Lucky 5: November CTMH Special

November marks the five-year anniversary of Studio J®, and that means it’s your lucky month, with five amazing ways to win through Studio J and Close To My Heart social media!

First, throughout the month of November, all layouts purchased in Studio J are $5! That is a savings of over 25% off of retail—an unprecedented deal!

Your second chance to win big must come by sheer luck: every fifth order placed in Studio J during November receives a FREE surprise Close To My Heart accessory in its shipping box! The accessory has a retail value of $5 or more.

If luck doesn’t smile on you in that way, you might stumble upon it by finding a little extra something in your Studio J box. Five “golden tickets” will be sent out during the month of November with randomly selected Studio J print orders! This “golden ticket” is redeemable for one of Close To My Heart’s new D-ring albums* loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors™.

For a fourth way to win, simply create new, gorgeous layouts in Studio J, select your favorites, and then post pictures of them on Close To My Heart’s Facebook page using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. After November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries based on their artistry and creativity and each of these winners will receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

And there is one last way to win: take your new Studio J artwork and post a picture of it on Instagram using the hashtag #ctmhlucky5. Just as it is with Facebook, after November 30, five lucky winners will be selected from the entries to receive their own D-ring album loaded with 10 Top Load Memory Protectors!

Contact me for more details.

Here is a video that shows Step by Step guide to using Studio J. 

Try It Tuesday: Picture My Life

Thanks for stopping by my blog. It's a Tuesday so do you know what that means? It's Try It Tuesday! When I feature a current CTMH product on my blog. Today I am featuring the Picture of My Life: Scrapbooking.  Do you want to create great looking scrapbook like pages, but don't have the time to do it? Then Picture my life is for you! Check out this video below to just how it works. 

Picture My Life, is also great for creating cards and doing traditional scrapbooking. Simply take the cards that come in the kit and use them as embellishments on your layouts our cards. Here is what is included in the kit: 

44 – 4" × 6" Cards (2 each of 22 designs)

78 – 3" × 4" Cards (3 each of 26 designs)

1 – 12" × 12" Designed Cover Sheet10 – 12" × 12" Memory Protectors™ (various designs) 

These products are acid-free, lignin-free, and buffered.

If you are interested in ordering this awesome product please visit my OBA www.stephaniehouck.ctmh.com and place your order today! 

Try it Tuesday: Washi Tape

This week's Try It Tuesday I am featuring the Washi Tape dispenser. Do you have love Washi Tape as much as I do? The new Washi Tape dispenser from CTMH is perfect for getting those rolls of washi tape our of your desk drawer and organizing them in  place for easy access.
Happy Paper Crafting!

Try It Tuesday: What's Your Style?

Good morning! Today is Tuesday so you know that that means? It's Try it Tuesday here at Adventures in Paper Crafting. Today the featured product is the Base and Bling Wearable. With the Base and Bling products you can easily create something that is uniquely you! These also make great gifts for friends, family, teachers etc.

To see all the options to choose from or if you would like to order simply go to my OBA www.stephaniehouck.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by this week and Happy Paper Crafting! 

Halloween Pencil Toppers

It's not Halloween yet, but I couldn't wait to play with my new Halloween stamp set to make these cute pencil toppers and I figured if I started now I would have all the pencil toppers done in time for my daughters school Halloween party.
I got the idea for these from the current Close To My Heart Annual Inspirations book. To create them I used the Scaredy Cat Paper Packet, Colonial White Paper, Frightfully Fun Stamp set, and CTMH Exclusive Ink colors Black, Sunset and Smokey Plumb. The shapes were cut from the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge. These were fun to make and I can't wait to get some fun Halloween pencils to attach them to.

Happy Paper Crafting!

Precious Baby Layout

Thanks for stopping by my Blog and checking the most recent post. I wanted to share my lastest layout. How many of us moms have items from the birth of our little ones and that just don't know what to do with, but you know you want to keep them?  I have this problem, so decided wanted to create a layout that I could save some of the little things from my son's birth (i.e. Crib Card, Hospital Bracelet and Birth Announcement from the newspaper) So after checking around pinterest for some inspiration, this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it!

1. First thing I did was select 12x12  cardstock and pattern paper to make up the wall and the floors of the room. Since it was to be a boys room I went with greens, reds and browns. 

2. I choose to use the solid 12x12 as my base and a striped pattern 12x12 paper for "Wallpaper". I cut cut it at 7 inches. I cut a 1/2 inch strip of another patterned paper to use as border between the wallpaper and the wall. The floor is cut at 1 inch from kraft card stock

3. Before gluing these pieces down. I used my CTMH ink and inked the edges of the papers to give it some dimension.  The colors are I used were Ruby, Desert Sand and Sweat Leaf. 

4. I then glued those pieces down. 

5. My next step was to create a Toy Box to store the items in. Using the George Cricut Cartridge I cut  2 rectangles that were 1/4 inch larger than the three items put together. So I could easily slide the items I wanted in the box.  Then decorate your toy box. I used Ruby ink to ink around the edges, a brad for the closer and i cut out the word Toy from the basic shape font pre-loaded on the Cricut Expression 2. Next only put glue on the very edges on the back of the bottom box. Then attached the top of the box (lid). After that is secured then slid your items into the box. 

6. Now to create the closet. Simply cut a large rectangle shape out of whatever cardstock color you like. Then using the same kraft card stock, that was used to create the floor, cut strips measuring 1/2inch and trim the ends at an angle. Once all three pieces are cut. Use a sponge dauber to ink the pieces to look like wood and adhere to the rectangle. 

7. Using the New Arrival Cricut Cartridge cut out as many oneies as you would like to hang in the closet. The ones i used were cut at 2 inches (I think I'll have to double check that) and then cut the hangers at the same size so they will fit inside the onesies. Cut a small piece of card stock to make the rack to hang the onesies on in the closet. Glue the rack in first and then attach the onsies.

8. Then final step I selected one of my favorite picture to hang on the wall and then glued all the pieces together. 

I hope you feel inspired to create your own layouts now using those precious little things from your newborn. 

Happy Paper Crafting! 

New Cricut Cartridge Now Available!

It's official!!!!! The Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge is now available for purchase. Cardmaking has never been easier or more fun! With our newest Cricut® collection, you can make handmade masterpieces in no time at all. Choose from cards ...with sentiments cut directly into them, or combine several cutouts to create your own pop-up scenes. Featuring more than 25 different card themes and 5 different card formats including dynamic interactive designs, this cartridge has a card for any and all occasions—even if the occasion is "just because"! Card styles include pop-ups, scenes, sentiments, sleeves, and pocket cards.