In Review....................

I love doing these pages. They are so fun, easy , and you can use whatever paper you want!! The year in review pages can be as much or less as you want.. I just hit the highlights and do a few photos so my pics can be bigger- you can do it however and big or small as you want! These are typically miscellaneous photos you have already scrapbooked throughout the year OR just photos you have here and there that showcase you & your families life that year! Maybe you had a job change or moved or a new baby! Just review the year! These are good to put in the back of your 'everyday' albums! Start from the beginning... you can put what month this event took place OR just title the photo like I did here....

We had a pretty usual year (thank GOODNESS!) so its mostly some holidays and this and that for me. :-)

I just trimmed small paper and hooked them on with 'bitty' brads so they look like little title plates. :-)

I'm in STITCHES......

Topstitch is my FAVORITE paper this quarter. Every quarter I fall in love with the new papers- I seem to lean toward one more than most. Although 'you rock' is coming in a close 2nd- I have found myself going back to Topstitch paper 90% of the time! It is just so versatile.. Blues, pinks, browns, and I love the patterns! Start with all this >>>>> And create all this>>>>>> I wish you could see the detail on these pages. So subtle but BEAUTIFUL! Maybe its my friend's sweet baby's pictures that pushes it over the top! :-)

I made the card below inspired by a card Amy Edwards shared on our close to my heart group! There are so many talented consultants out there its makes the creativity part SOOO easy!

Some up close detail of this workshop page!

We make so many beautifully embellished pages in our clubs! The club kits make it so easy to teach a class!

If you are interested in joining a club or just attending one here and there let me know! We'd love to have you! You can also order the kit and I will mail it to ya! Topstitch club kit includes: level 2 paper packet (22 pieces of front and back paper), coordinating STAMP, brads, ribbon, buttons, and a full color detailed instruction guide for pages and cards!

THANK YOU

This is a thank you card I made for my sis! She helped me out (BIG TIME) during a spell we had with illness around the house! whew- glad that is OVER! Sick kids are no fun especially with sick parents! anyway - so THANKS AMIE! (sorry amie if you are seeing it here first before it arrives to your house! LOL) We just got our biggest snow in a while here in middle TN and I wanted to do something with some snowflakes on it! This is crystal blue, heavenly blue, bamboo, and outdoor denim ink on colonial white.. If you could see the detail (camera phone pic) you would see liquid glass all over this card. I love this stuff- it makes everything pop a lil more! I didnt want to use sparkles or brads because I was mailing it but the liquid glass turned out great!

Baby Book for a friend!

I finally bit the bullet and made a scrapbook to sell for a friend. I have been asked before and have always said no because of time and not knowing what I would be getting myself into! (time, what to charge, etc...) I loved making it and will definitely do it again in the future!!! I hope you can see the entire slideshow.. It will show the same page again until all download. It ends with a jungle page!

Thats Amore level 1

Level 1 workshop! Complete 4 pages with some leftover paper! I will even give you enough ribbon and a brads to complete them like I have them here! Contact me to attend! $15.00 or $20.00 and get 'blush' ink! :-)

Love is in the air!

i hope you are already making your valentines! FUN FUN! Hearts are a big part of CTMH! We all love it because we do everything "Close To Our Hearts!"

LOVE my Clubs!

Veranda Hostess Club workshop- The top is what I done (we didnt want to do the guide pages on this one) and below are the modifications some girls made- Looks great! Just look at the pages and NOT the quality of the photo because these are cell phone pictures! But the pages are all sooo CUTE! WAY TO GO CLUB! SNOW FUN!!!! I love that snowman stamp too! (All decked out)

Veranda is gorgeous wedding paper! What a cute bride and groom.

There's always one in the group right? HAHA Actually I enjoy when the girls venture out and flip the papers or do something different- It's cool to see the outcome!

Animal cookies

To you girls who have this pre-cut page- here is the way I put mine together! Just for reference if you want to go by this! I hope you ladies had a good time without me! :-( blah! hahaha

Aspen Aspen Aspen

Maybe one day I'll get to go, but for now I will settle for this beautiful paper named after it! This is a page I made for a gathering once. (pretty embellished for a gathering but it was FUN!) This page doesn't showcase the gorgeous snowflake patterned paper that comes with this but you can see a little in the blue part. I love these colors.. Now we just need some more snow here in TN to go with it!

My First Open House!

I have been a CTMH consultant for over a year now and haven't held a new catalog open house yet! I wanted to keep it small- especially for my first one so I invited mostly only my club members! 10 out of the 15 people I personally invited came - so I call that a SUCCESS! I had lots of FUN! Below are two post of the make n takes we comepleted! Cant wait for the next one! :-)

Be MIne!!

This is the make n take (along with the Vday card below) that we made at my open house! I think everyone liked it!! Simple but very pretty! I love blush and cocoa together! We used the 3D foam adhesive to raise up the hearts! :-) Stamps used : thoughtful seasons, posterboard alphabet, and valentine exchange! I took a swirly stamp off of a random set and made teh blush swirlies on teh poster board letters before cutting out! So simple I might use it for a gathering! :-)

Getting ready for Valentine's?!?

This is a cute lil card we made at my open house this past weekend!! It's 3x3 so its perfect for little school valentines for children! Leave it like this and make up some 3x3 envelopes to stick into! .........or......................

Use foam adhesive squares to raise up the stamped image and stick a sucker in! You could also use a hole punch to make two holes adn slide the sucker stem in like that...... :-)

I think this card idea would also look GREAT with our new topstich paper!!! Then you could do blue for boys too!

