April  Kit Klub Spoiler:  Florentine

Are you a paper craver or a paper saver ???   Our April Kit Klub gals will get to find out!  This month our featured paper pack is Florentine 

Here's a spoiler of the Paper Savers  Layout #4 :

Here's a Spoiler of the Paper Cravers Layout #4 :

There will be TWO cutting guide for you to choose from in April 

Do YOU Like my surprise ?!?!  
Both kits still make 4 layouts each, so you decide ~ are you gonna be a Paper Saver or a Paper Craver in April ??

Here's a quick list for all you Kit Klub Gals of all the things I added to my layouts in the Paper Cravers Kit -- If you have some of these things stashed away at home you better bring them in April -- You'll wish you DID !

** Base Pages - Bamboo, Colonial White, Vanilla Cream ***

Be sure to bring these if you have them -- If not you can purchase them by the sheet at crop :) 

My Stash Items I used - NOT included in your kit*

Twilight Ribbon Collection

Color ready seam binding ribbon

Exacto Knife

Pop Dots

Glue Dots

Adhesive Pearls/Gems in White or Browns

Adhesive Rhinestone Flourishes

Prima Flowers 

Cameo embellie

Silk Rosettes and teeny flowers

Old Lace in Off White or Cream

Chocolate and Garden Green thread for sewing

CTMH Ruler

Foundry Tabs

Butterflies

Tapestry Felt Rub-Ons in Chocolate

Bouquet Assortment Resin Flowers

Cork Alphabet

Antique Brass Alphabets and embellies

--- HEHEHE .... and lots more!!

Excited Yet !?!?!  LOL  -- I can't wait to show you all FOUR
 of these Fantastic Layouts at Crop!

NOT a KIT KLUB GAL ? You can OPT-IN for April's Kit- or any kit in this cycle -- Kit Klub gets a paper pack, two embellishment packs, and a cutting guide for 4 complete 2-page layouts designed by me.  If you want April's Kit to be here for April Crop -- ordering deadline is April 1st

Want to Join the Fun ??

Contact me to Opt You In for one month, or several - your choice.

Official Kit Klub Gals Open Enrollment is July 2012 -- terms of the Klub are 6 months long and they get WOWWEE extras and bonuses ! 


 Don't miss open enrollment coming in  JULY!

Gift Giving with Cricut Art Philosophy

Hi All :) Just a quickie post to show you the special project kits I made with the AP cart and Sonoma papers for my crop next weekend --

 You'd think after crowing for the last 5 months about this cart and playing with it so much that I would be OVER IT !  LOL - I'm still finding new things :))  I just now figured out how to do the little snowflake cutout with the cricut and I recycled a Sizzix package to make the "window"  ---  yes, I know - I keep the strangest things --- I never throw away a perfectly good piece of clear acrylic!

Hard to photograph, but there is a snowflake cutout on both sides of the box!

Wonderland Clear cards

Believe clear cards

LOVE LOVE LOVE !  Hope you have a great weekend and get to craft some too ! I'll be back with another project on Monday :)

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Luv, HugZ, and *Glitta* ~ Angel

Find Your Style - January Stamp of the month Blog Hop

Hi and Welcome Blog Hoppers!

 January Stamp of the Month set is D1452 Find Your Style.  I love the vintage feel of it all when coupled with the Wings paper pack....and…you’re going to LOVE how easy it is to earn this stamp set FREE!  Take a look at page 5 in the Inspirations Idea Book (for a limited time.. January ONLY !! )and you’ll find out how to earn stamp sets free or at a discount this month!If you've come from Corinna's Blog (Stampin Java Junkie) you're hoppin along on the right path!

My use for this set is going to be endless, I already have 4 layouts done with all these wonderful images..Don't you just love when a set inspires you this much?!  Me too!

Click on the picture to enlarge

Click to enlarge
 Supplies Everlasting pp, bamboo, cranberry and NewEngland Ivy cs.  Cranberry brads,bamboo, cranberry and olive waxy flax.  Olive eyelets and brad on belt and "buckle", cranberry safety pin . CTMH edge distressor, bone folder, sandpaper and scissors.  Wood frame "buckle" -misc. craft stash.

This layout turned out so fun for me and I love the tattered leather look of distressed paper, thus the inspiration for the belt and buckle was born. (The hook for the belt is my favorite part - its the BACK side of an olive brad..hahaha!)


  Also, a note to everyone who thinks this "paper hoardin recycler" has changed her ways...lol... the three large sheets have the center cut out and used on the front of the layout to matte the picture of my baby boy; so have no fear ... I'm still savin every scrap and usin them ALL!!

Hope you have fun on the hop !  Any questions or comments can be left below or you can email me at a_sawyer208@yahoo.com  -  I'll be posting the other three layouts later in the week, but for now it's time to go do some Ringin' in the New Year !!

Keep Hoppin over to Deanne's blog and Thanks for stoppin by!

