Breakfast with Santa Layout

Yesterday was Breakfast with Santa at our church. Lexi had so much fun making crafts and playing with her friends. I especially love the photo of her snuggled up with Santa. This photo is very special, because the Santa is our very special friend Keith. He and his wife adore Lexi and have been a big part of my kids life. Keith has played Santa since my kids were little and that was over 20 years ago. This yummy paper from S.E.I is called "Christmas Mint".

Making the Blogger Experience a LOT better

I just learned something new on Jeanne's Blog. She has linked a blog that shows you how to customized your blogger tool bar. Check it out. There is even an "undo" button. How cool is that? You can read all about it Here.

Point of Grace Concert

Last night Jennifer and I got to see Point of Grace in concert at a church in the area. They put on an awesome show. Jennifer called me earlier in the day to let me know that they were playing near by and we were able to still get tickets. We first saw them about 10 years ago when they opened with Amy Grant and they are still awesome.

Have A Holiday Heyday with CTMH

Click here to take advantage of this awesome sale.Starting today, December 2, Close to My Heart is having a huge clearance sale. They have amzing deals like My Acrylix® stamp sets from only $2 and My Reflections® paper packets from only $5. But that’s not all—there are “grab bags” for $30, each filled with over $100 in retail products! Plus, great shipping deals too. How about $5 flat rate on orders over $100? What a deal! These products are only available while supplies last, so shop early. The sale begins at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time.

My Christmas Card Workshop

These are the cards that we will be making for my CTMH Christmas Card Workshop. The stamps use are Holiday Trinkets and Heartfelt Christmas. The paper used is Creative Basics Jingle. The cardstock is Tulip and Juniper.

Advent Calendar

Yesterday, I took Lexi to Jazzy Crafts. She made this adorable Advent Calendar using bottle caps, liquid glass and a baking tray. Lexi had way too much decorating her project.

Before we went to Jazzy Crafts, we stopped by The Creamery for lunch and ice cream.

When we walked in the door of The Creamery, look who we saw. Lexi was so excited and she had a great day.

Thanksgiving Layouts

These are my Thanksgiving Layouts. Don't think that I am super fast in getting my layouts done. Because I am not. Last week I had a workshop and these are the layouts that we made. The paper is Sweet Home from CTMH.

Happy Thanksgiving from Lexi

The turkey is from her hand print. We rubbed her hand in bamboo colored ink and placed it on the paper. She then watercolored it.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. You are probably busy putting your turkey in the oven or heading out to spend the day with friends and loved ones. Before my turkey goes into the oven, I would like to share a couple of cards with you. This first card uses CTMH's Tree Top Stamp Set and Goodness of Life.
This one uses Pumpkin Emma from C.C. Designs

So, what are your plans for today? I spent yesterday cleaning my house, because I have family coming over. We will have 25+ coming. Have a great day.

Hugs,

Lori

Crop Night

Last night was Crop Night at Jazzy Crafts in Castro Valley. I meet there once a month with some good friends and we always have so much fun. I made this layout there. I was inspired by Christine David's layout at the Portland Regionals that I couldn't wait to make one similiar to it.

Here I am with two of my good friends, Lorraine on the left and Pam on the right.

And, here is Jasmine the owner of Jazzy Crafts. She is always so sweet and helpful. She let me use her Cricut to cut out the letters and apple on my layout.

I am so excited!!!!

I am finally getting the Cricut Expression!!!! I just ordered the Expression for $211 with NO TAX and FREE SHIPPING from Cricut Machine.com. The Cartridges are priced $15 on up. Two of my favorites "A Childs Year" and "Ashlyns Alphabet" are $31.95. This is a Pre-Thanksgiving Sale and is only good for 2 days. They have the blue Expression for $220. It comes with two stamps sets, one of them being Storybook. THE SPECIAL IS ONLY FOR 2 DAYS!!!

http://www.cricutmachine.com/specials.php

First Christmas card of the year

I took advantage of this month's CTMH Special and ordered all my Christmas stamps and couldn't wait to start playing. I love this set. It is called Heartfelt Christmas. All the stamps in this set are beautiful. The deer is stamped in Hollyhock. I applied glitter to the swirl around his head and around the oval shape. At the tip of his nose is a tiny sparkle. I used my cuttlebug to emboss the Tulip Cardstock. The other color of cardstock is Juniper and the patterned paper is "Creative Basices Jingle Collection". The ribbon is also from CTMH.

Trick-or-Treat Layout

I was inspired by Jeanette Lynton's Halloween Layout when I made this. The papers that were used are Bella and Tinkerin. The stamps used are Beware and Spellbound. The spooky tree is stamped with Versamark on black cardstock and embossed with clear embossing powder. The word "spooky" was stamped on Tinkerin using the Poster Board stamp set.

I was impressed by Lexi's creativity with this layout. I had just finished punching out the felt pieces from the Heartfelt Die Cuts and she chose to use the negative portion to put around her layout.

Pumpkin Carving Layout

Here is a layout that I made of my family carving pumpkins. The paper used is from Bo Bunny.

This month is Stampaganza - Check it out

This month is Stampaganza for Close to My Heart. What that means is that if you purchase 2 stamp sets, the third one is free. The reason that I am sharing this, is because my favorite stamps, the months of the year "WORD PUZZLES" are going to be discontinued. This would be a good time to collect the set. There are other stamps being retired that are my favorites. You can see the list on my website.

Click "Shop on Line" to purchase stamps.

http://loriscott.myctmh.com/

Retired Stamp List.

https://loriscott.myctmh.com/Retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=1567