10 days of Christmas sale going on now.

have you been following my 10 days of Christmas sale?! Day #1 is sold out (6 x 6 albums for the special price of $12).

but...day #2 and #3 are up.

Day 2 features a lot of 27 partial papers packs and at least 4 MyStickease sets valued at close to $400 for only $75.00

Day 3 features 4 stamp sets, A, B and 2 D sized, valued at $80 for only $35.

Don't forget, you are saving $$$ on S&H and Tax as well.

This sale is a first come/first serve basis and the first to hit my email box at tarayag@att.net gets the special daily deal!

Happy Shopping, and Merry Christmas to all of you!!

DAY #2 Goodie basket

Day #3 basket of goodies!

Sneak peak of new product coming in February!

December 19th-January 31st campaign is a doozie! Spend $25 and receive a special E sized stamp set and new Collage Cubes for just $15 bucks! What a sweet deal. Mine's on the way!!!

Hi ya'll! Just a quick post. Please visit a new blogger to the world of blogging, my friend and Longaberger consultant, Kathy Andersen. I would urge you to check her blog out and become a follower! Thanks!

I can't get this to link no matter how many tries, but search

http://www.kathybasketdiva.blogspot.com

Studio J Giveaway!! Time sensitive

Studio J® 5-Pack Giveaway
Blogger Nat the Fat Rat is giving away two Studio J® 5-packs on her site. Enter by commenting on her post , and get a second entry by liking the Studio J Facebook page and leaving another comment on Nat’s blog letting her know you did it. The contest will close late Friday evening.


http://www.natthefatrat.com

Did you check out my November newsletter yet! Great deals ahead....

if you haven't received my November newsletter, please feel free to post here and I will send you a copy, or visit my facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/thescrappydiva to view it. Thanks ya'll!!

Beautiful roses using CTMH's exclusive Art Philosophy cartridge

If you haven't gotten our exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge yet, boy are you missing out! There are over 700 images on this cartridge and over 10,000 cutting options. This is THE only cartridge you will need. Plus, our My Acrylix stamp sets coordinate with the cartridge, making your layouts and cards even more beautiful.

To go on my November card box project, I cut these roses at 2", 3" and 4" increments and spiral rolled them. I adhered them using Liquid Glass and put some bling in the center. Love these on this box...

November card club project

Want an early Christmas project?! You can make this box in less than an hour using the supplies listed below! Fill it with a couple of handmade cards and poof, a beautiful hand-made gift for about 10 bucks! (You can cut about 6 boxes per paper pack with plenty of leftover paper for cards). The 5 cards we will fill this box with will be posted later this weekend! ENJOY!!

SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Sonoma level 2 paperpack - X7143B
Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge - Z1686
Love Life Stamp set - D1482
My Creations Card Box - Z1647
Bling Assortment - Z1466
Designer Brads - Z1360
Waxy Flax (discontinued color)
Cocoa Grosgrain Ribbon - Z1100
Purple Sparkles (optional)Z1326
Chocolate Ink - X5643
Smokey Plum Ink - Z2147

Regionals

Last Thursday, my CTMH buddies and I were in Livonia for a 2-day event. What a great team we have at CTMH. The VPs were easily accessible, and my team was full of talent with Gloria and Leslie being showcased and featured for their digital layouts! Way to go my teammates! Fun times full of projects, business classes and tons of give-aways! Stayed tuned for pics on our projects as well as the silent auction items I bid on and won! Fabulous time....

Ugg technology!

ok, at my last networking meeting, we had a social media guru talk for about 2 hours on the importance of ALL social media sites for not only sales, but INFO! yep, going about this the wrong way...it's supposed to be about info people!! On that note, I have a new Twitter account and have taken some steps to purchase a flip phone so that I can start demonstrating techniques and things via video and YouTube. Wow, this is getting complicated, but he also gave us some tricks on Tweetdeck, which is a great site in which you can not only schedule posts to all of your media sites but also just post one and they will shoot them out to all your sites! Look for more info and content to all my sites coming soon (as soon as I get the hang of all this technology that is!!)

Wacky Friday giveaways!!

Want something good?!! Post your favorite NEW product out of Fall/Winter 2011 catalog and I will put something special aside for you!!

I'm baaaaccckkk!!

Hey ya'll. Sorry, been super duper busy with my move! Yep, Matt and I were fortunate enough to get a beautiful house on a land contract. He is now working quickly on building me my scrap room in the basement! In store for all of you is a nice sized crop area plus access to all of my supplies and tools. I plan on a monthly crop, in addition to my card clubs starting again in October.

Guess what's happening in November?!!! Yep, super GARAGE SALE!! Tell your hubbies to give you some spending cash and come on down for some great deals and surprises!!

Wanna a FREEBIE?!

Special to all my hostesses in October!! The hostess with the highest sales total for their home gathering ($250 and above) will receive CTMH Exclusive Cricut Philosophy collection from me for FREE. Hit me up to book your gathering now as my dates are filling fast!!

Freaky Friday!! boo whoo hoooo!

This layout features our new paper pack Mischief, and will be my featured item at Quartermania Auction tonight in Chesterfield. I love these frames because you can pop a layout in and out for whatever season is coming up! Enjoy...

Winnie The Pooh shower gift

Yessss! I finished it tonight. Thank goodness! Getting better at the chirp (Cricut)!

