It's the Graphic 45 & May Arts Blog Hop! - Graphic 45®

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Close To My Heart

TEAM CROP

Saturday, January 21 

First United Methodist Church in Lake Alfred.  

9 AM to 5 PM

Make and Takes, Door prizes for all, One GRAND PRIZE

We have lowered the price to $15 but will not be serving lunch.  

Bring your sandwich or salad.  We'll have drinks and snacks.. 

Or you can go to one of the nice eating places in Lake Alfred.  

  

Bring your tools and something to work on.  

We will also keep you busy with the make and takes.

take a look at what we have available this month at

http://www.closetomyheart.com

  

 

Directions to the church:

        From I-4 - Come in on 559.  Turn right at the light.  Go one block.  Turn right again, then left into the church parking lot.

 

        From Winter Haven/Lakeland - Come into Lake Alfred one US 17 or 92.  When you get to the first light in Lake Alfred, turn left.  Cross over the southbound lane and turn left into the church parking lot.

 

Look forward to seeing you Saturday! 

 

  New SPRING/SUMMER catalogs are here 

each person attending will get one free!

Prima CHA release

Prima CHA ~ W Release is awesome

I really love Anna's style {aka finnabair scrapbook.com gallery}

I think I need to have at least one of everything!!!

Mixed Media is Where It's At!

Mixed media is all the trend and Prima has created some new products that can help ease you into the vastly growing style. 

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Did you know we have THREE different covers available to choose from, to go with the Mixed Media Book? Each resist canvas cover is ready for YOU to customize with your favorite art medium!

Just apply medium to the canvas and watch the resist design magically appear. How fun is that?

Anna Dąbrowska has brought this Mixed Media album to life. Her artistic style and individual design is perfect to utilize in a book like this. 

Products:

• Mixed media book 2 - more details
• Item# 557942 - Mixed Media Book
• Item# 557959 - Mixed Media Book Covers
• Item# 558017 - Hermosa White
• Item# 554736 - Resist Canvas Flowers
• Item# 554507 - Wood Buttons Songbird
• Item# 554255 - Trinkets Songbird
• Item# 950248 - Cling Mount Stamps Fairy Belle
• Item# 844134 - Almanac Collection Edison
• Item# 844097 - Almanac Collection Composition
• Item# 844103 - Almanac Collection Toile
• Item# 555115 - Clear Stamps En Francais
• Item# 557263 - Manette Antique
• Item# 554354 - 12"x12" Cardstock Alphabet Stickers Almanac
• Item# 554675 - Resist Canvas Vacation
• old:
• Item# 550790 - Writers Tape - Khaki
• Item# 545901 - Melody – Pebbles with Gems
• Item# 545420 - Alencon Collection
• Item# 545444 - Alencon Collection
• Item# 545406 - Alencon Collection
• Item# 940300 - Ruby Embellishments
• Item# 850470 - Clear Stamps “Impress” Repeating Stamps

Prima's new 7x9 Art Journal would be perfect as a daily planner or a journal to keep your artistic thoughts. The possibilities are endless.  

Jamie Dougherty altered Prima's brand new art journal with many different mediums, showing the diversity of the Art Journal's canvas cover. 

Products:

• #554767 Flower 2 Resist Canvas
• #555221 Adore Trinkets
• #550664 Heart Trinkets
• #549954 Art Journal
• #556891- Tasha Gold
• #556396- Laredo Austin
• #558475- Cascade Holiday 

Prima has four new mask designs this release. (Three 8x8 masks and one 7x9.) Masks are great for adding little details or bold statements on layouts, cards, and altered projects.  

Maiko Kosugi uses one of Prima's masks to alter her Nature Garden background. She adds a soft floral touch to her fairytale page. 

Products:

• # 950064　Nature Garden Collection Midsummer's Eve
• # 950071　Nature Garden Collection Meeting a Fairy
• # 950019　Nature Garden Collection Candelas
• # 950040　Nature Garden Collection Blackthorn
• # 950316　Journaling Chipboard Nature Garden
• # 890940　Distressing Tool
• # 890964　Craft Knife
• # 554637　8"x8" Mask
• # 557607　Parisa Mayfair Mix
• # 557584　Pankita Rose Winter Mix
• # 557270　Manette Attic
• # 556303　Velvet Rainbow Dove Grey
• # 556914　Tasha Midnight
• # 557362　Coventry Sanquine
• # 556778　Mariposa Topaz

Resist Canvas can help add color to a project. When sprayed, inked, or chalked, the canvas's resist patterns stand out giving a fun detail.

This showstopper was created by Karola Witczak. She uses the Resist canvas to match the Meadow Lark collection color scheme.

Products:

• Meadow Lark - Chloe paper #843786
• Meadow Lark - Bronte paper #843823
• Meadow Lark - Labelle paper #843830
• Meadow Lark - Lucerne flowers #556143
• Meadow Lark - Melisse flowers #556099
• Meadow Lark - Charme Rose flowers #556129
• Meadow Lark - Perle Bebe flowers #556075
• Meadow Lark - Vinetta flowers #556105
• Marcelle Spotlight felt flowers #557706
• Meadow Lark - Resist Canvas # 554668

CHA sneak peak from Prima

love this sneak peak from Prima! Can't wait to see what else is going to be revealed!

Hello and welcome to Tanya's Surprise Birthday Blog Hop!

If you're here, then you just came from  Liz's blog, your next and last stop is at Purple Fantastick Creations. 

Tanya has been a great friend to many of us and we wanted to do something special, to show her how much we appreciate all she does, and wish her a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 

Thanks Tanya for being a great friend, you're always there with kind words and support! 

You told me my blog needed some love, so I added lots of it for you!  So very happy to be part of your Birthday Blog Hop! 

Have a fabulous day!!!

Here's a card I made for you! Will mail it out today!

I first stamped white card stock with a Sizzix/HeroArts stamp and emboss combo "Friend". Watercolor pencils were used for the coloring of the images, after it was colored I embossed it with the embossing folder, inked the edges, added Stickles Diamond to highlight, and finally rhinestones to finish it off! 

XOX   Again, Have a very HAPPY Birthday!  XOX

Make sure to leave a comment on all the blogs. There will be one lucky person chased to win some great blog candy at the end. It's sponsored by Your Memories Here. Really cool holiday primas and Tim Holtz distress inks! YUMMY!

Here's the line up, in case you missed someone!

1. Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.com/

2. Kristina - http://yourmemorieshere.blogspot.com/

3. Kimi & Pamela- http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

4. Cindi - http://cindi-hookedoncrafts.blogspot.com/

5. Christina - http://sameoldscrap.blogspot.com

6. Liz - http://www.mywhichcraft.blogspot.com

7. Donna - http://paperfusionarts.blogspot.com/

8. Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

Remember this Thanksgiving & Christmas when your eating your dinner, smiling and laughing, that in another house there's an empty chair where a hero should be sitting. They gave up their lives so you could sit with your family, so light a candle for the heroes who did not make it back and for those who are still serving out in Afghanistan, Iraq or another place. ♥
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

JOY 2011

Hi Everyone and thanks for stopping by!
I made this banner to display in my home this Christmas.
Inspired by Bo Bunny's Father Christmas line. Additional supplies: Close To My Heart chipboard banner, Glimmer Chips/Mist, (Tattered Angels) various inks, Stickles (Ranger), Say it in Pearls (Prima), book rings, (7Gypsies), clear embossing powder (Stampin' Up)  & fiber (unknown source).