Where did 2019 go....RECAP Part 1

Where did 2019 go....I realize that I haven't blogged all year! Say WHAT!

So why not do a RECAP of 2019 so far.

But first we have to jump back to Christmas of 2018...right now it's a blur to me!

Thank the Lord for photos....this is why I snap a ton of photos and why I do memory keeping.

Our photos tell us a Story.

Here we are us girls we started a tradition a few years back of matching pj's or close to matching that we can....one thing I have learned is buy matching pj's early in the season..they sell out fast.

But this Christmas my girls got us pj's...

I looked high and low for black and red plaid pj's...ugh

I love family time....a house full of laughter, chatting and movie time is the best.

Here is my heart...my girls and my hubby oh and yes lets not forget Mr. Vincent!

Funny thing is I haven't even done my December Daily from 2018 I do have the photos printed..

just not in an album yet...I best get scrapping.

I adore this photo-this photo of my daughter Emilee and her new favorite Christmas shirt...

Just screams Christmas Cheer!

oh and she does.....lol

Now onto New Year 2019

to be truthful Jan. and Feb. are such a blur to me....its awful how forgetful I have become.

I need to get better at writing down what we do everyday (like I have done in the past).

Haha my mom would say your getting old....yup I am!

Winter months here in New Hampshire are spent inside in the warmth of the house well at least for me...so crafting is my winter fun...I love to create and share with others the joy of crafting.

I had a few leftover primitive clothspin snowflakes...oh so adorable!

Mr. Vincent loves the Christmas tree we can't keep him out of it...so for the past two years 

we really haven't decorated it the way we love to...cause of Mr. Naughty loves to lay 

on the branches and watch everyone. LOVE HIM

One of my favorite traditions to do during the holidays and winter months is surprise my 

hubby with fresh baked chocolate chip cookies...it makes him so happy! 

Looking back on 2019 so far is bringing back so many memories and happy times...I can't wait to share more with you. I'll be back to post more about 2019 year so far...time to get back into sharing my everyday life with you all. 

Tell Your Story!

Wings Layouts

Here is my wings layouts for January. I fell right in love with these papers and stamps, not to mention the embellishments and the new spray pen that CTMH came out with in this Wings Workshop Kit. (#G1016)

 Emilee and Olivia a few years back, boy time sure flies when your children grow up before your eyes...

 This next photo has the technique of using the new spray pen the mixture I used was CTMH inks: Blush & Vineyard Berry with a few drops of Create-a-Shade Pearl Paint with water. This technique is so fun a creative way to use your inks in an awesome new way. Create your own background with splashes  of reinker mixture. Another tip was stamping in vineyard berry ink with the Wings stamps shown here in a two steps 1.) Second generation stamping-stamp in ink, stamp on a scrap piece of paper, 2.) then ink stamp again in same color ink but only rolling the edges of the stamp image then carefully place over stamped image to create a two tone look. whoola!! Add a brad and you have your own embellishments.

 Dress up any layout with CTMH's fabulous ribbons, which also included in the Wings Workshop kit. The next photo I stamped the word "joy" from the Bohemian Alphabet (#E1019) stamped once on vineyard berry card stock then stamped on a scrap cut it out and popped dotted it up to give the title some depth, and added another embellishment.

Can you believe that the month of January is over, wow where did that month go. January special will be over soon but rest assured you can still purchase this Wings Workshop Kit in our new Spring/Summer Idea Book that is going live in the morning on February 1st. If you are interested in ordering this lovely kit please feel free to contact me, my contact info is in the side bar.

More Inspiration Artwork

This last photo is of my spiral book for my siesta scripture memory team over at my other blog http://brokentorestored.blogspot.com/ . This little book will hold my memory verses for the year of 2011.

January Stamp of the Month Inspiration

Stamp of the Month Inspiration for January 2011, what a great way to start off the New Year!!!

Love this card, I started out creating something totally different and came up with this....I used papers from Work Shop on the Go "Wings" for January.

