CRAZY FLASH SALE

Happy Sunday my Blog Buddies!  I have a CRAZY FLASH SALE for you.  And it's only available TODAY!

I only have a few more hours to make my new consultant goal of selling $1200 in my first 3 months. 

So if you feel inclined to help a poor girl out, I have created this fabulous 

SALE just for you.

Go ahead...I know you want to!  This is a sale even a Kardashian wouldn't pass up! 
Here's a link to my shop.  WanderingScissors.CTMH.com

Wandering Scissors Virtual Stampers Club March 2015 Edition

Have you ever considered joining a Virtual Stamp Club?  Now's the time to give it a try!

I've created a "Virtual Club" that anyone can join! What that means is we don't meet in person, everything is done through mail and email. You can purchase any single kits that you like or sign up for the 6 month club to receive automatic delivery of products from the Close to my Heart current Idea Book.

Your kit includes one brand new stamp set plus 4 pre-cut projects using a variety of CTMH papers and embellishments with pictures and complete directions for assembly. Total cost for these kits including shipping is $30 . You will learn new techniques and see lots of unique ways to use one stamp set! You will need your own tools, blocks, inks, adhesives, etc; but products may be purchased from me and added to your monthly shipment. Bonus: When you participate in 3 consecutive months, you will get $5 off the 4th month.  Pretty cool, huh!?  Have fun while being creative, all from the convenience of your own home!! 

Are you ready for some close-ups!??

 Your March 2015 Kit will include some beautiful papers from the CTMH Brushed Collection.  LOVE!

The beads and all the other products to create these beautiful projects are also included.

 The directions with detailed photographs will be emailed to you.

 The card below is called a Sun Burst Card.  and yup, You will learn how to make one.

 You will even have enough paper to decorate the inside.

 oh my!  Look how adorable that embellishment is!

 It's part of the closure for this sweet little gift bag.

Aren't they lovely!?

If you are interested in joining the Wandering Scissors Virtual Stampers Club or have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Vintage Bee

Ok, who loves this card!?  Me! Me! Me!  Isn't it adorable!?  The image is from a 1920 picture I found on Pinterest and matted it with black.  The card base and the crepe paper trim are from My Mind's Eye and the wood veneer butterflies are from Studio Calico.  I've already mailed my card, but I think I'll be making a few more of these  :-)
I have this cutie up on my Etsy shop here.  Thanks for stopping in :-)

Frosted Winter Layout

Hello my friends and welcome to my very first Blog Hop!   Thanks for stopping by! At the end of my post is a list with links to the rest of the hop.

Today I am sharing this gorgeous layout using the new Frosted Paper Packet from Close to my Heart.  This is my favorite pack from the new catalog.  I love these soft muted colors.

For today's layout I added some Ruby card stock for a bit of contrast.  I plan on making more projects using other colors, like pink and black.  Don't you think they would look great with the Frosted papers?

My kids and I use to love playing in the snow.  We always had a nice little hill, made from the snow plow, that was perfect for the little ones to slide down.

My favorite 'snow activity' was making snow men.  Not just one, we made whole families! plus their pets!
That's Ciara kissing her snow kitty.  Sometimes I miss those days....

Thank you for stopping by.
Here is a list of the items I used
Frosted Paper Packet  x717B
Ruby Cardstock x5927
Silver Glitter Gems
Baker's Twine
Cricut Artiste Snowflakes

Up next is Carol Loftus
CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up
1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley >>>You are here.
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny
13.Mary Schwimer(Ida's Attic)

Items For Sale

Hello Friend
That reminds me of when I was younger working behind a soda fountain.  Yup I was a soda jerk :-)
There was a woman that came into the store every day. Upon entering she always said " Hi Friend" to who ever was there. Sweet lady.
So anyway!  I just wanted to let you know that I have a new link on my header that takes you to my Kits For Sale. Below is a bit of a teaser of my project I only have one item at the moment but would love it if you popped over just to say Hi.

