It's Your Day Giveaway!

I am giving away this stamp set FREE to one lucky Friend of my FB page:

AND best of all it is easy to win!  Like my page on Facebook and you may win.  Use the Rafflecopter below to enter today! (This giveaway is open to Continental US residents only)  Good Luck!

You Can Create!
Julia

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It's You Day: Blog Hop II

Hello and welcome to our National Stamping Month Blog Hop! This is the 2nd blog hop I have participated in that features this stamp set.  If you want to see more make sure you check it out: HERE.

 Close to My Heart wants to celebrate the everyday moments in our lives.  So, they are offering an amazing exclusive double-stamp set called “It’s Your Day”.  This is two D-size stamp sets in one!!
This amazing set has nearly 50 images designed to inspire you to capture your life one day at a time.   There are trendy chevron backgrounds, classic images as well as versatile phrases.  You can get your own stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying order of $35.  This stamp set has a value of $35.90!

This stamp set can be a part of A REALLY GOOD DEAL!

We also are happy to announce that one of our consultants, Maria Woodworth, of Maria's Paper Craft Place is offering blog candy. To be eligible to win, please be sure to leave a comment on each blog post and become a follower of her blog. Thanks so much Maria!

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects.

Here is mine:  Refrigerator Magnets!

Fun and easy to create!  I had left over chipboard circles from a retired compliments pack. They were the PERFECT size for the images.  I used Twilight ink on the back side of the chip board circles.  Glued some magnets on to the back and I was done! 

My daughter LOVES them and is trying to figure out how she can sneak them off the refrigerator and on to her magnetic board.  

 I am the "caboose" of this Blog  Hop so back to the beginning of the hop you go to Lucy Kelleher"s page.

 Here's the entire blog hop lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create It All 
2. Darla ~ Caution: Stamping Is Contagious 
3. Lori B ~ Saving Mine
4. Amie Kiger~Mimi, Myself and I
5. Deanne J - Treasured Life
6. Jennifer Kramer- 4 Hearts Scrapbooking 
7. Carolyn ~ Nuts 4 Scrappin' 
8. Bethany - Stamping At Home
9. Eva Friesen ~ For The Love of Creating
10. Maria Woodworth ~ Maria's Paper Craft Place
11. ***YOU ARE HERE***Julia Hammond ~  You Can Create

You Can Create!
Julia

It's Your Day Video

Close To My Heart has a new special that starts today.  It features this stamp set called : It's Your Day.

This video will tell you all the details and show off some lovely artwork.

Which one of these stamps is your favorite?

You Can Create!
Julia

Blog Hop: It's Your Day

Welcome to You Can Create!  If you are joining me from Michelle Johns' Blog, you are on the right track.

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, Close To My Heart is bringing back its popular double stamp set promotion! You can get the exclusive, new My Acrylix^® It’s Your Day double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30, 2012. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set has a retail value of $35.90, which drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase! Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive It’s Your Day double stamp set!

If you are interested in getting the Artiste Cartridge you won't want to miss out on this REALLY GOOD DEAL!!!

I created a mini quote book using the Artiste Cartrige and a ROYGBP color scheme.  Every family has their own special words and quotes.  It is what makes us unique.  Please indulge me some of your time as I share the stories behind the quotes!

My son said this all the time.  "Christopher, have some broccoli"  "I can't not want that Mommy"

Christopher is an eternal optimist.  Inevitably his optimistic view starts out with an "at least"  As in, "At least I only have 2 book reports due tomorrow"

When I was three, I had a dog  named Blue.   Poor dog got blamed for a lot of my shenanigans...

My brother misunderstood the words of the the Christmas carol "The First Noel".   

The first O Well the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepards in fields as they lay:
In fields where they lay a keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
 (The next part is to be sung at the TOP OF YOUR LUNGS!)
 O-well, O-well, O-well, O-WELL
 Born is the King of Israel. 

My daughter went through a phase when she doubled everything she said ( appropriate for a double stamp set, right?)

Last but not least, my son could not pronounce the /th/ sound when he was younger.  So his "there it is"  sounded like "der it is".  We still say it his way today.

Thank so much to reading my silly stories. If you make your own book of family quotes, please share it with me.

Colors used on this project: Cranberry, Sunset,Honey, Topiary, Pacifica and Gypsy.

Now off to Beth Naumann's Blog: Beth's Creative Block to see what she has created!

You Can Create!
Julia

REALLY good deal!

The new Artiste bundle from Close To My Heart is a awesome deal all by itself.  You get the new cartridge, 3 exclusive stamp sets as well as 3 sheets of chipboard shapes.

 

Do you love this month's Stamp of the Month, Fall Favorites? 

You can get it for 5.00 more if you buy the cartridge before September 30th

What about this Double Stamp set?  This is another promotion that CTMH is adding that runs until the end of September.

Guess what, if you buy the Artiste Cricut Cartridge you can get IT for another $5.00.

So, you can get: One awesome Cricut Cartridge (Retail Value $89) , and SIX fabulous stamp sets (retail value $107.70).  That is $196 worth of product for $110.  This is one FANTASTIC Deal! 

Don't miss out.

You Can Create!

Julia

Color My Heart: Dare #10

This week's dare at Color My Heart is to use Ruby, Goldrush, Sweet Leaf, Indian Corn Blue with Cocoa.  I love the color Sweet Leaf but went a bit of a different direction with my neutral color.  When looking through my pinterest boards, I found this card, and quite honestly, why mess with perfection?  I CASE'd it big time :)

Here are my results:

The cuts were made with the Art Philosophy Cartridge.  The polka dot stamp comes from the new "It's Your Day" Double Stamp promotion that starts on August 15th.  The sentiment is from a retired stamp set: C1299 Butterfly Kiss

Thanks for stopping by.

You Can Create!
Julia