Stamps are the new SOTM for January "Find Your Style"

CTMH inks were: black, vineyard berry

CTMH black buttons, and new pleated ribbon that you can order out of the January Inspiration Brochure as of January 1st.

a side view, I bended the first set of wings to give a 3d affect.  

Here it is the new CTMH 2011 Spring/Summer Idea Book!!! it's so cool and filled with awesome stamps, scrap booking supplies, embellishments and great artwork.     

here is a sneak peak of a couple of pages.

A card I made from one of the idea artwork in the new idea book but using Magnifique papers.

Been doing some scrap booking since I have been home with my girls over Christmas vacation!! I just love this photo of them together...and couldn't resist making some more of those rolled roses.

As soon as January 1st, rolls around you can order from our January Inspiration Brochure, you can see it online at www.closetomyheart.com under "new products" line.

                                                                          new goodies

one happy chick-Peggy Lee

Holiday Headache!!!

So sorry I woke up this morning with a headache that wouldn't go away-it didn't stop me from creating today or doing a little shopping. But while I was out picking up trims and gifts, my headache got much worse. By the time I picked up my girls from school=my simple pain in the neck headache (there is to much to do for a headache this time of the year) turned into a major migraine (the bad kind sick to my tummy-lights a killing one) so off to bed I went.
So please come back in the morning and I will have a post of  Day 7 and Day 8 of Homespun Holiday-25 days til Christmas.

I am going to try to do a little creating tonight.

Peggy Lee (we still have snow a fallen)....

HomeSpun Holiday

 25 Days til Christmas
Can you believe it, today is the 1st day of December as well as many 1st day of countdown to the Holidays on many blogs, face books, art projects, school calendars, Church Christmas Programs....I love the Holidays!

This season is very dear to my heart and to my families as well, a little over three weeks ago my husband Lee went in for a simple two hour surgery for a torn rotor cuff. The surgery was over five hours long and with complication not to the shoulder but he had a little heart failure and hard time waking up...so off to another Hospital for to see if he had any blockages in his heart...and he did. three blockages and a narrowing one, the doctor's said it was good thing this happened during surgery, for with the percentages of blockages in his heart he was heading for a heart attack and would not have survived it....so all this to say that we are thankful and blessed to have our daddy, my husband still with us to enjoy everyday moments together.

This got me thinking about how Ali Edwards documents her Holiday with her family and friends...A December Dairy...hope on over to her blog to see her amazing scrap booking talent and her photos are out of this world. To get the countdown started with making my own Homespun Holiday Scrapbook, it's so fun and easy. I used to look at Ali's and think I could never make such a beautiful scrapbook like she does...so after many blog readings and drooling over Ali's work, and how this Holiday is so special to me. I did it, I jumped in and created in less than a few hours and simple homespun scrapbook.

Being that I decided to start this morning, I just grabbed a pile of Christmas papers and embellishments I had laying around to create my book, for the base I used a regular manila folder and cut it in half and cut some smaller to fit in between the pages (you will see that soon). Day 1-created the album and made this paper tree for tonight we are decorating our family Christmas Tree. I have no pictures yet to fill in but I will post them as I do scrap them.

 here is my pile of Christmas paper.

Here is our first photo we took tonight, before the decorations are put on....more to come!!! So stay tuned in daily to see how my Homespun Holiday Scrapbook is coming along and for more handmade ideas that I can't wait to share with you...and at the end of the 25 Days of Christmas I will have a goodie to give away!!!! Season's Greetings and grab the tinsel...

Peggy Lee

Getting into the Holiday Spirit with Mistletoe

Here are my new creations "Christmas Cones", aren't they just so cute.

This first one is created out of a 12x12 piece of card stock and cut down to a 9x9 piece. I saw these made on some one's blog and my bad can't remember the name of the lady or her blog sorry....so I can't take credit for this idea but I did change her directions a little...and my embellishments too. I just love this stamp set "St. Nick" (B1356) CTMH has in the new Idea Book.

