Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year, My Friends! I hope your year was full of fun and lots of crafting. And if it wasn't make it a point to ensure that 2015 is!!! January brings a fabulous start to the year with 2 Constant Campaigns and of course a fabulous Stamp of the Month!

 Just in time to start your Valentine's Day cards and projects comes this month's Stamp of the Month! What a super cute and totally fun set. I'll be posting some cute projects soon to get your creative juices flowing! Spend $50 and receive this set for just $5, which is a $12.95 savings!

 The first of the 2 CC's for the month is when you spend $50 you can get this fabulous Year>>Noted paper kit for just $5 or for an additional $5, add the new My Creations kraft mini album! What a great, easy project to start the new year with! Are the creative ideas starting to flow? I certainly hope so! 

Last, but certainly not least is for those of you who have been sitting on the fence about hosting a party. January is the perfect time to do so. This month, you can receive up to 50% more Hostess Rewards! When your party reaches $350 in sales, instead of receiving $60 in Hostess Rewards, you will receive $90 in free product! What a fabulous deal! So why not host a party? Worried that your home isn't up for housing a party? No worries, we can set up a party that runs for a week all on Facebook and invite your friends & family to a week of games, crafting tips and more. Host a party in your pjs and enjoy the fun from the comfort of your home! Have you decided? Is a party for you this month? Contact me today and let's getting the party started! Time slots will fill up quickly with such a great deal!

I hope you are excited to get some crafting started this month! I have such fun ideas for the year and cannot wait to share them with you! I'm even planning a fun Scrapbooking retreat for March, where we spend three days & two nights learning new techniques, working on fabulous projects and just having fun! Keep checking back for updated information on that! Remember 2015 is the year to get your Craft On, so Get Crafty!

Damask Divas Blog Hop : Skylark

I can hardly believe that its time for another Damask Divas Blog Hop, where has the time gone? If youre anything like me, summer has brought on a whole new set of crazy! If you came from the talented Jennifer's Blog, you are in the right place. If you have jumped here and just discovered our Damask Divas Blog to find the complete list of blog hop participants.

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This month we are showcasing the absolutely gorgeous Skylark pack.  I'm sad to see this super cute paper go at the end of July with its beautiful blues, yellows and greens. As much as I love this pack, I wasn't sure what project I should do with it initially. I was waiting for that perfect project. The opportunity arose when I decided a mere week before Close To My Heart Convention that I was going to make some cards to swap.

I was extremely nervous. I had no idea if I needed to do anything in particular, use specific papers, etc. I decided to keep it simple and cute. I also only made 25, but believe me that still took plenty of time. LOL. I think I'll need to start making cards earlier then I did this year, but I had to learn something this first time and that's ok.

I cut the card base in A2 size, which is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in White Daisy Cardstock.  Followed by a strip from the Skylark pack about 5 1/4 x 3. As well as a 3 x 2 piece of Indian Corn Blue, which I really love that color by the way! Its gorgeous and looked amazing with the paper from Skylark.

I stamped the small Unicorn stamp from the Unicorn Dreams set (which is a Hostess Set, so if you love it as much as I do, don't miss out on snagging it this next month. Throw Party in your home or online & earn those hostess rewards) in Black ink and I fusy cut it, then added a bit of bling, Clear Sparkles. I also used the stars from the set inked in Indian Corn Blue and stamped in the bottom corner to fill up some of the white space. Then I stamped the sweet message inside with more....Indian Corn Blue. (Are you seeing just how much I love it, lol!) I used a CTMH corner rounder, another must for card making  and just did the bottom corners. Placed the unicorn with a little 3D Tape and there you have a super cute, but very easy card for any occasion.

The great thing about cardmaking is that you can use the same basic design with different papers, change it up a little bit or even add different embellishments, giving it a totally different look. I wasn't a card maker before I joined Close To My Heart, but now I love it. I whip out tons of cards, because they can be so easy and I'm always learning new things! Don't be afraid to branch out and try something new!

I hope you've enjoyed this month's Blog Hop and I hope you'll join us again next month! Be sure to check out my fellow Divas'  pages and leave them some love, they've all worked hard on this months projects! Don't forget to Get Crafty!