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Welcome to the first Close to My Heart Product Spotlight Blog Hop!  Each month we will spotlight a different CTMH product.  This month we are featuring Imagine – one Close to My Heart’s three how-to programs.  Imagine contains 50 two-page 12×12 patterns, with complete cutting diagrams and detailed assembly instructions.  With full-color artwork and plenty of clever techniques this is a great book for both beginners and experts.  You can flip and rotate the patterns for endless combinations!  You can use the patterns exactly as they are laid out for a no-brainer layout or you can use them as a guide  and add your own creativity.  Photos and jouraling areas can be interchanged, you can add different size photos, you can leave photo areas blank or replace with embellishments.  Personally, I do a combination of these depending on my photos and my mood.  One thing is for sure – I always end up with a layout I am pleased with in the end.

Products used are all CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Stardust Level 2 Paper Packet
Starstruck stamp set
Circle Around stamp set
Field Trip Alphabet stamp set
White Daisy Grosgrain Ribbon
Hemp
White Daisy cardstock
Moonstruck & Honey Ink
buttons (other, unknown)

For my layout I used the “Introduction” pattern.  You can see that the CTMH papers have a white core.  If you want the white to show – pull the paper towards you when you tear.  If you don’t want the white to show, then pull the paper away from you when you tear.
I used a variety of stamping techniques for the stars.  All are stamped on White Daisy cardstock.  The dark blue ones are stamped with Moonstruck ink, then sponged on the edges with Honey.  For the one with the white edges I used the rock and roll technique.  I inked the stamp with Honey, then “rolled” the edges on the Moonstruck ink pad, then stamped.  For the final star that looks yellow/green, I first inked in Honey, then used a sponge dauber (BTW, I love these things!) to add Moonstruck ink around the outside, then stamped.  The colors mixed together creating a green.  For the arrow, I used a 2-step stamping technique.  I stamped the solid arrow with Honey, then stamped the dotted arrow around it with Moonstruck.  I just love how easy this is to do with acrylic stamps because you can see exactly where you are stamping!

This is layout #13 of 210.

I hope you enjoy the hop and be sure to come back next month, on February 15, when we will be featuring the stamp set You Rock.

Now hop on over to KRISTI’S BLOG and check out her layout!

For a complete list of participants, or if you get lost along the way, you can go here.

Here is the list of participants in the January 2010 Close to My Heart Product Spotlight Blog Hop.  To start the hop, go to this post.

Wendy K. – My Scrapbooking Blog <—– You are here!
Kristie Herdener
Laurie Flannery
Tracy Oleksak
Cindy Leek
mestamp2
Barbara
Jenifer Benner
Melissa
Haley
Carol Loftus
Sylvia
Kim

Welcome to the Close to My Heart New Product Blog Hop.  Throughout this hop you will find a variety of items all created using new products from the Close to My Heart 2010 Spring Idea Book.  You can click here to view the new Idea book or to shop online. 

This is part 2 from today’s earlier post where I showed you how to use the Caboodle Workshop on the Go guide to make 4 scrapbook pages and 12 cards.  The layouts and cards in this post were used with the papers that were left from the Caboodle paper pack!  To extend the paper I added 2 sheets of 12×12 vanilla cream cardstock for one of my layout bases and 2 sheets of 12×12 vanilla cream cardstock for my card bases. 

Here are my projects all created with the new Caboodle Paper Packet:

Notice on the Joy Rides layout I added “fun” to the B&T Background paper.  It was a great way to personalize the paper to fit my layout perfectly.  Also, the title is stamped with the Field Trip Alphabet on the back of the paper and then cut out.  To do this, place your acrylic stamp the wrong way on your block and stamp the flat side to your paper.  The letters will appear backwards when you stamp them but will be correct when you cut them out and flip them over. 

And something for those who do not do any girly pages – the Sweet Leaf Ribbon Rounds is a great accent to this paper.  Don’t like the printed floral ribbon that comes with it?  Simply flip it over and you’ve got a solid grosgrain ribbon!  I used the ribbon in this way on the 1 Cool Dude layout and the Buddies layout. 

These are standard A2-size cards:

These are 3×3 cards:
For the first 3×3 card I cut the oval Dimensional Element in half and attached.  To make the stamped frame on the third 3×3 Thank You card I used one of the bracket-like stamps from the Fringed Phrases stamp set and stamped it on each side.  

Products used are all CTMH: Caboodle Paper Packet, Imagine, Cherish – Portrait Collection (right) & Dreamy Look, Wishes – Simplicity, Field Trip Alphabet stamp set, Caboodle WOTG stamp set, Sweet Leaf Ribbon Rounds Collection, Caboodle WOTG stamp set, 3D foam tape, Solo 1 stamp set, Fringed Phrases stamp set, and Posterboard Alphabet stamp set.

You can purchase any of these items by contacting me directly, or ordering through my CTMH website.

One more thing I have to add – I can’t remember the last time I changed the refill in my ATG gun but I can tell you it was before I started all of this.  If you look at all I’ve created in this post and the Caboodle Workshop post you can see that it’s a lot and I still have a about 1/4 inch of adhesive left on the roll that is currently loaded.  I do not go light on the adhesive so this is a great test and it just amazed me so much when I realized it that I had to share!

Now to continue the CTMH New Product Blog Hop visit DAWN ROSS’ BLOG to see her creation!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs for some great crafting ideas and see the great new paper packs, My Acrylix stamp sets, and amazing new embellishments!  If you get lost along the way you can view a complete list of the blog hop participants in the previous post.

If you enjoyed this blog hop be sure to come back here this Friday, January 15 for a new CTMH Product Spotlight Blog Hop featuring a different product each month.  It may be something that you already have in your stash or something new you haven’t tried yet.  This month we will be featuring Imagine so you can expect to see some amazing layouts!

This is 3 more towards my layout goal.  I am now at 12 of 210.

Go to the next post to start the blog hop.

This is a list of all the participants in the Close to My Heart Spring 2010 New Product Blog Hop:
Wendy Kessler   MyScrapbookingblog.com     <—– You are here!
Dawn Ross
Dawn Heuft  
Kimberly Smith  
Amy Edwards  
Amy Schultz  
Erin Herring  
Lisa Stenz  
Brae Montogmery 
Carla Ironside 
Helen Onulak  
Adeline Brill  
Jody Gustafson
Haley Dyer
Antoinette Herrin
Sherrie Thornton
Jessica Moore