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I know I have been missing for a bit, and I promise to get back at it soon. I have been working 2 jobs since the 1st week in February (but that's done now) and I have been remodeling my art room. On top of all that I got a new puppy--sheesh!!

I wanted to let you know about a special with CTMH- I would LOVE to have you on my team!

Signing up as a new Consultant with Close To My Heart during April is more rewarding than ever. Not only do you get your beautiful New Consultant Kit at a new, lower price, but when you submit $350 in personal sales within your first 30 days**, you get your choice of either a FREE Cricut^® collection or $100 in Select Product Credit—and that’s in addition to the Straight To The Top start-up bonus that you’ll earn along the way!

Art Retreat Projects

 And here is some of the finished art- I am so happy to have learned how to draw faces as well as super proud of mu finished projects!

Don't Forget

Don't Forget that you can get a FREE stamp of your choice! Order at www.kaaronbrown.ctmh.com

My Favorite Things Part 2

 Over the Retreat weekend we did lots of practice sketches and testing out all sorts of types of paint. It was fun to try different kinds of paint, trying them all gave us a very good idea of what we like and what we didn't.
Most of our projects were featured around the song "A few of my favorite things"  we sketched copper kettles, woolen mittens, whiskers on kittens and blue sashes!  After practicing we turned those sketches into art.
Check back to see those.

My Favorite Things Art Retreat

Back in February I got to do something AMAZING. I spent the weekend with Junelle Jacobsen! This woman is so sweet, creative and giving!! I had the best time and I learned so much.
If you want to read up more on Junelle here is her blog.
http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/

We started the retreat on Friday Evening and Junelle taught us how to make a painted scarf!
I started out thinking I would make leaves on my, and they soon warped into Koi Fish!
All of these photos were taken with my phone, so please excuse the quality!

Check back this week for more projects from the Retreat weekend

Best Sale of the Year!

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Tags!

I am running low on tags that I like to keep around to add to gifts and treats! Here are a couple of simple ones from the Penelope line.
Have a great weekend!

Easter Tic Tacs

These will be my Easter gifts for all the kiddos in my life this year! A simple wrap or card around a box of tic tacs. I found these cute pink ones that matched the Penelope line from CTMH, I hope I can find them again!

It's all about the Treat containers

 I have some treat containers to show you! For starters look at those Peeps in the mini egg crate!! Don't they look too good to eat? I just love this! I found the egg crate at hobby lobby and then I used the Penelope collection from CTMH to decorate it!

 This is the smallest, cutest milk jug ever! I also found it at hobby lobby. I added a few images and some candy and it's so fun!!

Watercolor Butterfly

 These pictures came form my facebook page and Instagram. I made these as a quick baby gift and didn't have time to take staged photos of them.
You can see that I just rubbed some watercolor paint into regular white daisy cardstock and then stamped over it. I used staz-on ink to stamp right over over my watercolor once it dried. I did find that when I heated up the watercolor spot with my craft heater before stamping I got a better image (the paint didn't peel up)
This way of paint is fun and stress free- no staying in the lines!

Join these Classes!

Cricut Pocket Cards
Workshop Date: March 19th
Time: 1:30pm
Place: My House
RSVP & Pay by March 7th
Cost: $20
Kit includes: Precut Paper, Stamp Set, Twine, ribbon, glitter paper
Color instructions for 12 Pocket cards

 Penelope Workshop Your Way
Workshop Date: March 19th
Time: 9:30am
Place: My House
RSVP & Pay by March 7th
Cost: $29
Kit includes: Paper, washi tape, Compliments and silver Puffy Stickers.
Color instructions for 8 Cards, 2 PML layouts and 3 12x12 layouts.

3D Box with a Pink Bird

This is a nifty little box that cuts on the CTMH Artiste Cartridge. It's all one piece and when you glue it together the box comes with a built in lid! I can't wait to fill it up with a mystery item for my next  class door prize!
Be sure to get your March Stamp of the Month Today!

