CTMH Four Seasons Autumn

I have a challenge in my Stamped Blessings - The Craft Corner facebook group to post a card with the theme of "thankful". Each month I give away a participation prize and it just has to include some Close To My Heart products (current or retired). The idea is to get everyone sharing their creations! …

CTMH Whole Latte Love

I hadn't planned on making a third card for the Fall | Winter Coffee Lover's blog hop but ... today my co-teachers and I were treated to Starbucks by one of our kind parents! What a nice treat, especially as we headed out to a cold and windy recess. I whipped up this card to …

CTMH One Star One Night One Child

What a beautiful stamp set this is! I love all three stamp images included in Close To My Heart's One Star One Night One Child stamp set. If you missed out on November's Stamp of the Month the sentiment in this set could be used in so many of the card examples posted with the …

CTMH Christmas Snowflake Mandalas

The original designer of this idea (that I am aware of!) is Close To My Heart Maker Andrea Sherman. But I CASED a CASEr and so on it goes! But can you blame me?!? I really love the newest Close To My Heart stamp of the month called: Christmas Snowflake Mandalas. It is perfect either …

CTMH Layering Slimline Cardfront Stencils

In my final Stenciling video I explored Close To My Heart's Layering Slimline Cardfront stencils. There are three layers, and it is gorgeous! The only drawback is that you need to be a hostess to purchase it with your free CTMH cash. No worries! I have monthly Mystery Hostess drawings and everyone who orders on …

CTMH Floating By Stencil

This week I have kicked off a series of videos all about stenciling! It starts with Stenciling 101 here on my YouTube channel or you can find me on Facebook too. During my second video last night I created this fabulous card using Close To My Heart's Floating By bundle. It's part of their Card …

CTMH Autumn Card

I was inspired by fellow Close To My Heart maker Anna Jarnagin's style when I made this card. She has such a striking way of using vertical and horizontal strips of paper and leaving just the right amount of white space that leave me in awe. In my card I used CTMH's Four Seasons - …

CTMH Dragonfly Wishes CAS

I love how pretty (and easy!) this card was to make! I was inspired by a card created by Julie Gearinger for Stamp Simply...I loved the sunset feel of the blended Distress Oxide Inks. Isn't it wonderful that Close To My Heart carries these now too? If you don't have them, our inks also work …

CTMH Enjoy These Moments CAS

Happy Fall! Just like that, it's like a switch just flipped here in Northern Virginia and starting tomorrow we'll average 10 degrees cooler. I honestly haven't played with Close To My Heart's September stamp of the month enough. Did you see my watercolored beauties here and here? This time I went with a quick and …

CTMH Floating By

I haven't been sharing all of the cards I've made using Close To My Heart's National Stamping Month promotion. So many stamps, so little time! These are two baby cards I made for teachers at school last week - one for a baby boy and one for a baby girl. Actually, this first card was …