Cruise 2008 albums finally finished !!!!

Well it took me long enough I know !!!

It was a 12 day trip - 7 days around the Mediterranean & 3 days in the UK.

And I am pleased to tell you that back in February I finally finished it and took a photo of the stack of albums which I had to use to be able to contain all of the layouts 

which I had made of our amazing vacation :O)

I put the ink pads next to it to give you a point of reference to you can see just how many layouts I did !!

This project was truly Close To My Heart. 

The top album contains just the 3 days in the UK - the bottom 2 are of the 

cruise :O)

I used the same paper, cardstock and inks throughout all 3 albums - makes life so easy.

Hope this makes you smile :O)   Love Sara x

I'm thrilled to welcome Yoshino to my CTMH team :O)

So excited to have Yoshino on my team - she sooooooo wanted that darling bag and when I told her she will get to play with Monica and I on November 17th - I couldn't stop her :O)

Welcome Yoshino - we are going to have fun :O)

Don't forget you only have today and tomorrow to sign up and get the adorable damask pattern bag for FREE

Click HERE to join my Legacies of Love team today :O) 

Chisato's cute purse :O)

A few months ago one of my class members - Chisato 

- walked into the class holding a darling purse - 

we all 'ooohhhed' and 'aaahhhhed' over it and she told us she had made it. 

We all complimented her on how cute it was and joked that we all needed one too.

It wasn't until a little while had passed when it suddenly occurred to me

that the adorable brown and white striped ribbon was Close To My Heart Ribbon!!!

OMG - what a cute way to use it - not just for cards and layouts but for your purses too :O)

Hope you like it as much as we did - Love Sara x

Here is my dear friend and fellow consultant Dr Phil Wilhelm at the awards receiption in Dallas.

I think we clean up pretty well :O)

We had both earned awards for being in the Top 10 sales of the United States and also for Phil 

in the Top Ten for recruiting - woohoo - go Dr Phil :O)

I am so blessed to have him as a friend - he is a great source of encouragement & a tremendous team builder - I admire so much of what he does with his business -  and we have so many moments of fun & giggles :O) 

Scrapbook layout class at Masako's House :O)

I wanted to share the fun scrapbook layout class I teach at my dear friend Masako's house every month - we have so much fun learning new techniques.

This  month we used the Dakota WOTG paper & stamp set plus the co-ordinating stamp set and then added Sweetleaf and Buttercup cardstock to it to make a Spring/Summer layout 

- not at all Western themed.

We used the White Daisy exclusive ink to distress the edges of the Sweetleaf cardstock and then used Whisper ink to distress the whisper cardstock. 

We scissor distressed the barn red cardstock and stamped the line image on it (I think the stamp 

looks  a bit like a fancy mustache haha) and stamped Buttercup ink on the Buttercup 

cardstock for a tone on tone effect :O)

***Yes I know that the layout is the wrong way up and you need to hold your head at an angle but I can't work out how to spin the photo as it took it on my iphone and uploaded it straight from there LOL :O)***

The layout is from the new Make It From your Heart magazine - have I told you how much I love this magazine??? OMG - it is awesome - scrapbook layouts & card blueprints & cutting guides - I can highly recommend it :O)

Hope you like it as much as I do  - Love Sara x