Thanks for stopping by, Friend!

Prima Post-it

 Here's something a little different that I had a whole lot of fun creating.  A post-it note holder!  How glamorous and shabby chic!  I love how beautiful it came out, because of the small size,  it was sort of like making an ATC. Fun!

 The beautiful paper is from Prima, the eyelets and lace are from Michael's and that cute little flower ~ I created it using more of the Prima paper with Martha Stewart's Hydrangea punch.

Thank you so very much for stopping in to visit.
Hugs,
Michelle

Pre-Halloween

 I know it's a little early, but a few girls in my card class were asking to make some Halloween cards.  And if you know me, I aim to please. This is the first card I came up with.  It uses the Halloween paper from last years Target $1 bin and it came with the candy corn ribbon.  What a deal!  The layer that looks crackled is from the same stamp I had used on my Hello Pretty Kitty Halloween card. It's called Crackle Background by Delta. I love it because it gives the paper the unique look while toning down the bright colors.

 Here's a close up of the pumpkin and the accordion fold flowers which were not very easy for my class to do!  We needed four hands to hold them down..we had fun though :-)
 The card below is another Halloween card (obviously) that we created.  This one I designed around Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge #350.  For those of you who are not familiar with this stamp set, it's from Stampin' Up! and the inside reads a Haunting Halloween.

So that's it for now.
Thanks for stopping in :-)

Cornucopia

Todays card features another digital image from McMahon Five Designs, aptly named Cornucopia.  I colored the image using my water pen and chalk inks from Stampin' Up! I then cut the image out with my Big Shot using Spellbinders Label 16 and inking the inside with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I then layered this on top of another die called Lattice Shapeabilities Pendant from Spellbinders.  The top background paper is from K & Company and the bottom is from Bazzill that was stamped using one of my favorite back ground stamps from Stampin' Up! with versamark.  The bow is from Celebrate It and for the last detail, three black dew drops.
That's it for now.
Thanks for stopping in :-)
Michelle

It's beginning to look a little spooky

Happy September...eeek that means it's getting close to some holidays, starting with Halloween.  It's so fun to use colors that you wouldn't normally put together.  Bright orange and purple, wowsers!

The base of the card is Perfect Plum by Stampin' Up! I stamped with Dream Text by Stampendous.  Then a layer of black distressed a bit and scalloped on one side.  The next layer, the bright orange, was toned down by using a stamp by Delta called Crackle Background.  I also used the Dream Text on the flower made with the Tattered Flowers die from Tim Holtz.  Finally the gorgeous image from McMahon Digital Designs was colored with watercolor pencils.  You can find the stamp here.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Michelle

HI

Good morning!  Happy September, can you believe it!  Where in the world has this year gone!!?  Life is passing by so quickly, I must remember to slow down and maybe just watch the clouds go by once in awhile.
Today's card is a little different than my usual and I love it!  I started out with Spellbinders Beaded Circles die cut twice to create the card base.  I inked it up with some SU ink in blue.  I cut a double circle out of the polka-dot paper (Flocked Dot Rouge Paperie by MakingMemories) to make a frame around the white card stock that had been run through the Big Shot with Swiss Dots from Cuttlebug.  I added some red pom pom trim and inked up the HI using the same blue SU ink.  I then used Martha's butterfly punch and punched out the three yellow butterflies.  I applied glossy accents to both sides which made them very sturdy and very pliable. I punched out three circles from the polka-dot paper and ta-da ~ A cute card! :-)

McMahon Digital Release

Today's card uses the butterfly image from the digital set called Sophisticated Phrases from

McMahon Five Design.com.  

I first changed the colors of the butterflies using Photoshop then printed them on plain old printer paper. I then coated all the butterflies with glossy accents and when that dried, I cut them out and covered the back with the glossy accents. This left me with some very sturdy but pliable little guys.

 

Here's a look at the complete set of Sophisticated Phrases. Click on the picture below for a quick link to the stamp set.

thanks for stopping by today
:-)