Squeaky's Studio

The truth is that I Love Close To My Heart because I love the people. Went to my upline's for a team meeting today and left feeling loved.  Yep, it's the people who put the heart in Close To My Heart.

Using all Close To My Heart products, the Dotty for You Paper Packet and this month's Stamp of the Month (You Are...) with the H2H Challenge sketch, I created this layout. Supplies : Dotty for You Paper Packet                 Cardstock:  Lagoon, Sweet Leaf, Grey Flannel, Grey Wool, and Colonial White                 (Idea Book pages 8 & 9)                 Inks: Lagoon, Smoothie, Greay Wool (Idea Book pages 8 & 9)                 Stamp Set: You Are... S1204 pg141                 Embellishments: Sparkles,(pg 126) Buttons(pg 125), Sweet Leaf Ribbon (pg 124) Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge  (pg12 & 13) I LOVE this month's Stamp of the Month . Don't miss out on it,it's only available until the end of the month. Great for teens, dads, grads, and kids cards, gifts and scrapbooking. Get Dotty for You, the Stamp of the Month and all your paper crafting supplies right here . Shop Now

Tell More of Your Story with Hidden Journaling Check out the  Creating Keepsakes blog post  today to learn a fun journaling technique from  Kristine Widtfeldt of Close To My Heart. G et some creative inspiration, and possibly win the  Lucy  paper packet !  I love this page made with the  Florentine  paper packet . The hidden journaling works perfectly. Look at this darling page with hidden journaling made with the  Lucy  paper packet . I LOVE it!  Get more details about these layouts and read all about this fun journaling technique  here .

This is what I am working on now.  I'm using Dotty for You and this month's Stamp of The Month. This month's scrapbook challenge from H2H The Close To My Heart Challenge Blog Check it out Here

I follow a few blogs. One that I like especially is by the fabulously talented Tresa Black.   She posted a card recently and what she said challenged me. I decided to see  if I could  do what she was trying to do with the same parameters for color scheme (using  Dotty for You  papers) and using only one stamp set, this month's  Stamp Of The Month.   Here are my results.   Check out Tresa's card here. One of the best features of paper is that it has 2 sides. If you goof up on one side  you can turn it over.  That's why I made the next card.  These are the prints on  the back (or front) of the yellow stripe paper and the yellow dot paper.   Totally different,  but I'm still using  Dotty for You  and the  Stamp of The Month , "You are...".  I cut out 2 butterflies and stitched them together to make the embellishment. Some challenges in life are extremely difficult... and then some of them  are just plain FUN!

Another Dotty for You layout:  The Sand page is almost exactly like the Surf page in the inspiration guide except...it says sand instead of surf, it says warms your toes instead of hang ten, and I used my scallop punch and circle punch, I also added a Flip Flap(Z1726) to add some more pictures and journaling, and finally I made a companion page. I am not much of a bling person but i thought the Sparkles Flourishes (Z1708) were reminiscent of the sparkling water and really made the layout. My CTMH Ruler (Z1471)made the stitching accent easy and precise. The simple look of these pages is very appealing and so different than the layout I posted yesterday though both were from the Dotty for You paper packet.

Here is my interpretation of two of the layouts in the inspiration page you get with the Dotty for You paper packet.  You can see that the single page was inspired by the page in the add. I had fun choosing the papers that went best with my photos.  I also cut out some of the images from the B&T paper for accents.  I did the same thing with the left side of the layout using another page pictured in the inspiration page. If you're driving past Black River Falls, Wisconsin you just might want to stop to see the moose.

Get a "Dotty for You" paper packet at an incredible discount or even FREE! Celebrate National Scrapbooking month in May with the oh-so-cute "Dotty for You" paper packet. I love this unique new paper ! When I saw the butterflies I knew I wanted it but I wasn't sure about the bold colors until it arrived.  Now I am hooked!  It's only available for a limited time, so get yours while you can! With a qualifying purchase you will get 24 sheets of this yummy paper for only $5.00...or even get it for FREE!! This is a 24-pack of double-sided, cardstock weight B&T containing bold prints, bright colors and lots and lots of DOTS! Each multi-colored print side has a coordinating tiny dot pattern on the other side. There is also a fantastic idea sheet that comes with the paper pack. I've used three of the four layout ideas already.  There are three ways you can get this great paper pack! 1. Place a qualifying order of $35 or more (April 17th -

I learned some new techniques from this video.  Did you know you can now distress your photos?  This video shows you how to use this new feature from Studio J. To see all of the Studio J videos available click here.

Had to share this from Tresa Black at Fabulously Artsy.