One of a kind

This is based on the Mojo Monday sketch from last week.  Thought I'd pull out some older stamps.  I think she turned out cute!

On a side note, we are off to Newport, RI and Boston for a fun weekend with the kids and to watch David run in the Boston Marathon on Monday!  We're so excited to be back there and can't wait to see the race!  Have a great weekend!

Supplies:  Silhouette Paper Pack, Bubblegum CS, Colonial White CS, Stamps:  Tickled Pink (Promo last year), Be Yourself, March SOM; Ink: bubblegum, Black, Desert Sand;  Accessories; Just blooms, pop dots, Black Ribbon rounds, Sparkles,  EK success edger.

New week, new challenge...

Terms of the Heart 2 Heart challenge...
This is a 1/2/3 challenge. Here are the requirements:

*Use 1 stamped image (not 1 set, but 1 image)
*Use 2 different patterned papers
*Use 3 embellishments - these can be 3 of the same thing or 3 different things


I wanted to make a simple card that could be used as a sympathy card.  I decided to pull the purple from the bella paper and highlight it with this stamp.  It is actually stamped on the paper, stamped on a separate paper and popped up so there is more dimension than you see.  I used ribbon as a feminine touch and then used bigger brads fed through button holes in the bottom right corner.  I wish I had some pansy purple accessories that I could use in that corner, but alas, that color somehow as eluded my collection,  so I chose to blend rather than highlight.  I've included a couple of close ups and a picture of the inside. (Sorry the inside is a little blurry.)

Card size:  8" x 3 1/2:, Originals pattern: Puzzle Backdrop (p 91)

Products all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):  Paper: Colonial White CS, Pansy Purple CS, Bella B/T;  Stamps:  Treasure Life (d1306), TLC (c1364) Verve plain jane (inside); Ink: Petal, Pansy Purple, Cocoa, Colonial White ; Accessories: summer buttons, Chocolate bigger brads, Olive organdy ribbon: Other; Sewing Machine, pop dots, bone folder for scoring lines, Ek success edge punch.

Heart 2 Heart challenge

Yesterday was the first Heart 2 Heart Challenge  for CTMH consultants! What fun. Here is my entry for the challenge. I simply opened my Originals book and whatever page it opened to was the card I made. Then I randomly reached in my stamp storage and picked up a stamp set and it happened to be this cute one! The colors are Sunflower, Sweet leaf and Chocolate. Enjoy!

Supplies:  CS: White Daisy, Chocolate, Garden green, Cranberry (tongue); B/T Bella; Stamps:  Fun Times (B1309); Ink:  Sunflower, Sweet Leaf, Chocolate; Accessories: Button, chocolate Waxy Flax, Sweet Leaf Ribbon, Cuttlebug EF (swiss dots), SU ticket punch.

Close to my heart

I have a website again with Close to my Heart! I decided it would be a lot easier for my customers to buy the wonderful CTMH products any time they wanted, so please check it out!

I haven't posted in a while and actually haven't made a ton of stuff... it only took 2 months to fall off the bandwagon (hee,hee). BUT, I'm back. I have a couple of things to show you today. The first is a card I made for David's Birthday. Since it is so close to St. Patrick's Day (and he LOVES St. Patrick's Day), I kind of combined the two. I tried a new card style and LOVE it!



Products used: CS: cocoa textured, Sweet leaf, colonial white; B/T: Emporium Level II; Stamps: So Lucky (C1390), A Little Everything (March SOM, D1408); Ink: Cocoa, Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock; Accessories: Just Blooms white daisy variety pack (z1300), Cocoa Organdy Ribbon (retired), Olive photo hangers (retired), Pearls-recollections.




Products used: CS: Cocoa-textured, White Daisy, Sweet Leaf; Stamps: Aspiration (flowers-C1340), TLC (sentiment inside-c1364), Curly Greetings (retired); Inks: Sorbet, Tulip, Creme Brulee; Accessories: Organdy ribbon (retired), Edge Punch (EK success), MS butterfly punch, corner rounder

Valentines and time...

Here are a few of the other cards I made. The baby card uses a stamp set I love from Verve called "Beautiful You". A very versatile stamp set. I CASE'd the card from their gallery on the website.



Products used all CTMH unless otherwise indicated: Paper: Sunny Yellow Texture, Thank Heaven -Tapestry by CR Gibson; Stamps: Beautiful You-Verve; Inks: Spring Iris, Accessories: Spring buttons, sewing machine, White Daisy waxy flax.

