Toby Turtle Says " Welcome to the DZ Doodle Challenge"

Isn't this just the cutest little turtle? I fell in love with him when I saw him. I've really gotten Spring Fever the last few days seeing all the flowers starting to bloom, working out in the yard spreading mulch with my hubbie and starting to get the yard ready to welcome in the warm weather. So Toby just seemed to fit the mood I've been in lately. The challenge this week at DZ Doodles was to use any sketch from anywhere...so of course I had to pull out my WISHES book from Close To My Heart and I used the sketch Satchel on page 38. Don't have the WISHES book...you really should. The layouts for cards are great and there are so many quickie how-tos and tips through out the whole book. You'd love it! Now back to the challenge, it's your turn. Pick any sketch from anywhere and make a DZ Doodle card and enter it in our weekly challenge. Here's the link to the DZ Doodle Blog so be sure to enter and you could win. For doing the challenge you could win two free images so everyone should really check out the details and you just might be the lucky one.

A Second Day Of Miracle !

We'll I teased you yesterday with my second layout using the Miracle Kit....so here it is.

On this layout I used the Flip Flaps on the right hand page and was able to put six photos on one layouts, but yet the pictures don't crowd out the artwork. AMAZING!

(Flip Flaps Closed)

(Flip Flaps Open)


But I told you I would reveal the second Miracle of this kit...and it's the IRRESITIBLE DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTS! What you say? These are chipboard elements that have a resist pattern on them that make your layouts literally go with any photo or color combination. In this project I used black ink...yes I know a little outside the box, but I felt like a great accent color in my photos was black. So I took my handy dandy sponge dauber and put black on my irresistibles....and pop...the page works with my pictures. You are so gonna love them and I will tell you are some new one that you can also pick up in the Summer Idea Book that will premiere May 1st. On yesterday's post I used my favorite color Cranberry...so go back and take a look.

I adore these Miracle pages for so many reasons, the kit, the accessories, the simplicity but more than anything the wonderful people that are featured in them...My little monkey son, Cole, and my sweet friends, Tina, Denise and Lynn. It's so nice to know that I have beautiful pages that will capture snippets of my wonderful life forever and that too is a real MIRACLE.

The Miracle Begins ...April 15th

I started working on my Miracle layouts Friday....and had them complete on, yeap you guessed it Friday. They were so quick and easy but so fantastic once they were complete.

The Miracle kit is going to be available staring April 15th and will go through out the month of May. The kit includes everything you'll need to create two fabulous double page layouts. You'll be able to get your kit multiple ways:

* Host a gathering during the month of May and have sales of $300 or more = Get if FREE

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* Join Team PinkcloudScrappers for only $99 during the month of May = Get it FREE in your consultant kit

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* Purchase $60 in retail product April 15- May 31st = Pay only $5

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* Purchase $40 in retail product April 15 - May 31st= Pay only $10

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* Purchase the kit for $19.99 plus shipping and tax

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So what's the Miracle behind this kit....

I really think it's two things.

The first is you can have your layouts hold unlimited pictures. How you ask? FLIP FLAPS. Have you used Flip Flaps? If not my next question would be WHY NOT! They're Great! They allow you to add multiple pictures to your layouts and still have design. On this page I've used three pictures on this page, but when the Flip Flaps are closed it only looks like one...I just love the design effect of these.....and yes the Flip Flaps come in your kit.

Flip Flap Closed

Flip Flap open.

Don't you just love this? The other thing that makes this kit so special is the dimensional elements...and tomorrow I'll show you more about those....another reason you're going to have to have this kit. So stayed tuned till tomorrow and see another layout using the Miracle Kit and discover the irresitables.

Caboodle Kit...Going, Going...not quite gone!

I think Caboodle is the only pack of paper I've been using for a solid month now...I LOVE IT! Tomorrow is my kit of the month workshop and I'm so excited to show all my gals what they will create with this kit. So do you want to see a sneak peek?





Believe it or not you can create all six of these cards...how stinkin cute are these? The colors are just perfect for that fresh popping spring look.



This is the layout and I used pictures from our Land of Oz trip we took this past Fall. We had quite a weekend adventure....just my husband, son and I got free reign over the entire Land Of Oz park that is in Banner Elk, NC. It really was a magical weekend and this kit was perfect.


Now here is the really sad part of this...this kit is available only till the end of the month and then it's retired... I realize you can't come tomorrow to my workshop but did you know you can get your sent right to your doorstep? Don't delay or you won't get in on the action. The Caboodle kit include the Level Two Paper Pack, the exclusive stamp set that only comes with the kit, Dimensional elements and colored directions to show you how to create all these wonderful projects. Plus you'll have plenty left over for more unique creations of your own and if you subscribe to my newsletter you know about my private sale that this would be eligible for.

The kit retails for $29.95 plus shipping and handling and you can also add some adorable extras on if you want...Sweet Leaf Ribbon Rounds $7.95 and Tiny Tabs $3.95...so be sure to email me today to get yours. lorileng@bellsouth.net

Summer 2010 Idea Books Now Shipping

Guess what was waiting for me on my front porch when I got home this afternoon...you got it! My Summer 2010 Idea Books and oh my goodness is it full of adorable papers, stamps and goodies. The Cherry-O Collection is featured on the front and its in really good company with the Splendor, Zippidee and Passages Collections. Be sure not to miss out on all the wonderful supplies but also all the creative inspiration that all of our idea book provide. Pages and pages of finished projects and cards to spur on your creative juices. Contact me today to be sure your Summer Idea Book will be in the mail to you this week. lorileng@bellsouth.net

April Stamp of the Month Close To My Heart Blog Hop

Welcome to April's Close To My Heart/Stamp of the Month blog hop. If you just joined us from Susan's Blog your on the right path.

