Studio J, Digital scrapbooking, Close to My Heart Dallas Texas Convention 2012

Well I have finally found some time to work on my Studio J Digital scrapbooking.I wanted to do some of the 2012 Dallas, Texas convention. I had a great time there, I have never been to Dallas before and that was so cool to be able to go. It is really green there. I live in Arizona where it isn't so green, just the cactus are green.
The Convention was awesome, had so much fun, learned so much and loved all the great stuff we received.
Here is a few of the pages I did using  Studio J. 

They had a area where you can take pictures, My BFF and I did the wanted signs, so much fun!! I used the Dakota scrapbook pages to make this layout. YOu can check out my Close To My heart site and find info about using Studio J to create some awesome pages. If you have any questions please email me or leave a comment and I will get back to you. click here for more info about Studio J.

We also had a banquet and that was a lot of fun as well. Wow I am using the word fun so many times because I really did have fun and enjoyed my time there with my friends.
 On the right side of the page is my upline Kelly Hammonds, there was a contest to see who can raise the most money for Operation Smile, and Kelly worked very hard and won the contest, so proud of her. What she one was a chance to go to the Philippines and help with Operation smile for a week. All I know is it was an awesome experience for her. She will share about the trip in June when we go to Disney World for the 2013 convention. If you want more info about Operation Smile, click here.

Well I hope you liked the 2 layouts I shared I will be sharing more this week.

Diana

Big Picture Classes-Happy Thought Project CTMH

Have you heard about The Big Picture Classes? They are awesome!! Well when I was at the Close To My Heart Album Retreat, they meaning The Big Picture Classes filmed, a pajama class. The class was making this really cute Kraft Container. Well I did a class this weekend and we had a great time. This is such a fun and simple project. Some many uses, the way I am using mine, I have bought creative ideas to try. So much fun.  If your interested in ordering the supplies for this class; you can ether order everything or you can order a kit from me. 

This is the info from the website, The Big Picture Class:

This "Think Happy Thoughts" project features a sturdy kraft tube, bright papers, an inspiring stamped sentiment, and darling accessories brought to us by one of our favorite partners, Close To My Heart—plus 52 awesome downloadable creativity starters to go inside.

Get your own blank kraft tube today (http://dianamathieson.ctmh.com/) and gather the rest of the supply list now so you can join the party prepared to make your own!

• My Acrylix® Frame Flair (D1546)
• My Acrylix® Happy Thoughts (C1536)
• 2" x 3 1/2" My Acrylix® block (Y1009)
• 4" x 5" My Acrylix® block (Y1012)
• My Acrylix® spritz cleaner (1778)
• My Acrylix® stamp scrubber (Z1782)
• Cricut® Art Philosophy collection (Z1686)
• Whisper Exclusive Inks® pad (Z2172)
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks® pad (Z2195)
• micro-tip scissors (Z534)
• corner rounder (Z578)
• paper trimmer
• My Creations® kraft container (Z1833) 
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Crème Brulee cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5754)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Lagoon cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5762)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" White Daisy cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, 1385)
• one sheet of 12" x 12" Whisper cardstock (comes with 24 sheets, X5929)
• one sheet Pink B&T Duos® paper from Chantilly paper packet (comes with 6 sheets, X7163B)
• two yards Grey Wool baker's twine from neutral assortment (comes with ten yards, Z1701)
• three butterflies from Color-Ready Trinkets wooden shapes (comes with 57 shapes, Z1844)
• three grey Sparkles from Sparkles black & grey assortment (comes with 108, Z1754)
• 3-D foam tape

If you would like to order a kit from me, you will get:

• My Creations® kraft container (Z1833) 
• Pre-cut papers of Creme Brulee, Lagoon, White Daisy, whisper cardstock, cut out, stamped and ready to use. 
• Pre-cut paper from the Chantilly paper pack.
• 2 yards Grey Wool baker's twine.
• three butterflies from Color-Ready Trinkets wooden shapes
• three grey Sparkles from Sparkles black & grey assortment
• 3-D foam tape

Everything will be stamped, cut and ready for you to use for the show. 

The cost? it is $18, including shipping in the USA. and Military. If you would like to order and live outside of the USA, or have any questions, please email me at scrapcrazy2002  If you are local and want to pick up a kit, please email me to make arrangements. Pretty much the only thing you will need is glue :) and to have fun.

One Kraft Container Class $18.00

Dream Pop Close To My Heart Papers. Tuesday Morning Sketches

Well I am in love with the new papers from Close To My Heart.  This paper pack is for National Scrapbook Day. I didn't get to participate in National Scrapbook Day. My son was home visiting so we went to eat.
I saw the sketch on Tuesday Morning Sketches and this is what I came up with using the Dream Pop Paper Pack.