The Next several card are 4 x 4 valentines using 3 pieces of 4 x 4 patterned paper cut 1/3 x 2/3 and then using scraps to make the rest of the card. I LOVE this paper pack called "That's Amore" that CTMH released last spring. Unfortunately, the stamp set I used the most is retired, but it's one of my favorite CTMH Valentine stamp sets. Called "In my Heart". These were a lot of fun to make and quick! (SHH, they are for my kids). Yes, I only have 4, but I had fun making 6!








Products used all CTMH unless otherwise indicated: Paper: Colonial White, Tulip, Blush, That's Amore PP; Stamps: In my heart (retired), All my love; Ink: Chocolate, Blush; Accessories: Shades of Chocolate Mini-Medley (retired), Cricut-George and basic Shapes, MS paper edger, EK Success paper edger, The Paper Studio paper Edger.


This last card is a birthday card for my oldest brother. He is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet and he does so much for others. I hope he likes it and it reminds him to take a little time for himself! It is from last weeks Mojo Monday #123.


Products used all CTMH unless otherwise indicated: Paper: Colonial white cs, Cocoa cs, Felicity PP (Jan promo), Stamps: Make it count, True Friends, Inks: Cocoa; Accessories: Cocoa organdy ribbon, window charms-circles.

Been busy!

The first two cards are my take from the sketch on Clean and Simple FTL #76. The first card uses only CTMH supplies, while the second uses very few. I love Basic Grey's line of paper and accessories... especially because the print is smaller (suitable for cards!). The one with butterflies is a birthday card for my sister, Amy. I showed a close up so you can see what I did with the butterflies. I love that type of shadowing!



The kids had a 4 day weekend this past weekend and we decided to break out the seed beads and make some new hair accessories! In the process we made a few Valentine decorations for the window that were inspired by this. We ran out of beads so this weekend we'll finish up and I'll show you what they look like hanging! Ashley and Holly weren't so interested in making the hairpins, but they love wearing them. Bethany is old enough now that she tried her hand at the beads and I think she liked how quick and easy it was! We made friendship bracelets and I made some cards. I'll post some more tomorrow, but for today, here are a few of our creations!

A few more cards...

that I made this week. This first one is based on a sketch by Clean and Simple. I'm really liking this idea. Pretty card with not a lot of fuss!



Products all CTMH: CS: Textured white daisy and Hollyhock, Inks: Chocolate, Hollyhock, Stamps: Aspiration, Accessories: chocolate watercolor pencil.

This is another take on Mojo Monday. I like to cut out two of everything when I make a card. That way I can make a couple different cards with the same sketch/idea. With this one, I simply flipped 2 of the pieces over and made a different looking card. (Gotta love that about CTMH papers... They are 2 sided!) The bird is the stamp that is included in this months promotion of Felicity. (see side bar or go to CTMH website, or better yet, call me!) I inked it with Barn Red, used my sponge dauber to take away some of the ink to add shading then stamped it and embossed it with irridescent embossing powder! Love that effect!

This is the inside...

Products all CTMH: CS Colonial White, B/T paper: Felicity (Jan promotion), Inks: Chocolate, Barn Red, Stamps: Felicity (Jan promotion), Card Chatter-thanks, Accessories: Colonial white organdy ribbon, Chocolate watercolor pencil, EK Success corner rounder, MS border punch.

This next card was for my nephew this weekend. He was in the pinewood derby and won first place in his troop and second place in his ??? next step above a troop. (We will be in boy scouts soon so I'll learn more about it then). He advanced to districts. Way to go Cody!
I made this card using my new cricut I got from my sisters and brother for Christmas! The car is from Cars (obviously) and was a little more work than I thought, but I wanted to add shading and highlights to give it a little more dimension. I think it turned out pretty cute. The exhaust is from a Stamp of the month we had last fall. (I hope we get it in our new catalog...so cute).


The inside of this one...not very creative, but it's a cute saying!

Products all CTMH except where noted: CS: Holiday Red, White Daisy, Sunny Yellow, Black, Spring Iris, Card Base (unknown), Inks: Black, Hydrangea, Stamps: Say it in Style, Boys at play, Around the Block (Nov SOM), Accessories: Cricut -Cars, sanding block, cranberry marker, Signo white gel pen, Copic C1