This month's stamp is called "Flower Pot" and I have to admit it's one of my favorites from this Idea Book. It just cries Spring! With Easter right around the corner I couldn't help but think of some cute way to deliver a sweet treat with a spring theme to it, and this stamp set was perfect. I used the Caboodle paper pack, which right now seems to be all I'm using. I just can't put it down, love it! The little box is a 2-5-7-10 and was so quick and fun to make. I adhered a sheet of the B&T Duos to a plain piece of colonial white cardstock to to give the paper a little more stability. I had the box put together in no time, and then decorated the 2 1/4 squared card with the Flower Pot stamp. Sponged the pots with a little sorbet ink and some masking and then colored in the flowers with sweet leaf, buttercup and crystal blue markers. It's ready for the Easter Bunny to pick up and deliver to someone special on Easter morning.

Flower Pot is only available throughout the month of April. It has 16 stamps and retails for $22.95, but remember you can always get it discounted or even for free. Be sure to go to my website http://lorileng.myctmh.com/ to get your today, before it's gone forever.

Now it's time to hippity hoppity over to Shelia's blog....enjoy her beautiful artwork she has to offer. Have a blessed and beautiful EASTER and come back soon for more works of art.

Distressed?

This week's challenge over at DZ Doodles is Distress! So what do you love to distress, do you use your scissors, one of Close To My Heart's handy distressing tools, do you use ink...WHAT? Now is your chance to really show us how you love to distress. Use one of DZ Doodles cute little images, distress and enter in the weekly challenge. You could win two images of your choice for doing what you love.

For my distressed card this week I used Thelma Tulips. How can you not love this lady with an attitude. DZ Doodles carrys a whole line of this adorable character, so be sure to check out all the things Thelma is up to at DZ Doodles store. I used Caboodle paper from Close To My Heart along with some Blooms and pearls colored with my Copics. The Caboodle paper is just so darn poppy and really compliments Thelma's spirit.

I hope you will participate in our weekly DISTRESS challenge and have some fun..and one lucky winner will walk away with two images of their choice, so why not enter today at DZ Doodles Blog.

Pinkcloud Pulse Just Released

The Pinkcloud Pulse Newsletter went out today...if you aren't currently receiving my newsletter and would like to, please sign up on the right side bar today. Find out more about kit of the months, ongoing clubs, up and coming events with Close To My Heart and even secret specials just for newsletters.

I'm attending a crop/workshop on Saturday, so stay tuned for some cute artwork later this weekend.

It's DZ Doodle Challenge Time

Welcome to the weekly DZ Doodles challenge. This week certainly ushers in spring. We want you to be inspired by the above picture and create a card, layout or anything you can image using a DZ Doodles image and drawing your inspiration from the above pictures.

Here is my creation for the week. I really felt like the flowers were just popping of the picture so I made sure to make my pansies pop off the page. I used two digis from DZ Doodles ....Oval Basket and Pansy Seashell Planter. The two seemed to just be crying out to be to merge them together. So I colored both the images with my copics and then used my xacto blade to slice the handle of the basket to be able to slide the pansies in. Then I also cut some of the flowers petals to help them pop just a big more. Really the images are enough for this card, but I did add a little stitching and a handmade mini tassel to pull it all together. It's a fresh springy card that certainly does welcome in this time of year.


Now it's your turn...let the first picture inspire you and then enter your artwork in our weekly challenge over at DZ Doodles Blog and here's the best part......you could win two images just for playing along. Be sure to check out all the details on the blog and also other Design Team members artwork for what they created using this same challenge.

CTMH Summer 2010 Idea Book and New Club Forming

Yeap, it's almost time to start shipping out the brand new Idea Books from CTMH. They will go live for orders May 1st, but I'll start shipping them out in the next few weeks...so be sure to contact me to get yours. This is just a sneak peek of it, but I'm sure you can see...It's cute, cute, cute!

Want to get it FREE? I have a new club that is forming May 1st...this is such a wonderful way to stock up on your Close To My Heart products but also get Free Product along the way. I know what it's like to host a show of some type...You clean your house for days, prepare refreshments stay on the phone for hours begging your friends to come and then.... Only a few friends show. It's a lot of work! Now you can reap the benefits of hosting a show without having to lift a finger in work.

This club runs for 10 months and during that time you'll get to be a hostess for one of those months...you'll receive a minimum of $25 in free select product but it could be more. Most of my hostesses earn $40. $60 and much much more in product. During the course of the club you'll get all the new and current idea books shipped right to your door. Plus I give lots of other perks for being in my club. All you have to do is spend a min. of $20 a month in product ( good lands, how easy is that?)

So here is just part of a what all you'll get

Min. of $25 in free product

Stamp Set ( a gift from me to you)

Connect Club Embellishment

Three Idea Book including the shipping

and many other freebies, so contact me to find out about everything.

Plus you'll be in the first to know about specials that Close To My Heart is offering, my own personal Pinkcloud specials and be able to participate in challenges and incentives for just doing what you love...your art!

This club will go live on May 1st...so contact me today for more information. lorileng@bellsouth.net

Spaces are limited to only 10...so be sure to act fast!