365 Days of Cards

I love the Rustic Home Fundamental paper pack. It pairs so nicely with so many different colors. Today I chose to pair it with Peacock . I used the Create Kindness- Beautiful stamp for the sentiment. This is a great card to send to anyone who needs a little encouragement or reminder how great they are.

It is hard to make a Happy Thanksgiving card while it is 80+ degrees out! However, I love the retired Pathfinding paper pack and the Fall Harvest stamp set. I used my ShinHan  markers to color and Goldrush ink for the two pumpkins.

This will probably be the last Halloween card. I need to start focusing on Christmas. However, I love using the top strips of the Close to My Heart patterned paper. They are perfect to create cards. I used the strips from the Jeepers  paper pack and then used the complements  to finish the card. Have a great Wednesday.

I absolutely the versatility of Rustic Home Fundamental. Today I combined the gray tones of the Rustic Home paper with the new Emerald  cardstock and ink. I use the Business Builders stamp set.

I realized this morning I have too many scraps on my craft table. And, I hate to throw anything away! That being said I had to find a good reason to use my scraps. I thought the small eyes of Jeepers along with the assortment were perfect for my scraps. The boo is from an old Halloween stamp set. I hope you have an amazing week!

I need a Thank You card for one of our office administrators at school. She has been very helpful this month helping me set up an author visit. I used the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge along with the retired paper pack Pathfinding. I used Goldrush Cardstock and ink for the flowers. The sentiment is from the Finding the Words stamp set.

I have a class today so I only had a few minutes this morning but am starting to think ahead  to Thanksgiving! I love the old Abundance stamp set. I also love the Peacock color.

The City Sidewalks  paper pack is so colorful and has two of my favorite CTMH colors: Poppy and Peacock. I also used the Picture My Life Clear overlays for the "hello". I also played with the City Sidewalks washi tape. This is the perfect card for a co-worker, neighbor, etc.

I have seen the twisted card all over Pintrest and Facebook. I found a great tutorial  that showed me easily and quickly how to make this Birthday card for my son's teacher. It was not as complicated as I thought even though after the fact I realized I not only didn't have the right size envelope, I am not sure how easy it will be for her to set up! I used the following Close to My Heart products: Florence paper pack (retired) Wise Guy Birthday Stamp Whisper  Thick Twine Poppy Ink Flaxen Ink Peacock Ink

The retired Botanical Background stamp set continues to be my favorite background stamp set. I love how versatile it is. I used my ShinHan markers to color this and the stamp set that came with the Flower Market Cricut cartridge. I also used Saffron , and black  cardstock to matte the card.

I saw a card similar to this in the Annual Inspiration book when I was looking through it last night so I decided to create my take on it this morning. I love how it turned out. I used the following Close to My Heart supplies: Pear cardstock Pear ink Blessed Beyond Measure Stamp of the month Black Ink Paper Fundamentals Assortment-Adventure (retired) Slate cardstock

Today I spent more time playing with the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge and the Enchantment Fundamental  paper pack. I also used the Finding the Words stamp set for the sentiment. I am really enjoying all the flowers in the Flower Market Cartridge. Hopefully as soon as our basement remodeling is done I will have time and space to make some 3-D projects.

I am happy with how this card turned out this morning it is not what I envisioned! I wanted to play with the flowers on my Flower Market Cartridge . I had not played with the flowers yet and was not exactly sure how to put one together. I cut the rose at 4" and ended up with 5 layers. I used Sea Glass   cardstock and Peacock  that I put on using the watercolor brush.   This will be the perfect small card to tuck into a gift bag. Happy Sunday!

Today is a quilting and baking day thanks to the rain! However, my son needs one more thank you card to send out for his birthday. I used the retired Chalk It Up paper pack and complements to make this card. No matter how hard I tried the photo looks like the squares are crooked. I promise you they are not!

I have a friend who loves Owl and I wanted to send her a fun fall card. I used the Cricut Artiste cartridge to cut the owl at 4". I also used the retired woodgrain embossing folder with Olive cardstock, Chocolate cardstock and Dessert Sand cardstock.

After camping this last weekend and seeing trees reflecting on the lake I knew I had to create a card reflecting what I saw. I love mirror and second generation stamping. I first used Crystal Blue ink and a sponge to sponge on water. I then mixed Fern and Saffron ink on the trees. To create the mirror image I stamped the tree than covered it with a piece of paper and stamped the top of the tree upside down in the water. I used the very top of the tree in the water. I also used the top of the tree to create bushes. The tree and sentiment is from the Always Grateful stamp set.

