Halloween Layout (4 pages)

Here are the photos of the 4 page layouts I will be teaching to 3 different meetup groups. On Oct. 6,13 and 27. If you are interested in taking one of these classes let me know. The cost of the class is $15. If you want me to send you the supplies then the cost would be around $20. These layouts are made with products from Close To My Heart. The paper pack is called Moonlight and the embellishments are the Moonlight embellishments. The die cuts are from Cricut cartridge Happy Haunting and Artiste. I also used the Moonlight workshop on the go stamp.

Here is a layout I did using one of Close To My Hearts new stamps, called Love Blooms. I also used our new pigment markers to color the flowers. I used 2 markers to do all the flowers. The paper is from the Close To My Heart limited edition, Dotty For You.

My friend Teddi took these pictures of my son, Tristen looking at the flowers at a local scrapbook store, The Little Blue House.

Fall/Winter Paper from Close To My Heart Layout Class

I went to Indiana to visit my relatives and held a scrapbook layout and technique class at my mom's church. I did my layout in Dakota.

I let all my students choose the paper packs and embellishments they wanted to use. Here is just a few of the layouts some of them did.

We also made a frame from our leftover paper. Here is one of them.

I love how the layouts are the same but using different paper you get a great sense of how vastly you can change the feeling you get looking at them by just changing the materials you use!!
I think the class turned out pretty well for my first one. I hope all of my students will want to do another class with me some time.

New Close To My Heart Products

At convention in Dallas this past week we learned that Close To My Heart will have a brand new Cricut cartridge that can only be purchased through a consultant aka ME. This one is called Artiste and coordinates with even more stamps we have. The last cartridge sold a years worth of stock in 3 weeks so to avoid getting yours on back order I am offering a pre order. You can pre order the cartridge which comes with 3 exclusive stamps you can only get with the cartridge and 3 sets of dimensional elements. The price is $99 plus tax and shipping. This cartridge is bound to get the same reviews as it's predecessor Art Philosophy which was voted best cartridge in 2011. So secure your now!!

Not only will that product be available we will also be introducing pigment inks. We are also getting alcohol ink markers, sold in 2's each color will have a highlight shade with it. Also we will be introducing home decor products so your home can showcase your passion for paper crafts and your art work.

Look for the new catalog on August 1. You can see it on my website kimberlysharp.ctmh.com

Silly

 This page was on our way home from a birthday party. Tristen was sitting in the back with my bff Teddi and was being silly to make her laugh!! Which of course it did! She took these photos of lambie on top of Tristen's head. On this page I don't know what paper this is but I used the Close To My Heart stamp Hope for Japan on the blue circle. For the ribbon I used a CTMH stamp called Blue Ribbon and the letters were a stamp called Classmates Alphabet. On the opposite page I used a stamp from CTMH called You Are to make the square at the bottom.

The Simple Things

Oh, the simple things in life, or things that should be simple!! Trying to teach a boy to go potty is impossible!! After about 5 months of stickers and matchbox car bribes I finally gave up! No more bribery. Then one day Tristen says "Mommy I have to go potty" and he never looked back!! FINALLY potty trained at age 3!!!!

Christmas Card Swap

This is one of the Christmas cards I made using only Close To My Heart products for a Christmas In July Swap. This card features the Around The Block Stamp,Elemental paper pack and red button assortment. The inside of the card says Happy Holidays .

I also made tags for this swap and here is a few of the ones I made.

These were also made with Close To My Heart Products. All of the tags were cut using the cricut and the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge available only from a Close To My Heart consultant, aka ME!
The first tag is using a stamp no longer available for the snowflakes called New Fallen Snow but we do have a new snowflake stamp. The saying on it says "Laced With New Fallen Snow," from the same stamp set. I also used the opaques.

Tag 2: This one is made with trees cut from Olive card stock on the cricut. and I folded them in half with a bone folder. I then glued one side of each one to the other to make this faux honeycomb look. When done with gluing them together I adhered the two unglued sides to the tag. I then added glitter glue,opaques and itty bitty pearls for the ornaments and star.

Tag 3: I again used the super fabulous awesome cartridge for the cricut Art Philosophy. I cut out another type of tree and adhered it to the tag. I then used glitter glue and itty bitty pearls for ornaments.

Tag 4: I used one of the CTMH stamp sets and stamped the star. I then cut it out and used the opaques to add some sparkle. I also used a saying that goes with that stamp. It says "Tis the season to sparkle".

Tag 5: I used a one of the stamp sets from CTMH to create the tag with the date on it. I also used it for the numbers and added opaques for some more bling.

I hope you liked these and maybe it will give you some ideas to use this Christmas.