Happy Halloween

I'm back from a fabulous weekend retreat in Canmore, Alberta!   I co-host the Canmore retreats with my good friends Noreen & Heather . . . and this past weekend we had 41 ladies join the three of us for a great weekend of crafting, fellowship & lots of laughs!   Definitely a fun time had by all!

A few pics from our weekend (all out of order as Blogger is refusing to cooperate with me this am!):

My Close to My Heart store!



The Cricut & CTMH Program Book Station!  The ladies were LOVING CTMH's Art Philosophy cartridge and kept these bugs humming all weekend!



Tool table!

The room at 3am after the last person went to bed!!  Judging by the tables - everyone had a productive first night!

Some of the Halloween fun -- TEAM CLAIRE!

More Halloween fun!  We held a costume contest "from the neck up" - the ladies enjoyed showing us their best hats, masks, wigs, etc.! Our Mad Hatter here was the costume prize winner as voted on by all the retreat attendees!

Places set!  Catalogues and goodies from CTMH, Stampin' Up! and Sharing Memories, as well as water, snacks, chocolate, postits, kleenex, pencils, goody bags from Rocky Mountain Soap company!  Welcome everyone!

 

My van - LOADED!



Back of the van - even more stuff!!

 

The room - everyone is just starting to arrive!

  

Hope you enjoyed the little peek into my weekend!  For some reason I forgot to take pics of all the ladies working hard & also neglected to get a photo of Heather, Noreen & I!   Note to self for next time!!  In any case, we have such a great group attending our retreats - I'm already looking forward to the next one!

And now I'll leave you with a fabulous little CTMH Halloween project from Jeanette Lynton:

Happy Halloween everyone! Have a great day!!  Check back tomorrow for some CTMH Blog Hopping fun with the November stamp of the month!

Cricut Halloween Treat Bags

These little cuties will be making an appearance at my upcoming weekend retreat in Canmore! 
They were soooo easy to make using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartrdige!

I kept them simple as I needed to make 44!!  

This bag is just one of the great 3D items you'll find on Art Philosophy.  I cut these ones at 5.5" using the "Font Layer" function, and the "Square1" key.   The machine cuts slits where you need to score & fold which makes assembly quick & easy! 

 The bats & spiders were cut using the Wild Card Cricut cartridge at 2.75". 

Linking this project up to:

Heart2Heart Challenges - Halloween/Autumn challenge

Happy Monday!!

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CTMH's Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for September

Welcome to the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for September - featuring the totally fun stamp set "Thriller"!

Along this month's Stamp of the Month hop you'll find dozens of fabulous creations using this stamp set - all brought to you by a very talented group of CTMH Consultants! If you've come here from Debra's Blog, you are on the right path. If this is your first stop on the hop, that will work too (just keep hopping till you get back here again)!

To continue along the hop, just follow the link at the end of each post to go to the next site. We hope that following the hop will give you lots of inspiration and ideas for using your "Thriller" stamp set, as well as the many other great CTMH products you'll see in each post.
 
My creation for you today is a 6x6 Halloween card.  I love the look of the 'Puddle Pad' technique - but didn't have the reinkers in the colors I wanted to use.  So instead - I simply sponged the ink from my ink pads onto my stamp to give the stamped image the multi-colored look that I was going for!   The starting point for my card was the sketch challenge #43 at Sketch & Stash.  (As this September SOTM is a brand new stamp in my stash - this also meets the 'stash' part of the challenge!)

Materials Used (all Close to My Heart):
September Stamp of the Month - Thriller
You Rock Level 2 Paper Pack
Holiday Craft Buttons
White Embroidery Floss
Ink: Smokey Plum, Goldrush & Olive
Cardstock: White Daisy, Goldrush, Smokey Plum
 
The THRILLER stamp set is available from your CTMH Consultant from September 1st - 30th! You can earn this stamp set at a discount or FREE with every CTMH order in the month of September!

Thanks for stopping in! To continue on the hop - visit the amazingly talented Annette Green to see what she has created for you!

If you get lost along the hop, or come across a broken link, feel free to refer back to the complete list of September's Blog Hop participants HERE.