This is a side view as I used 3-D foam tape so it wouldn't look so flat. 

This is a copy of the sketch:

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Well I hope everyone likes it.

In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, you can get the yummy Dream Pop paper packet for only $10 when you spend $35 in May (valued at $19.95 retail)! 

This exclusive paper packet includes 12 cardstock sheets as well as 12 B&T Duos® papers that were specifically designed for this promotion only—you can’t get these sweet colors and patterns anywhere else! 

Start National Scrapbooking Month off right with a unique paper packet at a bargain price and get your creative juices flowing! 

Also, consider hosting this month: Hostesses receive one paper packet free with qualifying May Gathering sales totals of $400 or more. You can be an online hostess as well to qualify.

*Shipping/handling and tax apply. Not available for purchase at full retail. Offer valid May 1–31, 2013, while supplies last. Qualifying purchases must be current, retail-priced product.

Anchors Away

Well I decided I needed to do a sketch challenge. I found a blog that I loved the sketch. tuesday morning sketches. I saw the design. 

and fell in love with it. It is a really cool sketch and so I made a card with it. I cut the design out with my Cricut using the Close To my Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge.  I love this cartridge. 

Here is my card, I used the Tommy WOTG from Close To My Heart. I am in love with this paper pack, I cant wait to make more with it. I have so many ideas. I am doing a album for my son who is in the Navy and this paper is one of the packs I will be using.

Everything used on this card is from Close To My Heart. You can see more at my store.

Insomnia: yes I have it

I seem to always have a hard time going to bed. So many things going through my mind, so many ideas I want to do. So nice and quiet. I never seem to be able to get to bed at an early time. I just give up and finding something else to do,like surf the web while watching TV.  I should be doing something creative but never get that far. I also try to read some every night. My son got a Kindle HD Fire and I love it. I never thought I would love my Kindle, but I do. :) I have found so many free books, pretty soon I will not have enough time to read all the wonderful free books that I have found. I also love my Kindle because I can watch Downton Abbey. I didn't start watching it till recently so I need to catch up on the first two seasons. I really like the show and I love the era and style. So creative. Well I am going to go read for a little bit, listen to my Mediation by Andrew Johnson on my Kindle, another reason to love it. And the going to sleep. 
Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Diana

Give away on my Facebook site

Yes I am having a give away on my Facebook site, just need to follow the directions on the tab that says give away. just click on this link
click on this link :)

This is the stamp set I am giving away just for liking my site:

Late night Blogger Rose from my rose garden.

Well, we moved into our house almost two years ago. Time has gone by fast. I love my new home, and I am glad we bought this place. 
One thing that is so sweet is the roses we have in the rose garden. We had quite a few last year and they smelled so good. This year we have even more and they smell wonderful. I love seeing the roses, I can see them right outside my living room window. But I love going out there and taking pictures of them, lots of pictures. Trying to get good at taking pictures, that is whole different blog post for that.  

These are just few. I just love the colors and the smell. 

Not sure what else to do with them, I am learning more about how to take care of them. But I am really glad to have these beautiful roses.

CTMH Card for a friend

A friend of mine ask me to make her a card using this stamp because she wanted to give it to her husband. So I thought cool, I can do this. She liked the star paper, which I love and is retired CTMH paper. I was glad I had extra's. I always buy extras of what I love. I just wanted to share this cute card. 

I love working with paper and scrapbooking and making cards and home decor. I haven't been on here in a long time but plan to start blogging a lot more. I have cleaned up my scraproom and am ready to create!!

My site to order : Website
or
My Facebook site: Facebook

Diana

Cool Video

Well I saw a really cool video, of course from CTMH. They do a great job of explaining how to stamp. I have added more video's from CTMH on the right side of my blog. I really find these helpful and plan on adding more videos.
 I hope everyone likes this. I just can't wait to get back to making stuff. I want to make cards and scrapbook, I am hoping to start within a couple of weeks. 

Been absent

Hi everyone:

Well I haven't been able to log in and do any crafts. I broke two of my fingers. One of my fingers is not bending, I broke it at the joint, this isn't fun. The doctor told me to try typing some with fingers. Not going as well as I would like it to.
I am hoping to start working on some projects soon. I really miss crafting.
Diana

Dakota

I am in love with this new paper. Just what I need to use to make some great layouts and cards. I really love this because I can use it for males or females. I am hoping to work on some projects tonight so I can share with everyone. If you would like to see this paper, you can go to my website. Click here
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Check out August Special

Would you like to get this awesome bag? I have this bag and love it. You can get it free when you sign up to be a consultant this month. Check out my August special, click here There is more info there.

