I thought would start sharing with you all what is going on in my life other then my scrapbooking. When December 2008 (so the Christmas we just had) my husbands great grandma passed away. His family is from Washington. We went up there the weekend of December 12-16. We had planned on coming back the 15th but there was that first winter storm of the season. We end up staying in Idaho the 15 to the 16 . We went the rest of the way home on the 16. Well, while we were on our way up there my husband work called and said don't worrie about being here on Tuesday it fine. When we got home he never went back to work. See he was in excavation and worked on a scraper. They layed him off tell there was work. Well come February and still he was not back to work I thought he would be back to work for sure in January.
One of our friends told us about the county wildland fire needing help and they were hiring. So my husband put in application in and got the job. But they really didn't start any work until now. He took a class at the end of March to the 9th of April. This class was for him to receive his red card. Then for the last two weeks he has been doing hands on training. He goes live June 1 which mean when there is a fire he is gone. I have handle him being gone before with his last job for a week at a time but now he could be gone for 2 to 4 weeks at a time. He would not just be here at home he goes to other states.
I know it will be hard because I have had him home for the last 5 months, but I am so happy that he is working again. To all those who have loved ones gone for whatever it may be, firefighter, army, navy, or any other job that take them away for long periods of time. I know how you feel and I am always praying for those who are not with there love ones every night.
The ones who don't have them come home at 5 every night go to sleep in a empty bed or go into a empty bedroom. Its hard but they do it for us.

( Here is a picture of my handsome hubby)


I love my husband for working so hard for me. I know he wants to give me the best. The next 5 months will be hard but worth it.

CTMH Summer Idea Book and Tickled Pink Campaign

We're tickled pink to announce our new Idea book and New Tickled Pink Campaign for Close To My Heart. You are invited to attend out event/ Open house to learn New Techniques, Ideas and have loads of fun. Come Join Us on Saturday May 9th 2009. Provo Pioneer Park located at 500 W. Center street. From 9 am to 2 pm. Come and go as you please! We will have tables for you to Crop and Create. Bring your scrapbooking supplies and get away to get some pages done! Mention that you read this ad and receive $5 off an order or $30 or more. Only valid tell August 31, 2009 through me.

I did my first workshop the other day and this is what we made out of coasters. I hope you enjoy it. All of if it is CTMH product.

Valentines Card easy to make

This card is so easy to make.

Card size: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2

The heart size: 2 x 5

The black base: is a 1/2inch around the hearts.

The stamp sets used were: heartfelt and hearthrob.

Colors used was crandberry, parchment, hollyhock, black and white.

I hope you like this card. I made it for a card swap.

Valentines Card

This is one that I also did for my open house it was a hard on to figure out.
Base is: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2
Heart is: 3 x 3
Love you is: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2
The color are tuilp, chocolate, and coionial white.
I really hope you like it.

Spring Card

So here is a card with the Emporium Creative Basic paper packet, Dream big stamp set, heartfelt stamp set, and thefrendship stamp set (no longer avalible).
The card size: 4 2/5 x 5 1/2
Flowers size: 1 x 1
Flowers background: 2 2/5 x 2 2/5
Flowers and sweet leaf green base for each : 3 3/8 x 5 1/2
I inked the sweet leaf with the same color. Inked the flower base with twilight. The four flowers in the middle were ink with the cocoa. "Spring" was stamped in vineberry and "love" in cocoa. The ribbon is vineberry and sweet leaf.
I hope you like this card. I wanted to do something with the Dream big stamp set. This is what I came up with I hope you all like it.

New Year with lots of New ideas

So I will be having a open house on January 28 th from 7-9 pm. It is at 879 s. orem blvd. suite # 1. Come for some fun and projects. I will be giving away prize for coming. The tickets you can earn are : 1 for coming, 1 bring friend (per), 3 for an order of $25, 4 booking a party, 4 signing up for a class or workshop, 7 if you RSVP. Hope to see you there. If you mention that you seen this on my blog then I will give you $5 off a order.