The Best Things

Today I'm working with The Best Things.  I love everything about this set, even if I didn't get an opportunity to show it all. I have to admit that I got carried away with a fancy fold and some ribbon.

The dimensions of the card base are 5.5 x 6.5 inches. You can make 3 cards out of one 12x12 card stock sheet and have a square leftover. The fold is scored at 3.75 inches. This card is a great scrap user upper.

front & back

slightly open

inside

STAMPAGANZAAAAAAAAA!!

"Stampaganza" is what Close To My Heart calls a really great offer to give you a FREE stamp set for every two sets you buy. This event is going on every day in June.

Did you see the word FREE? In addition to the CTMH offer I'm giving away 3 packs of 10 cards. That's something else FREE!! You could be the winner!! To celebrate Stampaganza I'll be featuring a different CTMH stamp set each day this month. In order to do that I'll be making LOADS of cards. I'm sure I could put them to good use, but it's fun to share.

Come back to see exactly how you can enter this great drawing. I'm still working out the final details.

The phrase on this card comes from Card Chatter-Sympathy
(not the Angel Sent set featured here)

Today the stamp set featured is Angel Sent. If you click on the name you can see the full set on my website. This set is only $6.95 (plus tax & shipping). 

All of these cards were made using this Operation Write Home sketch. Click on the link below to see what they made using the same sketch.

See other cards using this sketch here.

Such Productive FUN!!!

For the past few days I've been putting together some plans for a brand new scrapbook workshop ... we're using one paper pack to make 6 pages (3 layouts).  It's ultra efficient since you're doing just one step at a time using all the same papers.  So ... you cut, assemble & add photos at your leisure. You can embellish at almost any time. I'm loving the results!!

If you're in my area (Mpls/St. Paul) and you'd like to come check out "upcoming events" above. If you want to hostess something like this in your home contact me and I'll bring the party to you.

You can see one of the finished layouts above. Here are photos showing the progress. 

Here's another photo using the same layout, but a different paper pack. A third paper option is at the bottom of this post. Every paper works, depending on your taste : )

Once again ... same layouts ... two different papers.

The productive part is that I have 16 pages made as I prep for this event. Some have photos on them already and others are ready to go when the right pictures come up.

Here's some more productive fun ...

My workshop came together using these great layout ideas from Tresa Black http://www.fabulouslyartsy.com/. Her workshop makes 10 pages. I'm not quite ready to spring that on everyone yet. Here are some of her original designs ...

Winning on Wednesday

Victory ... a new blog post three days in a row. I'm always working on something. It's mayhem everywhere you turn. Neatness in not my nature!!  In any case it makes me think ... "I can't take pictures of anything until I clean it all up". I'm getting over it. For today's post I actually just took pictures of a few things right where they were laying.

In case you haven't read it before - I loooooooooooove the Close To My Heart Exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. For this project I decided to check out the flowers that were available on the cartridge. I couldn't pick my favorite one so I cut them all in several sizes. So many possibilities ... so many.

This month you can get the cartridge FREE ... did you read that FREE!!  Check it out on my website at www.ctmh.com/shellynemitz

It's so awesome to cut ALL of the card parts using my Cricut ... everything turns out straight AND consistent.

Thank You Winter Card Adventure

We've been making loads of cards at my house this winter. The last batch of 20 cards that I'm getting ready are Thank You notes.  Here's the first of 5 designs ...

Want to know more?  Everyone is invited. 

You can check out the Upcoming Events tab AND keep an eye on this blog for more details.