THAT DOG!

You all that know me well, know we are still struggling with THAT DOG. He just insists on getting into something every day. He got David's bread and all the dog treats this week. I think I left the pantry door open while I was in the house but upstairs painting. Ooops! THAT DOG is rising to a new level of theivery while I am in the HOUSE! Yesterday, he finally discovered that those yellow things are actually bananas hanging under the cupboard. He's totally broken my undercounter can opener. And a month ago, he figured out the big silver thing was a trash can! It is now housed in the pantry behind the locked door.
Anyway, the cleaning people came yesterday so my house is nice and clean. I came home today and am thinking David just made a mess of the kitchen counters. I mean there were dirty finger prints all over the off-white counter. How many times do I have to tell him to wash his hands, right? Well, I started looking at them and they are not finger prints, they are PAW PRINTS! That varmit just runs up and down the kitchen counter while we are away! Grrrr! Anyone with any ideas on how to stop his rambuciousness? Besides the kennel which we are using more and more often.

CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop (September)

Hello, friends! It’s time for the monthly CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop! September’s product spotlight is dimensional elements (also known in CTMH circles as “DE”). Now, you know that CTMH has all kinds of DE -- everything from alphabets to shapes to frames to snowflakes to name plates and much much more. In fact, the new DE featured in the CTMH Fall/Winter 2010 idea book are Ornaments. I know you will see some great artwork using those babies!

So, grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back and join us on a journey of amazing things you can do with CTMH dimensional elements. There are over a dozen CTMH Consultants joining in on the fun…that’s a LOT of ideas that YOU can take and duplicate. If you arrived here from Debbie's blog, you’re on the right path.

I did this layout a while ago but it is still one of my favorite layouts of my son.  And proof that you can use flowers when scrapping boys!   I used CTMH Dimensional Element Monograms for the title.  These monograms are so cool because you get a whole sheet of one letter in 10 different fonts for only $3.25!    One of the things I hate most about alpha letters is you always run out of your most used letters.  With CTMH Dimensional Element Monograms, you replace that one single letter for pennies.  What a deal!    The other cool thing about all of the CTMH dimensional elements is they are pure white.  So in addition to painting them or stamping on them or covering them with paper, you can just ink them.  I used a sponge dauber and CTMH ink in honey to make the yellow letters that matched the paper perfectly!

Recipe:

Cardstock - CTMH:Cocoa, Bamboo
Ink - CTMH Honey, Cocoa
Patterend paper - CTMH Grace Level 2 Paper Packet (X7117B)
Flowers - CTMH Just Blooms (Z1266) in yellow, HL in brown
Title - CTMH Dimensional Elements Monograms (Z1059, Z1066, Z1065, Z1079)
Accessories - CTMH Pewter Designer Brad (Z1146), Making Memories hinge
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Are you inspired by this blog? One of the ways you can help support this blog is by ordering your Close To My Heart products through me. Just shoot me an email me at clauskr@gmail.com. To the left is a paypal link to order your own copy of the latest CTMH Idea Book & Catalog. Below that is a link to the online version of the Idea Books & Catalog.
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Now ”hop” on over to my friend Toni's blog to see what she’s created.

Garage sale!

Just wanted to give you the heads-up that I am having a garage sale on Saturday, September 18, 2010 with my good friend, Leisa.   I have been working heavy around my house.  In addition to some scrapbook and stamping items, I have tons of organizational items, house hold items, a couple of prom dresses, home decor, kitchen items, you name it!       So mark the date in your calendar and come out to support us!    Oh, by the way, it's a subdivision wide garage sale so there are bound to be lots of good deals to find!

Tag Swap - August

Upon the suggestion of my good friend, Fran, I joined a tag swap hosted by Kyoko (see Kyoko's blog). We are making three Christmas tags each month from now until December and sharing them with a friend that Kyoko has paired us up with for each month. I loved the idea so much that I got two of my local friends to join the swap.


My partner this month is Denise (see Denise's blog). I made these tags for Denise. I hope she likes them!

I used Bazzill cardstock and Rusty Pickle paper. The green squares are cut, inked and sewn on my sewing machine. The candy canes are an older QK dies. Olive organdy ribbon is CTMH and twill printed ribbon is Making Memories (I believe).

Glitter, Glitter, Everywhere!

I had a lot of fun making this card for a birthday card swap in August.  I broke all my rules and used GLITTER.   And, ack, now I remember why I have a rule about "No Glitter" in my house!   Two weeks later, I'm still seeing glitter on myself, my dogs and my husband.   So, for those of you that come over, the "No Glitter" rule will be once again enforced.

Patterned paper ala Hobby Lobby.   Cardstock, stamps, inks and prism glitter is CTMH.  Ribbon is C.O.D. Warehouse.   Scalloped punch is Fiskars.   Enjoy!