Well, I decided to change the paper up for last summer's vacation. It's hard using the same paper. I get bored and lose motivation. For this layout, I used the "Emporium" paper pack and the stamp set "A tweet". I love anything with birds on it and when I saw this stamp set, I had to have it. For the journaling block, I used "Postcard-Travel Series".
I hope you aren't getting tired of seeing "Moon Doggie". This paper is so perfect for Hawaii. For this layout, I used the stamp sets "Extreme Happiness" and "Surfs Up". 
To make my flowers, I sponged the big flower in Creme Brulee ink and then rolled the edges in Hollyhock ink.
Today was my Teen Scrapbook Workshop at the church. I have so much fun working with this group of girls. They are so sweet and are it fills me with joy to see how happy they are with their finished layouts. I enjoyed putting these ones together myself because I used pictures of my daughter, Jennifer growing up through the years. She and I had some laughs going through old pictures and reminiscing. The paper pack that I used is called "Notebook" from CTMH. The layout designs are on the back of the "Notebook Stickese." This paper pack is so much fun. It has paper that resembles notebook pages, doodles and coffee stains. The stamp sets that I used are "Friendship Alphabet" and "Field Trip Alphabet".
With Easter around the corner, I decided to take advantage of Jeanette Lynton's Color Me Monday Challenge and make an Easter Card. The colors in the challenge are Petal, Buttercup, Blush and Colonial White. I combined it with this week's Mojo Monday sketch. The stamp set used is "Bunny Love" from CTMH. The egg shell is on Pop Dots to give a three dimensional look.
Twenty-seven years ago today, Jennifer came into this world; my first born daughter and the apple of my eye. Here is a picture of her at her twelve months. And, my has she grown. Where has the time gone? It's hard for me to imagine that I have a daughter who is a grown woman. I made this card for her using the "Love You Forever" stamp set from CTMH. I love this sentiment. No matter how old she is, she will always be my baby.
And, here she is today...the mother of my beautiful Lexi.
Today I was watching the newest episode of Close to My Heart Tv and Jeanette made the most beautiful valentine card using this stamp set. After watching the episode, I couldn't wait to get out my stamp set and make one similiar to it. Hers had a heart and other embelishments. I decided to go a little simpler on my card. I am really loving bird stamps and this was my first opportunity to ink this one up. The set is called "A Tweet" and the paper is "Veranda". The stamp set is so afordable. It is only $7.95. What a deal. This card was very simple to make, because there was no coloring involved. To make the bird, I used the two step method of stamping. First I stamped the bird in Tulip ink and stamped it onto a piece of scratch paper. Then I stamped it again on the paper that I was planning to use. The image was very light at first. After cutting out the bird, I took a sponge, swiped it in Tulip ink and sponged around the edges. I did the same method with the flowers. This gave a soft look to the bird and made the color dimensional instead of flat. The bird is raised up on a foam square. I love this card so much, that I am not sure who I will send it to.
I used the beautiful "Veranda" paper pack from Close to My Heart to make this card. I can't believe that I cut into a fresh pack of paper to make a card. My routine is to make as many layouts from a paper pack and then use the scraps to make cards. But this stamp set called "So Sweet" was screaming to use this paper. The colors in this paper pack are Creme Brulee, Juniper, Cocoa and Garden Green. The ribbon is from The Creme Brulee Designer Ribbon Rounds.
These are the cards that we will be making for my CTMH Christmas Card Workshop. The stamps use are Holiday Trinkets and Heartfelt Christmas. The paper used is Creative Basics Jingle. The cardstock is Tulip and Juniper.
I took advantage of this month's CTMH Special and ordered all my Christmas stamps and couldn't wait to start playing. I love this set. It is called Heartfelt Christmas. All the stamps in this set are beautiful. The deer is stamped in Hollyhock. I applied glitter to the swirl around his head and around the oval shape. At the tip of his nose is a tiny sparkle. I used my cuttlebug to emboss the Tulip Cardstock. The other color of cardstock is Juniper and the patterned paper is "Creative Basices Jingle Collection". The ribbon is also from CTMH.
The papers that were used are Bella and Tinkerin. The stamps used are Beware and Spellbound. The spooky tree is stamped with Versamark on black cardstock and embossed with clear embossing powder. The word "spooky" was stamped on Tinkerin using the Poster Board stamp set.
I divided up the pages with Index Dividers. I followed along, pretty much, with how CTMH has them organized in their catalog. But, I put them in an order that made sense to me. I started with Sentiments, since these are the stamps that get a lot of use.
Followed by the Monthly Word Puzzles. These are great stamps to have because they are loaded with pictures and sayings for each month of the year. There are other Word Puzzles, but if they fell along the lines of a specific Holliday like Christmas or Valentine's day, I put them in that catagory.
Next came the Tags, Borders and Misc. This category also includes backgrounds, and stamps with calendars on them.
The next set of the stamps were divided by Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. The Fall stamps include, School, Fall Leaves and Halloween.
Next comes Summer. This category covers the beach, Fourth of July, picnic, Hawaii, Trees and Outdoors.
And, lastly, is the Font category. It also includes the Alpha Solos. You will notice that there are no pictures. The reason is that I thought I was all done and then I saw the box and it is big. I will finish it later.
Here is what the binder looks like with the pages in it. Hope this post helps you. Since I went to all the trouble of getting organized, I just couldn't help but share. I have a lot more organizing to do with my other stamps and embelishments, but at least this is a start. If you have any tips for me, please pass them along.