Meeting a Friend

 While I was in Dallas, I was so lucky to meet Terrie, we have been email friends for years but have never met in person. We had such a great time together, we visited the Dallas LDS Temple. We then had Dinner at LaMadeline's, I hope I spelled it correctly. I loved  the food there, I wish we had something like that here in Arizona. But the best part was meeting Terrie, wouldn't have matter if we had McDonalds, I was just so glad to meet her. We have so much to talk about that we could spend the whole week together and not run out of things to talk about. Kids, family, church, life, life experiences are many of the things we talked about and could relate to each other.
Just want to tell Terrie that I am so glad that we met and hope to meet again!! You will have to come to Arizona soon.

RETIRING COLORS from Close to My Heart

Just wanted to let everyone know the colors that are retiring, Of course there are a few that are my favorites, but we are going to have some new colors, and that will make me happy.

RETIRING COLORS from Close to My Heart

As of August 1, 2012:

·       Amethyst 

·       Baby Pink 

·       Brown Bag 

·       Dutch Blue 

·       Garden Green 

·       Garnet 

·       Grey Flannel 

·       Grey Wool

·       Heavenly Blue 

·       Holiday Red 

·       Key Lime 

·       Lilac Mist 

·       Moonstruck 

·       Pansy Purplea

·       Parchment 

·       Petal 

·       Spring Iris 

·       Sunflower 

·       Sunkiss yellow 

·       Sunny yellow 

·       Taffy 

·       Tulip

·       Vanilla Cream 

·       Vineyard Berry

New Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Wow I think I am most excited about this Cricut cartridge. I love the first cartridge The CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, now we have a new one. Yeah!!! This one is called Cricut Artiste and it is so cool. I am so impressed with this Cricut Cartridge. There are over 700 images, the cartridge features themed projects, interactive cards, awards and more. It also comes with a separate, step by step assembly booklet. 

When you purchase the Cricut Artiste collection, you will get three exclusive stamp sets and three Dimensional Elements 12 by 9 sheets. This has a retail value of $125 and you can get it for just $99. 

Contact me for information: If you order this cart from me, I will waive the shipping charge. If you order it online, after August 1st, I can't waive the shipping fee. You can preorder it from me and I will order it on August 1, 2012 and shipped to your house.

Close To My Heart Convention-Dallas

Here is a picture of us at the convention. So much fun!!

Well I thought I would be able to post from the convention in Dallas, but we didn't have much time, kept very busy. I had an awesome time in Dallas. I had never been there before.  I loved the convention and all the new products that are coming out in August, I love all the new papers, colors, stamps and the new Alcohol Markers. They gave us so much stuff to use and bring home. We got to try the alcohol markers and they are awesome. I will show samples when I can get a good picture of the samples. There is also a new Cricut Cartridge-Artiste.  Also if you ever thought about signing up to be a consultant, August would be a great time to do so. I will post more about that later. Well I still need to unpack and work on some projects. 

Dallas-Close To My Heart convention

Well tomorrow I am leaving for Dallas, I can't wait. I went last year to the Close To My Heart Convention at Disneyland and it was so awesome so I am excited to go. My friend Jann and I are flying together and will be rooming together, we always have a lot fun together. I will be updating from there, well I hope I am going to be able to update. We will see how the Internet works there. I am excited to go, I have never been to Dallas. I am sure the convention will be awesome with great products and classes. Well I guess I need to be up and ready to go in about 6 1/2 hours.

Thirty-One Gifts

Well I wasn't sure if I would like the stuff from Thirty-one Gifts, but my friend Kelly has so many cool bags from them that I decided to host a party at the end of the month. I am really hoping that my friends come, their stuff is so cool. Here is a picture of one of my bags that I got from my friend's party, I love the colors and the pattern, it fits me perfectly.

Follow Your Heart

Color My Heart color dare #7

This week's color dare is to choose your own secondary colors: any shade of orange, green, and/or purple will do. Pick two or use all three.

I have chosen all three colors:

 The paper is from Splendor (retired) 
The Stamp: Thoughtful Tidings #S1202
Ink: Gypsy
Bling, Twine, ribbon, and flowers from my CTMH stash.
AP Cart 

Here is a side view, I pop dot the sentiment. I am trying to make cards that are easy to mail.

4th of July

Well happy 4th of July to everyone here in the USA. I love my country and am proud that my son is serving in the US Navy.

Well today's card is of course for the 4th of July:

I did these card for 2 challenges; Heart 2 Heart which is a CTMH challenge and Mojo Monday, both have awesome challenges. I love doing these challenges, they make me think and use my creativity. Lots of fun.

