Giant Craft Garage Sale

*FREE make and takes, a raffle and giveaways!
*You will be able to purchase supplies at wonderful prices and we are giving you the opportunity to place orders through our distributor at wholesale prices...

When: Saturday, April 14th
Time: 10:00 to 2:00
Where: 325 S. Sacramento St in Ione

You don't want to miss out on this fun event!!

Our Personal Blogs!

We have started our own personal blogs be sure to check them out!


Kandice's Blog
Stephanie's Blog
 

March Challenge

For this month's challenge follow the sketch, have fun, and don't forget to share your finished products with us!

Love Banner

Hello All! We wanted to show you the banner Kandice and I created for our class next month! We used the Cosmo Cricket Circa Collection, and boy isn't it just perfect for Valentines Day?
If you are interested in attending this class we need your PAID RSVP in before February 6th.


Class Date: February 11
Time: 11:00 to 1:00
Cost: $10 per person 

January's sketch challenge

For this months challenge use the following sketch as inspiration for a layout. We are looking for a title, some journaling, and embellishments.

To submit your finished product you can either 

e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us. 

Winner receives a prize!

Deadline is January 21st

sketch from pagemaps.com

Layout by Stephanie

Supplies used: Crate paper random collection Denim and Vintage papers. Kraft cardstock from Close to my Heart. Words cut out with Heritage Cricut cartridge and Home Accents cartridge. Adhesive badge buttons from Close to my Heart. Offray ribbon.

Hoping you all had a wonderful 
Christmas and a Happy New Year.

October Challenge

 For this months challenge use the following 

sketch as inspiration for a layout. 

We are looking for a title, some journaling, and embellishments.

To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a 

picture or hand deliver it to us. 

Winner receives a prize!

Deadline is October 28th

Sketch from: mylittleattic.com

Fall Project

I cannot wait for fall! 

I love it when the air gets cooler, 

the leaves start to change, 

and last but not least I love apple pie!

I created this project using a 8x8 shadowbox and painted it brown. The paper is from Country Drive by Echo Park Paper. The tree and leaves were cut out by the handy dandy Cricut machine, stretch your imagination cartridge.


-Stephanie

October Afternoon Modern Homemaker Project

I used the October Afternoon Modern Homemaker line to create this fun memo board. Under the cute lady is a chalkboard where I can write things and also I attached graph paper to the white cardstock the lady is on for lists and other things to remember.

Other Supplies used:

Vintage Cream Cardstock- Papertrey Ink

Ribbon-American Crafts

-Stephanie 

Challenge for September

For this months challenge we aren't looking for a card or a layout, 

but for a fun project.

Make something for yourself or for someone else. We will not be giving you a sketch to follow, we just want you to be creative and try something you haven't tried before. We cannot wait to see what you create!

To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us. Winner receives a prize!

Deadline is September 23rd

Crop Night in Amador County

We are having a crop night in Ione on August 12th 6:00 to 10:30 P.M. 

Be one of the first three to RSVP and your crop fee will only be
$8.00!! To get this deal please e-mail us and let us know you will be attending. We will let you know if you are one of the first three and send you a
invoice to pay the crop fee.

The Regular price for the crop fee will be $10.00 and this must be paid
prior to August 11th.
 

**Also if you are a paid attendee of the crop any scrapbooking products you
purchase will be 25% off!

August Sketch Challenge

For this months challenge use the sketch as inspiration for a layout. We are looking for a title, some journaling, and embellishments. Banners are a big scrapbooking trend right now so we also want to see one on your page. To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us. 

Winner receives a prize!

Deadline is August 26th

Layout by Stephanie

Be creative with your layout! As you can see above with my banner I didn't want to use the traditional triangles. So using my Cricut I cut out three circles and folded them in half. I then adhered them with 3d foam squares and for even more dimension, added the beautiful flowers. Cant wait to see what you create!