Luv, HugZ, and *Glitta* ~ Angel

Here's the List of January blogs to hop so you can be sure you don't miss any of the fun :))

Helen Onulak	3D Butterfly Card, tissue inking – Wings
Kathleen Androlewicz	Dress Form, Pleated Flower – Wings
Tonya Whitehurts	Bird w/Marbled Paper – Wings
Teri Baxter	Butterfly Clear Card, tissue inking – Wings
Dawn Ross	Bird 6 x 6 Card, rolling – Wings
Traci Godbee	Butterfly / Friend Frame – Wings
Dawn Heuft	Butterfly Card, rolling – Wings
Judy Burger	Butterfly, black embossing – blues
Annette Green	Wooden Birdhouse – Wings; 3 x 3 Mini Canvas – blues
Pamela O’Connor	Memory Logbook – Wings
Wendy Fording	Gift Bag
Kristie Herdener	Bird Card – Veranda
Cindy Leek	Quote with Qulled Flowers; Butterfly, black magic technique – Wings
Sarita Schraeder	Dress Form 5 x 7 Card – Wings
Melissa Robinson	Quote w/ Butterfly – Wings
Lori Brown	Two Home Decor Wall Art – Dress Form and Shoe – Wings
Krista Ritskes	Butterfly Clear Card, rolling – Wings
Nancy Brown	Bird w/stitching detail – Wings
Haley Dyer	Bird, out of the box technique – Wings
Carla Ironside	Scrapbook Page – Beautiful Friend – Wings
Georgia Hauglid	3 Different Cards featuring Butterfly, Dress Form and Bird – Wings
Shirley Ross	3 Different Cards based on the Wings Workshop Kit pattern – Wings
Brae Montgomery	Butterfly Clear Card, embossed – Wings
Michelle Loncar	Variety of Projects – Wings and Dress Form Card in Sky/Gypsy
Katy Donaldson	Butterfly with raised wings (cut from background) – Wings
Wanda Riley	Dress Form Card – Wings
Angela Tutton	Dress Form Card w/ Tag & Buttons
Jody Gustafson	Welcome Sign and LOVE Banner
Jen Rubio	Bird 5 x 7 Card and Shoe Card – Wings
Sheila Bennett	Dress Form Card, mirror platinum embossing- Wings
Toni Hinchcliffe	Dress Form Card, black embossing w/fluffy flower – Wings
Doreen Guilfoyle	2 Butterfly Cards – Wings
Adeline Brill	Dress Form Card – spray pen emboss resist (video too) – Wings
Jen Patrick	Scrapbook Page – Convention, glimmer mist – Wings
Mary Eisen	Scrapbook Layout w/Flip Flaps – Wings
Melinda Everitt	Tile Coasters
Laurie Newton	2 Cards, one Bird, one Butterfly – Wings
Melissa Laverty	Journal – Wings
Beth Naumann	Shoe Friend Card – Wings
Susan Brooks	Butterfly w/fancy paper flower – Passages
Tammy Lea Pinchard	Bird on Wood Card
Carol Horton	Butterfly, gold embossed – Wings
Kami Welter	Butterfly, rolled – Wings
Tamytha Jenkins	Scrapbook Layout w/large scalloped circle – Wings
Wendy Coffman	Butterfly Cardw/small butterflies – Wings
Lisa Sargent	2 Cards, one Butterfly, one Bird
Vickie Tagatz	Dream Wall Art in Embroidery Hoop – Wings
Paige Dolecki	Beautiful Friend Home Decor – Jingle
Nicole Griggs	Butterfly Wall Decor – Wings
Corinna McGregor	Sentiment Card w/smaller butterflies – Wings
Angel Sawyer	Scrapbook Page w/ Bird and belt buckle
Deanne Jacobs	Butterfly Card – Wings
Angela Garcia	Variety of Cards
Tamra Pope	Wall Plaque – Wings plus other Cards
LeAnne Dudley	Easel Card / Desk Calendar – Wings
Jean McNulty	Wall Hanging – Wings

Ok..It's Officially Tomorrow here..lol

Just something I found:

4PM Actually: It's a Generational Rorschach Test
Twentysomething new hire: Why is there a Harry Potter picture in our lobby?

Fortysomething manager: Actually that's a painting of John Lennon.

Silicon Valley, California Overheard by: Pop Culturally Literate

Guess that kinda sums-up how old I'm feeling these days. {{{{BBBBLLLLLAHHHHHH}}

ANYWAY, this is a cool project I have undertaken that is going to be my April workshops, It's called The Recycling Challenge. I was asked by a friend who isn't a scrapbooker {but an avid GO GREEN} person, how I could justify using all these paper materials and throwing out so much stuff, and causing the ruination of the planet by buying these goods [ meaning all the paper I avidly hoard] -- I am an avid recycler so I have set a challenge to make one item every day made out of items I would normally throw away. Here's the first few:

Recycle Challenge: Item #1

This is the scrapbook page of my young Luke Skywalker. The edges and the title [Laugh] are recycled pieces of stickers that would've been thrown away. The photo corners are an extra sticker that I cut up to make this instead of throwing it out, and the top border is a recycled piece off of a My Stickease after i used the border sticker on the lft and right sides of the page. This is all CTMH Emporium collection.

Recycle Challenge Items #2&3:

This is a XLarge Dry Roasted Peanuts jar and a Mayo jar turned into useful objects uing CTMH products from Unforgettable line. The big one is a jar for the door prize/raffle tickets to go in; and the second is the donation jars I take to local businesses for people to donate $ for Operation Smile. For more info on OpSmile visit my website: stampsforu.myctmh.com or the corporate Close to my Heart website. It's a great organization { sorry, I digress}.

Recycling Challenge Item #4:

This is a DelMonte pop-top mini tin can of mixed fruit transformed with CTMH recycled Key to My Heart Paper. The scraps from my crop went into the crimper and then into the shredder to make the grass. The stem is a straw found in my glove compartment and then scrap ribbon leaves. This is NOT 2 flowers, which is the surprise my ooey-gooey followers -- It's reversible! Pic 1 is the front and Pic 2 is the back! How cool is that !?!??

K, Well, I'm off my Coke and Dark M&M rush, and crashing fast, so I'm signing off -- until Monday; Have a great Sunday and remember to kiss the ones you love today. I mean it. :)