Here is what I used for this project:

Ink:  Cranberry and Outdoor Denim

Stamp set: American Celebration #D1458

Paper: Outdoor denim, White Daisey and the red is from my stash.

Bling: CTMH stash

Art Philosophy cartridge 

FanFare

This page is a wall hanging. I really love the Fanfare paper pack. You can get this  paper free this month. Just click on the July Special and each week there is a special paper pack.

This page is of my son Derrick who is now 15, I think this picture was done in 2003. I have another picture of him next to the same statue a few years later, I will have to find that picture and do a page together.

Here is the link for the online shopping-http://dianamathieson.ctmh.com/

Grateful For You

I really love the Pemberley paper pack. I found a few challenges to do, so I decided on the Color My Heart and the Frosted Designs challenge. 

• The Color My Heart challenge is Create a project using a current paper pack with one or two added colors (cardstock, ink, other B&Ts),
• The Frosted Designs Challenge is this week is to use Circles in your cards, layouts and off the page projects!
•  

The flowers are from the Pemberley Workshop on the Go, and it is the stamp set that comes with it. I cut the flowers out using my Cricut and the Art Philosophy cartridges. I really like adding the green which is the Pear ink. I am not sure how much it matches but I really like they way it works. I had fun making this card.

Congratulations

Hi everyone, hope everything is going well. I am doing well, but hot, it is HOT in Arizona. Well today I wanted to try two challenges. Of course using Close To My Heart stuff.  I chose the Pemberley paper pack I really love the colors in this pack. The stamp is Card Word Puzzle #C1494 and pop dot to stand out a littel bit.  The lace flower and button is Bohemian Assortment #Z1687, the lace is from CTMH stash and the strip of paper came from the edge of the B & T paper.The card is Colonial White Circle cards and I cut the next layer with my Cricut using the Art Philosophy Cartridge. 

This was my first time using the circle card and I really liked using the Cricut to cut out the next layer.

I am still trying to get good pictures with my camera, but I don't think the pictures look as good as they should. I am going to keep practicing my photography.

The two challenges are Heart 2 Heart Challenge and Mojo Mondays.

Here are some more pictures using the Pemberley paper pack;

I didn't make these but just wanted to share them with you.

Don't forget to check my monthly contest. The link is located at the top.

No Tears in Heaven

No Tears in Heaven

~ by Ferna Lary Mills

There are many things in life that no one understands,

like why a life so very young can slip right through our hands.

One moment life is perfect and the next it falls apart,

leaving us with nothing but an eternally aching heart.

Our souls cry out in agony amidst the suffering and despair.

We feel the pain and tear our clothes and scream "It’s just not fair!"

Spirits are now shattered. Hearts will never be the same.

We grasp at straws and seek to find the one who is to blame.

Horrific as our life now seems, one thing remains quite true.

Our little ones have now been freed to do things angels do.

They can't recall the suffering of those last days they were here.

They remember not the sorrow, the hurt, nor the fear.

There are no tears in Heaven. No more sorrow. Only Joy.

Heaven is filled with peals of laughter from each little girl and boy.

We can only try to imagine, in spite of all earthly wrongs,

our little angels are learning the words to the Angel's songs.

Amidst the children's laughter and their Heavenly play,

there's also more important work going on there today.

Jesus is building mansions, never taking time to sleep,

for Reunions are being planned, yes, even as we weep.

The children gather around Him and listen to Him speak,

for He has all the answers that they curiously seek.

He tells them for a time, in Heaven, they must wait,

and then they can greet us at Heaven's pearly gate.

Lucy Birthday Card

Well I decided I want to do some challenges, So I looked through some blogs and on Facebook, I decided to do the Heart 2 Heart Challenge ribbon challenge.

I used the Lucy Paper Pack, the ribbon is CTMH from my stash. Please click on the links below if you want to purchase.

Lucy Paper Pack

Happy Birthday is from the Cricut Stamp set

Butterflies

Clear Sparkles

I think this is such a cute stamp set. I don't have this one and will be getting this one as soon as possible.

And of course the best deal is buy 2 stamp set and you get one Free!!! This is a an awesome deal and a great time to stock up on stamp sets!!! You can purchase from my website, just click on the link http://dianamathieson.ctmh.com/

More Studio J pages

Here are some more Studio J pages I did. Very easy to do.

Thanksgiving Studio J

This page is using Studio J. My family.

Welcome Home

These are two-2 page layouts from our trip seeing Ryan coming home from Japan. It was so awesome seeing him come home. I loved using the Studio J to scrapbook these pictures.