HAS Swap Group

I've been a proud member of the MHS group since December 2011.  Our gracious hostess is Nancy Ball and every other month she provides this wonderfully talented group of ladies with specific guidelines for cards to be made for the swap.   Now, the rule is that I can't post my card until all cards from the Swap are posted by our hostess, and you guessed it, its been posted and now you can see it too.

If you're curious, here are the guidelines from this swap:

Use at least 2 NEW patterned papers from different packs, from Spring 2012 IB.

Use 3 embellishments.

Tie it up…..something must be tied up with either baker’s twine; hemp or waxy flax.

Use an AP shape.

Use at least 8 layers, not including card base.

Use at least 3 different colors of cardstock…not including neutrals. (check IB for what is included in “Neutrals”)

Card must be at least 4 ¼ x 5 ½
If you recall, back on March 28, I posted a tutorial on how to make this wonderful flower as seen here.  For inspiration check out that tutorial. 

Check back in a few days and see the update on my blog here with the MHS Group on the right hand side of my blog.  I have received everyone's May cards and my schedule has slowed down enough and will be posting pictures soon.  We have 2 additional groups added since the February post.

Have a great day.

I WON........

Yesterday I kept getting emails from fellow consultants congratulating me....and I was like, for What?  Remember this layout I submitted to Corporate for a chance to win a FREE stamp set of my choosing from the upcoming Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book, well, I was picked as one of their favorites :)

A great big thank you to everyone at Corporate for their continued support and for all the free goodies.

Happy Mother's Day

With my mom on vacation, I've spent my day in my craft room cleaning......it needed it!  While putting stuff away I wanted to share with you, this card made by my Card's Plus Group.  I'm going to give this card to my mom when she returns.

 

Hope you're having a wonderful day with your families.

National Mom's Night Out

Join me at the Melbourne Square Mall if you can this Thursday, May 10th for the National Mom's Night Out Event.  Over 20 vendors will be present, all home based companies....This is my second vendor event and I've been busy all weekend preparing.  

I asked my bestest consultant friend Tamytha Jenkins to join in with me and last night we made all these cute pinwheels for our "Pick a Date" display.  Sherri Tozzi our upline suggested a date tree, and I wanted to do pinwheels with the new "Dotty" paper, so we combined the two.  We wanted something that was really gonna POP and get everyone's attention.  On the pinwheels we chose a stamp set from the Cricut AP bundle for the center of the pinwheel and November 2011 "Cherish the Day" for the tag.  It's so cute.....if you can make a close up you can see it shows "thanks you're" then the month and date of the gathering the hostess picks.....hostesses get to keep the pinwheel once selected

Let me back up for a minute....last night when Tamytha got here we went and picked up Chinese food and popped into Old Time Pottery, and I saw these amazing flower pots, but the cost was a bit much for my taste.  We planned on using the pinwheels utilizing some wine crates I have laying around.....I tossed and turned last night and this morning I went back to Old Time Pottery and found the flower pots in smaller versions which I was comfortable with.  I WILL RECYCLE.....

Later this evening I was searching for a box for the raffle we will be holding and I came across a tissue box that was just about empty, well you guessed it, it became empty real soon when I decided to decorate it as a raffle ticket box.....

Check back later this week for more creative ideas and pictures from the event.

Flashback to Mother's Day 2011

Checking back through my blog to see what I've been up to for the past few years and I came across this gift I made for my mommy last year and thought I'd share it with you again.  It's one of my favorites.

Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut Cartridge is so much fun.  Now, that CTMH has their own cartridge you can do the same with it. I found this great wooden flower box at the Dollar Tree and wallah.

Products used are all Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:

Mother's Day Window Basket

• Background and Borders Stamp Set D1463
• Tag the Occasion Stamp Set B1362
• Connections Stamp Set D1330
• Sophia Level 2 Paper Packet X7131B
• Pink Collection Pom Pom Ribbon Z1384
• Hollyhock Ink Z2128
• Tulip Ink Z2166
• Olive Ink Z2137
• Garden Green Ink Z2120
• Glitz Glitter Gel Z1313

Folk Art Wicker White Paint used to white wash the window box.
Floral Foam
White paper Lollipop Sticks (at Micheal's)

Have a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.