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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the new Annual Inspirations idea book! Enter a new world of crafting possibilities with the launch of our latest idea book. After months of anticipation, Annual Inspirations has arrived at last. The art-filled pages are now available for your viewing pleasure! Peruse the gold mine of new products, ranging from the new Cut Above™ line to the ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Markers, and admire the gorgeous artwork that dances across the pages. With additions such as 5 new colors and 9 new My Reflections™ paper packets, this idea book is overflowing with artistic inspiration and surging with products fit to make any crafter’s heart swoon. So go ahead, fall in love with the new idea book. We promise the plunge will be well worth your time. Check out the idea book » August Stamp of the Month: What a Hoot Prepare for “owl” the fall festivities with this hoot of a stamp set. Fall will be swooping in before we know it, and there is no better way to welcome in crispy breezes and falling leaves than with the August Stamp of the Month, What a Hoot! When you place an order of $50 or more, these festive fowl can join your aviary for only $5! The quirky owls in this adorable stamp set will add an endearing element to any craft. You can even dress them up in costumes and wish your friends a “Happy ‘Owl’oween”! Whatever the occasion, these feathered friends are sure to make a hoot in your neck of the woods. See the stamp set » August Constant Campaign: Picture Perfection! Save big on Memory Protectors™ with Picture My Life™ scrapbooking programs! We know that, as a crafter, your chief mission is to preserve and protect the images and memories from your life that you hold most dear. To aid you in this quest, we’re providing you with a hot summer deal! During the month of August, when you purchase any of the 13 available Picture My Life™ scrapbooking programs featured in the Annual Inspirations idea book at their full retail price of $24.95 USD / $27.50 CAD, you are eligible to add your choice of 1 of 8 qualifying Memory Protectors™ 10-packs for just $3 (USD & CAD)! Each Picture My Life scrapbooking program already includes a coordinating 10-pack of Memory Protectors, so when you add your additional 10-pack for only $3, you will be well on your way to your own picture-perfect pocket scrapbooking adventure. You’ll be able to preserve double the memories in half the time! Check out our 5 new Picture My Life scrapbooking programs in the new idea book, or choose from the 8 existing programs. There’s a theme for every season of life—find yours! *Offer valid August 1–31, 2014, while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of the free item(s) ($9.95 USD / $10.95 CAD).  Peruse the programs »

June Technique Hop - Picture My Life

Welcome to June's edition of our Technique Blog Hop.  This month we are featuring the Picture My Life products from the Spring/Summer Close To My Heart Ideabook.  If you are coming from Terry's blog then you are on the right track!The Picture My Life products are fantastic, but what if you just haven't hopped on that band wagon - or perhaps you've finished up your album and have some leftovers you need to use up?  The project kits come with oodles of cards so having some left is not that unlikely - so what do you do with them?  Our projects this month focus on what you can use the products for besides their intended use......

I began my project with these two cards from the Baby Cakes Picture My Life collection.

My family is using this line for my daughters upcoming baby shower, so I decided to make a card to go along with that theme for the event.

I fussy cut the saying from one card and placed them on the bottom for my sentiment, then I wanted to use the cute stitched hearts on the design, but as it turned out they were way to big....so I grabbed my heart punch and lined up the stitching in the middle and punched some smaller ones.  You still get the idea of the stitching up the middle, just on a smaller scale.  I only applied adhesive to the center and folded the sides of the hearts up a bit to give them some dimension.  While I was at it I punched a few more smaller hearts from the leftovers for some interest.  Here's a tip for you....when I got several of the hearts on the patterned paper you really couldn't see them, so using a small tipped pen in a coordinating color, I outlined each heart and made them show better!

Hope you are inspired to give the Picture My Life products a try with other projects!!  Now hop on over to Sheila's blog and see what great project she has to share with you!

Here is a list of this month's designers in case you get lost or would like to refer back to a specific blog.  Thanks for stopping by today!!

debi

debi - http://debiistheothersister.blogspot.com

Sheila Bennett - http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com

Joy McHargue- http://www.studiowowjoy.com

Michelle Loncar- http://michelleloncar.blogspot.com

Haley Dyer http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com/

Terry Morrow http://tmorrowstreasures.blogspot.com