Last night I went LIVE in my Facebook group, Stamped Blessings - The Craft Corner, to share which Paper Pumpkin kit I received in my Stampin' Up! starter kit. I wasn't familiar with the Paper Pumpkin kits before now but they really are cool! Did you know that you can sign up for different lengths … Continue reading SU Paper Pumpkin
SU Country Flowers
I CASEd the new Annual Stampin' Up! catalog for this beautiful card. I added a few of my own twists and I hope you love it as much as I do! Here was my inspiration -- a gorgeous 3 x 3 card but I wanted a full size A2 card. More About My Card The … Continue reading SU Country Flowers
SU Painted Lavender – Mother’s Day Cards
Are you ready for Mother's Day? It took more than 7 days to for my FIL's card to make it from VA to CA so we rushed to get cards in the mail this weekend. Crunch time! I was 100% inspired by Michelle Last, SU demonstrator with her card here. I'd like to say I … Continue reading SU Painted Lavender – Mother’s Day Cards
Happy Little Things – Bosses Week
For my very first Stampin' Up! share ... drum roll please! I needed to make two cards for our Principal and VP to celebrate "Bosses Week". Our Vice Principal is a male, so I went with the school colors and our mascot. One of the stamps I picked for my SU starter kit was Happy … Continue reading Happy Little Things – Bosses Week
HELLO Stampin’ Up!
These beautiful catalogs showed up at my door step this weekend and I'm so excited that you can now get a hold of one yourself! In fact, if you were a VIP with Close To My Heart, when you place your first SU order, they will tuck one in for FREE for you. This is … Continue reading HELLO Stampin’ Up!
CTMH – my last post as a Maker!
Today will be my last post as a Close To My Heart maker. Wow. The time has flown by since the announcement by Jeanette that she would be closing down CTMH. I know it must have been a very difficult decision for her, but in the end, she worked hard to make sure that we … Continue reading CTMH – my last post as a Maker!
CTMH Digital Art
My mass production of thank you cards continues! For this next batch of cards, I wanted to use some of my Close To My Heart Digital Art downloads. They are SVGs so they work on Silhouette and Cricut cutting machines. I loved this lacy floral pattern from the Cherish Digital Art collection. Most of these … Continue reading CTMH Digital Art
CTMH Sweet As Honey – Cardmaking
I'm working on a big batch of thank you cards for my March customers. Close To My Heart has an amazing Clearance section with still some great sets available, like this Sweet as Honey - Cardmaking stamp set (with a matching thin cut die). I used a stamping press to make sure I got a … Continue reading CTMH Sweet As Honey – Cardmaking
CTMH Smiles From the Garden
Today's card is a straight layout CASE from Close To My Heart's catalog sample for the stamp and matching thin cut die set, Smiles From the Garden. This is now on clearance for less than $12! Well, they did pop things up more than I did but that's just me. I wasn't sure which colors … Continue reading CTMH Smiles From the Garden
CTMH Thoughtful Critters
One of my students gave me a gift last week to celebrate Eid...so thoughtful! I am on a mission to use some of my favorite Close To My Heart stamps that are still available on Clearance. And, when I say Clearance, I mean HUGE savings! I did a quick Google search on Eid cards for … Continue reading CTMH Thoughtful Critters