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It’s time to begin using your 2017 planner.

by CraftyAmanda in About Me, Artwork, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Scrapbook, Video | 3 Comments

Don’t you just love new things?  I do.   I sometimes get bogged down in silliness and don’t want to use up something new as then I won’t have it anymore.   I am beginning to realize that if I don’t use new stuff,  I am losing out on some “joy” moments in my life.  So,   I am cracking open my new pages for 2017 planning and recording our family activities.  Good, bad, ugly.  Hopefully there will be more ups than downs!

As I was writing this post,  I realized my plate is pretty full today and I was thinking I won’t have any time to start this,  I’ll do it tomorrow.    I put the brakes on those thoughts and began going over my plans.   I will have a full 30 minutes while I wait for my daughter to be done with an appointment she has.   Guess what?!?  That means if I take about 2 minutes now and pull out some fun colored pencils, which I got for Christmas, bag up some washi tape and a few other small supplies,  I can begin to mark up my planner and start recording our events for 2017.  Yay.  If I am remembering correctly,  I will even pull out a dedicated planner bag and put all my supplies in there and can have it all together for future out of the house down times.  (Which happen from time to time with kids!)

In the meantime as I open all the bills and mail from holiday back up,  I think I will watch this video and see if It gives me more inspiration on my new 2017 journal endeavor.  If you don’t have a 2017 planner yet,  you can find what  I’ll be using here.

Happy Crafting.

Jeepers Creepers – Workshop Part 2 – Cards

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Stamping, Workshop On the Go | 1 Comment

So,  with one paper pack and a few extra colored cardstock piece and bases,  I was able to create six 2page layouts and 47 cards!   This was every bit of paper that was left from the workshop your way kit when I was done.  (phew)

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Nine of the cards were cut from the workshop instructions,

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Some of the cards were cut from the Kathern’s 6×6 pattern and another one I found (Previous posts)

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Others were just what struck my fancy at the time I was creating!

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Happy Crafting.

Jeepers Creepers – Workshop Part 1

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Scrapbook, Workshop On the Go | 1 Comment

Yes,  I am finally posting my sample layouts for the Jeepers Creepers paper pack.   The first three are from the Workshop your way directions,  and the last three were created from sketches.   By just adding a few colored cardstock and some base pages,  I got 6 layouts and 47 (yes,  47) cards.  I will have the cards in the next post.

LO #1

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LO #2

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LO #3

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Bonus #1

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Bonus #2

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Bonus #3

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If you haven’t noticed,  I challenge myself to use themed paper in ways vastly different from the intended theme.   I would love to see what you did with them!

Happy Crafting!

 

Time to starting thinking about 2017.

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Close to My Heart, Offer, Scrapbook, Video | 1 Comment

Yes,  our CTMH planners are available now.    Supper cute and a great way to keep yourself on schedule,  but for me it is also a great way to look back on everything that has happened in the year.

I’m re-using my binder from last year,  so I will make a new cover for last year’s pages.  It’s a great way to preserve our family memories.  (good and bad!)

Happy Crafting.

So many have asked about these great big Flowers in the Holiday Expressions

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Close to My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Technique, Video | 1 Comment

Now you can make them yourself!   So much fun and a big WOW moment

 

I would love to see you version!

Happy Crafting.

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