Tickled Pink with Be Yourself Birthday Card

The papers are from the Tickled Pink set, and the stamp is Be Yourself.  It's hard to see, but there's a pink "gem" on the girl's finger.

Emporium Vacation Book

I made this mini scrapbook/journal for our upcoming vacation to the Alabama/Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans.  The book itself is new in the CTMH 2010 Spring Idea Book and called the My Creations Journal.  It has a clear plastic cover protector, so you can create a 5x7 cover page, slip it into the protector pocket, and it won't become damaged or dirty.  I used the Emporium paper collection along with Sweet Leaf and Twilight cardstock and several stamp sets.  The metal flowers are CTMH's new Filigree Charms, which look great with the Emporium papers.  The fleur de lis edge punch is from EK Success. 

Inside I randomly stamped at least one side of every page using several different stamp sets:

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and Wishes for a Great 2010! 

Spring 2010 Close to My Heart Spring Idea Book.  The new catalog is available today.  Contact me for your free copy or browse it online at mollyrawls.myctmh.com.  Here's a peek at one of the just-released paper collections in the new catalog, titled "You Rock":

January is National Papercrafting Month.  Okay, it's also National Blood Donor Month, Braille Literacy Month, Hot Tea Month, Bath Safety Month, California Dried Plum Digestive Month, Get Organized Month, Poverty in America Awareness Month, Mail Order Gardening Month, Oatmeal Month, etc. But to celebrate Papercrafting Month, CTMH is offering this great "Felicity" collection:

The collection includes 12 12"x12" B&T papers (2 each of 6 designs), 6 die-cut frames (three circular and three label shaped), and a D-size stamp set (including a full alphabet, flourish, birds, and argyle pattern).  To get the collection, you can (1) buy it for $34.95; (2) get it free for ordering $60 or more in stamp sets; or (3) get it free for placing any order totalling $125 or more.  Also, you could win the Felicity collection by commenting on this CTMH blog:  http://www.nationalpapercraftingmonth.blogspot.com/.

Happy Crafting!  I hope one of your resolutions is the same as mine--to create and complete more scrapbook layouts and handmade cards.

Enjoy Every Moment Birthday Card

This cute daisy stamp is part of a new CTMH set called Enjoy Every Moment.  The cardstock colors are Chocolate, Buttercup, and New England Ivy. 

Childhood Portrait Valentine

This is a prototype for a project for a local PEO group.  The colors are black and blush, and the stamp is from the Childhood Portrait set.  The B&T papers are Silhouette and Unforgettable.
The second pictures is an example for them of an alternate card they can make with the same supplies.

New Camera Pics

A couple pics with my new camera:  (more on my 365-day blog)

Tom cleaning the driveway.  I swear it snows every day!

 Jess and Nick playing BandHero.

Daydream Easel Card

Another easel card...this one with CTMH Daydream papers and the stamp sets It's Your Day and Everyday Celebration (sentiment). 

Lonliest Lion Ever

This lonely lion card started off as a door, then was going to be a window, then a birdcage, and finally became a sad, neglected lion in a too-small cage.  I probably shouldn't give it to an animal lover.  The stamps are CTMH's Around the Block and Life's a Jungle.  Colors are black and cranberry.

Key to My Heart cards

I'm trying to use up some existing papers instead of buying more (Like that will work--I'm not even fooling myself.)  These cards were all made with CTMH Key to My Heart papers and the stamp sets Delightful Things (watermark), Childhood Portrait ("Thinking of You"), Treasure Life (flowers), Fringed Phrases ("You're Special"), and It's Your Day (gift & sentiment).  The colors are mostly CTMH juniper and sorbet.

Easy Christmas Tags

I made these tags in minutes using the Stocking Style stamp set with Holiday Red ink.  I added the snowflake punch and highlighted it with clear Stickles.  I'll thread a ribbon through the hole to attach them to Christmas packages.  Very Easy!

Easel Birthday Card

I really like making these easel cards.  For this one I used the CTMH Key to My Heart papers and the stamp sets Delightful Things, Treasure Life, and From Me to You.

Cupcake Sprinkles Card

I used the stamp sets Cupcake Sprinkles and Fringed Phrases.  The colors are CTMH's outdoor denim, heavenly blue, and watermelon.  The punch across the top is from EK success.

You Rock and Be Yourself Card

I really like this card.  I used the new CTMH paper You Rock and paper pieced a girl from the stamp set Be Yourself.  I added black Stickles to her boots and lots of bling here and there.

You Rock and Bird Basics card

I used the Bird Basics stamp set and the CTMH paper You Rock.

Felicity Card

This friendship card uses the Notebook paper pack, and the Felicity stamp set.