Get out your markers and Color Birdies

 The March Stamp of the Month- Sunshine Birdies is the perfect stamp to use with your markers. My little 3x3 cards have multi colored butterflies that I colored and blended using CTMH markers.

You are my Sunshine

 I am sooo ready for Spring. The weather gave us a taste of spring back in February and now I am ready for it to stay awhile. The March Stamp of the Month is super cute! These little birdies and butterflies are the perfect start to spring. I paired it with the wonderful Penelope paper pack. The colors are just Happy!

Last Chance Stamp

 Today is the very last day to order this stamp, and then it's gone forever!
Please take a couple of minutes and watch this video. Then go do your part and buy a stamp!

Share the LOVE

Share the love this February by purchasing the exclusive My Acrylix^® Share the Love D-size stamp set (CC1060). Filled with adorable icons and loveable sentiments, this stamp set will be a beautiful addition to your collection—but there is more to this stamp set than meets the eye! Not only will you be getting a high-quality, swoon-worthy stamp set by taking part in this promotion, but Close To My Heart will also donate $7 USD of the proceeds from this stamp set to Operation Smile™, an amazing organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children all over the world*! Check out our social media channels all month long to see this stamp set in action, and remember to post your own artwork using the hashtag #ctmhsharethelove to help bring attention to a wonderful and worthy cause.

Remember YOU get FREE product this month-- so go order some new product!
  Place an order of $50 or more on my website all month long using the February Mystery Hostess Link and I will send you a FREE Sorbet Stamp Pad. (Sent Separately)
Also any size order in using the February Mystery Hostess Link will be entered to win the Hostess rewards for February.

Jar of Flowers

 This stamp set I used has the cutest little jar in the set. See it here. The image cuts on the Cricut, so that gave me the perfect opportunity to dig out my colored pencils and create the look of water in the jar. My grandmother always had jars of flowers around her house that she picked herself. They were always crammed full of flowers and leaves, so that was my inspiration.

This card is a sneak peak! That little bird is from the March stamp of the month! I have a lot of great things to show you with that, so stay tuned.
Remember YOU get FREE product this month-- so go order some new product!
  Place an order of $50 or more on my website all month long using the February Mystery Hostess Link and I will send you a FREE Sorbet Stamp Pad. (Sent Separately)
Also any size order in using the February Mystery Hostess Link will be entered to win the Hostess rewards for February.

Just because Mini Cards

 Here are a few more of those cards I made blank and then came back and added a stamp image to them. In the top picture you can see the one I snapped and put on my Facebook page. By making these cards ahead of time and then adding the stamp I find that I get done a lot faster and don't fuss so much over making them look perfect.

Remember YOU get FREE product this month-- so go order some new product!
  Place an order of $50 or more on my website all month long using the February Mystery Hostess Link and I will send you a FREE Sorbet Stamp Pad. (Sent Separately)
Also any size order in using the February Mystery Hostess Link will be entered to win the Hostess rewards for February.

Premade Cards and a Stamp

 When I get to the end of a paper pack ( you know, the scrap pieces) I like to made the base of the card and then pick a stamp and come back and add the images. These cards ( and the rest of the week) are examples of theses. I make lots of card bases with no images, but come back and add those later!

 

Remember YOU get FREE product this month-- so go order some new product!
  Place an order of $50 or more on my website all month long using the February Mystery Hostess Link and I will send you a FREE Sorbet Stamp Pad. (Sent Separately)
Also any size order in using the February Mystery Hostess Link will be entered to win the Hostess rewards for February.

 

Cactus Paper Clips

All of you know how much I LOVE my planner! I made a couple of paper clips using the CTMH Thin Cuts! These paperclips are also made using the CTMH diecuts and stamps.
Here is a picture from my Instagram!

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Remember YOU get FREE product this month-- so go order some new product!
  Place an order of $50 or more on my website all month long using the February Mystery Hostess Link and I will send you a FREE Sorbet Stamp Pad. (Sent Separately)
Also any size order in using the February Mystery Hostess Link will be entered to win the Hostess rewards for February.