Baby shower layout w/frame

So the grandma-to-be, for whom I did the shower invites, asked me to make something special for her daughter from her father. I guess they had some special bond every night with butterfly kisses. Here's what I put together for them. The frame will be painted Creme' brulee to match, and my gift to her will be the same frame except with the Winnie the Pooh theme. I posted some earlier pics on that as far as the Cricut cartridge I used to create the characters. I will be busy finishing up my gift and then painting both frames for her.

Quartermania auction items

I finally got some time to myself this week and have started my projects. I have 1 1/2 items left to complete and I'm done! just in time for Friday!

Finally, it's Friday! I will be busily putting together more sale items this weekend. I have a 100+ gallon tote full of paper and paper packs to put up for sale! Look for additions to my sale page soon. Until then, happy scrappin!!

Wacky Wednesday

Today is Wednesday, which brings to mind Hump Day or Wacky Wednesday. It was my goal to put up a wacky thought and see what becomes of it as a scrapbooker...but I received word today from a childhood friend, who I don't get to see very often, that her mother passed away yesterday. Margie Fassbender was truly the "coolest" mom ever. She was a bit older than most of our moms, having my friend later in life after she had thought she was done having kids. Whenever I got lucky enough to stay at her house for the night or go there after school, Mrs. Fassbender was the sweetest, most coolest mom ever, letting us giggle til the wee hours of the morning. So with a heavy heart, I am going to change Wacky Wednesday this week to just plain Wednesday. I cannot bring myself to make anything creative right now but will post a layout dedicated to Lynn and her mom sometime this weekend. Happy Scrappin my friends.

‪Add Cricut® Flair to Any Workshop‬‏ - YouTube

New Cricut cartridge that is available on August 1st has a teaching video with some awesome examples of what you can create! I love CTMH!! Click the link below to view the video! Enjoy!!

‪Add Cricut® Flair to Any Workshop‬‏ - YouTube

Stamp inventory list

So I was going thru my stamp sets to prepare for my annual sale, and boom, guess how many doubles I had?!! Yep, at least 4 or 5 sets that I have bought at least twice. Uh, can we say duh?! Later on that same day I was on CTMHs bulletin boards and craziness...another consultant posted a complete retired and present stamp inventory listing on there! Wow, perfect timing. If I can figure out how to upload the file to the blog, I will. If you cannot find it, please just leave me a message and I will email you a copy!!

Monday Musings

Friends...what does that word mean to you? For me, there are some friends whom I haven't seen since 8th grade and others I see almost every week. And those whom I don't speak to very often except with the help of Facebook, still are cherished friends. One of those long-distance friends, Jackie, who lives in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, and I finally met after years of talking on FB this month at CTMH's convention. What a nice surprise to meet a pal so far away and have a nice chat (although quick) and a hug. So this card is for Jackie, one of my farthest away pals, who couldn't be Closer to My Heart! Whose name popped in your head that you need to reconnect with?! Send them the card below and brighten their day.

Supplies used: (5" x 7" card) - could probably cut this down and make it a 5" x 5" card too
Dreamin paper pack - Sunset CS, Bamboo CS, Pacifica CS, & B&T paper, plus Zip strip
One sheet of colonial white CS (for tag)
Opaques embellies
Scalloped punch
Tag punch
Bundled Buddies C1472 My Acrylix stamp set
Cocoa, Sunflower, Pacifica, Sunset, and Desert Sand inks and markers
Brown chalk
Cocoa collection Ribbon Rounds
Wishes pattern, "Framework", pg 15.

convention artwork

check out this two page layout using the new paperpack, Roxie, along with some of the awesome new embellies from our Fall/Winter catalog.   Love this paperpack - my favorite next to Sonoma.   For instructions on reproducing this layout, please let me know and I can refer you to the correct layout in the reference book from which it was taken.   I love CTMH projects!!

Convention Bundles 2011 - Anaheim, California, Disneyworld!!

Check out all the new product that we as convention-goers get to purchase at a significant discount.  Not only are they discounted by about 25% already, our commission is then added on and we get them even cheaper!  This is by far one of the biggest converntion perks!  I will be doing a project from each bundle and posting every week, starting next week, along with all of our convention projects!  Happy scrappin!!  Don't forget the bling!

Back from a busy, busy July and ready to get the Super Sale going!!

Hey scrappy pals!  I am back not only from convention but also a weekend family camping trip.  My Super Sale will start August 1st on-line through my blog only.   I am so excited to offer all of my bling divas some awesome savings.  Come back every day to see what's new on my sale table! 

okay, let's get this blog going!!

The Bling Diva's blog is officially started tonight.  I am so excited with all the up and coming events I have planned and will keep all of you posted on the newest.   Don't forget that I will be leaving for convention in about a week and will be sharing all the wonderful news and projects from California nightly!!  Happy scrappin!!

Getting Started with Studio J Online Scrapbooking Software

Love Your Layout: May 2011

Still time to join my team!!

That's right peeps, there is still time to get in on CTMH's special this month.  Our new consultant kit, valued at approximately $400 in products, is half off at $64.50!!  Plus, you receive the National Scrapbooking Kit (another $35 value) with your kit absolutely-tutely free! 

Contact me today to join my team!

Vendor show success!

Just got back from another vendor show in Howell today.  It was cold, rainy and damp, and of course, that led to a poor turnout.  But, in the words of my friend and fellow co-hort in scrappy crime, Holly, "plant the seeds."   Well, I may not have sold any cash and carry or took an order, but I did book a show and booked a meeting to design some baby shower invites!  So, with only about 10 people walking thru, don't think that's too chabby!

Happy Creating!

Tara