Happy Thursday!

Hey! It's Thursday! The first three days of the week went pretty fast for me! It's been a busy one too. Every day I have been gone from home and in two different places each day. LOL! Monday, I went to N. Manchester in the afternoon to present a card workshop with the sweet ladies at Timbercrest then up to Warsaw for a wonderful evening of supper and fellowship with a group of church friends. Tuesday, went to Warsaw to help some young ladies with their scrapbooks and down to Huntington for a club meeting. Wednesday, I had a 2 hr. chiropractor appointment in little ole' N. Manchester and then up to Warsaw for Lost and Found~ Kid's Church. Today, I get my hair cut and hopefully I get to stay home the rest of the week because Saturday night we have some friends and family coming for supper! Need some getting ready time.

Hubs made his famous ribs for us and everyone is looking forward to diving in.

Meanwhile, in between these trips hither and yon, I made a couple cards and a 2 page layout. Today, I will show you the first card because it's for a challenge that is due today. 

                        The challenge was Case This Sketch #314. 

And here is my take on this sketch using all Close To My Heart product. 

Clean and simple is not quite my norm, but, I am learning and really loving it.

 I used the April Stamp of the Month for this card. You can purchase this stamp set outright for $18.95 or get it for only $5 when you order $50 worth of product. Plus, when you purchase this stamp set in April, you will also get some free happy mail which I will reveal soon that you will be able to use with the Stamp of the month. 

Also used our Stitched Quilt Shapes Thin Cuts for the triangles. 

The flower is the color of the year called Sugar Plum and you have 5 more months to purchase this color and it will be gone for good. This color comes as a stamp pad, reinker, cardstock, glitter cardstock and a Glitter Pen which I used on the flower also. You can purchase everything at the link below. 

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Emboss It!- CTMH Technique Blog Hop

Welcome to our Emboss It! - CTMH Technique Blog Hop! All of the beautiful creations you see will be featuring the different creative ways you can use Close To My Heart's Embossing Folders and Embossing Powders. If you have come here from Lauren Moore you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way you'll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melissa Robinson's blog.

For this blog hop we have 9 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the Embossing products and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do~just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! 

Here we go!

I made this card using the Embossing Folder called Playful Scallops. Using the stamp pad, I smooshed the three different colors on the embossing folder with each stamp pad stacking the three colors (Candy Apple, Clover and the Canary) next to each other. Then I put a piece of White Daisy into the embossing folder with another piece of cardstock for a shim and run it through the embossing machine. Voila! The ink was transferred to the White Daisy in a very interesting way! I cut it to the size I needed and doodled around the edge with a black journal pen after dovetailing the bottom. Added the trim to the top. I adhered this piece to a piece of Sapphire and hand trimmed around so just a tiny bit shows. Makes it pop off the page. 

I cut the White Daisy sentiment from the Cricut. Stamped the designs from the stamp set called: Sticky Notes fussy cutting a tiny square for the word for, fussy cutting one of the flowers to pop it off and the leaf vine came from the Cricut. I used the Intense Black to stamp the designs on with and then water colored with the inkpads. You can use watercolors or markers to color in instead. 

Love these colors! They are part of the color line up of the March Paper Pack called Falling For You. The background paper on the card and the trim on the banner are from that paper pack.

I used the pattern for the card in the Make It From Your Heart-Vol. 4 Pattern 6. 

Now "Hop"on over to Carrie Simonds to see her works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Contact your CTMH Consultant ( or click here ) to get the products I used for this project!

It's March already!

It's March already? Spring is coming but yesterday we drove to Ohio in the snow and they are still calling for it all weekend. I am not complaining. I love the snow! And to all you winter haters please don't throw snowballs at me. That's the way I roll. LOL!

March we will be featuring the So Much Happy Paper Pack as the paper pack of the month. I really like this paper pack and wanted to show you some lay outs I made. It also goes with the March Stamp of the Month. 

This is a two page layout I made using the So Much Happy paper pack and a couple of the stamps from the March Stamp of the Month. Love the colors. 

