CTMH Strawberry Mice

Some cards shouldn't be shared ... and this may be one of them! I like the idea of it but my ink pad watercoloring doesn't look so great in the photograph. I probably should have used other paper number - that may be the main problem! I love Close To My Heart's Strawberry Mice bundle …

CTMH Floating By Slimline

Do you ever get on a kick of using the same stamp repeatedly? That happened to me with Close To My Heart's new Card Creativity promotion. I had the Floating By stamp set laying out and all of those cute little critters kept calling to me. There are so many to choose from that I …

CTMH Thoughtful Critters Slimline Card

My nephew is celebrating his 16th birthday -- I wish I had thought to put that number on this card! I had so much fun creating it. The squirrels are a strange addition, I know! He liked to shoot them with his BB gun so last year I got him a target for his birthday …

CTMH Voices of the Sea

Do you have a favorite sea creature and is it depicted in Close To My Heart's July stamp of the month: Voices of the Sea? I love the beach and hopefully hubby and I can get away for at least one day for a trip down to Ocean City before school restarts up. In the …

CTMH Coffee Helps Slimline

Eeck! There are only a few more set of Close To My Heart's Coffee Helps stamp and matching thin cut dies left. This is such a fun set -- perfect for coffee lovers. I think the sentiments were a big hit with everyone. The other thing I want you to know is that this Square …

CTMH In Full Bloom Slimline

Yup! I Copied And Stole Everything (CASE) everything about @akiko_card.s' lovely slimline creations. You can see her three color versions on Instagram here. I found these slimline cards so striking that I had to order this Close To My Heart Square Windows Slimline thin cut die -- I already had the stamp set, In Full …

CTMH September Specials

Hello September! Hello National Stamping Month! Yes!! That's a real thing -- keep reading to check out that and all of Close To My Heart's new promotions. First up....take a deep breath because it's that time of year when CTMH rolls out two new catalogs. A new Core Catalog and a new September / October …

CTMH You Are Enough Slimline

Last week I made a really neat masculine slimline card but I had actually started off the morning making this card! I used Close To My Heart's You Are Enough stamp set and the Layered Butterflies thincut dies. The You Are Enough stamp set includes a butterfly stamp and matching thin cut so if you …

CTMH Star Shaker Window Slimline

For this week's Monday Motivation I was bouncing around with ideas and created two other cards before I settled down with a new-to-me technique. It's so easy and not really messy. I think you will love it too! I am partial to stripes of any kind and so the uneven results of inking up painters …

CTMH Diagonal Stripe Slimline

Lynda Hodges, another Close To My Heart consultant, shared the most vivid and colorful slimline cards. Her cards were so fun that I couldn't wait to try out the idea myself. For my version I first sponged on Distress Oxide inks on to some watercolor paper. I only have 3 colors but great news...CTMH has …