May Monthly Specials ~ National Scrapbooking month

And let's not forget it is National Scrapbooking Month...

Check out this Beautiful collection just for that!

And a Mini Album to be created with PostCard Perfect

Makes you want to book a tropical vacation ~ I can tell you it is making me homesick for Bermuda!

May Stamp of the Month ~ When Life gives you lemons...

Get the Stamp of the Month for only $6 CAD when you order $50 CAD in Close To My Heart products.

Check out my website for more great inspiration

Keep on Playing With Paper

Diana

April Specials and NEW Seasonal Expression!

A new Seasonal Expression is released today!

and it is spectacular!

Operation Smile ~ our company fundraiser ~ 

And Look who has joined Close to My Heart... Stacy Julian.  Watch for upcoming posts with her newest line called Story Starter ~  

And new Thin Cuts...

Beautiful paper & stamp sets

Colorful Paper Collections

and more paper... 

Pocket Journaling

Last But not least ~ April Stamp of the Month

Get the Stamp of the Month for only $6 CAD when you order $50 CAD in Close To My Heart products.

Go to my Website to see all the new Products!

To receive a Catalogue, send me an email

farmerdistamps@gmail.com

Remember to Keep on Creating with Paper

Diana

April Specials

Check out this months specials

Step right up is still available ~ 

A BONUS for new consultants that join my team in April/// the next 4 Stamps of the Month for FREE!

As a Hostess reaching level 3 you will qualify to receive 2 beautiful Cut Above kits FREE!

This Months Stamp of the Month:

 Get the Stamp of the Month for only $6 CAD when you order $50 CAD in Close To My Heart products.

April Stamp of the Month Artwork

As always

Keep on Creating with Paper

Diana

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Love these cute Flowers made to decorate some home decor ~ 

it reminds me of our Bermuda Home.

Creating some cards this month ~ here is some inspiration from our art gallery for you to admire!

If you are looking for products to create these go to my website

Hope to see you at our Next Crop, March 17th ~ Think Green!

Keep on Creating with Paper!

Diana

March Specials

Lots of specials this Month:

Stamp of the Month

Get the Stamp of the Month for only $6 CAD when you order $50 CAD in Close To My Heart products.

go to my website to see the monthly special... and don't forget to check out the clearance items too!

Keep on playing with paper

Diana

Crop til ya Drop ~ Think Green

The next Crop is on March 17th ~ and we will be Thinking Green!

Be sure to sign up for early for earlybird pricing...

Cost for the day is $40 before March 10th

Go to link for registration information

Think Green Crop til ya Drop

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Keep on PLaying with Paper

Diana

Mini Envelope Album

Mini Envelope Album

Here is more detail to how to create the mini envelope 

I start with 5 envelopes and attach them by inserting the flap if one into the flap of another ~ thus creating a pocket for a Mat.

Open the flaps on all envelopes. place the first envelope with the flap to the right & the opening facing upward.

Take the next envelope & place the opening face down & insert the flap into the first envelope.

Continue adding envelopes to create your mini album.

Once all your pages are ready you can decorate with your favorite paper collection!

Keep on Playing with Paper!

Diana

Cross Canada Blog Hop ~ LOVE & Friendship!

Welcome to our February Blog Hop

Featuring artwork inspired by Love and Friendships.

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today,

contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to

get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or

some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do...

by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop,

but if you want to follow us across Canada then

please start at the beginning and join Michelle.

If you came from Nicky of Simply Artistic then you are in the right place!

I have created a Mini Album Using envelopes & Chelsea Garden B&T paper

& the coordinating Compliments...

This paper collection is an all time favorite ~ I just can not stop using it!

Chelsea Gardens & Coordinating Complements

This is a Super fast project you can complete in just a couple of hours as I used 2 sheets

of patterned Paper & 2 sheets of cardstock ~ I just love that our cardstock is now 2 tone ~ it has a lighter shade on the back... makes matching easy!

I just LOVE the 2 toned cardstock... one side lighter that the other
you can never go wrong with matching

We start with the creation of an Envelope Album

Check out my video on how to create a basic Album

Now for the Creative & Fun stuff... Let's decorate it!

Start with attaching the paper cut to 1/4 inch smaller than the envelope ~ I used a total of 2 sheets of patterned paper & 2 sheets of Cardstock to decorate the album... as well as the zip strips from the patterned paper.

Front cover of Album

Back cover of Album

First page

First page showing Mat for Pocket

Second Page

second page showing the folded mat

Second page showing a folded mat for the pocket

third page with pocket

third page showing the mat

fourth page

fourth page showing the mat

Now to add Complements ~ these are great stickers & Chip board pieces that go with the paper collection ~ and make creating easy... great for a beginner or if you just need a fast project to complete!

I love how fast it is to decorate the album using the Chelsea Garden Compliments

Page one

Page one mat for pocket

page two with folded mat

page two with mat folded open

Page two

page two mat removed

Close up of a pocket on the front of the
folded mat for Page two 

Page Three

Page Three ~ Mat pulled out

Page Three Mat removed ~ check out the butterfly tab.
It is just a compliment folded over & attached to the mat

Page Four

Page Four ~ Mat removed

Back Cover ~ documented!

Supplies used Include:

Sure Cut Paper Trimmer ~ Z1783

Bonding Memories Dual Action Glue Pen ~Z553

Chelsea Garden Paper Packet ~X7230B

Chelsea Garden Compliments ~ X7230C

Heather Cardstock ~ X5948

Cards & Envelopes ~ x254

SUpplies used for this project

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol of Crafty Carol.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring What we love about Spring. So mark March 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.