              March 2019: This Happened

Spend $50 and get this Stamp of the Month set for just $5.

March also means another campaign for the whole month! Click on the picture.

This is a really great sale if you was needing paper! Plus, if you book a party or sign up to be a Consultant this month you can earn the Mix Ins for FREE!

Thin Cuts Blog Hop

Welcome to our Thin Cuts Blog Hop! All of the beautiful creations you see will be featuring the different creative ways you can use Close To My Heart's Thin Cuts. If you have come here from Katy's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way you'll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda's Blog.

For this blog hop we have 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using Thin Cuts and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do~just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! 

Here we go!

For this card I also used the colors in a Color Dare challenge. I used the Smoothie, Linen, Mint, Peach, Carolina and the Gold. I also used different sized Circle Thin Cuts to cut out the holes in the focal point.

Here is a close up of the opening.

I used a sponge to darken the inside edges to make them show up a little. I stamped the stamp on two layers and fussy cut the top edge and that circle out with my scissors on the second layer inside. Everything is painted with stamp pad colors using a Clear Shimmer Brush except the mint and the gold center of the larger flower. I used the Mint and Gold Shimmer Brushes. 

I just love how these Shimmer Brushes give the card a sparkle. I have been using my All Purpose Mat, squishing color from the stamp pad on it and picking up the color with either the clear Shimmer Brush or a Water Color Brush. Easy peasy, and you don't have to worry about cleaning out the lid of your stamp pad!

I layered each layer with our 3-D foam and the fussy cut flowers on top also. 

Here is a picture of between the layers.

The stamp set is still available and is the 

D1821- Feels Like Home-Scrapbooking set. 

This stamp set is really fun! It has a tiny water spatter stamp I used to texture the different layers of Linen and I used Pebble stamp color for a lighter effect. It was perfect. 

The "Hello" comes from a previous Stamp Of The Month which is no longer available. Below is a collage of products and the colors I used on this 

card..........

You can check out the Color Dare Blog here and see more creative art.

And here are the Basic Circle Thin Cuts I used on this card. There are several different shapes of Thin Cuts and some of the stamp sets have their own Thin Cuts to cut out the design. These are offered with the stamp set as a set or you can purchase just the stamp set without the Thin Cuts. 

Thin Cuts—Basic Circles

Item Number: Z3318

Now "Hop"on over to Krista's Blog to see her works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Contact your CTMH Consultant ( or click here ) to get the products I used for this project!

Lovely Layers- CTMH Technique Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Technique Blog Hop where participants can interpret the theme title, "Tag, You're It!", however they see fit. Close To My Heart products are used in all of the creations.

If you are coming from Katy's blog, you are on the right track. 

This card is 6" x 6" and I used paper from the Something Fierce paper pack. The stamp set is the February Stamp of the Month. The hearts are cut with the Stitched Heart Thin Cuts. 

The inchies were cut from the White Daisy cardstock and the colors (Rasberry, Willow and Lemon) were sponged on. I dropped the liquid on each from the bottle of Stamp Cleaner and also sprayed it on to get a finer spotty look. I stamped the flowers on each inchie with the Intense Black making sure each flower was in the same color of inchie square to keep the pattern the same. The outlines are done with the journal pen. The two flowers are stamped with the Intense Black, colored with the Rasberry and Willow stamp pads and a chalk tool then fussy cut them out and added to the card.

Continue to make your way around the hop by heading to Tamara next. I appreciate you stopping by and always appreciate your blog love, in the way of comments, if you feel inclined.

Enjoy the rest of your week and happy hopping! 

                           

February SOTM Blog Hop Heartfelt Sentiments

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring February SOTM, which is Heartfelt Sentiments, a set of nine stamps.  If you have come here from Katy Donaldson Taylor, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have 23 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I used a pattern for an Easel Step kind of card borrowed from The Rubber Cafe Design.

