Ready, Set, Go

  Today’s card is a birthday card.  I think it works well for boys of any age.  I know it looks like the car is driving on the sidewalk, but let’s pretend it is driving on the street.  Abbie suggested I add yellow lines, and I haven’t done it yet.  I remembered after I started typing this post that I was to do that.  When I do, I’ll post it.

  For the inside, I used three different stamp sets to make the sentiment that I wanted.  The stop sign is my favorite part.

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper: Slate, White Daisy, Black, Sweet Leaf, Honey, and Cranberry cardstock
stamps: Fast and Furious, Card Word Puzzle, and Card Chatter-Birthday
ink: Outdoor Denim, Black, and Cranberry
cricut cartridge: Aritiste with CCR

It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot like Christmas

  It’s a starting to get cooler outside, and it seems like Christmas is just around the corner.  So, today’s project is a Christmas decoration.  I had this old clock that I got at Jo Ann’s several years ago in the damaged section.  I got it to work, and although it worked, I never really liked the design on the front.  I had always planned on repainting it.

  I decided to do this with it sometime this year, and Close To My Heart had the perfect paper.  Good thing I waited. The circle is cut at 4 1/2 inches and the snowflake is cut at 4 3/4 inches.  The banner is cut at 4 inches.  I covered a strip of Colonial White with Stardust Glitter Gel and glued in behind the “PEACE” banner. I glittered  the snowflake as well.  The snowflake and the banner were then inked with Champagne around the edges.

All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Frosted paper pack
ink: Champagne
embellishments:  Stardust Glitter Gel
cricut cartridges:  Art Philosophy and Artiste

Lifting Your Spirits

  I’m back today with a card.  I’m using one of the cute stamps in the Holiday Gift Guide from Close To My Heart.  This promotion runs now until December 31.  If the card looks familiar it is because I used the same design for one of my pastor appreciation cards last week.  Scroll down to find it if you want to refresh your memory.  I thought the design worked well for this card too.  The inside reads "Thanks for the lift!".
 
  It is hard to see, but I stamped clouds from the stamp set with Sky ink.  There are three different size clouds in this set.  The hot air balloon is also from the set.  I stamped it onto White Daisy cardstock and again onto Kraft cardstock for the basket and Bamboo for the sandbags.  The balloon and flag are stamped onto papers from the Sarita paper pack.  I cut them out and then glued them onto the balloon stamped on the White Daisy.  I used the CCR for the house, trees, clouds, and sun.  The hills were already saved in the CCR so I just made the other cuts relative to size with them.
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
paper: Sarita paper pack, Sky, White Daisy, Kraft, Bamboo, Cocoa, Slate, Barn Red, and Garden Green(retired)
stamp: Lifting Spirits
ink: Sky and Black
embossing folder: Swirls(provo craft)
cricut cartridges: Artiste, Art Philosophy, and My Quiet Book(provo craft)

A Cute Clothespin

   Remember the paint that I made for the KEEP CALM frame.  I posted it back in August.  I told you at the time that I was saving the leftover paint to use on something later.  I finally decided to paint a large wooden clothespin that I got at a craft store about four years ago. I painted it and glued on some scrapbook paper.  I used black ink and the September Constant Campaign from Close To My Heart for the “CREATE”.  I am still loving this alphabet stamp set.  I thought it needed some embellishing so I pulled out some retired buttons.  I glued paper over the smaller button, trimmed, and glued onto the larger button.  I then tied a bow using white embroidery floss that I inked with champagne ink to distress.

I am going to use it for cards, notes, or pictures.  It is a cute addition to my craft area.
All supplies Close To My Heart:
paper:  Elemental(retired)
ink: Black and Champagne
stamp: You Are My Happy(September CC)
embellishments:  White embroidery floss, Dimensional Elements-Organic(retired)

Pastor Appreciation Thank You Cards

  When I went to church on Sunday, the greeters passed out a note for a secret party for our pastor to celebrate  pastor appreciation.  This is the card that first came to me. 
  
I love a stair step card for cards like this.  It really helps give your card dimension, and I think let’s you tell a story better. Paying attention to detail, his glasses have lenses that are cut with a plastic sheet from an old cricut cutting mat. 

