hair bows for the girls gymnastics team. Both my girls are on the team with like 28 other girls! So in between every day chaos I've been busy with that...and I am so glad for it to be over! LOL Well I will be able to see all the girls wearing them today, its the first meet of the season and I know they are going to look so cute!! I will post a picture later with the results!

Anyways now that those are done I can concentrate on my papercrafts. So look for my new post this week because I'm going to layitallout!! Get it layouts all week? I know its not that funny...I smiled at it though! Have a great weekend!!

New Video from Close To My Heart

Project Inspiration: Harvest Banner

Another awesome video from Close To My Heart! I'm going to have to stock up on my markers! Shop with me here to purchase yours today!

Scrapbook Crop and Weekend Retreat Schedule

I am so excited to be hosting my own crops and weekend retreats! I've been working hard on finding a place and narrowing down the dates.

All-day Saturday Crops:

September 15th
October 13th
November 3rd
December 15th

Cost is $15, get your own large table and scrap for 12 hours!!

Weekend Retreats:

October 26-28th 2012
February 1-3rd 2013
September 6-8th 2013

Cost is $80. Scrapbook the weekend away with your friends on beautiful Lake Norman, NC.
Make-n-takes will be offered. Everyone will get their own 6ft table, sleeping rooms are double occupancy, and I'll have my stamps available for anyone to use.

RSVP today to reserve your spot!!
You can email me at treelo1979@yahoo.com

National Stamping Month

September 2012 Constant Campaign

Isn't this Double Stamp Set SUPER DUPER adorable?! It's ONLY $5 with a $35 order on my CTMH website. Hurry on over to shop and be sure to check out the While Supplies Last CLEARANCE section while you're there. Majorly discounted products just added like $2 albums and $3.50 paper packs! Happy Shopping! www.theresamiller.ctmh.com

My Mini-Me Album

My mini-album was a challenge for me. I scrapbook about everyone else (mostly my kids) and never myself or my husband. Like the rest of us I'm the one behind the camera. Well my new challenge is to take more pictures of myself and scrapbook about it.

The mini album was fun and easy to create with the paper pack Avonlea (one of my favorites right now), Scholastic paper packet, and the brand new Cricut Arstiste cartridge. The pages of the mini album are dimentional elements that come in the Cricut Artiste Collection. I covered the dimentiional pages with our Avonlea paper which I cut out with the Artiste cartridge.

On the cover of the album I used our Houndstooth Alphabet for the title and inked in one of our brand new colors Slate.

I also added some Silver Shimmer Trim and a flowers from the Floret Papers Shapes pack throughout the album.

I used the brand new Approved Acrylic stamp set to make pockets, sayings and tabs.

Materials used:
z1790 Cricut Artiste Collection
c1521 My Acrylix Approved
x7155b Avonlea Paper Packet
x7159b Scholastic Paper Packet
x5929 Whisper Cardstock
x5639 Sweet Leaf Cardstock
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
z1764 Just Blooms Floret Paper Shapes
z1799 Silver Shimmer Trim
z1802 Slate Satin Polka-Dot Ribbon
z1263 Bitty Sparkles

To purchase any of the items listed above visit me here.

The Liebster Award

I received my very first blog award! I've been soooo busy that I almost forgot to share it! I want to thank Stacey for nominating me...please go check out her blog
Stacy's Scrap Corner

A little about the Liebster. This is how it works...

ABOUT THE AWARD
Liebster is a German word meaning "Beloved," "Favorite," or "Dearest." This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers present the award to their favorite bloggers with less than 200 followers. The origins of this award is unclear, but is believed to have originated by a German blogger. This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion to share your dearest and most beloved blogs that have less than 200 followers.

RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE
Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog.Post the award onto your blog.Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have less than 200 followers.Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!

My five nominations are....

Diana at http://dianasfreemoments.blogspot.com/
Jill Kaale at http://scraphappyjillk.blogspot.com/
Gina Brandstetter at http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/
Mickie at http://www.littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Sara Denyer at http://www.abstractiondesigns.blogspot.ca/

Great work ladies. Thanks for sharing your creative wisdom with us! Now it's your turn! Choose one of the following to post on your blog and then choose your five nominees to share it with.