OPEN HOUSE

It's tomorrow ladies!! I have everything ready for two cute make n takes- a 12x 12 Valentines page AND a Valentines day card with sucker! I'll post pictures after weekend. Come see all the new paper packets, some new product, grab a new book, some snacks, and shop my discounted inventory. Sign up for the level 1 Valentines day workshop! I will draw for an Imagine book as well! Hope to see you here! 12:00-2:00 at my home! Contact me for directions if needed! :-)

Quick easy page

This is using "perfect day " paper, and it was using 'perfect day pictures!' HAHA Will loves outside anytime! Doesnt matter if its snowing, cold, or 100 degrees! I put this page together for a last minute crop along with another page I'll post later, but I thought it turned out really cute.. It's what I call a $5.00 page! Not much too it but simple, clean, and CUTE!!!! The bottom middle piece is stamp of teh month thi smonth! So cute- lil frames!

Christmas Boxes from Melinda!

Okay - yep - so Christmas is over but I had to share these! I've been behind on my blogging but these are too cute not to post! My good friend Melinda made these for some gift cards for Christmas!!! If you have a Cricut then you've seen this template before. The paper and decor are so glitzy! You could also make these in red and pink (or white) and put some Valentine's day Goodies inside for your children's classroom!!!! The template is a cricut die cut- so you could make them any size. Smack a cutsey Heart on top and tie with some white organdy ribbon - fill it with shredded pink or red paper with a valentine sucker, pencil or hearts!! Soo cute!

For the love of Girl Scout Cookies!

Alright all you brownie and girl scout mommas!! Here's a couple lil cards I made for my sweet cousin! She's the cutest girl scout I know!!

Make these as thank yous for all those who bought cookies from you OR make them to give away to all your girl scout friends! All of us consultants can do these for their lil project meetings they have- make 'em up some cards and let the girls stamp and glue away!!! :-) What a cute badge right?? card making and paper crafting?!!?!? Sorry about the quality of the photo! Didnt have my real camera- these are cell phone shots! :-)

OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY!

OPEN HOUSE!! Saturday January 16, 2010. 12:00 – 2:00 pm At Tonya’s House. You are invited to come see lots of new items for this quarter! All the new paper, new petite perks, and Rewards Card gifts!

What to expect: Free idea book just for walking in the door! 50% sale on lots of my inventory! Free make n take! Refreshments! Drawing for an “Imagine” how to book. Earn ‘tickets’ for the drawing: 1 = coming to open house, 1= RSVP by Friday at noon, 1= bring a friend who is brand new to CTMH** Come on in ~ sit down with the new book and a glass of sweet tea! Children welcome. CALL OR EMAIL FOR DIRECTIONS TO MY HOUSE! See you soon! ~Tonya McCrary 931.261.6033 Close To My Heart Consultant Scrapbooking & Stamping www.havescrappydays.blogspot.com "It's all Fun & Games Until Someone Loses an Eyelet." Have Scrappy Days

Lovin these squash books!

I only wish I would've discovered them sooner! This is a book I made to celebrate my friend's baby! We gave her fancy tea before ( i posted a few pics before for those who follow this blog) Well Miss Caroline is finally here and is doing great! This squash book has pictures from her shower. I used twitterpated paper using the pinks, greens, and the browns.............. It can become quite thick if you embellish the insides alot..............

Open carefully!!!

The opened product!

SAVE THE DATE!

Join me for OPEN HOUSE on January 16th! Come see new products and pick up your free NEW catalog! As you know these catalogs are full of great scrappy ideas! What to expect: Drawing for a great prize! (at least a $25.00 value!) Come put your name in the box! FREE make n' take project for you! Refreshments, and at least 50% on my inventory! RSVP by next Thursday and receive an extra ticket for the drawing! Contact me for directions! I'll post more details soon!

Scrapbooking or Cardmaking CLUBS

CLUBS CLUBS CLUBS January is PRIME time to join a club! Interested? Email or call for details! Once a month scrap with old friends (or make new ones), get a discount on product, exclusive stamp sets, and get at least $25.00 Hostess rewards once during your 6 month commitment! FUN FUN FUN – I love my CLUBS!

BACK TO REALITY!

Whew - Finally back to blogging! My how I've missed it- I am finally getting caught back up with all the'real stuff' now that Christmas and New Year's are over. I love the holidays but it puts me way behind (just ask my club girls and customers!) LOL Sorry ladies- I am back in the swing though! What's new now?? LOTS!! New Spring book is HERE! Email me if you want a FREE one mailed or delivered to you! (see left column for a peek at the cover!) Check out my shopping site to look inside! :-) Felecity paper pack is availble thru Jan. 31! The Jan. Stamp of the Month is super cool too!

Christmas Card Layout

These are some of the photos I sent out in Christmas cards!!! I always like to do them on their own lil layout!!!

I also like to do something special with all the Christmas cards I receive during the Christmas season. Especially the ones with photos!! A few ideas are make lil collages in a picture frame and hang them up during the holidays. I have in the past made 1-2 2 page layouts (4 pages total) and made one big pocket of vellum and stick them in or make a 12 x 12 fake envelope with a flap and stick them down in that! Let me know what you do with yours! I fell in love with these metal rimmed tags this year!

I have been in such a habit of liquid glassing EVERYTHING lately! Yikes!

National Paper Crafting Month

CTMH created National Papercrafting Month nearly 3 years ago! I believe this is our best ever! See details in left hand column of this blog!

January Stamp of the Month artwork!

This is the actual stamp - see artwork with stamp below (not my artwork- the professional ad!)

This stamp is available for discount in incrememnts of $ amount an order.. for example... $25.00 order gets you 25% off! $50.00 = 50%, $75.00 = 75% and YES $100.00= FREE!