You may be wondering what I am referring to??

Close to my Heart is a wonderful company and one of the many lovely things they do every year is run an amazing convention- this year it is in Washington DC and my whole family will be attending it with me!! Ever since I attended my first convention I have dreamed (seriously!) of presenting at extravaganza- after the one in Orlando my friend Sarah and I, swore that we would be doing the next one!

This year the company changed how extravaganza presenters were picked- you had to apply and submit 5 pieces of artwork (one layout, one card, one 3D item and two of your choice) AND submit a video showing your teaching style!! I was given ample warning and worked hard on my projects- some you have already seen on the blog and other you have not. Part of me wanted to keep them a secret so that I would not receive feedback- good or bad!!

On Monday I mailed by package off to corporate- now I wait to hear!!!

Well, I also figure it is time to share some of the projects I sent- so read on and enjoy (and I will let you know what happens when I hear!)

This is a 41/2 by 41/2 card I made using the Wishes pattern Window Wishes. I used colours from our Topstitch paper and some of our fabulous dimensional elements- a scalloped border and one of our new hearts! I mounted the heart of a square piece of paper that I had applied ribbon weaving too- a great way to use of small bits of ribbon! They are mounted so that when the card is closed they pop out of the window. I also stamped the dot pattern on the front of my card with one of our background stamps!!

This project was my favourite- and if you have seen the latest CTMH TV video on my website then I just have to say that I had this finished when Jeanette aired that show- great minds just think alike!!

I downloaded a cube template off the internet and made three baby blocks using colours and paper from the Caboodle collection. I went with the A, B, C thing and feel that they would be a great decorative feature to a baby room!!

On each block I used different elements that would add to that letter while also making sure that each block had some texture or shine. Views of the different sides are shown below!!