The  Oh Deer!  paper pack is an amazing winter paper pack from Close to My Heart. Coordinating it with the Woodland  Wishes thin cuts and stamps creates a fun and whimsical card. I used Sea Glass cardstock along with a retired red enamel dot for Rudolph's nose. When Sea Glass ink becomes available I may stamp the deer, but I am growing rather fond of them being plain! Have a great Wednesday.

Jeepers  is not only a fabulous Halloween paper pack, it also has amazing fall paper. I love two for one paper packs! I combined the Jeepers paper pack with the Blessed Beyond Measure  stamp set and Goldrush  cardstock and ink.   

After a weekend of camping and heading to work today I did not have a lot of time to make a card. I still need some Thank You cards for Simon to send out for his birthday so I pulled out some retired product and made this card. I also pulled out my new Silver Foil tape. I used it just like I do my washi tape. I used the following CTMH products: Silver Foil Paper Fundamentals-Enchantment Thank You M size stamp

Today I combined the Rustic Home Fundamental paper, complements , the Stamp of the Month ( Blessed Beyond Measure ) and Sea Glass and Raspberry cardstock. On the Rustic Home complement I used the berries from the STOM and Raspberry ink to add more detail to the wreath. 

I know Christmas is still months away, but I wanted to play with the new watercolor brush , watercolors and City Sidewalk paper pack. I know I will appreciate it come December that I decided to make cards early! I used the following Close to My Supplies: Watercolor Brush City Sidewalk Paper Pack Raspberry Ink Willow Ink Picture My Life -Watercolor Cards

Jeepers is a FUN paper pack. The complements  and assortment  make it even better. This is a perfect Halloween card to send to my niece and nephew.

Today I played with new colors, new inks, new embossing folder and the new stamp of the month! The only thing Throwback Thursday is the washi tape. I used the following CTMH products for this card: Blessed Beyond Measure (September Stamp of the Month)\ Tangerine Cardstock Raspberry Ink Willow Ink Happy Thoughts Embossing Folder

While I have not been in the mood to make Halloween cards, I did feel the need to play with the Jeepers  paper pack today along with one of the stamps from the Create Kindness Card Kit .  I also used two small pieces of the Jeepers Washi Tape. I have the day off tomorrow so I hope to spend some time creating fun Halloween cards!

This morning I combined the Create Kindness- Hello stamp along with the Enchantment Fundamentals paper pack. The best aspect of the Close to My Heart paper packs is everything coordinates so even before the coffee kicks in I can create a great card without having to put a lot of thought into whether the colors coordinate. Off to get ready for the 1st day of school!

I am behind on making Thank You  cards for my son's birthday gifts. I had a few minutes today and wanted to get started. I used the Blessed Beyond Measure  stamp of the month and the Enchantment Paper Fundamental paper pack. Even though it is only Monday I am looking forward to next weekend! With school starting tomorrow it has been a whirlwind weekend and I am looking forward to routine and crafting time! Have a fabulous week.

Today was a very busy day. We spent most of the day in my library setting up a very cool Lego wall. Then we went to Silverwood for the evening to get some more summer in before school starts! When we got home I made this quick card to use next week at school. The new Picture My Life Watercolor cards are AMAZING. You can watercolor them any color you want and the embossed design stays white. I used the following Close To My Heart products: Picture My Life -Watercolor cards Sea Glass Cardstock Slate Cardstock White sequins

The Jeepers paper pack from Close to My Heart is so much more than Halloween paper. Today I used the tangerine striped paper, The Blessed Beyond Measure Stamp of the Month and Lagoon  ink.

I know I promised new paper but this week has been extremely busy with staff meetings and getting my library ready for school to begin next week. I am hoping this weekend to have more time to create! Today I used the Happy Thoughts Embossing Folder, Lagoon  cardstock, Black cardstock and a retired Picture My Life card. This is the perfect birthday card for a co-worker next week.

Happy September! I cannot believe it is September already. While we are getting ready to start school next week I am not quite getting ready to say goodbye to summer. Luckily the fabulous special from Close to My Heart this month helps that transition a little easier. This month Close to My Heart is offering a Create Kindness card kit that is AMAZING. All the product below is included in the kit for only $46.95 (a 15% savings if ordered separately). 24 small cards, 8 "M" size stamp sets, My Acrylic Mini Stamp Organizer, a small black ink pad and an acrylic block.  I create one card using each of the 4 main stamp sets. The other 4 stamp sets provide sentiments for the inside of the cards. I will also be using those to create fun cards during the next week.  I added the following Close to My Hear products to the kit: Golden Yellow ShinHan Marker Leaf Green ShinHan Marker Cherry Pink ShinHan Marker Lavender ShinHan Marker Turquoise Blue ShinHan Marke