Summer Party Idea

Are you ready for Summer time? I am! 🙂 Our Summer plan is full of excitement, party, outdoors, traveling and food! LOL… How about your summer plan?
Today, I would love to share this idea of Party Favor idea from Close To My Heart. Enjoy watching the video to learn how to make your own perfect party favors using Cricut®-cut shapes and the My Acrylix™ Big Top stamp set from Close To My Heart:

Feature products on the video:

My Acrylix Stamp – Big To C1580 

Cricut Artiste Collection Z1790

A God’s Gift

Welcome to June! WOW… can you believe that Summer is getting closer? Well… here we actually already have our “Summer” weather. SO LOVE IT! My husband and I have planned for our Anniversary + Family Vacation later this month. We are just so thankful for God’s blessings in our life and enable us to have our first family vacation, real vacation just us and the girls! That is one of the activities we have in our Summer bucket list. What about you? What’s your Summer bucket list?

This new month, we also have fun new challenges at Scrapping Everyday Miracles:

Main Theme Challenge: you can create any projects with the main theme challenge “Each New Day Is A Gift.” Or you also can use the inspiration verse from James 1:7, “Every good and perfect gift is come from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

Layout Sketch Challenge:

 

Card Sketch Challenge:

 

I made this necklace using CTMH Base & Bling Wearable Crafts collections (only $15 for the whole necklace supplies). This is a reminder for me that every day is a gift from God because He will fulfill His purposes in my life because He is my God who endures forever. Knowing God’s promise in our lives is a gift, forever gift!

DIY Gift for A Friend - CTMH Base and Bling Wearable by Helen Gullett #diy #necklace #closetomyheart #ctmh

And here’s my take on the Card Sketch Challenge. I used Create Paper Pad and the stamp set is from CTMH Ivy Lane Cardmaking Workshop Kit (D1586) and I wrapped with the hemp cord I got from a store a while ago. I made this card for a friend… she is one of God’s gifts in my life.

SEM June Card Sketch Challenge - Life Is Better With Friends by Helen Gullett #closetomyheart #ctmh #cardmaking #handmadecard

You can link up your projects as many time as you want as long as they are following our challenge rules and themes. There are goodies to win!

Welcome To My New Look Blog!

Today I am so excited to let you all know that I have moved my craft blog to here! Welcome to all my new crafty friends! I am so glad you are here 🙂

And I do hope you’ll like my new look! All the credits go to my awesome husband, Dave, who has been working his magic to fix my blog, set it up and manage it 🙂

Thank You for taking time to look around, read my posts and leaving comments! You are important part of my blogging journey, without you, my friends, this blog won’t be exist.

Thank You for being here today 🙂

Many blessings to you all!

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Last Chance To Get This Amazing Deal!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to join CTMH National Scrapbooking Month and my 1st Anniversary Party until 11:59 pm! To join this special, you only need to Join Online Gathering on my website and put an order of $50 or more and you will qualify to get:

  • Free To be Me Paper Collection for only $5 (retail value $11.95)
  • Stamp of the Month for only $5 (retail value $17.97)
  • An entry to win a special prize value $20 from me (choose randomly with Random.org)

Visit my store today!

National Scrapbooking Month: Free To Be Me Paper Collections 

National Scrapbooking Month 2014. Get Free To Be Me Paper Collection for only $5 and Stamp of The Month for only $5 with your qualifying order $50 from May 1-31, 2014! Visit www.creatingjoyfully.ctmh.com

When you buy this kit, I will send you a FREE Workshop Guide to create these beautiful projects:

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Free To Be Me Paper Collection - www.creatingjoyfully.ctmh.com

Stamp of the Month: May 2014, You’ve Got A Friend

National Scrapbooking Month 2014. Get Free To Be Me Paper Collection for only $5 and Stamp of The Month for only $5 with your qualifying order $50 from May 1-31, 2014! Visit www.creatingjoyfully.ctmh.com

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Rediscover CTMH: Free Printable Download May 2014

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THANK YOU so much for stopping by today and have a fun crafty day!

DIY Baseball Banner for Baby Boy Shower

Couple months ago, our friend had a baby shower for their baby boy and they picked baseball themed party because they are a huge fan of Cincinnati Reds (we are too! :D) So, I created this banner for them:

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First, I created the baseball shape using Silhouette Studio Designer software and then I cut them with my Silhouette Cameo. The size of each baseball is 5 inches. For the balls I used White Daisy Cardstock and the red stitching I used Ruby Cardstock. Then I punched the holes and I used jute twine I got from a craft store.

For the name, I cut out the letters from Black Cardstock and I added some glitter using Wink of Stella glitter brush. Then I added the letters on the balls using 3D foam tape to give some dimension to them.

We totally had a fun baseball themed baby shower for my friend’s baby boy! Friends and families celebrated the blessing of God in this family. And few weeks ago we finally met this little guy! He is adorable!

Thanks for stopping by today! This project I link up SOUS Die Cut Challenge:

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This new die cut challenge runs from May 30th through June 12th. You are challenged to use any CIRCLES die cuts on your projects. Need some inspirations? Check out the Die Cut Team members’ projects here for inspirations! You can link up your projects here to win this month blog candy sponsored by Paper Bakery… Sarah, the owner, generously provide $15 gift voucher to the store where you can shop for all of your paper crafting needs. Check out their blog and inspiration here.

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THANK YOU for stopping by today!