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 …

CTMH Dragonfly Wishes

Two really clean and simple cards using Close To My Heart's new Dragonfly Wishes. You will find this stamp set and matching thin cut in their National Stamping Month promotion. I love that you can get it as part of a bundle or buy it individually. The daisies and cat tails included in the set …

CTMH Enjoy These Moments

With all of the many shaped dies I have, I decided to go with one of the latest trends I've seen -- fussy cutting out the sentiment from Close To My Heart's stamp of the month, Enjoy These Moments. What do you think? Does the sentiment get lost in the card? Probably, in all honesty, …

CTMH Best Wishes Thin Cut dies

If you are new to Close To My Heart you may be wondering, "what is a thin cut?". It is our version of the standard metal die for creating die cuts. They do work in any cutting machine so if you still have a Cuttlebug, use a Big Shot or Vagabond like me, have a …

CTMH Backyard Bliss Digital Art

I love this card I literally whipped up right before my Open House. Close To My Heart offers Digital Art and you can get them in coordinating bundles now for the different paper lines. I couldn't resist the new Backyard Bliss Digital Art bundle. What I love about these are you own them immediately (they …

CTMH In Full Bloom – Cardmaking

Sadly, I had to make some sympathy cards this week for my nieces and nephew when my SIL passed away. I wanted to make each family a special, unique card and this card is heavy on purple because Darla loved the color purple. Here I went back into my stash of stamps that have been …

CTMH Teach Love Inspire (reduce, reuse, recycle!)

I am furiously trying to type up my blog post before I head off to school for my first day! Excited (and nervous!) as to what the day will bring ... mostly excited! I made this card for my co-teacher - it's a tradition I have. Close To My Heart's stamp of the month is …

CTMH Voices of the Sea

I started this card trying to CASE one of Amy Tsuruta's cards from last week. Well, it went sideways really quickly but I love the end results. To begin with, I sponged some Distress Oxide Inks onto some Ranger Watercolor cardstock. PSSSTTT! Close To My Heart will be offering these new black blending brushes starting …