We had another fun and productive crop day today! Not a big group, but we had a great time anyway. So much creativity was flying out of our minds & hands and onto the paper - scrapbook pages and cards! Goodness. To top it all off, my Grandson "T" stopped by with his Dad (my youngest son) and so a couple of the girls got to meet that darling Grandson of mine. He was dressed in his Halloween costume and they were going to the Fall Festival at their church across the street from our place. He was so adorable - well, what else did you expect me to say???  He will be 6 years old in a week. Time sure has flown by. And, he is as smart as a whip! I'm NOT kidding, he is brilliant.  Good looks and brains - girls watch out!! 

Back to the crop...
Peggy made some adorable pages of her Grandkids. Yes, they are cute too. Her pages are really great, I really like her style.
Michele got caught up on some of her Christmas cards. She subbed at school today though and she was pretty tired. I felt so sorry for her. I just wanted her to curl up on the couch and take a nap - not crop! What a trooper!
And, my goodness, Debbie sure can get so much done - I'm always so impressed. Her 3 Grandsons are the apples of her eye! All darling and she takes some of the coolest photos - then makes impressive pages. It helps that her Grandsons are into some very cool things and activities!
Oh, and I did get a few cards made and put the finishing touches on quite a few other. I didn't get as much done as I'd hoped, but maybe it's because I talk too much and socialize. Plus, for some reason today, I was hungry and wanted to snack more than crop!

I'm doing my first (sales) Fall Festival in November. I'm excited and nervous and still have tons of work to do to get ready. I just hope that people like the cards, ornaments, gift tags, etc. that I'm making. Even if I don't sell anything, if people stop and admire, I will be content!

Well, it is late and I have 2 young ones coming over tomorrow for the weekend. They will love seeing the "crafting mess" I have all over the table. The little guy, "S" likes to craft with G'Ma. My oldest Grandson, "E" sometimes does crafts with me, but he is 10 1/2 now, so he's just not into it...

I'd better hit the hay or I'll be sleeping when they get here!!

Have a wonderful crafty Halloween weekend (pun intended)!

Shelly's Heart Felt Art featuring CLOSE TO MY HEART October 2016  In This Issue... Product Art Work Featured Paper Pack Card Challenge Stamp Of The Month Stamping Rewards Upcoming Events Product Art Work - Product Art Work - Product Art Work - Product Art Work - Product Art Work - Product Art Work - Product Art Work  Hi Friends, my share today is created with the Close To My Heart (CTMH) Hello Thinlit (Z3259) and the October Featured Paper Pack. I had a bunch of the new CTMH Thinlits sitting out by the Big Shot and decided it would be fun to create a card with just them – no stamping!. Simple and sweet. I did pop up the word on foam. The background is done with a Swan Lake PML card, over a blue patterned paper from the pack.  I used the Magnetic Base Plate with my Big Shot which made this card super easy and quick.  The Magnetic Base Plate is a “must have” if you die cut with a Cuttlebug, Big Shot or other crank machine. It will save you so much time and give you perfect cuts. FEATURED PAPER PACK - FEATURED PAPER PACK - FEATURED PAPER PACK - FEATURED PAPER PACK - FEATURED PAPER PACK The featured Paper Pack for October 2016 is Swan Lake. This paper pack can be found on page 16 of the Holiday Expressions. The colors are vibrant and the papers coordinate with all of our new cardstock colors and fundamental paper packs. I just know you will love these papers. MONTHLY CARD CHALLENGE - MONTHLY CARD CHALLENGE - MONTHLY CARD CHALLENGE - MONTHLY CARD CHALLENGE - MONTHLY CARD CHALLENGE I'm going to start having a monthly challenge using particular ink colors, papers and a sketch. I am using the CTMH "Wishes" book.  This is a 6x6 card. easily made with 12x12 paper. Paper, colors and embellishments are your choice. This month's card challenge sketch is: Here are the directions: In the future, we will use a particular color palette and another sketch or not... Once you have completed the card challenge, if you could email a photo to me as well as upload a photo of your card to my Shelly's CTMH Facebook page, I would appreciate it. Also, bring your finished card to a crop so that we can share your creation! I would like to share them on my blog - if I have your permission! SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM-SOTM = $5 AND – for every $50. you spend this month (October 2016) you can get our Stamp Of The Month for only $5.00, seen here. (If you right click on this, go to .pdf file, click then open - and I truly hope it works). STAMPING REWARDS - CTMH STAMPING REWARDS - CTMH STAMPING REWARDS - CTMH STAMPING REWARDS = 10% OFF CTMH STAMP SET Earn CTMH Rewards towards more discounted stamps when you shop with me at www.shellysheartfeltart.ctmh.com When you buy five (5) Stamp Sets, get 10% off the 6th (6th) stamp set you purchase (any Stamp Set of equal or lesser value) in the Annual Idea Book (2016-2017).  Please note, this does not include the Stamp of the Month (unless you pay full price for it) or the Stamp Sets in our Seasonal Expressions supplement. CTMH COMING EVENTS - UPCOMING EVENTS - UPCOMING EVENTS - UPCOMING EVENTS - UPCOMING EVENTS Upcoming Events 1.    CROP - November 17th 2.   ERHS Choir Boosters - November 19th, 8 am to 1 pm - I will be participating in thie Vendor event to support the Clermont H.S Choir. I would invite you all to come out and see what it's all about, but I know Clermont is quite a drive for most of us!! 3.   CROP - November 26th 4.   CROP - December 17th (Christmas Celebration!!) (gives us a chance to finish up last minute Christmas projects). We will have a small Christmas celebration to honor the birth of our Lord. If you can make it, I would really appreciate and RSVP to this event/crop.  I will have special food, snacks and drinks. I also thought it would be fun to each bring a small gift ($5 or so) for a gift exchange. I would like to suggest that it be something to do with crafting. Of course, you do NOT have to participate - this is strictly volunteer.  Let's make it MERRY!! BLOG INFO: My blog address is www.shellysheartfeltart.blogspot.com Please visit, comment and let me know what you think!!  Thanks so much.   In Next Month's Issue... Product Art Work Featured Paper Pack Card Challenge Stamp Of The Month Stamping Rewards Upcoming Events Happy Crafting, Shelly 407-247-9574 slott523@gmail.com www.shellysheartfeltart.ctmh.com www.shellysheartfeltart.blogspot.com     Please send an email to slott523@gmail.com to if you no longer want to receive this newsletter.

   

   

It has been a busy weekend, from a Pampered Chef party Friday night, to cropping all day yesterday and super cleaning my bathroom counter and cabinets this afternoon. I purged lots of things...yeah! That's what I still have to do in my craft room or studio, as I'm now calling it. I got that from my Team Leader - love Tina!!
Anyway, it was a nice weekend because I got to spend it with really good friends.
I made a few cards on Saturday - National Card Making Day! After getting a magnetic plate for my Big Kick Vintage - I've been trying my dies and I'm having fun. I always avoided trying to use my Big Kick for dies. But, with the magnetic plate, it makes cutting most dies easy peasy! Now I can use all of my CTMH dies and get more!! Always a YEAH! These are the cards that I have posted below...
I used mostly CTMH products, with a few misc others added here and there. I used glitter papers, dies, stamps, gold ink, etc.

I learned a new technique from Barbara and I can't wait to experiment with it more. It uses word dies and the cards are beautiful. I will post 3 cards using the technique. I hope you like them.
Thanks for visiting, I hope you come back soon, especially tomorrow when I post the other cards.