  This is another pastor card.  This card is going to my old pastor.  We occasionally attend his church to hear him preach.  I love the look of an embossed card front.  Some embossing folders are too small for the front of a card.  I got around this by embossing a piece of white cardstock cut 5 1/4 x 4 and adhered it to a card base.  I think it looks great. 
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted
Pastor Card
paper:  Mayberry(retired), White Daisy, Honey, Chocolate, Grey Wool(retired), and Taffy(retired), Bamboo, and Maroon( other) cardstock
ink: Chocolate and Holiday Red marker(retired)
stamp: He Is Risen(retired) and Say It In Style(retired)
embellishments: gold embossing powder(other)
cricut cartridge: Artbooking and Everyday Paper Dolls (provo craft)
Church Card
paper: Sky, Sunny Yellow(retired), Garden Green(retired), and White cardstock
embossing folder: Textile(provo craft)
embellishments: Silver(a’ la mode)
tool: embossing pen
cricut cartridge: Sweethearts and My Quiet Book(provo craft)

Hello everyone.  I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in almost a week.  I need a vacation from my husband's vacation.  He always takes a vacation the week of our anniversary.  It's nice to spend the time together, but I get absolutely NOTHING done.  He went back to work on Saturday, and today I worked on some cards.  I'm planning on taking some pictures tonight or tomorrow to share.  It felt really good to get back into my craft area.  I call it my craft area because it is in a corner of my living room.  A corner that seems to grow and grow.  Maybe someday when it's nice a clean I'll take some pictures to show you.  Don't plan on that being anytime soon.

Happy Anniversary

  Yesterday was my 18th wedding anniversary.  I realized that I don’t make too many anniversary cards and, in honor of my special day, I made some to share with you today.  The first two are anniversary cards and the last is not.  I’ll get to that later. 
  For this card, I used the new Artbooking from Close To My Heart.  I just received it on Saturday and this is my first time using it.  I am quite excited to use it more in the future.  This is more of the traditional elegant card.

  This is a cute card you would give your spouse.  It is using one of my all time favorite paper packs from Close To My Heart called Mayberry.  Sad to say it is retired and happy to say I still have plenty left.  I don’t know about you, but there are some papers that I love and use when I can and some papers that I don’t even touch.  It might be hard to see, but I inked around all the edges with Champagne ink to add some depth. 

  This last card started as an anniversary card and changed by the time I was finished. Pare’ and I decided it worked better for that instead.  I haven’t even started Christmas cards, but now I have a jump start on Valentine’s Day.  Here is your sneak peek at two new stamps from the Close To My Heart’s Constant Campaign.  This campaign runs from mid-October through December. 


  I included photos of the inside of the card and the envelope.  My favorite stamp of the Lots of Love stamp set is the mailbox.  I used it everywhere.
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
LOVE CARD
paper: Sweethearts(retired), Ruby, White Daisy, and Black cardstock
stamp: Say It In Style(retired) “Happy Anniversary”—inside of card not shown
cricut cartridge:  Artbooking
PEAR CARD
paper:  Mayberry(retired), Cocoa, Colonial White, Olive, Garden Green(retired) cardstock
ink: Cocoa and Champagne
stamps: Latte Love(Fiskars) and Fresh Fruit(Fiskars)
cricut cartridge:  Preserves(Provo Craft)
MAILBOX CARD
paper: Ruby, White Daisy, Black, Olive cardstock and Silver(other)
stamp: Lots of Love, Lifting Spirits, and A Little Everything(retired)
ink: Black, Ruby, Blush, and Hollyhock
cricut cartridge: Artiste and Doodlecharms(Provo Craft)

Two Cute Baby Cards

  For today’s card I am showing are two baby cards with the same design for each.  I only changed the the paper and the image. You can easily make these cards in a few minutes.   I made my own ribbon using pigment ink and stamping on CTMH’s  color-ready seam binding.  I love this stuff.  If you remember, I used it and reinker to make my own ribbon for my embroidery hoop card.

All supplies Close To My Heart:

Boy Card

paper:  ProPlayer , Pacifica and White Daisy cardstock

ink: Pacifica, Slate, Whisper, and Black and Pacifica pigment ink

stamp: Fast and Furious and Wild Wonders

embellishment: color- ready seam binding

Girl Card

paper:  Chantilly, Cotton Candy, Whisper, and White Daisy cardstock

ink:  Cotton Candy pigment ink

embellishments: color- ready seam binding, pink and silver glitter gel

cricut cartridge:  Artiste-diaper pin