Frostburg, MD crop June 20th,2009

We had so much fun during this all day crop.
Very nice cropping area and so many creative people :-)

Purse and Notecards Workshop

I will be offering this Purse and Notecards Workshop from 2pm-4pm on July 19th at my place.
For more details please check my Meetup website

Hope to see you!
with care, Mara

All Day Crop - Residence Inn Frederick

We had such a great time at the Residence-Inn in Frederick during our All Day Crop.
Sharing ideas, creating different pages layouts, and of course, sharing memories with each other.

Close to My Heart TV Art & Soul Episode

I loved the new CTMH Art and Soul Episode!
It is all about making something special for the men of our lives.
During the episode they teach you how to make this cute wallet with pictures pockets inside.

If you want to watch the new and older episodes of Art & Soul, just go to my Close to My Heart website www.scrapbookingbymara.com and go to CTMH TV, click on Art & Soul episode and have fun watching!!

Emporium Workshop

I just love the My Reflections Emporium paper. I have a workshop coming up on May 31st and we are going to make these two beautiful pages layout from Close to My Heart Workshops on-the-go program.



So easy to create these pages having in hands the workshop cutting guide brochure. These two pages were exclusive created by Close to My Heart Founder & CEO Jeanette Lynton. More ideas are included inside the cutting guide brochure to have four more pages completed as well as ideas to make greeting cards :-)

Contact me if you are interested in hosting a gathering/workshop around the area of Rockville/Gaithersburg in Maryland.

Unforgettable Layouts

I made this two layouts for a workshop at the Canaan Valley Resort,WV.
I just love the colors of this paper and how the sorbet color goes to well with the Desert Sand card stock!


I used Cocoa ink pad and sponged the edges of the cardstock. To show the white core of the cardstock, I used the dry embossing technique and with our Close to My Heart sanding tool, I sand the embossing area to bring up the white core and give some texture to the layout.
I used D1280 Spot on Background Stamp set and stamped the Desert Sand cardstock.
I used the C1340 Aspiration Stamp Set for the word "dream", the sentence and the flower. For the flower I used the Sorbet ink pad and stamped the inside of the flower and I used the Cocoa ink for the flower outline.
Embellishments used for these layouts:
Z1285 Holiday Craft Buttons - Color: Colonial White
Z822 Summer Posies Just Blooms Paper Flowers - Color: Bubblegum Small
Z1123 Sorbet Collection Designer Ribbon Rounds
Z1110 Spring Blossom Assortment Brads - Color: Juniper
Z280 Natural Hemp

Notecards and Cardkeeper Box

I just loved this notecards and Cardkeeper Box I made!
I got the Cardkeeper Box cutting guide from a friend of mine and I created this cute thank you notecards to go with it! I just loved this set.
Wouldn't you love to have some kits like that to give as gifts?
I gave it as a gift to the organizer of a Spring Boutique I participated as a vendor! She liked it a lot!
Cardkeeper Box


Thank You Notecards

I used Close to My Heart My Reflections More to Adore paper.
For the words "Thank you", I used my Acrylix Stamp Sets You're Invited (B1207) and Friendship's Garden(D1202).
For the box embellishments I used Just Blooms Paper Flowers Autumn Daisy Hollyhock (Z817) and Clover Meadow from Summer Carnival Assortment Bigger Brads (Z297)