The pattern paper is CTMH Mistletoe Level 2 Paper Packet (X7130B) I love the rich colors in this packet. And I love CTMH card stock that has a white core, for when you sand the edges the white appears and gives a distress look....I also inked the edges with Chocolate ink.

Here is a smaller size Christmas Cone to hang on your tree to put candy in or a gift card. I cute the pattern paper down to 6x6 perfect size for a small gift.

All supplies are CTMH....

grab a hot cup of coca and start creating your Christmas gifts or decorations....enjoy

Sneak Peek.....Holiday

Here is a little sneak peek of what I have been working on~~love this new line of paper from Bo Bunny..... There will be a surprise inside~~~so stay tuned~~~to share in my Holiday mood!!!!

WHOOO HOOOO JUST REALISED THAT THIS MARKS MY 200TH POST!!!!! KEEP A WATCH OUT FOR A HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!! To celebrate this mile stone in my creative world.

Peggy Lee

What I've been Doing!

Not much in order-but I have been away for awhile, so I thought I would share what I've been doing in my busy life as a mother, wife, daughter, and a creating chick.... Here is a pic of my mother's sunflowers up in Maine-I went home last week to help out with some family issues and to visit my family. My moms garden is pretty much picked over and cleaned out-but the sunflowers were still trying to hang on. Do you see the little visitors enjoying the nectar of the flower-I got pretty close to them, the little bees didn't seem to care about me. I had a nice visit with my family, here is my mother Ada, she had a few strokes about 6 years ago and her life is spent in a wheelchair and she enjoys living, always smiling and happy. She loves to sit and enjoy the birds that flock to her bird feeders and enjoys her sunflowers. She is a strong women and I admire her will to live and move on everyday (she only has use of one arm and one leg..). So proud of you mom.

While visiting my family, I brought my crafting supplies, I created some handmade cards for my mom to have...love the daisy flower ones....

God's beauty-here is me driving up to Maine (all I can say it's a long drive)!!!!

Oh Yes!! Can not forget that our baby Olivia got her driving license before I left-Whoo hooo she did it, we are so proud of her, and happy it's over, now she can drive for us!!!!! hahah

Our children grow up way to fast, if you have young ones enjoy them. Life moves fast.

CTMH New Autumn/Winter Idea Book

Yes it's here the new 2010 CTMH Autumn/Winter Idea Book-full of fun filled pages of eye candy, new products, and tips. For a copy of your own Idea Book please leave a comment or email me at peggybaker4him@gmail.com I would be happy to share with you a "Faster. Simpler. Easier." way of scrapbooking, stamping and sharing your artwork with family and friendsAmazing artwork of CTMH exclusive products: here is one of the new lines of My Reflections Magnifique!!! The colors are so bright and simply beautiful...and a bonus all CTMH inks, markers, card stock, papers, ribbons, and embellishments coordinate together....how awesome...SOTM: CTMH offers monthly specials and for September : THRILLER

There are a few ways to earn this stamp set at a discount or even for FREE!!! Please feel free to leave me a comment or email me with any questions, or to order your copy of the Idea Book..or just to chat, I love comments.

Scrap on,

Peggy Lee

Creative Play with a friend...What a mess!!!

My friend Kat and I gathered last week for a day of creative play and let's say we sure did make a mess, well really I made the mess, you see Kat is a clean scrapper and I make a total mess of the whole table....lol but we enjoyed every minute of it.... Here is a sneak peak at my tattered floral I made using Tim Holtz die, embossing folder and hardware, inks and glimmer mist. I love how these turned out.

And here is what Kat created with the tattered floral die, she used the new coordinated paper from Creative Imaginations...Glimmer mist, stamp.....so pretty

close up of Caged bird die of Tim Holtz, Kat flocked it in Turquoise love it Kat!!!! And here she is busy using the heat tool, we where running out of room on the table so we had to use the kitchen chairs....so creative!!!!

Creative play with a friend is so fun, call someone up and have a scrappin date with them!!!! There was much laughter, coffee, more laughter~glimmer mist everywhere and alot of oh my's and ohhhhhh!!!!!

enjoy, Peggy Lee