I used paper from the I Heart Us paper pack and cut some embellishments from the Close To My Heart Flower Market Cricut Cartridge. I used a die cut for the ruffles. The flowers were colored with our Shinhahn Markers. Some were fussy cut for added embellishment.

Now "Hop" on over to Darlys Recker to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the February SOTM is only available until February 28!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Here is the die I used for the ruffle 

Thin Cuts—Scallop Border

Item Number: Z3348

Snow Day Crafting Fun!

We had snow! Not enough for me, but, it snowed! I took advantage of the snowy weather and worked on cards for the Card Buffet and the ladies at Timbercrest. 

I always make two cards for Timbercrest and this next workshop we will be making Valentines. 

  

                   

Valentine Cookies!

This card is made with all retired Close To My Heart papers. I used the Cose To My Heart Cricut Cartridges Flower Market(Z3501) and Artistry(Z3500) and the physical cartridge(Z3298). The Sentiment is cut from the Thin Cuts-Fancy Tags(Z4035) and stamped with retired stamp set. 

  

Hearts Valentine Card!

This card was cut from the Cricut using the Shapes images. The back ground was embossed with the new Embossing Folder- Playful Scallops (Z4231). The "Ribbon" was stamped on with the new border stamp set called- Border Medley (C1765). The pink oval was cut from the Thin Cuts- Stitched Ovals(Z4187).

The next three cards are made with the January Stamp of the Month- Card Captions. I also used various parts of the stamp set- I Heart Us (C1760) Cardmaking stamp set. I used some of the paper from the I Heart Us paper pack and picked out colors from the set also.

Purchase the Stamp of the Month for only $5 when you order $50 worth of product before the end of the month and get 1 of each of the Stamp of the month card kits for FREE as a Thank You from me! All of the cards shown will be in the Card Buffet and you can also purchase as many as you want as Kits. I will pre-stamp and all you have to do is put them together. 

Pre-stamped/pre-cut Card kits= $4 each

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It's Friday!

Hey! It's Friday!!!!!!!!

And.......were calling for snow! Time to get my crafting on! What are you guys going to be doing? I have a few swaps to get ready, catch up on the Stamp of the Months, work on my boards for March, and who knows what else? Speaking of swaps, I joined one with 19 other Consultants to make cards from the 19 new different stamp sets to show you guys what they look like and ideas on how to use them. I am sharing the two I made and when I get them back I will share the others. Both of these cards were made using our Make It From Your Heart Vol. 4. How to book. 

This card was made from the stamp set in the Workshop Your Way Choose To Shine kit. 

I used Sapphire, Canary, Mint, Clover, Candy Apple and Pebble. 

The Sapphire background is embossed with our new Embossing Pad-Playful Scallops. I finished it off with the ribbon in the kit. This will be included in my Card Buffet.

This card was made with the stamp set I Heart Us- Cardmaking. Even though I did fussy cut some of the flowers, you can choose not to and it will still look great. The tag was cut from the Fancy Tags Thin Cuts.

The colors used: Canary, Lagoon, Mint, Pixie, Rasberry, Sweet Leaf, and Charcoal.

 I used pieces from the I Heart Us paper pack for layering and the watercolor background was made from the Mint Shimmer Brush. I stamped the one blueish flower with the Lagoon and colored with the Mint Shimmer Brush. If you purchase the I Heart Us Deluxe kit you will get this Stamp set, the Mint Shimmer Brush plus other goodies to make some great projects at a 10% discount. The instructions will also tell you how to do the flowers. 

I will be including this card in my Card Buffet also with two options. This one with the fussy cutting and another sample with less fussy cutting. 

If you purchase either or both of these stamp sets, I will send you the card kits for the cost of $1 each kit to make the cards. 

Purchase the deluxe I Heart Us kit and/or the Choose To Shine kit and get 1 of each of the card kit(s) FREE. 

➺If your crafting this weekend share what your making on the face book group! I love seeing what other people make! Be sure and list what products you used also. 

Below is a list of what I used on the cards above.