Thank you!

Today, I woke up to a beautiful, sunny day. It's cold but lovely enough for a walk! And it seemed like a good day to count my blessings. And that includes all of you that follow me here. So thank you!

Wishing you all a wonderful day!

A Valentine's Card

Valentine's is only a little over a week away. Here's a quick and simple card in case you you need a head start on your Valentine's cards.

Charlotte paper
Everyday Life washi tape.
The peach circle is 3", the white circle 2", and the heart is 1 3/4" (cut on my Art Philosophy cartridge).
Instalife Roller Stamp-This Happened to stamp Love

Happy Paper Crafting!

Simply Inspired Blog Hop--Seasonal Expressions

It's time for a blog hop! It's been a while but we are back. This hop is a loop so if you get lost along the way, you can go here to see a list of all participants and get back on track. You should have arrived here from the very Fancy Melissa's blog.

This hop is all about the January to April Seasonal Expressions catalog. And I am in love with the Charlotte paper. In my last blog post, I showed you the Charlotte Workshops Your Way. Well, I wasn't satisfied so I made another layout!

This layout uses my leftover embellishments from the Workshops Your Way. I did need an extra paper packet, but believe me, I've made good use of the extra paper as you'll see in future posts.

I love the chipboard pieces from the Charlotte complements.

I had already used the today sticker on a previous layout so I just very carefully cut out the left over outline on my sticker sheet and used that here!

And another close up of those great elements.

I really do love this paper packet and I hope I've encouraged you to fall in love with it as well. And I hope I've inspired you to use those leftovers!

And now on to Karen Pedersen's blog where I know you will be inspired as well.

Happy Blog Hopping!

Charlotte Workshops Your Way

The majority of the time, I design my own layouts for my Cherish Your Memories monthly classes. Close to My Heart has always offered beautiful workshops, but they haven't quite fit my style or utilized as much of the paper or as many accessories as I like. However, for the February Cherish Your Memories classes, I'm going with CTMH's designs. They have revamped their Workshop on the Go to make Workshops Your Way, and when it comes to the Charlotte Workshops Your Way packet, I'm all in.

These colors and patterns perfectly complemented my family photos taken last summer (photo credit to the very talented D'arcy Benincosa).

There is enough paper in these kits, if you follow the online instructions, to make THREE layouts (I typically have done two in the past).

And it comes with all the accessories your heart could desire!

There are chipboard and stickers, as well as these gold Treasured puffies!

There is a whole roll of ribbon as well.

And in addition, you get two sheets of Picture My Life cards. Some of them you'll use on the layouts but you'll still have several left over to use for pocket scrapbooking.

The Picture My Life cards are vertical on one side and horizontal on the other so they will work for the orientation that best suits your photos and design.

And you know what else? You have paper left over to make cards!!!!

The cutting guide includes designs for three cards and you have left over paper to make more if you would like. (The stamp set, Springtime Wishes, is purchased separately).

The paper and accessories can all be purchased individually but bundled together as the Workshops Your Way is the most inexpensive way to go.

So join me for my February Cherish Your Memories classes or order your own Charlotte Workshops Your Way and print the online guide. And never fear, I did make a layout and a few cards of my own design that I'll be featuring later on on the blog.

Happy Memory Keeping!