Art Day - Jumbo Scallop Technique

This Sunday a group of "Super Sassy Swappers" will get together to share new tips and techniques. With each new Idea Book we have an Art Day. Consultants on our local teams get together and have a project with a new technique or product to share with each other. We have a fabulous time together. I always come away from art day inspired and ready to create!

My project for this art day is the Jumbo Scallop Technique. I'm not sure if this has been done elsewhere, it just sort of came to me as I was creating last weekend at a retreat in Duluth. Close To My Heart has come out with our own 1¼” circle punch. It will be available starting May 1, 2010, when the new Idea Book goes live!

Jumbo Scallop Technique
1-Using your CTMH 1¼” circle punch, punch out several circles.
2-Slice the circles in half using your paper trimmer.
3-Place the half circles a smidge under the edge of the item you wish to highlight.
For perfect corners, use full circles.

This technique is most useful on scrapbooking projects, but it also looks cute on a card. To create this card, I used the new Cherry-O paper pack, chocolate waxy flax, colonial white brads, an embossing stylus, and the new 1¼” circle punch. The featured stamp set is available exclusively with the new Cherry-O Workshop On The Go. Colors used are Tulip, Sweet Leaf, and Chocolate.

Happy Scrapping!

A Gift For My Secret Sister - Last October

Now that the cat's out of the bag, I can post the projects that I created for my Close To My Heart, SuperSassySwappers, Secret Sister!

In October I sent my Secret Sister an Exploding Box filled with Thank You cards and matching envelopes created with Twitterpated papers and stickease.  Close To My Heart's matching kits make creating so easy!

Top view of the box

I modified the box size to hold the 4"x4" thank you cards

A little pond wildlife scene on the inside

Fall thank you cards using the

D1361 Thank You Stamp Set

Winter thank you cards using the reverse side of the same striped paper along with Z134 Prisma Glitter a Write n Rub pen and D1317 Feathery Flakes stamp set.

My Secret Sister

I am a proud member of the SuperSassy Swappers.  We are a group of Independent Consultants with Close To My Heart.  We get together three times each year to share techniques and products at Art Day.  We also swap projects, for instance, I would make 12 of the same layout, 12 of us would all send them in, and we would get back 12 different layouts.  One of the best swaps that we do is the Secret Sister swap.  Each month, October, November, December, and January we send our Secret Sister a gift.  It can be anything hand made with Close To My Heart products, candy, candles, or other gifties. 

I will be sharing the gifts that I have sent to my Secret Sister after January 31, that is when we will all get together for Art Day and reveal who our Secret Sisters are.  I wouldn't want top tip her off!  But I can share what my Secret Sister sends to me with you now.

Yesterday a big box arrived from my Secret Sister and it contained Halloween goodie bags for each of my kids, which had completely disappeared by the time I got home from work.  Along with five very fun layouts.  How cool is that, now I can just plug in my pictures and have pages done in a flash!  Here they are:

Stardust

Unforgettable

Moon Doggie

Expedition

Emporium

What's that, you would like to have your own Secret Sister?  Join my team and get in on the fun!  Contact me today for more information or check out my website.