 Supplies used: 12x12 Kraft paper from Close to my Heart, 12x12 garden paper fly a kit collection from October Afternoon, Brown ribbon, white flowers, kraft mini markets from October Afternoon.

July Sketch Challenge

For this months challenge use the following sketch as inspiration for a layout. This sketch is perfect for when you just don't know how to fit a lot of pictures on one page. We love to see a title, some journaling, and embellishments! To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us.  

Winner receives a prize!

Deadline is July 22nd

This sketch is from http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/

Scrapbooking Humor

Sketch Challenge for June

For this months challenge use the following sketch as inspiration for a layout. Please use at least three different patterned papers in your layout. Tip-we love to see a title, some journaling, and embellishments!

To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us.

Deadline is June 23rd

May Challenge

 For this months challenge use the sketch as inspiration for a layout. Please use at least three different patterned papers in your layout. Tip-we love to see a title, some journaling, and embellishments!

To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us.

Deadline is May 27th

Crop Night Sale!

We have some exciting things in the mix for the crop night on April 22nd.

First off the new products from C.H.A. are starting to ship from distributors so we need to make some room! ALL PRODUCTS ARE 50% OFF!!!!

(excluding Tombow products)

Second if you bring a friend that has never attended one of our crops you and that friend will get $2.00 off your crop fees! Prepayment is still required for you and your friend please let us know if you plan on inviting someone so we can send you and invoice to pay.

Also Wendy will be joining us to share her knowledge on all things Cricut!

So join us on April 22nd at 6:00 to 10:30 P.M. As we say goodbye to our Ione Crop location and get ready to move to Jackson in May!

Dancing Orchids Scrapbooking
dosamador@gmail.com

April Challenge

For this months challenge use the following sketch as inspiration for a layout. Please use at least two different patterned papers in your layout. Tip-we would like to see a title, some journaling, and embellishments.

To submit your finished product you can either e-mail us a picture or hand deliver it to us.

Deadline is April 22nd

Dancing Orchids Scrapbooking
dosamador@gmail.com

March Challenge Winner!

Wendy!

Sweet thoughts of Spring

I don't know about all of you, but I am definitely ready for Spring. I want to try and get you out of this rainy, dreary state; and help you start thinking of Spring! Easter is in late April this year so there's plenty of time for any projects you wish to tackle! The stamp set above is from Ippity. Isn't it so adorable?  I think there are so many ways to use this set to celebrate Spring!! Below is a fun project using the set.

Closeup of the topper

Reminders

*Don't forget to turn in your layout for the March challenge!

*Next Crop is on March 25th from 6:00 to 10:30 p.m.

 Crop Fee is $10.00

Your prepaid RSVP is due before March 24th

Cricut How To

At the crop on March 25th our friend Wendy will be taking 20 minutes to demonstrate how to use the Cricut Expression and show all the things it's capable of doing.  She will also talk about some of the inexpensive ways to acquire an Expression and cartridges if you are interested in purchasing them.

Crop Night

Bring any scrapbooking supplies you may have and join us this friday, the 4th, for a crop night. We will have many stamps, inks, tools, and Idea books for you to use. Crop fee is $10.00 per person.

Location: 1400 W.Marlette in Ione, CA 95640

Time: 6:00 to 10:30 P.M

Hope to see you there!

Best Stamps on the Block

Throughout March Close to my Heart is offering a free My Acrylix block if you purchase $25 in My Acrylix stamps. You can choose from two of the most versatile block sizes: 3" x 3" or 2" x 6 1/2"

Dates: Offer valid March 1–31, 2011.
Details: Limit one free My Acrylix block per order per customer. Qualifying stamp purchases include A-, B-, C-, D-, E-size stamp sets, and Stamp of the Month sets purchased at full retail or at a discount. K-size stamp sets, Stamp of the Months earned for free, and Workshops on the Go are excluded. Tax and shipping/handling may apply. Close To My Heart reserves the right to substitute a block of a similar size or price.