Joyful Stars Blog Hop–Wanderful-Washi layout!

Welcome to our monthly  
 Joyful Stars Blog Hop!!!!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using PRODUCTS from Close To My Heart!!  

 

Come on in and see what BEAUTIFUL projects my fellow consultants have creating using the AMAZING products from Close To My Heart!!

This blog hop is easy to do…just click on the link at the end of the post to go to the next creation!!  If you get lost along the way, CLICK HERE to see the list of this month’s hoppers! 

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If you have arrived from Lori Meadow’s blog you are right on track.   J

As I thought about what I wanted to share with you today…..I realized I had created a 2 page layout a few months ago & never share it here on my blog!!

So – let’s take a look at this layout….

Sorry for the glare of the protectors, but there is a reason behind this.

Flip flaps…..and we’ll talk about them in a moment. 

This was the 2 page make n take that I had at this past year’s Winter Retreat for those that chose to create it.  I offered it at my cost, and then taught the many different aspects of how we made this layout.

We used the retiring paper pack called Wanderful….a GREAT paper pack to use for many different occasions!

Let’s take a look at the Right page….because I’d like to share about Flip flaps! 

My teammate, Stephanie Huber, gave me this FUN idea – and so I tried it out on my own!!  See the 4x6 photo at the top of this page with my precious family….this WAS a 6x6 flip flap – CUT DOWN to create a 4x6 flip flap!!

So, you might say – CTMH already has 4x6 flip flaps….what are you doing? LOL!!!

That’s true, they do (& they are FABULOUS)…..HOWEVER – right now we only have 4x6 flip flaps that have adhesive on the side of the pocket…not a top hinge.

>>>>>>>>SO….by cutting off the bottom of our 6x6 flip flap, and adhering PRETTY gold dotted washi tape to seal it….we THEN have an adhesive strip on the TOP of our flip flap vs. the side adhesive…make sense???  We can now flip UP our flip flap – instead of flip out.J

Take a look at the cluster of goodies on the right page….

There were 2 stamp sets used here…the Paper Wishes stamp set

and the Documenting Moments stamp set.

This stamp set is becoming a FAST FAVORITE!!!   Feel free to go back and check out the picture of the layout…..I used MANY of these stamped images in a LOT of different ways!!  FUN!!! J

I also LOVE to use our Base & Bling charms on my projects!!  These little guys, in this case an owl, add just a fun touch to the page.

Next – DID YOU NOTICE….all the washi tape I used all OVER this layout???

EVERYWHERE you see the striped pink lines AND the gold polka dots – they aren’t paper>>>>>>>they are Washi tape!!!!

I will miss this washi as it is leaving us by the end of this month…but even if it’s not in our NEW, upcoming  2015 Annual Inspirations, I know I will keep using this FABULOUS accent tape!!

IN case you’d like to re-create this on your own – here are the supplies I used.

Items used to create…

X7191B Wanderful paper R

D1647 Documenting Moments

D1623 Brushed Scrapbooking workshop R

C1613 Paper Bird—hostess rewards R

Z1906 Artbooking Cricut cartridge

Z1686 Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge

Z1686 Artiste Cricut cartridge

Charms—your choice R

Z1726 6x6 Flip Flaps

Z4114 4x6 Flip Flaps

Z3036 Flaxen Extra Thick Twine

Z1923 Smoothie Washi Tape R

Z1920 Gold Dotted Washi Tape R

Z1768 Metallic Markers

Z1809 Black Shimmer Trim

Inks used: Flaxen, Gypsy, Smoothie, Crystal Blue, Black

**R = while supplies last OR retiring August 31, 2015

All CTMH product items can be found on my website by typing product name in search bar HERE….

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to my friend & fellow consultant Joyce Houck’s blog to check out what beautiful, crafty item she has to share with us! J 

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing more artwork using Close To My Heart products!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger J

Hawaii Bound & THANK YOU gift for YOU!

We are SO EXCITED, and can hardly BELIEVE that in just 3 days we will be seeing my FAVORITE trees – Palm Trees!!

I just wanted to take a moment & again thank Close To My Heart, and a HUGE thank YOU to EACH of you for blessing me with this incredible opportunity!!  

Eric & I are really looking forward to our EXPENSE paid trip to one of the Hawaiian Islands – Oahu.  CTMH treats us like royalty when we are there…AND before we arrive too!! 

A few weeks ago, I received an entire BOXFUL of goodies from CTMH!!  Of course – I had to take a picture of these items…check it out!!

 Also, included in this kit is the yearly EXCLUSIVE stamp set, created just for the incentive trip earners of that year.  It has city names, places, and images that will be used throughout our entire album!!  Aren't the pineapples & flowers just perfect?!?!

 So, the “royal treatment” has started already, and I can’t WAIT to see what creativity CTMH has in store for our DAILY room gifts!!!  Yes – DAILY – this is another item I look forward to each trip!

This year, we will be staying at a Disney resort called Aulani. We are on the "Big Island"...and will be flying into Honolulu.  

This resort is only 3 or 4 years old, and while it has a Disney theme…it is very Hawaiian too!  I did a search to see what we will be encountering while there…and I wanted to share some of these AMAZING photos with you!! 

I can feel the sun’s warmth & see the palm trees already!

Enjoy the pictures…and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with what’s going on in Hawaii J…make sure to “like” my CTMH Facebook page!!  I plan on posting there a couple of times during my time away.  J

This is the Aulani resort…the front view.

There is a LAZY river at the resort!!  We plan to take advantage of this!!!

There is a waterslide for the tubes too – sounds like so much fun!!

This is the manmade lagoon on Aulani’s property (or so I’m told). 

Eric is planning on taking his fishing gear along…he said “Don’t you see all of the BIG fish out at those breakers?”

Oh my!  So – he will be relaxing by fishing! J

As part of my THANK YOU for helping me earn this trip,

I wanted to bless you with a goodie too!!

For EVERY $35 order placed on my website during the month of February 2015…

I will SEND you a FREE pack of our 4x6 FABULOUS flip flaps!!  

When your order is placed, please contact me to tell me you just placed the qualifying order & I’ll get those flip flaps mailed to you right away!  Wahoo!! J

Are Flip Flaps something NEW to you???  You don’t know WHAT you are missing!!  WE have a VARIETY of sizes & they are the PERFECT solution to create beautiful, uncrowded pages - but still get a LARGE amount of pictures on the page!!! 

Here are the many sizes we carry...

Want to learn more??? J 

Take a peek at my fellow consultant, Noreen Petty’s, FABULOUS video showing us how AMAZING these flip flaps are!!  I even knew how GREAT these flip-flaps were…but Noreen was SO CREATIVE in her MANY used of these fabulous embellishments!! 

Thanks so much for all of your well wishes & congrats and thank YOU once again for helping me to achieve this amazing goal!! 

Blessings to EACH of you and  Aloha!!! J

Krista J