Join me for Creative Tuesday!

This week I will have my stash of pre-cut cards for you to chose from for Creative Tuesday.

Date: Tuesday, November 29th

Cost: $1 per card (with an envelope) or $0.50 per card (without an envelope)

Place: My house - contact me for directions

Time:  I will open up shop at 10 a.m. and close at 3:30 p.m. If you are interested in an evening session, contact me for possible times

Please Bring: Scissors and your choice of adhesive

Come when you can, stay as long as you can, and make as many cards as you want - it can be 1 or 100!  If you will be here for lunch, bring something to share and we will have a potluck lunch.  I hope you can join me - contact me with any questions.  Here is a small sample of some of the cards I have pre-cut and ready to put together!

CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop - Embossing

Hello and welcome to this month's CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop!  This month we are featuring projects using an Embossing Technique.  If you came from Luisa's blog then you are on the right track!  If you are starting here, then just keep hopping along to check out what everyone else has created.

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I love embossing, whether it's heat embossing or dry embossing, it's always a fun addition to any project.  Click HERE to view all items available from Close To My Heart to meet your embossing needs.  Today I am featuring some projects using heat embossing.

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I gave a little sneak peek last week, here are a few of the full pages.  I created these pages for a friend's baby shower.  She only scraps in 8 1/2 x 11 so I had to challenge myself since I've never scrapped this size before.  On these following pages, I heat embossed on a clear transparency to create my own type of overlay.

For these Halloween pages I modified the Dialogue pattern from Imagine.  I also used some retired Enchanted papers and Creepy Cobwebs stamp set.  I heat embossed the title and the spider on the right page directly on the white paper.  I heat embossed the spider web on the transparency and trimmed around it.  I attached it with carefully placed dots of Liquid Glass (to hide under the image) and a few coordinating brads.

For the following 4th of July pages I modified the Levitate pattern from Magic.  I used some retired Blue Ribbon paper, along with a Stamp of the Month from this summer, American Celebration, and an old favorite stamp set, Circle Around.

I embossed the firecrackers on the transparency and added a touch of Prisma Glitter to the image while the embossing powder was still hot.  It added just a touch of sparkle.  Like the spider web, I trimmed around the image and attached it to the page using Liquid Glass behind the stars and a few dots.

I added a few Bling Buttons as well - this one covers up the glue dot that I used to hold the transparency down.

Here are some pages for Baby's First Christmas with a few different embossing touches added.  I modified the Full House pattern from Imagine.  I used the retired Jingle papers on these pages.  My title was cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection.

I used white embossing powder mixed with Prisma Glitter to color this Dimensional Element Ornament.  It adds just the perfect touch of sparkle and shine.

Another thing I like to do with Embossing Powder is color brads with it.  I took some plain white brads here - heated the brads with a heat gun then dipped them in Baby Pink powder and heated them again.

For some regular embossing, I did a little bit of that here on the Blessing Day pages.  To create these pages I modified the Simple Contrast pattern from Cherish.  I used the retired Silhouette papers.  The title was cut using my Cricut Art Philosophy Collection - with a little help from my Cricut Design Studio I was able to change the look of the alphabet by making it taller and skinnier.  I do NOT use my Cricut without the Design Studio anymore - I know exactly what I am cutting and get the exact size I want without guessing, plus I am able to use my paper better and really customize the look.

I embossed the word DAY on these black banner pieces (also cut using the Cricut) using white embossing powder and Felicity stamp set.

A few more close-ups from these pages just because I love them so much ;-)  Here's a cluster of crochet flowers attached with various sizes of black brads.

The journaling piece was stamped using lines from the Comments stamp set and accented using the Cherish the Moment stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by - to continue along the hop, your next stop is Nikka!

Progress & Changes - Upstairs Bathroom

A while ago I posted the transformation that our Master Bedroom has taken over the last year.  Today I am going to share another room - this time it's our upstairs bathroom.

Here it is when we bought the house - I don't know what was up with the mirrors in both bathrooms, but we knew it was an easy fix.

Here it is after we got done with it.  I've wanted blue walls in the bathroom ever since we made over our bathroom in our last house, but I was worried about making it feel too dark.  This bathroom has a skylight and a window so I knew it wouldn't be a problem.

We put new toilets in both bathrooms  - since we were now hauling our own water, we wanted water efficient ones that would actually flush.  Here is a little flashback of T-dawg - he loved that he could reach these light switches just by climbing on the toilet, and didn't have to find a chair or stool to assist him.

This is our little 'mud room' - to the right of this is the door that goes out to the garage, so I've loved this little nook.

We didn't do much to this area - just a fresh paint job and then added some mirrors with coat hooks.  This is where the kids hang their backpacks and kick off their shoes.  There is also a closet here just opposite the nook where we keep the vacuum, towels, batteries, and lots of other stuff!

Thanks for looking - stay tuned to see the rest of our changes!

A little peek...

...at a fun little project I've been working on lately...stay tuned to see it all!

Halloween...continued.

Here are some pics from the wrap-up of our Halloween festivities.  We had school parties and then Trunk-or-Treating at the church.

Here are all of the munchkins. 

Kaylee had this pioneer dress that her cousin passed down to her that my SIL made - she loves it and has been begging me to wear it.  I said no for school picture day, no for church, but I was more than happy to let her wear it for Halloween!  The bonnet is one that my mom made for me a few years ago.

Brianna picked Cleopatra this year - our first ever store bought costume!  And she actually let me put make-up on her!

The biggest reason I dislike buying costumes is because you never know who else is going to have the exact same one.  There were 4 people at the school with this exact costume, but Bree didn't mind matching Jenny!

My Tool Man used his Tonka Truck as his treat bucket - he eventually ditched the pumpkin.

I finally got pics of the little ones with their pumpkins.  Here is my little owl with her owl pumpkin.  We saw this idea HERE.  Her eyes didn't quite survive the trip in the car - Daddy was driving ;-)

We love these pumpkin head pieces - Trysten had fun picking his pieces but needed help pushing them in, this was one tough pumpkin!

After the Trunk-or-Treat we also took them on a quick loop through one neighborhood to do some Trick-or-Treating.  They were so excited.  Brailee and Trysten got tired and their buckets got too heavy so they went back to the Yukon with Daddy, but Kaylee and Brianna were so excited they could have gone all night.  They kept saying, "Thank you!" for taking them.  Hope you enjoyed your Halloween.  I can't believe it's November already, now I need to get ready for Kaylee's birthday.  It's been snowing all day here today, but at least we had great weather yesterday!

Thanks for stopping by!