The New Me!!! August is Mystery Hostess Month Again!

Ladies, how do you like the new me?That is me and my little Taco Bella! Just had to share this with you!
  So in honor of being the "new me" I am proclaiming August 2013 as Mystery Hostess month.
Just shop here and click "Join Party" , place your order and you will be in drawing for hostess rewards at the end of August! Can't wait to see who it is!!Last month was Meredith Powell from Farmville Va!
  And remember when you purchase $50.00 you get a free August stamp of month set, value of $17.95 too!Happy Shopping!!

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop 08/16/2013- Wintry Wishes

Ladies,  Thank you for joining in our " CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop"
Our path is circular  so just follow the links. This is the starting point, The Happy Scrapbooker, and you are here now. Just click on Rebecca Brown's link at www.show-me-scrapping.com 
to hop on to the next blog. 
Here is my submission for the blog hop...I hope you like it. I went a little"outside the box" here with my embellishments and it was fun!Note: the black card stock is lightly sanded all over before stamping.

Supplies used:
C1560 Wintry Wishes(hostess stamp set)
colonial white card base   x1410
black , Ruby, and colonial white card stock(1386, x5927, 1388)
black, Ruby and juniper ink(z2105, z2170, z2165)
red bakers twine  z1751
burlap ribbon  z1760
glitz glitter gel z1313
black tuille(from my stash)
sparkle clear flourishes  z1812
bitty sparkles  z1263

card size is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, scallop circle and snowflake were cut on my CTMH art philosophy cartridge

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up

1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley  
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny
13.Mary Schwimer(Ida's Attic)

Welcome "BABY CAKES"

Don't you just love this new paper pack???CTMH ROCKS!

You can get this awesome stamp set free in AUGUST!! Go to my shopping website and purchase just $50.00 in retail merchandise to get this $17.95 stamp set FREE!

Scrapbook Challenge...the finished pages

here are the pages with my photos on them...our little family

 Notice I reversed the direction of my finished pages to suit me.

now I just need my photos and I am done!I wanted you to see how easy this can be!
I would love to see some of your pages using this layout!
   Our new catalog goes live today! just click on the image at right side of page(fall winter 2013-14 Idea Book) and shop on line or browse the new catalog.

scrapbook challenge

here are the papers you will need, 8 total(two are your base pages)

the following are the cuts for papers, label each piece as shown "a" through "u"

here is the layout so you can see what is happening

embellishments, plus i used a felt alphabet for a title
check back tomorrow for finished pages.
 

Home Decor using July Stamp of Month, s1307 "Sweet Life"

Here is a home decor project i made using the July stamp of month "sweet life"
 and some burlap ribbon for texture, the fame and mat were in my "stash"

and a gift card to go with Home Decor project.